Yankel Kufeld
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Ink, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
1950s Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1950s Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Oil Crayon, Pastel, Ink
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Oil Crayon, Pastel, Ink
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Watercolor, Gouache
People Also Browsed
1970s Prints and Multiples
Paper, Offset
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1980s Neo-Expressionist Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Paint, Paper, Ink
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Gold Leaf
1960s American Realist Portrait Prints
Lithograph
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Offset
1980s Neo-Expressionist Mixed Media
Paint, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Prints
Screen
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache
20th Century Expressionist Mixed Media
Silk, Ink
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Gesso, Oil, Mixed Media, Cotton Canvas, Varnish, Paint, Cotton,...
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Expressionist Mixed Media
Woodcut
1980s Neo-Expressionist Mixed Media
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker
1980s Neo-Expressionist Mixed Media
Photographic Paper, Paint, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Recent Sales
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Etching
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Watercolor, Gouache
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Etching
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Etching
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
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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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