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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
Care Free Day, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Beneath the blue sky, a thicket of trees displays their autumn-tinted foliage. Thin clouds in the distance and wispy grasses in the foreground add depth to th...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Autumn Breeze, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A group of trees stands close together, their autumn-tinted canopies blending into one. Their hazy surroundings mirror the softness of the cloud above. In the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Oil

Berg See (Mountain Lake)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Title: Mountain Lake (Berg see) Creator: Lovis Corinth Date Created: 1922 Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed by artist Set or Series Title: Early Spring in the Mountains (Vorfrühling ...
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1920s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Garden Path with Chickens” collotype print
Located in Chicago, IL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #26, Bauerngarten mit Hühnern; multi-color collotype after 1916 painting in oil on canvas. The original was destroyed by fire in May 1945 at Immendorf Castle, Lower Austria. Landscapes, for Klimt, are vehicles to convey universal themes such as procreation and the mysteries of life. Using a highly personal language of symbols, Klimt creates a voluptuous scene of fertility, fecundity and domesticity. Klimt uses a similarly lustrous palette of pearly iridescence for the path as he had for many of his female nudes. This feminine quality is intensified by the tunnel-effect produced by the walls of colorful floral blooms whose leafy stalks are redolent with wild abundance at the height of summer.The passage leads to a green covered arbor, womb-like, which contains a simple wooden table and a bench. Human presence is unmistakeable.The two chickens shown in the path provide the link to engage with this scene cerebrally and emotionally. Protective and maternal, the mother hens do somewhat bar one’s path, but by no means in a menacing way. The experiential aspect of walking forward and ignoring those chickens, certain that they will dodge out of the way, heightens the rational with the intuitive senses creating the illusion and feeling that the flanking floral walls are parting to provide clear passage to within. Seen in this context, the age old conundrum to divine what came first, the chicken or the egg, begs the question of the greatest mystery of all. One’s relationship to procreation itself, Klimt shows us, is interwoven all around us. Far from banal, this universal quality of the natural world is fraught with thrilling wonder. GUSTAV KLIMT EINE NACHLESE (GUSTAV KLIMT AN AFTERMATH), a portfolio of 30 collotypes prints, 15 are multi-color and 15 are monochrome, on chine colle paper laid down on heavy cream-wove paper with deckled edges; Max Eisler, Editor-Publisher; Osterreichischer Staatsdruckerei (Austrian State Printing Office), Printer; in a limited edition of 500 numbered examples of which: 200 were printed in German, 150 were printed in French and 150 were printed in English; Vienna, 1931. 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of Gustav Klimt’s death. It is a fitting time to reflect upon the enduring legacy and deep impact of his art. Recognizing this need for posterity with uncanny foresight, the publication of Gustav Klimt: An Aftermath (Eine Nachlese) provides a rare collection of work after Klimt which has proven to be an indispensable tool for Klimt scholarship as well as a source for pure visual delight. Approximately 25 percent of the original works featured in the Aftermath portfolio have since been lost. Of those 30, six were destroyed by fire on 8 May 1945. On that fateful final day of WWII, the retreating Feldherrnhalle, a tank division of the German Army, set fire to the Schloss Immendorf which was a 16th century castle in Lower Austria used between 1942-1945 to store objects of art. All three of Klimt’s Faculty Paintings: Philosophy, Medicine and Jurisprudence (1900-1907), originally created for the University of Vienna, were on premises at that time. Also among the inventory of Klimt paintings in storage there was art which had been confiscated by the Nazis. One of the most significant confiscated collections was the Lederer collection which featured many works by Gustav Klimt such as Girlfriends II and Garden Path with Chickens...
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1930s Expressionist Art

