New Objectivity
New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit in German) was a German art movement that began in the 1920s in reaction to expressionist art. German art historian Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub, who was also the director of the Kunsthalle in Mannheim, first coined the term when he used it as the title for a 1925 exhibition. This exhibition displayed artworks that rejected the expressionist style that was popular at the time. In particular, the artists exhibited disagreed with the self-absorption and romanticism of expressionist artists, who sought to express human emotion and abstract ideas through their work. They also rejected the idealized and utopian style of expressionism, disillusioned by the horrors of World War Two. The artists of the New Objectivity movement instead believed that art should reflect the contemporary world in an objective and unsentimental way.
Some of the main figures of the New Objectivity movement were Otto Dix, George Grosz and Max Beckmann. Many of the artists of the movement are known for portraiture, often depicting people in a naturalistic and even satirical manner. Artsper has curated a selection of artists whose works reflect the style and values of the New Objectivity movement. Join us to discover them, with artists such as Marta Grassi and Akinboye Akinola Peter, today!
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Goodbyes - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Fashion, Woman, Love, Phone
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 100.1 x 74.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 1 inch
$2,650
Portrait of My Barber (At The Barber Shop)
Eyitayo Alagbe
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$4,250
Le Cinq
Nathan Chantob
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 28.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 11.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,786
Anecdote of the Light
Olomola Tobi
Painting - 50.8 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 15 x 1 inch
$1,600
The new way fairer
Atilola Afeez Olanrewaju
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
$2,000
Without Results
George Grosz
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 52.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 20.7 x 0.1 inch
$45,240
Ewa Ola (Beauty of Nobility - 21st Century, Figurative, Mixed Media, Africa Women
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 96.5 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 38 x 38 x 1 inch
$2,550
Iya Mi Nikan (My Only Mother) - 21st Century, Figurative, Mixed Media, Fabrics
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 96.5 x 96.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 38 x 38 x 1 inch
$2,550
Beyond the Beauty
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 63.5 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25 x 24 x 1 inch
$2,300
Beneath the Hat
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 83.8 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 33 x 25 x 1 inch
$2,300
Radiance in Style
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 83.8 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 33 x 27 x 1 inch
$2,300
Result is What They See 2
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 83.8 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 33 x 25 x 1 inch
$2,300
Crowning Essence - 21st Century Mixed Media with Oil and African Women Fabrics
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 99.1 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39 x 39 x 1 inch
$2,650
Transcendent of reflections
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 109.2 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 43 x 42 x 1 inch
$2,500
Courageous Spirit
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 63.5 x 58.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25 x 23 x 1 inch
$1,400
Gazing Through Ankara 2
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 76.2 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 27 x 1 inch
$1,850
Unchained soul
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 121.9 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 44 x 1 inch
$2,500
Beauty In Her Space
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 83.8 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 33 x 32 x 1 inch
$1,800
Empress in Ankara
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 111.8 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44 x 37 x 1 inch
$2,500
Beauty is what I posessed
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 111.8 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,950
Beauty is what I posessed 2
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 86.4 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 34 x 28 x 1 inch
$1,500
Enduring Echoes 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Old Masters
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 50.8 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 18 x 1 inch
$1,450
Enduring Echoes 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Old Masters
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 66 x 58.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 26 x 23 x 1 inch
$1,450
Radiance of Joy 2
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 53.3 x 43.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 21 x 17 x 1 inch
$1,450
Radiance of Joy 1
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 58.4 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23 x 18 x 1 inch
$1,450
Clouds
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 119.9 x 99.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.3 x 1 inch
$2,800
Gazing Through Ankara 3
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 78.7 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
Gazing Through Ankara 4
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 83.8 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 33 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
Gazing through Ankara 1
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 81.3 x 58.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 23 x 1 inch
$1,850
Tribal Identity
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,400
Young, gifted and black
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 111.8 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44 x 37 x 1 inch
$2,500
The Purple Veil: A Portrait of Youth and Mystery
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,200
Self-possession
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,500
Fierce Fabrication 1
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 114.3 x 113 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 44.5 x 1 inch
$2,800
Resilient Beauty
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 116.8 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 46 x 44 x 1 inch
$2,800
Threads of Sovereignty 1
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 114.3 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 44 x 1 inch
$3,050
Threads of Sovereignty 2
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 114.3 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 44 x 1 inch
$3,050
Hanging by a thread
Olivier Massebeuf
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$595
Deserving More
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 114.3 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 44 x 1 inch
$2,800
Afrocentric Radiance
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 139.7 x 124.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 55 x 49 x 1 inch
$3,400
Wetin Man Go Do
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 114.3 x 113 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 44.5 x 1 inch
$2,800
Storm Within (Emotional Tapestry Series)
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 114.3 x 104.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 41 x 1 inch
$2,800
Threads of resilience
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 152.4 x 127 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 50 x 1 inch
$3,800
Ray of Hope
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 116.8 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 46 x 44 x 1 inch
$2,800
Purity
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 116.8 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 46 x 44 x 1 inch
$2,800
Eternity's Embrace
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 139.7 x 124.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 55 x 49 x 1 inch
$3,400
Contemplative Moment
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 114.3 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 44 x 1 inch
$2,800
African radiant: Celebration of beauty and joy
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 114.3 x 109.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 43 x 1 inch
$2,800
Goal getter
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 114.3 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 44 x 1 inch
$2,800
Onigele Yii
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 152.4 x 149.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 59 x 1 inch
$5,000
Crown of glory 2
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 116.8 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 46 x 44 x 1 inch
$2,800
Exhilaration
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 116.8 x 111.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 46 x 44 x 1 inch
$2,800
Veiled Contemplation
Meshach Charity
Painting - 86.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 34 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,250
The girl who knew too much
Olivier Massebeuf
Print - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$83
When life seems blurry
Meshach Charity
Painting - 86.4 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 34 x 27 x 1 inch
$2,500
Creative Rebel - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Children
Eyitayo Alagbe
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,250
In My Solitude 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Men
Eyitayo Alagbe
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,250
Holiday Done Another School Day - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait
Eyitayo Alagbe
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,850
Standing Tall - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Men, Africa
Eyitayo Alagbe
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,850
Home Alone This Saturday Morning -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa
Eyitayo Alagbe
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$4,250
Mindscapes - 21st Century
Eyitayo Alagbe
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,250
Echoes of Grace - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, School Girl Uniform
Meshach Charity
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,650
Plaid Shirt
Nathan Chantob
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 56 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 22 x 0.4 inch
$3,810
Uncle Josh
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 95 x 85.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37.4 x 33.8 x 1 inch
$2,500
Miss Independent
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 91.4 x 86.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 34 x 1 inch
$1,760
Sisi Londoner
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 81.3 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,520
Life as a Roller-coaster 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Men Skating
Eyitayo Alagbe
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
$5,100
Faux semblant n°2
Marta Grassi
Fine Art Drawings - 110 x 75 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 43.3 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,071
Some of us are looking at the sun
Olivier Massebeuf
Painting - 97 x 146 x 2.5 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.5 x 1 inch
$2,143