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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
A Windy Day, Oil Painting
A Windy Day, Oil Painting

A Windy Day, Oil Painting

By George Peebles

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Wind sweeps across a coastal scene, moving through the grasses in the foreground. The water shifts in layers of blue and green, meeting the beige and yellow san...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Adventure Story 1
Adventure Story 1

Adventure Story 1

By Olamilekan Bello

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

"Adventure Story" is a homage to the rich cultural traditions passed down through generations. The artwork's protagonist, a male hunter, stands as a representation of the deep-rooted connection between man and nature, as well as the preservation of traditional practices. The wooden local gun he carries symbolizes both the tools of his trade and the ancestral knowledge that has been handed down through time. Bello's artwork prompts us to appreciate the importance of preserving and honoring our cultural heritage. It serves as a reminder that our traditions, rituals, and stories hold invaluable wisdom and provide a link to our past, helping us understand who we are as individuals and as a collective. The central theme of "Adventure Story" revolves around the spirit of adventure, encapsulated by the hunter in the artwork. The headlamp tied around his head signifies his readiness to explore the unknown and face the challenges that lie ahead. It speaks of the courage to navigate unfamiliar territories and the determination to embrace new experiences. The headlamp, traditionally used to illuminate darkness, can also be interpreted metaphorically as a beacon of knowledge and enlightenment. It symbolizes the hunter's quest for wisdom and understanding, highlighting the importance of seeking knowledge as we venture into the uncharted territories of life. Olamilekan Bello...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dénudée (Unclad) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Realism, Nude, Drawing
Dénudée (Unclad) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Realism, Nude, Drawing

Dénudée (Unclad) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Realism, Nude, Drawing

By Sayeed Momoh

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Dénudée, the French word for unclad is evidently a contemplative piece-- one of passion, intimacy, and elegance, describes the feminine appearance and nature in one single case, the ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Landscape with haystacks, Oluf Høst painting, oil on canvas, Bognemark, Denmark
Landscape with haystacks, Oluf Høst painting, oil on canvas, Bognemark, Denmark

Landscape with haystacks, Oluf Høst painting, oil on canvas, Bognemark, Denmark

Located in Aarhus C, DK

A rare and atmospheric work by the Bornholm painter Oluf Høst, executed in oil on canvas. The motif depicts a characteristic Bornholm landscape with haystacks at Bognemark on Bornhol...

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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Dancing Shadows -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Women
Dancing Shadows -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Women

Dancing Shadows -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Women

By Elie HATUNGIMANA

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

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

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Ian Hornak, Flowers in the Manner of Redon #7: Anemones, 1998
Ian Hornak, Flowers in the Manner of Redon #7: Anemones, 1998

Ian Hornak, Flowers in the Manner of Redon #7: Anemones, 1998

By Ian Hornak

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944–2002) Title: Flowers in the Manner of Redon #7: Anemones (Les fleurs a la Maniere de Redon #7: Anemones) Year: 1998 Medium: Oil on panel Size: 16.3 x 13 inc...

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1990s Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Men's Talk - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Impasto, Pop Culture, Men
Men's Talk - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Impasto, Pop Culture, Men

Men's Talk - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Impasto, Pop Culture, Men

By Oshorenoya David Francis

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery) About ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Blacknificient -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Women
Blacknificient -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Women

Blacknificient -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Women

By Elie HATUNGIMANA

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

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

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Creation Code: Code 5, Original Painting
Creation Code: Code 5, Original Painting

Creation Code: Code 5, Original Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Expressive splashes and deliberate lines explore the tension between disorder and intention in this abstract expressionist painting. Vibrant colors and dynamic ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Attitude - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women Fashion
Attitude - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women Fashion

Attitude - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women Fashion

By Gobe Joseph

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

The painting titled “Attitude” captures the very ‘essence’ of his subjects who they are and what they represent outside of their roles experiences obligations and accomplishments. Ma...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Pont Neuf Paris Misty River Seine Scene, French Expressionist Signed Oil
Pont Neuf Paris Misty River Seine Scene, French Expressionist Signed Oil

Pont Neuf Paris Misty River Seine Scene, French Expressionist Signed Oil

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated 1970's Title: Pont Neuf, Paris Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 9.5 x 13 inches Provenance: private collec...

