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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
Timeless Elegance
Timeless Elegance

Timeless Elegance

By Jacob Souferzadeh

Located in West Hollywood, CA

This stunning bouquet of roses exudes a vibrant energy through the artist's expressive energy. It is a perfect balance between freedom and control, allowing the subject matter to com...

Category

1990s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Bright new day, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Bright new day, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Bright new day, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By LE ANH TUAN

Located in Yardley, PA

In this vibrant expression of nature's beauty, I've melded expressionism and impressionism with semi-abstract forms, using acrylics to celebrate life's invigorating essence. My brush...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Marc Chagall, The Accordionist, from Chagall, 1957
Marc Chagall, The Accordionist, from Chagall, 1957

Marc Chagall, The Accordionist, from Chagall, 1957

By Marc Chagall

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: The Accordionist (L’Accordeoniste) Year: 1957 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Paper Size: 9.06 x 15.75 inches (23.01 x 40 cm), with centerfo...

Category

1950s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Rabbi's Communion With God
Rabbi's Communion With God

Rabbi's Communion With God

By Jacob Steinhardt

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Jakob Steinhardt (German/Israeli, 1887-1968) Title: Rabbi's Communion With God Year: Circa 1960 Medium: Color woodcut Paper: Wove Image size: 9.5 x 14 inches Framed size:...

Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Flowers In A White Pitcher Still Life
Flowers In A White Pitcher Still Life

Flowers In A White Pitcher Still Life

By Theresa Bernstein

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Flowers in a white pitcher oil on canvas, signed, circa 1927. canvas 19 3/4 x 15 1/4 framed 25 3/4 x 21 1/4 Second still life painting available as shown on photo. Theresa Ferber Bernstein-Meyerowitz (March 1, 1890 – February 13, 2002) was a Polish-born American artist, painter, and writer. The only child of European immigrants Isidore and Anne (Ferber) Bernstein, Theresa was born in Krakow on March 1, 1890. She graduated from the Philadelphia School of Design for Women...

Category

1920s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Le Jardin Public Arles
Le Jardin Public Arles

Le Jardin Public Arles

By Élisée Maclet

Located in Boca Raton, FL

Maclet was born the son of a gardener and a laundress at Lihons in the Santerre region in Picardy. His family was poor and he began work very young as an assistant to his father. Pic...

Category

1950s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Peach blossom, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Peach blossom, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Peach blossom, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By LE ANH TUAN

Located in Yardley, PA

Spring flower peaceful symbol of innovation Peach blossom is the most beautiful and popular flower in the North of Vietnam, loved by many people and displayed during ...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Peach blossom, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Peach blossom, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Peach blossom, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By LE ANH TUAN

Located in Yardley, PA

Peach blossom Peach blossom is the most beautiful and popular flower in the North of Vietnam, loved by many people and displayed during Tet. Peach tree is considered the quinte...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Peach blossom, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Peach blossom, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Peach blossom, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By LE ANH TUAN

Located in Yardley, PA

Peach blossom is the most beautiful and popular flower in the North of Vietnam, loved by many people and displayed during Tet. Peach tree is considered the quintessence of the Five ...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Peach blossom, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Peach blossom, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Peach blossom, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By LE ANH TUAN

Located in Yardley, PA

Peach blossom is the most beautiful and popular flower in the North of Vietnam, loved by many people and displayed during Tet. Peach tree is considered the quintessence of the Fiv...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

SAKURA-  cherry blossoms, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
SAKURA-  cherry blossoms, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

SAKURA- cherry blossoms, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By LE ANH TUAN

Located in Yardley, PA

About the Artwork Peach blossom is the most beautiful and popular flower in the North of Vietnam, loved by many people and displayed during Tet. Peach tree is considered the quinte...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Schlange (Snake)"
Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Schlange (Snake)"

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Schlange (Snake)"

