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Art For Sale
Style: Abstract
Style: Victorian
"Abstract Brown Elegance" P9UJ5, Abstract, Painting, 21st Century, Acrylic
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way, h...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Clay, Acrylic

Marfa#3, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
The high desert around Mafra, TX is a serene setting that offers an ever changing range of colors and forms. This is one painting in a series of abstract landscapes based on the Chi...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

A Ways Away, Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting uses cool earth colors and a combination of oil and wax to create a landscape focusing on brushwork, color and form. Like many of the artists paintings the landscape co...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Wax, Oil

Untitled
Located in Greenwich, CT
Incised with the artist’s signature, date 81 and number 2/6 and stamped with the Tallix foundry mark (near the lower edge) Michael Steiner was born in New York in 1945. He began exh...
Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Bronze

Spatial Concept from Six contes de La Fontaine, Spatialism, Print, Pink
Located in Milano, IT
The work is an original photo-lithograph by Lucio Fontana, signed and numbered in pencil at lower right, accompanied by a booklet containing six full-page black-and-white offset plat...
Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Carmen Herrera, Rojo y Negro - Abstract Art, Minimalism, Hard-Edge, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
Carmen Herrera (Cuban, b. 1915) Rojo y Negro, 1993 Medium: Screenprint on wove paper Dimensions: 55.7 × 48 cm (21 9/10 × 18 9/10 in) Edition of 200 + 25 A.P.: Hand-signed, numbered, ...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Ripples of Colour, Art print, Abstract, Water, Line art, Blue green, red, white
Located in Deddington, GB
This is a Five colour screen print Including a metallic Silver layer. This print is then finished off by drawing over the print with multi-coloured paint including Gold, Yellow and G...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

Fine Antique British Watercolour Painting Rocks Path To Buffalo River Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very fine original antique English watercolour painting. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, England and had been part of an album of works assembled by the arti...
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Watercolor

Fine Large 19th Century Rural Traditional Landscape Signed Oil Painting Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country lane by Frans Hopfner (1840-1893) German signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 23.5 x 41.5 inches canvas: 18 x 36 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very...
Category

19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Vantage Point with Screen Print by Chris Keegan
Located in Deddington, GB
Vantage point by Chris Keegan. This Five colour handmade screen print depicts a multi-layered dynamic set of landscapes all floating above and below each other. Created is an image o...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Life like son of Barney Hills, Jean Michel Basquiat, Basquiat silk scarf.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Jean-Michel Basquiat Introducing our exclusive silk scarf featuring an iconic masterpiece by Jean-Michel Basquiat, titled "Life Like Son of Barney Hill, 1983." Immerse yourself in th...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Screen

Fine Antique British Watercolour Painting Boat House In Blue Mountain River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very fine original antique English watercolour painting. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, England and had been part of an album of works assembled by the arti...
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Watercolor

19th Century genre oil painting of a donkey with a cockerel & hens
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Herbert ‘William’ Weekes British, (1841-1914) Farmyard Friends Oil on panel, signed Image size: 11.75 inches x 7.5 inches Size including frame: 18 inches x 14.5 inches A humorous animal painting of...
Category

19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Sunset Coming, Abstract Seascape, Original Landscape Painting, Framed Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Stormy Skies is an original landscape painting by Stephen Kinder. The painting has a strong gestural composition and loose brushwork, which heightens the changing light, and tide. A...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

1971 Pat Douthwaite Charcoal drawing of a seated man, Scottish, abstract
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Pat Douthwaite (Scottish, 1939 – 2002) Seated Man Charcoal on paper Indistinctly inscribed, signed and dated ‘Douthwaite 71’ (lower right) 25.1/2 x 18.1...
Category

20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

ABSTRACT Painting Black Color Spanish Artist Alicia Gimeno 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Alicia Gimeno, born in Barcelona (1989), trained in graphic design during her time in Mexico. From the beginning, she was captivated by calligraphy, the gestuality of brush strokes, ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

"umbrella girl series" RKT1, Abstract Painting, 21st Century, Acryl, Clay
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way,...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Clay, Acrylic

