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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1940s
Antique Israeli American Folk Art Modernist Figural Landscape Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Israeli American modernist folk art landscape by Malcah Zeldis. Mixed media painting on paper. Framed. Signed. Measuring 18 by 22 inches overall and 11 by 14 painting alone....
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Board, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Structure XXIII - Acrylic Painting by Nato Frascà - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Structure XXIII is an original contemporary artwork realized by Nato Frascà in 1964. Acrylic painting on canvas. Title, signature and date on the back of...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

20th Century Cityscape Painting by Mel Fowler (1921-1987)
By Mel Fowler
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
A lovely charismatic Water colour painting by Mel Fowler 1921-1987 . This busy London London street scene was painted by the artist during the late 1960s early 70s . Mel Fowler (19...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

"Great Wall, " 1970s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract oil painting on canvas by Modernist artist Stanley Bate features a geometric composition and a soft palette. The white and creme colors are complemented by earth...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern Abstract Landscape - San Francisco Hills in the Fog
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Abstract Landscape - San Francisco Hills in the Fog Beautiful mid-century modern abstract landscape evoking ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ceremonial Dancers oil and tempera painting by Julio De Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
Artwork measures 48" x 30" and framed 56 ¼" x 38 ¼" x 3" Provenance: John Heller Gallery, NYC, circa 1975 (label verso) The artist's daughter Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, FL (1990)...
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil, Tempera

American School Modernist Abstract Cityscape Holiday Lights Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Image size, 20H x 30L. Signed.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Seascape Framed Summer Nautical Boat Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist seascape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 14H by 22L.
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"People" - Mid-Century Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Black & White Drawing
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) People, 1964 Ink and crayon on paper Signed and dated upper right 36.5 x 24 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of nation...
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1960s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Crayon, Ink

Composition in green and yellow, watercolor and gouache on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre MONTHEILLET (1923-2011) Composition in green and yellow Watercolor and gouache on paper Signed lower left Dimensions of the work: 50 x 65 cm Dimensions of the frame: 60 x 80 c...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Abstract composition
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Antique American Modernist Abstract Interior Artist Studio Easel Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior easel painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed on verso. Housed in a period modern frame.
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Untitled"
By Sidney E. Zimmerman
Located in Southampton, NY
Sidney E.Zimmerman USA (1926-2007) studied at the Brooklyn a Museum of Art after returning from Europe during WWII. In 1950, he studied with Morris Kantor and Vaclav Vytlacil at the ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Mid Century Abstract
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Unsigned. Image size, 37"L x 25"H.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

St. Atomic oil and tempera painting by Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
Julio De Diego’s Atomic Series paintings made an extraordinary statement regarding the shock and fear that accompanied the dawn of the nuclear age. In the artist’s own words, “Scientists were working secretly to develop formidable powers taken from the mysterious depths of the earth - with the power to make the earth useless! Then, the EXPLOSION! . . . we entered the Atomic Age, and from there the neo-Atomic war begins. Explosions fell everywhere and man kept on fighting, discovering he could fight without flesh.” To execute these works, De Diego developed a technique of using tempera underpainting before applying layer upon layer of pigmented oil glazes. The result is paintings with surfaces which were described as “bonelike” in quality. The forms seem to float freely, creating a three-dimensional visual effect. In the 1954 book The Modern Renaissance in American Art, author Ralph Pearson summarizes the series as “a fantastic interpretation of a weighty theme. Perhaps it is well to let fantasy and irony appear to lighten the devastating impact. By inverse action, they may in fact increase its weight.” Exhibited 1950 University of Illinois at Urbana "Contemporary American Painting" 1964 Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas This work retains its original frame which measures 54" x 36" x 2". About this artist: Julio De Diego crafted a formidable persona within the artistic developments and political struggles of his time. The artist characterized his own work as “lyrical,” explaining, “through the years, the surrealists, the social-conscious painters and the others tried to adopt me, but I went my own way, good, bad or indifferent.” [1] His independence manifested early in life when de Diego left his parent’s home in Madrid, Spain, in adolescence following his father’s attempts to curtail his artistic aspirations. At the age of fifteen he held his first exhibition, set up within a gambling casino. He managed to acquire an apprenticeship in a studio producing scenery for Madrid’s operas, but moved from behind the curtains to the stage, trying his hand at acting and performing as an extra in the Ballet Russes’ Petrouchka with Nijinsky. He spent several years in the Spanish army, including a six-month stretch in the Rif War of 1920 in Northern Africa. His artistic career pushed ahead as he set off for Paris and became familiar with modernism’s forays into abstraction, surrealism, and cubism. The artist arrived in the U.S. in 1924 and settled in Chicago two years later. He established himself with a commission for the decoration of two chapels in St. Gregory’s Church. He also worked in fashion illustration, designed magazine covers and developed a popular laundry bag for the Hotel Sherman. De Diego began exhibiting through the Art Institute of Chicago in 1929, and participated in the annual Chicago Artists Exhibitions, Annual American Exhibitions, and International Water Color Exhibitions. He held a solo exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in the summer of 1935. Though the artist’s career was advancing, his family life had deteriorated. In 1932 his first marriage dissolved, and the couple’s young daughter Kiriki was sent to live with friend Paul Hoffman. De Diego continued to develop his artistic vocabulary with a growing interest in Mexican art. He traveled throughout the country acquainting himself with the works of muralists such as Carlos Merida, and also began a collection of small native artifacts...
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1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil, Tempera

