Mala Breuer Art
American, b. 1927
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts.
After high school Breuer attended what is now San Francisco Art Institute, where she studied under many notable artists, including Richard Diebenkorn, Clyfford Still, David Park, and Mark Rothko.
Breuer matured as an artist in, and was profoundly affected by, the era of Abstract Expressionism, focusing more on material and application than representation. By the late 1960s, she was pouring water-thinned washes of acrylic paint onto large, wet, stretched, vertical canvases. During an exhibition of those works, a San Francisco gallerist suggested that she head to New York, where abstraction, Minimalism, and Conceptual art were continuing to gain traction. Breuer listened to this advice and set out for New York with intentions of staying only one year — she stayed for eight.
In New York, Breuer began working with a palette knife, making direct, abstract marks with dark colors and with great density. She gained recognition as a significant painter during her time there. In 1984 Breuer moved to northern New Mexico, a landscape that influenced her use of color, light, and more minimal compositions.
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Artist: Mala Breuer
Untitled (Blue 1969)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, now, San Francisco Ar...
Category
1960s Abstract Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1978 (red)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on linen
Category
1970s Abstract Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Wax, Oil
1978 (white)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on linen
Category
1970s Abstract Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Oil, Wax
Lao (1.23.98)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
watercolor on Arches, framed
Throughout Mala Breuer’s career she completed well over 400 watercolors and works on paper that preceded each and every one of her large works on canv...
Category
1990s Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Sacred Heart Triptych (5.81)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas, three panels (84 x 90 x 1.5 inches, each panel)
Category
1980s Abstract Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Wax, Oil
1975 (6)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
poured acrylic on canvas
Category
1970s Abstract Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Acrylic
1972 (15)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
poured acrylic on canvas
Category
1970s Abstract Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Acrylic
11.22.02
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on silk
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the...
Category
Early 2000s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Silk, Wax, Oil
Untitled Red (1979)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil on linen
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, now, Sa...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
7.31.98
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, ...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
2.14.95
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on linen
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the,...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Linen, Wax, Oil
11.12.95
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, n...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
4.84
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended th...
Category
1980s Abstract Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
7.29.95
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended th...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
7.79 (grey)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended th...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Water Street (7.79)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
12.1.98
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, no...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1.7.97
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on linen
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Linen, Wax, Oil
11.12.98
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, no...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil, Acrylic
12.17.95
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended th...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
7.5.95
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on linen
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the,...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Linen, Wax, Oil
10.15.95
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on gessoed canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attende...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gesso
1.13.96
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Wax
1976 (7)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, no...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
4.4.99
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, no...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
3.10.99
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, no...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
3.21.94
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
9.77
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, now, San Francisco A...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fire (9.19.83)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the...
Category
1980s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Wax, Oil, Canvas
1975 (raw umber, phthalo blue, yellow umber)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, now, San Francisco A...
Category
1970s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
4.20.07
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended t...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
7.79 (white)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
1.30.98
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
watercolor on Arches, framed
Throughout Mala Breuer’s career she completed well over 400 watercolors and works on paper that preceded each and every one of her large works on canv...
Category
1990s Minimalist Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
10.11.95
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on gessoed linen
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she att...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Oil, Gesso, Linen, Wax
1.4.96
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on gessoed linen
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attende...
Category
1990s Minimalist Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Linen, Acrylic, Gesso
9.22.98
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended ...
Category
1990s Abstract Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
11.2.96
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on linen
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended th...
Category
1990s Abstract Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Wax, Oil
6.15.96
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on gessoed linen
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attende...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Linen, Acrylic
2.23.96
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on linen
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, n...
Category
1990s Expressionist Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
10.20.95
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended t...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
6.15.02 (1)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on silk
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Silk, Wax, Oil
Lao (1.22.98)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
watercolor on Arches, framed
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she att...
Category
1990s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
2.3.98 (1)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
watercolor on Arches, framed
Throughout Mala Breuer’s career she completed well over 400 watercolors and works on paper that preceded each and every one of her large works on canv...
Category
1990s Minimalist Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1.16.98
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
watercolor on Arches, framed
Throughout Mala Breuer’s career she completed well over 400 watercolors and works on paper that preceded each and every one of her large works on canv...
Category
1990s Minimalist Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
6.20.95
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended ...
Category
1990s Abstract Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
7.10.83 (Olympics)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended ...
Category
1980s Abstract Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Line Up (7.23.83)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended ...
Category
1980s Color-Field Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
1979 (70x40)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
painting on canvas
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the...
Category
1970s Minimalist Mala Breuer Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Mala Breuer art for sale on 1stDibs.
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