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Neo-expressionism

Known as beyond the avant-garde in Italian, the new wild ones in German. Emerging as a reaction to the highly conceptualized and minimalist styles which had dominated the 1970s, the Neo-expressionist movement developed significantly across the USA, Germany, and Italy, as a contemporary revival of the early expressionist manner. 

The style was characterized by a radical return to figurative and sensuous art, to more recognizable visual depictions of objects, and to a vividly expressive use of color which gestured to the decadence and consumerism of the post-war art world. High textural brushwork and emotive narratives were to be found at the heart of this movement. 

The work of Julian Schnabel, David Salle, Eric Fischl, and Jean-Michel Basquiat has often been closely associated with the proliferation of the neo-expressionist style across the USA. Their textural experimentations, communicative photography, and bold use of color and narrative now offer us an indispensable insight into the contemporary artistic trajectory following the 1970s.

Elsewhere across the globe, significant contributions to this unorthodox pictorial and compositional style were made by the Italian Sandro Chia and Francesco Clemente, as well as the German Anselm Kiefer and Georg Baselitz. Join us as we discover some of the quintessential neo-expressionist works, as well as pieces which have since been inspired by this revolutionary movement.

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Painting, Personal Jesus, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Painting - 114 x 75 x 1.5 cm Painting - 44.9 x 29.5 x 0.6 inch

€1,800

Painting, Tife, Wisdom Uche

Wisdom Uche

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,164

Painting, Tout fout le camp, Jazzu

Jazzu

Painting - 97 x 130 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 inch

€2,600

Painting, Mes petites gens, Meteo Meteo

Meteo Meteo

Painting - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

€300 €210

Painting, Punch, Jazzu

Jazzu

Painting - 114 x 195 cm Painting - 44.9 x 76.8 inch

€3,600

Fine Art Drawings, Women, Kirill Postovit

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.1 x 9.8 x 0 inch

€2,690

Painting, Retrograde, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Painting - 91 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.8 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€1,500

Painting, Red cross belt, Wisdom Uche

Wisdom Uche

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,476

Painting, Lydia, Wisdom Uche

Wisdom Uche

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,476

Painting, Esosa 2, Wisdom Uche

Wisdom Uche

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€1,145

Painting, Adanne, Wisdom Uche

Wisdom Uche

Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch

€1,252

Fine Art Drawings, Hommes querelleurs, Noah Borger

Noah Borger

Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 42 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch

€90

Print, De frente, Antonio Segui

Antonio Segui

Print - 46 x 63 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.1 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch

€550

Painting, Série brut, Jazzu

Jazzu

Painting - 76 x 56 x 1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22 x 0.4 inch

€700

Painting, Cosi Celeste, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€800

Print, Accident, Antonio Segui

Antonio Segui

Print - 31 x 90 x 0.2 cm Print - 12.2 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch

€550

Painting, Brut II, Jazzu

Jazzu

Painting - 29.7 x 21 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 inch

€350

Print, Woods, Louisa Chase

Louisa Chase

Print - 57.2 x 62.2 cm Print - 22.5 x 24.5 inch

€1,342

Painting, Chère amie, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch

€2,000