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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$8,000
"Viola" Outline Bunny on Gradient Red & Purple Background Oil Painting Framed
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 bunny on an ombre red and purple resin and diamond dust background...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel
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 Hebrew Letter Aleph Alef From a 2014 portfolio of archiva...
Lithograph, Archival Pigment
Patterson Boat Vertical sin titulo 9. acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Patterson. boats. vertical . Licenciado en Bellas Artes por ISPEJV, en la Habana en 2002, especialización en Restauración y Conservación de pintura Mural y caballete. Ha ejercido...
Acrylic
$3,600Sale Price|85% Off
View of the vineyards of the village - n°81 by Jean Krillé - Oil on wood 100x100
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Of Germanic descent, the painter Jean Krillé was born in 1923 in Switzerland. His father, writer and poet, oriented him towards art and culture. From the age of 16, he enrolled at th...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Cardinals" Bird Couple in Red on a White Background
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Cardinals" Bird Couple in Red on a White Background A pair of birds gestured in red and black on a white background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 1...
Oil, Panel
"Nenufares Fonda Azules, " Expressionist Painting of a Pond with Pink Lily Pads
Located in Austin, TX
This expressionist painting by Pep Suari featuring a blue, green, purple, and pink analogous color palette depicts a pond with pink lily pads with a rectangular color distortion inte...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,600Sale Price|85% Off
Landscape as far as the eye can see - n°6 by Jean Krillé - Oil on wood 100x100
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Of Germanic descent, the painter Jean Krillé was born in 1923 in Switzerland. His father, writer and poet, oriented him towards art and culture. From the age of 16, he enrolled at th...
Oil
"Untitled (from Flower Quad A)"
Located in Astoria, NY
Donald Baechler (American, 1956-2022), "Untitled (from Flower Quad A)", Stenciled Pigmented Handmade Linen Paper, 2011, one from a set of four, signed in pencil and dated lower right...
Handmade Paper, Stencil
Forced Entry, Expressionist Etching by Richard Bosman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Bosman, American (1944 - ) Title: Forced Entry Year: 1983 Medium: Sugar Lift Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil Edition: 10/20 Image Size: 10 x 7 inches...
Etching
$62,000
Hunt Slonem "Lady Gouldians (Australia)" Multicolor Birds on White Background
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Lady Gouldians (Australia)" Multicolor Birds on White Background A group of finches in red, yellow and green with branches on a white background Canvas 50 x 70 inches Un...
Canvas, Oil
$2,120Sale Price|25% Off
Painting of the series “Not a dicky bird”, 100x80cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Painting of the series “Not a dicky bird”, 100x80cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Canvas
"Angel of Manhattan". Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A large, monochrome painting that maximises Berlin's skill. In this piece, which appears deceptively simple Berlin has channeled his raw energy into a painting that has massive impa...
Oil, Acrylic
$9,800
Red Star
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“It is terrifying to paint. When you start out, you are faced with this great unknown. And you think, am I ever going to paint again? Yet, as you work, it starts to formulate itsel...
Canvas, Oil
$250,000
Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A work by Julian Schnabel. This large scale, Untitled, abstract, oil, resin, gesso, fabric and leather on seamed dropcloth is executed in a dark palette of rust, gray and black with ...
Leather, Gesso, Fabric, Resin, Oil
$920
It is Happening, Abstract Expressionism Painting, Gestual Fluid Form on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
In this vibrant painting by Perrine Honoré, color unfolds as gesture—expanding across the surface in luminous currents of pink, turquoise, coral, and deep blue. The composition emerg...
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
The New Order
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“It is terrifying to paint. When you start out, you are faced with this great unknown. And you think, am I ever going to paint again? Yet, as you work, it starts to formulate itsel...
