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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
The Farmer
The Farmer

ETTEThe Farmer, 2021

$11,840Sale Price|20% Off

The Farmer

By ETTE

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This painting was created for ETTE's late grandfather and paternal family, who own and work on dairy farms in Westphalia, Michigan to this day. ETTE was raised in this environment and its influence is exponential to her influence and career as an artist. “The Farmer...

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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Matrix
Matrix

ETTEMatrix, 2021

$9,200Sale Price|20% Off

Matrix

By ETTE

Located in Brooklyn, NY

An illusion. This seemingly self-explanatory title carries weighted depth. The background of this painting, “MATRIX” is an abstract representation of 1999’s The Matrix. The movie's p...

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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Metanoia
Metanoia

ETTEMetanoia, 2020

$8,160Sale Price|20% Off

Metanoia

By ETTE

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This painting was created in a time of psychological hardship for the artist. She was under great physical and emotional distress which ultimately led to psychiatric care. During thi...

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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Georg Baselitz, Serpentine (Blue): Signed etching with sugar lift aquatint
Georg Baselitz, Serpentine (Blue): Signed etching with sugar lift aquatint

Georg Baselitz, Serpentine (Blue): Signed etching with sugar lift aquatint

By Georg Baselitz

Located in Hamburg, DE

Georg Baselitz (German, b. 1938) Serpentine (Blue), 2022 Medium: Etching with sugar lift aquatint on wove paper Dimensions: 53 × 39 cm (20 9/10 × 15 2/5 in) Edition of 50: Hand-signe...

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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Untitled 1982, Agent X, Bright Art, Contemporary Abstract Art, Neo-Expressionist
Untitled 1982, Agent X, Bright Art, Contemporary Abstract Art, Neo-Expressionist

Untitled 1982, Agent X, Bright Art, Contemporary Abstract Art, Neo-Expressionist

By Agent X

Located in Deddington, GB

Agent X Untitiled 1982 Limited Edition of 40 Mixed Media on Paper Sold Unframed Paper Size: 101 cm x 88 cm x 1cm Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a pie...

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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art

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Paper, Giclée

1980's Mixed Media Painting Glitter Feminist Pop Art Miami Artist Sheila Elias
1980's Mixed Media Painting Glitter Feminist Pop Art Miami Artist Sheila Elias

1980's Mixed Media Painting Glitter Feminist Pop Art Miami Artist Sheila Elias

By Sheila Elias

Located in Surfside, FL

Titled: SIlver Bullet, Hand signed, dated and titled. Sheet measures 22 X 30 From her Pompidou Series (1979-1981) built around the X in the raw, exposed architecture of the Centre Georges Pompidou in the center of Paris designed by Richard Rodgers and Renzo Piano. Sheila Elias (born in Chicago, Illinois) is an American artist. Her work is Neo Expressionist, Feminist Pop Art. Her works have been featured in exhibitions across North America and at the Liberty show at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Elias graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago, lives and works in Miami, Florida and in New York City. As an artist and art historian, Elias works with the layers of life and art history, seeking in it a connection between art aesthetics and social consciousness. She has exhibited with diverse artists, Larry Rivers, Bob Stanley, Ford Crull, Sol LeWitt, Mark Tobey, Walter Darby Bannard, Clyde Butcher. Her work spans the disciplines of painting, digital mixed media, sculpture, installation and performance. Her inspiration to be an artist began with the work that Matisse created (La Cirque) in the library of the Art Institute of Chicago. Paul Wieghardt (from the Bauhaus School in Germany), was her art teacher at SAIC. She was influenced by the Marisol, Claes Oldenburg and Jean Dubuffet. Her sculptures also reveal the influence of Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg. Select Exhibitions: Museo Vault in Wynwood Art District, Miami Coral Springs Museum of Art, Sheila Elias: Somewhere-Anywhere, Coral Springs, Fla. Lila G. Martinez Gallery, Cambridge, Mass. “Painted Pixels” Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, FL (Solo Exhibition) “Salon Series” The Sagamore Hotel, Miami Beach, FL (Group Exhibition) “The Invisible Woman” Concrete Space, Doral, FL (Group Exhibition) “eye-Pad” Silvana Facchini Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, FL “Jewels” Buccellati, Bal Harbour, FL “Chai Contemporary” Jewish Museum, Miami Beach, FL “Tribute to Africa” Silvana Facchini Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, FL The Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood, Miami, FL Apple Store “iPaint on my iPad,” Chicago, IL The Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, Mass. The Napoleon Grand Salon at The Deauville Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla. Bass Museum, "I Wanna Be Loved by You: Photographs of Marilyn Monroe," Miami Beach, Fla. Boca Raton Museum of Art Norton Museum of Art Bass Museum, Miami Beach, Fla. Jewish Museum of Florida Kim Foster Gallery, "Beyond the Camera...," New York, NY Silvana Facchini Gallery, "Living in Miami," Miami, Fla. South Florida / Art Center, "Reconnect," Miami Beach, Fla. Maryland Federation of Art, "Art on Paper 2001" Corcoran Gallery, Annapolis, MD, juror David C. Levy Veneto Gallery, Miami, Fla. Margulies Taplin Gallery, Bay Harbour, Fla. "Secret Gardens," Travelling Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Fla. Public Art Program, City of Orlando, Fla. Lowe Museum, University of Miami, Fla. Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Fla. Bernard Biderman Gallery, New York, NY Metro Dade Cultural Resource Center, Miami, Fla. Huntsville Museum of Art New England Center for Contemporary Art San Diego Art Institute, CA Anne Jaffe Gallery, Bay Harbour, Fla. Ratner Gallery, Chicago, IL Santa Monica Heritage Museum, Los Angeles, Calif. Paula Allan Gallery, New York, NY. Otis Parsons...

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1980s Neo-Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Glitter, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Revival
Revival

Revival

By Jean Sanglar

Located in Miami, FL

Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates. Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...

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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art

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Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Hombori
Hombori

Hombori

By Miquel Barceló

Located in New York, NY

This Miquel Barceló work exemplifies the artist's distinct handling of paint and mixed media to create a textured canvas and expressive work.

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Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Large Archival Pigment Print Judaica Lithograph Mark Podwal Jewish Hebrew Art
Large Archival Pigment Print Judaica Lithograph Mark Podwal Jewish Hebrew Art

Large Archival Pigment Print Judaica Lithograph Mark Podwal Jewish Hebrew Art

By Mark Podwal

Located in Surfside, FL

Mark Podwal (American, New York, born 1945) "All This Has Come Upon Us" Archival pigment print Dimensions: 22 X 30 inches Purim theme, with Czech flag, Megillah and Hamentaschen ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art

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Lithograph, Archival Pigment

Sunset Abstract Painting, Neo-Expressionist, Oil Crayon & Pastel
Sunset Abstract Painting, Neo-Expressionist, Oil Crayon & Pastel

Sunset Abstract Painting, Neo-Expressionist, Oil Crayon & Pastel

By Jean Sanglar

Located in Miami, FL

Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates. Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...

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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Hommage à Baselitz: Neo-Expressionist Painting, Late 20th Century
Hommage à Baselitz: Neo-Expressionist Painting, Late 20th Century

Hommage à Baselitz: Neo-Expressionist Painting, Late 20th Century

By Jean Sanglar

Located in Miami, FL

Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates. Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...

Category

Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

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.