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Period: 1980s
Black, Orange, and Blue Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Black, Orange, and Blue Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A colorful abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). L...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Antique American Large Female Abstract Expressionist Sunset Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage signed American abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 24L x 24H.
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
Certificate of authenticity Included (issued by gallery)
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Engraving

Vintage American School Signed Nude Abstract Interior Scene Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school modernist interior nude painting. Watercolor and gouache and pastel on paper. Signed. Framed. Image size, 13L x 19H.
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Verde
Located in Barcelona, ES
original and certificated by gallery
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper

According to Equation
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on canvas. Signed, titled, dated verso. 67 x 66 inches67.75 x 66.75 inches (framed) Custom framed in a solid maple floater. Warren Rohrer was born...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Expressionist Portrait of Napoleon in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red with Black, White and Orange - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bright abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). ...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Early Jonathan Adolphe Painting, Dated 1983
Located in Larchmont, NY
Jonathan Adolphe (American, b. 1952) Stolen From the Mirror, 1983 Oil on canvas 24 x 24 in. Signed & inscribed verso: Jonathan Adolphe, Middle #2 Panel, Stolen From the Mirror, 1983, please don't stand upside down Solo Exhibitions: Gallery Baraz, Istanbul Turkey Marc Jancou Gallerie, Zurich, Switzerland Bess Cutler Gallery, New York City Gallery Nagata, Tokyo, Japan Colin De Land – American Fine Arts Company, New York City Partial List of GroupExhibitions: Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York City Renèe Fotouhi Fine Art East, New York City, “JFK In Memoriam: Myth and Denial Galerie Langer Fain, Paris, France Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, “New Generations: New York” Patrick & Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, “Romanticism and Cynicism In Contemporary Art” Peder Bonnier, New York City, “Art Totem” Jonathan currently works out of his studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Excerpt from interview with Voyage LA: "I studied theater design at New York University but always wanted to be a painter. The painting I was drawn to make was a hybrid of both painting and sculpture. My first one man show in New York were abstract paintings covered in sand. My second one may show in New York were paintings on chalkboards with texts. I’ve had one man shows in Zurich, Tokyo, and Istanbul. Afterward, I felt stuck; an artist’s block had come over me. I turned my attention to raising my daughter and focusing on her becoming an artist. Julia Adolphe is now a successful contemporary classical composer...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sombrero in the Iron Mask - Geometric Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Sombrero in the Iron Mask - Geometric Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting in red, yellow and metallic gold, depicting a blac...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Quijote
Located in Barcelona, ES
original and certificated by gallery
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
original and certificated by gallery
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper

Not Now, Large Oil Painting by Cary Smith
By Cary Smith
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Cary Smith, Puerto Rican/American (1955 - ) Title: Not Now Year: 1989 Medium: Oil and wax on canvas Size: 72 x 72 in. (182.88 x 182.88 cm)
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Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Wax, Oil

"Bird on a Wire" The Crow - Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Bird on a Wire" The Crow - Acrylic on Canvas Playful depiction of a crow by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). The crow is shown with green and ye...
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Abstract Impressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Surrealist Armenian American Artist Stephen Sacklarian Biomorphic Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Stephen Sacklarian 1899-1983 Sacklarian studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, the T- Square Club-School for Architects, The Philadelphia College of Art, the Fleisher ...
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Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Blocks of Color on a Red Field in Acrylic on Textured Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Blocks of Color on a Red Field in Acrylic on Textured Paper Abstract color field composition by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This piece is co...
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Abstract Impressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

1980’s French Surrealist Huge Oil Painting Nude Sculpture in Green Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris, 1980’s French Surrealist painter Abstract Surrealist Figurative nude work oil on canvas, unframed painting: 26 x 32 inches private collection, France The painting is...
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Surrealist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Abstract, Coral and Saffron', Bay Area Oil Abstraction, Triton Museum, Brooklyn
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed twice, verso, on stretcher 'Marsha Straus' for Marsha Rogow Strauss (American, 1944-2008) and painted circa 1995. A substantial and vibrant oil abstract comprising massed, ov...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tribute to Robert Motherwell - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Tribute to Robert Motherwell - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Drawing...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

"A New Idea" in Blue - Figural Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"A New Idea" in Blue - Figural Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Large blue and red brushstrokes form the structure of this composition, with a seated figure in the misty background. What appears to be a cobalt blue vessel...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Red Monument - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Monument - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A large section of red is di...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Black Sun in the Red and White Sky - Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Black Sun in the Red and White Sky - Acrylic on Paper Bold abstract by Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A large black and yellow orb sits in a swirling white and yellow s...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pastel

