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Little Real Colors 02
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Is a captivating masterpiece that embodies the essence of the action painting movement. With its vibrant display of colors against a pristine white backdrop, this artwork emanates an...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Tulipanes en Rojo III
Located in Southampton, NY
A field of abstract red tulips is poised with grace on it's stem on a color field of blue, in a medley of color blocks that capture the movement perfectly.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

LOST WOMAN by Guido Argentini
Located in New York City, NY
Series: SHADES OF A WOMAN All available sizes and editions: 40" x 40" editions of 18 50" x 50" editions of 7 60" x 60" editions of 3 Archival Pigment Print on Fine Art Baryta paper...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Noise. Acrylics Painting, Waterscape & Abstract, Green & blue, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Tomek Mistak. Painting depicts landscape reflection on the water surface. Painting is almost an abstraction. Main colors are ...
Category

2010s Other Art Style Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Prop Green
Located in Phoenix, AZ
"These inflated objects are grown more than fabricated. Through the process of inflation, the application of the air to the geometric construction defines form at the moment of infla...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton, Resin, Vinyl

Self Portrait, Street Art, Pop Art, Basquiat, red
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5 Self Portrait of Jay-C JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fine British sense of humour, 
he addresses stereotypes of modern society and his work, both playful and profound, stimulates us to question conventional social conceptions. JAY-C is a barometer responding to the world around us. Having had his first solo exhibition in 2018, in the same year he did a collaboration with BoConcept on their iconic Imola chair...
Category

2010s Street Art Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment

White Stripes by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
White Stripes 2022 by Kevin Westenberg Signed Limited Edition Kevin Westenberg is famed for his creation of provocative and electrifying images of world-class musicians, artists a...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

SALT nº6 by Sophie Dreyfus
Located in MADRID, ES
by Sophie Dreyfus
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Jelly Doughnut" oil painting of a woman floating in a red tube in green water
Located in Edgartown, MA
Calleri’s early influences were primarily the great American Illustrators such as N.C. Wyeth, Norman Rock- well, and J.C. Leyendecker, as well as Renaissance painters and the Masters...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pokrajine / Landscapes
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Original color vernis-mou (soft-ground etching), 1971. Edition of E.A. (artist’s proof) signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper. Metka Krašovec is one of the most important p...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Etching

Caterpillar Dreaming
By Yannima Tommy Watson
Located in Miami, FL
Yannima Tommy Watson is a Pitjantjatjara artist born around the 1930s, in the bush some 44km west of the small isolated community of Irrunytju. Not yet very well known to the French public, despite his participation in the architectural project of the Musée du Quai Branly, Tommy Watson is nevertheless often considered the greatest living Aboriginal artist. Like many aborigines of his generation, he lived a traditional, nomadic or semi-nomadic life before his contact with Western civilization; then he will occupy the only jobs that the Aborigines find: herdsmen (until Yuendumu), laborers for the construction of infrastructures in the desert. Throughout this period he became familiar with his "country", a harsh region, and deepened his knowledge, both profane and sacred, relating to Dreams and Dreamtimes, to the connections between sacred sites and the Ancestors. He will even work in Papunya, where the artistic movement started. But the Pijantjarra are intransigent with tradition…no question at this time of revealing the motives and the secret stories. The North of South Australia, the region where he is from, was touched by the pictorial movement only at the very beginning of the 2000s. In 2001, Tommy began his career as an artist in Irrunytju (Wingellina). He is a young artist… He learns by observing other painters and draws on the experiences of a long life and on the exceptional knowledge he has stored up. But quickly he will find his way, a radically new style where color plays a major role. Very quickly, the iconography now well known by the artists of Yuendumu, or the Western Desert, Balgo or Lajamanu disappeared. The symbols are no longer there. As Rover Thomas...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Rome Seven, Golden Yellow, Navy Blue, Indigo, Hot Pink, Orange Gradient Stripes
Located in Kent, CT
Thin stripes of color in gradient shades start with deep, dark indigo at the top and bottom and transition through navy blue to a brilliant shade of hot pink with golden yellow at th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Title: "Le bruit des sabots"
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Title: Le bruit des sabots Technique: oil on canvas Date: 2019 Size: 54 x 81 cm 490 euros
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Irish Guards "Major" Officer's 'Full-Parade' 2pc Tunic/ Uniform on Mannequin"
Located in Bristol, CT
30.8 Lbs Base to Collar 67"H Top: Back Center Seam 30" Sleeve Seam 26" Shoulder Blade 18" Trousers: Inseam 30" Outseam 42" 3 Button-Fly Front
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Wool

