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
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
Temple Menora and Hanukkah Chanukah Menorah
From a 2014 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Archival Pigment
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
with a Torah pointer, feather quill and spice box crown or...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Archival Pigment
WHITE BIRD
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by DARIA KUSTO
The magic flow reality..
Acrylic on canvas
Shipped From Spain.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
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
Temple Breastplate and European Cathedral
From a 2014 por...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Archival Pigment
Hunt Slonem Colorful Bird Oil Painting 'Now and Again'
By Hunt Slonem
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 ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
LOVE AND CAT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by DARIA KUSTO
The magic flow reality..
Acrylic on canvas
Shipped From Spain.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
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
with Roman antique bronze or gold coins
From a 2014 portf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Archival Pigment
FRIENDS
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by Daria Kusto.
Acrylic on canvas.
Shipped from Spain , roll in a tube.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
LOOK FORWARD
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Art by DARIA KUSTO.
Acrylic on canvas
Shipped rolled in a tube
From Spain
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
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
Egyptian Orientalist image with Snake
From a 2014 portfol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Archival Pigment
BLUE CAT
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Markers & acrylic on paper
Shipped well protected, unframed
I can do commissioned work of any technique, style and size, contact us without obligation
i can ship several drawings t...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
"Red" Neo-Expressionist Rabbit in Vintage Gold Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Austin, TX
By Hunt Slonem
This piece is a neo-expressionist depiction of a rabbit in red and black which comes ready to hang in a vintage gold frame.
2021
7.5" x 6" – Oil on Board
Framed Size: ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
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
Ritual Judaica spice box ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Archival Pigment
"Lilac II" Abstract Painting 20" x 20" inch by Ahmed Gaafary
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lilac II" Abstract Painting 20" x 20" inch by Ahmed Gaafary
To begin this description, let me start with this question: Is it the internal side of things that is more important or ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pompei II, Unearthed Material. , signed mixed media painting c2005
Located in Frome, Somerset
Pompei , Italy.
glazed oak wood frame 43cmx 52.5cm
painting 21cmx 29cm
Mixed media .: watercolor . pastel, inkjet print varnish and pencil. Original one piece circa 2005.
Gradwell ...
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Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Hunt Slonem Bunnies Oil Painting, 'Dutch Hutch'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
Available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art. Hunt Slonem bunny oil painting 'Dutch Hutch' 2023. Oil on wood, 24.5 x 18.5 in. / Frame: 31 x 25 in. This painting fe...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Painting on paper, lyrical abstraction, contemporary, music score
Located in Carballo, ES
Blue Minimal Painting. This is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2019. We can frame it in natural wood or black on request. The dimensions of the painting are 41 x 29,5 cm. W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
Vintage David Hockney Poster San Francisco Opera 1982, whimsical color drawings
Located in New York, NY
Vintage poster for the 1982 Summer Festival season of the San Francisco Opera. David Hockney designed the whimsical sets and costumes for the San Francisco Opera's production of Igor...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Snow
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on wood
Hand-signed on verso
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood
Cambell's Warhol Soup. Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Where once Warhol led the charge Sax Berlin has assumed the mantle and is in the vanguard of the renaissance of Neo-Expressionism. This is a witty take on the famous Campbell Soup sc...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Purple Wisteria Courds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on wood
Hand-signed on verso
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Caldentey Mallorca original neo figurative watercolor paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original neo-expressionist acrylic painting
contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY
Perfect state
CALDENTEY, Toni - (Portocolom, Mallorca - Spain)
The active notio...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Cry For Freedom, The Promise Of America, Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Delivering beautiful paintings is what Sax Berlin does and this striking piece is both beautiful and has a narrative. Neo-Expressionism and abstract in its construct Berlin delivers ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Stance" Black Outlined Bunny on Gold Background Oil Painting on Wood Panel
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 Gold background with thick use of paint. It is ho...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
That Kat Coltrane, Neo Expressionist Portrait of John Coltrane by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Wherever one travels to in the world it's inevitable that one sees the heritage of wild-style graffiti. Graffiti writers are the most influential artists of their time; reaching so m...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
NO KINGS NO WAR: Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin is a caring, compassionate man and his egalitarian outlook is translated into his art. This piece is large and impactful and shows this ascending star of the art world at ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Spring evening at the fjord
Located in Oslo, NO
In this canvas, I've blended the vivid life of acrylic with the depth of oil to capture the serene whisper of nature. Evoking expressionism with a whisper of impressionism, I sought ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Caldentey Forest Mallorca original neo figurative watercolor paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original neo-expressionist acrylic painting virtual frame
contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY
Painting on paper
Perfect state
CALDENTEY, Toni - (Portocolom, Mal...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Caldentey Mallorca original neo figurative watercolor paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original neo-expressionist acrylic painting
contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY
Painting on paper
Perfect state
CALDENTEY, Toni - (Portocolom, Mallorca - Spai...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Caldentey Mallorca original neo figurative watercolor paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original neo-expressionist acrylic painting
contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY
Painting on paper
Perfect state
CALDENTEY, Toni - (Portocolom, Mallorca - Spain...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
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 expressive brush strokes in grisaille paint in profile against a sky blue background. Bold, graphic and beautiful this piece represents an especially strong example of his practice.
