Neo-Expressionist Art
NEO-EXPRESSIONIST STYLE
A resurgence of interest in Expressionism, Pop art, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and other movements gained steam among artists of the 1970s and ’80s, in part as a reaction to the austerity of the prevailing minimalism and Conceptual art of the era. A decadent, bold and brash art style called Neo-Expressionism saw painters returning to figural representation, creating highly textured works that were imbued with intensely personal narratives.
Neo-Expressionist paintings are sensuous in nature and highly subjective in meaning. Expressive brushwork, highly pigmented colors and layered forms and materials lent sculptural attributes to the work and were used to depict symbolic narratives from history, mythology and the artist’s personal experience.
Prominent figures such as Jean-Michel Basquiat led the Neo-Expressionist movement in the United States with paintings and prints that were raw, emotional and often violent in nature. In Germany, Die Neuen Wilden (the “New Fauves”) was the name given to a group of postwar artists that included the likes of sculptor Georg Baselitz and Gerhard Richter, a painter and photographer who explored the possibilities of both abstraction and realism, sometimes in a single piece. The work of the New Fauves — labeled as such for its return to Fauvism’s textured brushwork and use of vibrant colors — shares commonalities with Neo-Expressionism, and Baselitz was a pioneer of the movement in Europe. In addition, Willem de Kooning’s pulsating action paintings and Julian Schnabel’s experimentation with the materiality of paintings also took shape during this period.
“I was trying to make paintings different from the paintings that I saw a lot of at the time, which were mostly minimal, and they were highbrow and alienating, and I wanted to make very direct paintings that most people would feel the emotion behind when they saw them,” said Basquiat.
Neo-Expressionism generated some polarizing opinions, with some celebrating the revival of personal subjectivity in art while others criticizing the movement for being too commercially driven and nostalgic. But most experts agree that Neo-Expressionism was a huge commercial success and culturally impactful, paving the way for the postmodern work of artists like Richter and Sigmar Polke.
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Style: Neo-Expressionist
Portfolio 10 Master Prints #9
By Sandro Chia
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Sandro Chia
Title: Untitled 9
Medium: Carborundum etching with hand coloring on handmade paper, each piece is unique
Size: 39 x 47 Inches
Signed: Hand Signed
Edition: 31/50...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait of a Gray Andalusian Horse
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Daniela Nikolova
Medium: Oil and sand on canvas
Size: 47.2" x 31.5"
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Joe Gould
s Significant Other, surrealist fantasy charcoal and pastel drawing
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charcoal and pastel on toned paper
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
The title and subject of this original pastel painting on paper references a work by Alice Neel.
Stephen Basso's highly origi...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Archival Paper
"Poder Bravo" by Enzio Wenk, 2020 - Mixed Media on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Mixed media on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Figura con albero" by Enzio Wenk, 2020 -Acrylic on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Figure with a tree".
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2020 -Acrylic on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2020 - Acrylic on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Embrione" by Enzio Wenk, 2020 - Green and Yellow Acrylic, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Embryo".
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Affiorano immagini" by Enzio Wenk, 2019 - Acrylic on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Images emerge"
Acrylic paint on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Animali" by Enzio Wenk, 2018 - Acrylic Paint on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Animals"
Acrylic paint on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2019 - Acrylic Enamel on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic enamel on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Enamel
"Figura" by Enzio Wenk, 2019 - Acrylic on Wood Panel, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Figure"
Acrylic paint on wood panel.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Senza Narrazione - 7 " by Enzio Wenk, 2019 - Acrylic Enamel on Canvas
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Without narration - 7"
Acrylic enamel on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Angelo alato" by Enzio Wenk, 2019 - Acrylic Pain on Canvas, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Title: "Angelo alato: Uomo fragile con improbabili ali e una maschera muta”
Translated title: "Winged angel: fragile man with improbable wings and a mute mask".
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nymph and Satyr, abstracted nude figures classical
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Richly painted work on archival paper - abstracted nudes
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Monotype
Portfolio 10 Master Prints #4
By Sandro Chia
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Sandro Chia
Title: Untitled 4
Medium: Carborundum etching with hand coloring on handmade paper, each piece is unique
Size: 49 x 39 Inches
Signed: Hand Signed
Edition: 31/50...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Etching
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
The frame was painted by the artist.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
The frame was painted by the artist.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
The frame was painted by the artist.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
The frame was painted by the artist.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
The frame was painted by the artist.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2017 - Acrylic Paint on Masonite, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic paint on masonite.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Portfolio 10 Master Prints #2
By Sandro Chia
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Sandro Chia
Title: Untitled 2
Medium: Carborundum etching with hand coloring on handmade paper, each piece is unique
Size: 38.3.5 x 50 Inches
Signed: Hand Signed
Edition: 3...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Etching
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2016 - Blue and Gold, Mixed Media, Neo-Expressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Mixed media on wood.