Longhorn Cattle on Highland Pass - 19th Century Scottish Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Longhorn Cattle on a Highland Pass’ by Henry Garland (1834-1913). The painting – which depicts a herd of longhorn cattle on a high mountain pass in the Scottish Highlands – is signed and dated 1876, in which year it was exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists in London. Henry Garland entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1853, winning medals for 'Best Drawing from the Life' in both 1854 and 1857. From 1854 he exhibited at the most prominent London venues having 30 paintings shown at the Royal Academy, 67 at the Royal Society of British Artists, and 12 at the British Institution. Today one of Henry Garland’s paintings hangs in the famous Long Room at Lords Cricket...
Category

1860s Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

untitled
By Ed Clark
Located in New York, NY
untitled Ed Clark lithograph from 1979. Signed and dated "Clark 79" in pencil lower right recto. Numbered "164/200" lower left recto.
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

TN845-T by Hachiro Kanno - Calligraphy-based abstract painting, triptych, black
Located in Paris, FR
TN845-T, by Japanese contemporary artist Hachiro Kanno. H 41 cm x W 99 cm. Signed, sold unframed. Ink and acrylic on canvas. This artwork is a triptych composed by three panels measu...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

LOCK - Modern dynamic standing sculpture
Located in Weslaco, TX
Three vertical links make up this piece that transmits firmness and solidity. The chain, always a symbol of unity, security and permanence, can also have a playful sense reflected in...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Steel, Stainless Steel

"Lana Del Rey Leaving a Gas Station in Beverly Hills, 12/19/16" - Abstract Photo
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Lana Del Rey Leaving a Gas Station in Beverly Hills, 12/19/16" features hues of pink, green, purple and blue. This photograph is an archival inkjet prin...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Aspen Study II - large scale photograph of Indian summer autumnal color palette
Located in San Francisco, CA
Aspen Study II by Frank Schott a series of images capturing the yellow golden Indian summer foliage palette of aspen trees in California's Sierra Nevada ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Margaret Balzer, 1946
Located in Washington, DC
Modern painting by Margaret Balzer Cantieni (1914-2002). Tempera on wood board. Signed in lower right corner "Balzer '46". Painting measures 1 1" x 14" with frame 16 1/2" x 19 1/2". Margaret Balzer studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Lyonel Feininger, Josef Albers and William Stanley Hayter...
Category

1940s Abstract Art

Materials

Board, Egg Tempera

Hemisphere I - large format photograph of abstract liquid cloudscape in water
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from Christian Stoll‘s body of works titled 'Hemisphere' Hemisphere I by Christian Stoll 58 x 58 inches (147 x 147cm) signed edition of 7 48 x 48 inches (122 x 122cm) signed edition of 7 40 x 40 inches (102 x 102cm) signed edition of 25 archival fine art pigment print signed + numbered by artist on certificate label „frameless“ glass face mounting available on request _________________________ Christian Stoll has experimented with the photography medium since 1991. His predominant interest is the still-life on a monumental scale. As his subject matter, Stoll shoots static objects, forms...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Burst III - large scale abstract photograph of caleidoscopic color explosions
Located in San Francisco, CA
From Christian Stoll's body of works BURST (2015), an abstract exploration of high speed photographs capturing mesmerizing explosions of caleidoscopic color 27 x 40 inches (68 x 102...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Reflections Abstract - Two Sided Abstract Expressionist Painting on Paper
By Jack Madson
Located in Soquel, CA
Reflections Abstract - Two Sided Abstract Expressionist Painting on Paper Brilliant abstract expressionist work by Jack Madson (American, b-1927). A Felton, Caliornia artist. Madson ...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Abstract Figurative Lithograph
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white figurative abstract lithograph of two naked, crouching figures by California artist "Rico Lebrun," titled "Crouching Figures" and dated 1961. Additional writing on th...
Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Abstract Expressionist With Orange and Blue Colors
By Sandro von Lorsch
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Expressionist Abstract Composition With Orange and Blue Colors Canvas size 24"x32" gold leaf frame 27"x35", signed lower right corner. Sandro von Lorsch German painter born 1921-19...
Category