"Color Field (Chalk on Wet Paper)" original pastel by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this composition, Sylvia Spiczza works in the manner of color field artists like Mark Rothko and Helen Frankenthaler, presenting a gradation of colors shifting from yellow to red ...
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1960s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

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Pastel

Mid Century Oil Paint Picasso Style Figurative -- Harlequin Prince
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique figurative harlequin painting with Picasso style and abstract elements with dream-like layering by Robert Moesle (American, b.1932). Signed "Moesle" lower left. Titled "The Harlequin Prince" on verso. Displayed in a rustic painted giltwood frame with linen liner. Image size: 40"H x 32"W. Framed Size; 45"H x 37"W. Robert Moesle was born in San Jose, California in 1932. He graduated from San Jose State College and attended The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, England. Moesle lives in the Chateau region of France, which he finds to be an ideal location for a watercolorist. Moesle paints outside and enjoys watching the landscape change through the seasons. Unlike most watercolorists, Moesle takes his time painting and tries to capture the feeling of durability in his subjects. Moesle has exhibited his work in shows in London, Paris and throughout the United States. “Figurative painting by Robert Moesle are…lyrical, visionary, softly dream-like… Moesle’s Harlequin Prince offers a memory of early Picasso...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Double Focus II Mid-Century OpArt Abstract Geometric painting, Cleveland school
Located in Beachwood, OH
Julian Stanczak (American, 1928-2017) Double Focus II, 1963 acrylic on canvas signed and dated verso 33 x 40 inches Julian Stanczak (American, b. November 5, 1928) was an American ...
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1960s Op Art Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Mod Abstract Expressionist Modernist Oil Painting Edward Avedisian Color Forms
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Avedisian ( 1936-2007 ) 15 X 8.5 Oil paint on wood panel This is not signed on front. It bears his name verso. Provenance: Hudson, N.Y. estate of noted Art Collector Albert B...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Untitled
Located in Vancouver, CA
Ron Stonier (1933-2001) was a dedicated Vancouver artist celebrated for his exploration of abstract painting, influenced by his mentors Gordon Smith and Jack Shadbolt, as well as by ...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Board