Get in Gear II- Geometric Abstract Expressionist Mandala in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Get in Gear - Geometric Abstract Expressionist Mandala in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting in red by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A ...
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Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

1980’s French Surrealist Oil Painting Abstract Figurative Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1989, French Surrealist artist Abstract Surrealist Figurative study oil on canvas, unframed inscribed verso dated 1989 painting: 32 x 25.5 inches private collection, F...
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Surrealist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Lawrence, NY
Interesting abstraction in shades of blue, red and purple by experimental artist Bill Alpert. Oil on arches paper.
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Two Face Abstract on Wrapper of Interview Magazine in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Two Face Abstract on Wrapper of Interview Magazine in Acrylic on Paper Lively abstracted portrait by Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century). A face is divided in two parts, righ...
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Abstract Impressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Acrylic

Terres Rouges
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on canvas. Signed lower right, signed, dated, and titled verso. 59 x 62.75 in. 60.75 x 64.5 in. (framed) Custom framed in a matte white hardwood floater, with gilded metallic front. Roger Mühl was born on December 20, 1929 in Strausbourg, France, where he attended the National School of Decorative Arts. He spent most of his life living and working in Provence, while regularly exhibiting in London, Paris, Geneva, Tokyo, and New York. Mühl is best known for his brightly colored, heavily textured landscape renderings of the south of France. His bucolic paintings...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

David Bowie - New York - Urban Landscape in Acrylic on Textured Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
David Bowie - New York - Urban Landscape in Acrylic on Textured Paper Abstracted cityscape by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazi...
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Abstract Impressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

abstract with portrait oil and collage on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Horacio Sapere (1951) - Abstract - Oil and collage on canvas Signed lower right Canvas measures 61x46 cm. Frameless. Horacio Sapere (Buenos Aires, 1951). He has lived and worked in Mallorca since 1975 and since 2011 he has had a studio in New York. An intense and committed artist, he develops his creative process through theater and performance (1970-1980), visual poetry (1976-1982), painting and sculpture. Creator of major projects such as Poet's room (1995), presented for the first time at the BMB gallery in Amsterdam (1996), at the UIB -Universitat de les Illes Balears- (1997) and at the Sala de Cultura Sa Nostra in Ibiza (1998). ); and as a sculptural poetic installation at the MEIAC, the Spanish and Ibero-American Museum of Contemporary Art in Badajoz (2000), the Fernando Pessoa...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Mixed Media Painting. Oil on Silver Lame Screen Fabric
By Izhar Patkin
Located in Surfside, FL
Internationally celebrated, Israel-born artist Izhar Patkin has lived in the United States since 1977, first coming to prominence in the mid-1980s with his iconic Black Paintings, an inventive visual adaptation of Jean Genet's play The Blacks: A Clown Show. As a painter and sculptor, Patkin works in a narrative form, often drawing upon historical and cultural material to make complex visual metaphors. He imaginatively uses materials to achieve novel effects. For an exhibition in 1994 at Holly Solomon Gallery in New York City Patkin included six paintings depicting man’s expulsion from the primal garden. In his works on paper exploring the history of the Mendelssohn family, a Jewish family in Berlin around 1769 well-known for their cultural and artistic contributions, Patkin developed a trademark technique of stenciling, cutting, weaving, folding, and bending the paper. Patkin's major mid-career museum survey "The Wandering Veil," was shown at MASS MoCA in North Adams, the Tel Aviv Museum, and The Open Museum in Tefen, Ireland. His work has been included in exhibitions at Centre Pompidou, The Stedelijk Museum, MoMA PS1, Kustverein Stuttgart, among others. His work was also featured in the 1990 Venice Biennale and the 1987 Whitney Biennial. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum 1955 Born: Haifa, Israel The artist currently lives and works in New York, NY Exhibitions 2013 MASS MoCA Retrospective, North Adams, MA (solo) 2012 The Dead Are Here, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo) 2011 Paul Clay...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Geometric Abstraction by Mystery 20th Century Aboriginal Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Unknown Aboriginal Artist Untitled (Geometric Abstraction), c. 1980 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 1/4 in. Inscribed verso: KLN 1116
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Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Figure Rising from a Yellow Field - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Figure Rising from a Yellow Field - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A figur...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Get in Gear - Geometric Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Get in Gear - Geometric Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting in red by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C)...
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Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Red and Black Abstract Expressionist - Tribute to Jose Guerrero in Acrylic
Located in Soquel, CA
Red and Black Abstract Expressionist - Tribute to Jose Guerrero in Acrylic Richly textured abstract painting by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). T...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Andy Warhol Gouache on Interview Magazine Back Page 1989 Modernism
Located in Soquel, CA
Andy Warhol Gouache on Interview Magazine Back Page 1989 Modernism Portrait of Andy Worhol on Andy Worhol's Interview Magazine back page and painted over in Gouache by Ricardo (Richa...
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Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Red with Black, White and Orange - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red with Black, White and Orange - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bright abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Lawrence, NY
Lovely decorative piece in red, white and black by experimental painter Bill Alpert. Oil on arches paper.
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Untitled
Located in Lawrence, NY
Lovely abstraction in blue, white and red by experimental artist Bill Alpert. Oil on arches paper.
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Horse Canyon
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The painting is in excellent condition and the painting size is 36"x36" without framing. . it is acrylic on canvas and signed lower right. Artist Bio. Dorothy Marootian (1921-2015)...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Lawrence, NY
Lovely drip abstraction in green, yellow and brown by experimental artist Bill Alpert. Oil on arches paper.
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