1950s Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Yellow Ball, East Hampton
Located in East Hampton, NY
Yellow Ball, East Hampton, NY, Archival Pigment Print, $550, Ed. 1/5, 2016 Printed to Order *Photography: U Wash Truck, Death Valley and Mulford Lane, Amagansett 2012 have been fea...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

America (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL MAY 15TH ONLY** THIS PRICE WON'T BE REPEATED AGAIN THIS YEAR - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT** "America" is a unique eagle design by Mauro Oliveira. This exquisite...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas

Joseph Steiner (1899-1977), Nude drawing, mid-20th century
Located in Greding, DE
Nude drawing by Joseph Steiner on paper in pencil and chalk. Monogrammed lower left. Gallery frame and estate stamp. Image size: 30 x 20 cm
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Pencil, Chalk

Aspen Study I - large scale photograph of Indian summer autumnal color palette
Located in San Francisco, CA
Aspen Study I by Frank Schott a series of images capturing the yellow golden Indian summer foliage palette of aspen trees in California's Sierra Nevada ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée

Meditations in an Emergency /// Abstract Expressionist Female Artist Post-War NY
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Joan Mitchell (American, 1925-1992) Title: "Meditations in an Emergency" Portfolio: In Memory of My Feelings *Issued unsigned Year: 1967 (First edition) Medium: Original Lithograph on Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper Limited edition: 514/2,500 Printer: Crafton Graphic Company, Inc., New York, NY Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Sheet size: 12" x 9" Condition: In excellent condition Rare Notes: Comes with its accompanying poetry pages. Numbered on colophon page. Comes from the 1967 "In Memory of My Feelings: A Selection of Poems" book volume by Frank O'Hara with approx. 46 unbound original lithographs by various artists. Collaboration: Edward Katz (printing). The last image of the complete book is for reference/provenance; it is not included. This image Mitchell contributed to "In Memory of My Feelings: A Selection of Poems" by Frank O'Hara, edited by Bill Berkson, for the Museum of Modern Art. The project was published in 1967 in memory of Frank O'Hara, poet and associate curator at the museum, who died in a tragic accident in 1966. Bill Berkson (with the assistance of Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery) selected the poems and (with advice from Robert Motherwell) asked the following artists to contribute: Nell Blaine, Norman Bluhm, Joe Branaird, John Buton, Giorgio Cavallon, Allan D'Arcangelo, Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Helen Frankenthaler, Jane Freilicher, Michael Goldberg, Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan, Al Held, Jasper Johns, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Alex Katz, Lee Krasner, Alfred Leslie, Roy Lichtenstein, Marisol, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Reuben Nakian, Barnett Newman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, and Jane Wilson...
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Summer Meadow"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This oil floral painting makes part of my series dedicated to the scenes of a summer period. This abstract vibrant floral painting with summer flowers in a blue vase and cherries c...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Study # 7 Polychrome
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
“STUDY #7 POLYCHROME” Abstract Constructive Painting of 35" x 35" inches, Mixed Technique. Oil on canvas done with professional Rembrandt and Winsor & Newton colors, protected with g...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Mourning
Located in London, GB
111.8 x 140.3 cms (44 x 55.25 ins) Edition of 50 Impressed with Solo Press stamp and the printer’s stamp. Lithograph (from three plates) with hand colouring in gouache (two greys...
Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Color, Lithograph

Hemisphere II - large format photograph of abstract liquid cloudscape in water
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photography of mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from the body of works titled 'Hemisphere' Hemisp...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró XV Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 71 cm Condition: In ver...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Birthday Party
Located in London, GB
Lithograph from a stone printed in sepia and green, with hand colouring in two shades of blue gouache. On Velin Arches mould-made paper (300 gsm) Signed and dated 77 in pencil, lower...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph, Color

Mid-Century "Green & Blue Nude II" Oil Pastel Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
Jack Hooper "Green and Blue Nude II" 5/1963 Oil pastel on paper 8.5"x11" unframed Signed and dated in pencil lower right Jack Meredith Hooper (August 26, ...
Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Paper

