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
Illustration Style, Exotic Flamingo Bouquet, Tropical Flowers in Red on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This vibrant painting captures the striking beauty and elegant forms of Flamingo flowers. Sweeping brushstrokes and vivid colors bring these flowers to life, highlighting their styli...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
India Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
Sailors in the Port of Nice
Located in London, GB
'Sailors in the Port of Nice', mixed media - gouache, pastel and oil on paper, by Alfred Salvignol (circa 1950s). The Port of Nice is one of the key hubs of Nice and, in fact, of the entire French Riviera, standing out as one of the main harbours for the boats which sail across the Mediterranean Sea. It accommodates both the ships operated by ferry companies and the private yachts of visitors who come to Nice by sea. The artist here depicts a group of crusty sailors watching...
Category
1950s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil, Gouache
$853 Sale Price
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Maternité au Centaure (Cramer 34; Mourlot 195), Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 9.06 x 7.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Chagall, Marc, and Julien Cain. Chagall Li...
Category
1950s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
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"The Toreador" Pierre Ambrogiani (France, 1905-1985) Circa 1950s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"The Toreador"
Pierre Ambrogiani (France, 1905-1985)
Oil on canvas
Circa 1950's
28 1/4 x 20 3/4 (31 1/4 x 23 3/4 frame) inches
Signed bottom right corner
If the artists Diego Veláz...
Category
1950s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Giner Bueno 193 Reparando redes original painting
By Giner Bueno
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Giner Bueno (1935-2000)
Reparando Las Redes
Painter from Alicante, son of the painter Luis Giner Valls.
He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts of Valencia and finished his stu...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ernst Bruzek - "Demeter" - giclée print - hand signed
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Ernst Bruzek - "Demeter".
Giclée print handmade paper.
Hand signed
A beautiful artwork that looks good in every room and especially in the living room ...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Giclée, Handmade Paper
$278 Sale Price
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ELVIS
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this vivid creation, I fused acrylic and oil to breathe life into a whimsical feline, capturing its essence with naive charm and pop-art vibrancy. Primitivist simplicity meets imp...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Composition, Poems of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Lois Mailou Jones
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin paper. Paper Size: 22 x 17 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Poems of Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1996. Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York; printed by Studio Heinrici, Ltd., New York, under the direction of Alexander Heinrici, New York, 1996. Excerpted from the album, CCC examples of this album have been printed by Daniel Keleher at Wild Carrot Letterpress. This edition was designed and set in Bodoni types by Dan Cart and Julia Ferrari at Golgonooza Letter Foundry. The silkscreen prints were made by Alexander Heinrici at Studio Heinrici.
LOIS MAILOU JONES (1905-1998) was an African American artist and educator, often associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Jones was raised in Boston by working-class parents who emphasized the importance of education and hard work. After graduating from Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Jones began designing textiles for several New York firms. She left in 1928 to take a teaching position at Palmer Memorial Institute in North Carolina. At Palmer, Jones founded the art department, coached basketball, taught folk dancing, and played the piano for Sunday services. Two years later, she was recruited by Howard University in Washington, D.C., to join its art department. From 1930–77, Jones trained several generations of African American artists, including David Driskell, Elizabeth Catlett, and Sylvia Snowden...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Screen
$1,996 Sale Price
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Frosch Serenade - Drawing by L. von Hoffmann - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Frosch Serenade is an original drawing in watercolour and pencil on paper, realized by Ludwig Von Hofmann .
Framed.
In very good conditions.
The artwork represents a nude woman-bu...
Category
1910s Expressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
'Riflessi A Tiburon', by Marco Sassone, Oil on Linen, Waterfront Landscape, 1983
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed oil on linen painting, 'Riflessi A Tiburon,' by Marco Sassone, an American-Italian painter, is measured at 30 x 24 inches in a horizontal format. Sassone paints an Expres...
Category
1980s Expressionist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
$10,500 Sale Price
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French Abstract Expressionist Acrylic On Canvas
Located in Cotignac, FR
A contemporary Abstract Expressionist acrylic on canvas by French artist, Christian Manoury. Signed to the back of the canvas.
