Untitled (6)
Located in Columbia, MO
Signed recto, Signed and titled verso. John von Wicht (German-American, 1888 - 1970) was a painter and printmaker whose abstract works evolved from European modernism t...
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Paper, Oil
Untitled (6)
Located in Columbia, MO
Signed recto, Signed and titled verso. John von Wicht (German-American, 1888 - 1970) was a painter and printmaker whose abstract works evolved from European modernism t...
Paper, Oil
Mid-Century Modern Painting Blue Gray Black American Memorial Art Gallery
Located in Buffalo, NY
This evocative mid-century abstract painting features richly layered textures and a restrained palette of aqua blues, muted greens, and deep earthen blacks. The composition suggests ...
Canvas, Oil
The Moon and the Sun
By André Masson
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1968 Edition : 200 ex. 75.00 cm. x 57.00 cm. 29.53 in. x 22.44 in. (paper) 61.00 cm. x 45.00 cm. 24.02 in. x 17.72 in. (image) Handsigned by the artist in pencil Artist...
Lithograph
Vibrant Modernist Abstraction by Claire Burch
Located in New York, NY
Claire Burch (American, 1925-2009) Untitled, 20th century Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. Framed: 31 2/3 x 37 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. Signed lower right: Claire Burch After attending grade school in Brooklyn, Burch completed a commercial art course at Washington Irving High School in Manhattan and received her B.A. in English from NYU. In the suburbs of Great Neck, New York, she first began writing poetry and articles which were published in Life magazine, The New Republic, Mademoiselle, McCall's, Saturday Review, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, and numerous literary quarterlies and anthologies.[1] Burch also developed a career as a psychiatric writer, publishing two books on the subject: Careers in Psychiatry and Stranger in the Family. In the early 1970s Burch became a playwright and painter. Her play Ten Cents a Dance was optioned to be directed by José Quintero, the famous O'Neill interpreter. Burch wrote a total of seven plays and several folk operas, but eventually moved on to filmmaking and video anthropology—she was an early adapter of video as a medium. In 1978, Burch moved to California with her longtime companion Mark Weiman, publisher and owner of Berkeley's Regent Press. She had endured a series of illnesses and wanted to escape the harsh climate of Manhattan. Burch gained insight and inspiration from insanity and the often unexpected behavior associated with it. She would often videotape homeless people in People's Park and Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, which were collected in her film People's Park in Berkeley: Then and Now. The film documented the dispute between homeless activists and the University of California from the riots of 1969 through 1996 by interviewing park "regulars," and profiling the events surrounding the deaths of park supporters James Rector and Rosebud Denovo.[2] She also produced documentaries on noted cultural figures such as James Baldwin (whom she knew as a teenager), Timothy Leary and Country Joe McDonald. Also of note was Oracle Rising, a film about the legendary psychedelic newspaper The SF Oracle published in the Haight-Ashbury district during the Summer of Love. Her last completed film was Elegy for the Naked Guy...
Canvas, Oil
Original Lithograph I
By Joan Miró
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1972 at the Mourlot atelier and published for the "Miro Lithograph I" catalogue raisonne. Size: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches (320 x 245 mm). Not sign...
Lithograph
$3,462
Fragmented Presence- Modern Abstract painting, Geometric, Original Oil on Canvas
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont is a contemporary French painter whose work explores the construction of space through color and material. Painted in oil on canvas, Fragmented Presence reflects an app...
Oil
av_825 - Colorful Textured Original Contemporary Abstract Painting on Canvas
By Alex Voinea
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The colorful abstract artworks of Romanian artist Alex Voinea are inspired by experiments with paint poured over vibrating surfaces, such as speakers at full volume. Alex Voinea coll...
Acrylic, Canvas
$1,500
Interaction of Color: Homage to the Square, Abstract Screenprint by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
This print was created by Albers for the occasion of an exhibition at Goethe House in Manhattan in 1973. It is in an excellent white contemporary frame. Artist: Josef Albers, German...
