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Period: 20th Century
Untitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting)
By Jesse Redwin Bardin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Jesse Redwin Bardin (1923-1997). Untitled, ca. 1960.
Oil on canvas, 18 x 31 inches; 21.5 x 36.5 inches framed. Signed lower right.
Provenance: Private collection, Philadelphia; F...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1987 Adrianne Wortzel Acrylic on Paper
Located in Larchmont, NY
Adrianne Wortzel (b. 1941)
Gold Columns, 1987
Acrylic on paper
Sight: 22 x 30 in.
Framed: 27 x 34 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Signed and titled verso on stretcher bar
ADRIANNE WORTZEL'S early ...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Wave Form II (Wellenform) (Triangle, Wavy, Modern, Mid-Century) (~50% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hannes Grosse
Wave Form II (Wellenform)
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 1971
Size: 33.46 x 33.46 x 31.49 inches (85,5 x 85,5 x 80 cm)
Framed (simply wood frame) - ready to hang
COA ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Washington Color School Style Painting by Mystery Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Mystery Artist, Style of Washington Color School
Untitled, c. Later 20th Century
Oil on canvas
22 x 27 3/4 x 3/4 in.
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Geometric Abstraction Signed Jim Richter
Located in Larchmont, NY
Jim Richter
Untitled, c. mid-20th Century
Oil on wood panel
10 x 14 in.
Framed: 11 x 15 x 1 in.
Signed lower right
Inscribed verso: To Mrs. Mines from Freda & Jim Richter
This charm...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Cindy Kane 1985 Original Painting on Plywood
By Cindy Kane
Located in Larchmont, NY
Cindy Kane (American, b. 1957)
Untitled, 1985
Oil on plywood
Sight: 31 1/2 x 28 1/2 in.
Framed: 39 3/4 x 36 x 2 in.
Signed lower right: KANE
Signed, titled, dated verso: Cindy Kane, Untitled, 1985
Cindy Kane (American, 1957-) grew up in Washington DC during the Vietnam War era, absorbing the period's powerful political climate. She is a self-taught artist whose multi media work is born out of a deep sense of connection to the political and environmental issues of our times.
Her early work was influenced by the experience of living and working at the bottom of the Grand Canyon National Park, where she had the opportunity to document Anasazi Indian pictographs in pen and ink drawings. These images would inform her work for years to come.
She draws on personal narrative and experience to create her paintings of maps, birds, toys, and artifacts from nature, often collaging bits of newspaper headlines, pieces of her children's homework, and pages of sheet music beneath layers of color and imagery.
In a review of her work, author and critic John Loughery wrote; "Kane leads us into a peculiar netherworld, a hard to place area that's both reassuringly ancient, and anxiously modern. This is a painter who is interested in the unconscious and the archetypal, and utilizes her own private, (but not inaccessible) vocabulary and imagery."
In a submission to AskART, Diana Wilson...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
Warrior and His Horse Original oil and Clay on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Warrior and his Horse Greco-Roman Theme Original oil and Clay on Canvas
Rendition of an ancient warrior and his horse by a unknown but prolific painter (Africa/USA 20th C.).
Possibl...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Clay, Canvas, Oil
"Untitled" Sherron Francis, Female Abstract Expressionism, Red Green Color Field
Located in New York, NY
Sherron Francis
Untitled, circa 1975
Acrylic on canvas
90 x 64 inches
Artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Dan Christensen, and Sam Francis are already well-known name...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Sonic Lark" Sherron Francis, Female Abstract Expressionism, Long Color Field
Located in New York, NY
Sherron Francis
Sonic Lark, 1974
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 109 1/2 inches
Artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Dan Christensen, an...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
20th Century Vietnamese School Oil - Across the Land
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed illegibly to the lower left. Presented in a blue painted wooden frame. On board.
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Noble O" Sherron Francis, Female Abstract Expressionism, Black Color Field
Located in New York, NY
Sherron Francis
Noble O, 1976
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
57 x 21 inches
Artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Dan Christe...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Toronto, Ontario
It is somewhat hard to reconcile Gershon Iskowitz's (1921-1988) aesthetic with his personal history.
Born to a religious family in Poland, Iskowitz was allowed to leave Yeshiva (Jew...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Projection of the House of Faces" Painting 20" x 24" inch by Gosha Ostretsov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Projection of the House of Faces" Painting 20" x 24" inch by Gosha Ostretsov
Born in 1967, in Moscow
Lived in Paris for ten years (1988 - 1998), now lives and works in Moscow.