Canvas, Oil
$5,500
Huge Italian Neo Expressionist Mimmo Paladino Linoleum Block Print Atlantico
Located in Surfside, FL
Mimmo Paladino Atlantico Linocut, 1987, hand signed, dated and numbered 12/27 in pencil. Medium: Collagraph and linoleum cut Sheet measures 82 x 29 1/2" inches Parole Torchon pap...
Linocut
$2,100Sale Price|25% Off
Diptych “Interaction 2”, 100 x 160cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Diptych “Interaction”, 100x160 cm
Canvas, Acrylic
$920
Color-Driven Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Atmospheric Sunset Tones on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This original painting by muralist Perrine Honoré radiates warmth through sweeping gestures of coral, saffron, and turquoise layered over a luminous yellow ground. Fluid brushwork an...
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
$12,500
Totem
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“It is terrifying to paint. When you start out, you are faced with this great unknown. And you think, am I ever going to paint again? Yet, as you work, it starts to formulate itsel...
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Composition in Green, Red & Black
Located in Soquel, CA
Fantastical abstract composition in green, red, and black by unknown artist Helen (20th century). Signed and dated "(indecipherable) '88" in the lower right corner. No frame. Image, ...
Silk, Oil, Permanent Marker
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
ADANNE
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy. Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Auth...
Canvas, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Midnight Blue" Single Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Midnight Blue" Single Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a dark blue background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 10.5 x 8.5 inches *Painting is...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Happy Camper" Black and White Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Happy Camper" Black and White Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a white and grey background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5 x 10.5 inche...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Glisten X" Rainbow Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Glisten X" Rainbow Bunnies White diamond dust bunnies gestured on a rainbow resin background in a gold contemporary floating frame. Unframed: 34 x 26 inches Framed: 36....
Glass, Resin, Oil, Acrylic
$10,500
"Orange Pair" Double Bunnies on Orange Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts 2 gestural figures of black bunnies on a bring orange background with thick use of paint....
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem Colorful Bunny Oil Painting 'Evening'
By Hunt Slonem
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...
Oil, Wood
Hunt Slonem "Tulip Mixed" Multicolor Flower
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Tulip Mixed" Multicolor Flower on Green Background A single tulip gestured in purple, red, white and yellow on a green background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 in...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Awaiting Flutter" Multicolor Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Awaiting Flutter" Multicolor Butterflies A group of seven butterflies on a scored gold metallic background in a vintage frame Unframed: 22 x 30 inches Framed: 26.5 x 34...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Slidel" Black and Red Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Slidel" Black and Red Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a red background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5 x 10.5 inches *Painting is fram...
Oil, Panel
ADVENTURE TIME
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by DARIA KUSTO The magic flow reality.. Acrylic on canvas Shipped From Spain.
Acrylic
$1,601Sale Price|20% Off
Untitled_Body on the Field #3 - Blue, Contemporary, Abstract, 21st Century
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled_Body on the Field #3, 2022 coloured pencils on paper 39 3/8 H x 27 9/16 W inches 100 H x 70 W cm Signed on reverse Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution of t...
Paper, Color Pencil
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...
Lithograph, Archival Pigment
$1,601Sale Price|20% Off
Untitled_Body Remains on the Field - Red, Contemporary, 21st Century, Landscape
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled_Body Remains on the Field, 2022 coloured pencils on paper 39 3/8 H x 27 9/16 W inches 100 H x 70 W cm Signed on reverse Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution...
Paper, Color Pencil
"Composizione" by E. Wenk, 2020-21 - Watercolor and Acrylic Paint, Abstract
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Composition". Watercolor and acrylic paint on high-quality cotton paper, which is handmade in Italy. This is part of an album. The price refers to the single dra...
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
$706Sale Price|25% Off
Forest fog, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Forest fog, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
Canvas, Pastel, 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 a Torah pointer, feather quill and spice box crown or...