Screen
Sunny Day - Abstract Figurative Still Life Landscape Textured Impasto Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ekaterina Ermilkina’s original, abstract fine art paintings are created using a skillful combination of applying and removing oil paint with a palette knife on canvas. Her inspiratio...
Canvas, Oil
$1,596Sale Price|20% Off
Motherwell, Sans titre, In Memory of My Feelings (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper. Paper Size: 11.937 x 8.96 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, In Memory of M...
Lithograph
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
Original Pamplona Running of the Bulls vintage poster San Fermin, Spain
Located in Spokane, WA
Original San Fermin Pamplona running of the bulls, vintage poster. Archival linen backed in very fine condition ready to frame. Artist: Alonso Astarloa....
Lithograph
Urban Joy Contemporary Abstract Painting, 24x24 Inches, Signed
By Jodi Ferrier
Located in Washington, DC
Urban Joy is a vibrant 24" x 24" abstract painting that captures the layered energy and rhythm of city life. Featuring a dynamic interplay of bold color blocks, gestural marks, and t...
Acrylic
ABSTRACT Contemporary Artwork White Brown Earth Minimal Texture On Hansen
By On Hansen
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
"Spirals" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1970 and published by Art In America. Size: 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (365 x 293 mm). This lithograph was published as a folded sheet with a hori...
Lithograph
$618
CITGO sign and Fenway Park - original cityscape painting - contemporary artwork
By Lisa Bisbee
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet ...
Canvas, Oil
Abstraction 100-294 23 by Nicolas Galtier - Abstract Gold Leaf Painting
Located in Paris, FR
Abstraction 100-294 23 is a painting by French artist Nicolas Galtier. The artist uses a mixed technique combining pigments, binders, glues and various metal powders and sheets. The ...
Linen, Mixed Media
$1,720Sale Price|20% Off
Light Blue and Brown Chine Colle Watercolor with Found Object Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstract expressionist collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Composed of two contrasting sections of light blue and brown, this piece has layers of ...
Paper, Watercolor, Found Objects
$244Sale Price|38% Off
Untitled (Abstract, Impasto, Monochrome, Red)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Melanie Sherman Untitled Mixed Media on Canvas 2004 Signed by hand, dated on verso Size: 24 x 24 inches (61.0 × 61.0 cm) COA provided This contemporary abstract painting commands a...
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Mosaic like - abstract painting, landscape painting
Located in New York, NY
The painting is in a special format - horizontal, wide, and elongated. This artwork was created using a technique reminiscent of pointillism; the painting evokes a colorful mosaic, w...
Canvas, Acrylic
May 29 (Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting in Earth Tones of Green & Blue)
By James O'Shea
Located in Hudson, NY
Gestural, abstract expressionist oil painting on canvas in earth tones of blue and green, with accents of burgundy and pale yellow "May 29", Painted by Hudson Valley based artist, James O'Shea in 2021 Oil on canvas, 26 x 26 inches unframed, raw canvas sides Wire backing, ready to hang Signed verso James O’Shea’s deeply pigmented abstractions are grounded in the landscape. Taking his cues from the bare winter months in the Northeast when the horizon is stripped of its foliage, he suggests that “So much of life’s structure reveals itself when it goes into hibernation”. The architecture in O’Shea’s compositions takes form with expressive gestures using...
Canvas, Oil
Where Water Holds the Evening
Located in Zofingen, AG
Where Water Holds the Evening From the series Inner Landscapes There are evenings by the water you never quite let go of. Where Water Holds the Evening is painted from exactly that ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,700
Into the Wave, Large Ocean Diptych, Abstract Fishing Net, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Unusual Seascape is a striking mixed-media diptych that reimagines the ocean as an abstract cartography of color, texture, and movement. Layers of vibrant blues and orange tones coll...
