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Paintings For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1980s
"Winter garden" Oil cm. 115 x 120 , 1975, Window, Winter
Located in Torino, IT
Winter, Window ,grey, white MAYA KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia, 1924 - 2005) Maya kopitzeva’s works have been acquired by the Russian Ministry of Culture, by the Foundation for the R...
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1970s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Figure in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful abstracted portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Bold colors and dripping paint create an expressive, dynamic composition. The figure is primarily ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Female figure woman oil on canvas painting portrait
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Palet (1911 - 1996) - Female figure - Oil on canvas Oil measures 46x38 cm. Frame measures 70x62 cm. Joan Palet was born in Barcelona on March 28, 1911 in a family of sculptors ...
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1970s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Trap Rock, " Sherron Francis, Female Abstract Expressionism, Blue Color Field
Located in New York, NY
SHERRON FRANCIS (AMERICAN, B. 1940) Trap Rock, 1972 Acrylic on canvas 22 3/4 x 16 inches Signed, titled and dated on the reverse A reappraisal is long overdue for the second-generation abstract expressionists. Artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Dan Christensen, and Sam Francis are already well-known names. However, Sherron Francis, a female artist from the Midwestern United States, exhibited alongside many of these stars, yet has not been the recipient of a major exhibition in nearly 40 years. Francis was born in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove, Illinois in 1940. She studied fine art at the University of Oklahoma from 1958 to 1960 before transferring to the Kansas City Art Institute for better educational opportunities. At the time, Francis remained loyal to figurative art. Philip Pearlstein, a contemporary artist and visiting professor once remarked at the confidence of Francis’ draftsman abilities. In the early 1960s, art dealers and gallerists from New York would visit the Institute to recruit artists by offering scholarships, but they only offered these scholarships to men. Francis was forced to plead with deans to allow a scholarship for women so that she could continue her studies. She ultimately graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1963. In Missouri, Francis met Dan Christensen (Class of 1964), an artist friend, who would play a key role in her career throughout the next two decades. Francis then received her MFA from the University of Indiana, where she was housemates with Mernet Larsen, before assuming a teaching position at Eastern Michigan University. In 1968, with only $300 on hand, Francis moved to 16 Waverly Place in Soho. At the time, the neighborhood boasted some of the biggest names in abstract expressionism. She quickly became friends with Peter Reginato, Walter Darby Bannard, Michael Steiner, Peter Young, Larry Zox, and Larry Poons, who all lived and worked in the neighborhood. In fact, Francis introduced Larry Poons to his now wife, Paula, a friend and student of Sherron’s. Francis helped to found The Bowery Gallery in 1969 and received her first solo exhibition there in 1970 for her figurative works. After this exhibition, Francis decided to switch to abstraction. By 1971, Christensen, who was exhibiting with Andre Emmerich, introduced Francis to the legendary gallerist. There was no better gallery to be showcasing abstract expressionism and color field painting during this decade for an artist. For example, in 1972, Emmerich held solo exhibitions by art titans, such as Hans Hofmann, Al Held, Esteban Vicente, David Hockney, and Morris Louis. In 1973 alone, Emmerich gave one-person exhibitions to Helen Frankenthaler, Kenneth Noland, Hans Hofmann, Jack Bush and a new discovery: 32-year-old Sherron Francis. The January 27 - February 14 exhibition for Francis was a great success with Peter Schjeldahl commenting in the New York Times: “Francis has…sidestepped the danger of seeming hopelessly derivative of such artists as Mark Rothko, Morris Louis and Helen Frankenthaler —by, it seems to me, the use of