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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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Neo-Expressionist
Hunt Slonem CER00464 2017
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
This whimsical and sophisticated painting was realized by the esteemed contemporary painter, Hunt Slonem in 2017. Featuring a stunning background hue in a high chroma blue green, thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem, "Day Flight", 10x8 White Butterfly Oil Painting in Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Day Flight" is a 10x8 white and scored oil painting on wood board of contemporary abstract black and white butterflies in his choice of antique framing...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
South Beach Belly Boogie
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This painting depicts Miami nite life scene by borrowing modern style and subjects from Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Matisse fruits with Khawam Middle Eastern heritage mus...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Holy Fire, Abstract Expressionist Figurative Pastel
Located in Soquel, CA
A unique abstract expressionist pastel drawing by an unknown artist. Depicting a mans face as the focal point with what appears to be chu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Cardboard
"St. Theresa 3" White and Blue Butterflies on Gold Background with Scoring
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts two delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful golden landscape. Slonem ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Riera i Arago ELICE vERTICAL engraving.
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Josep Maria Riera i Aragó (Barcelona, 1954), is a Spanish plastic artist.
He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Barcelona. Throughout his career he ...
Category
Early 17th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Engraving
Songbirds Sing
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Phuket #7
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem CRK02828 2016
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated modern acrylic painting was realized by the esteemed contemporary painter, Hunt Slonem in 2016. It presents a stylized bunny rabbit, rendered with loose and expres...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Nevermind
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Side Isle" White and Blue Butterflies on Gold Background with Scoring
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts two delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful golden landscape. Slonem ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
"Vesuvio, " Abstract Poster signed by Carol Summers
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Vesuvio" is a poster by Carol Summers. This piece is a poster after an original woodcut by Summers. However, the poster was designed, produced, and printed by Carol Summers. The ar...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Color
Farrow
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a black bunny painted on a vibrant green background with thick use of paint. It is housed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"Wide Open" Red and White Tulip on Light Sky Blue 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 light sky blue background with thick use of paint. ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Julio" Green Bird on Pink
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Julio" Green Bird on Pink
Single green bird on a pink background, in a new gold-leafed frame
Unframed: 10 x 8 inches
Framed: 15.5 x 13.5 inches
*Painting is framed - P...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
The Royal Tenenbaums
Located in Natchez, MS
Bailey expresses his love for film and popular culture in this representation of a film poster of the cult classic film The Royal Tennenbaums by Wes Anderson. This painting is an abs...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Morgan
Located in Natchez, MS
We are huge fans of this work at the gallery. "Morgan", while very much a wonderful and recognizable example of Bailey's work, incorporates almost a Cubist structure to his often so...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fransois
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"Sulphurs" Yellow and Black Butterflies on Silver Background with Scoring
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts two delicate yellow butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful silver landscape. ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Blue Green Cross Flower
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
"Red Double Tulips" Tulips on Soft Lavender 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 figures of two red and orange Tulips on a soft lavender background with thick use of pai...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Blue Storm
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
"Pink Stem" Red Tulip on Light Cerulean Blue 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 Tulip on a light cerulean blue background with thick use of paint. Inspi...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Talley" Red and Yellow Tulip on Cerulean Blue 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 yellow Tulip on a cerulean blue background with thick use of paint. ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Don't Even Think
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
Winged Victory
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
"Finches" Multicolored Birds with White Background Oil Painting on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of finches. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with multi...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Parrot Tulips" Tulips on Light Lavender 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 figures of red and yellow Tulips on a light lavender background with thick use of paint....
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Red Abraham Lincoln
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This exquisitely textured portrait of the famed president Abraham Lincoln captures his serious yet sincere visage. Created by artist Hunt Slonem, this work comes framed in a vintage-...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Abstract Portrait, " Oil Pastel on Paper signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This pastel drawing, 'Abstract Portrait,' demonstrates Reggie K Gee's love of color and love of abstraction. In the image, the form of a head is marked by a black contour; however, a...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil Pastel
American Neo Expressionist "Wild Horses" Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Robert Beauchamp (1923 – March 1995) was an American figurative painter and arts educator. Beauchamp's paintings and drawings are known for depicting dramatic creatures and figures w...
