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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
Colourful Abstract Portrait, French Expressionist Original Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002) watercolour / gouache size: 11 x 7.5 inches Beautifully colourful, original painting by the very popular and highly regarded Hungarian/ French painte...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

20th Paris School Collage Cutout Artwork Wonderful Interior Design Options
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Collage" by Bernard Herzog (French, b.1935) signed and stamped verso with catalogue number photo collage cut outs on paper, unframed overall paper: 25.5 x 20 inches Highly unique ...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

Maiden - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative. Neo-Expressionism, Women, Faces
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Man with Hat (After Van Gogh), Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A man wearing a white hat and blue uniform rests his hands on his chin. Loosely based on Vincent van Gogh's work, this painting adopts a looser and freer execut...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

Somebody Call Me - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Expressionism, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Oso...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Polymer

Let Peace Reign (Life Within) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Nature
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Let Peace Reign symbolize a call for harmony within and around us. The painting blends a serene landscape with a figurative image, merging nature’s tranquillity with humanity’s longi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Feel - original abstracted women form oil painting - contemporary figurative art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. A deeply atmospheric piece, Feel is a meditation on form and e...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Van Gogh in the cornfields" - Horizontal landscape with figure in brown tones.
Located in Miami, FL
From the Van Gogh series, Van Gogh enjoys the view of cornfields.
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Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Still Life with Cow Skull, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This still life depicts a domestic scene, featuring three bottles, a vase, an orange, and an animal skull arranged on a patterned green table. A plant on the ot...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

1970s Expressionist Acrylic. Seated Figure .
Located in Cotignac, FR
An expressionist portrait of a seated figure, acrylic on paper by French artist Alain Caucat. Signed bottom right. Also signed and dated to the back of the framing board. Presented u...
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1970s Expressionist Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Little Explorer s Vision -21st Century, Expressionist, Figurative Modern Balloon
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Whispers From The Sky -21st Century, Expressionist, Figurative Modern, Balloon
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Fantasy with Flowers 22
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 200+ pictures)   paper 59x42cm  On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media. Flowers are a smile of ...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

Delicate dandelions 30X40
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work symbolizes our wonderful, beautiful and fragile, like a crystal world. The magic field of solar dandelions from which it is impossible to take your eyes off. A short moment...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Stavanger, Norway landscape painting. Blue, seascape, boat, mountains, acrylic
Located in Oslo, NO
Stavanger is an inspiring Nordic city surrounded by the sea and mountains. Aleksandra Strokina created this landscape painting, inspired by a view just a 10-minute walk from her home...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Big wave.Surfing 70X50 oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I've captured the awe-inspiring power and serene beauty of the ocean. The expressionist strokes convey the dynamic movement of the waves, while the impressionis...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Benavente Solis original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original expressionist acrylic painting. Framed During its first exhibition in Paris, the French press catalogs it like "The Catalan Sorolla". Honorary Member of the MECOART (Medit...
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1990s Expressionist Paintings

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Wood, Acrylic

Impressionist Oil on Canvas. Green landscape with shepherd. Ricard Arenys Galdón
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind oil on canvas landscape by the Catalan artist Ricard Arenys Galdón, a prominent painter and engraver, especially renowned for his portraits and landscapes, genres in w...
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1940s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas

Alstroemeria
Located in Coltishall, GB
Rachael Dalzell’s paintings are colourful and expressive. Her free and lively use of paint through various techniques, mean that Rachael’s work is as much about mood as it is of pl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Acrylic

Liquid Amber
Located in Coltishall, GB
Rachael Dalzell’s paintings are colourful and expressive. Her free and lively use of paint through various techniques, mean that Rachael’s work is as much about mood as it is of pl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Acrylic

GUITAR 2
Located in Zofingen, AG
In my painting, I captured the intimate embrace between human expression and music through vivid expressionist and impressionist brush strokes, underscored with a touch of pop art vi...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Flowers of Happiness
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this vibrant fusion of expressionism, impressionism, and pop art, I've layered oil pastels and colored pencils to capture the essence of joy. My strokes are deliberate, alive with...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Satin Paper