a single canny formal device. All her canvases are tall, vertical rectangles. What this shape achieves is a physical presence that supports the paintings' fragile play of color and texture. Bearing roughly the proportions of the human body, but bigger in size, her pictures confront the viewer with a satisfying firmness, inviting delectation.” Francis’s career now took off with the stain paintings. In a 1974 article in Arts Magazine, Whee Kim writes, “She has asserted the credibility of her own answer to the problem of the outer edge of a canvas by limiting her investigations to a singular central image. In her variations on this theme, an intuitive sense of color and touch is given restricted free-play.” Schjeldahl added, “Her paintings, stained and brushed to a suavely grainy texture, each float an area of warm, soft color in a somewhat less‐intensely colored field. The areas are amorphous in shape and closely related, by hue, to the surrounding fields. Her colors run to luxurious brown‐golds, dreamy bluegreens and dusty pinks, though each canvas is alive with a variety of evanescent hues and tints. The goal of her art is to be at once as gorgeous and as delicate as possible: she intends to ravish.” In 1973, Francis exhibited at the Whitney Biennial and then received a second solo exhibition at Emmerich the following year. Corporate collections and private enthusiasts, including Helen Frankenthaler, rushed to purchase her paintings. More than sixty of her paintings sold in one year at Emmerich’s gallery. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, Francis exhibited at other leading American galleries, including Janie C. Lee Gallery in Houston, Barbara Kornblatt Gallery in Baltimore, Douglas Drake in Kansas City, Rubiner Gallery in Detroit, and Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York. Francis always marched to the beat to her own drum. Although she admired the works of Jules Olitski, Jack Bush, and Kenneth Noland, Francis never felt that her work and lifestyle were influenced by others. When her friends summered in the...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Manayunk, Schuylkill River, Factory, City Scene Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1970
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Provenance: Private Collection, San Diego, CA. Framed Giovanni Martino, National Academy of Design* member, was born on May 1, 1908 in Philadelphia PA where all seven brothers and one sister, Filomina, Frank, Antonio, Albert, Ernest, Giovanni, Edmond, and William became painters. They were under the tutelage of their eldest brother, Frank, who in the late 1920s, founded the first commercial art* studio, Martino Studios, at 27 South 18th Street. Besides studying with his two eldest brothers, Giovanni also studied with Albert Jean Adolph at La France Institute, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts*, The Graphic Sketch Club, and Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia. In his mid teens he accompanied his two eldest brothers to New Hope searching for subjects to paint. In the 1930s, he also started to paint in Manayunk, a hilly mill town along the Schuylkill River. At this time he signed his paintings M. Giovanni. These colorful impressionistic* works proceeded more thinly painted dramatically poetic street scenes of the mill town. These images developed into impasto* laden oils in the 1960's with some of the paintings worked with a palette knife*. In Manayunk, he was a common sight on the streets and sidewalks, painting on-the-spot with his wife, Eva Marinelli and his two daughters, Nina & Babette. In the 1980's and 90's he also painted in Conshohocken and Norristown with his youngest daughter, Babette. His paintings became more sharply executed like his earlier work but were more colorful. In the late '90's he worked in his studio to enlarge paintings. He is the recipient of over 100 awards and honors. He received the Benjamin Altman Prize in Landscape Painting in 1975 at the National Academy of Design, NYC where he was elected an Academician (NA) in 1944. He mentored not only his wife and two daughters but also taught at Lehigh University and the Graphic Sketch Club, Philadelphia. He died at his home in Blue Bell on February 1, 1997. (Babette Martino...
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1970s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Paper, Oil, Tempera

