Expressionist Art
EXPRESSIONIST STYLE
While “expressionist” is used to describe any art that avoids naturalism and instead employs a bold use of flattened forms and intense brushwork, Expressionist art formally describes early-20th-century work from Europe that drew on Symbolism and confronted issues such as urbanization and capitalism. Expressionist artists experimented in paintings and prints with skewed perspectives, abstraction and unconventional, bright colors to portray how isolating and anxious the world felt rather than how it appeared.
Between 1905 and 1920, Austrian and German artists, in particular, were inspired by Postimpressionists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh in their efforts to strive for a new authenticity in their work. In its geometric patterns and decorative details, Expressionist art was also marked by eclectic sources like German and Russian folk art as well as tribal art from Africa and Oceania, which the movement’s practitioners witnessed at museums and world’s fairs.
Groups of artists came together to share and promote the themes now associated with Expressionism, such as Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Dresden, which included Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and investigated alienation and the dissolution of society in vivid color. In Munich, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group led by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, instilled Expressionism with a search for spiritual truths. In his iconic painting The Scream, prolific Norwegian painter Edvard Munch conveyed emotional turmoil through his depiction of environmental elements, such as the threatening sky.
Expressionism shifted around the outbreak of World War I, with artists using more elements of the grotesque in reaction to the escalation of unrest and violence. Printmaking was especially popular, as it allowed artists to widely disseminate works that grappled with social and political issues amid this time of upheaval. Although the art movement ended with the rise of Nazi Germany, where Expressionist creators were labeled “degenerate,” the radical ideas of these artists would influence Neo-Expressionism that emerged in the late 1970s with painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente.
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Style: Expressionist
Item Ships From: Europe
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2019 - Acrylic and Oil Paint on Canvas, Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint and enamel on canvas.
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
Contemporary Naïve Style Original Mini Still Life Oil Painting - Tea Set
Located in Bristol, GB
TEA SET
Size: 33.5 x 33.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
An elegant and gentle contemporary still life composition painted in a naïve style, executed in oil onto board.
The com...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tulips. 1996. Oil on canvas, 81х100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tulips. 1996. Oil on canvas, 81х100 cm
Jurgis Skulme (1928-2015) – painter, art scientist.
1954 – The graduating State Art Academy of Latvia, the monumental department (diploma wor...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
LARGE FRENCH POST IMPRESSIONIST signed OIL PAINTING Beach Scene At Sunset
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Alfred Rozelaar Green RWA (1917-2013) British
TITLE: "French Beach Scene At Sunset"
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 125cm x 98cm inc frame (50F French ca...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Tree of Life
Located in Zofingen, AG
"This work is inspired by the spring flowering of a luxurious magnolia. A symbol of the beginning of a new life. A stocky climbing tree, like eternal life, and transparent delicate w...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jubilation, Abstract Painting, Bright Layered Art, Medium Art for Large Spaces
Located in Deddington, GB
Layers of color and texture blend into an exciting composition.
Michelle Marra, artist, abstract paintings for sale online and in our contemporary art g...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ancestor Face - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Bengt Lindström (1925-2008)
Ancestor Face
Original Lithograph
Printed signature in the plate
Numbered / 400 ex
On vellum 31 x 22.5 cm (c. 12 x 9 in)
Excellent condition
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Woman with a Cigarette", Hugo Scheiber (1873-1950)
Located in Paris, FR
Hugo Scheiber (1873-1950) was a Hungarian painter of Jewish origins. He started as a self-taught artist. He was initially inspired by Impressionism before evolving towards Expression...
Category
1920s Expressionist Art
Materials
Gouache, Cardboard
Sheryl Roberts, A Distant Stillness, Original Painting, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Sheryl Roberts
A Distant Stillness
Original Painting
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
Signed
Sold Framed
(Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look).
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Nature Morte" Fruit Bowl, Tea Pot and Cup, Oil on Canvas by Spanish Celso Lagar
By Celso Lagar
Located in Madrid, ES
CELSO LAGAR
Spanish, 1891 - 1966
NATURE MORTE
signed "Lagar" lower left
oil on canvas
18-1/4 X 21-3/4 inches (46 X 55 cm.)
framed: 23-3/8 X 27-1/8 (59 X 68.5 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Privat...
Category
1910s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Yorkshire English Landscape Expressionist / Abstract 20thC painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Jack Hellewell (1920-2000) British
TITLE: "Yorkshire Landscape"
MEDIUM: acrylic on board
SIZE: 43cm x 39cm inc frame
CONDITION: excellent - please note we remove glass for ...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Model in the studio
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork is an exquisite study of the human form, capturing a moment of introspective vulnerability. The subject is portrayed in a kneeling position on a stool, her back facing t...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Venice, an Approach' , mixed media original painting circa 2003. signed work
Located in Frome, Somerset
'Venice , an Approach', mixed media on paper circa 2003..
painting 35cm x 50cm. Signed lower middle
Antique glazed limewood frame and mounting 63cm x 82cm.
A work by Gradwell on tone...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Patrick Boudon. Inner Family. Post-war Expressionism. 1970s.
