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Expressionist Color Photography

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
Mirando al Cielo 7 - Murmuration Japan Asiatic Landscape Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 7 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. In this image by Spanish ph...
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2010s Expressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Digital, Color

On The Way to Havasu
Located in East Hampton, NY
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2010s Expressionist Color Photography

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Mixed Media

Windmill (Hamptons)
Located in East Hampton, NY
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2010s Expressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

"No Title" Still Searching For The Title Two, Giclee Print, Color Photography
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Still Searching For The Title / No Title 2 / Photograph Creator: Hatice Besun Creation year: 2022 Dimension: 19 x 13 External Dimension( with white border) Height:19.8 inch Width:13...
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2010s Expressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Mirando al Cielo 3 - Lone Walker Countryside Murmuration Landscape Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 3 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-taught...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, C Print

Mirando al Cielo 6 - Murmuration Misty Country Landscape Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 6 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-taught...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, C Print

Mirando al Cielo 15 - Murmuration Asiatic Countryside Landscape
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 15 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-ta...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Color Photography

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Color, Digital, Photographic Paper, C Print

Mirando al Cielo 13 - Murmuration Countryside Landscape Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 13 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-taug...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Color Photography

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Color, Digital, Photographic Paper, C Print

Mirando al Cielo 2 - Misty Landscape Countryside Murmuration Photograph Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 2 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-taught...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Color Photography

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Cotton, Photographic Paper, Digital, C Print

Mirando al Cielo 10 - Renaissance Style Landscape Photography Dreamscape Birds
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 10 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. In this landscape image, a b...
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2010s Expressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Digital, C Print, Color

Mirando al Cielo 11 - Birds Murmuration in Sky Mountain Region Japan Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 11 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-taugh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Color Photography

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Color, Digital, Photographic Paper, C Print

Mirando al Cielo 12 - Birds Murmuration Sky Landscape Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 12 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-taug...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Color Photography

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Color, Digital, Photographic Paper, C Print

Red GMC
Located in East Hampton, NY
Vintage GMC hood/bonnet Can be printed onto metal. ask for pricing The Hamptons (Long Island, NY) Photography Edition of 10 UNFRAMED: Print to Order About the Artist: Short Biograp...
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2010s Expressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Towards The Sea
Located in East Hampton, NY
The Hamptons, Long Island NY Photography Edition of 10 UNFRAMED: Print to Order About the Artist: Short Biography in a Nutshell: A fun journey My first foray into the art world w...
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2010s Expressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Mirando al Cielo 8 - Renaissance Landscape Swallows Murmuration Landscape
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 8 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-taught...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Color Photography

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Color, Digital, Photographic Paper, C Print

Mirando al Cielo 5 - Countryside Murmuration Misty Landscape Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 5 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. Rosa Basurto is a self-taught...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Color Photography

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Color, Digital, C Print, Photographic Paper

Mirando al Cielo 14 - Murmuration Starlings Swallows Poppy Field
Located in Brighton, GB
Mirando al Cielo 14 is a beautiful 30cm x 30cm Digital Print on 50cm x 50cm Cotton Paper. This is a Limited Edition of 9 + 2 Artist Proofs in this size. A million birds wheel and bat around the sky above a field of red poppies. The poppies shoot into the sky like a field of trees. In this composition Basurto plays with proportion and with perception of reality; are the flowers real...
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2010s Expressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Digital, C Print, Color

Bombay Star Series : A Third Star
Located in East Hampton, NY
Bombay Beach , California Photography Edition of 10 UNFRAMED: Print to Order About the Artist: Short Biography in a Nutshell: A fun journey My first foray into the art world was ...
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2010s Expressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Peonies, Campanulas, and Variegated Gladiolas
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This romantic pano looks as much like a watercolor as it does like a photo! Words that describe this piece: garden, flower, flowers, peonies, gladiolas Artist B...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Old Las Vegas Dunes Hotel Neon
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk was a trailblazer in shooting neon signs with dramatic angles, acute compostion and powerful color. Although this is a nocturnal image it has vibrant life energy. ...
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1980s Expressionist Color Photography

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Inkjet

Bryant Park, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Negative Color with colored gels creates a wonderfully fantasy of a classic urban park. The work was done in 1971 during the Psychedelic period. Signed , dated lower right, Edition ...
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1970s Expressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Rain in Manhattan
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 4 of 15 Unframed. Printed later, Other size available
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2010s Expressionist Color Photography

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Abstract Church - Manipulated Photography
Located in Miami, FL
This ia an early example of photo manipulation. Photographer put a match to the 35mm emulsion to the burned bubble effect and then sandwiched it with colored gels in a double exposur...
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1960s Expressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Abstract Church - Manipulated Photography
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This is an early example of photo manipulation. Photographer put a match to the 35mm emulsion to the burned bubble effect and then sandwiched it with colored gels in a double exposur...
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1960s Expressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

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Expressionist color photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Expressionist color photography 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 color photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Rosa Basurto, James Mannix, Mitchell Funk, and Ali Alışır. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Photographic Paper 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 color photography, so small editions measuring 13 inches across are also available. Prices for color photography 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 $225 and tops out at $11,500, while the average work sells for $928.

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