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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
Wooster
Located in Natchez, MS
"Wooster" is another from Bailey's series of diminutive portraits created in 2020.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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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.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Yoda was In Love
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
New revelation and blow of heart for the gallery: Rose-Agathe Steiner. We like its themes (comics, superheroes, series and sagas), its technique (linen cloth, glossy varnish ...) an...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Instant Society Street Art Basquiat Style
Located in OIA, ES
"Nestcafe Society" and Corporate Ideals A striking painting by Diego Tirigall prompts deep thoughts about the relationship between appearances and reality. The painting features a rough sketch of a well-known instant coffee brand logo with words "N3stcafe Society" beneath it. This serves as a powerful symbol of the illusions that society and corporate ideals can create. The Illusion of High-Quality Coffee The painting highlights the gap between the promise of high-quality coffee and the reality of mass-produced, preservative-filled coffee packaged in an industrial jar. The large axe that cuts through the words "N3stcafe Society" symbolizes the destruction of these false promises and the consequences of pretending to be something one is not. The red coffee jar...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Enamel

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...
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Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Green Landscape), landscape, bold colors
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting of a grassy landscape with deep greens and browns and a cloudy blue sky with pink accents created with painterly, expressive brush strokes. Russell Sharon was born on a farm in Minnesota. He studied in Mexico City, Boston and New York. He is known for his wildly colorful works with imagery drawn from the Minnesota landscape...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

The Oysters
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...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art

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Mixed Media

Cache Cache
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...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
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...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art

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Mixed Media

Industrielle
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...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art

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Mixed Media

The Blue Window
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...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
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...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art

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Mixed Media

The Acrobat
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...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
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...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art

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Mixed Media

Fifty Front
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carlos J. Tirado (born on April 3, 1964 in Caracas, Venezuela) is an artist, painter and sculptor who has developed a very personal and precise line of work linked to Neo-Pop art. With plenty of personal art exhibitions, Tirado has participated in numerous collective exhibitions, receiving different awards such as “III Premio de Escultura” del Certamen Aires de Córdoba in 2004 and other recognitions, among them, at the Venezuelan Embassy in DC (2005), and the X Latin Art Festival of Atlanta (2005). Childhood Tirado grew up in an upper-middle-class family environment. His inclination for the arts started from an early age. At 8 years old, he was already experimenting with tridimensional forms, creating molds out of cast lead from pieces previously gathered on the streets. These first artistic experiences led by his inquisitive nature, provided the ground to continue exploring the possibilities with different materials like wood, waste and plaster. His childhood games were centered around painting and sculpting, which played an important role that ranged from recreational to aesthetics. When Tirado turned 12 years of age, his parents agreed for him to attend private art classes with professor Javier Hernandez in Caracas. Later on, he realized that Art was a profession that required investment in materials, reason that led him to work at a furniture store painting landscapes and figurative art to decorate the exhibit room. He created numerous paintings of Caracas’ famous mountain: El Avila...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art

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Mixed Media

Fifty Front
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carlos J. Tirado (born on April 3, 1964 in Caracas, Venezuela) is an artist, painter and sculptor who has developed a very personal and precise line of work linked to Neo-Pop art. Wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art

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Mixed Media

Abstraction 1915
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carlos J. Tirado (born on April 3, 1964 in Caracas, Venezuela) is an artist, painter and sculptor who has developed a very personal and precise line of work linked to Neo-Pop art. With plenty of personal art exhibitions, Tirado has participated in numerous collective exhibitions, receiving different awards such as “III Premio de Escultura” del Certamen Aires de Córdoba in 2004 and other recognitions, among them, at the Venezuelan Embassy in DC (2005), and the X Latin Art Festival of Atlanta (2005). Childhood Tirado grew up in an upper-middle-class family environment. His inclination for the arts started from an early age. At 8 years old, he was already experimenting with tridimensional forms, creating molds out of cast lead from pieces previously gathered on the streets. These first artistic experiences led by his inquisitive nature, provided the ground to continue exploring the possibilities with different materials like wood, waste and plaster. His childhood games were centered around painting and sculpting, which played an important role that ranged from recreational to aesthetics. When Tirado turned 12 years of age, his parents agreed for him to attend private art classes with professor Javier Hernandez in Caracas. Later on, he realized that Art was a profession that required investment in materials, reason that led him to work at a furniture store painting landscapes and figurative art to decorate the exhibit room. He created numerous paintings of Caracas’ famous mountain: El Avila, and other art pieces that not only served as a source of income, but more importantly, led him to deepen his figurative expression. In 1985, he started drawing comic sets for a renowned newspaper El Diario de Caracas, alongside Jorge Blanco...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art

