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
Venus Beach
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
Untitled
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fairfield, CT
Oil on wood
This work is framed.
Bunny on blue.
Price includes frame.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Figure in White. Seated while suited male Figure on couch black and white tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a soft pastel on archival black toned paper signed and dated by the artist on the bottom right corner. This work requires framing under glass for long term preservation.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Au pied levé
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Tower of Glamour fanciful still life hats mirror and colorful sunglasses
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This pastel is part of an ongoing series referred to restless still life in which the artist embodies inanimate objects with a life of their own. It is signed and dated on the bottom...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Sikuamiecha" oil, acrylic, figurative, blue, Mexican
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Oil, acrylic, figurative, blue, Mexican
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Untitled
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil Pastel
The Proposal
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Fusion & Abstraction
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
the greco roman question, figure with classical statues, greens, earth tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas, humorous depiction of a woman with classical artwork
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Femme au Cigare
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Think
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
$4,500
Untitled
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Cache Cache
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Landscape Photograph Contemporary Modern Performance Art Hawaii Travel Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Three Hawaiian Spirits in a Lava Tube" is an original fine art photography print by Robert Kawika Sheer. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and editioned it in the lower...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film
Run
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
$9,000
Untitled
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Sleepwalking monochromatic, mysterious interior black/white w dramatic windows
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on paper
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett creates representational images of human figures and animals, emphasizing movement in a manner reminiscent of Lucien Freud, Edgar Degas and the photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Elongated and blurry, the horse racing up a hill (Canter Fritz, 2002) and the sinister cat landing a leap (Chien Blanc, 1998) elicit a sense of foreboding enhanced by Bennett’s somber palette; his female figures too reflect a grim sense of humor with their distorted nude bodies. The face of Untitled Figure (1997), for example, is obscured by layers of dark paint. Classically trained as a painter, he initially worked in oil on canvas but discovered that monotype printing enabled him to “literally push the image around,” creating an essential element of motion. To overcome the limited scale of monotypes, however, he switched to painting on slick-surfaced plastic.
Tom Bennett’s practice is rooted in the classical tradition where painting and drawing from life is highly regarded. Bennett’s work is heavily influenced by Francis Bacon, Frank Auberbauch and foremost his father, Harry Bennett, who was also an artist. Tom’s time living abroad in Spain and traveling through Eastern Europe and Africa provided the artistic freedom to explore many of the techniques and subject matter that continue to define his practice. Bennett was born and raised in Connecticut.
His mediums include monotypes, oil on paper, canvas or styrene board. In a technique that Tom started over 4 years ago, several of his monotypes have been painted over with oil paint using a palette knife, brush, or his fingers to re-purpose the underlying image. These works are a testament to Bennett’s ability to quickly and concisely compose an image with expressive brush strokes, foreshortened figures and expertly rendered light.
Tom’s work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions worldwide. Bennett lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently represented by Tabla Rasa...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Monotype
Nights of Wine and Roses colorful wine bottles color romantic red dress flowers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on archival toned paper signed and dated. The artist often plays with scale and composition to achieve desired effect.o
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Snake Charmer warm sunny greens colorful mythic music theme female nude
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An early work by the artist one of his early female themes. It is signed and dated bottom left and is on heavy duty stretcher bars that do not need framing
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Lonely Romantic strong red colors humorous theme flowers tattoos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on cradled wood board framing not necessary
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Emportés par la foule
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Three nudes
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
circus rider, colorful circus interior woman and elephant bright cheerful happy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
an early work by artist on canvas
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with bou...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jazz
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
$9,000
Tir à l'Arc
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Ms. Violet and the Kaiser people and their pets human condition purple colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on canvas unframed signed on reverse part of an ongoing series of people relationships with their pets
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil pain...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
The Blue Window
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Jewels, abstract collage, colorful black female figure gesture green earth tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper paint charcoal collage
These collages were created first in the presence of a live model, working quickly, in charcoal and pastel, and again, later, alone in the studio, furio...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
La Nuit M'enchante...
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
The Invitation
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Smokestack, bright color masks urban setting romantic realism
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Brunch Break, " Oil Pastel signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Brunch Break" is an original oil pastel drawing on rag board by Reginald K. Gee. This piece is an abstract amalgamation of many different colors and markmaking techniques.
