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German Expressionist Woodcut

'Theater' — 1920s German Expressionism
'Theater' — 1920s German Expressionism

'Theater' — 1920s German Expressionism

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

A German Expressionist woodcut, with original hand-coloring in watercolor, depicting a parent and

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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Frau H.M. Naila signed original woodcut

Frau H.M. Naila signed original woodcut

By Max Beckmann

Located in Henderson, NV

German Expressionist woodcut can be found in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago

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1920s Expressionist Portrait Prints

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Steamboat Odin  Dampfer Odin - German Woodcut
Steamboat Odin  Dampfer Odin - German Woodcut

Steamboat Odin Dampfer Odin - German Woodcut

By Lyonel Feininger

Located in London, GB

This original woodcut is hand signed in pencil "Lyonel Feininger" at the lower left margin. It is

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Woodcut

Junges Mädchen / Young Woman by Erich Heckel (German, 1883-1970), Woodcut Print
Junges Mädchen / Young Woman by Erich Heckel (German, 1883-1970), Woodcut Print

Junges Mädchen / Young Woman by Erich Heckel (German, 1883-1970), Woodcut Print

By Erich Heckel

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Erich Heckel (German, 1883 - 1970) Woodcut Print. Title: Junges mädchen / Young Woman (Dube 264

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Vintage 1910s German Expressionist Prints

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Paper

'Elisabeth'  — German Expressionism
'Elisabeth'  — German Expressionism

'Elisabeth' — German Expressionism

By Karl Michel

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

expressionist printmaker during Germany's pre-Nazi Weimar Republic (1919-1933). Michel’s work was the subject of

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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

'Venus'  — German Expressionism
'Venus'  — German Expressionism

'Venus' — German Expressionism

By Karl Michel

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

(Budapest), The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies at the Los Angeles County Museum

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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

'Karl Michel Exhibition'  — German Expressionism
'Karl Michel Exhibition'  — German Expressionism

'Karl Michel Exhibition' — German Expressionism

By Karl Michel

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

of Applied Arts (Budapest), The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies at the

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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

'Der Gartner' (The Gardener) — German Expressionism
'Der Gartner' (The Gardener) — German Expressionism

'Der Gartner' (The Gardener) — German Expressionism

By Karl Michel

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the German

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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Georges Rouault Portrait de Marie Thérèse Bonney
Georges Rouault Portrait de Marie Thérèse Bonney

Georges Rouault Portrait de Marie Thérèse Bonney

$135,000

H 36.5 in W 31 in D 2.5 in

Georges Rouault Portrait de Marie Thérèse Bonney

By Georges Rouault

Located in Dallas, TX

. Revealing the strong influence of German Expressionist woodcuts, Miserere (1922-1927) lays bare the stark

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Vintage 1930s French Expressionist Paintings

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Paint

Georges Rouault Portrait de Marie Thérèse Bonney
Georges Rouault Portrait de Marie Thérèse Bonney

Georges Rouault Portrait de Marie Thérèse Bonney

By Georges Rouault

Located in Dallas, TX

. Revealing the strong influence of German Expressionist woodcuts, Miserere (1922-1927) lays bare the stark

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1930s Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Paint

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German Israeli Large Expressionist Woodcut Print Couple
German Israeli Large Expressionist Woodcut Print Couple

German Israeli Large Expressionist Woodcut Print Couple

By Jacob Pins

Located in Surfside, FL

Jacob Otto Pins (17 January 1917 – 4 December 2005) was a German-born Israeli woodcut artist and

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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

German Israeli Expressionist Woodcut Print Pencil Signed Jerusalem
German Israeli Expressionist Woodcut Print Pencil Signed Jerusalem

German Israeli Expressionist Woodcut Print Pencil Signed Jerusalem

By Jacob Pins

Located in Surfside, FL

Jacob Otto Pins (17 January 1917 – 4 December 2005) was a German-born Israeli woodcut artist and

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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

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German Expressionist Style Nude
German Expressionist Style Nude

German Expressionist Style Nude

By Vincent Torre

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

An original woodcut in the style of Pechstein and Kirchner engraved by American artist Vincent

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1970s Contemporary Nude Prints

Materials

Woodcut

German Israeli Expressionist Woodcut Print Pencil Signed Jerusalem
German Israeli Expressionist Woodcut Print Pencil Signed Jerusalem

German Israeli Expressionist Woodcut Print Pencil Signed Jerusalem

By Jacob Pins

Located in Surfside, FL

Jacob Otto Pins (17 January 1917 – 4 December 2005) was a German-born Israeli woodcut artist and

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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

'Dr. Walter Vogel - Exlibris' — 1920s German Expressionism
'Dr. Walter Vogel - Exlibris' — 1920s German Expressionism

'Dr. Walter Vogel - Exlibris' — 1920s German Expressionism

By Karl Michel

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Michel (1889-1984) was a noted graphic designer and expressionist printmaker during Germany's pre-Nazi

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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

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German Expressionist Woodcut For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the german expressionist woodcut you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. In our selection of items, you can find Expressionist examples as well as an abstract version. Finding the perfect german expressionist woodcut may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 19th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right german expressionist woodcut for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of black, beige, gray and red. There have been many interesting german expressionist woodcut examples over the years, but those made by Dave Lefner, Don Schol, Jacob Steinhardt, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Sandro Chia are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in woodcut print, paint and linocut can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a German Expressionist Woodcut?

The price for a german expressionist woodcut in our collection starts at $125 and tops out at $165,000 with the average selling for $1,400.

A Close Look at Expressionist Art

While “expressionist” is used to describe any art that avoids naturalism and instead employs a bold use of flattened forms and intense brushwork, Expressionist art formally describes early-20th-century work from Europe that drew on Symbolism and confronted issues such as urbanization and capitalism. Expressionist artists experimented in paintings and prints with skewed perspectives, abstraction and unconventional, bright colors to portray how isolating and anxious the world felt rather than how it appeared. 

Between 1905 and 1920, Austrian and German artists, in particular, were inspired by Postimpressionists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh in their efforts to strive for a new authenticity in their work. In its geometric patterns and decorative details, Expressionist art was also marked by eclectic sources like German and Russian folk art as well as tribal art from Africa and Oceania, which the movement’s practitioners witnessed at museums and world’s fairs.

Groups of artists came together to share and promote the themes now associated with Expressionism, such as Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Dresden, which included Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and investigated alienation and the dissolution of society in vivid color. In Munich, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group led by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, instilled Expressionism with a search for spiritual truths. In his iconic painting The Scream, prolific Norwegian painter Edvard Munch conveyed emotional turmoil through his depiction of environmental elements, such as the threatening sky.

Expressionism shifted around the outbreak of World War I, with artists using more elements of the grotesque in reaction to the escalation of unrest and violence. Printmaking was especially popular, as it allowed artists to widely disseminate works that grappled with social and political issues amid this time of upheaval. Although the art movement ended with the rise of Nazi Germany, where Expressionist creators were labeled “degenerate,” the radical ideas of these artists would influence Neo-Expressionism that emerged in the late 1970s with painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente.

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Finding the Right Prints-works-on-paper for You

Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

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