The Berlin Wall in Gouache on Interview Magazine Back Page 1989 Modernism
Located in Soquel, CA
Artist in Gouache on Interview Magazine Back Page 1989 Modernism Portrait of a man and commemorating The Fall of the Berlin Wall on Andy Worhol's Interview Magazine back page and pai...
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Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Breach of Dawn
Located in Austin, TX
Oil-based mixed media on canvas. Signed verso. 47.25 x 56 in. 48.25 x 57.25 in. (framed) Custom framed in white oak. Provenance Allan Stone Gallery, New York John Beardman...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Fabric, Canvas, Oil

Abstract composition
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Paolo Sistilli (1950) Abstract composition Signed lower right corner Sistilli and dated 87 Mixed media 104 x 105 cm. In wooden frame Paolo Sistil...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Lawrence, NY
Lovely splatter abstraction in a variety of colors by experimental artist Bill Alpert. Oil on arches paper.
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Untitled
Located in Lawrence, NY
Lovely throw abstraction in colors of blue, grey and red by experimental artist Bill Alpert. Oil on arches paper.
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Untitled
Located in Lawrence, NY
Lovely abstraction in green, orange, blue and yellow by experimental artist Bill Alpert. Oil on arches paper.
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of an Artist on Interview Magazine Back Page 1989 Modernism Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of an Artist on Interview Magazine Back Page 1989 Modernism Watercolor Possibly a portrait of Maria Helena Vieira da Silva Portuguese artist. Portrait of a woman on Andy Worhol's Interview Magazine back page and painted over in watercolor and acrylic by Ricardo (Richard) de Silva (De Silva) (Brazil/American, 20th C). Possibly a portrait of Maria Helena Vieira da Silva. From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles. He was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980-2000s. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim Stuckenberg, Alice Robertson Carr, Deborah Eve Alastra, Russell Kelly, and Diana Mark. Maria Helena Vieira da Silva was a Portuguese abstract...
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Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Watercolor, Paper