Little Real Colors 01
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Is a captivating masterpiece that embodies the essence of the action painting movement. With its vibrant display of colors against a pristine white backdrop, this artwork emanates an...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Summer Garden, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Peter Tovpev Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2012 Style: Post Impressionism Title: Summer Garden Size: 25.5" x 34.5...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Geoforms Red & White
Located in King, ON
This large abstract painting from new series “Geoforms” is inspired by minimalism, modern art and hard edge. This work is signed, dated and tilted by Artist on the back. Signed certi...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Real 13
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Is a captivating masterpiece that embodies the essence of the action painting movement. With its vibrant display of colors against a pristine white backdrop, this artwork emanates an...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Shape 40 (2019) - Abstract shape, minimalist gestural, bright green, white paper
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 40 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Neutral pal...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Acrylic

Official Like A Referee Whistle - Original Sports Artwork Soccer Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danny Brown’s artworks allocate an intrinsic connection between himself and the diverse communities occupying Los Angeles. Brown combines art history, streetwear trends, and pop art...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Art

Materials

Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Canvas

Abstract Green Composition - Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Green Composition is a Screen Print on Paper realized by Victor Debach in 1970s. Limited edition of 100 copies numbered and signed by the artist with pencil on the lower ma...
Category

1970s Op Art Art

Materials

Screen

"Inferno" Large Contemporary Abstract Oil On Canvas by Nan Van Ryzin - Red/Black
Located in Carmel, CA
There are many masterful abstracts out there, however, to be able to find ones on such a goliath scale is few and far between. To be able to create such massive abstracts, and not lo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Little Real Colors 03
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Is a captivating masterpiece that embodies the essence of the action painting movement. With its vibrant display of colors against a pristine white backdrop, this artwork emanates an...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Canyon Falls, Original Signed Colorful Fauvism Landscape Oil on Paper
Located in Boston, MA
Canyon Falls, Original Signed Colorful Fauvism Landscape Oil on Paper 30x22x0.0025 (HxWxD), Oil Paint Hand-signed by the artist. A cross between an abstract painting of geometric fo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Lover
Located in New Orleans, LA
Diana Georgie is known for her text based works that are usually in vibrant and extravagant settings often referencing pop culture and contemporary iconography. Georgie works predomi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Keith Haring Andy Mouse Bearbrick 400% (Haring Warhol BE@RBRICK)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Andy Mouse Bearbrick: 400%: A unique, timeless collectible trademarked & licensed by the Estate of Keith Haring. The partnered collectible reveals Keith Haring's 'Andy M...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Boy And Girl
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Playful graphic image depicting a boy and a girl made in bright vibrating colors. Figure of children on a red background with a confident black outline. Will fit both in the children...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Giclée

