Lowell Nesbitt

Electric Tulip II

1980

Victor Vasarely’s Op Art painting generates a sense of movement as it appears to warp into a sphere that is overlaid with stripes in a geometric pattern. Victor Vasarely, Hungarian ...

Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Aperture Year: 1976 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed verso Size: 30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm)

An abstract painting by Tony Bechara from 1984. An abstract, optical painting representative of Bechara's conceptual principles of color usage, organization and randomness. Artist...

An abstract painting by Tony Bechara from 2001. An abstract, optical painting representative of the artists conceptual principles of color usage, organization and randomness. Artist...

An oil painting by Holger Bäckström from 1979. A mixed media collage and oil painting produced by the company Beck & Jung, a collaborative duo between Holger Bäckström and Bo Ljungberg in the 1960's-70's. Their emphasis on highly designed optical art-style is eminent in the objects produced from Beck & Jung. Artist: Holger Bäckström and Bo Ljungberg (aka Beck & Jung), Scandanavian (1939 - 1997 and 2007) Title: Night Nurse...

Artist: Richard Anuszkiewicz Title: Light Magenta Square Year: 1978 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 60 x 60 inches Referenced as 1978.9, pg 184 in "Anuszkiew...

This piece is an original oil painting on aluminum by Andreas Nottebohm, created in 2015. Andreas Nottebohm is an American-German artist whose work is associated with Op Art, Visiona...

This piece is a unique original oil painting on aluminum by Andreas Nottebohm, created in 2015. Andreas Nottebohm is a German artist that came to America circa 1979. Nottebohm's work...

HANNES BECKMANN (1909-1977) Heavy-Light, 1961/1962 Oil on canvas on board 18 x 18 inches Initialed and dated at lower left: h.b. 61. PROVENANCE Kanegis Gallery, Boston, Massachuse...

A fabulous example of 1960s geometric/op art, displaying all the fun, playfulness and vibrancy of the style. Op art, short for optical art, is a style of visual art that uses optical illusions. Typically, they give the viewer the impression of movement, hidden images and vibrating patterns. Its roots can be traced back to Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism and Dada. The maker of this stunning piece is Tony Gonnet (1909-2004) an artist close to those who shaped modern art and its history. Working in Casablanca in 1940 he met André Breton and Saint-Exupéry, who were both on their way to America. Unable to obtain a visa for himself, Gonnet returned to Paris in January of 1942. Living on Rue de Seine, he became one of the figures of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and numbered amongst his many friends Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean Genet – who prefaced his first Parisian exhibition in 1952 – as well as Albert Camus, Simone Signoret, Boris Vian, Jacques and Pierre Prévert and many others. In 1941, in the ennui of Casablanca, Tony Gonnet had started to draw, and then paint, in a Surrealist style. In 1946 he abandoned figurative surrealism in favour of abstraction, making sole use from then on of geometric forms and shaded tones, in his own unique style. His works aim to achieve harmony of shapes and colours, and thus to bring joy. Tony Gonnet loved life, and said that each of his works was an offering made to it. With solo shows in major Paris galleries...

Optical Composition is an original artwork realized by the Italian contemporary master, Carlo Montesi in the 1970s. In good conditions. Tempera, oil p...

Circle of Victor Vasarely Oil on board 47 x 47 in. (119 x 119 cm.)