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Monoprint
$7,160Sale Price|20% Off
Venetian Series, Dale Chihuly
By Dale Chihuly
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Dale Chihuly (1941) Title: Venetian Series Year: 2018 Medium: Lithograph, silkscreen and acrylic on Waterford paper Edition: 79/125 Size: 37 x 25 inches Inscription: Signed a...
Acrylic, Intaglio, Screen, Lithograph
$604Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century Original French Expressionist Oil Painting Abstract Face
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original oil painting by P. Valetti (French, second half 20th century) oil on canvas, unframed size: 24 x 19.75 inches condition: very good provenance: from the artists estate, Franc...
Canvas, Oil
"Spring Mood"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This captivating contemporary work is a luminous celebration of floral abstraction, offering a sophisticated interplay of color and texture. The artist employs a masterful palette of...
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
$4,640
Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Painting in Earth Tones by Emma Labattaglia
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery, we are committed to upholding the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection includes a Certificate of Authe...
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Linen, Charcoal
$680Sale Price|20% Off
Abstract Geometric Terracotta Jugs, Mid Century Modern Abstracted Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold mid century modern abstracted pastel on paper still life of several terra cotta jugs and vessels distilled down to their most basic shapes and ar...
Paper, Pastel
Déchiré 03: Mixed Media Painting: Floral Motif & Feminist Discourse
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The work of Gloria Segura Jordá transcends mere aesthetics to constitute a feminist discourse deeply anchored in the pictorial. Her production challenges the passive gaze, inviting a...
Acrylic, Panel, Color Pencil
Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night-Hand painted No 2 Limited Edition of Ten
Located in London, GB
This striking large hand painted limited Edition is No. 2 of only 10 in existence. 90% of the painting is hand-painted in oil and gesso on giclee by Shizico Yi, the edition featuring...
Gesso, Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Giclée
$2,800
Sarah Morris - November 2021, lithograph, with artist signed numbered COA 14/100
By Sarah Morris
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Morris November 2021, 2021 Lithograph on wove paper Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity - hand signed by Sarah Morris (the artist) as well as the head of ICA Editions...
Lithograph, Offset
Forever Hope - Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Framed, 1980s
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This modern abstract is a Harold Feist 'spoke' painting. Early in his career, Canadian artist Harold Feist was mentored by the famed New York Art critic, Clement Greenberg and the f...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,400Sale Price|42% Off
Soaring. 100x100cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Soaring. 100x100cm
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,260
Don't Let Them Burst Your Bubble: Pink 31425 - Abstract, Blown Glass, 2010+
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary wall sculpture of pink bubbles is hand-made from blown glass. Each work is individually hand-formed in glass, so slight variations in colour, shape, and texture fr...
Metal
$1,140
Original-Lime Tree Path in Autumn-British Awarded Artist-en plein air-Oil Canvas
Located in London, GB
Lime Tree Path in Autumn is the newest work in Shizico Yi’s deeply personal Autumn Series, a project that has become an instant classic within her celebrated career. Painted en plein...
