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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
Self Love 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Mixed Media, African Woman
Self Love 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Mixed Media, African Woman

Self Love 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Mixed Media, African Woman

By Oluwafemi Akanmu

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Signed on the front side and accompanie...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Flowering branch
Flowering branch

Flowering branch

By Elena Lukina

Located in Zofingen, AG

In creating this piece, I surrendered to the dance of colors and textures, letting oil become emotion on canvas. Each brushstroke captures the trembling beauty of nature's fleeting m...

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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fox in Flight, Original Painting
Fox in Flight, Original Painting

Fox in Flight, Original Painting

By Timothy Banks

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A fox caught in mid-leap burst to life in dashes of red, gold, and violet. Built with layered washes and spontaneous shapes, the painting suggests the animal's ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Poolside, Original Painting
Poolside, Original Painting

Poolside, Original Painting

By Gail Ragains

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A figure lounges by the poolside, one knee raised and arms draped casually over it. The person radiates a relaxed, contemplative mood. With loose brushstrings...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled Figurative by Miguel Conde, No. 102/150
Untitled Figurative by Miguel Conde, No. 102/150

Untitled Figurative by Miguel Conde, No. 102/150

By Miguel Conde

Located in San Diego, CA

Signed lithograph by awarded artist Miguel Conde. The artist is known for his mastery of engraving. His drawings and other art forms are sought after and his artwork is part of vario...

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20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper

Two Young Spanish Girls, Oil on paper
Two Young Spanish Girls, Oil on paper

Two Young Spanish Girls, Oil on paper

By Edouard Goerg

Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR

Oil on paper by Edouard Goerg (1893-1969), France, 1937-1938. Two young Spanish girls. Measurements : with frame: 61.3x51.8 cm - 24.1x20.4 inches, view: 39x28.6 cm - 15.4x11.25 inche...

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1930s Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

The Secret in Her Eyes, Romantic Realism Oil on Canvas Painting, 1980s
The Secret in Her Eyes, Romantic Realism Oil on Canvas Painting, 1980s

The Secret in Her Eyes, Romantic Realism Oil on Canvas Painting, 1980s

By Rosendo Gonzalez Carbonell

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Technical Sheet - Title: *The Secret in Her Eyes* - Artist: Rosendo González Carbonell - Technique: Oil on canvas - Dimensions: 24 x 20 inches - Framing: Unframed - Style: Romantic realism...

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1980s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Modernist Bronze Abstract Figural Sculpture "Family" Wolfgang Behl
Large Modernist Bronze Abstract Figural Sculpture "Family" Wolfgang Behl

Large Modernist Bronze Abstract Figural Sculpture "Family" Wolfgang Behl

Located in Surfside, FL

This is a mid 20th century mod abstract large bronze sculpture by Wolfgang Behl (German/American, 1918-1994). The sculptural group titled "The Family" features a mother and father with two children. Numbered 20/20. Signed. 21" H x 10 1/4" x 10 1/4 Wolfgang (Johann Wolfgang) Behl (1918 - 1994) was active/lived in Connecticut, Illinois / Germany. Known for Sculpture and as an architectural carver. A carver,designer, and teacher, Wolfgang Behl was born in Berlin, Germany where he studied at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. His teacher was otto Hitzberger, sculptor and architecture carver. I have seen some his work, particularly in carved wood compared to Constantin Brancusi although this one seems way more reminiscent of Alberto Giacometti. In 1939, Behl came to the United States and taught briefly in Pennsylvania at the Perkiomen School and in Rhode Island at the Rhode Island School of Design. There in 1943, he won the Joseph N. Eisendrath prize for sculpture. He also became a friend of Louis Mayer, sculptor from Milwaukee. In 1944, Behl took a job as Art Director at the Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois, and he also began a one-year teaching assignment at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee. The last years of his life until his death were in Hartford, Connecticut. Source: Peter C. Merrill, "German-Immigrant Artists in Early Milwaukee" Originally from Berlin, Germany, Mr. Behl immigrated to the United States in 1939 and became a citizen in 1947. He studied with Waldemar Raemisch at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, and later at the Rhode Island School of Design. He began teaching at the Hartford Art School in 1955, retiring in 1983 to devote his time to sculpting. Mr. Behl had exhibitions throughout the United States and Germany. Some of his solo exhibitions include the Arts Exclusive in Simsbury from 1976 to 1981, and the Bertha Schaefer Gallery in New York City from 1950 to 1973. He showed at the New Britain Museum of American Art, in New Britain, Connecticut in 1969. He also had several retrospectives, including one at the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center in West Hartford until the end of this month. His works in bronze have a German Expressionist quality to them a pathos found in the works of Kathe Kollwitz and the Expressionist movement. He was known for his classically inspired, but often surrealist sculpture. Among his most-well known pieces are a series of sculptures done for the University of Connecticut Health Center. Several examples of Behl’s work are found on the campus of the University of Hartford. He was included in the show Monumentality in Modern Sculpture at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas, 1957. Artists featured in the exhibition: Kenneth Armitage, Hans Arp, Ernst Barlach, Wolfgang Behl, Dorothy Dehner, Edgar Degas, José de Rivera, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Joseph Glasco, Julio González, Paul Granlund...

