A resurgence of interest in Expressionism, Pop art, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and other movements gained steam among artists of the 1970s and ’80s, in part as a reaction to the austerity of the prevailing minimalism and Conceptual art of the era. A decadent, bold and brash art style called Neo-Expressionism saw painters returning to figural representation, creating highly textured works that were imbued with intensely personal narratives.
Neo-Expressionist paintings are sensuous in nature and highly subjective in meaning. Expressive brushwork, highly pigmented colors and layered forms and materials lent sculptural attributes to the work and were used to depict symbolic narratives from history, mythology and the artist’s personal experience.
Prominent figures such as Jean-Michel Basquiat led the Neo-Expressionist movement in the United States with paintings and prints that were raw, emotional and often violent in nature. In Germany, Die Neuen Wilden (the “New Fauves”) was the name given to a group of postwar artists that included the likes of sculptor Georg Baselitz and Gerhard Richter, a painter and photographer who explored the possibilities of both abstraction and realism, sometimes in a single piece. The work of the New Fauves — labeled as such for its return to Fauvism’s textured brushwork and use of vibrant colors — shares commonalities with Neo-Expressionism, and Baselitz was a pioneer of the movement in Europe. In addition, Willem de Kooning’s pulsating action paintings and Julian Schnabel’s experimentation with the materiality of paintings also took shape during this period.
“I was trying to make paintings different from the paintings that I saw a lot of at the time, which were mostly minimal, and they were highbrow and alienating, and I wanted to make very direct paintings that most people would feel the emotion behind when they saw them,” said Basquiat.
Neo-Expressionism generated some polarizing opinions, with some celebrating the revival of personal subjectivity in art while others criticizing the movement for being too commercially driven and nostalgic. But most experts agree that Neo-Expressionism was a huge commercial success and culturally impactful, paving the way for the postmodern work of artists like Richter and Sigmar Polke.
Find original Neo-Expressionist paintings, prints, mixed-media works and other art on 1stDibs.
$25,000
"New Birds" Multicolored Birds with White Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of birds. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with multico...
Oil, Wood Panel
$17,000
"Topper" Double Bunnies on Multicolor with Gold & Silver Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts 2 gestural figures of back bunnies on a multicolor with gold and silver background with t...
Canvas, Oil
$12,250
"Green Hutch" Four Bunnies on Pale Mint Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts 4 gestural figures of black bunnies on a bring orange background with thick use of paint....
Oil, Wood Panel
$48,250
"Blue For You Diamond Dust" Ultramarine Blue Bunnies Diamond Dust Oil on Wood
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts blue gestural figures of Bunnies against an ultramarine blue diamond dust background. Slo...
Glass, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$18,250
"Hutch Seaview New Port" Bunnies on White Background Oil Painting Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts 4 gestural figures of Bunnies against a white background. Inspired by nature and a genuin...
Oil, Wood Panel
$18,875
"Hawaiian Catelayas" Multicolor Flowers on Pink Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Catelayas flowers. This piece depicts gorgeous flowers in ascension placed in a wonderful intense pink colorful backg...
Oil, Wood Panel
Citizens of a Quiet Country 8 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Neo-Expressionism
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
These faces are not portraits of specific people, but emotional records of a collective condition. They carry the weight of fear, disappointment, suppressed anger, endurance, and fra...
Canvas, Acrylic
$11,750
"Cabbage Patch Pink" White Butterflies on French Pink Background w Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts white delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful french light pink lands...
Oil, Wood Panel
"Daffodils" Colorful Flowers on Pink Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Daffodil flowers. This piece depicts 3 gorgeous flowers in ascension placed in a wonderful intense pink colorful back...
Oil, Wood Panel
$920
Realities, Body and Nature Landscape, Nude Tones, Desert Modernism, Botanical
Located in Barcelona, ES
This beautiful painting by Perrine Honoré explores the intimate relationship between the human body and the natural world through a layered, abstract-figurative composition. Fragment...
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
$25,000
"Totem" Black Bunnies on Colorful Silver Background Oil Painting Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts 6 gestural figures of Bunnies against a silver and golden background with pop of colorful...
Oil, Canvas
$23,750
"Panorama Flight" Multicolor Butterflies on Brilliant Gold Background Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts multicolor delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful brilliant golden l...
Oil, Wood Panel
$9,500
"Less" Black Bunny on White Background Oil Painting on Wood with Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on white background with thick use of paint. It is hou...