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$2,800Sale Price|30% Off
Reclining Figure (woman)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
William King (1925-2015). Reclining figure, ca. 1965. Cast and welded bronze, 7 x 9.5 x 5 inches. Unsigned. William King, a sculptor in a variety of materials whose human figures traced social attitudes through the last half of the 20th century, often poking sly and poignant fun at human follies and foibles, died on March 4 at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 90. His death was confirmed by Scott Chaskey, who is married to Mr. King's stepdaughter, Megan Chaskey. Mr. King worked in clay, wood, bronze, vinyl, burlap and aluminum. He worked both big and small, from busts and toylike figures to large public art pieces depicting familiar human poses -- a seated, cross-legged man reading; a Western couple (he in a cowboy hat, she in a long dress) holding hands; a tall man reaching down to tug along a recalcitrant little boy; a crowd of robotic-looking men walking in lock step. But for all its variation, what unified his work was a wry observer's arched eyebrow, the pointed humor and witty rue of a fatalist. His figurative sculptures, often with long, spidery legs and an outlandishly skewed ratio of torso to appendages, use gestures and posture to suggest attitude and illustrate his own amusement with the unwieldiness of human physical equipment. His subjects included tennis players and gymnasts, dancers and musicians, and he managed to show appreciation of their physical gifts and comic delight at their contortions and costumery. His suit-wearing businessmen often appeared haughty or pompous; his other men could seem timid or perplexed or awkward. Oddly, or perhaps tellingly, he tended to depict women more reverentially, though in his portrayals of couples the fragility and tender comedy inherent in couplehood settled equally on both partners. Mr. King's work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, among other places, and he had dozens of solo gallery shows in New York and elsewhere. But the comic element of his work probably caused his reputation to suffer. Reviews of his exhibitions frequently began with the caveat that even though the work was funny, it was also serious, displaying superior technical skills, imaginative vision and the bolstering weight of a range of influences, from the ancient Etruscans to American folk art to 20th-century artists including Giacometti, Calder. and Elie Nadelman. The critic Hilton Kramer, one of Mr. King's most ardent advocates, wrote in a 1970 essay accompanying a New York gallery exhibit that he was, "among other things, an amusing artist, and nowadays this can, at times, be almost as much a liability as an asset." A "preoccupation with gesture is the focus of King's sculptural imagination," Mr. Kramer wrote. "Everything that one admires in his work - the virtuoso carving, the deft handling of a wide variety of materials, the shrewd observation and resourceful invention - all this is secondary to the concentration on gesture. The physical stance of the human animal as it negotiates the social arena, the unconscious gait that the body assumes in making its way in the social medium, the emotion traced by the course of a limb, a torso, a head, the features of a face, a coiffure or a costume - from a keen observation of these materials King has garnered a large stock of sculptural images notable for their wit, empathy, simplicity and psychological precision." William Dickey King...
Bronze
"Phenomena X" floral large painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Abstract textured acrylic painting on canvas 100x100x2 cm (39,4 x39,4 x 0,8 inches). Mixed Media on gallery wrapped canvas. The work is ready to hang. No framing required. The sides ...
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
#244, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request. Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Pigment
Eco Feminist Mixed Media Botanic Painting Mira Lehr Miami Abstract Expressionist
By Mira Lehr
Located in Surfside, FL
Mira Tager Lehr (American, 1936-2023), Acrylic on canvas painting Interrupted Cell Formation series Circa 2008-2009. Mixed media technique incorporating organic forms, floral motifs...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Hand Signed Dated 1993 Colorful Acrylic Vasa Laminated Lucite Triangle Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Irregular triangle, 1993 Laminated acrylic Hand signed and dated: Vasa / 1993 4" H x 12" W x 3" D (size is approximate) Vasa Velizar Mihich (born 1933), known as Vasa, is an America...
Plastic, Lucite
Abstract expressionist woman's portrait acrylic on paper "Serenity of the woman"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist woman’s portrait "Serenity of the Woman" was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot as part of her ongoing series dedicated to Women. Thro...
Paper, Acrylic
Contemporary abstract expressionist floral painting on paper "Floral Radiance"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting makes part of my series dedicated to the scenes of a summer period. This abstract vibrant floral painting called "Floral radiance" is done in a modern contemporary exp...
Paper, Acrylic
Psicodélico, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting Acrylic on canvas 160 x 190 cm Signed FREE SHIPPING ROLLED UP About the artist Enrique Pichardo (Mexico City, 1973) graduated from Escuela Nacio...
Canvas, Acrylic
Råmark 5 - Original Minimalist Abstract Textured Painting on Canvas
Located in Manchester, GB
Henry Woolway, Råmark 5, 2025 Overlapping acrylic dyed canvas with frayed edges 64 x 94.5 cm (25.19 x 37.2 in) Artwork is hand-framed in a tray frame Henry Woolway’s wide-ranging b...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,380
Blossom Diptych, Monoprint on Japanese Paper, Pastel Tones Flowers Patterns 2025
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Monoprint
Sedona Red Bluffs and Seguaro Cactus Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning and bright mid-century abstracted Sedona desert landscape of red bluffs and Seguaro cactus by unknown artist, 1957. Signed lower left illegibly and dated "June 1957" on vers...