"Fire and Ice" Red and Blue Abstract by Nan Van Ryzin
Located in Carmel, CA
There are many masterful abstracts out there, however, to be able to find ones on such a goliath scale is few and far between. To be able to create such massive abstracts, and not lo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Ceremonial Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, titled "Ceremonial Landscape" c.1980 is an etching with embossing on Arches paper by noted Canadian artist Janet Jones b.1952. It is hand signed and titled in pencil by the artist. It is numbered “21/30 e.v.”. The meaning of e.v. is “edition varied.” It indicates the artist varied the ink or paper or some other aspect of the printing process to create more than one image. The image is 18 x 15 inches, sheet size is 30 x 22.25 inches. It is in excellent condition, and has never been framed. About the artist: Janet Jones was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1952. She received her BFA in painting and photography from Concordia University - studying painting with Guido Molinari and Yves Gaucher, and photography with the experimental photographer Suzanne Swibold. Janet Jones is currently a Toronto based painter whose work has been exhibited across Canada, in Los Angeles, New York, England, Germany, France and China. Her recent projects include; the solo exhibition, The Dream Machine at Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal (2017), two solo exhibitions, Playtimes (2015) and Joyride (2012) both at Katzman Contemporary Toronto, a national touring exhibition of her paintings, DaDa Delirium, with an accompanying catalogue (2011) with essays by Stuart Reid, Nell Tenhaaf and an interview with the artist by Georgiana Uhlyarik, and participation in the Empire of Dreams exhibition, MOCCA (Summer 2010) curated by David Liss. Jones has been a visiting artist in France, England, Russia, China, the Netherlands, and Cuba. Jones received her MFA from York University and her PhD from New York University in the area of art theory and criticism. Her dissertation titled: Clement Greenberg and the Artist /Critic Relationship, included interviews with Clement Greenberg, Jules Olitski, and other members of the ‘Greenberg Group’ and research gained through accompanying Greenberg on numerous studio visits. A Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, York University, Toronto, where she teaches painting, she has been Chair of the Department of Visual Arts and Director of the MFA Program in Visual Arts. Professor of Painting, Department of Visual Arts and Art History, AMPD, York University. EDUCATION 1988 Ph.D. New York University, New York, NY. Dissertation Title: Clement Greenberg & the Artist/Critic Relationship. 1979 M.F.A. York University, Toronto, Ontario. Samuel Sarick Award 1977 B.F.A. Honours, with Distinction, Concordia University SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 The Dream Machine, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal, Quebec, October - December, 2017 2016 Recent Acquisitions from DaDa Delirium, MacLaren Art Gallery, Barrie, ON. March – July 2015 Playtimes, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto, March-April 2015. 2013 DaDa Delirium, MacIntosh Gallery, University of Western ON. 2012 Joy Ride, Katzman Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON September, 2012. 2012 DaDa Delirium, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Coburg, ON, April-May 2010 DaDa Delirium, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON. 2009 A Las Vegas State of Mind, Peak Gallery, Toronto, ON. 2009 DaDa Delirium, Curated by Stuart Reid, Tom Thompson Art...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Shoreline Cliff Walk, Original Signed Colorful Fauvism Landscape Oil on Paper
Located in Boston, MA
Shoreline Cliff Walk, Original Signed Colorful Fauvism Landscape Oil on Paper 30x22x0.0025 (HxWxD), Oil Paint A cross between an abstract painting of geometric forms and a landscape...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

The Compliant
Located in London, GB
can never be calm Dawn Beckles’ use of paint, print making and collage create bold depictions of the domestic: the exotic flora inspired by her native B...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Original Alexander The Man Who Knows Original Vintage Poster c1915
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Alexander, The Man Who Knows was the highest paid mystic/magician of the golden age of the 1910s & 1920s. Alexander often adorned himself in clothing inspired by the East, seen here ...
Category

1910s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Red One - Original Lithograph by Lorenzo Indrimi - 1970 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Warm red lithograph Red One realized by Lorenzo Indrimi in the 1970s. This is an edition of 100 prints, plus a few artist's proofs and 30 pieces in Roman numbers.
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Lithograph

Riddles Red
Located in Southampton, NY
The rich colorways in magenta invoke energy and excitement. Lines create a field of energy that is celestial.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Still life , 30x30cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Still life , 30x30cm
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lenny
Located in Bonn, NW
original painting; acrylic and paper on high quality canvas stretcher. 23.6x31.5". The sides are painted and it's ready to hang (unframed). Based on a great shot of Lenny Kravitz
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Red Canyon, Original Signed Colorful Fauvism Landscape Oil on Paper
Located in Boston, MA
Red Canyon, Original Signed Colorful Fauvism Landscape Oil on Paper 22x30 (WxH), Oil Paint Hand-signed by the artist. A cross between an abstract painting of geometric forms and a l...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Asprey And Company Ltd. [Trade Catalogue]
Located in Bristol, CT
11 3/8" x 8 7/8" Asprey and Co. Ltd. New Bond Street, London. No date [1930s]. Hardback; laminated crocidle-effect boards, backed with vellum spine. 207 illustrated pages. c. 40 hor...
Category

1930s Art

Materials

Paper

Finding a Way Forward
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The artist thinks of their paintings primarily as landscapes. Lately, these landscapes have taken on a more manufactured feel rather than organic. At first glance, the subjects may a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood Panel

"Flames of Passion", Bette Ridgeway, 56x78, Acrylic/Canvas, Fluid Contemporary
Located in Dallas, TX
Today we can consider the artist Bette Ridgeway as the one and only true heir of Paul Jenkins: her mentor and teacher. Ridgeway's painting is dynamic and rhythmic; like the most “en...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Sunlight"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Landscape painter, Gail Morris, has won many prestigious awards for her paintings and her work can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the United States, Japan, and Europe. Painting since 1999, her work as an artist has taken her on a number of extraordinary adventures around the globe, from the Navajo lands in New Mexico to the Dogon villages of West Africa. Morris attended Washington University, where she studied art history and eventually graduated from Webster College. However, as an artist, she considers herself to be self-taught. With her artwork, she likes to experiment with deconstruction and making the layers of paint as thin as possible, often times rubbing 60% of the paint off the canvass, or using steel wool and razor blades to distress the paint. She captures the soothing exuberance of the Western landscape by reducing each experience to its visual and emotional essence. Her serene paintings are influenced by the traditions of early California painting...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rise and Shine
Located in New Orleans, LA
Wencke Uhl is a contemporary figurative paintress living and working in Germany. She draws inspiration from human beauty and the female form. As a teenager Uhl wanted to become a f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Paper

