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, Basket Case, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

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

$1,107

Painting, Esosa 2, Wisdom Uche

Wisdom Uche

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

$1,280

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, Johnny Jane, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

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

$1,599

Painting, L’automate, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

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

$2,215

Painting, That's life, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Painting - 70 x 122 x 0.4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 48 x 0.2 inch

$2,215

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

$3,310

Fine Art Drawings, Sunday Morning, Kirill Postovit

Kirill Postovit

Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch

$320 $253

Painting, Tripe, Meteo Meteo

Meteo Meteo

Painting - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.1 cm Painting - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0 inch

$800

Fine Art Drawings, I’m getting old, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 16.1 x 0 inch

$677

Fine Art Drawings, Viva la vida, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.7 x 0 inch

$677

Fine Art Drawings, Umbrella, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.7 x 0 inch

$677

Fine Art Drawings, Parler d’ma vie, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.7 x 0 inch

$677

Painting, Purple rain, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

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

$2,461

Painting, Rouge, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

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

$1,476

Painting, Les certitudes, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

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

$2,953

Painting, Saint Antohan, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

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

$1,846

Painting, Mal léché, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

Painting - 75 x 115 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 45.3 x 1 inch

$2,461

Painting, Chère amie, Yohan Storti

Yohan Storti

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

$2,461

Painting, Série brut, Jazzu

Jazzu

Painting - 42 x 29 x 1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch

$554