Brazilian Modernist Abstract Oil Painting Latin American Expressionist Concreta
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract oil on canvas painting by Ivan Freitas. 25" x 31" inch canvas, framed to 30" x 36". Bearing a Barcinski Art Gallery label verso and a second label stating that the painting was sold in 1961 at a benefit auction for the Albert Einstein Hospital held at the Museum of San Paulo. Ivan Freitas was a Brazilian Postwar & Contemporary painter and Muralist (1932-2006) Son of muralist Severino Araújo, Ivan started painting as a self-taught artist. His first individual exhibition was at the Public Library, in 1957. With the success of the exhibition, he was able to move to Rio de Janeiro the following year, in 1958, where he came into contact with the work of artists such as Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte who influenced him. Between 1962 and 1963 he resided as a fellow in Paris. Between 1969 and 1972, he was on his second tour abroad, in New York City and commissioned by the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. Back in Brazil, he painted a mural of over a thousand square meters on the external wall of the National School of Music in Rio de Janeiro in 1984 - the first of the Arte nos Muros Project. Still in the 70s, he married Dalva Mendes Gall whom he left after his death in 200, an extensive collection where one can find all the best works of this renowned Paraiba artist in Brazil and abroad. The stay in New York, from 1969 to 1972, was perhaps the greatest turning point in Ivan's career. Until then, according to art critic Roberto Pontual, the plastic artist followed "a phase of abstraction close to the informal". In the United States , with so much technological influence around him, Ivan becomes interested in the machine and its movement mechanisms and inserts these perceptions in his works, as kinetic constructions with small motors hidden in boxes as Pontual defines, and also and triggering light patterns in cyclic and repeated series. (similar to the Op Art works of Julio le Parc and works by Yves Tinguely being shown at Rene Denis Gallery in Paris In 1968, the magazine Galeria de Arte Moderna (GAM), published an article entitled Ivan Freitas and the Cosmic Space. In the Brazilian Dictionary of Plastic Artists , the Italian art critic Giuseppe Marchiori refers to Ivan Frentas as someone who "controls and dominates each part of the painting with a desire to deepen the image that surprises and enchants". Still according to the critic, Ivan is someone who preserves the mystery in the harmony between lines and the colorful atmosphere, where he creates pauses and rhythms for the reading of his "secret structures". Arte Neo Concreta artists Lygia Clark, Helio Oiticica and Lygia Pape, were all contemporaries The poet Ferreira Gullar writes: "Freitas does not turn to the subjective world, does not inquire into the arcana of the unconscious; he inquires into the future and, in the solitude of his paintings, promises us a serene and orderly world. And, if in his landscapes man does not appear, it is not that this order excludes him - it is that he has not yet reached it. " Selec Solo Exhibitions 1957 - João Pessoa Public Library; João Pessoa, PB. 1960 - Ivan Freitas: Painting Exhibitions , at the Penguin Gallery; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1961 - MAM-BA , Salvador , BA. 1962 - Rubbers Gallery; Buenos Aires , Argentina . 1962 - La Cabana Galeria; Trieste , Italy . 1962 - Brazil-United States Cultural Institute; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1962 - Brazil-Uruguay Institute; Montevideo , Uruguay . 1962 - Barcinski Gallery; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1963 - Galleria Del Canale, Naples , Italy. 1963 - Ivan Freitas: Paris 1963, at the Barcinski Gallery ; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1964 - Barcinski Gallery; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1966 - Relief Gallery; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1968 - Relief Gallery; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1969 - Pan American Union; Washington , United States. 1971 - Miramar Gallery; New York, United States. 1971 - Bloomingdale's Art Gallery; New York, United States. 1973 - Individual, at Galeria Bonino; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1973 - Galeria Collection; São Paulo , SP. 1974 - Ivan Freitas: Paintings / Objectives , at the Rio de Janeiro Art Exchange; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1975 - Arte Global Gallery; São Paulo-SP. 1976 - Ivan Freitas: Paintings / Space / Movement , at Galeria Ipanema; Sao Paulo-SP. 1977 - Paulo Prado Gallery; Sao Paulo-SP. 1978 - Paraíba State Cultural Foundation; João Pessoa, PB. 1979 - Gallery B. 75 Concorde; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1980 - Individual, at Galeria do Sesi; Sao Paulo-SP. 1980 - Paulo Prado Gallery; Sao Paulo-SP. 1986 - Ivan Freitas: The Reinvented Landscape , at Galeria Arte Aplicada; Sao Paulo-SP. 1987 - Applied Art Gallery; Sao Paulo-SP. 1989 - Evasion Arte Gallery; Sao Paulo-SP. 1994 - GB Arte Gallery; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. Select Group Exhibitions 1959 - 8th National Salon of Modern Art; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1960 - 9th National Salon of Modern Art; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1961 - 10th National Salon of Modern Art - jury exemption and critical award; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1961 - 6th São Paulo International Art Biennial , at the Ciccilo Matarazzo Pavilion; Sao Paulo-SP. 1963 - Art from America and Spain; Europe . 1963 - 2nd Youth Biennial; Paris, France. 1963 - 7th São Paulo International Art Biennial, at the Fundação Bienal; ; Sao Paulo-SP. 1964 - 2nd Art Summary of Jornal do Brasil, at MAM-RJ; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1965 - Current Brazilian Art; Bonn , Germany . 1965 - Current Brazilian Art; London , England . 1965 - 1st Esso Young Artists Salon, at MAM-RJ; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1965 - Opinion 65, at MAM / RJ; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1965 - 1st Esso Salon of Young Artists, at MAC / USP; Sao Paulo-SP. 1965 - 8th São Paulo International Art Biennial, at the Fundação Bienal; Sao Paulo-SP.* 1965 - Current Brazilian Art; Vienna , Austria . 1966 - 5 Contemporary Painters from Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1966 - 5 Contemporary Painters from Brazil; Montevideo, Uruguay. 1966 - 1st National Biennial of Plastic Arts; Salvador BA. 1967 - 9th Bienal Internacional de Arte de São Paulo, at the Bienal Foundation; Sao Paulo-SP. 1968 - 2nd Esso Young Artists Salon, at MAM / RJ; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. 1969 - 7th JB Art Summary, at MAM-RJ ; Rio de Janeiro - RJ. Local de realização:(Brasil / Rio de Janeiro / Rio de Janeiro) Instituição de realização:Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Ficha Técnicado evento Resumo de Arte JB Artista participante: Anna Letycia, Darel, Farnese de Andrade, Fayga Ostrower, Flexor, Frans Krajcberg, Ione Saldanha...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Urbino, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate features a vibrant and unique palette. Made with oil paint on canvas, the painting is modeled after the famed painting by ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Horse racing
Located in Paris, FR
India ink on paper Handsigned by the artist in pencil LCD4792
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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India Ink

