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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: 1980s
This Week's Listings Only
Vintage American Modernist Woman Artist Alice Makara Minimal Abstract Painting
By Alice Makara
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract painting by Alice Makara. Oil on canvas, circa 1980. Signed on back. Unframed. Image size, 40"L x 36"H.
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
This vibrant abstract work is by Gustavo Ramos Rivera (1940-) The work is a mixed media composition on paper. It measures 20.5 x 26.5 inches. It is mounted on heavy matboard that measures 26 x 33 inches. There are various techniques and materials employed in the creation of this painting. Collage, drawing, painting with oil paint, pastel crayon cardboard and other materials that I cannot identify. The painting is in very good condition. The matboard mounting has a bit of time stain on the edges. It is not presently framed.
Gustavo Ramos Rivera was born in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico in 1940, and immigrated to the United States in 1969. He has lived and worked in San Francisco for over 40 years. Ramos Rivera’s work is in the permanent collections of prominent institutions including the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, The Mexican Museum in San Francisco and The Nevada Museum of Art. In 2006, the San Jose Museum of Art presented a retrospective exhibition of the artist’s work, which then traveled to additional institutions in California and Mexico.
Through his use of color and a personal symbology, Ramos Rivera has created a language that is written throughout his paintings, monotypes, and collages. This singular expression functions on both an intellectual and emotional level and its deployment is reminiscent of the work of Paul Klee, Joan Miró, and Cy Twombly.(1) It also harkens back to the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican art...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
1980s Abstract Expressionist Pop Art Painting Collage, Assemblage Hugh O'Donnell
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a mixed media collage with an almost sculpture quality to it. it is hand signed. size includes frame.
Hugh O'Donnell is an English painter, printmaker and site-specific art...
Category
1980s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic, Archival Paper
San Francisco Salt Ponds II, Large Scale Modern Geometric Abstract Landscape
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
San Francisco Salt Ponds II, Large Scale Modern Geometric Abstract Landscape
A bright and colorful abstract interpretation in monumental scale of the Bay ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The pond
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
White wooden frame
52.5 x 67.5 x 4 cm
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vilnius Corner
Located in New York, NY
A. Pavlov (Lithuanian/Russian) " Vilnius Corner", Abstract Landscape signed Oil on Canvas, 21 x 24, Late 20th Century, 1984
Colors: Yellow, White, Black, Blue, White, Purple, Brown,...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Untitled”
By Sid Birnbaum
Located in Southampton, NY
Original raised wood with inset enamel paint artwork by Sid Birnbaum. The painting is done in a abstract cubist style. Condition is very good. Signed and dated verso, 1987. Overal...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Large 80s Vibrant Dynamic Drawing/Painting Memphis Milano Era
Located in Surfside, FL
it is currently unframed and will be sold thus. Similar in style to the 80s work of Elizabeth Murray. A bright, colorful expressive piece signed (labels are not included as it is un...
Category
1980s 85 New Wave Abstract Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Gouache, Rag Paper, Graphite
A Colorful 1956 Gouache Titled "Sunday in Torromolinos, Spain" by Samuel Butnik
Located in Chicago, IL
A Colorful 1956 Gouache Titled "Sunday in Torromolinos, Spain" by Samuel Butnik. Artwork size: 18" x 25". Archivally matted to: 24" x 30".
Biography...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Four Red Mountains - Abstract Landscape
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid and arresting abstracted landscape of four red mountains by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999), c. 1985. Estate stamp on verso. Provenance; From the estate of Earl Loran; David Carlson...
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
American Modernist Abstract Oil Painting Landscape Seascape
By Bruce Samuelson
Located in Surfside, FL
framed 14.5 x 17. image 9.5 x 12
Signed verso
Bruce Samuelson was born in Philadelphia and was educated at PAFA. He has taught painting and drawing at PAFA since 1973.
Professor B...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Entropy 10, Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Juan Sanchez Juarez
Located in Long Island City, NY
Signed lower right
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
French Extra-Large Grey And White Abstract Painting By Rapfaëlle Pia From 1987
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Presenting a stunning extra-large French abstract acrylic painting by French artist Raphaëlle Pia (1942-). This contemporary artwork exhibits a remarkably vivid quality, achieved through the harmonious interplay of a pale color palette and bold, large brushstrokes.