Mermaid by José Gerson - Ink on paper 46x64 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper to frame
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1980s Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Ink

Hawk (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Larry Hood (Native American, 1950-1995). Hawk, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Sign...
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1970s Surrealist Paintings

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Gouache, Rag Paper

Bouquet de Fleurs
Located in London, GB
'Bouquet de Fleurs', oil on board, by Louis Toncini (1982). Painted towards the end of his career, this piece belongs to that part of his body of work which was lighthearted, optimistic and pleasing. It is a stunning still life characterised by Toncini's vibrant colours and textured layers of oil paint deftly applied. This vase holds the flowers of Toncini's native Provence and is a love letter from the artist to the viewer. In good overall condition. It is newly framed with a French-style linen slip. It is signed by the artist in the lower left hand. Upon request, a short video of this piece may be provided. (NB - On the reverse of this painting is another called 'Landscape in Saint Clément on the Durance' which is currently covered by the backing board. Image with accompanying photos to this listing. About the Artist: Louis Toncini (1907-2002), born in Marseille, France and was one of a group of artists who founded the 'peintres prolétariens', or later, the painters of the people. He painted the world of workers and depicted such subjects as factories, warehouses, train stations and working ports, etc. After the war his work took a more optimistic turn with paintings of still lifes, bouquets and country landscapes. In 1936, along with fellow artists Antoine Serra, François Diana...
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1980s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Past Physical" Symbolism and Figures form the Artists Subconscious 1970s
Located in Soquel, CA
A dark yet vibrant and expertly executed painting full of personal symbolism concepts to numerous to cover in a few sentences, by Ralph Thompson (aka Akili Nali) (American, B-circa 1...
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1970s Symbolist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Under the Circumstances" - Abstract Geometric Composition in Gouache on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Subtly colored abstract geometric composition by J. Swidler (20th Century). A grid of 15 squares has been laid out in pencil, each square divided into different sections. Some of the...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Paintings