Located in Firenze, IT
Patrick Boudon.
Inner Family.
Post-war Expressionism.
1970s.
Patrick Boudon.
Art Informel. Ecole de Paris.
Technique: oil on cardboard.
This painting by Patrick Boudon from the 197...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Mid-Century French Feutre on Paper. In the Stables..
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid Century French feutre drawing on paper of a Provençal stable with horses by Jean Arène. Signed and dated bottom left and presented in a wooden frame under glass.
This evocative...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen
Mid-Century French Feutre on Paper. Tea time In the Kitchen.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late Mid Century French feutre drawing on paper of a Provençal lady sitting in her kitchen by Jean Arène. Signed and dated bottom left.
This artwork is a striking pen-and-ink drawi...
Category
1960s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen
1998 Modern Original Naïve Style Still Life Oil Painting - Quaint Interior
Located in Bristol, GB
QUAINT INTERIOR
Size: 60 x 51 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A charming and intimate interior composition dated 1998 and painted in a naïve style, executed in oil onto canvas.
...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sea Of Stars, Kate Willows, Limited Edition Print, Seascape Sky Art, Affordable
Located in Deddington, GB
Sea of Stars by Kate Willows [2020]
limited edition
Ink on paper
Edition of 40
Image size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu im...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Early autumn mood. Cardboard, oil, 24x32 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Early autumn mood. 1990. Cardboard, oil, 24x32 cm
This painting depicts an early autumn landscape with lively, textured brushstrokes that capture the transition between summer and f...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Still life with Oranges and Owls, Oil On Canvas, Floral, Interior, Still life
Located in Deddington, GB
Still Life with Oranges and Owls is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Painted in the Artist's Gloucestershire Studio this miniature painting shows a still life of a selection of objects arranged by the Artist. Twos stone owls sit atop a stack of books, with two small oranges and a pear. A small jug of flowers slightly obscures the window. We can see out into the garden, where there are texturally painted trunks...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Like Swimming In A Quarry. Contemporary Figurative Drawing
Located in Brecon, Powys
Like Swimming In A Quarry - 120 feet and dark in the middle. One of Wadsworth's celebrated & innovative Black Cloth series. His sitters pose with a large black cloth & talk about wha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Graphite
Birches at spring. 1987, oil on cardboard, 24x32 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Birches at spring. 1987, oil on cardboard, 24x32 cm
Edgars Vinters (1919-2014)
Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints landscapes in differe...
Category
1980s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Piebalga. Oil on canvas, 67x47 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Arijs Skride (1906.24.IX Madonna parish – 1987.22.XI Riga), painter.
Arijs Skride was born into a farmer's family. Wife Gundega Vaska – graphic artist.
At the age of 15, he passed ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pocket Green Fig and Pocket Gooseberry by Dani Humberstone- fruit- figurative
Located in Deddington, GB
original
Oil on Canvas
Image size: H:5 cm x W:5 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:5 cm x W:5 cm x D:3cm
Frame Size: H:16 cm x W:16 cm x D:3.5cm
if sold together would be H:5 and W...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Couple - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Couple is an original offset lithograph, realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n. 78 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edition of Der Malik-Verlag...
Category
1920s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Poolside 5-original figurative abstract female form painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
In Poolside 5, Yermolova continues her exploration of sunlit f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid Century Modern Swedish Landscape Oil Painting - By the White Walls
Located in Bristol, GB
BY THE WHITE WALLS
Size: 49 x 57 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A simple yet sophisticated mid-century modernist style painting, executed in oil onto canvas by the established S...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Studies - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Studies is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n.10 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik-V...
Category
1920s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper, Offset
Engagement - Original Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Engagement is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the platen. 17 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Mal...
Category
1920s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Still life with tulips. Cardboard, oil, 85x74 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with tulips. Cardboard, oil, 85x74 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of ...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Helen Howells. Morning Walk, Original Landscape Painting, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Morning Walk [2021]
Original
Landscapes and seascapes
Oil on Canvas
Image size: H:75 cm x W:120 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:75 cm x W:120 cm x D:3.5cm
Sold Unframed
Please n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Secrets thoughts, nude woman, figurative modern, oil on canvas, textured, France
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
A captivating piece by artist Sophie Dumont, titled 'Secret Thoughts,' this oil-on-canvas female nude, painted with a palette knife, unveils a profound introspection. The canvas port...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Rettung - Original Lithograph by Alfred Kubin - 1944
By Alfred Kubin
Located in Roma, IT
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago by an artist who has died requires a licence for export regardless of t...
Category
1940s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Young Woman Fetching Water oil on canvas painting Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Young Woman Fetching Water
Artist: Jesús Villar (1930–2015)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 39.4 x 20.1 in
Estimated date: c. 2000
Signature: Signed lower left: "Villar...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The blue pose - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian painter
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel and India ink on cardboard
Created in 2019 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran.
Since 2015, She has lived and wo...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Pastel, India Ink, Cardboard
Mid Century Italian Tablescape With Red Cloth, 1956, Circle of Giorgio Morandi
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid Century Italian watercolour on paper of a tablescape, signed and dated (1956) bottom right. The artist is currently unknown.
