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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
Mid-Century Modern Expressionist Still Life of Vibrant Flowers, Signed McKay
Mid-Century Modern Expressionist Still Life of Vibrant Flowers, Signed McKay

Mid-Century Modern Expressionist Still Life of Vibrant Flowers, Signed McKay

Located in San Francisco, CA

On offer is a mid-century modern, Expressionist floral still life painted in oil on canvas board, signed MacKay and dated '64. The painting belongs to the Expressionist/Modernist sti...

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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Aduke and Her Pets - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Animal
Aduke and Her Pets - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Animal

Aduke and Her Pets - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Animal

By Olajide Kuti

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 Ola...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Modernist Encaustic Painting Portrait Boston Expressionist
Modernist Encaustic Painting Portrait Boston Expressionist

Modernist Encaustic Painting Portrait Boston Expressionist

By David Aronson

Located in Surfside, FL

Bears old label verso from Raydon Gallery in New York city. Aronson, David 1923- David Aronson, son of a rabbi, was born in Lithuania in 1923 and immigrated to America at the age of ...

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20th Century Expressionist Art

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Encaustic

Spring came!
Spring came!

Spring came!

By Elena Lukina

Located in Zofingen, AG

In this oil painting, I embraced the raw vitality of expressionism to capture the essence of renewal. The figurative approach intertwines with the soft vintage touch, conveying a fin...

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2010s Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Linen

Togetherness - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Africa, Love
Togetherness - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Africa, Love

Togetherness - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Africa, Love

By Olajide Kuti

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 Ola...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Hope Not Lost - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Balloon
Hope Not Lost - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Balloon

Hope Not Lost - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Balloon

By Olajide Kuti

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 Ola...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Standing Nude Man, Expressionist Bronze Sculpture, possibly by Arbit Blatas
Standing Nude Man, Expressionist Bronze Sculpture, possibly by Arbit Blatas

Standing Nude Man, Expressionist Bronze Sculpture, possibly by Arbit Blatas

Located in Long Island City, NY

Unknown Artist, Possibly Arbit Blatas - Standing Nude Man, Medium: Bronze Sculpture, Size: 14.25 x 3.5 x 3.5 in. (36.2 x 8.89 x 8.89 cm)

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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

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Bronze

"Krankes Mädchen" original woodcut
"Krankes Mädchen" original woodcut

"Krankes Mädchen" original woodcut

By Erich Heckel

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 re...

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1920s Expressionist Art

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Woodcut

Floral Pattern - Original photograph
Floral Pattern - Original photograph

Floral Pattern - Original photograph

By Dora Maar

Located in Paris, IDF

Dora MAAR Floral Pattern Original silver print made from the original 1935 negative Authenticated by the Succession stamp on the reverse (see photo) Limited edition of 5 copies (her...

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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

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Silver Gelatin

Large Vintage Expressionist Landscape Original Oil Painting
Large Vintage Expressionist Landscape Original Oil Painting

Large Vintage Expressionist Landscape Original Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

A gorgeous bright green expressionist landscape by Carl Ashby. From the collection of renowned painter Steve Wheeler. Nicely framed in a gold and black wooden floater frame. Measurin...

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20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Your Life's Matter 2 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative, Portrait, Africa

Your Life's Matter 2 - 21st Century Contemporary Figurative, Portrait, Africa

By Elijah Olanase

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 Eli...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Women and Children, Expressionist Oil on Canvas by Vega Cillero
Women and Children, Expressionist Oil on Canvas by Vega Cillero

Women and Children, Expressionist Oil on Canvas by Vega Cillero

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

"Women and Children, Expressionist Oil on Canvas by Vega Cillero." Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Artwork: 81 × 101 cm (31.9 × 39.8 in.). Framed: 99 × 120 cm (39 × 47.2 in.). Th...

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Late 20th Century Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Cobalt Carbonate-Glazed Buño Clay Head – Hand-Built Ceramic Bust, Expressionist
Cobalt Carbonate-Glazed Buño Clay Head – Hand-Built Ceramic Bust, Expressionist

Cobalt Carbonate-Glazed Buño Clay Head – Hand-Built Ceramic Bust, Expressionist

By Óscar Aldonza Torres

Located in FISTERRA, ES

Cobalt carbonate-glazed Buño clay head sculpture evokes organic textures and introspective narratives in Aldonza’s “Testas” series. This hand-built ceramic bust (33 × 20 × 25 cm) is ...

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2010s Expressionist Art

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Clay, Glaze

Clown sur Fond Bleu
Clown sur Fond Bleu

Clown sur Fond Bleu

By Bernard Buffet

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork, titled "Clown sur Fond Bleu" from the suite "Clowns" 1985, is an original color lithograph on Arches watermarked paper by renown French artist Bernard Buffet, 1928-1999...

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Late 20th Century Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Metaphysical Expressionism in Watercolor
Metaphysical Expressionism in Watercolor

Metaphysical Expressionism in Watercolor

Located in San Francisco, CA

Alexander Aizenshtat (born 1951) is a French-Austrian artist of Russian origin known as the founder of "metaphysical expressionism." This watercolor painting on paper can be describe...

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Late 20th Century Expressionist Art

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Watercolor

Blue Testament 6 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Africa

Blue Testament 6 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Africa

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

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Pocket Bright Red Strawberry fruit art old master style
Pocket Bright Red Strawberry fruit art old master style

Pocket Bright Red Strawberry fruit art old master style

Located in Deddington, GB

Pocket Bright Red Strawberry [2023] original Oil paint 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:2cm Frame Size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm...