Oil, Wood Panel
$70,750
"Whydahs & Doves" Bunnies, Birds & Butterflies on Gold Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies, Butterflies and Birds. This piece depicts 7 gestural figures of Bunnies, 10 Butterflies, 7 Doves, 1 Cardinal...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Spicebush Swallowtail 2" Butterflies on White Background in Antique Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts multicolor delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful white background. ...
Oil, Canvas
$70,750
"Butterflies Swoon" Colorful Butterflies on Gold Background Oil Canvas Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts multicolor delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful brilliant golden l...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$18,250
"Finches" Multicolored Birds with White Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of birds. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with multico...
Oil, Wood Panel
$22,875
"Winter 4:30" White Bunnies on Black Diamond Dust Oil Painting in Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts white gestural figures of Bunnies against a black diamond dust background. Slonem traces ...
Glass, Oil, Wood Panel
$32,750
"Macaws" Red & Blue Birds with Green Background Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of birds. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with multico...
Canvas, Oil
$8,000
"Lawn Romp" Black Outline Bunny on Aqua Green Oil Painting on Wood Panel Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on an Aqua green background with thick use of paint. I...
Oil, Wood Panel
$8,000
"Pink Morevia" Plum Bunny on Pink Diamond Dust Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a plum purple and white bunny on a cherry blossom pink background wi...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel
$8,000
"Australia" Black Outline Bunny on Soft Pink Background Oil Painting Gold Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a soft Pink background with thick use of paint. It ...
Oil, Wood Panel
Landscape 148 by Jean Krille - Oil on Masonite 100x100 cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork signed at the bottom left. Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictio...
Oil, Masonite
"Winged Kaleidoscope" Butterflies on Silver & Gold Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful colorful, gold and silver ton...
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
Expressionist Torso I by Yann Guillon - Nude bronze sculpture, male torso
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Expressionist torso I (Torse expressionniste I) is a sculpture by French contemporary artist Yann Guillon. Dimensions: 13.8 × 9.4 × 5.1 in / 35 × 24 × 13 cm. Total height of the scul...
Bronze
"Golden Girl" Black Outline Bunny on Gold Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts a gestural figure of bunny against a gold background. Inspired by nature and a genuine love for animals, Slonem's paintings encompass unique inspirations drawn fro...
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
$8,000
"Totem Naples" Black Outline Bunny on Multicolor Silver Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Multicolor and silver background with thick use o...
Oil, Wood Panel, Mixed Media
$245
Vintage David Hockney Poster San Francisco Opera 1982, whimsical color drawings
Located in New York, NY
Vintage poster for the 1982 Summer Festival season of the San Francisco Opera. David Hockney designed the whimsical sets and costumes for the San Francisco Opera's production of Igor...
Lithograph
"Pink Chat" Black Bunny on Cherry Blossom Pink Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Cherry Blossom pink background with thick use of ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$133Sale Price|25% Off
WITH CATS
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original artwork by Daria Kusto. Acrylic markers, ink on paper. Unframed. Shipping from Spain, safely and promptly.
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
$179Sale Price|40% Off
POETRY OF LOVE
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by Daria Kusto. acrIcrylic on wotercolor paper. The magic flow reality... Shipped well protected unframed.
Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
DOG LOVE
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Shipped from Thailand because i am living here in 2025 Acrylic on canvas Shipped well protected, unframed
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
$3,338Sale Price|53% Off
"Harvesters Oil on Canvas Painting, Neo-Expressionist, Signed, 1970s"
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Harvesters Artist: Jesús Villar (1930–2015) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 24 x 48 inches (61 x 122 cm) Framed dimensions: 30.7 x 54.7 inches (78 x 139 cm) Signatur...
Oil, Canvas
$1,320Sale Price|20% Off
Red Cross Belt
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Ar...
Canvas, Acrylic
$6,000
Vicente Cristellys, Oil on canvas "Gina Lollobrigida", Late 1950s
By Vicente Cristellys
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Vicente CRISTELLYS (1898-1970), School of Paris, late 1950s. "Lolo", portrait of Gina Lollobrigida in Notre-Dame de Paris (film). Arriving in Paris during the 1920s, Vicente Cristellys settled in Montparnasse like many of his colleagues from the Ecole de Paris. He paints characters and scenes largely inspired by his native Spain. It was after a bohemian period that he began to illustrate cinema posters and he managed to settle in the Parisian cinematographic milieu. For example, he will sign posters for The Big Sleep, The Man in The iron mask...
Canvas, Oil
"21" Black Outline Bunny on Wild Orchid Pink Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Wild Orchid Pink background with thick use of pai...
