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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1990s
"Strong Arm" Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright figurative abstract with rich layers of texture and color by Chaz Cole (American, 20th Century). Irregular perimeter. Signed and dated "Chaz Cole" lower right. Signed and date...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Tempera, Cardboard
Figures, Abstracted Faces
By Karel Appel
Located in Greenwich, CT
A large and impressive Karel Appel of his most desirable subject, abstracted faces. Very difficult to find a work of this size and impact by the artist. Often the faces are not as ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Signed unique Acrylic and Charcoal Painting on Canvas, renowned British sculptor
By Nigel Hall
Located in New York, NY
Nigel Hall
Untitled Acrylic and Charcoal Painting on Canvas, 1997
Acrylic and charcoal painting on canvas
Signed and titled by the artist on the front. Dated on the back.
36 × 30 inc...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Désert - Charles Bézie contemporary modern painting on canvas
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Désert (artist inventory no. 121) is a unique medium size contemporary modern abstract geometric painting on canvas by French artist Charles Bézie. The painting is an early career wo...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract 01, 1990 - Acrylique sur toile, 150x150 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
Acrylique sur toile par Michel Cabaret.
Peintre et sculpteur. né en 1944,il vit et travaille à Nice
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Detail Sketch from January 1986, Pure pigment collage, acrylic painting; Signed
Located in New York, NY
Robert Petersen
Detail Sketch from January 1986, 1991
Pure pigment collage, acrylic painting and drawing
Hand-signed by artist, Hand signed, hand initialed, annotated, dated by hand and with date stamp and stamped by artist and inscribed to Dr. Joseph and Mary Bottino
Provenance: Bottino family
16 1/2 × 21 inches
Unframed
Unique
Robert Petersen is a longtime collaborator, friend and protege of Robert Rauschenberg. Detail Sketch from January 1986, dated by the artist April 20, 1991, as well as April 1, 1991 and April 19, 1991, hand signed, as well as stamped RP several times, inscribed, and bears instructions"can paint over pink and blues and whites", and initialed.
More about Robert Petersen:
Robert Petersen was born in 1945 in the small farm town of Le Mars, Iowa and was raised there until 1952 when he moved with his family to Whittier, California. His education as an artist began in 1963 at Fullerton Community College where his interest in architectural drafting led him to develop a passion for drawing, painting, and printmaking. In 1966, he pursued his love for printmaking further at California State University, Long Beach under the former Tamarind Lithography Workshop printer, Robert Evermon.
In 1969, Petersen went on to work as an assistant printer at Gemini G.E.L. where he printed editions for Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg. Most notably, Petersen served as one of the head printers for Rauschenberg's Stoned Moon series, during which the two formed a close friendship. In late 1970, Rauschenberg invited Petersen to live and work with him on Captiva Island, Florida, which had recently become the artist's permanent residence and studio. In 1971, Rauschenberg and Petersen...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
Abstract Expressionist Painting American Late 1970's Mid Century Pink Blue White
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid Century Modern, American Abstract Expressionist Painting on artist board.
This wonderful work combines delicate shades of pink and blue and comes house in a contemporary natural...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Israeli 1970s OP Art Kabbala Painting "Jerusalem, 5732" (Star of David) Judaica
By Yakov Kaszemacher
Located in Surfside, FL
Ya'acov Kaszemacher, well-known artist and photographer whose unique images of Hassidic festivities are fascinating to view, and offer one an opportunity to peek into the community...
Category
1970s Op Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Surrealist 'Double Entry on the Plane' Oil Painting 1970s
Located in Surfside, FL
Sebastian Matta-Clark was born in 1943, twin of Gordon Matta-Clark. Son Of Chilean Surrealist Roberto Matta
Sebastian, known as Batan died in 1976.
He showed 3 exhibitions in his sho...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Geometrical Birds
Located in Henderson, NV
Geometrical Birds is Singer's geometric interpretation of Birds in Flight. Singer was influenced by Stravinsky's music.
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Untitled Minimalist Sculptural painting
By Harris Strong
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful abstract painting by American artist, Harris Strong (1920-2006).
Acrylic and pins on folded handmade paper, 1970's. Measures 30 x 40 inches framed. Weighs 22 lbs.
Color ...
