Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor 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
Amalfi , Italy, View of the Bay
signed original painting circa 2005.
Located in Frome, Somerset
'Amalfi, view of the bay' circa 2005 signed original painting by Andy Gradwel b.1968.
mixed media on paper (current site size) 27cm x 36cm
glazed and mounted frame47cm x 56cm
Eveni...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Ben ZIon Expressionist Judaica Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish Modernist WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Frame measures 13.5 X 11.5
Paper measures 6.5 X 4 inches
Hand signed lower right
Watercolor painting of prophet or Rabbi, Judaica artwork
Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated h...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Body in the Field #4 - Green, Red, Drawing, Color pencil
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Body in the Field #4, 2022
coloured pencils on canvas
25 H x 16 W cm
Signed on reverse
Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution of the human body through the prism of t...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Color Pencil
Togores for Kahnweilers Galerie Simon, Figure, 1923, Drawing on Paper, Framed
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pencil drawing by Togores for Galerie Simon, 1923.
It preserves the original label in the back.
Hand signed by the artist.
Framed with a mid XXth century wooden frame. A label o...
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1920s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Body in the Field #10 - Contemporary, Red, Yellow, Green, 21st Century
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Body in the Field #10, 2022
coloured pencil on canvas
9.84 H x 6.29 W in.
25 H x 16 W cm
Signed on reverse
Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution of the human body thro...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Color Pencil
Body in the Field #15 - Contemporary, Red, Blue, 21st Century
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Body in the Field #15, 2022
coloured pencil on canvas
9.84 H x 6.29 W in.
25 H x 16 W cm
Signed on reverse
Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution of the human body thro...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Color Pencil
Las Vegas Date
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Las Vegas Date
Watercolor, c. 1965
Signed lower right (see photo)
Titled in pencil upper left (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Image/Sheet size: 17 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches
Provenance: Jo...
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1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Expressionist Figurative Painting, "Alone"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original expressionist figurative drawing by Southern California artist, Lenore Simon. It is framed as pictured. Its framed dimensions are 26.45" x 30.6". A c...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal
The audience - closer. 1948, paper, mixed technique, 17.2x14.4 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to publicity.
“I am 58, and in five Years my c...
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1940s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
$862 Sale Price
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Old Port Town, Original Painting
By Judy Mudd
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This watercolor painting captures the charm and vitality of Portland’s historic Old Port district. City life hums with a balance of energy and ease—building...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
House Crows 1976 - Expressionist animal art watercolour bird painting
Located in Hagley, England
This beautiful animal painting is by Aubrey Williams, Guyanese artist. It is a watercolour painting of House Crows and painted in 1976. Williams has recentl...
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1970s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$4,309 Sale Price
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Expressionist Miniature Drawing Wheat Stalks American Modernist Ben Zion WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Expressionist ink drawing of wheat stalks
There is an inscription "Happy New Year" on verso
Hand signed
Framed it measures 7.75 X 5.75
The actual paper is 3 X 3.5
Born in 1897, Ben-...
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1950s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Isolation Blues contemporary social realism dark humor topical art man cat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
pastel on toned paper signed bottom left
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
The Alchemist. Thee quarter length female figure with fiery red hair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a soft pastel on toned sanded archival paper suitable for framing under glass. Signed and dated on the bottom right hand cornerABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly ori...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Wing Malfunction blue sky clouds hearts arrows cherubs in peril love humor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
pastel on heavyweight toned paper unframed signed on bottom. part of a series of valentine day theme paintings ans pastelsSABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastel...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Iris No. 195, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original watercolor painting on 140 lb cold press paper :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1946 Dutch Expressionist watercolour by Gabriel Van Schnell
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Gabriel Van Schnell (Dutch fl. 1908/1947)
The Sudden Shower
Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Gabriel 1946. SUDDEN SHOWER. / SUNSHINE. WIND AND RAIN’ (lower edge)
5 x 5 in. (12.7 x 12.7...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Flying Hawk, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original watercolor painting on 140 lb cold pressed paper :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready ...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Flutist", Drawing by Joan Carl Strauss
Located in Pasadena, CA
Ink drawing on paper
Signed and dated lower margin
Description
This elegant sketch depicts a flutist poised in performance. The artist’s confident, linear technique captures the mus...
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1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
German Expressionist Bakers, colorful painting with food cakes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on toned paper
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Draped Nude" Women with Basket Expressionnist Watercolor by Ron Blumberg
By Ron Blumberg
Located in Pasadena, CA
Description
In this intimate ink-and-wash composition, Ron Blumberg captures the quiet dignity of a woman carrying a basket balanced atop her head. Loose strokes of watercolor—soft g...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Expressionist Hand Signed Lithograph - Benjamin Kopman
Located in Surfside, FL
Actual Lithograph without matte is 16" X 12".
