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, Sans Titre, Meteo Meteo

Meteo Meteo

Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$967

Painting, Family, Ya Su

Ya Su

Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

$2,896

Painting, Owner and a dog, Vova Keno

Vova Keno

Painting - 110 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,021

Fine Art Drawings, Le roi d'âmes, Jazzu

Jazzu

Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

$1,208

Painting, Rainlight, Kirill Postovit

Kirill Postovit

Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,296

Painting, Énergies ordinaires, Jazzu

Jazzu

Painting - 100 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$2,417

Painting, Une ame du coeur, Jazzu

Jazzu

Painting - 81 x 54 x 4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 21.3 x 1.6 inch

$2,296

Painting, La fièvre, Jazzu

Jazzu

Painting - 100 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$2,356

Painting, Retrograde, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

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

$1,812

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

$2,175

Painting, Une route simple, Jazzu

Jazzu

Painting - 100 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$2,175

Painting, Johnny Jane, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Painting - 40 x 91.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 36 x 0.2 inch

$1,571

Painting, Adanne, Wisdom Uche

Wisdom Uche

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

$1,400

Painting, L’automate, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Painting - 75 x 55 x 4 cm Painting - 29.5 x 21.7 x 1.6 inch

$2,175

Painting, Rien de rien, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$1,933

Painting, Rouge, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Painting - 60 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$1,450

Painting, Basket Case, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,087

Painting, Les certitudes, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$2,900

Painting, Saint Antohan, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Painting - 73 x 92 x 5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 2 inch

$1,812

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