Category
1970s Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Large Abstract Painting by Philip Standish Read
By Philip Standish Read
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Philip Standish Read, American (1927 - 2000)
Title: Untitled
Year: circa 1975
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r
Size: 60 x 72 in. (152.4 x 182.88 cm)
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Geostructure IX" Abstract, Geometric, Colors, Primary Shapes, Acrylic
Located in Detroit, MI
"Geostructure IX" is an intensely colorful painting of the primary shapes of the circle, square, and triangle. Though the shapes are repetitive their mixed juxtapositions and the creative use of color moves the eye around the canvas with constant interest. This painting is an extraordinary example of Franklin Jonas...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
"Carnival" Heavily Textured Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Carnival" Heavily Textured Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil on Canvas
Bold, textured, Figurative, abstract composition by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Minimalist Abstract Painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful abstract Minimalist painting by unknown artist. Dated 1977. Oil on canvas measures 36 x 60 inches. Signed and dated lower right.
Category
1970s Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Abstract Oil on Canvas " Flowers ".
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century abstract oil on canvas of flowers by Russian artist Yuri Vassilievich Titov. Signed, titled and dated 1975 to the reverse ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Psychedelic Modernist Abstract Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Measuring 46 by 46 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Dragon's Wing, 1990 - Bold Green Abstract Painting with Red and Blue
By Gordon House
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Gordon House was born in 1932 in Pontardawe, South Wales. Early exposure to art on trips to the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery as a young boy inspired House towards creative endeavors and ...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Skowhegan-Wesserunsett, signed, framed oil painting by protege of Hans Hofmann
By Paul Resika
Located in New York, NY
Paul Resika
Skowhegan-Wesserunsett, 1976
Oil on board painting: Abstract Expressionist landscape
Signed 'Resika' lower left, also signed, titled and dated on the reverse; verso also ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract, Signed Oil on Board Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Abstract (57)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: 1977
Oil on Board, signed l.r.
Size: 16 in. x 20 in. (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)
Frame Size: 18.5 x 22.5 inches
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Beach Patterns Abstract
Located in Greenwich, CT
Della-Volpe early abstractions are rare and good. Even at this early time he abstracted off "beach" elements such as shapes and colors. With minimal shapes here he creates a compos...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Geostructure II" Abstract, Geometric, Colors, Primary Shapes, Acrylic
Located in Detroit, MI
"Geostructure II" is an intensely colorful painting of the primary shapes of the circle, square, and triangle. Though the shapes are repetitive their mixed juxtapositions and the creative use of color moves the eye around the canvas with constant interest. This painting is an extraordinary example of Franklin Jonas...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Linen
Geometric Painting by Martha Lloyd, Carrie Haddad Gallery Provenance
Located in New York, NY
Martha Lloyd (American, 1927-2018)
Thaw, 1997
Oil and wax (encaustic) on canvas
20 x 20 in.
Framed: 21 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.
Inscribed verso
Provenance:
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
Martha Anne Lloyd...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
American Impressionist scene of a sail boat on a river in New England
Located in Woodbury, CT
Charles Bertie Hall, Yacht sailing in a river.
Owning an Impressionist marine landscape by Charles Bertie Hall, an English/American Impressionist painter, offers a unique opportuni...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Sailing at Kennebec, Maine', Abstract, Whitney Museum, Mills College, ASL, CCAC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Schoener' for Jason Schoener (American, 1919-1997) and painted circa 1970. Titled 'Kennebec Race' (labels, verso)
Previously with M...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Judd - large, blue, green, abstract, geometric composition, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Two columns of horizontal rectangles in alternating colours of forest green and warm white frame a third, central column of warm white and sapphire blue rectangles in this 7.5 foot tall canvas...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1970's French Town Scene with Figures on Old Stone Bridge Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Stone Bridge
French School, 1970's
inscribed verso
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 13 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: very good condition
Category
1970s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
F.N. Souza Abstract Painting, Town Scene, 49"W
By F.N. Souza
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Francis Newton Souza (Indian, 1924-2002)
Marking(s); notes: signed; 1975
Materials: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions (H, W, D): 30"h, 49.75"w image; 35.5"h...
Category
1970s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Composition, Ikebana Series, Dale Chihuly
By Dale Chihuly
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Acrylic on Arches Aquarelle Rag paper. Paper size: 60 x 40 inches. Inscription: Hand signed, as issued. Notes: This work is registered with Dale Chihuly Studio, Inc., Seattle, as num...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Fiddler and Dancers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Shay Rieger (1923-1975). Fiddler and Dancers, 1975. Oil on canvas, 38 x 50 inches. Some ares of paint loss and flaking as documented in detail photos. No tears or punctures in canvas...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Léon Zack - Lyrical Abstract Composition - Signed Oil on Canvas
By Léon Zack
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Léon Zack
1978
Lyrical Abstract Composition
Signed Oil on Canvas
82 x 117 cm.