By Walter Schnackenberg

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns of the mysterious East. In his later years, Schnackenberg explored the unconscious, using surreal subject matter and paler colors that plainly portrayed dreams and visions, some imbued with political connotations. His drawings, illustrations, folio prints, and posters are highly sought today for their exceedingly imaginative qualities, enchanting subject matter, and arresting use of color. SCHNACKENBERG: KOSTUME, PLAKATE UND DEKORATIONEN, a cardboard bound art book consisting of 43 prints of work by Walter Schnackenberg, 30 of which are color lithographs that are signed and some are titled and dated in the plate, as well as black and white prints and photographs with accompanying text by Oskar Bie; lithographs printed at Kunstanstalt Oskar Consee in Munich, other images printed by Gesellschaft Pick & Co. in Munich, the text and cover with color images by Schnackenberg front and verso printed by R. Oldenbourg in Munich; published by Musarion Verlag, Munich, 1920. The majority of Walter Schnackenberg’s artistic output was destroyed by bomb attacks in Munich in 1944. The highly publicized 2013 auction in New York of the recovered pre-war poster collection once belonging to German poster aficionado, Hans Sachs has reintroduced the world to Walter Schnackenberg’s graphic genius and priceless ephemeral art from a lost era. Besides the museum world, designer Karl Lagerfeld is one of the most prodigious collectors of Schnackenberg. Flipping through the pages of Kostume, Plakate und Dekorationen, it becomes quite clear that Schnackenberg’s collection is ground zero at the crossroads of early modern fashion where the cult of celebrity meets up with dance, music, theater and cabaret, film and the graphic medium. Berlin and Munich under Germany’s Weimar Republic in the first quarter of the 20th century produced just the atmosphere to feed this burgeoning industry. Rising inflation sparked a recklessness to live large for the moment and heightened a desire for escapism. An influx of Indian and East Asian dancers and musicians added to the artsy bohemian cultural mix. A new decadence and tolerance resulted. Film boldly featured provocative subject matter. Cabarets became popular venues giving rise to the demi-monde in which people from all social stations mixed more freely in a thriving underground economy and culture where there was a blurring of boundaries and of social codes. Noted art historian and cultural doyen, Oskar Bie astutely observes in his introduction to Schnackenberg’s publication that what unites the images is fantasy and advertisement. Schnackenberg uses the eye as an instrument to brilliantly construct and convey this double message. His personages never directly confront the viewer. Their eyes gaze off in the distance like those of the screenplayer and film star Hedamaria Scholz in Schnackenberg’s “Die Rodelhexe” movie poster. Their eyes follow the path of a dance composition or become a transfixed and ogling male gaze such as the iconic 1911 Odeon Casino poster...

Category

1910s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Odeon-Casino 1911"
Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Odeon-Casino 1911"

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Odeon-Casino 1911"