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Mixed Media

Abstraction 1919
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carlos J. Tirado (born on April 3, 1964 in Caracas, Venezuela) is an artist, painter and sculptor who has developed a very personal and precise line of work linked to Neo-Pop art. With plenty of personal art exhibitions, Tirado has participated in numerous collective exhibitions, receiving different awards such as “III Premio de Escultura” del Certamen Aires de Córdoba in 2004 and other recognitions, among them, at the Venezuelan Embassy in DC (2005), and the X Latin Art Festival of Atlanta (2005). Childhood Tirado grew up in an upper-middle-class family environment. His inclination for the arts started from an early age. At 8 years old, he was already experimenting with tridimensional forms, creating molds out of cast lead from pieces previously gathered on the streets. These first artistic experiences led by his inquisitive nature, provided the ground to continue exploring the possibilities with different materials like wood, waste and plaster. His childhood games were centered around painting and sculpting, which played an important role that ranged from recreational to aesthetics. When Tirado turned 12 years of age, his parents agreed for him to attend private art classes with professor Javier Hernandez in Caracas. Later on, he realized that Art was a profession that required investment in materials, reason that led him to work at a furniture store painting landscapes and figurative art to decorate the exhibit room. He created numerous paintings of Caracas’ famous mountain: El Avila...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Fifty Front
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carlos J. Tirado (born on April 3, 1964 in Caracas, Venezuela) is an artist, painter and sculptor who has developed a very personal and precise line of work linked to Neo-Pop art. Wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

One Hundred Back
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carlos J. Tirado (born on April 3, 1964 in Caracas, Venezuela) is an artist, painter and sculptor who has developed a very personal and precise line of work linked to Neo-Pop art. Wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art

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Oil

Rose Garden
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Artist Statement: “My paintings serve as records of a process of disclosure, drawn from my own life events, literature, and dreams. Finding inspiration in the movements of color-base...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Cosmic Neighborhood
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Artist Statement: “My paintings serve as records of a process of disclosure, drawn from my own life events, literature, and dreams. Finding inspiration in the movements of color-base...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Sun Stands Still
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Influenced by the movements of color field and action painting, Francine Tint’s paintings are the result of a process of disclosure, drawn from her own life events, dreams, and liter...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Hunt Slonem Colorful Bunny Oil Painting 'Evening'
Located in White Plains, NY
Available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art. Hunt Slonem bunny oil painting 'Evening' 2023. Oil on wood, 10 x 8 in. / Frame: 16 x 14 in. This painting features Slonem's signature bunny outl...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Wood, Oil

Hunt Slonem, Resin and Diamond dust Green White Bunnies Painting, 'Glisten Dawn'
Located in White Plains, NY
Available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art. 'Glisten Dawn' by Hunt Slonem, 2024. Oil and acrylic with diamond dust on canvas, 30 x 40 in. This painting features Slonem's signature bunnies...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Hunt Slonem Colorful Bird Oil Painting 'Now and Again'
Located in White Plains, NY
Available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art. 'Now and Again' by Hunt Slonem, 2023. Oil on wood, 10 x 8 in. / Frame: 15 x 13 in. This painting features a charming portrait of a parrot. The ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Wood, Oil

Hunt Slonem Black White Silver Owls Oil Painting 'Owls New Port'
Located in White Plains, NY
Available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art. 'Owls New Port' by Hunt Slonem, 2024. Oil on wood, 35 x 26 in. / Frame: 40 x 32 in. This painting features a charming portrait of two owls. The...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Wood, Oil

Rise of the Fall
Located in Boca Raton, FL
With the idea of continuing the legacy of abstract expressionism, Taher Jaoui's paintings are rich assemblages of layered forms, vibrant colors and expressive gestures, varying from ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Mind Paradise" Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas 61" x 35" inch by Erik White
Located in Culver City, CA
"Mind Paradise" Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas 61" x 35" inch by Erik White Loose canvas. Ships rolled.
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Hunt Slonem Colorful Bunny Oil Painting 'Anthony'
Located in White Plains, NY
Hunt Slonem bunny oil painting 'Anthony' 2024. Oil on wood, 10 x 8 in. / Frame: 12 x 10 in. This painting features Slonem's signature bunny outlined in black over a white background. Includes a handpicked, antique wood frame. Considered one of the great colorists of his time, Slonem’s neo-expressionist paintings feature an exuberant and bold, fauvist palette to emphasize his beloved menagerie of animals. Through the application of lavish, lush colors, Slonem’s painterly style continues to be fresh and innovative bordering on Pop Art aesthetics. Depicting his signature motifs of repeating whimsical animal imagery, the artist’s devotion to nature and its inhabitants are apparent. Born in Kittery, Maine in 1951, Hunt Slonem graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Painting and Art History from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Slonem later attended the prestigious Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, where he was exposed to influential artists from the New York area including Alex Katz, Alice Neel, Richard Estes, Jack Levine, Louise Nevelson and Al Held. This exposure played a pivotal role in Slonem’s artistic career, as it aided in his decision to move to New York in 1973. Since 1977, Slonem has had over 250 solo exhibitions at prestigious galleries. Museums, both domestic and international, have collected his work, among them Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation, and the New Orleans Museum of Art. His work has been exhibited globally, including in Madras, Quito, Venice, Gustavia, San Juan, Guatemala City, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Stockholm, Oslo, Cologne, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. His work has been shown in thirty-one different museums including the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1981; the Museo Diocesano d'arte sacra Sant'Apollonia in Venice, Italy, in 1986; the Albany Museum of Art in Albany, Georgia, in 2007; the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2007; Museo de Arte de El Salvador in San Salvador, El Salvador, in 2010; the National Gallery for Foreign Art in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2010; the Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria, Louisiana in 2011, the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Wood, Oil