PU...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood, Mixed Media
Anemone Pool Abstraction
Located in Lawrence, NY
Casein on paper
Like many of his compatriots of the time, Shulman transitioned from representation to abstraction in the post-WWII period as he studied with Hans Hoffman. Yet, his wo...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Casein
Contemporary French Surrealist Oil Painting Evolving Shapes and Movement
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
signed by Jack Penouel (French 1936-2018)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 18.5 x 15.5 inches
canvas : 18 x 15 inches
provenance: the ar...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Homage to Leger
By Jean Kellogg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s.
Homage to Leger, 1941, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 14 x 17 inches; inscribed ...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Semi Abstract Expressionist Color Field Impasto Oil Painting Jean Helleu
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Helleu (French, 1894-1985)
A painter, watercolorist and designer born in Paris, France.
The son of Paul-César Helleu.
(a French oil painter, pastel artist, drypoint etcher, an...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pattern Painting by George McClancy
Located in Washington, DC
George McClancy (1930-2014) abstract pattern painting.
Acrylic on canvas
48" x 72"
George McClancy received a MA in painting from Catholic University in Washington DC, where he wa...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Guinovart. painting cardboard
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Guinovart.
Josep Guinovart i Bertran (Barcelona 1927-2007) was a painter, draftsman and engraver from Catalonia, Spain.
After studying at the School of the Lonja and the Promotion ...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Tharrats. yellow. green. colors- original abstract acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
colors- original abstract acrylic painting . framed
Original paper by the famous Spanish artist Josep Tharrats.
Acrylic on paper. Perfect condition.
Certificate of originality
THARR...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Afterglow
Located in Lawrence, NY
Like many of his compatriots of the time, Shulman transitioned from representation to abstraction in the post-WWII period as he studied with Hans Hoffman. Yet, his work, whether or a...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century Abstract Nude Oil on Canvas Painting by Edith Ferullo
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original Mid-Century oil on canvas composition by American Artist Edith E. Ferullo (1928 - 2008). The painting features a thick textured abstract nude subject. The brutalist artwork ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Antique French Exhibited Signed Still Life Modern Baguette Bread Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed lower right.
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 1950's French Cubist Sunny South of France Harbor Scene Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The South of France
mid 20th century
by Marguerite Lacroux (French/ Swiss 1898-1972)
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 33.5 x 41 inches
painting: 32 x 40 inches
provenance: privat...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Expressionist Abstract Large Oil on Canvas, Le Pèlerin
Located in Cotignac, FR
Expressionist abstract oil on canvas by French artist Bernard Duvert. The painting is signed bottom left, dated and titled to the rear stretchers and with exhibition numbers.
A magn...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century French Cubist Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Still Life
French School, 20th century
oil on board, framed
framed: 27 x 31 inches
board : 22 x 26 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and soun...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
By Bill Alpert
Located in Lawrence, NY
Oil on Arches paper
Experimental artist Bill Alpert was concerned with the properties of paint and pigment--how they would interact and how they were affected by different drying te...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1967 Vintage Mid-Century Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Nature Dwellings
Located in Bristol, GB
NATURE DWELLINGS
Size: 42.5 x 68 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A brilliantly executed semi-abstract composition, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1967.
In this abstract na...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
20th Century French Modernist Painting Purple Orange Pink Mauve Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
stamped verso
painting : 24 x 20 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good a...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Composition Inspired by Bach, Framed Abstract Watercolor Painting, Pink
Located in Denver, CO
Original vintage watercolor painting by twentieth century San Francisco woman artist, Hildegarde Haas (1926-2002). "Bach - English Suite No.2 in A Minor...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled
By Bill Alpert
Located in Lawrence, NY
Oil on paper
Experimental artist Bill Alpert was concerned with the properties of paint and pigment--how they would interact and how they were affected by different drying technique...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Monday Grays - Original Figurative Oil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Monday Grays - Original Figurative Oil on Paper
Original oil on paper figurative painting by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Hues of grays and pinks make up this...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Abstract Landscape', California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, Thiebaud
By Don Clausen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Clausen' for Don Clausen (American, 1930-2020) and dated 1974.
A self-proclaimed "sculptor of paint," Donald Clausen used tools of his own invention to create co...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Oil and Pumice on Canvas 'Untitled (Orange)' Painting by Pamela Burns, 1990
By Pamela Burns
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Oil and Pumice on Canvas 'Untitled (Orange)' Painting by Pamela Burns B. 1938, 1990
Additional information:
Medium: Oil and pumice on canvas
Dimensions: 45.1 x 76.8 cm
17 3/4 x 30 1...
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antique American Impressionist Hamptons Wetlands Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract landscape oil painting by June Kirkpatrick Ciancio (B.1926). Great color and composition. Framed.
