1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Hai (Abba) (Hebrew translation: Hey Father) Signed in ink lower left by the artist’s widow “AL” (Adele Lozowick) Original label from early exhibition verso at The Art Corner Graphit...

You are viewing a modernist American watercolor painting by Robert Noel Blair Robert Noel Blair (American, 1912-2003) was an American artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker and te...

An early drawing by this unique visionary artist, post Harvard Graduate School and concurrent with his apprenticeship to Frederick Kiesler

Beautiful paper collage on paper by the french artist Albert Chubac. Framed. Last painter of the school of Nice. This is an important painter, the first school in nice to have exhib...

Pastel blue and green toned watercolor painting of a sweeping seaside landscape. In the distance a small town can be seen nestled amongst the mountains at the water's edge. Signed "F...

Untitled Watercolor on paper, 16x13 cm The artist has employed watercolor as the medium, which involves diluting pigments with water to create translucent layers and delicate washe...

Sunil Das - Untitled - 13.5 x 9 inches (unframed size) Ink on paper It will be delivered without Frame Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal. Extreme...

"Constellations" is an original watercolor painting on textured paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. It is an abstract piece characterized by minimally-applied l...

"Bird" is an original pencil drawing by David Barnett, signed along the bottom edge. The entire work is about the size of a postage stamp and includes an abstract representation of a...

Chorus Line Oil pastel on paper, c. 1960's Signed (see photo) Provenance: Estate of the Artist Estate of the artist (Estate No. 745) Condition: Excellent Image/Sheet size: 5 3/4 x 4 inches Sam Spanier (1925-2008) Born in Brooklyn New York, Sam Spanier studied painting with Hans Hofmann (1949–50) and also at the Taos Valley Art School (1951). His formative years as a working artist were spent in Paris (1951–52), where he also became involved with the work of G. I. Gurdjieff, through his disciple, Mme. Jeanne de Salzmann. By 1953, Spanier’s work had already begun to meet with critical acclaim. That year, he had his first solo gallery show, and was selected by Milton Avery and Hans Hofmann to receive the prestigious Lorian Fund Award. His second solo exhibition, in 1955, was curated by renowned museum director, Gordon Washburn. Spanier’s early work was reviewed by Dore Ashton, Donald Judd, Fairfield Porter, Stuart Preston, and Irving Sandler, among other significant critics of the period. Spanier’s spiritual path increasingly became the central focus of both his life and his art. In 1960, he was introduced to the teachings of Sri Aurobindo, which led to visits to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, in 1962 and 1964, during which he was inspired to leave New York City and found Matagiri (in 1968)—a spiritual center in Woodstock, New York—with his lifelong partner, Eric Hughes. The work he embarked upon there bifurcates his life as an artist, separating him from New York’s art world, and radically altering the trajectory of his career. From that point forward, it would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to consider his artistic endeavor apart from the life of dedication he had undertaken, and to which he remained committed. As early as 1954, Dore Ashton had recognized in Sam Spanier a “haptic visionary;” in 1960, Irving Sandler wrote that the people in Spanier’s paintings “seem to have witnessed some transfiguring event.” In his later paintings—usually worked in oil pastel on panel or paper—made during intermittent creative periods, from the mid-1970s to the final years of his life, the artist’s inner life remains always apparent in his subject matter; and from the portraits and abstract Buddha-like figures and heads, to the fantasy landscapes, the paintings are redolent with a rich intensity of color and light that can only be described as inspired. Sam Spanier’s works are in the collections of the Historical Society of Woodstock Museum, and the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum. He received the Woodstock Artists Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. Selected Solo Exhibitions: Urban Gallery, New York (1954, 1955, 1956); Wittenborn Gallery, New York (1958); Gallery Mayer, New York (1958, 1959, 1960); Unison Gallery, New Paltz (1986, 1995, 2009); Limner Gallery, New York (1988); Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, New York (1999). Selected Group Exhibitions: Salon des Comparaisons, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, France (1952); October Exhibition of Oil Paintings, New York City Center Gallery, New York (1954); Salon de Mai, Musée d’Art moderne de la ville de Paris, Centre Culturel de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris, France (1954); Carnegie International, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1955); Les Plus Mauvais Tableaux, Galerie Prismes, Paris (1955); Première Exposition Internationale de l’Art Plastique Contemporain, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (1956); Recent Paintings USA: The Figure, The Museum of Modern Art (1960); Winter’s Work, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, New York (1985); Juried Group Show, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, New York (1986); Woodstock Artists, Self-Portraits, Historical Society of Woodstock Museum, Woodstock, New York (1988); Portraits, Albert Shahinian Fine Art, Poughkeepsie, New York (2003); The World We Live In, Upstate Art, Phoenicia, New York (2003); Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Phoenicia, New York (2004). Selected Writings on the Artist: Dore Ashton, “Sam Spanier,” Art Digest (May 1, 1954) and “Sam Spanier,” The New York Times (March 16, 1960); Cassia Berman, “Sam Spanier: A Divine Calling,” Woodstock Times (February 7, 2008); Lawrence Campbell, “Sam Spanier: Exhibition of Paintings at Urban Gallery,” Art News (April 1, 1954); Sam Feinstein, “Sam Spanier: Exhibition of Paintings at Urban Gallery,” Art Digest (March 1, 1955); Pat Horner, “Big Heart, Timeless Art —Sam Spanier Retrospective at Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock Times (July 1, 1999); Donald Judd, “In the Galleries: Sam Spanier,” Arts Magazine (April 1960); Liam Nelson, “Human Force...

