Neo-Expressionism

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art movement painting style

Neo-Expressionism is a late 20th-century art movement characterized by a return to intense subjectivity, vivid color, and raw, gestural painting, often featuring figurative imagery and emotional intensity in reaction against conceptual and minimal art.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Neo-Expressionism canonical 16
Neo-expressionism 13
neo-expressionism 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
painting style ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Neue Wilde ⓘ
artForm painting ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
associatedWithCountry Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
characterizedBy emotional intensity ⓘ
figurative imagery ⓘ
intense subjectivity ⓘ
raw, gestural brushwork ⓘ
vivid color ⓘ
contrastsWith Conceptual art ⓘ
Minimalism ⓘ
criticalReception controversial for its commercial success ⓘ
criticized for perceived regression from conceptual rigor ⓘ
curatorialContext major museum exhibitions in the 1980s ⓘ
emergedInDecade 1970s ⓘ
emphasizes expressive use of color ⓘ
individual artistic gesture ⓘ
painterly surface ⓘ
gainedProminenceInDecade 1980s ⓘ
genreWithin contemporary art ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War era culture ⓘ
postmodern art ⓘ
influencedBy Abstract expressionism ⓘ
surface form: Abstract Expressionism

Fauvism ⓘ
Expressionism ⓘ
surface form: German Expressionism

Post-war European painting ⓘ
influencedMovement contemporary figurative painting ⓘ
marketContext international art market boom of the 1980s ⓘ
movementReactionAgainst Conceptual art ⓘ
Minimalism ⓘ
surface form: Minimal art
stylisticFeature aggressive mark-making ⓘ
distorted figures ⓘ
large-scale canvases ⓘ
mythological themes ⓘ
narrative content ⓘ
personal symbolism ⓘ
rough handling of paint ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
typicalSubjectMatter history and memory ⓘ
psychological states ⓘ
the human body ⓘ
urban scenes ⓘ
violence and conflict ⓘ
usesTechnique gestural abstraction ⓘ
impasto ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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Expressionism → hasPart → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Expressionism → influenced → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Jean-Michel Basquiat → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-expressionism
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf → hasNotableMovement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-expressionism
Abstract expressionism → influenced → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-expressionism
Anselm Kiefer → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Julian Schnabel → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-expressionism
A. R. Penck → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-expressionism
Georg Baselitz → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Georg Baselitz → influenced → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Expressionist painters
Markus Lüpertz → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Martin Kippenberger → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Miquel Barceló → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: neo-expressionism
Untitled (1982) → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Hollywood Africans → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-expressionism
Irony of Negro Policeman → genre → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-expressionism
Irony of Negro Policeman → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-expressionism
Dustheads → genre → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Dustheads → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Dustheads → creatorMovement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Annina Nosei Gallery → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Galerie Bruno Bischofberger → focusesOn → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Untitled (1982) sold for over 100 million USD at auction → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
subject surface form: Untitled (1982)
this entity surface form: Neo-expressionism
attended Edward R. Murrow High School → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
subject surface form: Jean-Michel Basquiat
this entity surface form: Neo-expressionism
attended City-As-School High School → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
subject surface form: Jean-Michel Basquiat
this entity surface form: Neo-expressionism
Jean-Michel → associatedWithMovement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: neo-expressionism
Cy Twombly → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: neo-expressionism
Jörg Immendorff → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Jörg Immendorff → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Neo-Expressionism
Peter Howson → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-expressionism
Steven Campbell → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Neue Wilde → movementType → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
Neue Wilde → relatedMovement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Neo-Expressionism
Neue Wilde → relatedMovement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Figurative Expressionism
Daniel Richter → movement → Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-expressionism