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Expressionist Figurative Prints

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
Jewish Rabbi with Torah German Expressionist Woodcut Israeli Early Bezalel
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed in pencil, woodblock print woodcut. Jacob Steinhardt 1887-1968 Steinhardt, Jakob, Painter and Woodcut Artist. b. 1887, Yaacov Steinhardt was born in the then remote, largely Polish town of Zerkow in the Posen District of Germany. (poland/german) Immigrated 1933. Studies: 1906 School of Art, 1906 Studied in Berlin Arts and Crafts School. Berlin; 1907 painting...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Monster - Lithograph by Emil Nolde - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Monster is an original color lithograph realized by Emil Nolde in 1926, artist’s proof before the first edition, out of an edition of 520 copies, Image dimensions: 16.2x11.2 In v...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

la petite fille et le vieil homme (The Little Girl and the Old Man)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Teo Tobiasse (French/Israeli, 1927-2012) Title: la petite fille et le vieil homme (The Little Girl and the Old Man) Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Nu...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Trois femmes
Located in Belgrade, MT
Walter Becker was born in 1893 in Essen, Ruhr, Germany. Considered an important graphic artist of the "lost generation", Becker is well known for his depictions of figures and portraits in a style that combined elements of German Expressionism, Dada, and French modernism. He worked in a variety of print media, including color lincut, lithography, woodcut and etching. After a short military service, Becker studied under the German Sculptor Karl Albiker at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. He moved to southern France where he lived and worked from 1924-1935, and was in contact with George Braque, Thomas...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Portrait of a Boy (Rupert Doone)" original woodcut
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. Catalogue reference: Colnaghi 142. Published in London in 1921 by Herbert Furst at the Little Art Rooms for inclusion in the "Modern Woodcutters 4" volume, ...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II" collotype print
Located in Palm Beach, FL
DAS WERK GUSTAV KLIMTS, a portfolio of 50 prints, ten of which are multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under ...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper

Introduction for a Blues Queen (Gelburd/Rosenberg 70-77), Jazz Series
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Romare Bearden (1911-1988) Title: Introduction for a Blues Queen (Gelburd/Rosenberg 70-77) Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 47/175, plus proofs ...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Fille Nue from Le Reincarnations du Pere Ubu, by Georges Rouault
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fille Nue from Le Reincarnations du Pere Ubu Georges Rouault, French (1871–1958) Date: 1928 Aquatint on Arches, signed in the plate Image Size: 10.5 x 6.5 inches Size: 17 x 12.5 in. ...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Aquatint

DIE TRAUME BESCHAUTE (OBSERVED IN A DREAM)
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Published anonymously c. 1920, Vienna, in an edition of 100, after the original watercolor and pencil on paper, titled in the plate at the top: “DIE TRAUM/BESCHAUTE” and signed and d...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper

Crab, Plaice and Prawns
Located in New York, NY
A contemporary of David Hockney and Peter Blake, Colin Self is an important British printmaker whose innovative etching techniques and novel use of found materials have defined his d...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