John Bolam was born in 1922 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. He originally studied painting at Hornsey School of Art and furniture design at High Wycombe School of Art. He subsequently became a member of the Great Bardfield group of artists (named after the village in Essex where many of the members settled). Close friends and colleagues from that time included Michael Rotherstein, Edward Bawden, John Aldridge and Edward Middleditch...

Composition with women. 1968. Paper, pencil, 35x24.5 cm Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator. Born in Riga in a Russian-Polish-German family. Vladimir Glushenkov...

Composition with figures. 1968. Paper, pencil, 35x24.5 cm Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator. Born in Riga in a Russian-Polish-German family. Vladimir Glushenkov...

An early drawing by this unique visionary artist, post Harvard Graduate School and concurrent with his apprenticeship to Frederick Kiesler

Gray toned abstract watercolor painting on paper titled "Militair." Back side of the paper has another painting depicting red, yellow, green, and blue abstract shapes with figurative...

Abstract expressionist tribal painting of a nude female done in bold, vibrant colors by artist Gustave Alhadeff in 1962 with acrylic paint. Signed in upper right corner. Artist Biography: Born in the Belgian Congo in 1940, Gustave Alhadeff won his first award at the annual art show in Elisabethville, at age 13. His formal art education began with Mr. Marcel Pire (Prix de Rome). He continued his studies at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, with Mr. Van Nesche in Cape Town, South Africa from 1956 to 1957. He was awarded a scholarship from the Art Academy to continue his studies with Mr.Creytens at the "Institute National Superieur des Beaux Arts" in Anvers, Belgium. The following year he entered the class of Mr. Leon Devos...

Fusain on paper, signed lower right.

Oil on paper Francine Ledieu is a French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Rocher who...

"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,...

Margules, De Hirsh. UNTITLED COMPOSITION, Ink on paper, 1962. Inscribed and signed in pencil within the image. 28 x 37 inches, 711 x 940 mm. In very good condition. Margules (1899-1...

Fusain on paper, signed lower right

Unique piece framed signed on right bottom mixed media

Charcoal on paper Francine Ledieu is a French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Roche...

Rem Raymond Coninckx (1904 - 1974) Rem Raymond Coninckx was born on 28th March in Couvin (Belgium) 1904 and died in Dinan 1974. He was a painter, draftsman, engraver and also creat...

"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...

"Cartoon for Stained Glass" is an original drawing in felt-tipped pen on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The image...

Love goes up in smoke is a drawing, realized by Mino Maccari, 1960s.  27 x 21 cm ; Sheet 14 x 9 cm.  Pen on cardboard. Good conditions!

Original piece, Mixed media signed 70 x 53 x 3 cm (framed)

"Constellation with Blue Cloud" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower left. The piece is abstract; a large blue ring...

This abstract artwork is one of a group of over 100 pieces personally selected by the artist, and gifted to a close personal friend in 1969. Please note that this painting was never ...