BENJAMIN KOPMAN (1887 - 1965)
Painter, Illustrator and printmaker Benjamin Kopman was born in Vitebsk, Russia and emigrated to the Unit...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Large Watercolor Painting Israeli Modernist Judaica Rabbi with Children, Bezalel
By Moshe Gat
Located in Surfside, FL
A large watercolor painting.
Moshe Gat was born in Haifa in 1935.
in 1952 he began his studies at the Bezalel School, in Jerusalem.
In 1955 he returned to Haifa, where he taught dra...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Fish" Watercolor cm. 18 x 14 1937
Located in Torino, IT
Fish,red,yellow,sea, animals
Italian 1937
Giulio DA MILANO (Nizza, 1895 - Torino, 1990)
Giulio Da Milano was a Giacomo Grosso's disciple and he was very close to the artists that...
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1930s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$2,245 Sale Price
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Expressionist Hand Signed Lithograph - Benjamin Kopman
Located in Surfside, FL
Actual Lithograph without matte is 16" X 12".
BENJAMIN KOPMAN (1887 - 1965)
Painter, Illustrator and printmaker Benjamin Kopman was born in Vitebsk, Russia and emigrated to the Unit...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
The Collector. Large female figure w wood
stone sculptures mermaid soft color
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on Grey toned archival paper signed
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
German expressionist drawing of bathers by Carl Hofer
Die Badegasten
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955)
Die Badegaste II (The bathers)
Black crayon on paper
19.1/4 x 15 in. (49 x 38 cm.)
With studio stamp (on the reverse) and signature of the artist’s wife Elizabeth Hofer
Provenance: These works come from the artist’s second wife Elizabeth and from then by descent.
Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter and the director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most important painters of the Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans Thoma. He first visited Paris in 1899 making acquaintance with Julius Meier-Graefe. In 1902 he studied in Stuttgardt and became friends with the sculptor Hermann Haller...
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20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Hampton Bays, Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015)
Title: Hampton Bays (P6.24)
Year: 1958
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)
Category
1950s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Two Angels double depiction of female nudes soft red tones against black
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a richly colored pastel on red toned paper with bits of the primer flickering throughout the work. Signed and dated bottom left.
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Archival Paper, Gouache
Fulton Street, Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015)
Title: Fulton Street (P5.31)
Year: 1961
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Size: 15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.88 cm)
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1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
To Dance and Dance, green blue Wild Woman Series, colorful powerful woman
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Colorful image of a powerful woman enjoying the dance.
This painting is in a series called the Wild Woman which is also printed in a pocket sized book.
Watercolor, mixed media, usi...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Blue Period artist as subject humorous observation coll blue and Grey tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on archival toned paper signed and dated top left. Part of an ongoing series by the artist of artist and model subject matter
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Une Danse, Original Work on Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Acrylic, Ink, Pastel and collage on archival paper - Original Work on Paper, unique work.
The work is in very good condition and is signed lower Right "Patricia R.".
Unfortunately w...
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1990s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Luisa on the sofa" Watercolor and black ink cm. 33 x 46 1965
Located in Torino, IT
woman, , Italian painter,Red,Black
Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989)
From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to technical and expressive re...
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1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
$2,874 Sale Price
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Woodblock Print Polish Israeli Artist Azriel Awret Rainy Street Jerusalem Israel
By Irene Awret
Located in Surfside, FL
Awret, Azriel (Polish Israeli, 1910-2010),
Rainy Street in Jerusalem,
Woodblock print, 9.75 x 7.5 inches, pencil hand signed and numbered 35/60, framed measuring 19.5 x 14.25 inches.
Azriel Awret was born in Lodz, Poland, and moved to Belgium where he lived in Brussels. He married an Aryan woman, Anna Louisa Bonhiere, which saved him from deportation. But in January 1943 he was interned in Malines camp. Awret was an engineer, so he was given employment as an electrician. While in Malines he met Irène Spicker, who was working in the Mahlerstube (art workshop). They married after the war and moved to Israel, settling in Safed and continuing their artistic activity. Today they divide their time between Israel and the United States.
The Beit Lohamei Haghetaot (The Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum) art collection includes works by Awret from his time in Malines. These works depict various aspects of life in Malines, including figures of internees. They were donated by the artist.
He collaborated with his wife in a naif, folk art style.
Irène Awret...
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1950s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Woodcut
Shades Of Gray, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I paint mostly from imagination and am influenced by the shapes in nature. This watercolor painting comes with a white mat ready for framing. :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This pie...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
To Fly High and Often, from the Wild Woman Series, a colorful powerful woman
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Colorful image of a powerful woman encouraging us to go beyond our limits.
This painting is in a series called the Wild Woman which is also printed in a pocket sized book.
