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Riptide (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Riptide (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on canvas - Unframed Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground an...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mimesis Noir IV, 2020
Located in Atlanta, GA
2020 Pigment Ink Print on Natural Cotton Rag 360 GSM 42 x 35 in. Edition of 30 Signed and numbered by artist Drawing on his extensive travels, Robert Kelly’s painted collages contain found print and material from around the world. Kelly has included antique botanical drawings...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ferrari Testarossa Skull
Located in Nottingham, GB
This Incredible bright red pop art sculpture. Perfect for adding a splash of colour to any space. Influenced by the Pop Art movement, Erik Salin's figurat...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Mixed Media

In The Air
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 7 TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Russian Contemporary Art by Anna Bukhareva - But if I Were Someone Else?
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on board
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Board

untitled
Located in New York, NY
gestural screenprint, number 5 from an edition of 40
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Kill Devil Hills - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract vs Figurative, Acrylic
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Kerry’s education followed the principles of the Bauhaus . He has practiced professionally in all three disciplines of Art, Design, and Architecture. Often as the liaison between the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Camouflage I
Located in Singapore, SG
Camouflage I's formless red layers may seem to divest her of any physical movement, the emotional expression adds to her potent strength of being rather than becoming, giving her add...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Chinese Contemporary Art by Hua Qing - Me and Einstein
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1958 Original poster by Brun (1909-1999) for Swissair to South America
Located in PARIS, FR
Original poster by Brun 🇨🇭 (1909-1999) created numerous posters that have written the history of Swiss graphic design and are now internationall...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Portrait of a young African American woman
By Chuck Tingley
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas by Chuck Tingley. Chuck Tingley is one of four artists responsible for the monumental public art mural commissioned by the Albright Knox Art Gallery, entit...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shepard Fairey Screen Print Peace II Guard Vietnam Memorial Obey Contemporary
Located in Draper, UT
"For Peace Guard 2 I used the motif of the flower in the gun, a peace symbol inspired by war protesters putting flowers in the barrels of the National Guard...
Category

2010s Street Art Art

Materials

Screen

Smoking Kills
Located in New Orleans, LA
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Original Vintage Travel Poster Ceylon Qantas Airline Dancer Harry Rogers Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) issued by Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline in association with BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation), TEAL (Tasman ...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Paper

Mexican 2003 signed limited edition original art print silkscreen 39.4x27.6 in
Located in Miami, FL
Namiko Prado Arai (Mexico, 1963) 'La regadera', 2003 silkscreen on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g. 39.4 x 27.6 in. (100 x 70 cm.) Edition of 50 ID: PRA-301 Unframed
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Etching, Screen

Black and Pink Without a Yellow Sun - colorful, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Fresh and modern, Aron Hill embraces colour and bold, simple shapes to create dynamic paintings. Curves, lines and half-circles in hot pink, bright yellow, deep blue, green, red and ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Akai - 21st Century, Contemporary, Japanese Woman Portrait, Pigment Print
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Edition of 50 Ger Doornink's limited editions are based on a high resolution scan of the original artwork. They are printed on archival Hahnemühle German Etching paper. This techniq...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching

Original poster - 70ème bal de l'X - École Polytechnique
Located in PARIS, FR
The X Ball is a prestigious event organized every year, usually in the spring, at the Garnier Opera House, by the X Ball Committee of the Association of Former Students and Graduates...
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Orange Contemporary Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rahim Mirza - Untitled Acrylic on Canvas, 18 x 18 inches (unframed size) Born in 1969, Rahim Mirza completed his art education at Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal, where he studied printmaking. Mirza’s current body of work however, is largely made up of acrylics on canvas. The leaf occupies a central motif in much of his work, representing, perhaps, a multiplicity of emotions; while the appearance of the first leaf signifies Spring and renewal, the shedding of the brown leaves in Autumn heralds the onset of winter. It is these subtleties and the complexity of the simple motif that intrigue the artist. While Mirza focuses on the leaf, he chooses to remove it from its natural environment. Thus while the leaf is a prominent symbol in his work, there generally is no sign of a tree or any context beyond its form. In its multiplicity, the artist creates rhythm and meaning that is far beyond its reach. Mirza had his first solo exhibition at Crimson Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2000. This was followed by others at Archer Art Gallery, Ahmedabad, in 2001; and Diara art Gallery in 2002. His work has also been a part of group shows like 'Collective Spaces' at M.E.C. Art Gallery, New Delhi, in 2006; 'Anadi' at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, in 2000; and 'Vibgyor' at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, also in 2000. Mirza has also participated in 'Samvet', the Madhya Pradesh exhibition at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, in 1999; the Tokyo International Print Triennial in 1998; the 8th All India Art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