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20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Chama Canyon hand pulled serigraph by William Hook
Chama Canyon hand pulled serigraph by William Hook

Chama Canyon hand pulled serigraph by William Hook

By William Hook

Located in Paonia, CO

Chama Canyon is a limited edition hand-pulled serigraph no. 225 /260 in excellent condition. It is signed in pencil and published by Aspen Mountain Graphics. sheet size 14 x 18 image 12 x 16 For American artist William Hook ( b. 1948- ) art was a central focus in his family home and he began his career in art at an early age.. He studied at several prestigious art schools in the US and abroad. His work has been featured in magazines such as Southwest Art, Art of the West, U. S. Art, American Artist and Focus Santa Fe. The book… Leading the West… by Donald Hagerty features William Hook as one of the most notable influences on the western art scene. Publishers Harper-Collins and North Light have included his work in numerous books written about the contemporary art process in Europe and America. Hook’s paintings can be found in the permanent collections of the Denver Art Museum, the Tucson Art Museum, the University of New Mexico, the FORBES Museum, NYC, and the Genesee Museum, NY as well as in many corporate and private collections. His work has also been featured in prints for the New Mexico Symphony, Music from Angel Fire...

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20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Screen

True Friend 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Love Men
True Friend 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Love Men

True Friend 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Love Men

By Daniel Owoeye

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Dan...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Culture 3
Culture 3

Culture 3

By Damola Ayegbayo

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

R. Poch   Women  Couch original acrylic painting
R. Poch   Women  Couch original acrylic painting

R. Poch Women Couch original acrylic painting

By Ramon Poch

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

8.-Maria de las Mercedes 115 x90 cm acrylic painting Born in Badalona (Barcelona). Photographer and advertising film director. Founding partner of the advertising production compan...

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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Self Love 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Mixed Media, African Woman
Self Love 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Mixed Media, African Woman

Self Love 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Mixed Media, African Woman

By Oluwafemi Akanmu

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Signed on the front side and accompanie...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Self Portrait" original woodcut
"Self Portrait" original woodcut

"Self Portrait" original woodcut

By Conrad Felixmuller

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original woodcut. Printed in 1920 for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt & Biermann in an edition of 500. Catalogue refere...

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1910s Expressionist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Early 20thC Modernist/Expressionist Large oil European Landscape c1930's
Early 20thC Modernist/Expressionist Large oil European Landscape c1930's

Early 20thC Modernist/Expressionist Large oil European Landscape c1930's

Located in Frome, Somerset

A good large post impressionist/expressionist Landscape oil circa 1938 oil on canvas 75cmx90cm Gallery frame 87cmx102cm Fields with a small dwelling painted in expressive impastoed b...