Rare Canadian Modernist Sporting Art Fishing Still Life Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique signed Canadian fishing oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 24L x 30H.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

UNTITLED
Located in Portland, ME
Hoehn, George (American, 1935 - ?) UNTITLED ABSTRACTION. Gouache on heavy wove paper, 1967. Signed and dated, lower right. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches (image), 15 x 11 inches (sheet). In ex...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Blue and Green Modern Abstract Mountain Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful blue, green, and yellow abstract mountain landscape by Herbert Mears circa 1960s. Signed by artist. Artist Biography: Born in ...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century Modern 1960s Abstract Geometric Collage w Navy Blue, Green & Purple
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic late 1960's mixed media abstract geometric collage, with mulberry paper cut into curved and angular shapes and adhered in layers, in a unique color palette of navy blue, dark...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Mulberry Paper, Tissue Paper

Horizontal Abstract #4
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract expressionist painting by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Oil on masonite. Titled "For the Spouse no Longer in my House" on verso. From the estate ...
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1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Mid Century Modern Black, Brown and Orange Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking mid century modern abstract with black, brown and orange by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Signed "Kimball" lower right. Unframed. Image size: 36"H x 36"W.
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Antique American School Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school abstract expressionist painting. Oil on board. Signed. In excellent original condition. Nicely framed in a period wood molding. Excellent condition, read...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Colorful Tribal Nude Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
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...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Abstract Composition - 1960s - Giulio Turcato - Painting - Contemporary
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed by the artist lower right. Very good conditions. Certificate of authenticity of the Artist on the photograph.
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1960s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Interior Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled 1960s Abstract Geometric Expressionist New York Stable Gallery Drawing
Located in Surfside, FL
Al Dickstein New York school Abstract Geometric work. Came in with small collection of his work including signed letters and a signeed card and some monogrammed pieces.. Signed with monogram and inscribed and signed verso. Showed at New York's Stable Gallery...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Color Pencil