"Winter Palace" is a captivating abstract painting on paper by 20th Century Denver artist Edward Marecak (1919–1993). Created circa the 1960s, this ethereal work combines acrylic and...

Abstract Composition is a drawing in watercolor on paper realized by an Anonymous artist in the 1961. Hand signed. Good conditions. The artwork is represented through organic and ...

etching on Japan paper , Edited in 1968, first state (of two) Limited edition of 30 copies for each state , numbered 8/30 in lower left Hand signed in pencil by artist in the lower r...

Abstract Composition is a Watercolor artwork realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980) in 1970. Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (35x51 cm). H...

View of Luxor is a Colors Markers Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Paris 1980). Good condition on a sheet of a notebook. No signature,titled and dated on the ...

"Chicken II" is an original ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The chicken is formed with expressive black gestural lines, viewed from the side. The sketchy line...

"Spacial Balance" is a series of four works by David Barnett in watercolor and pencil, all signed "David Barnett '68." Each is a different experiment in line, color, and balance. Sp...

Nudo , 1964 Etching on handmade paper limited edition of 102 copies , Signed in pencil by artist and numbered 33/102 paper size: 63 x 45 cm framed size: 78,5 x 60,5 cm A copy of the...

Ballpoint pen on paper. Signed lower right. Accompanied by authentication on photo from the Mario Tozzi Archive. In master Tozzi's extensive production one finds many drawings, such...

Paul Heidemann's Memorabilia is a b/w photographic portrait of the German artist, with the added value of a blue ink autograph on the lower margin. Around 1960. Paul Heidemann (Colo...

Shadows is an original modern artwork realized the 1965s by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original pencil and watercolor drawing on Ivory cardboard. ...

Ink on paper Francine Ledieu is a French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Rocher who...

Figure is an original etching on cardboard, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1960. Numbered 2/2 and hand-signed on the lower left; dated on the lower right. In very good conditions. ...

Composition is an original watercolor on paper, realized in 1963 by Gérard Ernest Schneider Hand signed and dated by the artist on lower margin. Provenance: Carlo Pellizzari Colle...

Unknown Artist - Firenze, Year: 1966, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed lower left, titled and dated on verso, Image Size: 17.5 x 12.5 inches, Size: 19.25 x 13.5 in. (48.9 x 34.29 cm), D...

Fred Conway “Two Golfers and a Caddy” c. 1965 Pen, Ink & Watercolor on Paper 13 x 17 inches Signed A member of the faculty of the Washington University Art School from 1929 to 1970, Frederick Conway...

A lovely signed pen drawing in three colours by Thilo Maatsch. Artist: Thilo Maatsch Date: 1966 Framed size: 49 x 37.5cm Signature: Signed in pencil: “TM 66” Mounting: Conservation-...

Watercolor on wove paper. Signed and dated in ink, lower right recto.

The present painting is an excellent example of Joseph Rozman's pictographic style. The composition is dominated by abstracted vignettes: A fashionable woman beneath the sun, a car, ...

"Waterfall over Dam with Fish" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features abstract marks in blue, green, and orange. Ar...

"Surrealist Texas Oil Rig" is an original, double-sided watercolor and ink piece by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. It is framed with a w...

"Cityscape with Tree & Fireworks" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features an abstract, Cezanne-inspired landscape in b...

"Space Station" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features abstract marks and fields of ligh...

Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), "Falaise d'Aval", Pastel on Paper, apparently unsigned, artist's estate stamp to verso, silvered wood frame. Image: 8.5" H x 10.5" ...

"Landscape with Bridge" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left corner. The image is abstract, playful lines of color giving the barest suggesti...

"Shooting Star" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower left. This surreal, abstract painting features gestural strokes of undiluted blue p...

In the 1960s, Sylvia Spicuzza made several watercolor abstractions with biomorphic qualities like the one presented here. While being a playful abstraction, the watercolor also seeps...

Abstract, psychedelic, multicolored watercolor and ink on paper, 1968. 12" x 15 1/2" art 20 1/2" x 23 3/8" framed Joseph Rozman was born on December 26, 1944 in Milwaukee, WI. His...

In the 1960s, Sylvia Spicuzza made several watercolor abstractions with biomorphic qualities like the one presented here. While being a playful abstraction, the watercolor also seeps...

"Orbiting the Earth" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. This abstract piece is almost abstract expressionist in style with free...