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1930s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"By the Canal" Limited Edition Lithograph on Archival Paper
"By the Canal" Limited Edition Lithograph on Archival Paper

"By the Canal" Limited Edition Lithograph on Archival Paper

Located in Soquel, CA

"By the Canal" Limited Edition Lithograph on Archival Paper Vibrant lithograph of a red-headed woman near a canal by Michael Leu (Taiwanese, b. 1950). The woman is holding a bouquet of tulips. Nearby, a bicycle is parked alongside the canal. There is a bridge over the canal, connecting to a small town in the distance. This piece is whimsical, bold, and expressive. Numbered "31/198" in the lower left corner. Signed and dated "Michal Leu 95" in the lower right corner. Presented in a black aluminum frame with a white mat. Frame size: 32.75"H x 27.25"W Image size: 24"H x 19"W Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Michael Leu (b. 1950) studied fine art and design in his home town in the late 1960s and learned printmaking techniques at Otis Parsons...

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1990s Expressionist Art

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper, Lithograph

Dance Moves, Original Painting
Dance Moves, Original Painting

Dance Moves, Original Painting

By Diana Elena Chelaru

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The painting captures a lively scene where a group of people dances joyfully, lost in the music with closed eyes. Their vibrant clothing and fluid movements i...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Two Figures Mixed Media On Linen
Two Figures Mixed Media On Linen

Two Figures Mixed Media On Linen

By Jürgen Görg

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Two Figures oil, graphite on linen canvas 40x30 framed. Jurgen Gorg was born in 1951 in​, Dernbach Germany. His formative years were spent in Koblentz, before moving to Maintz to s...

Category

1980s Expressionist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil, Graphite

Collioure, a Mediterranean Street Scene and the Church of Notre Dame des Anges
Collioure, a Mediterranean Street Scene and the Church of Notre Dame des Anges

Collioure, a Mediterranean Street Scene and the Church of Notre Dame des Anges

Located in Cotignac, FR

Early 20th Century oil on canvas view of Collioure in the south of France, home to the Fauvists. The painting is initial signed E.L.Y bottom right (as yet undeciphered). The location...

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Early 20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Brutalist Expressionist Ceramic Head Sculpture Testa Nº12 – Refractory Stoneware
Brutalist Expressionist Ceramic Head Sculpture Testa Nº12 – Refractory Stoneware

Brutalist Expressionist Ceramic Head Sculpture Testa Nº12 – Refractory Stoneware

By Óscar Aldonza Torres

Located in FISTERRA, ES

This ceramic head sculpture from the Testas series, titled Testa Nº12, is an expressionist exploration of the human face in refractory stoneware fired in reduction. The sculpture pre...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Clay, Glaze

Fantasy with Flowers 53
Fantasy with Flowers 53

Fantasy with Flowers 53

Located in Zofingen, AG

"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 200+ pictures)   paper 59x42cm  On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media. Flowers are a smile of ...

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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Bouquet of fluttering butterfly
Bouquet of fluttering butterfly

Bouquet of fluttering butterfly

By Elena Lukina

Located in Zofingen, AG

Bouquet of fluttering butterfly These Oxalis houseplants flutter their wings like butterflies. A flower has grown in my house. In this painting, I sought to capture the ephemeral be...

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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Farmhouse in Buchberg by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912
Farmhouse in Buchberg by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912

Farmhouse in Buchberg by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912

By Gustav Klimt

Located in Chicago, IL

Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s Farmhouse in Buchberg (Upper Austrian Farmhouse), painted in 1911. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, in an edition of 300. Between 1908 and 1914, H.O. Miethke published Das Werk Gustav Klimts...

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Early 1900s Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper

Abstract Collage Figure #2, Original Painting
Abstract Collage Figure #2, Original Painting

Abstract Collage Figure #2, Original Painting

By Gail Ragains

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A figure stands with confidence, her hand resting on her waist as she leans to one side. The composition invites the viewer to get lost in the rips, gestural ma...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Mid-Century French Expressionist Oil,  'Anniversary Flowers and Champagne'.
Mid-Century French Expressionist Oil,  'Anniversary Flowers and Champagne'.