It features a frame painted by the artist.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Portfolio 10 Master Prints #3
By Sandro Chia
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Sandro Chia
Title: Untitled 3
Medium: Carborundum etching with hand coloring on handmade paper, each piece is unique
Size: 45 x 38 Inches
Signed: Hand Signed
Edition: 31/50...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Etching
Portfolio 10 Master Prints #1
By Sandro Chia
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Sandro Chia
Title: Untitled 1
Medium: Carborundum etching with hand coloring, each piece is unique
Size: 31 x 57 Inches
Signed: Hand Signed
Edition: 31/50
Year: 1989
Notes: ...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Etching
Untitled by Enzio Wenk, 2015 - Acrylic on Masonite, Pink and Green Shades
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic on masonite
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
"Lobster, " Original Color Still Life Serigraph signed by Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Lobster" is an original color serigraph by Hunt Slonem. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right, wrote the title lower center, and the edition number (AP/2) in the lower left. This piece depicts a still life of patterned pillows, vegetables, and animals.
19"x 19"image
21 7/8"x 29 3/4"paper
31 1/2 x 31 1/2" frame
Hunt Slonem (born Hunt Slonim, July 18, 1951) is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is best known for his Neo-Expressionist paintings of tropical birds, often based on a personal aviary in which he has been keeping from 30 to over 100 live birds of various species. Slonem's works are included in many important museum collections all over the world; he is exhibiting regularly at both public and private venues, and he has received numerous honors and awards.
Hunt Slonem’s oil paintings...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Screen
"Procession" coney island theme beach scene humorous lush green colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
this is an oil on canvas heavy duty stretchers signed on reverse
It was selected for the summer in the city exhibition at the tabla rasa gallery in brookl...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portfolio 10 Master Prints #7
By Sandro Chia
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Sandro Chia
Title: Untitled 7
Medium: Carborundum etching with hand coloring on handmade paper, each piece is unique
Size: 48 x 38 Inches
Signed: Hand Signed
Edition: 31/50...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Etching
Hunt Slonem, "Question Mark and Comma (Again) " Colorful Butterfly Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Question Mark and Comma (Again)" is a 16.5x10.5 colorful yellow scored oil painting on wood board of contemporary abstract butterflies in blues, white,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"My True Will" Painting 31.5" x 24" inch by Vera Kochubey
Located in Culver City, CA
"My True Will" Painting 31.5" x 24" inch by Vera Kochubey
Medium: Wall paint on canvas
ATTENTION: please contact us if you want this painting to be shipped rolled to lower the cost...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
$1,200 Sale Price
52% Off
"Love Your Fucking Self" Painting 31.5" x 24" inch by Vera Kochubey
Located in Culver City, CA
"Love Your Fucking Self" Painting 31.5" x 24" inch by Vera Kochubey
Medium: Wall paint on canvas
ATTENTION: please contact us if you want this painting to be shipped rolled to lowe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
$1,200 Sale Price
52% Off
"Red Cross/Flower"- Colorful
Vibrant Neo-Expressionist Painting
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“It is terrifying to paint. When you start out, you are faced with this great unknown. And you think, am I ever going to paint again? Yet, as you work, it starts to formulate itself....
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax Crayon, Oil
Babybel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Jordan Barker is a New York City based mixed media artist. Initially inspired by found objects, his first piece was a coffee table that was created from a wooden palate found in the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Foam Board
$15,000
Tribal Rhythm
Located in West Hollywood, CA
In Haleh Mashian’s painting, “Tribal Rhythm,” a forward-facing female figure emerges amidst sweeping, gestural brushstrokes rendered in ethereal white. The dynamic movement of these ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Red Winter, colorful double portrait oil on canvas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with bou...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Icarus"- Colorful Mixed Media Neo Expressionist Painting
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“It is terrifying to paint. When you start out, you are faced with this great unknown. And you think, am I ever going to paint again? Yet, as you work, it starts to formulate itself....