Oil, Wood Panel
$4,593Sale Price|20% Off
Abstract Expressionist Abstract Large Oil on Canvas, Le Pèlerin.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Expressionist abstract oil on canvas by French artist Bernard Duvert. The painting is signed bottom left, dated and titled to the rear stretchers and with exhibition numbers. A magn...
Canvas, Oil
Landscape 106 by Jean Krille - Oil on masonite 100x100cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...
Oil
"Bayou Teche (St. Mary's)" Blue, Pink Purple & Green Contemporary Landscape
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
WIth a passion for restoring historic houses, one of Slonem's properties is in Lousiana, where he now spends a lot of his time painting and picking up inspiration for his pallet. Thi...
Oil, Canvas
$4,320Sale Price|20% Off
Large Scale Neo-Expressionist Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling and large scale neo-expressionist figurative painting by San Jose, California area artist Daniel David Fuentes (American, 20th century), Circa 1995. Unsigned. From a colle...
Canvas, Oil
BASQUIAT : Caught in the Crossfire: Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Basquiat: Caught in the Crossfire is a very heartfelt and personal tribute to Basquiat and a large statement piece and with this painting Sax takes up the mantle and upgrades the con...
Gold Leaf
$1,072Sale Price|40% Off
WILD DOG MOUNTAIN
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas Shipped rolled in a tube I can do commissioned works
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
$1,399Sale Price|35% Off
ANGEL CAT
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto. This piece is all about those forest vibes mixed with my love for Art Brut and Pop Art, with a big dose of Basquiat inspiration. You've got cats, th...
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
$34,000
La Bueno Vida
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery. Her works were recently featured in the March issue of American Art Collector magazine 2022. A hardbound-book is included with your purchase. Whether depicting lively night parties on the beach, Parisian streets, or bustling sidewalk cafes of her native Madrid, the paintings of Paloma Hinojosa...
Oil, Canvas
$8,000
"Night Flight" Outline Bunny on Gradient Blue & Black Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a bunny on a gradient black and blue diamond dust background with th...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$8,000
"Black Diamond" White Outline Bunny Diamond Dust Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a white bunny on a black background with thick white paint and then ...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel
"Chinensis Picul Rabbit" Multicolor on Gold & Silver Oil Painting on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts gestural figures of black bunnies on a multicolor, gold and silver background with thick ...
Canvas, Oil
$51,465
"White Ascension Northern Light" Butterflies Gold Background Oil Painting Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful gold tone landscape. Slonem t...
Canvas, Oil
"Lories Avalon Casino" Multicolored Birds with Gold Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of birds. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with multico...
Canvas, Oil
$8,000
"Red Rover III" Black Bunny on Lip Stick Red Background Painting w Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Lipstick Red background with thick use of paint. ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
Landscape 107 by Jean Krille - Oil on masonite 100x100cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...
Oil
Love Face: Neo-Expressionist Acrylic and Marker Painting, 2010+
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Markers & acrylic on paper Shipped well protected, unframed
Permanent Marker, Acrylic
Untitled (Bunny Painting) - CHL 0330
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
This whimsical and sophisticated painting was realized by the esteemed contemporary painter, Hunt Slonem in 2016. It presents a stylized rabbit in profile, rendered with loose and ex...
Canvas, Oil
"Situated" Black Outline Bunny on Mint Green Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Mint green background with thick use of paint. In...
Oil, Wood Panel
$8,000
"Metal" Black Bunny Gold & Silver w Red Accents Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a silver and gold background with red accents with ...
Oil, Wood Panel
LOVE AND HORSES
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by Daria Kusto. Acrylic on canvas Shipped rolled in a tube From Spain
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Landscape n°87 by Jean Krillé - Oil on masonite 100x120 cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on masonite plate sold with original framing Total size with the frame 102x122 cm Jean Krillé is a Swiss artist from Geneva, recognized for his significant contributions to co...
Oil
$8,000
"Good News" Three Colorful Butterflies on Gold Background with Scoring Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts three delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful golden landscape. Slone...
Oil, Wood Panel, Mixed Media
$83Sale Price|30% Off
5 Drawings, B&W
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
5 Drawings included Markers & acrylic on paper Shipped well protected, unframed
Permanent Marker, Acrylic
$1,425Sale Price|25% Off
After a Poem (Original Etching that includes a personalized note by kd lang)
Located in Burbank, CA
Original, limited edition color etching, new to market. Making contact with a textured green ground, a larger pair of feet supports a smaller pair that are perched atop of them. We s...
Paper, Etching