This artwork captures a minimalist aesthetic with its ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
POLSTER (The Cushion)
By Max Kurzweil
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MAXIMILLIAN KURZWEIL (Austrian 1867-1916)
DER POLSTER / THE CUSHION, 1903. Color woodcut printed on laid japon paper, affixed as usual to a support sheet from its upper sheet edge...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Fruit Market in Haiti oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Fruit Market in Haiti
Artist: JM Gary Delly
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions (unframed): 9.8 x 7.9 in
Dimensions (framed): 15 x 13 in
Period: Approx. 1990-1999
Origin: Haiti
Condition: Good, with frame included
Description of the Artwork
This painting captures a lively Haitian market scene, embodying the essence of Haitian primitivist art with its vibrant colors and thick impasto brushstrokes. The scene depicts a bustling marketplace where vendors and buyers interact, surrounded by piles of tropical fruits arranged in baskets. The figures are dressed in bright, contrasting tones, enhancing the painting’s dynamic and energetic atmosphere.
The artist’s expressive, thick strokes and saturated colors create a sense of movement and liveliness. The composition is carefully balanced, with figures arranged in different planes, providing depth and perspective in an intuitive manner. The lush vegetation in the background and the bright blue sky add further context to the scene, situating it in the Caribbean setting.
Haitian art, influenced by its African and Caribbean heritage, is known for its naïve style and depictions of everyday life. JM Gary Delly follows this tradition, celebrating the vibrancy of Haitian culture in his work.
Comparable Artists
This artwork shares stylistic similarities with renowned Haitian artists, including:
Wilson Bigaud (1931-2010): A master of Haitian art, famous for his detailed depictions of everyday life and folklore.
André Normil (1934-2015): Known for his naïve style and colorful representations of Haitian life.
Laurent Casimir...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$425 Sale Price
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"Secret supper in the Kuril Islands, in search of Pokemon Painting"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This is not my first picture dedicated to the biblical theme "The Last Supper". It reveals a long-standing dispute between Russia and Japan over the Kuril Islands.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
J. Santacana Modernist Building Barcelona original acrylic canvas
By Jordi Santacana
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Born in 1965 in Vilanova i la Geltrú, a coast town near Barcelona. I was student in the art school of Barcelona “La Massana”. I was awarded in 1982 and 1983 by the second and the fir...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Masturbating Woman on Couch" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print - Courtesan Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #5 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Kli...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper
Omegas Død (Omega's Death) /// Edvard Munch Alpha and Omega Expressionist Litho
By Edvard Munch
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863-1944)
Title: "Omegas Død (Omega's Death)"
Portfolio: Alfa og Omega (Alpha and Omega)
*Signed by Munch in pencil lower right
Year: 1908-1909
Medi...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Love and Bond 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Whites, Black
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
(after) Carl Hofer - "Pierrot" pochoir
By Carl Hofer
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor). Printed in Germany in 1922 for the Ganymed portfolio "Das vierte Jahrbuch der Marees Gesellschaft" and published in Munich by Marees-Gesellsch...
Category
1920s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Mid Century French Expressionist Oil on Canvas, Vers La Durance
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Expressionist oil on canvas of a river and mountain landscape by Gisele Grant-Gapail. The painting is initialled bottom right, signed and dated to the back of the canvas and t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Giner Bueno Reparando redes original painting
By Giner Bueno
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Giner Bueno (1935-2000)
Reparando Las Redes
Painter from Alicante, son of the painter Luis Giner Valls.
He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts of Valencia and finished his stu...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Noémie et ses Belles-Filles (Mourlot 230-77; Cramer 42)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Mourlot, Fernand. C...
Category
1960s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
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La Tour Eiffel verte (Cramer 34; Mourlot 201), Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 7.875 x 9.06 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Chagall, Marc, and Julien Cain. Chagall Li...
Category
1950s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
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Sans titre (Mourlot 680), Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Chagall, Marc, et al. Chagall Lithographe, ...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
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Sunflowers
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In my creation, I pour my soul into the vibrant dance of sunflowers under an evocative sky. Each stroke is a symphony of colors, blending impressionistic warmth with a touch of real...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$16,500
Rain in Venice
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I've woven a tapestry of emotions using acrylic and oil, bridging realism with vibrant expressionism and impressionism's soft touch. Capturing the serene yet lively...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard
Autumn mood
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I’ve captured the ephemeral beauty of autumn, where the vibrant colors of the leaves contrast with the serene blue of the lake. Using oil, I blended expressionist v...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composition, Hiroshima, Jacob Lawrence
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen in eleven colors on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.81 x 9.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Hiroshima, 1983. Published by Th...
Category
1980s Expressionist Art
Materials
Screen
$2,796 Sale Price
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"Weather Eye" - 1989 Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Weather Eye" - 1989 Lithograph on Paper
1989 Lithograph on paper titled "Weather Eye" by Deborah Rumer (American, 20th Century). A windowsill is the focal point, as the viewer look...