The Petrified Origin oil on canvas painting Antoni Pitxot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: The Petrified Origin Artist: Antoni Pitxot i Soler (1934–2015) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 25.6 x 31.9 in (65 x 81 cm) Date: 1967 Condition: Unframed Signature: Signed lower right: Pitxot Provenance: Private collection Notes: Early work from Pitxot’s mature period, featuring the symbolic and meticulously rendered stone forms that would define his artistic identity. 📝 Work Description In The Petrified Origin, Antoni Pitxot presents a haunting and timeless vision of a single, eroded rock suspended in a dreamlike, undefined space. The stone, modeled with sculptural precision, appears to float over a subtly reflective surface, devoid of background or narrative context. Its porous texture, cracks, and shadows evoke a fossilized memory — a silent relic of geological time. Painted in 1967, this piece exemplifies Pitxot's unique visual language, developed through his practice of collecting stones along the Costa Brava and transforming them into anthropomorphic and symbolic compositions. The result is both surreal and solemn, an ode to nature’s memory and the enduring presence of the inanimate. 👤 About the Artist Antoni Pitxot i Soler (born in Figueres, 1934 – died in Barcelona, 2015) was a Catalan painter deeply rooted in the surrealist tradition. Coming from an artistic family —his uncle was Ramon Pichot, a friend of Picasso and Dalí— Pitxot trained as a draughtsman and painter from a young age. In the 1960s, he settled in Cadaqués, where he developed his distinct artistic universe. His paintings revolve around stone as a symbol of permanence, transformation, and memory. Pitxot created sculptural assemblages from real coastal stones and later immortalized them in oil on canvas. His works often hint at human figures, ancient myths, and allegories of time. 🎭 Connection with Salvador Dalí Pitxot was not only a close friend of Salvador Dalí but also one of his closest collaborators. Dalí admired his work and invited him to co-design the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres. After Dalí’s death...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Abstracted Sunset in Scarlet and Ochre', Woman Artist, California Modernist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Certification of authenticity stamped verso for Janice Haefner (American, 1919-2002) and painted circa 1965. A substantial mid-century oil abstract comprising adjoining and overlapp...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Frederic Karoly Vintage Drip Painting
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Fred Karoly (1897-1987) Oil on Canvas created 1963. In excellent condition. A very attractive abstract subject and typical for the artist. Signed and dated 1963 on the verso. Framed simply in a modern black wood frame. Measures 28"h x 24"w. Frame size: 29.5"h x 25.5"w x 1.25"d. Fredric Karoly was born in Budapest in 1897. According to Karoly's own vitae, his exhibition history began in New York in 1947, when at the age of 54 he took part in a four-person group show at Hugo Gallery. His involvement with visual art however was apparently lifelong. In a brief introduction to his solo show at Galerie Mai in Paris in June of 1949, Jen Luc de Rudder, reports that Karoly began painting at the age of 12 in Budapest. After several years of studying, then working in London, Paris and Berlin, Karoly emigrated to the United States in 1925 or 1926. In New York, Karoly worked in women's fashion as a designer. By the early 1950's, Karoly started experimenting with the drip...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Flower Still Life Signed and Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas board. Signed. Image size, 24H by 18L.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Voile n.3 - Mixed Media by Marisa Busanel - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Voile N.3 is an original artwork realized by the Italian contemporary artist Marisa Busanel (1933-1990) in 1968. Mixed media artwork on panel (collage ...
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1960s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Large Abstract Expressionist painting by Oskar D'Amico
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Oskar Maria D'Amico, Italian (1923 - 2003) Title: Untitled Year: 1967 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 54 x 60 in. (137.16 x 152.4 cm)
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Dans le Monde du Feu, Trois Forme de Perfectionment by Francois Arnal
By François Arnal
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Francois Arnal, French (1924 - 2012) Title: Dans le Monde de Feu, Trois Formes de Perfectionment Year: 1962 Medium: Oil and Spraypaint on Canvas...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Jewish Mexican Avant Garde Fiesta of Guadalupe Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Avant-Garde Subject: Abstract Mexican Landscape Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: Mexico Dimensions: Yonia Fain Oil, 1947 Although this oil painting’s subject is predom...
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1940s Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Abstract Bridge Landscape Oil Painting by Will Hollingsworth
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American surreal abstract landscape painting Will Hollingsworth. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modernist fr...
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1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Mixed Media Sculpture Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist mixed media sculpture painting by Duayne Hatchett (1925 - 2015) . Mixed media metal sculpture . Signed on verso.
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1940s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Metal