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2010s Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Iron Cross
Iron Cross

Iron Cross

By Rufino Tamayo

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Rufino Tamayo Title: Iron Cross Year: 1988 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered CCXLV/CCC in pencil Paper: Wove Image size: 22.5 x 30...

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1980s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

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

Lovers Reclining
Lovers Reclining

Lovers Reclining

By Gustav Klimt

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Signed "Klimt". Framed dimensions 20.5h x 27.75w x 1.75d inches Note: Due to the size, weight, and/or value of this piece, we require shipping through 1stDibs, for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the default quote does not include packing and insurance and we do not ship uninsured. 1stDibs shipping provides a level of value, protection, and care that aligns with our commitment to safeguarding historic artworks and providing excellent client service. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Both intensely dynamic and deeply introspective, Klimt’s works devoted to the “act of love” rank among his most intoxicating and sought-after creations. Inspired by Japanese erotic woodblock...

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1910s Expressionist Art

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Paper, Pencil

Away From The Lens 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Oil, Women, Fashion

Away From The Lens 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Oil, Women, Fashion

By Afolayan Emmanuel

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 (Issued by the Gal...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Poppies and Wildflowers, Figurative Triptych, Large Botanical Landscape on Paper
Poppies and Wildflowers, Figurative Triptych, Large Botanical Landscape on Paper

Poppies and Wildflowers, Figurative Triptych, Large Botanical Landscape on Paper

By Romina Milano

Located in Barcelona, ES

This original painting by Romina Milano presents a lyrical field of poppies and wildflowers, where gestural brushwork and simplified forms create a vivid, contemporary botanical comp...

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2010s Expressionist Art

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Acrylic, Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Villiers le Bel
Villiers le Bel

Villiers le Bel

Located in Paris, FR

PRESSEMANE Joseph 'Villiers le Bel'. Oil on board. Signed. 47 x 21 cm. Titled and signed on the back. Biography Born Jozef Presman in 1904 in Berestechko, Ukraine, he studied at th...

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1950s Expressionist Art

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Oil

Somerset Lake by Joanna Commings, Original art, landscape art, Impasto art
Somerset Lake by Joanna Commings, Original art, landscape art, Impasto art

Somerset Lake by Joanna Commings, Original art, landscape art, Impasto art

By Joanna Commings

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 ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Don't Be Perfect, Be Real -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait Women
Don't Be Perfect, Be Real -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait Women

Don't Be Perfect, Be Real -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait Women

By Elijah Olanase

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 Eli...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Mère et enfant, 1986, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned
Mère et enfant, 1986, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned

Mère et enfant, 1986, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned

By Jean Jansem

Located in Les Acacias GE, GE

Jean Jansem (1920-2013) Mère et enfant, 1986, état noir Lithographie sur papier Arches Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à gauche 67,5 x 51 cm / 76 x 54 cm Très rare exemplaire D'une édition à 30 exemplaires sur Arches de l'état noir. Bibliographie: Imprimeur: Mourlot, Paris Editeur: Galerie Matignon, Paris Bibliographie: Jansem Lithographe, 1984-1993, Flora Jansem, Paris, n. 50, reproduit p. 56, référencé p. 109. "Ma première lithographie date de 1954. Elle représente un enfant en haillons portant deux seaux d'eau, d'après un croquis rapporté de Cordoue lors de mon voyage en Espagne en 1952. Je l'exécutai sur pierre, au pinceau et à l'encre lithographique. Je fus déçu du résultat et n'en tirai qu'un essai et une épreuve. Quatre ans plus tard, je réalisai une dizaine de nouvelles lithographies, toujours sur pierre, la plupart en noir. Au lieu d'employer l'encre et le crayon...

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Late 20th Century Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

"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

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Woodcut

Mid-Century Still-Life Gouache of Flowers. 'The Blue Vase'. Signed.
Mid-Century Still-Life Gouache of Flowers. 'The Blue Vase'. Signed.

Mid-Century Still-Life Gouache of Flowers. 'The Blue Vase'. Signed.

Located in Cotignac, FR

A mid-century still-life gouache of flowers in a blue vase by French artist J Reboa. Signed and presented in a frame under glass. A vibrant energy flows through this floral composi...

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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

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Gouache, Cardboard

Farm Garden Sunflowers by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912
Farm Garden Sunflowers by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912

Farm Garden Sunflowers by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912

By Gustav Klimt

Located in Chicago, IL

Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s Farm Garden With Sunflowers, painted in 1913. 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

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Paper

Vintage Modernist Beach Sunset Vibrantly Toned Seascape Oil Painting
Vintage Modernist Beach Sunset Vibrantly Toned Seascape Oil Painting

Vintage Modernist Beach Sunset Vibrantly Toned Seascape Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage French expressionist beach scene. Framed. Measuring: 10 by 15 inches overall and 4 by 9 painting alone. Signed. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

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20th Century Expressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Flowers in the morning dew, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Flowers in the morning dew, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Flowers in the morning dew, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By LE ANH TUAN

Located in Yardley, PA

Flowers in the morning dew The most beautiful flowers are in the early morning. When the dawn just dawned, the petals began to gradually bloom, with the water lily, the lotus in th...

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2010s Expressionist Art

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Acrylic

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.