Expressionist Paintings
EXPRESSIONIST STYLE
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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Style: Expressionist
Burgundy peonies, blue flowers in a vase.Candles and antique table.
Located in Sempach, LU
A gorgeous, luxurious lovely summer bouquet of flowers in a blue vase. Blue wildflowers of forget-me-nots grow at my mother's cottage. White flowers appeared in the forest, delicate....
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2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil
Man 29 original figurative drawing painting
By A. Costa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Man. original figurative drawing painting. virtual frame
Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965
It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD.
He wa...
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1960s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Roger de la Fresnaye (French, 1885-1925) - Femme Nue Couchée
Located in Dallas, TX
Roger de la Fresnaye (French, 1885-1925) - Femme Nue Couchée
Monumental 90% life size nude model painting executed during the zenith and birth of cubism and expressionism.
Oil on ...
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1910s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paint
Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963) - Nature Morte au Pot
Located in Dallas, TX
Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963) - Nature Morte au Pot
Signed ‘G Braque' (underlined) bottom right
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 18 x 21.75 in. (45.7 x 55.2cm)
Framed: 26 x 30 inches
Execu...
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1950s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paint
Coll Bardolet 24 Bolero Mallorquin original expressionist watercolor painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Bolero Mallorquin original expressionist watercolor painting.
virtual frame
Spanish painter maximum representative of the art of Mallorca at the end of the 20th century. Costumbrista...
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1990s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
snowman
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina
original painting on paper
one of a kind
hand signed
Collective exhibitions:
2023 London biennale, Chelsea, Old Town Hall;
2023 YICCA Internation...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
Woman with Red Hair
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Baron Robert Heinrich Freiherr von Doblhoff (1880 Vienna - 1960 ibid.)
Woman with Red Hair
Ink and watercolor on paper, image measures 6.25 x 7.25 inches; 12.75 x 13.5 inches fra...
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Nude at the Window Overlooking Sacré-Coeur
Located in London, GB
'Nude at the Window Overlooking Sacré-Coeur', oil on paper mounted on canvas, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930s). Although later in Latapie's career he embraced cubism and abstraction, t...
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1930s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper, Canvas
Insatiable Cravings
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Raventos 22 Marine Big Blue original expressionist mixed media painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
" Marina" original expressionist mixed media painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
J. Meunie 28 Tree Almond Blossom Vertical original acrylic painting
By Julen Meunie
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
" ALMOND BLOSSOM original acrylic painting. framed
Julien was born in 1948 in Vichy, France. He studied art and theater in Clermont-Ferrand at the same time as finishing his degree ...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Lost is a Lovely Place to Find Yourself
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
I realized nobody is coming to save you unless you save yourself! Light at the end of the tunnel awaits only those who dare to try again each time they fail
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coll Bardolet Typical Mallorcan Dance. original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
BOLERO. original expressionist acrylic painting. framed
Spanish painter maximum representative of the art of Mallorca at the end of the 20th century. Costumbrista work. With differe...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Like Basquiat in the Midst
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Man in the Hood
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Crystal wave
Located in Sempach, LU
"In this stirring dance of color and texture, I’ve endeavored to capture the raw power and beauty of the ocean. My hands birthed frothy waves onto the canvas with passionate strokes,...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nantes Seaport
By Robert L.P. Lavoine
Located in Pasadena, CA
Robert L. P. Lavoine is a French painter born in 1916 and dead in 1999.
Known for his sea landscapes and urban landscapes, he is associated with the expressionist current of the twe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The landscape.Red mountains in the style of Paul Gauguin" original painting by L
Located in Sempach, LU
The landscape.Red mountains in the style of Paul Gauguin" original painting by Lilia Volskaya.Size:55x75 cm. Cotton canvas, mineral pigments, natural environmental paints. Painting i...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
To War, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The original painting "To War" was created with colourful acrylic paints on a standard canvas. Ideal for your home, living room, dining room, bedroom or office. The size of this p...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Row of Plane Trees In Winter - Maussane-les-Alpilles
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'Row of Plane Trees In Winter - Maussane-les-Alpilles', Provence, watercolour and pencil on art paper, by Yves Brayer (1946). A line of Plane trees greets visitors to almost every vi...