Springtime Resurrection
Located in Austin, TX
Acrylic on canvas. Signed, titled, and dated on verso. 86 x 74 in. 87.25 x 75.25 in. (framed) Please note: Our framing studio could not accommodate the scale of this work, so it is being sold as-acquired. The canvas is housed in an original “studio strip” frame installed by the artist. Please see condition notes below for additional details and an assessment of condition. Provenance Steve Chase Design, Palm Springs, CA Ronnie Landfield was born in the Bronx, NY on January 9, 1947 - the same day as his older brother. As a teenager, he was encouraged to pursue a career as an artist, subsequently creating his first real paintings around the age of 14. He was particularly influenced by a Life magazine article from 1961 on the Abstract Expressionists, most notably: Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb, Hans Hofmann, Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, Robert Motherwell and Franz Kline. After stints at the Art Students League, the Kansas City Art Institute, the San Francisco Art Institute, and the University of California at Berkeley, Landfield’s professional career as a painter began in New York in 1965. The following year, after completing a major series of hard-edge border paintings, success as a painter began to materialize. The famous architect and collector Philip Johnson and the collector Robert Scull each acquired large paintings works, as did the Sheldon Memorial Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1967, Landfield was invited to participate in the Whitney Annual at the end of the year. His work attracted considerable attention, and he was invited to participate in important group exhibitions at the Bykert, Bianchini, and Park Place Galleries in New York. Landfield joined the David Whitney...
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Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Bern Series
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Bern Series" is a painting by Robert Natkin. The painting is signed lower middle, "Natkin". The framed piece measures 49 x 54 x 1 7/8 in. Robert Natkin (1930-2010) was born in Chicago and graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1952. Natkin’s art blends Abstract Expressionism with Post-Impressionist colors. His work often runs in series he created using columns...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Landscape for Picabia
Located in Lawrence, NY
Artist Angelo Ippolito (1922-2001) produced a body of oils on canvas, works on paper, and assemblages renowned for their lyrical color, light, and compositional rigor. His paintings ...
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Color-Field 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Red Portal Abstract Impressionist Composition in Acrylic on Heavy Arches Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Portal Abstract Impressionist Composition in Acrylic on Heavy Arches Cotton Rag Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva...
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Abstract Impressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Cotton, Rag Paper