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Oath"- Neo Expressionist Painting on Canvas
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“It is terrifying to paint. When you start out, you are faced with this great unknown. And you think, am I ever going to paint again? Yet, as you work, it starts to formulate itself....
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Enamel
"Nude, Next to Chair, " Original Charcoal Ddrawing signed by Estherly Allen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Nude, Next to Chair" is a charcoal figure drawing by Estherly Allen. The artist signed the piece. It depicts a nude woman lounging on a cushio...
Category
1970s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Charcoal
Untitled
Located in Summit, NJ
Great piece by Peter Keil. The piece is from his family's private collection. It is framed in its original gold wood frame with a linen liner. Background is a beautiful blue with ma...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,400 Sale Price
22% Off
"Nenufares Fonda Azules, " Expressionist Painting of a Pond with Pink Lily Pads
Located in Austin, TX
This expressionist painting by Pep Suari featuring a blue, green, purple, and pink analogous color palette depicts a pond with pink lily pads with a rectangular color distortion inte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nocturne Cave, abstracted earth tones, energetic brushwork
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on paper
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Monotype
As If You Care
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
$19,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Love Box
By Miles Regis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on wood.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Liegender Akt auf rotem Polster
Located in Wien, 9
The artist's modesty was probably an obstacle to her career. Her magnificent, expressive works have few equals in Austria, but the time has come for her work to be honoured anew afte...
Category
20th Century Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cupid Under Construction valentine hearts cupid mythology humorous overtones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imaginat...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"Farmers are Ploughing Their Fields II, " Mixed Media w/ Stamp Signature
By Xiao Ming
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Farmers are Ploughing Their Fields II" is a mixed media piece by Xiao Ming. The artist stamped their mark lower right. It features abstracted figures farming.
20" x 10 3/4" art
28" x 28" art
Born in the Yunnan province of China, Close to Tibet, Xiao Ming found her artwork on her beliefs and traditions of living with nature as a guardian and protector. These beliefs and traditions may have influenced Ming to favor colored inks, a gouache of sorts derived from mineral pigments bound by using animal glue, Mings work is steeped in Chinese art history, influenced by the ancient scroll...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Road XIII, monochromatic landscape, black and white and grey
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Textural work by collaborative artists Asya Dodina and Slava Polishchuk is created with Japanese paper and acrylic paint on canvas.
Image of moody winter landscape with road and tre...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Rice Paper
"Izapa 2", Colorful Neo-Expressionist Oil Painting
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“It is terrifying to paint. When you start out, you are faced with this great unknown. And you think, am I ever going to paint again? Yet, as you work, it starts to formulate itself....
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Bland Impressions of Easy Park (The Fall Collection), " Acrylic signed by Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bland Impressions of Easy Park (The Fall Collection" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Reginald K. Gee. It is signed in the lower-left corner. This painting depicts two s...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cardinal Rule surreal mythological narrative birds tree autumn color humor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned heavyweight paper signed and dated bottom. Part of an ongoing series by the artist depicting humans and birds and various other creatures.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Frozen In Ice, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag Portrait signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Frozen In Ice" is an oil pastel on grocery bag signed by Reginald K. Gee. The figure is quickly sketched in blue, with yellow around the throat and green along the leg. The backgrou...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Other Medium
"Greenhouse Effect" interior scene with plants female figure surreal undertones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
unframed soft pastel on toned paper signed and dated on bottom.
mythological theme with humorous undertones
references ecology
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Queen of Hearts female nude large red heart big valentine love erotic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on canvas on heavy stretcher framing recommended but not necessary
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Maelstrom
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“It is terrifying to paint. When you start out, you are faced with this great unknown. And you think, am I ever going to paint again? Yet, as you work, it starts to formulate itself...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Photographic Film, Oil Crayon, Oil
$18,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Sleepwalk Redux #9, monochromatic black and white mystery monotype
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on paper
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Monotype, Paper
The Towers (Berlin 1992)
Located in Summit, NJ
Peter Robert Keil painted "Tge Towers" in Berlin in 1992. The piece is from The Keil Famiky's private collection and was included in Peter's first ever exhibit in the United States at the Peanut...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Neo-expressionist art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Neo-Expressionist art 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 art 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, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Hunt Slonem, Enzio Wenk, Sax Berlin, and Jean Sanglar. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Acrylic Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Neo-Expressionist art, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $39 and tops out at $215,000, while the average work sells for $3,444.
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