Lithograph, Archival Pigment
YELLOW CROWN
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by DARIA KUSTO The magic flow reality.. Acrylic on canvas Shipped From Spain (rolled in a tube)
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
$706Sale Price|25% Off
Silent harmony, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Silent harmony, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas
Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Andrilla" Black and Blue Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Andrilla" Black and Pink Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a dark blue background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5 x 10.5 inches *Paintin...
Oil, Panel
$8,750Sale Price|30% Off
Morphos (Original painting)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on wood painting. Hand signed, titled and dated on verso by Hunt Slonem. Artwork size 10 x 8 inches. Frame size approx 16 x 14 inches. Artwork is in excellent condit...
Wood, Oil
$56,000
"Trio Precious Metals Hutch" Bunnies on Metallic Silver Gold & Bronze Background
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 metallic silver gold & bronze background. Slonem tra...
Canvas, Oil
"Lories Avalon Casino" Multicolored Birds with Gold Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of birds. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with multico...
Canvas, Oil
$48,250
"Chinensis Today" Black Bunnies on Multicolored Background with Gold & Silver
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 multicolored background. Slonem traces these 15 bunn...
Canvas, Oil
CHL 0820
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
This whimsical and sophisticated painting was realized by the esteemed contemporary painter, Hunt Slonem in 2014. It presents a stylized rabbit in profile, rendered with loose and ex...
Canvas, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Tulips" Multicolor Flower
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Tulips" Multicolor Flower on Blue Background A pair of tulips gestured in red, green and yellow on a blue background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: ...
Oil, Panel
$48,250
"Fluffle in Diamond Dust" White Bunnies Turquoise Blue Diamond Dust Oil on Wood
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts white gestural figures of Bunnies against a turquoise blue diamond dust background. Slone...
Glass, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$48,250
"Nocturne (Hutch) Diamond Dust" White Bunnies & Black Diamond Dust Oil 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 white gestural figures of Bunnies against a black diamond dust background. Slonem traces ...
Canvas, Glass, Oil
$117Sale Price|58% Off
ANGEL
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Markers on paper by artist Daria Kusto Shipped well protected, unframed
Permanent Marker
$5,500
Huge Italian Neo Expressionist Mimmo Paladino Linoleum Block Print Atlantico
Located in Surfside, FL
Mimmo Paladino Atlantico Linocut, 1987, hand signed, dated and numbered 12/27 in pencil. Medium: Collagraph and linoleum cut Sheet measures 82 x 29 1/2" inches Parole Torchon pap...
Linocut
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 Mount, Jerusalem, Israel From a 2014 portfolio of...
Lithograph, Archival Pigment
Hunt Slonem "Red" Black and Red Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Red" Black and Red Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a dark red background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5 x 10.5 inches *Painting is fr...
Oil, Panel
$4,940
Upside Down
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...
Mixed Media
Nymph and Satyr, abstracted nude figures classical
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Richly painted work on archival paper - abstracted nudes
Archival Paper, Monotype
Smoke Break Street Art Basquiat Style
Located in OIA, ES
"Smoke Break" is a visually striking and intellectually challenging painting that combines pop culture references with childhood nostalgia. At the center of the canvas, the phrase "T...
Enamel
Hunt Slonem "Silver Path" Blue, Green, Purple and Metallic Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Silver Path" Blue, Green, Purple and Metallic Bunnies Multiple rabbits gestured in black on a silver multicolor background Canvas 50 x 70 inches Unframed (framing option...
Canvas, Oil
Invierno Primaveral
Located in New York, NY
"Sexual Spring-like Winter" is a large painterly work, created with layers of pink and resin by the art and film world's favorite enfant terrible, Julian Schnabel. The artist and dir...
Screen
Hunt Slonem "Cloud 9" White and Blue Mottled Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Cloud 9" White and Blue Mottled Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a mottled white and blue background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 14.5 x...
Oil, Panel
"Manhattan Overture". Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Berlin in this piece channels the imagery of the streets of New York City. Is it a commentary on today's society or a nostalgic view of the past? This painting offers a fabulous oppo...
Oil, Acrylic