Mid-Century French Expressionist Oil, 'Anniversary Flowers and Champagne'.

Located in Cotignac, FR

Mid Century Expressionist oil on canvas tablescape of flowers and Champagne. This wonderfully energetic painting straddles the line between impressionism and expressionism. The form...

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Late 20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Oil, Canvas

CHERRY
CHERRY

CHERRY

Located in Zofingen, AG

In this painting, I imbued a whimsical essence, capturing innocence through naive strokes and a pop art vibe. I harmonized acrylic and oil to craft a texture-rich surface, like a tap...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Rebirth 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative People, Expressionism, Women
Rebirth 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative People, Expressionism, Women

Rebirth 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative People, Expressionism, Women

By Emmanuel Ojebola

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity About Artist Emma...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Coffee, Mixed Media

Crepe-Myrtle 2, Oil Painting
Crepe-Myrtle 2, Oil Painting

Crepe-Myrtle 2, Oil Painting

By Naoko Tadotsu

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A crepe-myrtle tree blooms with delicate flowers that resemble colorful confetti. Its leaves sway gently in the breeze, glowing softly in the summer sunlight. E...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Strong and Bold 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Fashion, Hair
Strong and Bold 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Fashion, Hair

Strong and Bold 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Fashion, Hair

By Gobe Joseph

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

The painting “Strong and Bold” from the series painting of Emily’s Diary portrays a compelling depiction of an African woman adorned with a nourishing Afrocentric hairstyle The fac...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Sunny water lilies
Sunny water lilies

Sunny water lilies

By Elena Lukina

Located in Zofingen, AG

In this painting, I captured the serene beauty of water lilies bathed in the soft glow of dawn’s light. Using oil paints, I embraced a blend of impressionism and realism to reflect t...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pink bouquet 35X35 oil painting.
Pink bouquet 35X35 oil painting.

Pink bouquet 35X35 oil painting.

By Elena Lukina

Located in Zofingen, AG

In my creation, I sought to capture the fleeting beauty of life through vibrant strokes, harmoniously blending realism and impressionism. This oil painting is a celebration of nature...

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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Grey Day  Grauer Tag - Landscape Cow Germany
Grey Day  Grauer Tag - Landscape Cow Germany

Grey Day Grauer Tag - Landscape Cow Germany

By Erich Heckel

Located in London, GB

This watercolour is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "Heckel 22" [1922] in the lower left image. It is also hand titled in pencil “Grauer Tag” [Grey Day] in the lower l...

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1920s Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor

Dancer in Red - Large Colorful Expressive Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas
Dancer in Red - Large Colorful Expressive Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas

Dancer in Red - Large Colorful Expressive Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas

By Bettina Mauel

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Bettina Mauel expresses vitality and sensuality in her abstract and figurative paintings. “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, dancers, and peop...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1950's French Modernist / Cubist Painting Signed, French Landscape
1950's French Modernist / Cubist Painting Signed, French Landscape

1950's French Modernist / Cubist Painting Signed, French Landscape

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Title: French Roof Tops Medium: oil painting on board, unframed Measures: board: 8.75 x 6.25 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The paintin...

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20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Fanny Rabel Figurative Oil Painting Soulful, Prayerful
Fanny Rabel Figurative Oil Painting Soulful, Prayerful