Category
1980s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Des Hommes Arrivent du fond de leur passe colored lithograph 1968 by Tobiasse
Located in Paonia, CO
Theo Tobiasse (1927 - 2012 )
Title Des Hommes Arrivent du Fond de leur Passe
Lithograph 1968
edition E. A. ( artist proof )
size 17.50 x 23.50
condition good
Des Hommes Arriv...
Category
1960s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Parisian Street Scene. Oil on canvas, 32x46 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Parisian Street Scene. Oil on canvas, 32x46 cm
Category
1950s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,937 Sale Price
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"Three Women Asleep" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesans Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #13 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper
Serenity in Chaos - 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Deux danseuses, 1995, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned, numbered
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Deux danseuses, 1995
Lithographie sur papier Arches, justifiée et numérotée EA
Signée en bas à droite
22 x 17 cm / 32 x 26 cm
Bibliographie:
Catalogue raiso...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Conscience of the Court, Bookmarks in the Pages of Life
By Betye Saar
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen in colors and sepia-tones on Langdell fait à la main paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Bookmarks i...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Screen
$4,796 Sale Price
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Italian village
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this artwork, I've poured my soul into capturing the essence of a rustic Italian landscape, where the vibrant poppy fields dance under the sun's warm embrace. The path meanders, i...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard, Giclée
Performer
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Performer
Artist signed lower right, canvas 28"x31"75
Nicola Simbari was born in Italy and grow up in Rome. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, and in the 1940s he beg...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Not Speaking, Expressionist Portrait of Mother and Son by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Not Speaking" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 36" x 40" oil on board portrait of a mother and her son is painted in a vibrant color pale...
Category
1960s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Roses and Blues. Oil on panel Still Life with red roses on blue background
Located in Segovia, ES
Roses and Blues (Rosas y azules), oil on panel, Expressionist Still Life.
Dimension art: 27 x 22 cm.
Dimension framed 51 x 46 x 4.5 cm.
Small Expressionist still life...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
Sisters' Reunion -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Women
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
Gob...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Sandra Pratt 'Untitled' - Unframed Contemporary Oil On Board Winter Scene 2024
By Sandra Pratt
Located in Denver, CO
This original, unframed oil on board requires a frame to hang. Created by Sandra Pratt in 2024, it measures 6 x 8 inches (15.24 x 20.32 cm) and captures a serene winter landscape in ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Max Weber Woodcut Print from "Primitives" Poetry Book Signed
By Max Weber
Located in Detroit, MI
ONE WEEK ONLY SALE
This woodcut print is an expressionist print on one of the poems from Max Weber's poetry collection "Primitives: Poems and Woodcuts". This work is signed in penci...
Category
1920s Expressionist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Coll Bardolet Bolero Baile Mallorquin original expressionist watercolor
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Bolero Mallorquin original expressionist watercolor painting.
Spanish painter maximum representative of the art of Mallorca at the end of the 20th century. Costumbrista work. With d...
Category
1980s Expressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
The Severn Vale, Original, Landscape, Expressionist
Located in Deddington, GB
The Severn Vale is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley This miniature painting shows the vast Severn vale looking out from Edge near Stroud. The little patchwork fields of pink a...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Landscape With River Abstract Expressionist
By Jacques Kupfermann
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Expressionist Landscape With River
Signed lower left.
Jacques Herbert Kupfermann (1926–1987) was an American Expressionist painter who was born in Vienna, Austria. His work, both ab...
Category
1960s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Mill
Located in London, GB
'The Mill', oil on paper mounted on canvas, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930s). A colourful wintery scene, the bare trees are like wireless telephone poles along ...
Category
1930s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
$1,232 Sale Price
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Butterfly.
Located in Zofingen, AG
Butterfly. Expressive modern abstract painting created with drops and splashes of paint on a white background! Colors are superimposed on each other and also correspond to different ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Women Sleeping Face Down" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesan Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #12 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper
Boubou - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Plants, Women, Africa
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Burst of spring colors " (Contemporary semi-abstract expressive floral art)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork belongs to my “Floral” series which is full of expressive brush strokes where I could experience a floral theme. It is a bold and eclectic mix of art which radiates str...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
David à la harpe (Mourlot 117-46; Cramer 25)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Cain, Julien, and F...
Category
1950s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
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A Lady with a Parasol at the Beach. Oil on Canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Hubert Glansdorff
Belgian 1877 – 1963
Signed bottom right
Picture Size: 19 x 28" (47 x 70cm)
Outside Frame Size: 27 x 36" (67 x 90cm)
A rare chance ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
'Karl Michel Exhibition' — German Expressionism
By Karl Michel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Karl Michel, 'Austellung Karl Michel', woodcut, 1924, edition 20. Signed, dated, numbered 'op. 173' (the artist's inventory number) and '7/20' (the impression number/edition size) and annotated 'Vorgesdruck' (artist's proof) in pencil.
