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Art For Sale
Artist: David Barnett
Artist: Frank Worth
"Poppy Winged Hybrid Butterfly and Giant Gold Lily, " Mixed Media, David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Poppy Winged Hybrid Butterfly and Giant Gold Lily" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. It incorporates giclee printing, watercolor, iridesc...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Art
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Foam Board, Giclée
"Garlic Mashed Potato Fireworks, " Original Mixed Media by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Garlic Mashed Potato Fireworks" is a mixed media work by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. Starting with a giclee print of one of his original works, the artist drew over it...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper, Giclée, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media
"Homage to Schomer Lichtner and Ellsworth Kelly, " Watercolor by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Schomer Lichtner and Ellsworth Kelly" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett that incorporates watercolor, ink, rubber stamps, and iridescent acrylic. It is sig...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Abstract with Grass and Poppies I, " Mixed Media Landscape by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Abstract with Grass and Poppies I" is an original watercolor, iridescent acrylic, and ink painting on watercolor paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right. Thi...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Dream Window, " Original Abstract Color-field Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dream Window" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The picture plane is divided into four sections like a window pane, and each sec...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Anticipating Spring" AP Print after Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Anticipating Spring" is a giclee print on watercolor paper, printed from a scanned original watercolor by David Barnett. It is signed and dated by the artist in the lower right. Thi...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Giclée
"Dancing Saguaro & Coyote, " Original Floral Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dancing Saguaro & Coyote" is an original watercolor painted by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The abstracted desert landscape is rendered in strata of pure bright ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Homage to March Chagall: Artist's Palette Bouqet, " Print by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to March Chagall - Artist's Palette Bouquet" is a giclee print after David Barnett's original mixed media piece from 2008. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
'Beaver Lake Sunrise, 9-6-2016' original signed fine art photograph
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In ‘Beaver Lake Sunrise, 9-6-2016,’ David Barnett captures a rare moment of natural framing in the landscape of Beaver Lake, WI. Between a clearing in the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Inkjet
"Homage to Vermeer and the Girl with the Pearl Earring, " signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Vermeer and Girl with the Pearl Earring" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. It contains elements of collage, watercolor, and pink. The Eiffel Tower forms t...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Grand Studio Celebration Variation, " Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Grand Studio Celebration Variation" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and used watercolor, ink, and iridescent acryli...
Category
2010s Expressionist Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Rag Paper
"Homage to Vermeer and the Girl with the Pearl Earring, " signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Vermeer and Girl with the Pearl Earring" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. It contains elements of collage, watercolor, and pink. The Eiffel Tower forms t...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Bamboo & Lobster, " Original Surreal Ink & Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bamboo & Lobster" is a reworking of a work from fifty-two years prior, "Bamboo, Lobster, & Cherries." It is an an original surrealist ink and watercolor drawing by David Barnett, si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Ink
"Black Beans & Brains II, " Original Colorful Surrealist signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Black Beans & Brains II" is a surreal mixed media painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The image is abstract, cut in half by a thick, curving blue line. Behind it, ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Iris, Lilies, & Menarda, " Original Mixed Media signed by David & Sarah Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Iris, Lilies, & Menarda" is an original mixed media piece by David and Sarah Barnett, signed in the lower left. The piece incorporates handmade paper embedded with plant matter, a collaboration between the artist and his daughter. The paper was then scanned and reprinted on archival paper and painted with abstract flowers in watercolor...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper
"Sunlit Tropical Orchids, " Original Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sunlit Tropical Orchids" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The expressive brush strokes come together to create brilliant red orchids on...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Gehl Dairy Farm, " Original Mixed Media Surrealist signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Gehl Dairy Farm" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett and his daughter, Sarah Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. Begun in 1997 and ...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Turtle, " Original Surreal Pen and Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Turtles" is an original ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This surreal image centers around a turtle with an enlarged head standing on some sort of ledge, spe...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink
"Self Portrait, " Abstract Acrylic on Masonite signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Self Portrait" is an original acrylic painting on masonite board by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This painting features a portrait of the artist, David Barnett, in gr...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
"Up North Birch Bark Series: Running Water Buffalo Spirit, " by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Birchbark Series: Running Water Buffalo Spirit" is an original oil pencil and watercolor on birch bark piece by David Barnett, signed in the lo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Birch, Oil Crayon, Watercolor
"Native American Southwest Series: Purple Rain Love the Earth" by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Native American Southwest Series: Purple Rain Love the Earth" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett that incorporates watercolor...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Indian Pow-Wow, " Original Tempera Painting signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Indian Pow-Wow" is an original painting in tempera, signed in the lower right. It features gestural blue outlines, decorated in shades of yellow, blue, and green.