Watercol...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Garcon pres d
une Table et une Nue
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Boris Zaborov, Belarusian (1935 - )
Title: Garcon pres d'une Table et une Nue
Year: 1996
Medium: Mixed Media on Paper, signed l.r.
Size: 24.5 x 7...
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1990s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media
British 20th Century watercolour on paper
Adam and Eve
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Derrick Latimer Sayer (British, 1917 – 1992)
Adam and Eve
Ink and watercolour/ gouache on paper
Signed ‘DEK Sayer 12/44’ (lower right)
13.5/8 x 10.1/2 in. (34.7 x 26.5 cm.)
Sayer st...
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20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
German expressionist drawing of a Bull Elephant by Carl Hofer
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955)
Elefantenbulle (Bull elephant)
Pencil on paper
Signed with monogram ‘CH’ (lower right)
15.3/4 x 13.3/8 in. (40 x 34 cm.)
Provenance: These works come from the artist’s second wife Elizabeth and from then by descent.
Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter and the director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most important painters of the Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans Thoma. He first visited Paris in 1899 making acquaintance with Julius Meier-Graefe. In 1902 he studied in Stuttgardt and became friends with the sculptor Hermann Haller...
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20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Mid 20th Century Dutch Expressionist painting of a masked figure
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Gabriel Van Schnell (Dutch fl. 1908/1947)
The Masked Figure in Abstract
Signed, ‘SCHNELL’ (lower left)
13. 3/4 x 10 in. (35 x 25 cm.)
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Secret Garden, Iris, colorful abstracted floral pastel on dark paper
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on black paper.
These works have a have a "stained glass" quality of light coming through the dark paper
Ms. Morgan says:
During 2020 we discovered a small garden next to a church in our neighborhood in Brooklyn that was well taken care of and always open. We brought our ground chairs...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel, Archival Paper
"Modella" Matita cm. 50 x 70 1962
Located in Torino, IT
Disegno espressionista
Figura femminile
Artista Italiano che ha dedicato la vita all'arte
Edgardo CORBELLI (Torino, 1918 – 1989)
MUSEI
Orléans, Francia, Musée Collégiale Saint Pierre le Puellier
Salon de...
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1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
$1,006 Sale Price
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Charcoal Portrait Drawing of a Woman in Period Outfit
Located in Pasadena, CA
The identity of the artist who created this excellent charcoal study remains unknown. The model's outfit and the arrangement of her hair suggest a bygone era, possibly a study for a ...
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Early 19th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$260 Sale Price
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Pastel, Ink Drawing Rocks And Cloud Landscape Jewish American Modernist WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Miniature Landscape
Provenance: Virginia Field, Arts administrator; New York, N.Y. Assistant director for Asia House gallery. (she was friends with John von Wicht and Andy Warhol)
Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Watercolor
Abstract Drawing Watercolor Painting Totem Column Jewish American Modernist WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Miniature Abstract Totem. Signed with initials.
Provenance: Virginia Field, Arts administrator; New York, N.Y. Assistant director for Asia House gallery. (she was friends with John v...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Lonely dreamers. 1992, paper, etching, watercolor, 22x14 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Roman Lapp (1961. 24. VII Moscow) – painter
Artist learned drawing to M. Zuhovickis.
He graduated Art Academy of Latvia, department of monumental painting (1988) with diploma work ...
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1990s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Etching
$421 Sale Price
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Ben ZIon Expressionist Judaica Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish Modernist WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Frame measures 13.5 X 11.5
Paper measures 6.5 X 5 inches
Hand signed lower right
Watercolor painting of prophet or Rabbi, Judaica artwork
Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of a Japanese Woman, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - )
Title: Portrait (63)
Year: 1961
Medium: Watercolor
Size: 22 in. x 15 in. (55.88 cm x 38.1 cm)
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1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
British 20th C painting of a moody seascape by maritime artist Trenaman Back
By Robert Trenaman Back
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Robert Trenaman Back (British, 1922 – 2004)
A moody coastal scene
Gouache on paper with gum arabic
9.3/4 x 18.1/4 in. (24.5 x 46.5 cm.)
Robert Trenaman Back is best known as a marit...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Contemporary Figurative Ink Portrait, "Half and Half"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original portrait ink drawing by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley.
Its dimensions are 7.25" x 9.5". This is framed in a black frame.
The artist has depicte...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Post Soviet Avant Garde Russian Woodcut Print With Hand Watercolor Painting
By Ilya Shenker
Located in Surfside, FL
This depicts a wedding scene in a style of German Expressionism. hand signed and hand painted in watercolor.