By Walter Schnackenberg

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns of the mysterious East. In his later years, Schnackenberg explored the unconscious, using surreal subject matter and paler colors that plainly portrayed dreams and visions, some imbued with political connotations. His drawings, illustrations, folio prints, and posters are highly sought today for their exceedingly imaginative qualities, enchanting subject matter, and arresting use of color. SCHNACKENBERG: KOSTUME, PLAKATE UND DEKORATIONEN, a cardboard bound art book consisting of 43 prints of work by Walter Schnackenberg, 30 of which are color lithographs that are signed and some are titled and dated in the plate, as well as black and white prints and photographs with accompanying text by Oskar Bie; lithographs printed at Kunstanstalt Oskar Consee in Munich, other images printed by Gesellschaft Pick & Co. in Munich, the text and cover with color images by Schnackenberg front and verso printed by R. Oldenbourg in Munich; published by Musarion Verlag, Munich, 1920. The majority of Walter Schnackenberg’s artistic output was destroyed by bomb attacks in Munich in 1944. The highly publicized 2013 auction in New York of the recovered pre-war poster collection once belonging to German poster aficionado, Hans Sachs has reintroduced the world to Walter Schnackenberg’s graphic genius and priceless ephemeral art from a lost era. Besides the museum world, designer Karl Lagerfeld is one of the most prodigious collectors of Schnackenberg. Flipping through the pages of Kostume, Plakate und Dekorationen, it becomes quite clear that Schnackenberg’s collection is ground zero at the crossroads of early modern fashion where the cult of celebrity meets up with dance, music, theater and cabaret, film and the graphic medium. Berlin and Munich under Germany’s Weimar Republic in the first quarter of the 20th century produced just the atmosphere to feed this burgeoning industry. Rising inflation sparked a recklessness to live large for the moment and heightened a desire for escapism. An influx of Indian and East Asian dancers and musicians added to the artsy bohemian cultural mix. A new decadence and tolerance resulted. Film boldly featured provocative subject matter. Cabarets became popular venues giving rise to the demi-monde in which people from all social stations mixed more freely in a thriving underground economy and culture where there was a blurring of boundaries and of social codes. Noted art historian and cultural doyen, Oskar Bie astutely observes in his introduction to Schnackenberg’s publication that what unites the images is fantasy and advertisement. Schnackenberg uses the eye as an instrument to brilliantly construct and convey this double message. His personages never directly confront the viewer. Their eyes gaze off in the distance like those of the screenplayer and film star Hedamaria Scholz in Schnackenberg’s “Die Rodelhexe” movie poster. Their eyes follow the path of a dance composition or become a transfixed and ogling male gaze such as the iconic 1911 Odeon Casino...

Category

1910s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Scène Biblique

Scène Biblique

By Marc Chagall

Located in New York, NY

A very good impression of this lithograph printed in gray and black. Signed and numbered in pencil by Chagall, from an edition of 50.

Category

1970s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Beauty We Carry 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Art Deco, Portrait, Floral
Beauty We Carry 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Art Deco, Portrait, Floral

Beauty We Carry 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Art Deco, Portrait, Floral

By Faith Gbadero

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Sometimes, becoming means learning to love the parts of yourself you once tried to hide. This piece is about that quiet moment when you stop asking the world if you are enough, and s...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Fruit still life., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Fruit still life., Painting, Oil on Canvas

Fruit still life., Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Iryna Kastsova

Located in Yardley, PA

Fruit still life. Teapot, bottle of wine, glasses, fruits in a vase on a bright abstract background. The painting was painted expressively with a spatula. Modern. Expressionism. Par...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Rural Landscape - Original photograph
Rural Landscape - Original photograph

Rural Landscape - Original photograph

By Dora Maar

Located in Paris, IDF

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

Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Marc Chagall, The Creation, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
Marc Chagall, The Creation, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960

Marc Chagall, The Creation, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960

By Marc Chagall

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: The Creation (Creation) Year: July 29, 1960 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67 cm) Condit...

Category

1960s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Zen
Zen

Zen

Located in Edinburgh, GB

This oil painting presents a dreamlike aquatic world where stylized fish move among abstracted leaves and flowing organic forms. The composition combines figurative elements with exp...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

'Seated Figure' — 1920 American Expressionist Signed Woodcut
'Seated Figure' — 1920 American Expressionist Signed Woodcut

'Seated Figure' — 1920 American Expressionist Signed Woodcut

By Max Weber

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Max Weber, 'Seated Figure", woodcut, edition not stated, 1919-20, Rubenstein 17. Signed in pencil. A fine impression on cream Japan paper; the full sheet with margins (2 to 3 1/8 in...

Category

1920s Expressionist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Bison 1

Bison 1

By Lisa Bostwick

Located in Bozeman, MT

Lisa Bostwick has had pieces exhibited at the Legion of Honor, Napa Valley Museum, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art and the de Young Museum. Her North Am...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Prowl" Red Abstract Figurative Landscape Signed P. Gonzalez
"Prowl" Red Abstract Figurative Landscape Signed P. Gonzalez

"Prowl" Red Abstract Figurative Landscape Signed P. Gonzalez

Located in Houston, TX

Unique red landscape of a man standing under a tree with black lightening overhead. Done in an expressionist style similar to that of Edvard Munch. Signed, titled, and dated by possi...