The painting is countersigned. ‘R. Pia’ is signed in the bottom right corner of the canvas, and 'Raphaëlle PIA' is signed on the reverse side of the canvas. It is dated 1987, is titled ‘ ("Guanorgile") "Guanos II" ’, and its' medium is noted to be 'acrylique s/ toile (et technique mixte)' which translates to 'acrylic paint on canvas and mixed technique'. There is also a reference to a Parisian street that is partially crossed out...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Tulips in a vase #4 Oil on cardboard, 48 x 39 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tulips in a vase #4. Oil on cardboard, 48 x 39 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School o...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Small Nocturnal #2
Located in San Francisco, CA
This painting by Michasel Tyzack (1933-2007) is a bold composition with an equally bold palette. It measures 36 in x 64 in (91cm x 162 cm) and is composed of acrylic on canvas. The background colors are some kind of wash The piece is titled "Small Nocturnal #2" and dated 1981. It is signed en verso on the stretcher "Michael Tyzack...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Florida Flowers Abstract
By Mary Burke
Located in Soquel, CA
Brilliant floral watercolor painting by Mary Burke (American, 20th Century). Signed "M. Burke - SWA" lower right. Titled "Floral" and sign...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
APARTMENT FOR SALE:15-E, Abstract Mixed Media 3-D Collage, Real Estate Listing
Located in Union City, NJ
APARTMENT FOR SALE: 15-E, created in 1982, is an original mixed media painted collage on paper by the Israeli-American artist Zigi Ben-Haim. APARTMENT FOR SALE: 15-E is an imaginativ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Purple and Gold Mixed Media Abstract
By Peg Denney
Located in Soquel, CA
Purple and gold mixed media abstract with reflective gold square and highly textured surface by artist and architect Peg Denney (American, 20th century...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Oil, Archival Paper
Antique American Modernist Cubist Still Life Abstract Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 24L x 18H. Signed.
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Polarity #3 - unique, signed watercolor on paper abstract geometric color field
Located in New York, NY
Jay Rosenblum
Polarity #3, 1981
Acrylic on paper
6 × 9 1/2 inches
Signed and titled in graphite pencil on the front
Unframed
This gem of a work is an acrylic painting on paper by ren...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Blue, Pink & Red Abstract in Watercolor on Paper
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Blue, Pink & Red Abstract in Watercolor on Paper
A bold abstract expressionist watercolor by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Bright sections of yellow, pink, orange, and red are divided by dark blue lines. Although some shapes are repeated, there is not a definitive pattern, which creates a dynamic composition.
Signed "Les Anderson" on verso. From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California.
Unframed.
Paper size: 14"H x 20"W.
Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson(American, 1928-2009) owned and operated the Bear Flag Gallery in San Juan Bautista...
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Flight to Egypt
By Anna Walinska
Located in New York, NY
Oil on paper. Signed and dated 'Walinska 57' (lower left).
image size 20 x 13 1/2 in.
framed size 28 1/3 x 22 1/2 inches
Provenance
Martha Jackson Gallery
Anderson Gallery, Buffalo...
Category
1950s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Untitled # 84" Large Red Toned Geometric Abstract
By Sara Stites
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract painting with geometric forms in grey tones with a red background. The work is from the Davis / McClain Gallery. It is titled and dated by the artist. The work is not framed.
Artist Biography:
The following is from the artist:
I started drawing seriously at the age of 14 after attending a summer program at Indian Hill...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Salt Ponds 1, Large Scale Modern Geometric Abstract Landscape with Pink
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Salt Ponds 1, Large Scale Modern Geometric Abstract Landscape with Pink
A bright and colorful monumental scale abstract interpretation of the Bay Area salt...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
At the Seaside - Oil Paint on Canvas by Leo Guida - 1985
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
At the Seaside is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1985 by the italian artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original Oil painting on canvas.
Frame is included.
Total Dimen...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Broken Promises" - Abstracted Floral Still Life in Acrylic and Pencil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold still life painting with collage by unknown artist Marvin Martin (American, 20th Century). A black and white floral still life has been torn and used as collage material for this composition. There are additional layers of paint and pencil to create a layered composition.
Signed, titled, and dated along the bottom edge: Marvin Martin Broken Promises 1986
Presented in a distressed wood frame with an off white mat...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Abstract '83 - Orange Yellow - British 20th century Action art oil painting
By Frank Avray Wilson
Located in London, GB
This stunning large Abstract oil on board painting is by noted British artist Frank Avray Wilson. It was painted in 1985 and given to Wilson's good friend and holiday companion, the...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Modernist Signed Baboon Framed Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 14L x 18H.
