Neo-Expressionist Paintings
NEO-EXPRESSIONIST STYLE
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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Style: Neo-Expressionist
Apples and Avocados
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil painting by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. A vibrant still life of a bowl of fruit from the artist's '90s, neo-expressionist / neo-fauvist period. Predominate colors are gold, green and orange. 8x10 inch canvas. Signed. Framed.
Comes with contemporary...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Davanti all'immenso" by Enzio Wenk, 2010 - Acrylic on a Vintage Mirror
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "In front of the immense".
Black, blue and yellow acrylic paint on a vintage mirror.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Acrylic
"Blue Diamond Double" Diamond Dust Ultramarine Blue Oil Painting Bunnies Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts gestural figures of white bunnies on an Ultramarine blue background with thick use of pai...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Resin, Oil, Acrylic
"St. Theresa 3" White and Blue Butterflies on Gold Background with Scoring
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts two delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful golden landscape. Slonem ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
LOVE FACE
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Markers & acrylic on paper, 300GR
Shipped well protected, unframed
I can do commissioned work of any technique, style and size, contact us without obligation
i can ship several dra...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Hunt Slonem CER01298 2018
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated modern acrylic painting was realized by the esteemed contemporary painter, Hunt Slonem in 2018. It presents a stylized bunny rabbit, rendered with loose and expres...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Green Man Trail" Light Green Oil Painting with Diamond Dust Bunnies 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 gestural figures of white bunnies on a light green background with thick use of paint and...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Resin, Oil, Acrylic
Hiding the Emotions
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Janet Adebayo's exquisite artwork, "Hiding the Emotions," captivates viewers with its poignant portrayal of a young woman holding a rose-like flower. This evocative piece transcends ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Ilori 3 (Put To Bed)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The title itself, "ÌLÒRÍ," holds a special meaning, as the artist reveals it is a name given to a child who finds its way into their mother's belly while she is still breastfeeding a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Mixed Media, Canvas
Teal Bunnys
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
"Teal Bunnys" is an oil painting by Hunt Slonem featuring a grouping of the titular long-eared creatures. With their shapes outlined in black oil paint on a greenish blue background,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Phuket #7
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nevermind
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
MINIMAL ANIMAL
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Markers & acrylic on paper
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
"Finches" Multicolored Birds with White Background Oil Painting on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of finches. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with multi...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
VILLERS, Pride, Oil on Canvas, 1972
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by VILLERS, France, 1972. Pride. With frame : 84.5 x 65 x 5 cm - 33.3 x 25.6 x 2 in. , without frame : 80 x 60 x 2 cm - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 in. Signed and dated lower ...
Category
1970s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Songbirds Sing
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Village of Provence, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Michel Jouenne, France, Early 1960s. Village of France. Measurements : with frame : 38.7x28 inches - 98.3x71 cm, without frame : 36.3x25.6 inches - 92.2x65 cm, Forma...
Category
1960s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
South Beach Belly Boogie
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This painting depicts Miami nite life scene by borrowing modern style and subjects from Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Matisse fruits ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Wide Open" Red and White Tulip on Light Sky Blue Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Tulips. This piece depicts gestural figure of a red and white Tulip on a light sky blue background with thick use of paint. ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Bionic Twins" Abstract Painting 37" x 37" inch by Ahmed Gaafary
Located in Culver City, CA
"Bionic Twins" Abstract Painting 37" x 37" inch by Ahmed Gaafary
To begin this description, let me start with this question: Is it the internal side of things that is more important...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Farrow
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a black bunny painted on a vibrant green background with thick use of paint. It is housed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Nocturne Diamond Dust" Bunnies on Black Background with Diamond Dust Painting
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 black diamond dust background. Slonem traces these b...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Resin, Oil
Israeli Judaica Watercolor Gouache Bar Mitzvah Boy Rabbi Painting Russian Artist
By Ben Zion Magal
Located in Surfside, FL
Ben Zion Magal (1908 - 1999)
Ben Zion Magal was born in 1908 in Kishinev - Russia and there, years later, graduated from the Art Academy. He arrived to Erertz Israel together with hi...
Category
1960s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"Pink Stem" Red Tulip on Light Cerulean Blue Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Tulips. This piece depicts gestural figure of a red Tulip on a light cerulean blue background with thick use of paint. Inspi...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
With a kettle, 100x60cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
With a kettle, 2019, 60x100 cm
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Guardians & Butterflies" Multicolor Background Oil Painting on Canvas w Birds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies and Birds. This piece depicts gestural figures of Butterflies and Birds against a multicolor background. ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Talley" Red and Yellow Tulip on Cerulean Blue Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Tulips. This piece depicts gestural figure of a red and yellow Tulip on a cerulean blue background with thick use of paint. ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Code" Abstract Painting 39" x 65" inch by Ahmed Gaafary
Located in Culver City, CA
"Code" Abstract Painting 39" x 65" inch by Ahmed Gaafary
To begin this description, let me start with this question: Is it the internal side of things that is more important or is it what is presented to us visually? Naturally, the human notices the appearance of things and deals with things that have a direct connection with the senses without considering what is behind them. This makes one go directly to a materialist mindset. It is a mentality that drives one to consider things only from the surface while trapped in a corner in the judgment of only the shape of things observed. So I find the perfect way to describe my project, Primitive Life, as a process of connecting shapes from the internal cells of the human body from which comes the inner sociological forum of that body, expressing it visually and using color as harmony. While extracting the visual values, composing the forms of the cells and representing them in a new abstract way, I express the primitive side of life, concentrating on this often neglected part for the human experience/observation. This expression helps to create a community line of thinking and a social consciousness making it easier to find a common language for all human beings to understand and deal with each other. All the while knowing more about the special world of the artist and creating an arena of communication between the artist as the main subject and the community around him.