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Paper, Gouache, Pencil

The Family
Located in London, GB
'The Family', gouache on fine art paper (1984), by Raymond Dèbieve. In a clear nod to Picasso's influence both stylistically and in terms of subject matter ...
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1980s Modern Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Woman sitting in the garden oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Canvas measures 61x50 cm. Frameless He was born in 1951. Under the direction of the master Pedro Bermejo, he began his artistic career, quickly highlighting and observing in his works an unusual mastery of drawing. A very mature painter who has known how to stop time in all his works. His themes are preferably costumbristas although in his work the usual thing is to see eight century themes, with horse carriages, hats, umbrellas and still lifes. Observing his work reminds us, by the subject, of Maestro...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Glowing Wave Crashing at the Shore - Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed seascape by William Henry Blackman (American, b. 1930). A wave crashes at the shore, glowing from the sun shining through. Above the wave, a few gulls glide across the scene. The rocks in the foreground and the cliffs in the midground are finely textured, adding a lovely sense of realistic detail. Signed "Wm. Blackman" in the lower right corner. Artist's stamp on verso, along with other inventory markings. Artist's name written on edge of canvas. Presented in an ornate wood frame with a linen liner and fillet. Canvas size: 18"H x 24"W William Henry Blackman (American, b. 1930) was born in San Diego, CA in 1930. He spent most of his early years in West Los Angeles. Blackman began painting at age 12. In high school he majored in art so he could experiment with various mediums to find ways to interpret his ideas. In December of 1948 he joined the Navy and was stationed in Hawaii. He studied at Woodbury College where he learned advertising and graphic arts. In 1960 he bought a home with his wife Shirley in the San Fernando Valley and worked as an advertising manager. His position put him in contact with art directors and they would lunch together and then visit various art galleries in the area. He began oil painting again as a hobby. In 1964 he made an important contact through an associate at his agency. This person was a vice-president at Aaron Brothers Galleries and purchased paintings for them. They had showrooms in various major cities and sold original framed paintings to art galleries and furniture stores. He said they could possibly sell some of his seascapes so Bill began painting in his spare time. Gradually, they sold more than he could produce so Bill made the decision to leave the advertising business and devote his time to painting. Note: the original Aaron Brothers Art Galleries Certificate included with the painting. In 1965 the Blackman's moved to Thousand Oaks, California. He began his career as a fine artist and to this day resides in Thousand Oaks. He contracted with Aaron Brothers to be his exclusive agents and began specializing in seascapes. After a few years he added landscapes and some other subjects. Bluebonnet landscapes...
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1970s American Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Jean-Michel Basquiat hand-painted sweatshirt 1979/1980
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat (untitled), 'MAN MADE Sweatshirt', c. 1979: Basquiat produced this rare original hand-painted sweatshirt (among others, with only few known to have survived) for the purposes of selling these on his own and through the historic downtown fashion boutique, Patricia Field’s. Basquiat was captured wearing a similar example in the well publicized 1979 photo, 'Basquiat Dancing at The Mudd Club' by Nicholas Taylor of Gray. This double-sided work notably features Basquiat’s ‘MANMADE’ tag - Basquiat’s alias after he took to the streets to declare “SAMO is Dead”. The work is further highlighted by Basquiat’s ‘BAD’ motif - uniquely paralleling his consideration to naming his band, ‘Bad Fools’ prior to Gray. In trademark Basquiat style, we also find the vertically spaced ‘E’ on both sides of the piece, as well as dashed lines which would appear in many of the artist’s Anti-Product cards, early drawings and more. The work emanates directly from the collection of world renowned author Lucy Sante (formerly Luc Sante). As it is well publicized, Basquiat worked with Sante in 1979/80 on the downtown-art scene publication, ‘Stranded’ (New York, 1980). Medium: Acrylic on cotton sweatshirt (double-sided artwork). Executed circa 1979/1980. Dimensions: 16.5 x 22 inches (outstretched cuff to cuff: 50 inches & sleeve length: 18 inches). Condition: In good overall vintage condition. Bright well-preserved colors; some minor discoloration in several areas due to normal age related wear and use; scattered stains located on the hem, inner arm area(s) and cuffs; scattered minor pilling; loose thread on the reverse of hem. Basquiat's artwork throughout remains fully intact. Unique. One of a kind. Signed ‘MANMADE’ and numbered 5/100 on the reverse. Provenance: Gifted by Basquiat to Lucy Sante; obtained directly from the former. Sante's relationship to Basquiat is well documented in three publications (see below literature/references for more). Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Sante. Literature/References: -'Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat,' by Sarah Driver - this 2018 documentary features an in-depth section devoted to Basquiat's 'Man Made' clothing, featuring an interview with designer Patricia Field & artist Kenny Scharf. - 'Basquiat Before Basquiat' (MCA Denver; see Sante, p.40-43 ). - 'Stranded' issue four index (Spring 1980). Basquiat's identity is confirmed as 'Man-Made' midway on page. - 'Zeitgeist: The Art Scene of Teenage Basquiat' (Howl Arts 2018; essay: 'Stranded' by Lucy Sante). - 'An Intimate Look at Jean-Michel Basquiat's Early Days' by Lucy Sante (Village Voice 2/8/17). -'Man Made by Basquiat' (MinnieMuse) May 2019. -'Exploring Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1970's Clothing Collection, 'Man Made.'' Vice Magazine, May 2019. - ‘The Jean-Michel Basquiat Reader’ (Moore pg. 334) discusses Basquiat’s Man Made painted clothing. - 'Basquiat Dancing at The Mudd Club' photograph by Nicholas Taylor of Gray (Basquiat wears a similarly painted sweatshirt). Basquiat’s use of ’MAN MADE', see: - Glenn O'Brien "Graffiti '80;" High Times, June 1980 (p. 53-54); "Jean-Michel Basquiat who is known to many as SAMO, had changed his alias to Man Made". - Jean-Michel Basquiat: 1981, the Studio of the Street (Diego Cortez; 2007 p. 80). - The Last Time I Saw Basquiat (NYR Daily 9/3/16; essay by Lucy Sante). - Basquiat: Boom For Real (Barbican; Nairne, Buchhart & Johnson p.26). - Sotheby's S2 Catalog & Sale, "Man Made" (May 2013). Intertextual References: Basquiat's 'BAD' motif further appears in the following 1979 works: - "Stupid Games, Bad Ideas" (color xerox; see Basquiat: Boom For Real pg. 108). - Basquiat (untitled) "Test Pattern" (original drawing and xerox; see Basquiat: Boom For Real pg. 147). - Basquiat (untitled) "Gumby Is Bad" t-shirt (worn on camera by the artist at Canal Zone...
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1980s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