Category
1940s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Irpin, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Children's drawing from the Ukrainian city of Irpin. This is one of the most terrifying places during the offensive of Russian troops. A pile of burned and rusted cars and soldiers s...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Washing machine, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a sketch from the war that is currently ongoing in Ukraine. I wanted to show the situation as a child sees it with the help of a child's drawing. As everything that is dear a...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Gladiator - Large format expressionist, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The Gladiator is a large-format expressionist painting of a gladiator in vibrant ocher yellow. Gladiator was and still is one of my all-time best favourite movies. Even up to this t...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
New York City, view from Brooklyn
Located in Chicago, IL
Looking northeast from downtown Brooklyn, Manhattan can be seen at sunset, glowing in saturated red and yellow, here depicted with vermillion and lead-tin orange. Lapis lazuli blue l...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Pigment
Casademont "le Vieux" Blue Landscape of Castile original acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Landscape of Castile original expressionist acrylic painting.
His family was originally from Figueres. He studied industrial engineering and fine arts at the Llotja School and he re...
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1980s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Calabaza (Pumpkin). Expressionist still-life. Colorful Orange, yelow, turquoise.
Located in Segovia, ES
Calabaza (Pumpkin) . Oil on canvas by Spanish artist Chico Montilla.
Measurements: (H) 116x (W) 81 x 2 (D) cm.
Framed 139 x 104 x 4.5 cm.
Colorful expressionist still-life.
Beautif...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
San Antonio
Located in Segovia, ES
San Antonio . Oil on canvas by Spanish artist Chico Montilla.
Measurements: (H) 65 x (W) 81 x 2 (D) cm.
Framed 85 x 101 x 5 cm.
San Antonio, another expressionist view of the countr...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Barranco del Noi (Almuñecar). Expressionist landscape.
Located in Segovia, ES
"Barranco del Noi" (Almuñecar) . Oil on canvas by Spanish artist Chico Montilla.
Measurements: (H) 81 x (W) 100 x 2 (D) cm.
Framed 104 x 123 x 6 cm.
The Noi ravine, in Almuñecar, G...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sail away with me
Located in London, GB
Artist: Olga Volha Piashko
"Sails”120x80x2 cm
Acrilyc on canvas.
hand signed
unframed
A world of energy and vibration, of subtle nuances and hidden dimensions. It is a world tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Cotton Canvas
Raventos Abstract Piano and Sheet Music - original expressionist acrylic
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Music Piano - original expressionist acrylic canvas painting. framed
Original work by RAVENTOS.
Musical abstract composition.
Perfect state
.RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Expressionist Provençal Landscape, La Grotte
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Expressionist Provençal landscape, oil on board, by French artist Jean Arène (1929 - 2020), depicting a Provençal, South of France landscape. The painting is signed bottom lef...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
From Somewhere Deep Inside
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
Hilltop View, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Orchard trees stand in the distance, their foliage adorned in autumn's seasonal colors. Tall grass fills the foreground, blending seamlessly with the field. The...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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Oil
American God
Located in London, GB
Anastasia Kurakina 's work on paper included in the Vatican Museums collection since 2017
artist: Anastasia Kurakina
painting print gliceé canvas
hand signed
2024
the painting ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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C Print, Color, Digital, Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Giclée
Bouquet of Peonies with blue background
Located in New York, NY
This painting is in excellent condition with no cracks in the paint, it is not relined and the canvas has been cleaned and in excellent condition. It also has a new 23 K. gold leaf ...
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1960s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Family Seated on a Bench at the Port
Located in London, GB
'Family Seated on a Bench at the Port', oil on board, by François Diana (circa 1970s). A painting with a very wholesome, homespun theme harks back to a more innocent time. A family i...
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1970s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Reality Isn't What It Used To Be
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Peop...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Expressionist Floral Still Life
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Expressionist floral still life painting. Oil on canvas measuring 14 x 20 inches, 18 x 24 inches framed.
Frame is from the 1960's but the canvas is clearly much older, ca...