Presented under glass in original, period plain woo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Hard Times - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Hard Times from is an original offset lithograph realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n.27 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 19...
Category
1920s Expressionist Art
Materials
Offset, Paper, Lithograph
Untitled. 1990. Cardboard, tempera. 50.5x39.8cm
Located in Riga, LV
Vladimir Glushenkov (1948-2009)
(May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator.
Vladimir Glushkenkov was born in family with Russian-Poli...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Art
Materials
Tempera, Cardboard
Old City
Located in Zofingen, AG
Town.
The beauty of cities is different: there are cities with museums, such as Rome, Paris.
Where to look at beautiful architecture!
There are also small provincial towns where lif...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
City After the Rain 2
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this energetic creation, I've blended acrylics and oils to capture the vivid aftermath of rain in a bustling cityscape. This piece revels in the chaos and vibrancy of urban life, ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
After the rain. Paris. Oil on canvas, 54, 5x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
After the rain. Paris. Oil on canvas, 54,5x80 cm
Street in Paris with people
Gennady Bernadsky (1956) - Soviet and Russian artist.
Gennady Bernads...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Meeting at Sea
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this painting, I sought to capture the serene yet mystifying dance of light upon the sea, juxtaposing the ancient grace of the sailboat with the robust charm of the fishi...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard
Evening Bay
Located in Zofingen, AG
The canvas is glued onto thick cardboard.
In this painting, I poured my fascination with the interplay of light on water, using acrylic and oil to capture the ephemeral glow of sunse...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard
Two Clouds, Expressionist Drawing on Watercolor Paper, Skyscape, Naïf Landscape
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful expressionist style drawing by Juanjo Saez. Juanjo's pictorial work is an exploration of color, texture, and movement, creating vibrant compositions that capture ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Wax Crayon, Watercolor
Somerset Lake by Joanna Commings, Original art, landscape art, Impasto art
Located in Deddington, GB
Somerset Lake by Joanna Commings [2021]
original and hang signed by the artist
Acrylics on canvas
Image size: H:50 cm x W:60 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:60 cm ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Die Passagiere der leeren Platze - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1921
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Die Passagiere der leeren Platze is an original modern rare book written by Martin Andersen Nexø (Dresden, 1869 – Dresden, 1954) and illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959...
Category
1920s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper
Small town big time, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original oil on canvas on wooden stretcher, box canvas, signed on the front. Certificate of authenticity included. :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Paullette Fedarb, 'Cedar of Lebanon', oil on canvas circa 1970's
Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine expressionist oil on canvas by Paullette Fedarb, 'Cedar of Lebanon'. oil on canvas circa 1970's. The painting has an allover medative, rhythmic...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Stavanger, Norway landscape painting. Blue, seascape, boat, mountains, acrylic
Located in Oslo, NO
Stavanger is an inspiring Nordic city surrounded by the sea and mountains. Aleksandra Strokina created this landscape painting, inspired by a view just a 10-minute walk from her home...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still life with flowers and apple. Oil on paper, 39. 5 x 30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with flowers and apple. Oil on paper, 39. 5 x 30 cm
Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monu...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Oil
Helen Howells, Light across the Estuary, Original Oil Painting, Seascape Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Helen Howells
Light across the Estuary
Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Oil Paint on Canvas
Canvas size: H 76 cm x W 102 cm x D 3.5cm
Sold unfr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White boat
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In this oil painting, I've captured a solitary boat mirroring life's simplicity. The palpable textures and the interplay of light and shadow reflect an in...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life with flowers and apples. Oil on paper, 42 x 30. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with flowers and apples. Oil on paper, 42 x 30. 5 cm
Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a mon...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Paper
Lake coast. Oil on board, 35.5x47.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Janis Pupols (1886 – 1956)
Graduated Landscape studio of V. Purvitis in Latvia Art academy (1927).
He took part in exhibitions since 1925.
Artist painted landscapes in different t...
Category
1930s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Color-Field Work on Canvas, Les Champs
Located in Cotignac, FR
A large contemporary Abstract Expressionist Color-Field work on canvas by French artist, Christian Manoury. Signed and dated to the back of the canvas.
Inspired by the wonderful cou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Jug, Oil Paint On Canvas, Interior, Still Life
Located in Deddington, GB
Still life with Jug is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Painted in her Gloucestershire Studio this painting depicts a little rectangular jug, a maquette of an acrobat on their head and a bowl of fruit. Items selected by the Artists to make this quirky still life...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
VeniceSee Water Landscape Marina Heilmaier 19th Century Paint Oil on canvas Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Maximilian Heilmaier (1869 Isen - 1923 München)
Signed Max Heilmaier Munchen bottom left
Venice with St. Mark's Square and the Doge's Palace from the Lagoon ( - LINK -)
Oil on canv...
Category
19th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Sunny atumn day. 1978. Oil on cardboard, 68x93 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Edgars Vinters (1919-2014)
Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints landscapes in different seasons and flowers. In 1970 the significant place...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
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