Apeles Fenosa Spanish Sculptor Mourlot Lithograph Abstract Expressionist Figures
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from a hand signed, limited edition (edition of 125) folio or full page lithographs some having a poem verso. The individual sheets are not signed or numbered. This listing ...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Women of Intellect #6, Folk Art Lithograph by Estelle Ginsburg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Estelle Ginsburg, American Title: Women of Intellect #6 Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Size: ...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Rachel, Large Framed Expressionist Lithograph by Theo Tobiasse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Theo Tobiasse, French (1927 - 2012) Title: Rachel Year: 1984 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 86/125 Image: 38 x 26 inches Size: 42 x 28.5 in....
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Gerlach s Allegorien Plate #51: "Summer" Lithograph
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Koloman Moser (1868 –1918), AUSTRIAN Instead of applying his flair and art education solely to painting, Koloman Moser embodied the idea of Gesamt Kunstwerk (all-embracing art w...
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1890s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Liegender Weiblicher Akt Mit Kuh Und Ziege Expressionist Woodcut
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
Heinrich Campendonk Krefeld 1889 - 1957 Amsterdam Reclining female nude with cow and goat, 1918 Woodcut on Japanese paper Signed and dedicated in pencil lower left "for Lasar Segall ...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Klimt, Lithograph by Estelle Ginsburg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Klimt Estelle Ginsburg, American Date: circa 1979 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 500, AP 50 Size: 21.5 in. x 29 in. (54.61 cm x 73.66 cm)
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall, The Black and Blue Bouquet, from Chagall, 1957
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Le Bouquet Noir et Bleu (The Black and Blue Bouquet), from the album Chagall, originates from the 1957 edition published...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Gerlach s Allegorien Plate #35: "Love Wine" Lithograph
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Koloman Moser (1868 –1918), AUSTRIAN Instead of applying his flair and art education solely to painting, Koloman Moser embodied the idea of Gesamt Kunstwerk (all-embracing art work) by designing architecture, furniture, jewelry, graphics, and tapestries meant to coordinate every detail of an environment. His work transcended the imitative decorative arts of earlier eras and helped to define Modernism for generations to come. Moser achieved a remarkable balance between intellectual structure (often geometric) and hedonistic luxury. Collaborating with Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann, the artist was an editor and active contributor to Ver Sacrum, (Sacred Spring), the journal of the Viennese Secession that was so prized for its aesthetics and high quality production that it was considered a work of art. The magazine featured drawings and designs in the Jugendstil style (Youth) along with literary contributions from distinguished writers from across Europe. It quickly disseminated both the spirit and the style of the Secession. In 1903 Moser and Hoffmann founded and led the Wiener Werkstatte (Viennese Workshop) a collective of artisans that produced elegant decorative arts items, not as industrial prototypes but for the purpose of sale to the public. The plan, as idealistic then as now, was to elevate the lives of consumers by means of beautiful and useful interior surroundings. Moser’s influence has endured throughout the century. His design sensibility is evident from the mid-century modern furniture of the 1950s and ‘60s to the psychedelic rock posters...
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1890s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Commerzienrat s Daughter - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Commerzienrat's daughter from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 48 from the portfolio Ecce Homo, published betw...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Czech Street Scene, Kino, Couples Shopping Weimar Era 1929 Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Man in bowler hat, ladies in hats out shopping. Vojtěch Tittelbach ( 1900, Mutějovice - 1971, Prague) was a Czech painter and graphic artist, gradua...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Rettung - Original Lithograph by Alfred Kubin - 1944
Located in Roma, IT
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago by an artist who has died requires a licence for export regardless of t...
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1940s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Gerlach s Allegorien Plate #20: "Song, Love, Music, Dance" Lithograph
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Koloman Moser (1868 –1918), AUSTRIAN Instead of applying his flair and art education solely to painting, Koloman Moser embodied the idea of Gesamt Kunstwerk (all-embracing art w...
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1890s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Cul de Sac
By Alexandre Minguet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Cul de Sac" is an original color lithograph by French artist Alexandre Minguet, 1937-1996. The image size is 7 x 11 inches, framed size is 17.35 x 21.5 inches. I...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

SOUS LES PALMIERS Signed Lithograph, Female Nude, Exotic Landscape, Palm Trees
Located in Union City, NJ
SOUS LES PALMIERS is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph printed in vivid colors on archival Somerset paper 100% acid free by the Dutch artist known as CORNEILLE(Guilla...
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall, Abraham and Sarah, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Abraham et Sarah (Abraham and Sarah), from Marc Chagall, Dessins Pour La Bible (Drawings for the Bible), Verve: Revue Ar...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Louise - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Louise is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 20 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik-V...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Cross Building Four Flights of Stairs - Offset and Lithograph by G. Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Cross building four flights of stairs from Ecce Homo is an original offset lithograph, realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 49 from the porfolio Ecce Homo publishe...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Francisco Zuniga, "El Rebozo Blanco, " original lithograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original lithograph done by Francisco Zúñiga in 1986. Francisco Zúñiga was a Costa Rican-born Mexican artist best known for his stylized figurative paintings and scu...
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Gerlach s Allegorien Plate #114: "Vignettes" Lithograph by Carl Otto Czeschka
Located in Palm Beach, FL
after Carl Otto Czeschka, (1878-1960), Austrian A leading member of the Vienna Secession and later the Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese Workshop), Carl Otto Czeschka was a vital figu...
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1890s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Gustav Klimt "Study for Water Serpents" collotype from Funfundzwanzig folio
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Title page numbered: 263/450
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper

Gerlach s Allegorien Plate #30: "Love" Lithograph
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Koloman Moser (1868 –1918), AUSTRIAN Instead of applying his flair and art education solely to painting, Koloman Moser embodied the idea of Gesamt Kunstwerk (all-embracing art w...
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1890s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Abschied (Parting)
Located in New York, NY
Emil Nolde (1876-1956), Abschied (Parting), etching and aquatint (tonal effects), 1906, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Schiefler/Mosel 20, third state (of 3). One of only...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Marc Chagall "In the Sky of the Opera"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marc Chagall (Russia/France 1887‑1985) "In the Sky of the Opera" color lithograph on Arches 1980 Pencil-signed lower right, numbered ##/50 lower left; published by Editions Maeght,...
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Lithograph

Tip of Broadway II
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original lithograph created by Lester F. Johnson. This work was donated to Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center by the David K. Anderson Charitable Trust. All proceeds from the sal...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Ottokar Mascha Folio: plate 11 "5th Secession Exhibition Poster" by Kolo Moser
Located in Palm Beach, FL
after KOLOMAN MOSER (1868-1918) 5TH SECESSION EXHIBITION POSTER, 1899, (In Mascha, no. 11) A pivotal figure in early-20th century Austrian ...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Women Sleeping Face Down" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesan Folio
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Plate #12 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen, "Seated Female Nude w/Orange Drapery" Collotype
Located in Palm Beach, FL
“ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE Defiantly iconoclastic in life and art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his masterful draftsmanship and precocious insight...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"La Promanade" Black and White Print of a Women in a Carriage Edition
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white print of an upper class women in a carriage. There are other figures in the back riding in a carriage as well. Edition 17 of 58. Painting is signed by the artist and ...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

The Voodoo That You Do
Located in Toronto, ON
20" x 15" Unframed Limited Edition Giclée with Hand Embellishment of 135 Hand Signed by Todd White “Those individuals who just have that power to seduce you. Some definitely have it more than others and it gets dangerous when they know how to use...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Women in Interior #7, Folk Art Screenprint by Estelle Ginsburg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Estelle Ginsburg, American Title: Women in Interior #7 Year: 1978 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Image S...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Marc Chagall, The Carousel of the Louvre, from Derriere le miroir, 1954
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Le Carrousel du Louvre (The Carousel of the Louvre), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 67–68, originates from the 1...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Scène Biblique
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this lithograph printed in gray and black. Signed and numbered in pencil by Chagall, from an edition of 50.
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Polish French Figurative Abstract Art Brut Expressionist Lithograph Maryan
Located in Surfside, FL
Pinchas Burstein, known as Maryan Lithograph (after the drawing). 1960 Dimensions: 12 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches (315 x 240mm). Gold or bronze ink on black paper Signed in the plate, not b...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Seated Woman with Bent Knee" Collotype plate I
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE Defiantly iconoclastic in life and art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his mas...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper

A Shady Table
Located in Toronto, ON
17" x 40" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee with Hand Embellishment of 195 Hand Signed by Todd White Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood scenes with contrasting colors...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Le Reve de Jacob, Large Framed Expressionist Etching by Theo Tobiasse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Theo Tobiasse, French (1927 - 2012) Title: Le Reve de Jacob Year: 1984 Medium: Etching with Carborundum, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 65/75 Image: 27 x 22.5 inc...
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching

R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Torso" Collotype plate IV
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE Defiantly iconoclastic in life and art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his masterful...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper

Latin American Judaica Conceptual Chassidic Art Modern Woodcut Luis Camnitzer
Located in Surfside, FL
Luis Camnitzer and Martin Buber (1878-1965), New York: JMB Publishers Ltd, 1970. Printed at The New York Graphic Workshop. Hand signed on Arches paper. (Edition 24/100, numbered on Justification page) Woodblock prints based on folktales from the Hasidic Jewish tradition in Eastern Europe, selected by Camnitzer from the early masters section of Buber’s Die chassidischen Bücher as translated by Olga Marx. German Expressionist style Jewish woodcuts...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

IN THE BATH HOUSE (In der Badestube)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
PAUL KLEINSCHMIDT (German 1883 – 1949) IN THE BATH HOUSE (In der Badestube) 1922 Drypoint, signed, dated and annotated “probedruck No. 3” (trial proof, No 3), 1922. Rich impres...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

"Woman Leaning Over Chair" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesan Folio
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Plate #8 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Kli...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper

Coffee Peloton Series IX, Coffee On Paper, Cyclists, Sports Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Original Artwork made from specially treated coffee and then submitted to a further setting treatment so the artwork will last. Coffee Peloton Series IX is part of an ongoing series ...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Coffee