Born In Cairo 1987 Where He Currently Lives And Works. He Received His Bachelor’s Degree In Information Systems In 2008 From The Higher Institute Of Advanced Studies And Followed The Evening Classes (Painting Department)Of Fine Arts Faculty, Helwan University From 2005 To 2007. After His Graduation as an Information System Engineer, He Gave Up His Engineer Practices And Decided To Be An Independent Visual Artist. He Participated In Many Solo And Collaborative Exhibitions,Among Which; Nabokov Signs Exhibition In Etejah Gallery, Palace Of Arts In Cairo Opera House In 2016, Kamal Khalifa Gallery At The Gezira Art Center In 2012. Beit El Umma Gallery At Saad Zaghloul Center In 2012, Engy Aflaton Gallery In Cairo Atelier at 2010, Ahmed Nagy Gallery In Cairo Atelier In 2009, Tahya Halim Gallery In Cairo Atelier In 2008, Salon Of Youth Exhibition In Palace Of Arts From 2008 To 2015, The Mediterranean Symposium In 2010. He Also Participated In The Following Workshops In Cairo In 2008 At The Cairo Opera House, The Fine Arts Sector Cultural
Workshop And In The Mahmoud Mukhtar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Orbit
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
"Orbit" is a vibrant, large-scale oil painting by Hunt Slonem. The cobalt blue background of the composition offsets large abstract orbs and the forms of white egrets, a graceful bir...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Red Double Tulips" Tulips on Soft Lavender Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Tulips. This piece depicts gestural figures of two red and orange Tulips on a soft lavender background with thick use of pai...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
BLUE CAT
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Markers & acrylic on paper
Shipped well protected, unframed
I can do commissioned work of any technique, style and size, contact us without obligation
i can ship several drawings t...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Don't Even Think
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
Red Abraham Lincoln
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This exquisitely textured portrait of the famed president Abraham Lincoln captures his serious yet sincere visage. Created by artist Hunt Slonem, this work comes framed in a vintage-...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Blue Green Cross Flower
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
Blue Storm
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
Winged Victory
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
"Rotterdam Field" Tulip on Peach Orange Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Tulips. This piece depicts a gestural figure of an organ and yellow Tulip on a peach orange background with thick use of pai...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hatch
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This metallic painting by renowned artist Hunt Slonem features a grouping of rabbits. Slonem is known for his work featuring a variety of creatures, birds, butterflies, and rabbits i...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fransois
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on white background with thick use of paint. It is hou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Parrot Tulips" Tulips on Light Lavender Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Tulips. This piece depicts gestural figures of red and yellow Tulips on a light lavender background with thick use of paint....
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Red, 100x60cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Red, 60x100 cm
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ocelots Blue Pearls
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This vibrant grouping of ocelots on a pink background is a special work by artist Hunt Slonem. Each rendered with unique and loving detail, the felines stand out against a bubblegum ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Line Up
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on white background with diamond dust and thick use of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Resin
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on white background with diamond dust and thick use of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Marilyn Monroe
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This monotone portrait of famed starlet Marilyn Monroe is by Hunt Slonem. Rendered in shades of red oil paint, recalling Monroe's favored signature lipstick, this work comes directly...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Composition in RED" Painting 71" x 59" inch by Vera Kochubey
Located in Culver City, CA
"Composition in RED" Painting 71" x 59" inch by Vera Kochubey
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The majority of Kochubey’s paintings take the form of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Owen
Located in Natchez, MS
This gorgeous loose portrait of the bon vivant "Owen" is very much in line with Bailey's instantly recognizable style.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rover
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
"Rover" is a small-scale rabbit portrait by renowned Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem. Slonem often turns to the animal kingdom for inspiration. Rabbits, ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Meso Painting
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Landscape, oil on canvas with aluminum frame, sea blue, waves texture
Located in Carballo, ES
Landscape painted by Luis Moscardo, from his series with oil paintings "Land of Storms", in which he paints the waves of the wild sea, the shapes and textures that are generated in i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Midsummer Night Ruby 2
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Enamel
MULTIPLE FACE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
watercolour on paper.
by artist Daria Kusto
The magic flow reality...
Shipped well protected, unframed
Curated by Art Reserve & Angel Rivas
We can do commissioned work of any tec...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
Love is Blue
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
Morgan
Located in Natchez, MS
We are huge fans of this work at the gallery. "Morgan", while very much a wonderful and recognizable example of Bailey's work, incorporates almost a Cubist structure to his often so...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinensis Light
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
"Chinensis Light" sees artist Hunt Slonem return to a favored subject - the rabbit. A gaggle of the long-eared creatures crowds into the frame, rendered in stylized black lines on an...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Verso il cielo" by E. Wenk, 2010 - Mixed Media on Canvas, NeoExpressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: " Towards the sky ".
Mixed media on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
Passion
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
A trio of floppy eared rabbits is the subject of this lively oil portrait by Hunt Slonem. A favored subject of the famed Neo-expressionist artist, rabbits are signifiers of luck, pla...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Neo-expressionist paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Neo-Expressionist paintings 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 paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, red, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Hunt Slonem, Enzio Wenk, Sax Berlin, and Jean Sanglar. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Acrylic 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 Neo-Expressionist paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $39 and tops out at $215,000, while the average work sells for $4,387.
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