1990s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original poster for the Olympic Games of Moscow in 1980 - Sports - USSR
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful poster for the Olympic Games of Moscow in 1980. The Summer Olympic Games of 1980, officially known as the Games of the XXIIth Olympiad of the modern era, take place in Mosc...
Category

1980s Art

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Unique 1960s Signed Op Art, Geometric Abstraction painting, for famed composer
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Op Art painting, inscribed to documentary music composer, 1968 Acrylic on Masonite painting. Signed and dated by Richard Anuszkiewicz; inscribed to the film comp...
Category

1960s Op Art Art

Materials

Acrylic, Permanent Marker

Blood and Milk VIII - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 57x43"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman standing on her hands on the bottom of a pool. Her perfect body on the red background and classic heavy breas...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Five Flowers Blue on Red - colorful, minimal, abstract, floral, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This joyful, colourful painting is by one of Canada’s finest landscape artists, Pat Service. Here, the avid gardener uses bold colours-royal blue, black and white against a bright r...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Imperial Red, Colorful Geometric Silkscreen
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful geometric screenprint by American artist Barbara Lynch Zinkel inspired by the Josef Albers "Homage to the Square". Date: 1994 Medium: ...
Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Screen

Together, We Can Homoginate
By Dani Tull
Located in Surfside, FL
Color iris print, image 29 _ x 38 _", full margins, printed by Muse X, selling unframed. Provenance: University of South Florida, Contemporary Art Museum Artist Bio/Affiliation: M...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

The Bridge No1 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
The Bridge No1 (Abstract painting) Earth and oil on canvas — Unframed This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. This metho...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Bridge No2 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
The Bridge No2 (Abstract painting) Earth and oil on canvas — Unframed This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. This metho...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Devil Painting his Models /// Contemporary Painting Figurative Nude Funny Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Devil Painting his Models" *Signed and dated by May lower left Year: 2001 Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Paint, Canvas

untitled-#1 blue, green, transparent yellow on bright red
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled painting/collage 2022 acrylic and painted silkscreen mesh on 140 lb. cold press paper 30x22” unframed blue, green, transparent yellow on bright red irregular texture surface...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

'The Rain, Abstract in Ruby and Jade', sosaku-hanga, NMAO, Tokyo, LACMA, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right outside of block, 'Hiroyuki Tajima' (Japanese, 1911-1984) and dated 1973 with limitation and number, '50-4', lower center and titled lower left, 'The Rain'. Paper dimensions: 19.75 x 12.5 inches An elegant abstract comprising overlapping forms in deep ruby, coral and jade. Engraver and printmaker, Hiroyuki Tajima was born in Tokyo in 1911 and graduated from Nihon University in 1932. In 1934, he graduated from the Tokyo School of Arts with a specialization in western-style painting. Tajima later studied fabric dyeing under Hirokawa Matsugoro (1889-1952) and woodblock printing with the Sosaku-Hanga artist, Nagase Yoshiro (1891-1978), a founder of the Japan Print Association (Hanga Kyokai). In 1946, inspired by Dada and Surrealism, Tajima joined Bijutsu Bunka Kyokai, a group dedicated to exploring and reviving the abstract and surrealist painting ideals that had been suppressed during WWII. Tajima exhibited widely and with success, including with Tokyo's Modern Art Association ( Prix du Nouveau Venu, 1962), the Japanese Engraving Association, the Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition in Tokyo (1962), the Northwest International Print Exhibition (1962-1964) and the Tokyo International Print Biennale (1964). His work is held in the permanent collections of museums worldwide including the Portland Art Museum (Oregon), the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (British Columbia), the Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), the Carnegie Museum of Art, the National Museum of Art, Osaka (NMAO) and the British Museum in London. In describing Tajima's work, Frances Blakemore...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Woodcut, Paper