"Red house in the woods" winter, Oil cm. 55 x 41 1984
Located in Torino, IT
Red,Snow,Winter,Wood Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001) Works by Boris Lavrenko can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United States and in...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Family Farm in France
Located in London, GB
'Family Farm in France', gouache on art paper, by Michel Debiève (circa 1970s). An extremely endearing depiction of a French family farm, the delight is...
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1970s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Nude
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Boris Akopian "Nude"
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1970s Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

'Steeplechase, Los Altos Hunt', St. Martin's School, Carmel, PAFA, ASL, NAD, CAA
By Frank Ashley
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Frank N Ashley' (American, 1920-2007) and painted circa 1985. Additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Steeplechase, Los Altos Hunt'. Bea...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Wear of time 1
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas White wooden frame 52.3 x 41.7 x 2.8 cm
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Mountainscape Depicting Popocateptl
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mountainscape depicting Popocateptl
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1970s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Light Street, Geometric Abstract Collage of a Street Lamps at Night
Located in Denver, CO
Canvas collage, acrylic and crayon on canvas by 20th Century artist Margo Hoff (1910-2008) titled 'Lighted Street' depicting and abstract image of a street at night with glowing stre...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Paintings

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Canvas, Crayon, Acrylic

On the beach. 1976. Cardboard /mixed media. 50x59cm
Located in Riga, LV
On the beach. 1976. Cardboard /mixed media. 50x59cm Marina landscape with beach, boats and people relaxing on the seashore.
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1970s Realist Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Oil

Abstract Mid-20th Century Oil Non Objective NYC Radio City Music Hall
By Donald Deskey
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Mid-20th Century Oil Non Objective NYC Radio City Music Hall. Oil on board, 23 x 20 inches. Signed lower right. Provenance: Michael Desk...
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1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Vintage Abstract -- "Bandage Affixiation"
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling vintage abstract titled "Bandage Affixiation" by Carmel, CA based artist "Stoney" DeGuire (American, 20th Century), 1973. Titled, signed an...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Latex, Pastel, Acrylic

1980's George Washington Bridge Abstracted Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful abstracted painting of New York's George Washington Bridge with Manhattan skyline in background. Signed "Bing" lower right corner. P...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

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Rice Paper, Gouache

Geometric Composition of Man - Original Painting by Luigi Campanelli - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Geometric Composition of Man is a contemporary artwork realized by Luigi Campanelli (1943) in 1980s. Mixed Media on canvas. The artwrok depict figures inside of an architecture.
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1980s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Paint

A Forgotten Flying Machine - Oil on Canvas - Romanian French Surrealism
Located in London, GB
JULES PERAHIM 1914-2008 Bucharest 1914-2008 Paris (Romanian) Title: A Forgotten Flying Machine Une machine volante oubliée, 1978 Technique: Signed, Da...
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1970s Surrealist Paintings

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Oil

Naughty Pussies!! Hommage a Matisse, Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century oil on canvas of an interior scene with cats and fish by French artist Maurice Delavier, signed and dated (November '82) to the bottom r...
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1980s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Painting Red Pink, Gold Leaf and Blue Royal Society of Arts Africa
Located in Norfolk, GB
Anthony Benjamin, 'Intitled', acrylic and gouache on gold leaf board, image size 8" x 10", 1999. Artist Estate Stamp on verso Provenance: From the Artist Estate A Gallery Certificat...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Colorful one of a pair Abstract Painting Reese Galleries Label “Rio Tajos”
Located in New York, NY
Here we have two gorgeous colorful paintings by Tsugio Hattori (1952-1958), selling them separately. Tsugio Hattori is an American/Japanese Abstract painter who exhibited many important shows, museums and galleries. Painting depicts a beautiful abstract done in the 1970’s with Reece Gallery label verso. Painting is signed in American and Japanese, titled Rio Tajos verso. The other one is just as beautiful and colorful as well as same size titled Archipelago. Please Check my listings...
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1970s Paintings

