Expressionist Art
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
"Life Is Just A Shell Game" contemporary expressionist Serigraph
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Life Is Just A Shell Game" is from Sandra Jones Campbell's series inspired by her unique social observations. It features her unique blend of modernism and expressionistic style, al...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Screen
Jazzy
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina
title: “Jazzy”
original art print on canvas
limited edition,
hand signed
size: 40x60cm
Anastasia Kurakina is an internationally renowned visual artist. To...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Color, Digital, Canvas, Giclée
Raventos CADAQUES Small Vertical original expressionist acrylic canvas
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona.
Raventós expanded her studies in etching and...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Raventos Vertical Green Window original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
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 Barcelona.
...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Letter to Olive
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Seaside Play
Located in Zofingen, AG
"This piece captures a moment of serene companionship between a woman and her dog by the sea, enveloping the viewer in a sense of peacefulness. I used oil to bring out the vibrant co...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Blooming Grace
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Inspired by Monet "Flowers in a vase"
Located in Zofingen, AG
In painting this piece, I poured my admiration for the dance between light and color onto the canvas, capturing the ephemeral beauty of flora. Each stroke is imbued with the energy o...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Crowning Glory (Beauty Within Us)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
White boat
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In this oil painting, I've captured a solitary boat mirroring life's simplicity. The palpable textures and the interplay of light and shadow reflect an in...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Life Is Just A Shell Game" contemporary expressionist Serigraph
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Life Is Just A Shell Game" is from Sandra Jones Campbell's series inspired by her unique social observations. It features her unique blend of modernism and expressionistic style, al...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Screen
Tide Time
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In this piece, I've embraced the raw, emotive power of the sea, capturing its dynamic essence with vibrant oil hues. Merging expressionism and impressionism, I sought to infuse real...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Expressionist Clown Portrait After Bernard Buffett
Located in Cotignac, FR
Expressionist oil crayon on board portrait of a clown. The work is signed and dated top right.
A wonderful strong and colourful portrait. The subject is looking out at us with his s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil Crayon
Coll Bardolet 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...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor
Lavender scent
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In this oil painting, I sought to capture serenity and harmony. The brushstrokes radiate a calm energy, marrying the soft purples and blues of a blooming lavender field with the gen...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Meeting on the pond
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I sought to capture an intimate interplay between the inhabitants of a tranquil pond. My brushstrokes dance between expressionism and impressionism, melding rea...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In Town, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
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A town exudes a whimsical charm with its expressionist portrayal. The simple and non-traditional images of the houses, lamp posts, and residents burst with mute...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Lilac still-life
Located in Zofingen, AG
"I've woven tranquility and vibrancy into this oil painting, where delicate lilacs bloom with an impressionistic touch. It captures a moment of serene beauty, with soft textures and ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Raventos 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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
The Flowers: Guzmania. Circa 1963. Signed Giandante X. Milan.
Located in Firenze, IT
The Flowers: Guzmania.
Circa 1963.
Signed Giandante X, a painter born in Milan in 1899 and died in 1984.
Milano.
Measurements without the frame: 50 x 35 cm.
On the back is a pho...
Category
1960s Expressionist Art
Materials
Tempera
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 Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
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...
Category
1950s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paint
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 ...
Category
1910s Expressionist Art
Materials
Paint
Man 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...
Category
1960s Expressionist Art
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Raventos Buildings City Litle original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Raventos. buildings. city. original expressionist acrylic painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of F...
Category
1980s Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
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 Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The landscape.Red mountains in the style of Paul Gauguin" original painting by L
Located in Zofingen, AG
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 Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
J. Meunie 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 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Vintage Figurative Abstract Tribal Creature Head Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative figurative abstract sculpture of the head of a tribal creature by Nathaniel Sirles (American, b. 1954). Signed and dated "N. Sirles 1970" on the bottom. Sirles completed th...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Stone
Hungarian Modernist Judaica Etching Print Teffilin, Jewish Rabbi in Prayer
By Janos Kass
Located in Surfside, FL
From very small edition of 15 on handmade mould made paper, with Jewish star Magen David watermark. From the deluxe boxed portfolio edition. Hand signed in pencil.
János Kass (Decemb...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Etching
Hungarian Modernist Judaica Etching Print Kiddush, Jewish Rabbi at Shabbat Feast
By Janos Kass
Located in Surfside, FL
From very small edition of 15 on handmade mould made paper, with Jewish star Magen David watermark. From the deluxe boxed portfolio edition.
János Kass (December 26, 1927 – March 29...
Category
1990s Expressionist Art
Materials
Etching
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
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...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Like Basquiat in the Midst
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
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Canvas, Oil
Man in the Hood
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Small Worlds IX Kleine Welten X - German Expressionism Russian
Located in London, GB
This original drypoint is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Kandinsky” at the lower right margin.
It is also monogrammed and dated in the plate “VK 22” at the lower left image.
It...
Category
1920s Expressionist Art
Materials
Drypoint
Steinhardt Woodcut Marian Anderson Signed African American, Israeli Bezalel Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Portrait in black and white, woodblock print. Pencil signed by both Jacob Steinhardt 1887-1968 and Marian Anderson. Very rare thus. (Commissioned by Dr. Leon Kolb, San Francisco)
3...
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1950s Expressionist Art
Materials
Woodcut
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 and familiar to the child is destroyed. What does a murderer and looter look like, who is ready to destroy everything and take lives for the sake of such a trifle as a washing machine. This way of portraying suited me as a contrast to the horror of what is happening. It is scary to realize that in the 21st century genocide can reach such a scale. It's scary how Russian propaganda...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
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...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
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 Art
Materials
Acrylic
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...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
Acrylic
Rhetoric 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
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Insatiable Cravings
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Patrick Boudon. Inner Family. Post-war Expressionism. 1970s.
Located in Firenze, IT
Patrick Boudon.
Inner Family.
Post-war Expressionism.
1970s.
Patrick Boudon.
Art Informel. Ecole de Paris.
Technique: oil on cardboard.
This painting by Patrick Boudon from the 197...
Category
1970s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
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 ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
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 Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Bull Der Stier - German Expressionism Bull Der Sturm
By Franz Marc
Located in London, GB
This woodcut by Franz Marc is hand signed in pencil by the artist’s wife "Maria Marc", verso.
The paper also bears the violet inkstamp, verso "Handdruck vom Originalholzstock bastaet...
Category
1910s Expressionist Art
Materials
Woodcut
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...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
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 Art
Materials
Oil, Pigment
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Midnight Sun Lofoton, Norway
Located in Chicago, IL
In northern Norway the midnight sun sets over the stillness of a strange dusk that will rise again in moments. Surrounded by mysterious dark mountains and unbelievable views of the a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Pigment
Mountain Pastoral original serigraph by Robert Daughters
Located in Paonia, CO
Mountain Pastoral is a limited edition original serigraph no. 58/170 with deckle edges in excellent condition and signed in pencil by the artist. Published by Aspen mountain Grap...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Art
Materials
Screen
The abstraction painting "Neural Networks. Insights"
Located in Zofingen, AG
"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 Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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...
Category
1980s Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
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Find a wide variety of authentic 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 orange, blue, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Iryna Kastsova, George Grosz, Stephen Basso, and Marc Chagall. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil 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 Expressionist art, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available.