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Paper

Watermelon
Located in Zofingen, AG
In my creation, I've channeled the vibrant essence of summer into each stroke, capturing the juicy allure of watermelon slices against an evocative backdrop. With oil I've intertwine...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Songs of Songs of King Salomons
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Teo Tobiasse (French/Israeli, 1927-2012) Title: "The Songs of Songs of King Solomons" Year: 1975 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered LVII/C in pencil Paper: Jap...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Coll Bardolet Bolero Mallorquin original expressionist watercolor painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Bolero Mallorquin original expressionist watercolor painting. virtual frame Spanish painter maximum representative of the art of Mallorca at the end of the 20th century. Costumbrista...
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1990s Expressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Lydia au coussin indien, 1995, original lithograph by Jean Jansem handsigned
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013) Lydia au coussin indien, 1993 Lithographie sur papier Arches Signée et justifiée 49 x 64,5 cm / 56 x 76 cm Imprimeur: Arts-Litho, Paris Editeur: Jansem, Pari...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Beautiful sea
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I've captured the raw, spirited dance of the sea. Through energetic strokes and a rich palette, I blended realism with expressionism to evoke the ocean's majest...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mid 20th Century oil painting of Venice by French artist Clement Serveau
By Henri Clement Serveau
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A beautiful and bold composition of La Cad'oro in Venice with clear blue skies above and a cubist reflections of the buildings below in different shades of blues and turquoises. H...
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20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bouquet of flowers
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Dimensions of the passepartout: 40.6 x 29.5cm This captivating watercolor depicts a vibrant bouquet of brightly colored flowers. The work boasts a dynamic composition i...
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1980s Expressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor

Elizabeth
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this passionate dance of colors, I've captured the vibrant essence of life itself through the allegory of pomegranates. Oil paint weaves a textural symphony, blending realism with...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cherries
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this oil painting, I wanted to convey the lush vibrancy and intimate simplicity of nature through the lens of expressionism mixed with realism. I chose cherries as the su...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Perspectives - 21st Century, Contemporary Figurative, Colourful, Silhouette
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 Ori...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Prize Winner, Original Painting
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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Mixed Media

Raventos Boat Marina II " original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
" Marina II " original expressionist acrylic painting RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930). Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Night Light, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Shadows of tall, slender trees rise from the darkness. A subtle ray of moonlight illuminates the landscape, casting a delicate glow that contrasts against the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

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Oil

French Expressionist Painting, 'View To The Sea With Trees'. Oil on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid century French Expressionist marine view by Joseph Stamboulian. Signed bottom right. Presented in gilt and patinated wood frame under glass. Stamboulian spent much of his career...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Art

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Oil, Paper

Brotherhood 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative. Neo-Expressionism, Men
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, Acrylic

Transcending Marilyn - original figurative oil painting - contemporary artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. This expressive oil painting captures the timeless allure of M...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Benavente Solis bullfight original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
bullfight original expressionist acrylic painting. Framed During its first exhibition in Paris, the French press catalogs it like "The Catalan Sorolla". Honorary Member of the MECOA...
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1990s Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Les Ombres
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in 1951, François Legrand was introduced to painting as a teenager by Philippe Lejeune in Etampes. In 1973, he moved to Loiret. From 1974 to 197...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Courageous Spirit
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Tunde Bakare, a visionary artist with an uncanny ability to infuse profound emotions into his works, has risen to prominence for his powerful portrayal of marginalized voices and the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wreck THE THISTLEGORM Created Underwater at 18 meters
Located in Zofingen, AG
Underwater Painting by Olga Nikitina The Thistlegorm, wreck of The Second World War in The Red Sea. Underwater painting is a new very unique fast growing direction in contemporary ar...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

"Symbolist Composition"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Artist: Unidentified Dimensions: Framed: 51 x 45 cm Artwork: 13 x 9 cm Medium: Oil on board/canvas Period: [Estimate based on style, e.g., Mid-20th Century / Contemporary] Style: Sy...
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19th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Portrait of Elegant" Oil on wood Expressionist Hague School Signed
Located in Pistoia, IT
Martin Borgord (1869-1935) Active in California, New York, Paris, Holland "Portrait of an Elegant Woman," oil painting on wood signed lower right and dedicated to Madame Merlet. Attended: San Francisco Art Association School of Design, Académie des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Académie Julian de Paris, New York School of Art "In the past I worked on light and shadow effects. Now I paint exclusively for unusual effects and color harmonies." It is with these words that Martin Borgord, a Norwegian-born but naturalized American painter, interviewed by a journalist from the Hartford Courant, explains our painting.Straddling the line between Impressionism and Expressionism, the elegant lady loses the sharpness of detail, blending with light and color in quick, dense brushstrokes. Excellent state of preservation.Presented in antique carved and silvered wooden frame. It has a regular Fine Arts export certificate. Measurements Panel 41 x 33 cm Frame 51x43 cm BIOGRAPHY Martin Borgord was born February 8, 1869, in Guasdal, Norway, and died March 25, 1935, in Riverside, California. At the age of 16, Borgord resided in San Francisco and enrolled to study with Virgil Macey Williams (1830-1886) at the San Francisco Art Association School of Design. Interested in both painting and sculpture, Borgord will go to Paris. He was accepted to study at the Académie Julian with Jean-Paul Laurens and at the Académie des Beaux-Arts with sculptor Charles Raoul Verlet. In 1896, Martin Borgord returned to New York and enrolled in the new Chase School of Art (later renamed the New York School of Art) with William Merritt. In 1899, influential art dealer William Macbeth, dedicated to the cause of promoting American art, represented Borgord in New York.With his friend and fellow artist William Henry Singer...
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