Ilya Shenker, Russian/American (1922 - )
As a soldier in World War II, he survived where millions perished. Upon returning to his home town of Odessa, felt abandoned and alone. He studied Art and Architecture in Odessa, but, one of a number of Russian Jewish artists allowed to emigrate, he left for America when the opportunity arose. He settled in New York City, a choice that has forever impacted his oeuvre. Many of his pictures depict New York cityscapes and lifestyle; however, they remain typically Russian. His subject matter often comes from memory and includes the life that he left behind, family, and friends. Drawing upon his Jewish heritage for inspiration, Shenker also paints historical events, such as "On the Eve of the Assault" in which he portrayed the last night before the destruction of Jerusalem. He has also illustrated a number of classics of Russian literature including Alexander Pushkin. His use of imagination also applies to the figures in his expressionist paintings—fictional characters such as the Spanish literary character Don Quixote make appearances in his work. He has also placed figures such as Rembrandt and Picasso in modern settings: in "Rembrandt Visiting our Family," Shenker sits his most favored artist at his family table, in a tribute to someone he describes as a "peoples artist." He is one in a long line of great Soviet Russian Judaica Jewish artists beginning with Yehuda Pen, who founded Russia's first art school for Jews in Vitebsk in 1897 continuing with his students, including Marc Chagall and El Lissitzky, Natan Altman, Leon Bakst and Robert Falk...
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1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
Post Soviet Avant Garde Russian Woodcut Print With Hand Watercolor Painting
By Ilya Shenker
Located in Surfside, FL
This depicts a wedding scene in a style of German Expressionism. hand signed and hand painted in watercolor.
Ilya Shenker, Russian/American (1922 - )
As a soldier in World War II, he survived where millions perished. Upon returning to his home town of Odessa, felt abandoned and alone. He studied Art and Architecture in Odessa, but, one of a number of Russian Jewish artists allowed to emigrate, he left for America when the opportunity arose. He settled in New York City, a choice that has forever impacted his oeuvre. Many of his pictures depict New York cityscapes and lifestyle; however, they remain typically Russian. His subject matter often comes from memory and includes the life that he left behind, family, and friends. Drawing upon his Jewish heritage for inspiration, Shenker also paints historical events, such as "On the Eve of the Assault" in which he portrayed the last night before the destruction of Jerusalem. He has also illustrated a number of classics of Russian literature including Alexander Pushkin. His use of imagination also applies to the figures in his expressionist paintings—fictional characters such as the Spanish literary character Don Quixote make appearances in his work. He has also placed figures such as Rembrandt and Picasso in modern settings: in "Rembrandt Visiting our Family," Shenker sits his most favored artist at his family table, in a tribute to someone he describes as a "peoples artist." He is one in a long line of great Soviet Russian Judaica Jewish artists beginning with Yehuda Pen, who founded Russia's first art school for Jews in Vitebsk in 1897 continuing with his students, including Marc Chagall and El Lissitzky, Natan Altman, Leon Bakst and Robert Falk...
Category
1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
Large Israeli Watercolor Gouache Painting Jerusalem Landscape Moshe Gat
By Moshe Gat
Located in Surfside, FL
A signed watercolor gouache painting in frame.
Framed: 26.5 X 32.5
Image: 19 X 25
Moshe Gat was born in Haifa in 1935.
in 1952 he began his studies at the Bezalel School, in Jeru...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
The Pompeii Room Nude with cat and pillows subject strong red color
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on red toned paper signed and dated bottom left. Suitable for framing under glass
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Early 2000s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Clown, 1998 - oil paint, 75x60 cm, framed
By Armand Avril
Located in Nice, FR
Gouache on paper, signed on the leg of the clown.
Armand Avril, né à Lyon en 1926, est un peintre vivant à Cotignac dans le Var. Il est surtout connu pour les assemblages qu'il a réalisés à partir de 1968. D'origine modeste, cependant très tôt intéressé par l'art et les musées où le poussait son père, il s'essaie d'abord à la peinture. Cependant, Avril ne commence à trouver son véritable style qu'à l'âge de quarante-deux ans.
Enfant, il est un habitué des musées de Lyon qu’il fréquente sur les conseils de son père. Adulte, sa passion pour la collection l’incite à se nourrir des arts premiers et d’artistes comme Gaston Chaissac...
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1990s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Adjusting the Radar, powerful image of trying to get it right, bold color
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists, meditation and yoga references.
Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exuberance
and deep wisdom we humans yearn to experience. Her sen...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
The Wine Merchant female figure with large black wine bottles vibrant color
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned sanded archival paper suitable for framing under glass.
Signed by artist
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are rom...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Mushroom Woman, colorful deep blue figurative mushroom hat
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media, using resists.
Janet Morgan’s explosive art captures the exuberance
and deep wisdom we humans yearn to experience. Her sense of humor and spiritual depth s...
Category
2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Disegno ritratto figurativo espressionista nudo femminile toscano del XX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno, penna con inchiostri di diversi colori su carta, è firmato e datato L. NOCENTINI 91.
La carta si presenta di un bel colore verde, anche se alla luce delle foto e del vid...
Category
1990s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
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