Guy in Hat - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Acrylic Drip, Men
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected crater from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Homage to Bacon - Francis Bacon, emotional expressionism, symbolic art, portrait
Located in New York, NY
Giuseppe Ragazzini’s Omaggio a Bacon (2005) stands as a seminal piece in the artist's oeuvre, bridging traditional painting with contemporary expressionism. In this oil and mixed-med...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Tree of Life
Located in Zofingen, AG
"This work is inspired by the spring flowering of a luxurious magnolia. A symbol of the beginning of a new life. A stocky climbing tree, like eternal life, and transparent delicate w...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rebirth 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative People, Expressionism, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity About Artist Emma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Coffee, Mixed Media

Rebirth 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative People, Expressionism, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity About Artist Emma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Coffee, Mixed Media

Tides of Change 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative People, Expressionism
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Tides of Change captures the constant ebb and flow of human experience, where moments of uncertainty give rise to transformation. Like the sea, life moves in rhythms of loss and rene...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Coffee, Mixed Media

Tides of Change 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative People, Expressionism
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Tides of Change captures the constant ebb and flow of human experience, where moments of uncertainty give rise to transformation. Like the sea, life moves in rhythms of loss and rene...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Coffee, Mixed Media

In My Mind - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Mixed Media, Colour Field
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic

The Bush in the Badlands, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A small green bush stands out as a symbol of life against an eroded desert. The bright sun reveals the ruggedness of the badlands. A darker mesa rises in the di...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

Coco the Clown in Top Hat and Bow Tie. Milan School, Italian Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Expressionist oil on canvas portrait of a clown by Italian artist Luciano Morterra. Signed bottom right and dated 1976 to the bottom left and presented in a period frame under glass....
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Promenade" (2024) by Leigh Ann Van Fossan, Original Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Leigh Ann Van Fossan's "Promenade" is an original acrylic depicting an abstracted adobe landscape. Van Fossan was born in Vail, Colorado, and began oil painting at the age of 12. S...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Water Lilies
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this piece, I was captivated by the vivid dance of colors and emotions. Harnessing oil pastel and colored pencil, my strokes are charged with the excitement of pop art, t...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Satin Paper

Family Scene with Guitarist oil on canvas painting picasso Paris school
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Family Scene with Guitarist Artist: Pedro Creixams (Barcelona, 1893 - 1965) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 39.4 x 31.9 inches (unframed) Signature: Signed lower right "C...
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1930s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Little bird Chumichka
Located in Zofingen, AG
This piece captures the delicate spirit of a little bird perched quietly, radiating calm and gentle energy. I poured my love for nature into each brushstroke, blending realism with e...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

In Her Solitude - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In her solitude, she finds clarity. The world outside may move at an unforgiving pace, but here, in the quiet, she breathes. She sits with her thoughts, letting them rise and fall li...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Man original figurative drawing painting
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

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Carbon Pencil

Sunflower time 65X50
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this vibrant oil painting, I poured my heart into capturing the fierce beauty of sunflowers standing tall. Each stroke embodies the energy and warmth these flowers exude, blending...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Wildflowers, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Vases and pots support an array of textured wildflowers, standing out against a rich, dark background. A freeform stripe pattern on the tablecloth adds rhythm a...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

Roses in a vase 50X40 oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I captured the transient beauty of life through the delicate interplay of light and color. My strokes convey a dance between realism and imagination, an expressionisti...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"DREAMS IN THE EYES" portrait , painting acrylic on canvas, big size.
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto. They say that an entire universe is hidden in every gaze. "Dreams in the Eyes" is a window into the infinite space of the soul, telling the story of...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Oil Pastel

1950 s French Expressionist Signed Painting Lady Seated in Chair Harvest Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harvest View French artist, 'Chevalier' signed and dated 1958 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 29 x 23.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condit...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

Saturday evening in November
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In this vivid oil canvas, I've captured the fleeting vibrancy of twilight through a blend of impressionism and expressionism, with a touch of realism heartily mixed in. The bold, em...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