"Aswan IV, " Enrico Donati, Surrealist Biomorphic Abstraction, Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
Enrico Donati Aswan IV, 1984 Signed, dated and inscribed as titled on the reverse Oil and sand on canvas 36 x 42 inches Provenance: Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York Doyle, October 12, 2022 Enrico Donati, a surrealist and abstract expressionist painter, was born in Milan, Italy in 1909 and died in Manhattan on April 25, 2008. He was known for his association with the surrealist movement of the 1940's, but his artwork continued to transform itself through the many trends that have occurred during his long career. In Italy he attended the Universita degli Studi in Pavia where he studied economics. In 1934, he moved to the United States settling in New York where he studied at the New School for Social Research and the Art Students' League. Considered the surviving dean of the Surrealist Movement and a member of the New York School, Donati painted with Ernst, Matta and Tanguy in the thirties and forties, and in particular with Andre Breton, regarded by many to be the grand master of Surrealism. He helped organize the Exposition Internationale du Surrealisme in Paris in 1947 where he exhibited three of his pieces. The Surrealists were known to avoid presenting or representing reality, and put the emphasis on invention and creativity by uncovering the poetic aspect of life with its kaleidoscopic multidimensional images, using reality only to enhance imagination. Donati survived the decline of Surrealism in the late 1940's by adapting his style to current art trends as he worked with new materials and textures throughout the 1950's. One trend with which he became involved was Abstract Expressionism, which originated in the 1940s, and became popular in the 1950s. It was a movement in which artists typically applied paint, rapidly and with force, to large canvases, in an effort to show feelings and emotions. Paint might be applied with large brushes, sometimes dripping or even throwing it onto canvas. Abstract Expressionist work is characterized by a strong dependence on what appears to be accident and chance, although it is actually highly planned. Donati held a retrospective at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels in 1961 and went on to exhibit at the Betty Parsons Gallery with other forerunners of American Abstract Expressionism: Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, and Jackson Pollock. It was at this time that Donati created some of his most inventive and extraordinary work, some of which was featured in a survey exhibition at the Alter & Gil Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, in January 2000. He has held many teaching positions and has been an active lecturer, while continuing to add to his artistic repertoire. From 1960 to 1962 he was a Visiting Lecturer at Yale University, and from 1962 to 1972 a Member of the Yale University Council for the Arts and Architecture. He has had seventy-five one-man shows, among them an exhibit of new paintings at the Maxwell Davidson Gallery (57th St., New York) in the fall of 1997. Donati's work is held in collections throughout the world, and his work has appeared in over 300 articles and publications, two hard cover books...
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Surrealist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Large Archie Rand Abstract Expressionist Cartoon Oil Painting Dusseldorf
Located in Surfside, FL
"Dusseldorf, Germany" 1993, oil on canvas, hand signed and dated lower left, Canvas (unframed):18 X 48. framed: 19.5 X 49.5 Provenance: directly from the artist. Exhibited at Phyllis Kind Gallery in NYC in 1987. Archie Rand (American, born 1949) is an artist from Brooklyn, New York. Rand's work as a painter and muralist is held in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris, and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. His graphic works and books are held by the Metropolitan Museum Of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute Of Chicago, The Brooklyn Museum, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and The New York Public Library; and are owned by Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Brown, and Johns Hopkins universities. Born in Brooklyn, Rand received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in cinegraphics from the Pratt Institute, having studied previously at the Art Students League of New York. His first exhibition was in 1966, at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York. He has since had over 100 solo exhibitions, and his work has been included in over 200 group exhibitions. He is currently Presidential Professor of Art at Brooklyn College which granted him the Award for Excellence in Creative Achievement in 2016. Before joining Brooklyn College, Rand was the chair of the Department of Visual Arts at Columbia University. The Italian Academy For Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University presented him with The Siena Prize in 1995. He was awarded a Guggenheim Foundation Foundation Fellowship in 1999 and was made a Laureate of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, which awarded him the Achievement Medal for Contributions in the Visual Arts. In 2002 he received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching from Columbia University. In 2002 he became the artistic advisor to film director Ang Lee for his production of The Hulk, and was asked by Milestone Films to provide a commentary track for the DVD release of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s classic 1955 film The Mystery of Picasso. Archie Rand’s earliest major works are “The Letter Paintings” (or “The Jazz Paintings”) (1968–71), a radically positioned series of technically inventive, mural-sized canvases. The Letter Paintings, by incorporating the names of mainly male and female African-American musicians, undermined prevailing aesthetic categories by conflating many contemporary movements including Conceptual Art, Color Field, Pattern and Decoration, diary entry and social commentary. In 1974 Rand received a commission from Congregation B’nai Yosef in Brooklyn. Rand was asked to paint thematic murals on the complete 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m2) interior surfaces of the synagogue. The work took three years, and completing this commission made Rand the author of the only narratively painted synagogue in the world and the only one we know of since the 2nd Century Dura-Europos. The religious legal controversy raised by placing wall paintings in a traditionally iconoclastic space was resolved by the verdict of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, then considered to be the world’s leading Talmudic scholar, who declared the paintings to be in conformity with the law. His subsequent turn to figuration may have been influenced by his friendship with Philip Guston, whose own work was transformed in the late 1960s. Like Guston, Rand "chafed at the limitations of purely abstract forms." A near-cult figure who started out as a child prodigy and whose admirers range from John Ashbery to Julian Schnabel. Rand’s paintings display a vast and savvy menu of inventive and finely executed approaches. He has completed many series after the works of Paul Celan, Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, Eugenio Montale, Yehuda Amichai, Rainer Maria Rilke, Samuel Beckett/Paul Eluard and Jack Spicer. Working often with poets, he has produced books and continues to engage in publishing collaborative projects. He maintained a correspondence with the American British Jewish painter R.B. Kitaj. In 2008, on a warehouse wall, Rand mounted the painting, “The 613”, which at 1700 square feet (17’ x 100’) is nearly twice the size of James Rosenquist’s F-111. It is one of the largest freestanding paintings ever made. Reminiscent of “The Segments” paintings it is intimidatingly enormous. Paradoxically, despite the raucous cartoony bytes that shoot colorful flashes from the manic surface, “The 613” glows warmly. Its overall effect is strangely calming and majestic. In an article on a 2011 exhibition of Rand's "Had Gadya" series, David Kaufmann wrote: Rand displayed his work in 15 solo exhibitions between 2008 and 2017, many of them showcasing paintings done after Scripture, or his workings with poets: Including “Had Gadya, 2005”, Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (2011); “Gods Change, Prayers Are Here To Stay (after Yehuda Amichai), 2000", Katz Gallery, Atlanta, GA (2014); “Psalm 68, 1994”, Derfner Museum, Riverdale, NY (2014); “The Chapter Paintings”, Tribeca Gallery, NY (2015); “Men Who Turn Back (after Eugenio Montale), 1995", SRO Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2016); “Sixty Paintings From the Bible” & “The Book of Judith, 2012”, Cleveland State University Galleries, Cleveland, OH (2016) & The American Jewish Museum, Pittsburgh, PA (2017); “Archie Rand: Early Works With Poetry: Jack Spicer, 1991 and Samuel Beckett/Paul Eluard, 1993”, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY (2017). "The 613" In 2015 Blue Rider/Penguin/Random House published The 613, allotting one color plate per page for each of the 614 units in the painting. The Wall Street Journal labeled The 613 as “dynamic…remarkable…thrilling” The New York Times selected the book as “Editors' Choice” and praised it in two separate reviews calling it “wonderfully garish” and declaring that “nothing prepared the art world for 'The 613.' Recent Activity In 2016 Rand showed two bodies of work that were done in Italy, “La Certosa Di Pontignano, 1995” and “Mount Etna, 2005,” at The Interchurch Center Galleries, New York. From 2016 to 2017 he served as the Curator and Juror for the Governor of Wyoming’s Capitol Arts Exhibition at The Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, WY. A 2017 exhibition, “Archie Rand: Early Works With Poetry”, featured two series of work from 1991 and 1993 after poems by Jack Spicer and Samuel Beckett/Paul Eluard. This painting was exhibited in the Phyllis Kind Gallery in NY in 1987. (Phyllis Kind was an American art dealer active in Chicago and New York. She promoted the work of the Chicago Imagists, The Monster Roster and The Hairy Who and outsider artists. Kind opened a gallery in Chicago in 1967. Called Pro Grafica Arte, the gallery dealt in master prints and drawings. In 1975, she opened a gallery on Spring Street in New York's SoHo district. She gave some of the artists in the movement their first solo shows: Jim Nutt and Gladys Nilsson...
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American Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Austin, TX
Oil, pastel, and paper collage on canvas. Signed and dated verso. 52.75 x 47.75 in. 54 x 49 in. (framed) Gilded floater frame. Provenance Compass Rose, Chicago Born Sylvan Irwin Goldberg in 1924 and raised in the Bronx, Michael Goldberg was an important figure in American Abstract Expressionism, who began taking art classes at the Art Students League in 1938. A gifted student, Goldberg finished high school at the age of 14 and enrolled in City College. He soon found New York’s jazz scene to be a more compelling environment, and he began skipping classes in favor of the Harlem jazz clubs near campus. Goldberg’s love of jazz would become a lifelong passion and a key component to his approach to composition in his paintings. From 1940 to 1942, like many of the leading artists of the New York School, Goldberg studied with Hans Hofmann. In 1943, he put his pursuit of painting on hold and enlisted in the U.S. Army. Serving in North Africa, Burma, and India, Goldberg received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star before being discharged in 1946. After his service, he traveled and worked in Venezuela before returning to the United States, settling back in New York and resuming studies with Hofmann and at the Art Students League. Living downtown and frequenting the Cedar Bar, Goldberg befriended many of the artists of the New York School. In 1951, his work was included in the groundbreaking Ninth Street Show, co-organized by Leo Castelli, Conrad Marca-Relli, and the Eighth Street Club, and featuring the work of - among others - Hofmann, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline. In 1953, the Tibor de Nagy...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Handmade Paper