Category

1980s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Dallas, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Dallas, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By MARIUSZ MAKULA

Located in Yardley, PA

Original oil on canvas on wooden stretcher, signed on the back. Certificate of authenticity included. :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate o...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Ghosts of Philadelphia 2

Ghosts of Philadelphia 2

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Monotype Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Monotype, Archival Ink

Nude with raised hands, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Nude with raised hands, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Nude with raised hands, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

By Barbara Kroll

Located in Yardley, PA

In my paintings, I strive to combine the visual and the conceptual. For me, drawing is a medium of cognition that, beyond direct expression, makes visible material and immaterial for...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

LARGE RARE OTTO MUELLER WOODCUT POSTER
LARGE RARE OTTO MUELLER WOODCUT POSTER

LARGE RARE OTTO MUELLER WOODCUT POSTER

By Otto Mueller

Located in Santa Monica, CA

OTTO MUELLER (German 1874 – 1930) POTSDAMER KUNSTSOMMER, 1921 (1968) (Karsch 6) Woodcut. Edition of 25 and numbered 11. There are no known impressio...

Category

1920s Expressionist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Ship in the fog, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Ship in the fog, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By MARIUSZ MAKULA

Located in Yardley, PA

Original oil on canvas on wooden stretchers, signed on the front. Certificate of authenticity included. :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate ...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Marc Chagall, Brown Still Life, from Chagall, 1957
Marc Chagall, Brown Still Life, from Chagall, 1957

Marc Chagall, Brown Still Life, from Chagall, 1957

By Marc Chagall

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Brown Still Life (Nature Morte Brune) Year: 1957 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Paper Size: 9.06 x 7.875 inches (23.01 x 20 cm) Condition: ...

Category

1950s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Paradise I, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960
Marc Chagall, Paradise I, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960

Marc Chagall, Paradise I, from Drawings for the Bible, 1960

By Marc Chagall

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: Paradise I (Paradise I) Year: July 29, 1960 Medium: Lithograph on velin du Marais paper Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (35.56 x 26.67 cm) Condit...

Category

1960s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Benavente Solis 7.22. 2 Vertical. . green. Bull- original expressionist acrylic
Benavente Solis 7.22. 2 Vertical. . green. Bull- original expressionist acrylic

Benavente Solis 7.22. 2 Vertical. . green. Bull- original expressionist acrylic

By Benavente Solis

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

Bull- original expressionist acrylic painting During its first exhibition in Paris, the French press catalogs it like "The Catalan Sorolla". Honorary Member of the MECOART (Mediter...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

People Watching, Painting, Oil on Paper
People Watching, Painting, Oil on Paper

People Watching, Painting, Oil on Paper

By Debbie Pacheco

Located in Yardley, PA

Taking a moment to notice the people around you can make a difference in your day. It takes your eyes off your circumstances to look and wonder about the stories and lives of those a...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Blooming Love Story, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Blooming Love Story, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Elisa Costa

Located in Yardley, PA

My work talks about memories and dialogues with various fabrics, laces, colours and textures. The process of transforming different materials into unique pieces inspires me. They ca...

Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

signed original etching - Artist's Proof

signed original etching - Artist's Proof

By Jack Levine

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original soft ground etching. Signed in pencil and annotated "Artist's Proof". Printed in 1967 for the Dreigroschen Film portfolio and published by Touchstone Publishers. Thi...

Category

1960s Expressionist Art

Materials

Etching

Men - Pair of Original Monotype Woodcuts - Mid 1900
Men - Pair of Original Monotype Woodcuts - Mid 1900

Men - Pair of Original Monotype Woodcuts - Mid 1900

Located in Roma, IT

Men is a pair of two original monotype woodcuts realized by an Anonymous artist of the XX century, in 1950 ca, glued on paper. In very good condition. Image dimension : 26 x 19.5 c...

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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

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Woodcut

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.