"Etude de nu" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Printed in 1908 and published in Paris by Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Plate size: 7 x 5 1/2 inches (180 x 140 mm). A rich, dark impression on laid pap...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Art

Materials

Etching

Rouen Street Scene Thickly Painted 20th Century French Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French Expressionist School, indistinctly signed Title: Rouen street scene Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, unframed. Siz...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Gentle roses 50X40 oil painting.
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I sought to capture the elegance and tranquility of nature's beauty with a touch of vintage allure. The brushstrokes convey both the softness and the vibrancy o...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Woman - Expressionist Mixed Media Piece
Located in Austin, TX
Expressionist portrait of a woman by Juan Carlos Breceda featuring purple, blue, green, yellow, and orange. Executed in 2001. Mixed Media. Framed ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Happy New Year 2 !
Located in Zofingen, AG
Embracing the vibrancy of pop art and the simplicity of primitivism, my creation merges joyful naiveté with hints of impressionistic texture. In this painting, crafted with acrylic a...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

HAPPY NEW YEAR !
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I've melded the warmth of acrylics with the depth of oils to capture a whimsical holiday moment. It's a playful embrace of pop art and naïveté, with a hint of primitiv...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Music of the Senses (Ballerina 2)
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this artwork, I embraced the fluidity of expressionism with dashes of impressionism and a touch of pop art allure. I sought to weave the language of music and dance into ...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Figures in a landscape
Located in Norwich, GB
A rare, very poetic figurative work by Eric Scholz, dating from the 1980s. Scholz was a Hungarian artist who trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. He was awarded the pre...
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1980s Expressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Masonite

original woodcut
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. This impression on wove paper was printed in 1919 for Das Kestnerbuch, an important collection of original prints published during the height of the German ...
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1910s Expressionist Art

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Woodcut

Copons 9 PARIS.RIVER. BRIDGE.SENA . Landscape original acrylic canvas painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Original work by the Spanish artist Joan COPONS. Oil on canvas . Perfect state
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled Abstraction (Figures in Red)
By Albert Urban
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Albert Urban, Untitled Abstraction (Figures in Red), color serigraph, 1944. Signed and dated in blue ink. A fine, painterly impression, with fresh, rich colors, on cream wove paper;...
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1940s Expressionist Art

Materials

Screen

Les Tricoteuses
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - Les Tricoteuses Lithograph from 1977. The edition of 103/150. On Arches paper with watermark. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm. Hand signed. The work ...
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1970s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

The Winter Sun - original winter landscape
Located in Zofingen, AG
The evening expressionist painting with the snowy forest and the setting Sun is a beautiful wall decor, the painting is full of different colours, combinations of warm and cold shade...
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Oil, Board

Genesis II
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to premier for the first time in more than twenty years, the paintings of Austrian/American artist Gustav Rehberger (1910–1995). ...
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1970s Expressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 689), Le Message Biblique Marc Chagall (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Le Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1973. Published by Fernand Mourl...
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1970s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

"DREAMS IN THE EYES" portrait , painting acrylic on canvas, big size.
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto. They say that an entire universe is hidden in every gaze. "Dreams in the Eyes" is a window into the infinite space of the soul, telling the story of...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Oil Pastel

GURU
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper Original art by DARIA KUSTO The magic flow reality.. Shipped well protected, rolled in a tube, unframed
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2010s Expressionist Art

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Acrylic

La Mort de Marat
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - La Mort de Marat Lithograph from 1977. The edition of 103/150. On Arches paper with watermark. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm. Hand signed. The work...
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1970s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