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
English Settlement, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Simple forms define this English town, while bright and deep colors add to its visual appeal. Artist Robert Hofherr aims for the viewer to perceive a place wher...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The abstraction painting "Neural Networks. Insights"
Located in Sempach, LU
"The abstraction painting""Neural Networks. Insights"". By forming a thought, we shape the future.
It is quite difficult to focus on the right, kind and creative when almost from eve...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Benavente Solís 10 Green Landscape Poppies House in the Countryside original
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
poppies landscape and house original expressionist watercolor painting . framed
During its first exhibition in Paris, the French press catalogs it like "The Catalan Sorolla".
Honora...
Category
1990s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Spring Orchard, Original Painting
By Janet Dyer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Olive, almond, and cherry trees adorn an orchard in Provence, France. Their white crowns merge, filtering the sunlight and casting dappled shade below. Artist J...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Keeran
Located in London, GB
Artist: Anastasia Kurakina
acrylic painting on canvas glicee print
hand signed
BIO
In search of the human essence
As an artist, Anastasia Kurakina nurtures a great fondness for hu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Color, Giclée, Digital Pigment
A Spring Dance, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A vibrant and lovely bouquet blooms on a calming blue background. Its overall effect is both soothing and captivating. Artist Ronda Waiksnis uses palette knives...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Reunion" Expressionist Figurative Man and Woman
Located in Austin, TX
By Pep Suari
32" x 39.5" Acrylic on Linen
This figurative expressionist painting by Pep Suari depicts a man and a woman looking at each other with flowers between them. The colors o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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Linen, Acrylic
Narcisos
Located in Segovia, ES
"Narcisos" . Oil on canvas by Spanish artist Chico Montilla.
Measurements: (H) 81 x (W) 100 x 2 (D) cm. Framed 104 x 123 x 6 cm.
Colorful expressionist still-life with daffodil flow...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Harlequin
By Richard Mandin
Located in London, GB
'The Harlequin', oil on board, by Richard Mandin (1952). Harlequin's traditional diamond patterned costume, bicorn hat, and the wooden sword that denoted his buffoonery have appealed...
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1950s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Orquídea (Orchid)
Located in Segovia, ES
Expressionist interior corner that has an orchid as its protagonist. Predominant chromaticism between fuchsia-pink and yellow.
Oil on linen by Spanish artist Chico Montilla.
Beautifu...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Georges Rouault Portrait de Marie Thérèse Bonney
Located in Dallas, TX
Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958) - Étude pour le Portrait de Marie Thérèse Bonney. A large specimen painting for Rouault beautifully framed in a shadow fashion making a grandiose ...
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1930s Expressionist Paintings
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Paint
Agbeke Spotted Again
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Warm Inside - Somber Lakeside Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Warm Inside
30.0 width
Acrylic
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"In the middle of the Winter, the snow covering the forest and the ice covering the lake. A blue feeling...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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Acrylic
Invisible
Located in London, GB
Anastasia Kurakina's works on paper are the Vatican Museums collection since 2017
artist: Anastasia Kurakina
One of a kind
Hand signed
Oil painting on canvas
Anastasia Kurakina ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
spheres, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Jorge Calero
Located in Yardley, PA
Spheres are conceived as a hologram of growing fruits, turning branches and invisible forces taking place in the inner quantic space where marvelous animals strive to survive, a remi...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Raventos Citty original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Manhatan original expressionist acrylic painting.
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barc...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
I. Mundo Vertical BARCELONA STREET. original watercolor painting
By Ignasi Mundó
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
MUNDO Ignasi
Ignasi Mundó trained at the School of La Lonja, with Joaquín Mir, Mariano Pidelaserra and Manolo Hugué. In 1945 he received a scholarship travels to Paris, and later ma...
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1990s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
As Far As You Can See
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
shinning, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Jorge Calero
Located in Yardley, PA
Jorge Calero wants to make his point loud and clear. He asks if we can pay attention by standing still for a moment and taking in the beauty that surrounds us. He is bold in hi...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Summer, sea, beach, girl
Located in Sempach, LU
"In this oil painting, I've captured the essence of a serene moment by the sea, where the gentle breeze plays with her hair, and the sun kisses her skin. The expressionism style brin...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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