I m Alright, Just Here 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery) "I'm Alright, Just Here" is a captivating artwork that captures the viewer's attention with its tender depiction of a young girl. The artist skillfully brings the subject to life, with delicate brushstrokes and meticulous attention to detail. The girl's features are portrayed with remarkable precision, revealing a sense of innocence and vulnerability that tugs at the heartstrings. The expression on the girl's face speaks volumes—a delicate blend of calmness and introspection. Her eyes, a window to her soul, radiate a sense of quiet strength and resilience, hinting at a pearl of wisdom beyond her years. Simon's choice to depict the girl alone, with no external distractions, creates a sense of intimacy and invites viewers to connect with her inner world. "I'm Alright, Just Here" explores the themes of solitude, self-reflection, and the resilience of youth. The title itself offers insight into the subject's state of mind—an assurance that she is content and at peace in her presence. It serves as a gentle reminder of the importance of finding solace within oneself, even amidst the chaos and noise of the world. The young girl's presence in the artwork represents the universal experience of navigating the complexities of life. Her portrayal invites viewers to reflect on their journey, prompting questions about the inner strength we possess and the moments of introspection we all seek. She becomes a mirror, reminding us to find moments of stillness and self-care, where we can gather strength and nurture our well-being. The muted color palette employed by Simon contributes to the contemplative mood of the artwork. Soft, earthy tones evoke a sense of serenity and harmony, further enhancing the atmosphere of quiet introspection. The artist's careful attention to the interplay of light and shadow adds depth to the girl's expression, underscoring the layers of emotion and resilience that lie beneath the surface. Obeka Simon...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Coral tulips 2
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I poured my soul into the delicate blooms, capturing their tender energy with vibrant, soft hues of coral and pink. Using oil, I aimed to blend expressionism and reali...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Light in the forest
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil on canvas, I've poured my soul into capturing the ethereal play of light amidst the trees. I intertwine expressionism with realism to weave a dance of colors that evoke a...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ignasi Mundo. Barcelona watercolor original paper expressionist painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Barcelona watercolor original paper expressionist painting. framed MUNDO Ignasi Ignasi Mundó trained at the School of La Lonja, with Joaquín Mir, Mariano Pidelaserra and Manolo Hugu...
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1990s Expressionist Paintings

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Watercolor

She Deserves Her Flowers 2 - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Modern Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
She once loved and lost— left holding wilted promises, growing strength in silence. But still, she stood. Time healed what hurt tried to ruin. And when love came again, It came gent...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

A Moment to Remember, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A stand of trees rises in the distance, its leaves presenting the colors of autumn. The thin clouds in the sky and wispy grass in the foreground create a sense ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

Simple Times - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Plants, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Josue M Pierre ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait of Jean Basquiat - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Mixed Media
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Charcoal, Ink

ARMAND ROTTENBERG (1903-2000) LARGE FRENCH EXPRESSIONIST ABSTRACT OIL
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Ete Indien" by Armand Rottenberg (French 1903-2000) inscribed verso, oil painting on board, framed board: 52 x 39 inches frame: 53 x 40 inches Stunning original French expression...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Oil

Raventos Piano and Scores original expressionist acrylic canvas painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Piano and scores original expressionist acrylic canvas painting RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930). Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas

