Neo-Expressionism
- About Neo-Expressionism: Sotheby'sNeo-Expressionism describes an international revival of Expressionist tendencies emerging among painters of the 1970s and 1980s.
- Neo-Expressionism: The Art StoryMany artists have practiced and revived aspects of the original Expressionism movement its peak at the beginning of the 20th century, but the most famous return to Expressionism was inaugurated by Georg Baselitz, who led a revival that dominated German art in the 1970s.
- Neo-Expressionism: ArtsyA style of painting—and, to a lesser extent, sculpture—that emerged in the early 1980s, characterized by a return to figuration in expressive, gestural, and sometimes brashly aggressive works.
Research & Reference
- Neo-Expressionism: Credo ReferenceA Credo Reference landing page on neo-expressionism. This page includes links to reference works, journal articles, and a mind map.
Perspectives
Pablo Picasso
Readers will be interested in finding out that one of the most famous artists in history, Pablo Picasso, was a bad student, who often was given detention. Author Stuart A. Kallen richly explores Picasso's life and his impact on the art world, including his work in Primitivism and Cubism.
Painting Today
Photo-realism, abstraction, portraiture, installation painting, neo-expressionism and the Leipzig School are just some of the areas of this thriving medium explored in Painting Today. This comprehensive survey of contemporary painting presents the broad range of styles, materials and methods that comprise the artform, extending the tradition of Phaidon's trail-blazing Art Today. Since the proclaimed ‘death of painting’ in 1968, artists around the globe have nevertheless continued to expand its imagery, techniques and meanings, and in over 500 illustrations this book presents the work of both famous and emergent painters active around the world. Tony Godfrey presents a lively and authoritive view of the vast range of possibilities that painting today encompasses.
Art Since 1940: Strategies of Being
This comprehensive and authoritative book illustrates art from the 1940's and stresses the individuality of the artists in relation to their political, social, and cultural contexts. KEY TOPICS: The book focuses on the meaning of the major works and innovations. It features nearly 600 illustrations (approximately half in color) representing art since 1940, both in Europe and America. It explores the full range of periods, artists, and movements: New York in the Forties; Calder, Hofmann, Gorky, Motherwell, De Kooning; Existentialism (Pollock, Newman, Rothko, David Smith); The New European Masters of the Late Forties (Dubuffet, Giacometti, Bacon), plus so much more. MARKET: For anyone interested in Postwar Art.