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Biomorphic Abstract #1 by Philadelphia Expressionist Painter
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Biomorphic Abstract #1" is a 46 x 30 inches oil on canvas work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The painting is signed and dated "MLB 61-62" in the lower left and it is...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stream Channel with Yellow Woods
By Gandy Brodie
Located in Lawrence, NY
Oil pastel and gouache on paper
An artist whose work was simultaneously figurative and abstract, Brodie was praised as "one of the best painters of his generation" by art historian, ...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Cityscape Kinetic Optical Op Art Painting on Plexiglass by L.L. Long
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking composition created by American artist L. L. Long and dated 1980. The artwork features a kinetic optical Op Art geometric cityscape design using reverse spray paint on a L...
Category
Op Art 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lucite, Plexiglass, Spray Paint
Russian Landscape (abstract painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Yuri Larin (1936-2014). Landscape, 1986. Watercolor on paper, 16.5 x 17 inches. Mounted on cardboard sheet measuring 24 x 28 inches. Signed and dated lower left. Excellent condition. Image is painted on verso side of block print wallpaper...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Tropic of Crucifix" William Scharf, Abstract Expressionist, New York School
Located in New York, NY
William Scharf
Tropic of Crucifix, 1957
Signed and dated on the reverse
Oil on canvas
40 x 47 inches
Provenance:
The artist
Robert Barnet, New York (gift from the above)
Private Col...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Key Sketch for 60 Foot Movie Announcement on “Safety First"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Key Sketch for 60 Foot Movie Announcement on “Safety First,” 1948, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 14.5 x 12.5 inches, titled in pencil verso; presented in a newer frame...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century French Abstract Still Life Modernist Style Amazing Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
stamped verso
painting : 19.5 x 24 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Horse Riders In Geometric Abstract French 20th Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Horse Riders
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 15.5 x 19 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Chinese Shop Window, Lower East Side
By Gandy Brodie
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache and pastel on paper
An artist whose work was simultaneously figurative and abstract, Brodie was praised as "one of the best painters of his generation" by art historian, Mey...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Monumental Abstract Modernist Oil Panel Oregon Centennial Exposition Mural 1959
By Louis Bunce
Located in Portland, OR
Monumental modernist oil on panel painting by Louis Demott Bunce (1907-1983), from an installation for the Oregon Centennial Exposition, 1959.
A rare & important and monumental abstract painting by the celebrated Oregon artist Louis Bunce, the artist was commissioned to paint a mural for the 1959 Oregon Centennial & Trade Fair in Portland, the installation was titled " Gay Garden Way ", it was painted for the exterior of the Horticultural building. The mural having abstract plant abstractions, according to Bunce in his own words it was "the rounded shapes of flowers and the sun", the mural created a major furor from the conservative art public.
The painting signed and dated by the artist lower left, the work was sold in the late 1980s through the celebrated Laura Russo Gallery, this painting is featured in Roger Hull's book; "Louis Bunce, Dialogue with Modernism".
The painting is in good condition and ready to grace your wall.
Louis Bunce attended high school and the Museum Art School before leaving for the Art Students League in New York. He established a New York connection that began when he first attended classes there in 1927 and continued over the years with frequent visits. He became friends with many promising artists, including Jackson Pollock and David Smith. In 1939 he worked for the WPA Easel Project in New York and by the time he returned to Portland he was an established artist on the East Coast. He worked at the WPA art center in Salem as an Instructor and Assistant Director. His work included murals, two of which are in the Post Offices in Grants Pass and St. Johns. Their subjects, mining and orchard farming, are activities of each region. "I have always been visually drawn to the landscape, at first the desert and mountain regions of Wyoming; then the lush and gentle color of the Pacific Northwest and the urban landscape of New York." From 1942-1945 he worked as an illustrator, a tool designer, and in assembly for the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation. After WWII, Bunce joined the faculty of the Museum Art School in Portland, where he had been a student in 1925-1926. He taught there until his retirement in 1972. He excelled at producing screen-prints and introduced this technique to Oregon. While maintaining a national reputation throughout the 1950s and 1960s, some of New York's most prestigious galleries represented him. Theater buffs will remember his murals and portraits for Portland Civic Theater's 1938 production of Pride and Prejudice. In a career that made him one of the most recognized names in Oregon's art history, Bunce had many styles: cubism, expressionism, surrealism and abstractionism. His 1958 mural in the Portland International Airport presents this abstract style: "whirling propellers and shadows of the concourse as seen from above." It was controversial at the time as being too abstract for a public art project. Louis and wife Eda opened a full-time art gallery in Portland in 1949, called the Kharouba. Located first at 1016 SE Morrison, then at SW 11th and Alder, the gallery represented many of the leading artists of the day: Josephine Cameron, William Givler, Clifford Gleason, Jack Hammack, Charles Heaney, Frederick Heidel, George Johanson, Jack McLarty, Rick Norwood, C.S. Price, Arthur Runquist, Jolan Torok, Charles Voorhies...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Finely Painted Antique American Modernist Landscape Framed Summer Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modern abstract landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil and Sand on Canvas 'Traces (II)' Painting by Pamela Burns, 1993
By Pamela Burns
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Oil and Sand on Canvas 'Traces (II)' Painting by Pamela Burns B. 1938, 1993
Additional information:
Medium: Oil and sand on canvas
Dimensions: 25.4 x 50.8 cm
10 x 20 in
Signed, date...