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Blue Abstract Number 1. Geometric Oil painting
By John Hopwood
Located in Brecon, Powys
Well executed geometric abstract painting. Really good interior designers piece.
Excellent condition and well framed
John Hopwood 1942-2015.
He had several paintings accepted for the Royal Academy...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Monument - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Monument - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper
A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A large section of red is di...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
David Bowie - New York - Urban Landscape in Acrylic on Textured Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
David Bowie - New York - Urban Landscape in Acrylic on Textured Paper
Abstracted cityscape by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazi...
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Cubist Nude in Green
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a mid century mixed media painting by American artist Robert McIntosh, "Cubist Nude in Green:, an original oil and collage on panel, ...
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Painted Desert Dreams, Large Scale Modern Geometric Multi-Color Abstract
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Painted Desert Dreams, Large Scale Modern Geometric Multi-Color Abstract
Abstract Expressionist rendering inspired by the Jon Day Painted Desert, a vi...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Musicians
Located in Riga, LV
Ararat Sargsyan
Musicians, cardboard/oil 83x56 cm,1980
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
The actors
Located in Roma, IT
The actors is an original artwork realized by Maurice Rouzée in the 1950's. Tempera on paper; signed by the artist on the upper left margin. Very good condit...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
1980s Abstracted Bay Area Landscape -- Oakland to Tamalpais Views
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous colors in this abstract of the sunrise on the bay by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999), a modernist of urban and coastal views and geometric painting. Signed on verso. From a...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Charles Clough Picture Generation Abstract Expressionist Oil Enamel Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
This vibrant colorful painting is fully hand signed, dated and titled verso.
It might be acrylic but it looks like oil or enamel ad I have seen it described thusly.
This listing is...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
In the Sculpture Garden, unique signed oil on canvas painting, Charles Cowles
Located in New York, NY
Donald McLaughlin
In the Sculpture Garden (ex-collection Charles Cowles Gallery), 1985
Oil on Canvas. Framed with labels from Wolff Gallery and Charles Cowles Gallery
Sticker label, ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Abstract Expressionist Color Field Acrylic "April Dance Form" Painting
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Surfside, FL
Large Abstract Expressionist color field painting. Similar in the manner of the colorful abstract works of Paul Jenkins. This one is a bit more muted in color.
Lamar Briggs (1935-2...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Sunrise an Expression, Signed Acrylic painting (with Washburn gallery label)
Located in New York, NY
Alan Cote
Sunrise - an Expression, 1981
Acrylic Polymer (Aquatec) on Canvas (hand signed twice with original Washburn Gallery label)
Hand-signed by artist, S...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
The Kiss - Abstract Figurative Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
The Kiss - Abstract Figurative Composition in Acrylic on Paper
A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Figurative Abstract o...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Irradiant Chromosectorial - Acrylic Painting by Elena Fia Fozzer - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Elena Fia Fozzer, Irradiant Chromosectorial.
Acrylics on four canvases applied and positioned with magnets on a metal panel, 1989.
Signature on the back of each canvas
Artist's si...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Green Composition - Acrylic Paint by Leo Guida - 1980s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Green Composition is an original Contemporary artwork realized by the italian artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original Acrylic painting on canvas.
Frame is included (49,5 X 2,5 X ...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Project - Collage and Acrylic by Lucio del Pezzo - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Project is an artwork realized by Lucio Del Pezzo, 1985.
Collage e Acrylic on cardboard.
Handsigned in red in the lower part.
cm. 32.5x50
Lucio Del Pezzo (Naples, December 13, 1...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Abstract Composition - Original Gouache by Paul Bony - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a small yet significant artwork realized by the artist Paul Henri Bony, a famous French artist, active in the mid-20th century. The artwork is in excellent co...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Large Scale Geometric Abstract Landscape with White & Pistachio Green
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Large Scale Geometric Abstract Landscape with White & Pistachio Green
Wonderful large scale abstract with pistachio, cobalt blue and red...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled Gestural Abstract Composition
Located in Kansas City, MO
Matthias Kohlmann
Untitled Gestural Abstract Composition
Medium: Gouache
Year: 1988
Signed and dated by hand
Edition: Unique
Size: 13.7 × 9.4 inches
COA provided
Matthias Kohlmann (...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Untitled, " 1950s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
Thisoil painting on masonite board, "Untitled," by Modernist Stanley Bate was created circa 1950, part of his earlier body of work. The dark, heavy line work combined with bright col...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract Composition - Tempera on Have paper by P. Sadun - 1953
By Piero Sadun
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a suggestive artwork realized by Piero Sadun (1919-1974) in 1953.
