Neo-Expressionist Art
NEO-EXPRESSIONIST STYLE
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.
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Style: Neo-Expressionist
Artist: Hunt Slonem
Blue Diamond
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Austin, TX
Oil and acrylic with diamond dust on wood
Hand-signed on verso
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil, Acrylic
Violaceous
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on wood
Hand-signed on verso
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Jackie
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Porto, 13
Jackie, 2022
Oil on Wood
Black outline bunny, yellow
Frame collected by the artist
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Ocelots Managua
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
"Ocelots Managua" is an oil painting by famed Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem. This work is completed with a golden vintage style ornate frame and features a group of playful felines o...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sonia" Black Bunny on Purple Background 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 a Purple Lavender background with thick use of pain...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Untitled" Red and White Tulip on Forest Green Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Tulips. This piece depicts gestural figure of a red and white Tulip on a forest green background with thick use of paint. In...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth (JEM1129)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Cardinals" Two Red Birds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Cardinals" Two Red Birds
Two red Cardinal birds sitting on a branch over a gold metallic and blue etched background. Framed in an antique frame.
Unframed: 10 x 8 inche...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "2 East Lake" Hot Pink Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "2 East Lake" Hot Pink Bunnies
Two black gestured black bunnies on a solid hot pink background. Framed in an antique wooden gold frame.
Unframed: 14 x 10 inches
Framed: ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Cody (JEM0253)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Red Bayou Teche" Landscape
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Red Bayou Teche" Landscape
Abstract landscape painting featuring shades of red, pink, orange, and blues framed in an antique gold frame.
Unframed: 22.5 x 18.5 inches
Fr...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Finches Purple Whydah" Multicolored Birds on Gold
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Finches Purple Whydah" Multicolored Birds on Gold metallic background.
Multicolored Finches birds on a metallic gold background. Framed in an antique gold frame.
Unfr...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Totem" Bunny on Multicolored Metallic
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Toem" Bunny on Multicolored Metallic
Single gestured black bunny on a multicolored rainbow background with mixed metallics. Framed in an antique wooden gold frame.
Unfr...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Art
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on wood
Hand-signed and dated on verso
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Tulip
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on wood
Hand-signed and dated on verso
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Moon Void
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on canvas
Hand-signed and dated on verso
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Double (EA01535)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Blue Ascension 24 (JEM0800)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled (MT0032)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Ascension After the Party (SH1005)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Crowned Pigeon (CRK2248)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Hunt Slonem is a renowned painter known for producing representational imagery and abstract expressionism. Slonem was born in Kittery, York County, ME. He attended Skowhegan School o...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
3 Play (CHL1435)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Lincoln Black & White (JEM1003)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Silver Path (SH0863)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait (JEM0471)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Countess Prediction (SH1522)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Hunt Slonem is a renowned painter known for producing representational imagery and abstract expressionism. Slonem was born in Kittery, York County, ME. He attended Skowhegan School o...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Macaws & Amazon (CX2098)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Hunt Slonem is a renowned painter known for producing representational imagery and abstract expressionism. Slonem was born in Kittery, York County, ME. He attended Skowhegan School o...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hutch (EA00091)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Bee Baum Hummingbirds (JEM0898)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Snowdon (JEM0752)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
3 Fly (SH1348)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Chinensis Down (JEM1217)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Green Man Totem 2 (CX1855)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Picul Wanderlust (CX1136)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Hunt Slonem is a renowned painter known for producing representational imagery and abstract expressionism. Slonem was born in Kittery, York County, ME. He attended Skowhegan School o...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Starry Night (JEM1207)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Red Sea (TD0786)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Hunt Slonem is a renowned painter known for producing representational imagery and abstract expressionism. Slonem was born in Kittery, York County, ME. He attended Skowhegan School o...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Longview Hutch (JW0216)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
3 Worlds (JEM0419)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Chinensis XO (KFJ02300)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Dark Billy (EA01755)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Hare Hare Hare (CER00482)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
5 Blue Skylark (JW0113)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Pink Hutch (SH1075)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Regine Black Diamond Dust (CX2329)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Cody's Arrival (JEM0157)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Double Bunny (JEM0485)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Dallas Double (JEM0876)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
2 Bunnies Black Diamond (MN0197)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Hunt Slonem is a renowned painter known for producing representational imagery and abstract expressionism. Slonem was born in Kittery, York County, ME. He attended Skowhegan School o...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Mars 2 (JEM1203)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Four Play (MN0149)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Hunt Slonem is a renowned painter known for producing representational imagery and abstract expressionism. Slonem was born in Kittery, York County, ME. He attended Skowhegan School o...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
3 Range (JW0121)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hombre Heart (MN0085)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Solana Beach, CA
Hunt Slonem is a renowned painter known for producing representational imagery and abstract expressionism. Slonem was born in Kittery, York County, ME. He attended Skowhegan School o...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Acrylic
Hutch Spring
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on canvas
Signed on verso
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ocelots 16 Managua
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on canvas
Hand-signed and dated on verso
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hutch Pet Place
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on canvas
Signed on verso
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flight
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on wood
Hand-signed on verso
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Butterflies" Multicolor Butterflies on Brilliant Golden w Gold 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 multicolor delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful brilliant golden l...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Mixed Media
"Ireland" Black Outline Bunny on Emerald Green Background Oil Painting Wood
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 Emerald green background with thick use of paint...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Neo-expressionist art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Neo-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 blue, orange, purple, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Hunt Slonem, Enzio Wenk, Sax Berlin, and Jean Sanglar. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Acrylic 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 Neo-Expressionist art, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $39 and tops out at $215,000, while the average work sells for $3,444.
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