Mid-Century Abstract Mixed Media 'Transfiguration' Composition with Marble Dust
Located in Denver, CO
"Transfiguration" is a captivating original abstract painting by the talented artist Pawel Kontny (also known as Paul Kontny), created during the mid-20th century. This unique composition was crafted using a combination of marble dust, gesso, and oil glaze on masonite, resulting in a striking raised texture that adds depth and dimension to the artwork. The use of marble dust and gesso gives the piece a rich, tactile quality, making it visually stunning. The painting is rendered in a harmonious palette of neutral tones, including shades of brown, beige, yellow, and grey, creating a subtle yet powerful interplay of light and shadow. These muted hues evoke a sense of calm and contemplation, allowing the viewer to immerse themselves in the abstract forms and textures that dominate the canvas. This piece is presented in its original black and gold frame, which enhances its vintage charm and complements the sophisticated color palette. "Transfiguration" is an exceptional work of art, perfect for collectors of mid-century abstract art...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Marble

Geometric Composition - Painting by Aldo Moriconi - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Geometric Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Aldo Moriconi in 1967. Mixed colored enamel on wood. Hand signed and dated on th...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paint, Oil

Robert Lawson Abstract Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Robert Lawson (1892-1957) Abstract Acrylic on Canvas measuring 40 x 40 inches. The work bears a thin metal frame measuring 40 1/4 x 40 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches. The painting is signed lowe...
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1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Birth" 1940s Surrealist Abstract Watercolor Painting, Gray Scale Female Figure
Located in Denver, CO
"Birth" is a striking semi-abstract watercolor painting created by the talented Colorado artist, Charles Ragland Bunnell, in 1943. The artwork, crafted during Bunnell's Black and Blu...
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1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Canvas by Victor Chab
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Victor Chab, Argentine (1930 - ) Title: Untitled - Abstract Bird Year: 1964 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 32 x 25.5 inches (81 x 65 cm)
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Black Cat and Vase Still Life
By Joseph Tanous
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century still life of fruit, vase and black cat by Monterey artist Joseph Tanous (American, b. 1925), c. 1940-50. Signed lower left corner. Presented in rustic painted w...
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1940s American Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