Represented by the International blue...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Surrealist Evolution. Contemporary Surrealist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Acrylic On Canvas
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"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...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Walls of Aran book Hand signed and inscribed by BOTH Sean Scully and Colm Toibin
By Sean Scully
Located in New York, NY
Sean Scully
Walls of Aran (Hand signed and inscribed by BOTH Sean Scully and Colm Toibin), 2007
Hardback monograph with book jacket
Hand signed and personally inscribed to Kevin by ...
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Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Board
"Human Rights" Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
From the studio of England's greatest exponent of Neo-Expressionism, Sax Berlin. Human Rights is a heartfelt piece by Berlin, showing his concern for all people suffering abuse with ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Jazz Man. Contemporary Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Music is a real love for Sax Berlin, second only to his art. These twin passions have given rise to a series of works that concentrate on jazz music. Jazz Man puts one right at the h...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Silver
"Homeless" Contemporary Figurative Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sociological Expressionism. From Grosz and Dix to Berlin, this movement gives voices and images to the conscience of the people trying to process the contemporary trauma of the hopel...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Ecstasy: Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This painting from the Atlantic studio of Sax Berlin captures the essence of ecstasy. It’s imbued with a special sense of immediacy and fluid movement. The painting draws one in and ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Dominique PERY, Marianne, Oil on canvas 1987
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Dominique PERY, France, 1987. Nude named "Marianne". 73x60 cm - 28.75x23.6 in. 20F Format. Signed "D.Péry" lower right (see photo). Countersigned twice and dated 198...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Caldentey Mallorca original neo figurative watercolor paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original neo-expressionist acrylic painting
contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY
CALDENTEY, Toni - (Portocolom, Mallorca - Spain)
The active notion of rhythm a...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
"Westside Watchdawg : The Golden Hearted". Large Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
The New York subway network has seen dark and dangerous times over the last few decades.Now we can ride the subway thoughtlessly, the trains are clean, the stations are brightly lit ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Bobb13: Contemporary Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A vibrant painting that reaches into the depths of music's ability to provide social commentary on the state of the world. Berlin has an innate abilityto channel the vibe and produce...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Our Time Is Here" Contemporary Figurative Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Right here, right now in the words of the song. This piece from Berlin has an immediacy to it that draws the eye and the emotion. Berlin evokes huge emotional responses to his art, e...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Caldentey Mallorca original neo figurative watercolor paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original neo-expressionist acrylic
contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY
Painting on paper
Perfect state
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
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...
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Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film
Caldentey Bar original neo figurative acrylic paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Tuta- original neo-expressionist acrylic painting
contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY
Perfect state
CALDENTEY, Toni - (Portocolom, Mallorca - Spain)
The activ...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
"Four Figures" Abstract Painting 31" x 30" inch by Ahmed Gaafary
Located in Culver City, CA
"Four Figures" Abstract Painting 31" x 30" inch by Ahmed Gaafary
To begin this description, let me start with this question: Is it the internal side of things that is more important...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Caldentey Mallorca original neo figurative watercolor paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original neo-expressionist acrylic painting . virtual framed
contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY
Painting on paper
CALDENTEY, Toni - (Portocolom, Mallorca - Spa...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Caldentey Spoon and Plate original neo figurative acrylic paper
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
- original neo-expressionist acrylic painting
contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY
Painting on paper
Perfect state
CALDENTEY, Toni - (Portocolom, Mallorca - Spai...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
"RED PHOENIX" Abstract Painting 57" x 57" inch by Vera Kochubey
Located in Culver City, CA
"RED PHOENIX" Abstract Painting 57" x 57" inch by Vera Kochubey
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The majority of Kochubey’s paintings take the form of heavily symbolic portrait...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original ink, gouache and oil pastel figure painting by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of nude woman standing in washes of neon pink,...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache, Ink
La Mirada
Located in OIA, ES
"La Mirada" ("The Gaze"), a title that captures the essence of the penetrating gaze that dominates this canvas, is an exemplary piece that showcases the transformative artistry of Ti...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Enamel
Laure Bruni, Oil on canvas, "Landscape of Drôme", 1926
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Laure Stella BRUNI, France, 1926. Landscape of Drome. with frame: 109x90x8 cm - 42.9x35.4x3.15 inches ; without frame: 92x73 cm - 36.2x28.75 inches. 30F format. Sign...
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1920s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Skulls (Mortality)
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
What better time than now to introduce Sax Berlin's Mortality series. Since people started creating art works there have been representations of human (and animal) bones; skeletons a...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Lumina II" Abstract Painting 39" x 35" inch by Ahmed Gaafary
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lumina II" Abstract Painting 39" x 35" inch by Ahmed Gaafary
To begin this description, let me start with this question: Is it the internal side of things that is more important or...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Wise Up We All From Africa. Large Neo Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Painted in Sax Berlin's iconic Sharp Edge style, Wise Up displays motif's from Africa, see the display of flags at the bottom of the canvas for example, and instantly recognisable sy...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ultra
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on panel
Hand-signed on verso
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Right
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on wood
Hand-signed by artist on verso
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
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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