neo-expressionism

American  

[nee-oh-ik-spresh-uh-niz-uhm] / ˌni oʊ ɪkˈsprɛʃ əˌnɪz əm /

Or Neo-Expressionism

noun

1. an art movement, chiefly in painting, that developed in Germany, Italy, and the U.S. in the late 1970s, emphasized large heavy forms and thick impasto, and typically dealt with historical narrative in terms of symbolism, allegory, and myth.

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Other Word Forms

• neo-expressionist noun

Etymology

Origin of neo-expressionism

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

At once modern and classical, gnomic yet instantly clear, Haring’s work distilled the Pop Art of the previous decades and Neo-Expressionism of the 1980s, wrapping in uptown graffiti movements into a genderless, raceless utopia — a basic but expansive vision of human equality.

From New York Times

Basquiat, who lived and worked in New York City, found success in the 1980s as part of the neo-Expressionism movement.

From Seattle Times

“Everything from abstraction, art brut, Dada, Fluxus, Neo-Expressionism, nouveau realism, pop art, surrealism, Viennese Actionism — most exhibitions will not cover this breadth.”

From New York Times

Basquiat, who lived and worked in New York City, found success in the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.

From Washington Times

It also had a loyal opposition, a rival movement that emerged at the same time: the explosion of large, colorful, messy painting that was called Neo-Expressionism, exemplified by Julian Schnabel, that was an answer to the visually severe movements of Minimalism and Conceptual Art.

From New York Times