Masonite, Oil
AWH 338 - Abstract Minimalist Textured Layered Colorfield Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bernhard Zimmer produces deeply layered, subtly textured abstract paintings that contain diametrically opposed elements—order and chaos, abstraction and representation, boldness and ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Yellow, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Multiple layers of color characterize this abstract piece. Shades of orange, yellow, and cream are applied dynamically, creating a vibrant composition. Bold bla...
Oil
$7,282
Abstraction 100-150 42 24 by Nicolas Galtier - Abstract Gold Leaf Painting
Located in Paris, FR
Abstraction 100-150 42 24 is a painting by French artist Nicolas Galtier. The artist uses a mixed technique combining pigments, binders, glues and various metal powders and sheets. T...
Linen, Mixed Media
" I think I Missed Something " Acrylic on Raw Canvas, Framed
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Ali Enache (b. 1985, Washington, D.C.) is a Los Angeles-based abstract painter whose minimalist, textural works are characterized by warmth, subtle movement, and tonal depth. With a ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$415
Memory - Muted Color Impasto Inspired Textural Thick Paint Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...
Canvas, Acrylic
Ellsworth Kelly - Blue Yellow Red, Large Lithograph on Rives BFK paper, Signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Ellsworth Kelly Blue Yellow Red (Gemini 1524), 1991 Lithograph on Rives BFK paper with blind stamps Signed and numbered 24/80 in graphite pencil; bears publisher's and artist's blind...
Lithograph
Waits River Church, Vermont, Oil Painting
By Doug Cosbie
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Waits River is a small village on Highway 25 southeast of Stowe, Vermont. "The church, buildings and barns presented an iconic view of New England...
Oil
Original Drawing on Wood-Breakfast with Cat-British Awarded Artist-Large panel
Located in London, GB
This special large drawing on wood board (ready to hang) created by Shizico in early autumn where her Cat and the garden take centre stage. The pictorial language in this series pays...
Wood Panel, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
$10,000
Luminary Nights, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by James Hiroshi Suzuki
By James Suzuki
Located in Long Island City, NY
Luminary Nights James Hiroshi Suzuki, Japanese/American (1932) Date: 1960 Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, dated and titled on verso Size: 23 x ...
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Landscape in Earth Tones – Textured Oil Painting by Sophie Dumont
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont transports us to a peaceful realm through her painting "Abstract Silence." With soft tones of beige, green, and orange, she evokes the tranquility of the dune landscape...
Oil
$1,000
Garden Series - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas, Signed
Located in Soquel, CA
Garden Series - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas, Signed Vibrant and textured abstract composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). A...
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Abstract Landscape Painting: Acrylic on Canvas, 21st Century
Located in London, London
extra large scale abstract painting artist: Katarina joys 110x210cm abstract painting, landscape, The item is located in central London, United Kingdom. The painting will be shippe...
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$160,000
Sam Gilliam - Ab Ex painting, Ex-Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Collection, Signed
By Sam Gilliam
Located in New York, NY
Sam Gilliam Untitled Abstract Expressionist mixed media painting on paper, Ex-Museum of Modern Art Collection, 1968 Watercolor and Aluminum Paint on Fiberglass Paper. (Framed with Mu...
Fiberglass, Paint, Watercolor
The Beginning
Located in Zofingen, AG
“The Beginning” Oil on linen, multilayer technique This work captures the moment when form is born out of silence. Translucent layers of oil, laid one upon another like breaths of t...
Canvas, Oil
$1,999Sale Price|20% Off
"Quiet Garden III" floral large painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Abstract textured acrylic painting on canvas 100x100x2 cm (39,4 x39,4 x 0,8 inches). Mixed Media on gallery wrapped canvas. The work is ready to hang. No framing required. The sides ...
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
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