Your Daily Arts Break: Julian Schnabel

German Expressionism is coming to the Frist this month, so this week Your Daily Arts Break looks at some of the heirs of that movement, the Neo-Expressionists of the 80’s and 90’s, starting with Julian Schnabel who was probably the best known and one of the most flamboyant.

“St. Sebastian”, 1979
Oil, wax on canvas, 111″ x 66″
http://www.julianschnabel.com/category/paintings/wax-paintings
St. Francis in Ecstasy, 1980
Oil, plates, bondo on wood, 96 x 84″
http://www.julianschnabel.com/category/paintings/plate-paintings
Untiled (Los Patos del Buen Retiro I), 1991
Oil, gesso, resin on red velvet, 180 x 190″
http://www.julianschnabel.com/paintings/velvet-paintings/