Fanny Rabel Figurative Oil Painting Soulful, Prayerful
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY UNTITLED by Fanny Rabel a Mexican artist who was born in Poland in 1922 is a soul wrenching work depicting among other things, the children killed by Nazi bombing in Spain during the Second World War. The lavender and purple surrounding the seated female figure and the kneeling child suggest both grief for the innocents' deaths and the prayers being offered for an end to the carnage. The bright gold and red can be read as either explosions or the hopeful light of redemption after death. Like Picasso's Guernica from 1937, this painting from 1965 can stand as a powerful anti-war statement. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Morton Auctions, Cerro de Mayka have featured Fanny Rabel's work in the past. Her anti-Nazi and anti-Fascism politics resulted in her participation in a mural called Retrato de la Burguesía in 1940 for the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas building on Alfonso Caso Street in Mexico City. Rabel met a group of exiled Spaniards in Mexico along with Antonio Pujol, who invited her to take part in a mural project headed by him, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Joseph Renau, Luis Arenal, Antonio Rodríguez Luna and Miguel Prieto. The artist died in 2008. Fanny Rabel born August 27, 1922, in Poland born Fanny Rabinovich, was a Polish-born Mexican artist who is considered to be the first modern female muralist and one of the youngest associated with the Mexican muralism of the early to the mid-20th century. She and her family arrived in Mexico in 1938 from Europe and she studied art at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda", where she met and became friends with Frida Kahlo. She became the only female member of “Los Fridos” a group of students under Kahlo’s tutelage. She also worked as an assistant and apprentice to Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, painting several murals of her own during her career. The most significant of these is "Ronda en el tiempo" at the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City. She also created canvases and other works, with children often featured in her work, and was one of the first of her generation to work with ecological themes in a series of works begun in 1979. She is considered to be the first female muralist in Mexico. She was an assistant to Diego Rivera while he worked on the frescos for the National Palace and an apprentice to David Alfaro Siqueiros. Her most important mural is Ronda en el tiempo located in the Museo Nacional de Antropología, which was created from 1964 to 1965. She also created murals at the Unidad de Lavaderos Público de Tepalcatitlán (1945), Sobrevivencia, Alfabetización in Coyoacán in 1952 Sobrevivencia de un pueblo at the Centro Deportivo Israelita (1957) Hacia la salud for the Hospital Infantil de México (1982), La familia mexicana at the Registro Público de la Propiedad (1984) (which Rabel preferred to title Abolición de la propiedad privada) and at the Imprenta Artgraf. In collaboration with other artists, she participated in the creation of the murals at the La Rosita pulque bar (disappeared) and at the Casa de la Madre Soltera. She entered the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" shortly after it was established in 1942, taking classes with José Chávez Morado, Feliciano Peña and Frida Kahlo, with whom she became close friends. She changed her last name from Rabinovich to Rabel during her career. Rabel married urologist Jaime Woolrich and had two children Abel and Paloma Woolrich, both of whom became actors. The first exhibition of her work was in 1945 with twenty-four oils, thirteen drawings, and eight engravings at the Liga Popular Israelita with Frida Kahlo writing the presentation. In 1955, she had an individual exhibition at the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. She had a large exhibition at the Museum of the Palacio de Bellas Artes to commemorate a half-century of her work. Her last exhibition was in 2007 at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Her work can be found in collections in over fifteen countries including those of the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the Royal Academy of Denmark, the National Library in Paris, the Casa de las Américas in Havana, the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla and the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City. A retrospective of her work after her death called Retrospectiva in Memoriam, Fanny Rabel (1922-2008) was held at the Museum of the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla . She is considered to be the first modern female muralist in Mexico although she also did significant work in painting, engraving, drawing, and ceramic sculpture. Her work has been classified as poetic Surrealism, Neo-expressionism and is also considered part of the Escuela Mexicana de Pintura (the dominant art movement of the early to mid 20th century in Mexico) as one of the youngest muralists to be associated with it along with Arnold Belkin and José Hernández Delga. Rabel was more drawn to depicting mankind’s pain rather than happiness, sharing other Mexican muralists' concerns about social injustice. However, she stated to Leopoldo Méndez that she could not create combative works, with clenched fists and fierce faces, and she wanted to leave the Taller de Gráfica Popular. Méndez convinced her to stay, saying that more tender images are important to political struggle as well. Children with Mexican faces...
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1960s Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Forest Bathing in Blue, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The water’s surface shimmers with sunlight, creating reflections that bring depth and movement to the pond. Lush, green vegetation lines the edges, highlighti...

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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Acrylic

In Between -21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil, Women Art
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dress with irises
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I melded oil paints to captivate the timeless dance of nature with human grace. Inspired by the delicate irises swaying in a serene field, I portrayed a figure harmoni...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Colourful Expressionist Fauvist Market Scene
Located in Cotignac, FR
Colourful Expressionist oil on canvas view of a market scene by A Monis. The painting is signed and dated bottom right and presented in a magnificent custom gilt wood frame. Provena...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Expression with sunflowers 50X50
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this vibrant piece, I embraced the vivid, passionate essence of sunflowers. My brushstrokes carry the emotion of raw energy juxtaposed with the gentle dance of light, hop...
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2010s Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Expressionist paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic 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, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Iryna Kastsova, Maria Asuncion Raventos, Masri Hayssam, and Evelyne Ballestra. 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 paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available.

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