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20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Blooming in True Self Love -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Fashion Women
Blooming in True Self Love -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Fashion Women

Blooming in True Self Love -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Fashion Women

By Elie HATUNGIMANA

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

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

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Man with Hat (After Van Gogh), Original Painting
Man with Hat (After Van Gogh), Original Painting

Man with Hat (After Van Gogh), Original Painting

By Robert Hofherr

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A man wearing a white hat and blue uniform rests his hands on his chin. Loosely based on Vincent van Gogh's work, this painting adopts a looser and freer execut...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Love and Bond 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Whites, Black
Love and Bond 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Whites, Black

Love and Bond 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Whites, Black

By Faith Gbadero

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

There is a common thread that binds us all, and that is our shared humanity. Everyone has a general desire in their heart - to be seen, heard and understood. Each of us has dreams, f...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Monstera 6, Vibrant Abstract Expressionist Foliage Original Mixed Media Painting
Monstera 6, Vibrant Abstract Expressionist Foliage Original Mixed Media Painting

Monstera 6, Vibrant Abstract Expressionist Foliage Original Mixed Media Painting

By Giuseppe Beddru

Located in Los Angeles, CA

In the realm of vibrant expressions, Italian artist Giuseppe Beddru masterfully brings to life abstracted flora in a spectacular fusion of color and form. The canvas dances with an o...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Afro Crown 1 - 21st Century, Expressionist , Figurative Portrait, Human Hair
Afro Crown 1 - 21st Century, Expressionist , Figurative Portrait, Human Hair

Afro Crown 1 - 21st Century, Expressionist , Figurative Portrait, Human Hair

By Rotimi Godwin

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Backyard, Oil Painting
Backyard, Oil Painting

Backyard, Oil Painting

By George Peebles

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A cluster of trees rises at the center of a field, their foliage showing the colors of autumn. Vertical strokes in the foreground suggest grass, while a thin wh...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Prize Winner, Original Painting
Prize Winner, Original Painting

Prize Winner, Original Painting

By Scott Dykema

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This is a piece of art from Scott Dykema's horse series. In the artwork, the horse is depicted as a unique and significant animal. The image is full of striki...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Joyful Spring
Joyful Spring

Rachael DalzellJoyful Spring, 2025

$2,678Sale Price|20% Off

Joyful Spring

By Rachael Dalzell

Located in Coltishall, GB

Joyful Spring… An expressive painting filled with the colours and emotions of spring time flowers found in the Norfolk countryside. Rachael Dalzell’s paintings are colourful and exp...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Acrylic

Goddess Feels - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Plants, Women
Goddess Feels - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Plants, Women

Goddess Feels - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Plants, Women

By Josue M Pierre

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

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

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

St. Tropez - original abstract figurative oil painting - contemporary artwork

St. Tropez - original abstract figurative oil painting - contemporary artwork

By Iryna Yermolova

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hunger Lithograph, Expressionist Style, Framed, 1924, Good Condition
Hunger Lithograph, Expressionist Style, Framed, 1924, Good Condition

Hunger Lithograph, Expressionist Style, Framed, 1924, Good Condition

By George Grosz

Located in Roma, IT

Hunger is an original litograph, realized by George Grosz in 1924, from Hunger Hilfe Von Künstlern, edition of Neuer Deutscher Verlag, Included a frame. In very good conditions. Here representing a family, with a child, outside of bakery shop looking with desire and despair through the bread of shop, the title of the artwork, Hunger, critically demonstrated an allegorical and dramatic representation of Grosz's moral perspective regarding war. George Grosz (1893 -1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group during the Weimar Republic. He studied drawing at the Dresden Academy 1909-11 and at the School of Arts and Crafts in Berlin 1912-14, He was in the army 1914-15 and again for a short time in 1917, but spent the rest of the war in Berlin where he made violently anti-war drawings, in which his main focus was attacking the social corruption of Germany (capitalists, prostitutes, the Prussian military caste, the middle class). His artworks had great impact in the Berlin Dada movement 1917-20 and collaborated with John Heartfield and Raoul Hausmann in the invention of photomontage. Many of his drawings were published in albums (Gott mit uns...

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1920s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Liberation -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Women, Plant

Liberation -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern Women, Plant

By Kehinde Oyafajo

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Woman - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, African Woman on Red Hat
Woman - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, African Woman on Red Hat

Woman - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, African Woman on Red Hat

By Ayandare Adeniran Ayanmuyiwa

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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.