Indian Modernist Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
God, Keeper, and Maker of all Air Tola-Kina. Figural Abstract Gouache Watercolor Painting.
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

The Bridge No1 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
The Bridge No1 (Abstract painting) Earth and oil on canvas — Unframed This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. This metho...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Figures in a Strange Room
Located in Austin, TX
This strange scene depicts two orange figures conversing in a large magenta room with a checkered wall, and a green furnace. This piece is executed in acrylic on canvas and measures ...
Category

20th Century Fauvist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Santa Ana - acrylic on canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Nina is an artist, ceramist and colorist with 20 years of professional experience and a lifetime of art appreciation. Originally from Virginia and having traveled and lived extensively worldwide she now resides as a full-time artist and ceramist in Los Angeles. With a degree in psychology and training in ceramics, painting was a natural transition and expansion to her repertoire from an early age. With color and form as her guide, her artwork flows from spontaneous and spiritual inspiration. Influenced by her travels with the play of color and light, her paintings reflect nature, spirit and a place of tranquility. There’s a touch of magic, secrets and a touch of the unknown in every painting, when painting ”time stops and almost an altered state of consciousness overtakes as the painting evolves”. Nina’s artwork has been shown in California, New York, Berlin, Montreal, Texas and Tokyo Japan. Santa Ana...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

THE EMPRESSES - WU ZETIAN
Located in Nottingham, GB
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite, screen printed with glitter Hirst’s art is wide-ranging, including installation, sculpture, painting and drawing. In his relentlessly ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Red Poppies, Sept 7, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is particularly well-known for large-scale still life paintings, and one of the first to employ a wide range of ind...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Untitled Geometric Abstraction
By Sanford Biggers
Located in New York, NY
Sanford Biggers Untitled, for the Cue Art Foundation, 2011 Silkscreen on paper Frame included Edition 10/35 Signed and numbered on the front Framed Mea...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Screen

Cosmic Superlative (Red)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Momen is the creator of the Metaphor: The Tree of Utah, an 87-foot (27 m) sculpture resembling a tree in the Bonneville Salt Flats off of Interstate 80. He financed the project himself and built it from 1982 to 1986, afterwards donating the sculpture to the state of Utah. Known For remaining true to the initiation he received early in his career into the modernist paradigm that still informs his distinctive style to the present day. Momen is the most long-lived exponent of early twentieth century Geometric abstraction movement. bauhaus, futurism art...
Category

Late 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Kecskemet International Air Show Hungary Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Kecskemet International Air Show / FAI Nemzetkozi Repulonap a Ferihegyi Repuloteren on 29 July 1962 featuring a colourful graphic design d...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Paper

Delights of Dusk, Abstract Floral Painting, Contemporary Landscape Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
The colour choice for the sky emanates a deep warmth - reds and yellows and oranges and pinks all blended together. The bright colours of the flowers give a pop to the painting givin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Extraordinary + Fun, Red and Aqua Acrylic Wreath Drop Earrings by Nikki Couppee
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
Red and Aqua Wreath Drop Earrings are made from acrylic gemstones set in brass frames with sterling silver and fine silver ear components. Each ‘stone’ is hand cut, sanded, and polished to resemble her own version of gemstones that sparkle with holographic material. By utilizing multiple gauges of acrylic and brass these earrings are large, but lightweight and easy to wear. About the Artist: Nikki Couppee is originally from Pensacola Beach, Florida and currently resides in Oakland, California. She holds an MFA in Jewelry/ Metals from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio and a BFA in Jewelry/ Metals from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Her work examines the connection between adornment and social status. Using non-traditional materials such as acrylic, brass, holographic foil, and found objects, Couppee creates jewelry that appears opulent. By utilizing time-intensive processes, she further references the language of fine jewelry, with the intention of elevating the work. Using everyday materials, she is able to exaggerate the size and abundance of gems to parody class issues inherent in fine jewelry. Couppee's work has been featured in many publications including American Craft, Allure Australia, Marie Claire Australia, Metalsmith Magazine, Modern Magazine, Vogue Brazil, Daily Candy and Lark Book's 500 Enameled Objects. She exhibits her work globally through exhibitions, gallery representation, fairs and recent runway collaborations for Paris' Fashion Week and Australian Fashion Week with designers Romance was Born.
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver, Brass, Foil