Hunt Slonem Colorful Bunny Oil Painting 'Mauve'
Located in White Plains, NY
Hunt Slonem bunny oil painting 'Mauve', 2021. Oil and diamond dust on wood, 10 x 8 in. / Frame: 14.5 x 12.5 in. This painting features Slonem's sign...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Wood, Mixed Media, Oil

Women Who Dance With Wolves. Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin's Sharp Edge 21st Century NYC Style Sometimes there is a coming together of spirit or intuition, it happens for no discernible reason and is a jolt to the psyche to find others in step with ones own dance. I am not a "feminist" but I do come from a line of women who were strong and happy in their own skins and who lived their lives in their own unique ways. Imagine how astounded I was to find these latest paintings from Sax Berlin arrive as I was starting to delve into Prof. Estes book Women Who Run With The Wolves. A happy coincidence and I must confess that I did a little wild woman wolf dance...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Oil, Acrylic

Open Hearted (Candice O). Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin's Sharp Edge 21st Century NYC Style Sometimes there is a coming together of spirit or intuition, it happens for no discernible reason and is a jolt to the psyche to find others in step with ones own dance. I am not a "feminist" but I do come from a line of women who were strong and happy in their own skins and who lived their lives in their own unique ways. Imagine how astounded I was to find these latest paintings from Sax Berlin arrive as I was starting to delve into Prof. Estes book Women Who Run With The Wolves. A happy coincidence and I must confess that I did a little wild woman wolf dance...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Oil, Acrylic

"The Angel", colorful, large neo expressionist mixed media painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"The Angel", colorful, large neo expressionist mixed media painting.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Sista". Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Berlin’s iconic paintings of Guardian Angels is enhanced by this piece. This Sista is obviously a strong character and it’s easy to see in her how Berlin forged a connection with the...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Oil, Acrylic

Acid
By ETTE
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"This time it was different. This time at my pity party I cried until flowers bloomed from the flooded soil beneath my feet. I danced so hard the chandelier fell from the ceiling. My...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Starman : Elon Musk and the Spiders from Mars. Contemporary Neo Expressionist
Located in Brecon, Powys
Life is never without a dull moment when you work with an artist whose creativity constantly develops, one awaits the next piece with eager anticipation. Sax Berlin certainly has a deep seated seam of creativity. This painting combines his passion for the cosmos, with a timely reference to Elon Musk...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Oil, Acrylic

Elon Musk - Perpetuation of the Species: Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Perpetuation of the Species is Berlin's symbolic portrait of a modern man, Elon Musk. Painted in the most cutting edge on trend style, Sharp Edge 21st Centur...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Oil, Acrylic

Figure, colorful, torso, figural
Located in New York, NY
Figurative work, depicting a torso from the back in slightly 3/4 view and cut off at the knees, defined with painterly brush strokes in an earthy palette of browns, greens, and oranges. Luis Frangella (1944-1990) was a figurative, postmodern painter and sculptor. He earned a masters in architecture at the University of Buenos Aires in 1972 and then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973. In 1976, he moved to New York City where he painted huge “street” murals on construction site wall, abandoned Hudson River piers and in the nightclubs of the East Village and Tribeca. Situated in these nontraditional spaces, he began working with subversive artists like Wojnarowicz. Luis was a sort of father figure to many younger artists, becoming an influential member of the East Village art scene. Known as a good cook, he fostered a sense of community and caring, often serving impromptu meals in his loft after the late-night club scene...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

Figures (Head and Torso), figural, painterly, colorful
Located in New York, NY
Oil Painting by Luis Frangella done in 1984. This painting is on a 24x34" canvas, of a figure cut off at the knees and a reclining head. Defined with pa...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

I Ching, figurative, perspective, book
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting done in a soft color palette with painterly brush strokes. Depicting the Pantheon in Italy with a book titled The I Ching, Wilhelm/Baynes. Luis Frangella...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Oil, Canvas

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...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Woodcut

Tall Witness
Located in Fairfield, CT
oil on canvas
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Sitting Lady
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandro Chia (Italian, born 1946) Title: Sitting Lady Year: 1984 Medium: Etching Edition: Inscribed A.P (Artist Proof) in pencil Paper: F...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Etching

Supermaestro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Sandro Chia, Italian (1946 - ) Title: Supermaestro Year: 1991 Medium: Oil on canvas, signed and dated l.r., labeled verso Size: 68.5 x 60.5 in. (173.99 x 153.67 cm)
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Otono Floral
Located in New York, NY
OTONO FLORAL, 1995 Hand-painted, 15-color silkscreen with poured resin 40 x 30 inches (102 x 76 cm) Edition of 80 "Sexual Spring-like Winter" is a large painterly work, created with...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Art

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Screen, Resin

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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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