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Oil, Sand and Pumice on Canvas-Board 'Traces' Painting by Pamela Burns, 1991
By Pamela Burns
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Oil, Sand and Pumice on Canvas-Board 'Traces' Painting by Pamela Burns B. 1938, 1991
Additional information:
Medium: Oil, sand and pumice on canvas-board
Dimensions: 51.5 x 64.5 cm
...
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Burnt Ochre Field, Oil on Canvas Painting by Pamela Burns, 1986
By Pamela Burns
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Burnt Ochre Field, Oil on Canvas Painting by Pamela Burns B. 1938, 1986
Additional information:
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 23 x 80 cm
9 x 31 1/2 i...
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas
French 20th Century Modernist Turquoise Still Life Spring Onions and Celeriacs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vegetable Still Life
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 21 x 16.5 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sans titre
By Jean Signovert
Located in Belgrade, MT
This black and white Carborundum is part of my private collection. It is in very good condition , signed by the artist and numbered. Guilde de la Gravure
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Surface CP/869 Steel
Located in Roma, RM
SURFACE CP/869
Steel
1951
Tempera, pencil on twelve paper tiles, on sheet
Tempera, pencil on twelve layers of paper, on sheet
cm 31 x 24 (sheet) 15 x 20 (panel)
EXHIBITONS
F.R. Mor...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Tempera
Large American School Modernist Abstract Cubist Framed Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Large and impressive oil on canvas.
Category
Cubist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled" William Scharf, Abstract Expressionist, New York School
Located in New York, NY
William Scharf
Untitled, 1962
Signed lower left; signed and dated verso
Oil on canvas
48 x 50 inches
A visionary painter with ties to the avant-garde artistic community in New York ...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract expressionist oil painting. Titled in verso, "The Dragonfly and the Flower". Great color and composition. Framed in a simple white wood moderni...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Small street orchestra with accordion and clarinet
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nature Morte
By Michel Rodde
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is part of my private collection since 1970's. It is pencil signed by the artist and numbered 198/220. Guilde del la Gravure .
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (Cubist Portrait)
By Jerre H. Murry
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work is part of our exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s
Untitled (Cubist Portrait), 1945, oil on masonite, signed and dated lower middle, 20 x 16 inches, remnant of exhibition label verso, perhaps exhibited at Murry's solo exhibition at the Los Angeles's Screen Cartoonists' Gallery, July , 1945, presented in its original frame
Jerre Murry was a California modernist painter. Born in Columbia, Missouri, Murry studied at the Detroit Academy of Art and worked as an artist for the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press. Murry traveled to the Bahamas, where he was inspired to paint modernist scenes of island life and people. By the early 1930s, Murry had relocated to Los Angeles, where he caught the attention of Synchromist painter Stanton Macdonald Wright, State Supervisor for the Federal Art Project (FAP) in Southern California. MacDonald Wright enrolled Murry into the FAP. Murry’s Gauguin-influenced painting Sun Image was exhibited together with other FAP artists at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1936, and Murry was also included in the FAP exhibit at the Paris Exposition in 1937. Stendahl Galleries in Los Angeles, the Chamber of Commerce Gallery in Santa Barbara, and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art also showed Murry’s work during the 1930s. Murry created a murals for Los Angeles Water & Power Company, the Boise, Idaho Post Office, and Glendale Junior College. In 1939, Murry's work was exhibited at the Golden Gate International Exposition and the New York World's Fair. He also was included in the All California Exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of art that same year. He went on to exhibit in Los Angeles at the Foundation of Western Art's Trends in Southern California Art shows in 1940 and 1941, at Raymond and Raymond Gallery in Hollywood and USC’s Elizabeth Holmes...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
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