STEP LIGHTLY #2
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on paper. Sheet size 19 x 12 inches. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Edition of 300. Certificate of Authenticity Included. Artwork in Excellent Conditi...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Original Vintage Soviet Poster Shock Construction Projects Rates USSR Workers
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Shock construction projects Shock rates! Dynamic image of two workers raising a red banner flag with the text i...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Paper

Hans Schleger 'Zero' London Transport Bus Stop c. 1970 Original Poster
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage travel posters including more pre-war London Transport posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the poster you want. Hans Schleger 'Zero' (1898-1976) London Transport Coach Stop Poster Screenprint poster c. 1970 16x17.8 cm Printed for London Transport These posters were designed to be used as temporary stops when the usual stop required amendment for instance owing to road works or similar events. Printed on paper they were designed to be posted up at the alternative site, possibly over a different sort of stop (bus stop, coach stop, request stop, etc.). Working with Edward Johnson's special typeface created for London Transport, Hans Schleger - or Zero as he signed himself - adopted the famous roundel used by London Underground for use at Bus Stops. Born in Germany, Schleger was an influential graphic designer. After serving during the First World War, he studied at the Berlin Kunstgewerbeschule, being taught by Emil Orlik. The same year Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus at Weimar and Schleger learned the same principles of breaking down the barriers between architecture, design, fine art and craft. A firm believer in the Bauhaus principles of simplicity in design and reduction to essentials, these may be seen in the clean lines of the roundel. In 1924 he moved to New York, applying Modernism to American advertising, and then returned to Berlin in 1929 working for the British advertising agency Crawfords, where he met Edward McKnight Kauffer who introduced him to Jack Beddington the head of advertising at Shell Mex...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Red Poppies, Aug 17, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is particularly well-known for large-scale still life paintings, and one of the first to employ a wide range of ind...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

The owl
Located in Singapore, SG
"The owl, patron bird of Goddess Athena, has a history that goes beyond the common association with wisdom and knowledge. In ancient Egypt, owls were known to...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Tempera, Handmade Paper

Reading a Book /// Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Lady Screenprint Woman Chair
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Reading a Book" *Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left Year: 1982 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded white wove paper Limit...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Screen

Original poster by J.A. Vidal was made to promote a car care product. It can be
Located in PARIS, FR
Original poster by J.A. Vidal was made to promote a car care product. It can be seen from the representation of the shapes and silhouette that it is an ArtDeco style poster. Automob...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Southwest Landscape
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 ...
Category

1990s Color-Field Art

Materials

Oil

Red Bodice Nude Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Bodice Nude Abstract A vibrant abstract painting in reds accented in canary yellow with gray background, by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Charcoal, Watercolor, Paper

Klage (Die orangene Stadt)
Located in Wien, 9
In his painting, Robert Hammerstiel is in constant search of the balance and harmony of form. In his drastic reduction to the physical essentials and the colourful placarding, he cre...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Viktor Koretsky original poster - Conquest of space - Cold War - CCCP - USSR
Located in PARIS, FR
Viktor Koretsky 🇷🇺 (1909-1998) is known as a master of political posters. During his life, he made about seven hundred drawings on various subjects, including - political. The co...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

La Cage Qui A Donne Sa Vie A L'humanite
Located in Norwich, GB
La Cage Qui A Donne Sa Vie A L’humanite. RED Giclée print 36 colour screen print on 300 gsm paper size: 64 x 46cm signed and numbered edition:15 edition No : 3/15 Published by Gr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Art

Materials

Screen

STEP LIGHTLY #3
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on paper. Sheet size 19 x 12 inches. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Edition of 300. Certificate of Authenticity Included. Artwork in Excellent Conditi...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Naoshima Red Pumpkin. Resin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Yayoi Kusama Cast resin multiple sculpture painted in colors, 2019, with the artist's stamped signature and title on the underside, from a limited edition of undisclosed size, publis...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Resin

Orchid Panel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This Mixed Media piece titled "Orchid Panel" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of a digital print on acrylic. The piece measures 47.5”h x 23.5”w x 1”d. Roxana Azar’s work ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Lucite, Pigment, Digital

A dance - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Colorful, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus) In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

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