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Acrylic

Navigator
Located in Lawrence, NY
Stewart Waltzer was Kenneth Noland's studio assistant in the 1970s and 1980s, an acclaimed artist in his own right and a noted curator and art critic. His work appears rarely
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1970s Color-Field Paintings

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Acrylic

Cheryl Ladd in ‘Grace Kelly
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cheryl Ladd in the role of Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco. Cover illustration for TV Guide, February 5-11, 1983. Richard Amsel had a brilliant ...
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1980s Paintings

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Mixed Media, Color Pencil

Taos, New Mexico, 1975 Mid Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting, 52 x 40 inches
Located in Denver, CO
"Untitled (Taos, New Mexico)" is an abstract oil on canvas by James Meek (b. 1928) from 1975 with a rich golden-brown and stark horizontal, parallel lines in blue and orange that con...
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1970s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Pacific Coast Sunset', Art Institute of Chicago, Mendocino, California Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'George A Rohrer' (American, born 1929), additionally signed, verso, and dated 1988. A lyrical and light-filled seascape showing a view of the Pacific Ocean with the sun breaking through clouds and illuminating the breakers rolling in towards the coast of Northern California's Mendocino county. This listed California artist lives on the Mendocino Coast...
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1980s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Across the Water - calm, expressive, abstracted waterscape, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this serene painting by one of Canada’s leading landscape artists, Pat Service deconstructs the elements of a view across a lake in summer. The form is abstracted, and the colours...
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1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

people of ibiza Spain oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignacio Gil Sala (1913-2003) - Characters from Ibiza - Oil on canvas Oil measures 60x73 cm. Frameless. Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Original Post-War Oil Painting of Stormy Day in Kerry Ireland by Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Post-War Oil Painting of Stormy Day in Kerry Ireland by Irish Artist Denis Thornton (1937-1999) Art measures 24 x 18 inches Frame measures 30 ...
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1980s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton, Oil, Board

Served table
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Brown and gold wooden frame with glass window 69.5 x 90 x 5 cm
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1970s Analytic Cubist Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Passaggi - Tempera on Paper by Paolo Cotani - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Passaggi is an original painting by Paolo Cotani (Rome, 1940-2011) in 1972. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right margin. Tempera on paper. Includes frame The artwor...
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1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Tempera

“Moonlight Sail”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is one of the last paintings completed by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Acrylic paint on canvas. Signed lower left and dated 1982. Condition is excellent. Presently unframed. Provenance: Estate of the artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Biography : Russian-American artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984) is known for his cubo-surrealistic works which feature a strong psychological element. Some of his work bears a resemblance to work of another Russian-American artist--David Burliuk. He was somewhat of a late starter, moving to Paris in 1932 to study under Adolph Gottlieb, Marcel Gromaire and Fernand Leger. He had his first exhibition in Paris in 1934. He then returned to the US where he joined Rothko and Gottlieb at the Galery Seccession. He was one of the co-founders of The Ten, a group of social conscious abstract painters which included Rothko, Gottlieb, Joseph Solman and Ilya Bolotowsky, among others. In 1944, he began to work at Stanley Hayter's Atelier 17, a center for surrealistic ideas. Between 1936 and 1943, he had five one-man exhibitions at the ACA Galleries and participated in five group shows. He also exhibited at the Whitney, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Knox Albright Museum, the Chicago Institute of Fine Art and Corcoran, among others. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Met, the Whitney, the Brooklyn Museum and the Jewish Museum. Tschacbasov has been the subject of two recent retrospective at Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, NY and Arthur Kalaher...
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1980s Post-Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Turtle (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Larry Hood (Native American, 1950-1995). Turtle, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent...
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1970s Surrealist Paintings

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Gouache, Rag Paper

Regard vers l'horizon
Located in Westmount, QC
Pauline Paquin, Canadian b. 1952 Regard vers l'horizon Oil on masonite 10 x 8 in signed framed
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1980s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Finestra con Natura Morta - OIl Paint by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Finestra con Natura Morta is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s by the italian contemporary artist Leo Guida Oil painting on canvas. Frame is included. Tot...
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1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Oil Painting / Photorealism / Figurative Art / Human Figure /Museum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media