VENUS I by Auguste Herbin - Abstract, geometric painting
Located in London, GB
VENUS I by Auguste Herbin (1882-1960) Oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm (39 ³/₈ x 31 ⁷/₈ inches) Signed and dated lower left, herbin 1945 Provenance: Private collection, Stockholm Galerie d...
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1940s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Composition 1966 - British 60's abstract art oil painting female artist
Located in London, GB
This superb sixties large British abstract oil painting is by noted female artist Anne Dunn. Painted in 1966 it is an abstract composition in a palette of brown orange and blacks on white showing British St Ives School influences of Terry Frost and British Abstraction. An interesting sixties vibrant abstract and an excellent example of Dunn's work. Signed and dated 66 lower right. Provenance. London estate. Condition. Oil on board, 30 inches by 25 inches unframed, in good condition. Framed in a gallery float mount frame 40 inches by 35 inches. Excellent condition. Anne Dunn (born 4 September 1929) is an English artist associated with the second generation of the School of London. Born in London, England, Dunn is the daughter of the Canadian steel magnate Sir James Dunn, 1st baronet (1874–1956) and his second wife, Irene Clarice Richards, a former musical-comedy actress who had previous been married to Francis Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry. Dunn studied in London at Chelsea School of Art (1949–50) and at the Anglo-French Centre (1952) under Henry Moore and guest artist Fernand Léger before going to the Académie Julian in Paris, France in 1952. Dunn's art has been exhibited in Europe and North America and can be seen at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick, the Arts Council Collection in London, and many private collections. Two drawings and two paintings are in the Government Art Collection: U.K. Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Her first solo show was at the Leicester Galleries of London in 1957, with subsequent shows there in 1959, 1960, 1962, and 1964. Thereafter her major exhibitions took place in New York with shows at the Fischbach Gallery in 1967, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1989. In 1990 Dunn had a solo show at the Christopher Hull Gallery in London. Her most recent solo show was in 2005 at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York. Her close friendships with poets resulted in illustrations and covers for books by John Ashbery, William Corbett, Barbara Guest and James Schuyler...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Large Budd Hopkins Modernist Hard Edged Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting 1965
Located in Surfside, FL
Budd Hopkins, American (1931-2011) Strike Red Oil on canvas, 1965, signed 'Hopkins' and dated lower right. Dimensions: 85 x81 in., 86 x 52 in. with frame. Provenance: bears partial label remnant verso from Poindexter Gallery. (a major gallery founded in 1955 in New York City by Elinor Poindexter. The gallery specialized in sculpture, abstract, and figurative art and featured the works of such artists as Richard Diebenkorn, Jules Olitski, Nell Blaine, Al Held, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Earl Kerkam, Milton Resnick and Robert De Niro, among others. Budd Hopkins was one of the leading proponents of the "hard-edge" abstract minimalist school of painting in the 1950s and 1960s, Budd Hopkins (born 1931) created works that show the strong influence of Jackson Pollock and other leading painters of the Abstract Expressionism movement. Hopkins' paintings are now in numerous major collections, including the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the Hirshhorn Collection in Washington, DC. Recently, he has also been recognized for his research into the matter of UFOs and one of his books, "The Intruders", printed by Random House, was on the New York Times best-seller list and was the basis for a television show on CBS. Born in 1931, he is a graduate of Linsly Military Institute (now Linsly School) in 1949 and Oberlin College in 1953. He first displayed artistic abilities when, as a child recovering from a long-term illness, he began to create sculptures of ships made out of modeling clay. But it wasn't until he arrive at Oberlin that he made a serious study of art. Later, Hopkins included abstracted figures in his sculptural pieces. While moving away from Abstract Expressionism, Hopkins retained in his work the use of intense colors and hard-edged forms. His works of the 1980s, including Temples and Guardians, featured these "sentinels" who were, according to Hopkins, "participating in a frozen ritual, fixed – absolutely – within a privileged space..." Though Hopkins denied any connection, some critics viewed these ritualistic pieces as an extension of Hopkins' fascination with alien beings. Hopkins viewed his sculpted guardians not as human per se, but as magical, fierce, noble robots of the unconscious. He settled in New York after obtaining his degree and has had a residence there ever since. He and his wife, April Kingsley, and their daughter, Grace, divide their time between their home at Cape Cod, Mass., and that in New York City. In his work, he travels widely. He has exhibited in England, Finland, Italy and Switzerland. In 1963, Hopkins was selected by the Columbia Broadcasting System as one of the 15 painters featured in the network's first television special on American art. In 1958, Art News picked him as one of 12 Americans for exhibition in Spoleto, Italy, in the "Festival of Two Worlds." His brilliance has won him a number of fellowships and awards. In 1972, the West Virginia Arts and Humanities Council awarded him its Commission Prize. In 1976, he received the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for Painting and in '79 he received a fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. He also won a special project grant from the New York State Council on the Arts in 1982. He was friends with Robert Ryman and many of the other 10th street avant garde artists. He was an original member of March Gallery which showed Alice Baber, Elaine de Kooning, Mark di Suvero, Lester Johnson, Matsumi Kanemitsu. His art has been featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Bronx Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Whitney Museum, Corcoran Gallery, Guggenheim Museum, Queens Museum in New York, and the Public Library of New York. He was included in Young America 1960: Thirty American Painters Under Thirty-Six buy Lloyd Goodrich at the Whitney Museum of American Art in NYC. Artists included: Sonia Gechtoff, Edward Giobbi, Ron Gorchov, James Harvey, Budd Hopkins, Wolf Kahn, Alex Katz, Robert Natkin, Rudy Pozzatti, Dean Richardson...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paint

“Abstraction, 1962”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting by Irene Zevon. Traces of spray paint in several areas as part of the painting done by the artist. Signed and dated lower right, 1962. Condition: Ver...
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1960s Post-Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint

R. Hoag “Large Cat Peering Out Window”
Located in San Francisco, CA
Oil on canvas 1979 Large cat peering out window Framed 45.25x55.5 Unframed 36x47
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1960s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

King Tut No. 2, Mid-Century Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Gouache on Paper
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) King Tut No. 2, 1968 Gouache on paper Signed and dated upper right 11.25 x 8.25 inches 25.5 x 20.5 inches A surrealist mid-century fig...
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1960s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Abstract Composition - Danish Abstract art 1969 mixed media painting
Located in London, GB
This striking Abstract Expressionist sixties composition is by Danish artist Erling Andersen. Painted in 1969 it is a mixed media composition on canvas...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Untitled - Mixed Media by Marisa Busanel - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an original artwork realized by the Italian contemporary artist Marisa Busanel (1933-1990) in 1964. Mixed media artwork on panel (collage a...
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1960s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

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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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