Art size: 24" x 1...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Tempera
"Morph Dog Fireworks Bouquet, " Original Print on Paper by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Series: Morph Dog Fireworks Bouquet Vertical Variation" a giclée print of an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The print is signed in the lower right by the a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
"Homage to Marharishi & Anandala, " Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Maharishi & Anandala" is an original mixed media work by David Barnett incorporating collage, ink, watercolor, and gouache. It is signed in the lower right. This playful w...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media
"Ring Around the Rosy, " Collaboration with David Barnett and Joseph Rozman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Ring Around the Rosy" is a slab-built ceramic sculpture collaboration between David Barnett and Joseph Rozman. This cylindrical sculpture features geometric designs in low relief t...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
"Valentine's Day with Bleeding Hearts: Feb. 2015 Variation, " by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Valentine's Day with Bleeding Hearts: Feb. 2015 Variation" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower left and used ink, watercolor, and ir...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Morph Dogs Celebrate Chinese New Year, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dogs Celebrate Chinese New Year" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The abstract image is ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Abstract Landscape, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Abstract Landscape" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. It is a playful piece, characterized by lines and splotches of color, high...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Under the Stars - Boerner Botanical Garden Gala Variation I" by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Under the Stars - Boerner Botanical Garden Gala Variation I" is an original mixed media work with watercolor, ink, and iridescent acrylic on paper by David Barnett. The piece depict...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Funny Flip Face Amusement Park, " Original Aquacryl on silk by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Funny Flip Face Amusement Park" is an original painting in aquaryl on silk, which is mounted on an acid free foam board. It is signed in the lower left. Thi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silk, Other Medium
"Radiator Trouble - Artist Convergence-, " Original Watercolor by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Impressions of Mexico City Series: Radiator Trouble -Artist Convergence-" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. Playful and gestural, the M...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Famous Artist Series: Leonard & Rodin Dreaming of Jona Lisa" by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Leonardo & Rodin Dreaming of Jona Lisa" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. Collaged images of Mona Lisa, Leonardo, a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Up North Birch Bark Series: Beaver Lake, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Birch Bark Series: Beaver Lake" is an original watercolor and ink painting on birch bark by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The artist only collects birch bark th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor, Birch, Ink
"Homage to Vermeer and the Girl with the Pearl Earring, " signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Vermeer and Girl with the Pearl Earring" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. It contains elements of collage, watercolor, and pink. The Eiffel Tower forms t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Oasis with Reindeer Shaman & Bear Tracks" Original Mixed Media by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Oasis with Reindeer, Shaman, & Bear Tracks" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett that incorporates iridescent watercolor, rubber stamps, and a pressed ginko leaf on 100...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Rag Paper
"Homage - Happy 100th Birthday to Schomer Lichtner, " signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage - Happy 100th Birthday to Schomer Lichtner" is an original mixed media painting that incorporates collage, watercolor, and iridescent acrylic by David Barnett. It is signed a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Homage to Miro: Jwa Practicing Yoga Disguised as a Bird, " by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Miro: Jwa Practicing Yoga Disguised as a Bird" is an original watercolor and ink painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This piece features abstract black lines painted in Chinese ink, embellished with vibrant watercolor in blue...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Cherries, Persimmons, & Pears, " Original Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cherries, Persimmons, & Pears" is an original ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The fruits pictured are abstracted to their most basic forms. They are ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink
"American Bald Eagle Flying Through Silver Clouds Between..." by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"American Bald Eagle Flying Through Silver Clouds Between Heaven and Earth" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed on the lower left center. It incorporates watercolor, ink, iridescent acrylic, rubber stamps, collage, and oil pencil. This piece depicts a surrealist landscape. A cow with an cowl perched on its back stands in the lower left corner, and tracks lead away from it across the bottom of the picture. A small turtle approaches a pond in the lower right. In the center register of the image, two leaves have been collaged into an abstractly-drawn forest. The eagle of the title is shown in several stages of its flight through the blue and yellow sky.
Art size: 7 15/16" x 9 1/2"
Frame size: 15 1/4" x 16 1/8"
David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age nineteen when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985 David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since. David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art.
David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miro, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery, collection and knowledge and passion of fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona.
In November 2005, he opened his second studio gallery in Hartland, Wisconsin.