Field of lupines
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I sought to capture the vibrant yet transient essence of a field of lupines. Employing oil as my medium, I blended expressionism with touches of impressionism, real...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Benavente Solís 22 Landscape - original expressionist
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Landscape original expressionist painting. frame Work of the Spanish artist BENAVENTE SOLIS. Perfect state . During its first exhibition in Paris, the French press catalogs it lik...
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1990s Expressionist Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

Bronze Sculpture Relief Troubadour Figurative American Modernist David Aronson
Located in Surfside, FL
Guitar or Mandolin playing musician. Music themed bronze sculpture Signed and numbered Aronson, David 1923- David Aronson, son of a rabbi, was born in Lithuania in 1923 and immigra...
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20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Bronze

Man Portrait
By Ann Singer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ANN SINGER "MAN PORTRAIT" ACRYLIS ON CANVAS, SIGNED CZECH, DATED 1983 35 X 29 INCHES Plus frame
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1980s Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Rachel, Large Framed Lithograph by Theo Tobiasse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Theo Tobiasse, French (1927 - 2012) Title: Rachel Year: 1984 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 86/125 Image: 38 x 26 inches Size: 42 x 28.5 in....
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1980s Expressionist Art

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Lithograph

La République
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - La République Lithograph from 1977. The edition of 103/150. On Arches paper with watermark. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm. Hand signed. The work is...
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1970s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

More than a thousand words
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this piece, I delved deep into the soulful presence of the equine form, decorating it with elements of nature to symbolize purity and renewal. The oil mediums allowed me ...
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2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Colourful Abstract, Artisan Style, Expressionist Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002) Oil painting on canvas, framed Framed size: 26.5 x 33 inches Beautifully colourful, original oil painting by the very popular and highly regarded Hun...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Fanny Rabel Figurative Oil Painting Soulful, Prayerful
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

Tree In Winter
Located in Sheffield, MA
Mabel Spencer Peterson American, 1886-1953 Tree In Winter Oil on canvas 16 by 20 ¼ in, w/ frame 24 by 28 in Signed lower right Born in Dunlap, Elkhart County, Indiana as the eldest...
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Aláàárù Ajé" (Carrier of Wealth)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The artwork titled "Aláàárù Ajé" (Carrier of Wealth) features a lady with a head made of a Sekere, a traditional Yoruba percussion instrument made from dried gourds covered with beads. The lady is depicted wearing a blue dress with intricate details and patterns. Ayandare Adeniran, Ayanmuyiwa behind this intriguing piece of art has managed to capture the essence of the Yoruba culture, which is renowned for its rich cultural heritage and traditional beliefs. The use of the Sekere in the artwork is symbolic of the Yoruba people's deep-rooted love for music and the arts, which are considered an integral part of their daily lives. The lady in the artwork, with her head made of Sekere, is a representation of the Yoruba deity, Oshun, who is revered as the goddess of love, fertility, and prosperity. According to Yoruba mythology, Oshun is believed to be the owner of the Sekere and is often depicted carrying it around during festive celebrations and ceremonies. The blue dress worn by the lady in the artwork is also significant in Yoruba culture as it represents wealth, royalty, and nobility. The intricate details and patterns on the dress are a testament to the artist's attention to detail and skill, which are essential in Yoruba art. Overall, the artwork "Aláàárù Ajé" (Carrier of Wealth) is a beautiful representation of Yoruba culture, tradition, and mythology. The artist's use of the Sekere and the blue dress is a nod to the Yoruba people's love for music, art, and fashion, which are essential elements of their identity. The artwork is a reminder of the rich cultural heritage of the Yoruba people and the importance of preserving it for future generations. 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 Gallery) About Artist Ayandare Adeniran, Ayanmuyiwa (born 1991) is an Artist who hails from Ogbomosho, Oyo state, Nigeria. At his early stage of life, his artistic talents sprang up and his parent helped in developing them by providing him with what they understood he needed by buying drawing books, crayons, and watercolors among others to help his creative skills. After his primary and secondary education, he received a Nigeria Certificate on Education (NCE) from a prestigious college; the Federal College of Education (SPECIAL), Oyo, where he studied Fine and Applied Arts. Musa Ibrahim was the first practicing Artist who helped Ayandare in his Artistic career which was during a compulsory Industrial Training program for students in the Fine Arts department. After College, yawning for knowledge and flare for artistic work dragged him to Arowolo Wasiu, a metal sculptor who trained him in sculpting metal. A thirst for one's zeal can only be quenched by following the path thus making him proceed to TOPE FATUNMBI...
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