Gerlach s Allegorien Plate #37: "Music" Lithograph
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Koloman Moser (1868 –1918), AUSTRIAN Instead of applying his flair and art education solely to painting, Koloman Moser embodied the idea of Gesamt Kunstwerk (all-embracing art w...
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1890s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Untitled - LJ #53, " Lithograph signed by Lester Johnson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Untitled - LJ#53" is an original color lithograph by Lester Johnson. The artist signed the piece in the lower center and also wrote the edition number,...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Life is a Struggle" collotype print
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Life is a Struggle (The Golden Knight), no. 10 from the second installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts With his golden armor meticulously and faithfully rendered after examples found ...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper

Gustav Klimt "Standing Girl w/Lace Headdress" collotype - Funfundzwanzig folio
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Title page numbered: 263/450
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Paper

So Wine About It
Located in Toronto, ON
35" x 38.5" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee 29/125 Hand Signed by Todd White
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

"Woman Desired by Man" original woodcut
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. Printed in 1920 for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt & Biermann in an edition of 500. Catalogue refere...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Marc Chagall, Eve Cursed by God, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Eve maudite par Dieu (Eve Cursed by God), from Marc Chagall, Dessins Pour La Bible (Drawings for the Bible), Verve: Revu...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Czech Park Scene, Swing Set Weimar Era 1923 Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Ladies chatting in park. man pushes girl on boat swing. Vojtěch Tittelbach ( 1900, Mutějovice - 1971, Prague) was a Czech painter and graphic artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Shadows Light"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns of the mysterious East. In his later years, Schnackenberg explored the unconscious, using surreal subject matter and paler colors that plainly portrayed dreams and visions, some imbued with political connotations. His drawings, illustrations, folio prints, and posters are highly sought today for their exceedingly imaginative qualities, enchanting subject matter, and arresting use of color. SCHNACKENBERG: KOSTUME, PLAKATE UND DEKORATIONEN, a cardboard bound art book consisting of 43 prints of work by Walter Schnackenberg, 30 of which are color lithographs that are signed and some are titled and dated in the plate, as well as black and white prints and photographs with accompanying text by Oskar Bie; lithographs printed at Kunstanstalt Oskar Consee in Munich, other images printed by Gesellschaft Pick & Co. in Munich, the text and cover with color images by Schnackenberg front and verso printed by R. Oldenbourg in Munich; published by Musarion Verlag, Munich, 1920. The majority of Walter Schnackenberg’s artistic output was destroyed by bomb attacks in Munich in 1944. The highly publicized 2013 auction in New York of the recovered pre-war poster collection once belonging to German poster aficionado, Hans Sachs has reintroduced the world to Walter Schnackenberg’s graphic genius and priceless ephemeral art from a lost era. Besides the museum world, designer Karl Lagerfeld is one of the most prodigious collectors of Schnackenberg. Flipping through the pages of Kostume, Plakate und Dekorationen, it becomes quite clear that Schnackenberg’s collection is ground zero at the crossroads of early modern fashion where the cult of celebrity meets up with dance, music, theater and cabaret, film and the graphic medium. Berlin and Munich under Germany’s Weimar Republic in the first quarter of the 20th century produced just the atmosphere to feed this burgeoning industry. Rising inflation sparked a recklessness to live large for the moment and heightened a desire for escapism. An influx of Indian and East Asian dancers and musicians added to the artsy bohemian cultural mix. A new decadence and tolerance resulted. Film boldly featured provocative subject matter. Cabarets became popular venues giving rise to the demi-monde in which people from all social stations mixed more freely in a thriving underground economy and culture where there was a blurring of boundaries and of social codes. Noted art historian and cultural doyen, Oskar Bie astutely observes in his introduction to Schnackenberg’s publication that what unites the images is fantasy and advertisement. Schnackenberg uses the eye as an instrument to brilliantly construct and convey this double message. His personages never directly confront the viewer. Their eyes gaze off in the distance like those of the screenplayer and film star Hedamaria Scholz in Schnackenberg’s “Die Rodelhexe” movie poster. Their eyes follow the path of a dance composition or become a transfixed and ogling male gaze such as the iconic 1911 Odeon Casino poster...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Expressionist figurative prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Expressionist figurative prints 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 figurative prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, blue, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including George Grosz, Marc Chagall, Todd White, and Gustav Klimt K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and 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 figurative prints, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative prints 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 $88 and tops out at $975,000, while the average work sells for $1,100.