Original Title: VII n.912.
Tempera on heavy paper.
Signed and dated by the artist on the...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Expressionist Portrait of Napoleon in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red with Black, White and Orange - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
A bright abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C).
Unsigned, from a collection of his works. (Certified to be by the artist)
Paper size: 22.5"H x 15"W
From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles. He was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980's. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim Stuckenberg, Alice Robertson Carr, Deborah Eve Alastra...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Orange Portal - Vintage Latin American School Original Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Orange Portal - Vintage Latin American School Original Abstract
Bright and bold abstract painting by Latin American California-based artist, Ric...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Dreamy 1983 Abstract Geometric Painting by ID Artist Eugene Dana
Located in Chicago, IL
A dreamy 1983 Abstract Geometric painting by Institute of Design artist Eugene Dana. Artwork size: 45". x31". Framed size: 46" x 32".
Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Born in M...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Vintage Abstract -- "Z" for Znta
By Lewis Kesling
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous pastel hued graphic-linear abstract intermittent with "Zs" and the word "Znta" by artist Lewis Kesling (American, 1930-2003). 1983. Signed and dated lower left corner. Presented in wooden frame. Image size: 40"H x 30"W.
Kesling was from Hollidays Cove, West Virginia then moved to Monterey, California. He is known for his abstracts and has works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
"My paintings are a physical manifestation of my exploration of the endless sea of self. Our short visit here in the vastness of all time passes swiftly and there is little of it to spend looking back or stopping to survey what has been and is now gone. I do not know if there will ever be an endpoint when I might be able to look back, nor am I concerned with the end. Death and finality have already come to many who still walk the shore, afraid to sail that sea of self, fearing an end when actually the shore is the end and the sea the beginning." [Kesling, in "Nine West...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
KN852, Space-scape painting by Andreas Nottebohm
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andreas Nottebohm is a German painter known as a key innovator in metal painting. The painting measures 48 x 40 inches and is signed and dated verso. Provenance: Private Collection, NYC
Category
1980s Conceptual Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Minimalist Abstract - Acrylic and sand on shaped canvas
By Tom Bolles
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Tom Bolles (1953- )
Title: Triangles #3 & #4 Attempting to Mate
Date: 1987
Medium: acrylic, sand and canvas
Size: 21 x 44.25 inches
Signature: signed, titled, dated on reverse
This work is best described as minimalist abstraction, but that does not quite do it justice. The surface, composed of acrylic and sand on shaped canvas...
Category
1980s Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Falling Feathers in Yellow and White Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Falling Feathers in Yellow and White Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper
A bright abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Shapes resembling feathers are created out of thick paint pressed into the paper. They are floating against a red and grey background.
Signed and dated at the bottom edge: R. de Silva - 86
Paper size: 30"H x 22.25"W
From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles. He was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980's. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim Stuckenberg...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Red Strike - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Strike - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This piece is a ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Subaquatic Canyon - Abstract Expressionist on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Subaquatic Canyon - Abstract Expressionist on Paper
Abstract in bold blue and red with textures created by salt in India ink and watercolor, by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century). Bonus sketch on verso of a person's face, perhaps a self-portrait of the artist.
Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Paper size: 17.75"H x 12"W
From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980's. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim Stuckenberg, Alice Robertson Carr, Deborah Eve Alastra...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, India Ink
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Abstract art has origins in 19th-century Europe, but it came into its own as a significant movement during the 20th century. Early practitioners of abstraction included Wassily Kandinsky, although painters were exploring nonfigurative art prior to the influential Russian artist’s efforts, which were inspired by music and religion. Abstract painters endeavored to create works that didn’t focus on the outside world’s conventional subjects, and even when artists depicted realistic subjects, they worked in an abstract mode to do so.
In 1940s-era New York City, a group of painters working in the abstract mode created radical work that looked to European avant-garde artists as well as to the art of ancient cultures, prioritizing improvisation, immediacy and direct personal expression. While they were never formally affiliated with one another, we know them today as Abstract Expressionists.
The male contingent of the Abstract Expressionists, which includes Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Robert Motherwell, is frequently cited in discussing leading figures of this internationally influential postwar art movement. However, the women of Abstract Expressionism, such as Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell and others, were equally involved in the art world of the time. Sexism, family obligations and societal pressures contributed to a long history of their being overlooked, but the female Abstract Expressionists experimented vigorously, developed their own style and produced significant bodies of work.
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