Exhibits
“Morph Dog Series”, David Barnett Gallery, 1996
“Renewal", Art Escape Gallery, Thiensville, WI, 2003
“Recent Watercolors", David Barnett Gallery, 2003,
Lora D. Art Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2004
“Group Show”, Broden Gallery Ltd., Madison, WI, May-June 2004
"Homage to Kandinsky", David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2014
Collections Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Private collections throughout the United States and around the world including collections in Wisconsin, Maryland, New York, Washington D.C., Arizona, Illinois, Florida, Kentucky. International collections in Brazil, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Articles Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Barnett Gives His Work an Exhibit" by James Auer, November 1996 Exclusively Yours...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil Crayon, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Other Medium
"Southwest Sunset Paper Clip Cactus Palette, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Southwest Sunset Paper Clip Cactus Palette" is an original, playful mixed media piece on watercolor paper by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. Against a vivid red,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée, Mixed Media
"Genie Vase (Purple Green & Yellow), " Hand Painted Glass signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Genie Vase" is a hand-painted glass vase by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece on the bottom. It features floral designs in vibrant color...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Art
Materials
Glass, Paint
"Homage to Debra Lyn, New Horizon in Media Shower, " Watercolor by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Debra Lyn, New Horizon in Media Shower" is an original watercolor and ink painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The abstract piece is covered in free, gestu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Garden Celebration II, " Watercolor on Handmade Paper signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Garden Celebration II" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, including watercolor on paper that was hand-made by the artist. The artist has embedded various objects int...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Impressions of Spring Green, " Original Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Impressions of Spring Green" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The piece features an abstract landscape, perhaps at sunset, featur...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Homage to Vermeer & The Girl with the Pearl Earring & Beyond with Butterflies"
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Vermeer & The Girl with the Pearl Earring & Beyond with Butterflies" is an original mixed media collage by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. It incorporates dried ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Other Medium
"Land, Sea, & Sky, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Land, Sea & Sky" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This gestural, abstract piece features two lightly washed color fields: yellow on th...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Birch Bark Medicine Pouch, " Original Mixed Media Work signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Birch Bark Medicine Pouch" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The artist worked directly on found birch bark, then mounted it to archival ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Birch, Mixed Media
"Up North Series: Birch Bark Otter Lake, " Original Mixed Media by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Series: Birch Bark Otter Lake" is an original oil pencil on birch bark piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. The pieces of bark often suggest to him what the ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Birch, Oil Crayon
"Spring Green Reflection, " Original Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spring Green Reflection" is an original watercolor and ink painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This abstract piece recalls a water...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Chinese Trumpet Lilies Close Up, " Mixed Media Floral signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Chinese Trumpet Lilies Close Up" is an original mixed media painting by David Barnett that incorporates watercolor and iridescent acrylic on 100% rag watercolor paper. It is signed ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Southwester Clouds and Sky I, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"World War II Watercolor Series: Southwestern Clouds and Sky I" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The piece is an abstract representatio...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Morph Dog Series: Dark Clouds Over Chenequa, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Series: Dark Clouds Over Chenequa" is an original mixed media painting by David Barnett, incorporating ink, oil pastel, and iridescent acrylic. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Impressions of Mexico City: Sueno Vaca (Cows Dreaming)" Watercolor by Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Impressions of Mexico City: Sueno Vaca (Cows Dreaming)" is an original watercolor and ink drawing by David Barnett. This piece is from the artist's "Impressions of Mexico City" seri...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Triple African Violet Hybrids, " Mixed Media on Canvas signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Triple Studio Golden African Violets" is an original mixed media watercolor and iridescent acrylic painting by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece on paper lower lef...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Way Down Deep" Framed Original Watercolor Fishing signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Way Down Deep" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. In this image, fishing hooks dangle into deep water. Stamped fish swim by, painted in ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Head of Woman, ed. 1/6" Woodcut on Yellow Paper signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Head of Woman" is an original woodcut on yellow paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower right, and wrote the title lower center, and the edition number (1/6...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Woodcut
"Sky Flower Reflection, " Original Mixed Media Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sky Flower Reflection" is an original watercolor and piece by David Barnett, signed along the bottom edge. The piece incorporates a dried rose in the center with circles of watercol...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Space Odyssey, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Space Odyssey" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features abstract marks and brushstrokes in blue, purple, gray, yellow,...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor
Photography, Drawings, Prints, Sculptures and Paintings for Sale
Whether growing your current fine art collection or taking the first steps on that journey, you will find an extensive range of original photography, drawings, prints, sculptures, paintings and more on 1stDibs.
Visual art is among the oldest forms of expression, and it has been evolving for centuries. Beautiful objects can provide a window to the past or insight into our current time. Art collecting enhances daily life through the presence of meaningful work. It displays an appreciation for culture, whether a print by Elizabeth Catlett channeling social change or a narrative quilt by Faith Ringgold.
Contemporary art has lured more initiates to collecting than almost any other category, with notable artists including Yayoi Kusama, Marc Chagall, Kehinde Wiley and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Navigating the waiting lists for the next Marlene Dumas, Jeff Koons or Jasper Johns has become competitive.
When you’re living with art, particularly as people more often work from home and enjoy their spaces, it’s important to choose art that resonates with you. While the richness of art with its many movements, styles and histories can be overwhelming, the key is to identify what is appealing and inspiring. Artwork can play with the surrounding color of a room, creating a layered approach. The dynamic shapes and sizes of sculptures can set different moods, such as a bronze by Miguel Guía on a mantel or an Alexander Calder mobile suspended over a table. A wall of art can evoke emotions in an interior while showing off your tastes and interests. A salon-style wall mixing eclectic pieces like landscape paintings with charcoal drawings is a unique way to transform a space and show off a collection.
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Abstract Expressionists like Helen Frankenthaler and Lee Krasner and Color Field artists including Sam Gilliam broke from conventional ideas of painting, while Op artists such as Yaacov Agam embraced visual trickery and kinetic movement. Novel visuals are also integral to contemporary work influenced by street art, such as sculptures and prints by KAWS.
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