Category
20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Blue Diamond Double" Diamond Dust Ultramarine Blue Oil Painting Bunnies 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 white bunnies on an Ultramarine blue background with thick use of pai...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Resin, Oil, Acrylic
"Rotterdam Field" Tulip on Peach Orange 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 a gestural figure of an organ and yellow Tulip on a peach orange background with thick use of pai...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Andy
Located in Natchez, MS
Here Bailey depicts "Andy", from his series of diminutive portraits created in 2020. Andy is a dandy, beautiful and well dressed. Though Bailey paints him in his loose blocked in st...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The American
Located in Natchez, MS
"The American" is certainly not one of Bailey's most flattering portraits, but is is familiar nonetheless. Who hasn't seen this expression in life?
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Neo Expressionist "Wild Horses" Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed lower left.
Robert Beauchamp (1923 – March 1995) was an American figurative painter and arts educator. Beauchamp's paintings and drawings are known for depicting dramatic crea...
Category
20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Oil
Line Up
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
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 diamond dust and thick use of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Resin
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
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 diamond dust and thick use of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Glinda
Located in Natchez, MS
Bailey celebrates his love of film and popular culture in this portrait of Glinda the Good Witch from the Wizard of Oz.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Nocturne Diamond Dust" Bunnies on Black Background with Diamond Dust Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A stunning composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts gestural figures of Bunnies against a black diamond dust background. Slonem traces these b...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Resin, Oil
"Green Man Trail" Light Green Oil Painting with Diamond Dust Bunnies 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 white bunnies on a light green background with thick use of paint and...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Resin, Oil, Acrylic
Meso Painting
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Enamel
"Guardians & Butterflies" Multicolor Background Oil Painting on Canvas w Birds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies and Birds. This piece depicts gestural figures of Butterflies and Birds against a multicolor background. ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tamara
Located in Natchez, MS
"Tamara" is another favorite at the gallery. From the series of diminutive portraits the artist created in 2020, Tamara is an homage to the artist Tamara de Lempicka. While Bailey p...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lincoln
Located in Natchez, MS
Bailey works with the iconic figure of a seated, contemplative Lincoln. Working in broad strokes, Clifford Bailey manages to capture the stoic nature o...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Giancarlo
Located in Natchez, MS
Buttoned up and serious, "Giancarlo" peers directly into the viewers eyes unflinching. An excellent and instantly recognizable example of Bailey's work.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Midsummer Night Ruby 2
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Enamel
Love is Blue
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
Marilyn Monroe
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This monotone portrait of famed starlet Marilyn Monroe is by Hunt Slonem. Rendered in shades of red oil paint, recalling Monroe's favored signature lipstick, this work comes directly...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Cameo Profile
Located in Natchez, MS
"Cameo Profile" is exactly that a cameo with the subject in profile. From the series of diminutive portraits Bailey created during 2020.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Owen
Located in Natchez, MS
This gorgeous loose portrait of the bon vivant "Owen" is very much in line with Bailey's instantly recognizable style.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wooster
Located in Natchez, MS
"Wooster" is another from Bailey's series of diminutive portraits created in 2020.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
As If You Care
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Estelle
Located in Natchez, MS
"Estelle" is an example of the diminutive portraits Bailey created in 2020. Whereas most of his subjects seem tightly pulled together in their dress, "Estelle" is free, a bohemian pe...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Phuket Series #9
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Wax, Oil
Untitled
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
A rabbit outlined in pigmented blue oil paint is the subject of this painting by Hunt Slonem. This work comes framed in an artist-selected vintage style example, adding character and...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Student
Located in Natchez, MS
"The Student", handsome and self possessed. Another beautiful example of Bailey's portraiture.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Helen
Located in Natchez, MS
"Helen" is from an interesting group of diminutive portraits created by Bailey in and around 2020. She appears as a Victorian portrait of an ancestor.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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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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