Neo-Expressionist Paintings
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
"Wide Open" Red and White Tulip on Light Sky Blue Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Tulips. This piece depicts gestural figure of a red and white Tulip on a light sky blue background with thick use of paint. ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Landscape, oil on canvas with aluminum frame, sea blue, waves texture
Located in Carballo, ES
Landscape painted by Luis Moscardo, from his series with oil paintings "Land of Storms", in which he paints the waves of the wild sea, the shapes and textures that are generated in i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Morgan
Located in Natchez, MS
We are huge fans of this work at the gallery. "Morgan", while very much a wonderful and recognizable example of Bailey's work, incorporates almost a Cubist structure to his often so...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Meso Painting
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
1990s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Enamel
VILLERS, Pride, Oil on Canvas, 1972
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by VILLERS, France, 1972. Pride. With frame : 84.5 x 65 x 5 cm - 33.3 x 25.6 x 2 in. , without frame : 80 x 60 x 2 cm - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 in. Signed and dated lower ...
Category
1970s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Green Man Trail" Light Green Oil Painting with Diamond Dust Bunnies on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts gestural figures of white bunnies on a light green background with thick use of paint and...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Resin, Oil, Acrylic
"Blue Diamond Double" Diamond Dust Ultramarine Blue Oil Painting Bunnies Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts gestural figures of white bunnies on an Ultramarine blue background with thick use of pai...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Resin, Oil, Acrylic
Andy
Located in Natchez, MS
Here Bailey depicts "Andy", from his series of diminutive portraits created in 2020. Andy is a dandy, beautiful and well dressed. Though Bailey paints him in his loose blocked in st...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sulphurs" Yellow and Black Butterflies on Silver Background with Scoring
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts two delicate yellow butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful silver landscape. ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Mixed Media
Fransois
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on white background with thick use of paint. It is hou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Talley" Red and Yellow Tulip on Cerulean Blue Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Tulips. This piece depicts gestural figure of a red and yellow Tulip on a cerulean blue background with thick use of paint. ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Pink Stem" Red Tulip on Light Cerulean Blue Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Tulips. This piece depicts gestural figure of a red Tulip on a light cerulean blue background with thick use of paint. Inspi...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Nocturne Diamond Dust" Bunnies on Black Background with Diamond Dust Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A stunning composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts gestural figures of Bunnies against a black diamond dust background. Slonem traces these b...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Resin, Oil
SKATER DOG
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Markers & acrylic on paper
Shipped well protected, unframed
I can do commissioned work of any technique, style and size, contact us without obligation
i can ship several drawings t...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Helen
Located in Natchez, MS
"Helen" is from an interesting group of diminutive portraits created by Bailey in and around 2020. She appears as a Victorian portrait of an ancestor.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Finches" Multicolored Birds with White Background Oil Painting on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of finches. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with multi...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Phuket Series #9
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Wax, Oil
"Red Double Tulips" Tulips on Soft Lavender Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Tulips. This piece depicts gestural figures of two red and orange Tulips on a soft lavender background with thick use of pai...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Midsummer Night Ruby 2
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 Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"Untitled" Colorful Yellow Blue & White Butterflies w Orange Background Scoring
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful rich orange landscape. Slonem...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Royal Tenenbaums
Located in Natchez, MS
Bailey expresses his love for film and popular culture in this representation of a film poster of the cult classic film The Royal Tennenbaums by Wes Anderson. This painting is an abs...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Rover
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
"Rover" is a small-scale rabbit portrait by renowned Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem. Slonem often turns to the animal kingdom for inspiration. Rabbits, ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Love is Blue
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
1990s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
MULTIPLE FACE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
watercolour on paper.
by artist Daria Kusto
The magic flow reality...
Shipped well protected, unframed
Curated by Art Reserve & Angel Rivas
We can do commissioned work of any tec...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
"Verso il cielo" by E. Wenk, 2010 - Mixed Media on Canvas, NeoExpressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: " Towards the sky ".
Mixed media on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
Line Up
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on white background with diamond dust and thick use of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The General
Located in Natchez, MS
Clifford Bailey paints "The General" in the loose yet kinetically charged style he is best known for. One can see The General's visage appear in large...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Magicians Dream" Painting 71" x 59" inch by Vera Kochubey
Located in Culver City, CA
"Magicians Dream" Painting 71" x 59" inch by Vera Kochubey
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The majority of Kochubey’s paintings take the form of hea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
"Parrot Tulips" Tulips on Light Lavender Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Tulips. This piece depicts gestural figures of red and yellow Tulips on a light lavender background with thick use of paint....