Spanish plateau
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Joep Goeting (The Hague, 1946 – Amsterdam, 1986) ‘Spanish plateau’ Signed lower left Joep Goeting Mixed media / Canvas Canvas size: 100 x 170 cm. Joep Goeting (The Hague, 1946 -...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Loire Blue
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 63.5 x 113.5 x 5 cm
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Untitled No 63 Modern Abstract Composition
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Untitled No 63, modern​ abstract composition 1987 Mixed media on wood panel, wax, oil, paper. Signed with initials, gallery label. Abstract painter Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic, a technique that incorporates heated beeswax and pigment. Considered an inheritor of Abstract Expressionism, David’s abstract work primarily centers on the use of a densely layered surface to facilitate a direct and immediate spiritual experience. He often incorporates religious iconography and symbolism, art historical themes such as the nude, and contemporary politics into his paintings resulting in a critical dialogue between the layered abstraction of the surface and the integrated representational imagery. Alongside his work on canvas, David has developed a body of studio photography that recreates paintings by Caravaggio, Manet, and Mantegna, among others, in works that confront racism, homophobia, and sexism. David also works in mixed media and environmental sculpture...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Wax, Wood Panel, Oil

Jorge Castillo Golden Yellow Surreal. 1985 original abstract acrylic canvas
By Jorge José Castillo Casalderrey
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Original work by the Spanish artist Jorge Castillo Perfect state CASTILLO, Jorge (Pontevedra, 1933). Since childhood, Jorge Castillo is passionate about drawing, and takes only te...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Colorful Still Life of Bowl with Fruits Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning oil on canvas painting of a highly colorful still-life composition features a fruit bowl with fruits and grapes. It is an extremely lively and vibrant post-cubist exec...
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Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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