The Rush
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nine miles an hour – that’s the top speed of a rooster in a rush. This rooster is one of Thomas Easley’s more abstract depictions, but he is still unmist...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Scarlett Night II
Located in Miami, FL
“My intense passion and extreme love of life is the foundation of my creativity. Elation, contentment and ultimate satisfaction are the feelings I experience when reaching the com...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Jasper Johns Red (original hand signed mixed media painting, numbered HPM 2/2)
Located in New York, NY
Shepard Fairey Jasper Johns Red, 2010 Silkscreen and mixed media collage on wood. Hand signed twice - on both the front and the back 23 3/4 × 17 1/2 inches Frame included Edition HPM 2/2 This wonderful and culturally significant hand painted multiple on wood board is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Obey Giant Art...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Screen, Acrylic

River and Steel Twins Five, Bold Geometric Drawing, Red, Yellow, Orange, Green
Located in Kent, CT
This geometric drawing has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. The ordered symmetry of the layered diagonal lines in deeply pigme...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Pigment

Custom "21" Club Jockey Lamp w/ Hand-Painted Hunter Green Silks & Black Cap
Located in Bristol, CT
Overall height: 18"H Black wood base: 4 1/4"Sq x 3 1/2"H Jockey: 9 1/8"H w/ 8'ft brown cord w/ new brass bulb socket w/ new brown felt underside
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Metal

Haunted passage Yankel Contemporary drawing red abstract art geometrical form
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache on paper Unique work Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Category

1990s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Paul Guiramand -- Rencontre des cavaliers, 1983
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Paul Guiramand Rencontre des cavaliers, 1983 Lithograph Hand signed low right Edition EA Image 64 x 44.2 cm Sheet 73 x 56 cm Unframed Framing is an option, will be framed with the al...
Category

1980s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Real 15
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Is a captivating masterpiece that embodies the essence of the action painting movement. With its vibrant display of colors against a pristine white backdrop, this artwork emanates an...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Shape 12 (2019) - Abstract shape, minimalist gestural, green & white on paper
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 12 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Neutral pal...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Only Elvis signed limited edition print
Located in London, GB
Only Elvis by B A T I K signed limited edition print pop art print of the infamous mock arrest mugshot of Elvis Presley. Archival pigment print paper size 20x16 inches / 51 x ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

The Gourd Tree
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint, Edition of 108 In 2002, Jamie Wyeth created a richly detailed print for Lincoln Center entitled, The Gourd Tree. Known for his realistic style, Wyeth’s work consists largely of landscapes-- like this unusual tree-- and portraits. Although closely associated with the rural landscape of Chadds Ford Pennsylvania and the rugged coast of Maine, Jamie Wyeth spent part of his early career in New York City, where he was mentored by New York City Ballet founder Lincoln Kirstein...
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Art

Materials

Screen

Hart of Mine, Deer Art, Stag Art, Contemporary Animal Art, Bright Scottish Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Hart of mine is an original oil painting by Sophie Harden. Contrasted blues and fawns on a coral background gives this piece a huge pop of colour and sense of movement the stag stand...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Untitled (SF-341) - Sam Francis - American Abstract Expressionism - 1989
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994 San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American) Title: Untitled (SF-341), 1989 Technique: Original Hand Signed, Inscribed and Numbered Lithograph in...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Nightfall - 21st Cent., Contemporary, Abstract, Oil Painting, Gold Leaf
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Original Antique Poster Liqueur Menthe Pastille E. Giffard Mint Drink Cherub Art
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster for Liqueur Menthe Pastille E. Giffard distillateur Angers featuring an Art Nouveau style illustration of an elegant lady in a fashionable green d...
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Art

Materials

Paper

Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Abstract Framed Oil Painting - Waves
Located in Bristol, GB
WAVES Size: 48.5 x 67.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A rhythmic and richly textured mid-century abstract composition, executed in oil onto canvas. Embracing the principles of...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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