A fine, richly-inked impression on hand-made cream, wove paper, with full margins (1 1/16 to 1 1/2 inches); toning to the right sheet edge deckle, otherwise in good condition. With the artist's blind stamp in the bottom center margin. Designed and printed by the artist. Very scarce. Matted to museum standards (unframed).
An elegantly designed, dynamic exhibition announcement with the German copy in the block: 'Austellung Karl Michel – Deutsches Buchmuseum Leipzig/Zeitzer str 12, Berlin S.W. 61 Teltower str 33 / Buchschmuck/ Plakate/ Anzeige/ Schultzmarke/ Illustrations/ Ex Libris'. English translation: 'Karl Michel Exhibition – German Book Museum, Leipzig Zeitzer Street 12, Berlin, S.W. 61 Teltower St. 33. / Book Decoration / Posters / Announcements / Illustrations / Ex Libris.'
Image size 6 x 4 inches (152 x 102 mm); sheet size 8 1/16 x 5 1/2 inches (205 x 140 mm).
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Karl Michel (1889-1984) was a noted graphic designer and expressionist printmaker during Germany's pre-Nazi Weimar Republic (1919-1933). Michel’s work was the subject of a feature article in the influential German graphic design magazine 'Das Plakat' (The Poster) in 1920. An anti-war advocate, Michel created a suite of 12 wood engravings depicting his impressions of the humanitarian toll of WWII entitled ‘Humanitas’ (Humanity). The German publishing house Greifenverlag published the series in a folio of unsigned prints.
Michel’s graphic work is held in the permanent collections of the Auckland War Memorial Museum (New Zealand), Frederikshavn Kunstmuseum & Exlibrissamling (Denmark), Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest), The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the German Expressionism...
Category
1920s Expressionist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Wet Roads
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this painting, I delved into the transient beauty of a rain-soaked cityscape through an amalgamation of impressionism and abstract styles. Using acrylics and oils, I stro...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard
Composition, Hiroshima, Jacob Lawrence
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen in eleven colors on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.81 x 9.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Hiroshima, 1983. Published by Th...
Category
1980s Expressionist Art
Materials
Screen
$2,796 Sale Price
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Bouquet of Irises
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this piece, I delved into emotions of tranquility and rejuvenation, using oil to blend the serene blues and soft yellows. My brushstrokes, rooted in expressionism and imp...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gerlach's Allegorien Plate #35: "Love & Wine" Lithograph
Located in Chicago, IL
Koloman Moser
(1868 –1918), AUSTRIAN
Instead of applying his flair and art education solely to painting, Koloman Moser embodied the idea of Gesamt Kunstwerk (all-embracing art work) by designing architecture, furniture, jewelry, graphics, and tapestries meant to coordinate every detail of an environment. His work transcended the imitative decorative arts of earlier eras and helped to define Modernism for generations to come. Moser achieved a remarkable balance between intellectual structure (often geometric) and hedonistic luxury.
Collaborating with Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann, the artist was an editor and active contributor to Ver Sacrum, (Sacred Spring), the journal of the Viennese Secession that was so prized for its aesthetics and high quality production that it was considered a work of art. The magazine featured drawings and designs in the Jugendstil style (Youth) along with literary contributions from distinguished writers from across Europe. It quickly disseminated both the spirit and the style of the Secession.
In 1903 Moser and Hoffmann founded and led the Wiener Werkstatte (Viennese Workshop) a collective of artisans that produced elegant decorative arts items, not as industrial prototypes but for the purpose of sale to the public. The plan, as idealistic then as now, was to elevate the lives of consumers by means of beautiful and useful interior surroundings.
Moser’s influence has endured throughout the century. His design sensibility is evident from the mid-century modern furniture of the 1950s and ‘60s to the psychedelic rock posters...
Category
1890s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Women Bathing — German Expressionism, Nudes, 1920
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Georg Gelbke, Untitled (Women Bathing), etching, 1920. Signed and dated in pencil. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower right. A fine, richly-inked im...
Category
1920s Expressionist Art
Materials
Etching
$520 Sale Price
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Still life with peonies
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this piece, I sought to capture the effervescence of nature's transient beauty. I used oil to express the delicate vibrancy of peonies, with my brushstrokes blending impr...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marina Diptych, Abstract Seascape Gestures in Blue, Acrylic Painting on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
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