Dreamer, 1983
Located in New York, NY
Large scale oil portrait by Luis Frangella. A leading figure of the East Village scene in the early 1980s, Luis Frangella (1944-1990) was a figurative,...
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1980s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

In this Society Children See Adults Smiling While Missing That Spiritual Eye
By Lonnie Holley
Located in Chattahoochee Hills, GA
One-Person Exhibitions 2022 Coming From the Earth, curated by Peter Doroshenko, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX The Growth of Communication, Edel Assanti Gallery, London, UK 2021 The Influence of Images, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR Tangled Up in de Kooning’s Fence, South Etna, Montauk, NY Everything That Wasn’t White, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY 2019 Somewhere in a Dream I Got Lost, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC 2017 The Weight of Everything, James Fuentes, New York, NY I Snuck Off the Slave Ship, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA Which Do We Drop First, the Baby or the Bomb?, James Fuentes, New York, NY 2015 Something to Take My Place, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC Supported by the Power, John Hope Franklin Center, Duke University, Durham...
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1980s Paintings

Materials

Wood, Plywood, House Paint

Iridescent Blue Centrality - Mixed Media by Luigi Boille - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Iridescent blue centrality is an original contemporary artwork realized by Luigi Boille in 1983. Mixed media on canvas. Had signed, dated and titled on the back. Original tile: Ce...
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Colorful Abstract in Acrylic on Paper (1974)
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful abstract composition by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Bold colors and shapes interlock to form a high-contrast composition. Sections of orange, yellow,...
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1970s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Large Photo Realist Pop Art Watercolor Painting Children's Toys Teddy Bear Block
Located in Surfside, FL
Michael Beck (American, b. 1943) Watercolor painting on paper, 1986 "First Fruits", Hand signed, dated and titled along lower margins Gallery label verso, Matted and framed under plexiglass, Dimensions: 38"h x 58"w (sight), 48"h x 67"w (frame) Provenance: Property from a Major Corporate Art Collection; Corporate Art Directions, NYC Michael Beck (b. 1943) ( American Photo Realist artist) was born in San Diego California. In 1971, he attended the California College of Arts and Crafts and was awarded the James D. Phelan Award in the Visual Arts, juried by artists Wayne Thiebaud and June Livingston. In June of 2014, he was awarded a Jackson Pollock- Lee Krasner Foundation award. Michael Beck was part of the early Photo Realist Movement in California among other contemporaries like Robert Bechtle, Charles Bell, Chuck Close, Robert Cottingham and Richard Estes and Audrey Flack. Choosing vintage childrens toys as his subject matter. Michael Beck’s artwork stands out for its distinct subjects of toys and objects from a previous era. These unique items include vintage rocking horses...
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1980s Photorealist Paintings