40" x 3...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Rag Paper
"Frozen In Ice, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag Portrait signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Frozen In Ice" is an oil pastel on grocery bag signed by Reginald K. Gee. The figure is quickly sketched in blue, with yellow around the throat and green along the leg. The backgrou...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Other Medium
Green Girl with Tattoo, patterns, collage, disrupted realism, mixed media
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper paint charcoal collage
Paper charcoal collage
These multi-media collages were created first in the presence of a live model, working quickly, in charcoal and pastel, and again,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Celestial Night, mixed media, stars, night, galaxy, text
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper paint charcoal collage
Paper charcoal collage
These collages were created first in the presence of a live model, working quickly, in charcoal and pastel, and again, later, alon...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Magazine Paper
Anthropoid VIII
By Taher Jaoui
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Neo Expressionist
Abstracted Figurative paintings
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Jugando en la cosecha" acrylic, figurative, orange, Mexican
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Acrylic, figurative, orange, Mexican
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
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
$17,600 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$17,600 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
'Go-for Notations' original signed painting on parchment cycling running map
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In the acrylic painting 'Go-for Notations,' American artist Reginald K. Gee presents a humorous narrative in his unmistakable Neo-Expressionist style: a character, a man wearing a he...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Parchment Paper, Acrylic
"Toda Raba #6, " Acrylic on Canvas signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Toda Rada #6" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Reginald K. Gee, signed in the lower right hand corner. Green hues fight with hits of black and white at the center of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Encres sur cartes de navigation & peintures de l'annee, " Litho by Alechinsky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Encres sur cartes de navigation & peintures de l'annee" is an original color lithograph poster by the artist Pierre Alechinsky. It is advertising a show of his works at the Galerie Maeght in Paris, France November 1981.
Beligian artist; Lives and works in France, since 1951. Pierre Alechinsky enrolled at the École Nationale Superieur d'Architecture et des Arts Décoratifs in Brussels in 1944 and attended classes of book illustration and typography. In 1947 he joined the group Jeune Peinture Belge. After finishing his artistic training in 1948, Alechinsky went to Paris for five months. Having returned to Brussels he met with the poet Christian Dotremont and joined the group COBRA in 1949, of whose semi-abstract Expressionism he was formed decisively in 1950. A scholarship by the French government led the artist to Paris in 1951. In 1954 Alechinsky met the Chinese artist Walasse Ting, who inspired him to travel to the Far East. Impressed by Japanese calligraphy he produced a movie on script art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled, 2013, red, color field, abstract
Located in New York, NY
24 x 24" Abstract oil painting by Russell Sharon done in 2013. Bright red and white separated by a dark line, painting done with expressive painterly br...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th century lithograph expressionist figurative surrealist trees faces signed
By Stephanie Astrinsky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Adam Eats Eve in the Evening" is an original black and white lithograph by Stephane Astrinsky. This surreal lithograph evokes a biblical story as well as elements of horror.
9 1/4...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Turn of the Century Abstract, " Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Turn of the Century Abstract" is an original oil pastel on grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This piece depicts blue, teal, yellow, bla...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
"Hatred Ceases for One Day, " Oil Pastel on Rag Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Hatred Ceases for One Day" is an original oil pastel drawing on rag board. This piece is signed on the back by the artist Reginald K. Gee. It depicts an abstracted city scene with a...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Rag Paper
"Chemical Skoids Void Balance, " Acrylic on Paper signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This oil pastel artwork, 'Chemical Skoids Void Balance,' Reginald K Gee plays with space and perspective. As in a collage, a technique that modern a...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Sun Song
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Matthew Marcot is an American, self-taught artist specializing in Abstract and Neo-Expressionism, and primary mediums are semiotics and collage. An unde...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Heartland 2
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Art is the heart of the matter.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
$12,000
Starburst
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Colorful neo expressionist abstraction.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil
$12,000
"Poptart", playful neo-expressionist painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Poptart", a playful neo-expressionist painting.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,560 Sale Price
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The Gardener
By ETTE
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"The Gardener" has a story that is as old as time. It begins with a flower, grown naturally in nature, wild and free, but when planted and tended to by humans, its life becomes entir...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,320 Sale 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...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$9,200 Sale Price
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Grün VI (Green VI) - 21st Century, Georg Baselitz, Green, Portrait
Located in Köln, DE
"Grün VI" is a motif from a range of woodcuts showing similar motifs in the same green colour. Baselitz is digesting his memories of the time shortly after the end of World War II in...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Untitled, color field, abstract, earthy
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting by Russell Sharon done with expressive brush strokes and complimentary colors, of green and a bright crimson red that has hints of white li...
Category
Early 2000s 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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