Originals in this selection, Oil on canvas, Expressionism, 2,000 to 5,000 euro.
Formats from 72 x 68 to 126 x 114 cm.
Thickly applied, strongly conceived
In an expressionist oil painting, color turns into mass: it stands thick, is pulled with the knife and dries into ridges that catch light and shadow. When you look for expressionist oil paintings on canvas for sale from 2,000 to 5,000 euro, watch the application, the outlines and the color chord.
Oil lets the painter handle color like a material. Yellow becomes a slab of butter, black an outline as if from charcoal. The canvas carries the weight, and the marks stay visible for a long time and give scenes their unrest. You can see from the thickness of the application how quickly and how fiercely the painter worked.
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Light brings relief
Daylight from the side or a spotlight at a flat angle shows how sculptural the picture is. Dimmed light in the evening feels like a different picture, because shadows grow deeper. Even a small room can have such a picture as its center, as long as the surroundings stay calm.
Settle before buying
With thick painting, drying and varnish matter. Ask how long the picture was allowed to dry and whether it ships flat rather than rolled. Hang the picture on a solid wall and use two fixing points for large formats.