Bedroom
Located in London, GB
Lithograph from five zinc plates, using tusche and crayon with splatter, printed in red, orange, green, black, and pink. On J Green paper (250 gsm) Signed, numbered and dated '68 in ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Color, Lithograph

Abstract Sky - Oil Painting 201s by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Sky is an original oil on canvas on canvas realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in the 2000s. Hand-signed by the artist on the back. The artwork represents an abstract landscape:...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

"Les Grues" The Cranes
Located in Berlin, MD
Rene Genis (French 1922-2004) “Les Grues” - The Cranes. Oil on matt board. Scene of a merchant ship being loaded in port (noted on back as possibly Bordeau...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil

"Parisian Storm" Abstract Figure w Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
An abstract, whimsical and bold depiction of a woman standing gracefully in a white gown against a blue, silver and peach background with delicate details. This piece captures the es...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Helen Frankenthaler: Tales of Genji (Catalog of 6 Prints) /// Abstract Female
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011) Title: "Helen Frankenthaler: Tales of Genji (Catalog of 6 Prints)" Series: (after) Tales of Genji *Issued unsigned Year: 1998 Medium: The Complete Set of 6 Offset-Lithograph reproductions on light smooth wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Swan Engraving...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

"Vase with pink roses"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This oil painting makes part of my series dedicated to the scenes of a summer period. This abstract vibrant floral painting called "Vase with pink roses...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Machine One /// Abstract Geometric Contemporary Colorful Painting Canvas Striped
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Machine One" Series: Abstract *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso Year: 2022 Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas Canvas size: 32" x 26" Condition: The stretched canvas was custom built by the artist himself. In mint condition Biography: Jack Graves III is an American artist, born in 1988 in Jacksonville, Florida. He grew up surrounded by inspiration having an art dealer as a father, John Graves...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

"Dune, " Mixed Media Kite
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Fabric, Silk, Wood

Untitled Fabric Design
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Fabric Design Gouache on paper, 1920-1935 Signed with the Atelier Stamp verso (see photo) Numbered with the Atelier Litt Archive number verso (see photo) No. 05535 ...
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1930s Abstract Art

Materials

Gouache

Colorful literature, library, multicolor abstract, expressionism, geometric
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
"Colorfull literature" beckons the viewer into a realm where books morph into elements of a colorful symphony. The artist adopts a nearly abstract approach, exploring shapes and hues...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

silence, expessionnist landscape, french, modern, oil on canvas, contemporary
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont is a french artist . She has been painting the landscapes of Normandy for 40 years. His painting is today recognized throughout the world. Sophie Dumont captures the fl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

ABSTRACT Painting Contemporary Artist Argentine Artist Marina Arias 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Marina Arias, contemporary artist, was born in the vibrant country of Argentina in 1987. Hailing from the picturesque city of Salta, nestled at the foothills of the majestic Andes Mo...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Vintage Mid Century Modern Large Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage nicely painted abstract expressionist oil painting by Frederick James Gill (1906 - 1974). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category

1940s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Three elements / Acrylic on cardboard / 70 x 100 cm
Located in KRAKÓW, PL
The painting titled "Three elements" is one of ten from the "Mariko" series. It is one of the most characteristic of the energetic and expressive series, which is characterized by th...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

ABSTRACT Painting Contemporary Artist Argentine Artist Marina Arias 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
We can ship the artwork rolled in a tube. For more shipping options please contact with us. Marina Arias, contemporary artist, was born in the vibrant country of Argentina in 1987....
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Arboreal Symphony
Located in THOMERY, FR
"Arboreal Symphony" is an enchanting ode to the majesty of nature, born from a contemplative sketch made in the heart of an ancient forest. This acrylic painting on canvas, measuring...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled LX by Ferle - large abstract painting, green & yellow
Located in Paris, FR
Untitled LX is an abstract painting by French contemporary artist Ferle. Oil on free-standing canvas, W 140 cm x H 200 cm // W 55 in. x H 78 3/4 in. ”In her work, Ferle creates new s...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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