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Watercolor

Atlantis, Large Surrealist Oil Painting. Viennese Fantastic Realism
By Peter Kolin
Located in Surfside, FL
Atlantis, A large spectacular nautical, marine magic fantasy. (without the frame it is 32X39 inches) The roots for Peter Kolin’s fascinating world of Surrealist Fantasy, Magic Realist images can be traced back to the art of Mannerism, a brief period - approximately 1520 to 1610 - between the Renaissance and Age of the Baroque. In Mannerist paintings composition had no focal point and space could be ambiguous. Surreal figures could be characterized by athletic bending and twisting with distortions, exaggerations, elastic elongation of the limbs, bizarre or graceful posturing and the rendering of the heads as uniformly small and oval. (reminds me very much of some of the compositions of Salvador Dali) The composition was full of clashing symbolist colors very unlike the balanced, natural and often dramatic colors of the High Renaissance. Mannerist works presented instability and restlessness and also showed a fondness for allegories with lascivious undertones. Kolin, an exceptionally gifted painter within this tradition, creates gorgeous and mysterious fantasies of Surrealism with each work opening a new and more exciting fantastic world. His narrative world of images and symbols is presented in his own metaphorical language but with a visual accuracy solidly rooted in technical perfection. Today Kolin is a widely acclaimed artist of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. (Together with, Arik Erich Brauer, Ernst Fuchs, Rudolf Hausner...
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1980s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modern Abstract Cubist Inspired Landscape Painting of an Oceanside Boat Dock
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract landscape painting by Houston, TX artist Margaret Nobler. The work features a boat floating near an oceanside dock with the sun setting...
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1970s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract composition - Mixed media by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Mixed media on panel. Leo Guida (199...
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1970s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Modernist Mosque, Vintage Abstracted 1970s Architectural Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist Mosque, Vintage Abstracted 1970s Architectural Landscape by Connie Cowper Modernist abstracted architectural landscape of a mosque by Constance Cowper (American, 20th Century). This 1970 oil...
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1970s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Cardboard

Abstract Blue Black Color Forms
Located in Greenwich, CT
Ray Parker is a well recognized and highly collected Post War artist. This work done in oil but on paper is under glass and has a wonderful presence and vitality! A great addition t...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

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Oil, Paper

Fire Eater - Tempera by Sergio Barletta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Fire Eater is an original artwork, realized by Sergio Barletta in the 1970s. Watercolor and tempera. Includes frame: 38 x 3.5 x 48 cm Sergio Barletta (1934) is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator, who has also published some humorous and political satire books. From the age of 22 is active in Rome, where he worked as an illustrator and art director in some monthly magazines like “Costume”, Diners Club house organ, BP Review, IBM, and others. In 1965 started the joint-working with Marino Gallery in Rome, and in 1966 in Milan with Humour Graphic’s group, at Levi Gallery and others in the following years. In these years graphic work and illustration are mixed with painting and photography, also with satirical drawings...
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1970s Abstract Paintings

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Tempera

"In Memory of Clement Greenberg" - colourful, impasto abstract acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
An explosion of colour radiates from one side of the canvas in this extraordinary abstract painting dedicated to renowned NY art critic, Clement Greenberg. As a student, Joseph Drapell met and was influenced by Greenberg while studying at an American art school. This piece is rendered in thickly applied waves of shiny orange, purple, plum, white, and turquoise. Holographic materials are also used. The Czech-born artist creates remarkably vibrant paintings using trowels...
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Fantasy Animals - Acrylic Paint by C. Bissattini - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Fantasy Animals is an original contemporary artwork realized by Claudio Bissattini in 1980s. Mixed colored acrylic on canvas. Hand signed on the l...
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1980s Contemporary Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

PHENOMENA CROSS WIND ALTERNATE
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed, titled and dated on verso by Paul Jenkins. Artwork is in excellent condition. Acquired by our gallery from a private collector. Gallery i...
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

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When we look at paintings, particularly those that originated in the past, we learn about history, other cultures and countries of the world. Like every other work of art, paintings — whether they are contemporary creations or works that were made during the 19th century — can often help us clearly see and understand the world around us in a meaningful and interesting way.

Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs. Today, creating a wall of art is a wonderful way to enhance your space, showcase beautiful pieces and tie an interior design together.

No matter your preference, whether you favor Post-Impressionist paintings, animal paintings, Surrealism, Pop art or another movement or specific period, arranging art on a blank wall allows you to evoke emotions in a room while also showing off your tastes and interests. A symmetrical wall arrangement may comprise a grid of four to six pieces or, for an odd number of works, a horizontal row. Asymmetrical arrangements, which may be small clusters of art or large, salon-style gallery walls, have a more collected and eclectic feel. Download the 1stDibs app, which includes a handy “View on Wall” feature that allows you to see how a particular artwork will look on a particular wall, and read about how to arrange wall art. And if you’re searching for the perfect palette for your interior design project, what better place to turn than to the art world’s masters of color?

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