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Teal Bunnys
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
"Teal Bunnys" is an oil painting by Hunt Slonem featuring a grouping of the titular long-eared creatures. With their shapes outlined in black oil paint on a greenish blue background,...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Rotterdam Field" Tulip on Peach Orange Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Tulips. This piece depicts a gestural figure of an organ and yellow Tulip on a peach orange background with thick use of pai...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Resin
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on white background with diamond dust and thick use of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Student
Located in Natchez, MS
"The Student", handsome and self possessed. Another beautiful example of Bailey's portraiture.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Abraham Lincoln
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This exquisitely textured portrait of the famed president Abraham Lincoln captures his serious yet sincere visage. Created by artist Hunt Slonem, this work comes framed in a vintage-...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Landscape, oil on canvas with aluminum frame, sea blue, waves texture
Located in Carballo, ES
Landscape painted by Luis Moscardo, from his series with oil paintings "Land of Storms", in which he paints the waves of the wild sea, the shapes and textures that are generated in i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
The American
Located in Natchez, MS
"The American" is certainly not one of Bailey's most flattering portraits, but is is familiar nonetheless. Who hasn't seen this expression in life?
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Guardians & Butterflies" Multicolor Background Oil Painting on Canvas w Birds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies and Birds. This piece depicts gestural figures of Butterflies and Birds against a multicolor background. ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Neo Expressionist "Wild Horses" Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Robert Beauchamp (1923 – March 1995) was an American figurative painter and arts educator. Beauchamp's paintings and drawings are known for depicting dramatic creatures and figures w...
Category
20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Hatch
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This metallic painting by renowned artist Hunt Slonem features a grouping of rabbits. Slonem is known for his work featuring a variety of creatures, birds, butterflies, and rabbits i...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Hutch Kaleidoscope Fratilery
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This cool-toned work by Hunt Slonem features an often returned to subject for the artist - the butterfly. In this composition, Slonem has created an ethereal and undulating abstract ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
MINIMAL ANIMAL
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Markers & acrylic on paper
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Giancarlo
Located in Natchez, MS
Buttoned up and serious, "Giancarlo" peers directly into the viewers eyes unflinching. An excellent and instantly recognizable example of Bailey's work.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Neo Expressionist "Wild Horses" Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed lower left.
Robert Beauchamp (1923 – March 1995) was an American figurative painter and arts educator. Beauchamp's paintings and drawings are known for depicting dramatic crea...
Category
20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Glinda
Located in Natchez, MS
Bailey celebrates his love of film and popular culture in this portrait of Glinda the Good Witch from the Wizard of Oz.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
DOG
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Markers & acrylic on paper
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Lincoln
Located in Natchez, MS
Bailey works with the iconic figure of a seated, contemplative Lincoln. Working in broad strokes, Clifford Bailey manages to capture the stoic nature o...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marilyn Monroe
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This monotone portrait of famed starlet Marilyn Monroe is by Hunt Slonem. Rendered in shades of red oil paint, recalling Monroe's favored signature lipstick, this work comes directly...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Wooster
Located in Natchez, MS
"Wooster" is another from Bailey's series of diminutive portraits created in 2020.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ecstasy: Contemporary Neo Expressionist Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
This painting from Sax Berlin's studio overlooking the wild Atlantic Ocean captures the essence of ecstasy. It's imbued with the hot sense of the urgency and frenetic energy of New Y...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Young Foote
Located in Natchez, MS
"Young Foote" is a portrait of one of the artist's professors as a young man. Clearly Bailey has warm feelings for the teacher; the painting is soft and kind to the viewer's eye. As...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Golden Equality 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"The Golden Equality" is the first pair from the series of Abfillage works referred to as "Renegades of a breaking nation". The distorted afro hair pattern, the symbol, and the expre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Newsprint
Cameo Profile
Located in Natchez, MS
"Cameo Profile" is exactly that a cameo with the subject in profile. From the series of diminutive portraits Bailey created during 2020.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Madame Lee
Located in Natchez, MS
"Madame Lee" is the portrait of a beautiful woman from a bygone era. From his series of diminutive portraits created in 2020. Bailey is gifted in that he is able to portray his subj...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Estelle
Located in Natchez, MS
"Estelle" is an example of the diminutive portraits Bailey created in 2020. Whereas most of his subjects seem tightly pulled together in their dress, "Estelle" is free, a bohemian pe...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orbit
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
"Orbit" is a vibrant, large-scale oil painting by Hunt Slonem. The cobalt blue background of the composition offsets large abstract orbs and the forms of white egrets, a graceful bir...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Golden Equality 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"The Golden Equality" is the first pair from the series of Abfillage works referred to as "Renegades of a breaking nation". The distorted afro hair pattern, the symbol, and the expre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Newsprint, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Red Rose
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Wisdom Uche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Neo-expressionist paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Neo-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, red, 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 paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for paintings 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 $4,387.
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