Fanny Rabel Figurative Oil Painting Soulful, Prayerful

By Fanny Rabel

Located in Detroit, MI

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY UNTITLED by Fanny Rabel a Mexican artist who was born in Poland in 1922 is a soul wrenching work depicting among other things, the children killed by Nazi bombing in Spain during the Second World War. The lavender and purple surrounding the seated female figure and the kneeling child suggest both grief for the innocents' deaths and the prayers being offered for an end to the carnage. The bright gold and red can be read as either explosions or the hopeful light of redemption after death. Like Picasso's Guernica from 1937, this painting from 1965 can stand as a powerful anti-war statement. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Morton Auctions, Cerro de Mayka have featured Fanny Rabel's work in the past. Her anti-Nazi and anti-Fascism politics resulted in her participation in a mural called Retrato de la Burguesía in 1940 for the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas building on Alfonso Caso Street in Mexico City. Rabel met a group of exiled Spaniards in Mexico along with Antonio Pujol, who invited her to take part in a mural project headed by him, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Joseph Renau, Luis Arenal, Antonio Rodríguez Luna and Miguel Prieto. The artist died in 2008. Fanny Rabel born August 27, 1922, in Poland born Fanny Rabinovich, was a Polish-born Mexican artist who is considered to be the first modern female muralist and one of the youngest associated with the Mexican muralism of the early to the mid-20th century. She and her family arrived in Mexico in 1938 from Europe and she studied art at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda", where she met and became friends with Frida Kahlo. She became the only female member of “Los Fridos” a group of students under Kahlo’s tutelage. She also worked as an assistant and apprentice to Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, painting several murals of her own during her career. The most significant of these is "Ronda en el tiempo" at the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City. She also created canvases and other works, with children often featured in her work, and was one of the first of her generation to work with ecological themes in a series of works begun in 1979. She is considered to be the first female muralist in Mexico. She was an assistant to Diego Rivera while he worked on the frescos for the National Palace and an apprentice to David Alfaro Siqueiros. Her most important mural is Ronda en el tiempo located in the Museo Nacional de Antropología, which was created from 1964 to 1965. She also created murals at the Unidad de Lavaderos Público de Tepalcatitlán (1945), Sobrevivencia, Alfabetización in Coyoacán in 1952 Sobrevivencia de un pueblo at the Centro Deportivo Israelita (1957) Hacia la salud for the Hospital Infantil de México (1982), La familia mexicana at the Registro Público de la Propiedad (1984) (which Rabel preferred to title Abolición de la propiedad privada) and at the Imprenta Artgraf. In collaboration with other artists, she participated in the creation of the murals at the La Rosita pulque bar (disappeared) and at the Casa de la Madre Soltera. She entered the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" shortly after it was established in 1942, taking classes with José Chávez Morado, Feliciano Peña and Frida Kahlo, with whom she became close friends. She changed her last name from Rabinovich to Rabel during her career. Rabel married urologist Jaime Woolrich and had two children Abel and Paloma Woolrich, both of whom became actors. The first exhibition of her work was in 1945 with twenty-four oils, thirteen drawings, and eight engravings at the Liga Popular Israelita with Frida Kahlo writing the presentation. In 1955, she had an individual exhibition at the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. She had a large exhibition at the Museum of the Palacio de Bellas Artes to commemorate a half-century of her work. Her last exhibition was in 2007 at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Her work can be found in collections in over fifteen countries including those of the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the Royal Academy of Denmark, the National Library in Paris, the Casa de las Américas in Havana, the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla and the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City. A retrospective of her work after her death called Retrospectiva in Memoriam, Fanny Rabel (1922-2008) was held at the Museum of the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla . She is considered to be the first modern female muralist in Mexico although she also did significant work in painting, engraving, drawing, and ceramic sculpture. Her work has been classified as poetic Surrealism, Neo-expressionism and is also considered part of the Escuela Mexicana de Pintura (the dominant art movement of the early to mid 20th century in Mexico) as one of the youngest muralists to be associated with it along with Arnold Belkin and José Hernández Delga. Rabel was more drawn to depicting mankind’s pain rather than happiness, sharing other Mexican muralists' concerns about social injustice. However, she stated to Leopoldo Méndez that she could not create combative works, with clenched fists and fierce faces, and she wanted to leave the Taller de Gráfica Popular. Méndez convinced her to stay, saying that more tender images are important to political struggle as well. Children with Mexican faces...

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1960s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Expressionist art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Expressionist art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, blue, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Iryna Kastsova, George Grosz, Stephen Basso, and Marc Chagall. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Expressionist art, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available.