Provenance
-Galerie Visconti, París
Léon Zack (1892-1980)
Léon Zack ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Signed American School Abstract Pop Art Large Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fauvist Abstracted Dancer
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist painting by Southern California artist Chris Hamamoto (American, 20th century). Image, 40"H x 30"W. Unframed.
Chris, a native of Southern California, has enjoyed creating artwork since childhood. After trying various media, he decided to specialize in painting on canvas and paper with acrylic paints. He is inspired by the works of Monet, Van Gogh, Sergeant, and Diebenkorn. Chris displays and sells his paintings in art festivals throughout California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Education:
Los Angeles Valley...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pears canvas/oil, 38x46 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Saratov Art School, graduated from the Depar...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Room of Metamorphosis - Tempera by Leo Guida - 1998
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
The Room of Metamorphosis is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1998 by the italian artist Leo Guida (1992-2017).
Original mixed colored tempera.
Study of colors for the ...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Painting - Winter 1992
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009)
Painting - Winter 1992
1993
Oil on prepared card
19.0 x 14.0 cm
Vertical orientation
George Dannatt’s long career as a painter and sculptor ended with t...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
American Modernist Abstract Portrait Dancer Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Unsigned. Image size, 30L x 40H. Framing available.
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
LOVE STAR OF DAVID
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Aventura, FL
Original gouache painting on paper. Hand signed lower front by Yaacov Agam. Image size 20.25 x 18.5 inches. Sheet size 29 x 22.2 inches. Frame size approx 33 x 31 inches.
Cert...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Original 1970 Moon Painting Commissioned by NASA for the Apollo Moon mission
Located in Southampton, NY
Lowell Nesbitt's paintings can be found in most major museum collections.
In addition to his financial and critical success of the 1960s which included many important museum exhibiti...
Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Vie #71, Yoshida Kenji, nihonga painting, silver gold copper leaf cobalt, Japan
Located in Santa Fe, NM
La Vie #71, Yoshida Kenji, nihonga painting, silver gold copper leaf cobalt, Japan
Yoshida was born in 1924 in Ikeda City (part of present-day Osaka). He studied art under the grea...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Between Black and White - Original 1972 Oil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Between Black and White - Original 1972 Oil on Paper
Original black and white oil painting on paper by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Black and white lines take up the paper...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
Rare Early Important Flower Abstract Modernist New York Israeli Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist orchid flower still life oil painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 1980. Signed. Displayed in a modernist frame. Important large and impressive work!
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Triangle Lake - modern, contemporary, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This colourful abstract expressionist painting is by the award-winning artist Milly Ristvedt.
The view of a triangular-shaped rock from her waterside studio inspired the colour and ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue and Green Abstract
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
"Blue and Green Abstract" by Claudia Sisemore, acylic on canvas, 43.5 x 46 inches, $4,800.
"I have a vague idea of what I am going to paint. I...
Category
1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mountain Night
By Wes Olmsted
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mixed media (Watercolor and india ink) on paper depicting a mountain range at night.
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
N-4, Large Abstract Expressionist painting by Robert Goodnough
Located in Long Island City, NY
At once an Abstract Expressionist and Color Field painting, this large colorful work by Robert Goodnough bursts with the energy of confetti. This acrylic and oil on canvas painting i...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Belport NY, Landscape, archived number 3784
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Painting sizes is 27x34 in., oil on canvas. Signed lower right. The Pinajian estate certificate is included.
About twelve years ago, Professor William Innes Homer (1929-2012), the f...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rising Tondo, De Stijl Painting by Ilya Bolotowsky 1972
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rising Tondo by Ilya Bolotowsky, Russian/American (1907–1981)
Date: 1972
Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated bottom, and signed, titled, and dated on verso
Size: 47 x 47 in. (119.38 ...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'Action Abstract in Blue', Paris, Pompidou, Guggenheim, NYMoMA, LACMA, Whitney
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'American Action Abstract in Blue', Paris, Pompidou, Guggenheim, NYMoMa, LACMA, Whitney, Art Institute of Chicago, Fogg Museum, Bowdoin, Hirshhorn,
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Signed, verso, 'John...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
1970 Abstract large Mixed Media “FORMA” by Robertino Fatica - Black & Brown
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Robertino Fatica was born in 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1970 he completed a three-year program at the Cooper School of Art in Cleveland. Following that, Fatica served in the U.S. Ar...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Mixed Media, Tape
Table 2, Couple 1, unique signed framed abstract collage by beloved Texas artist
Located in New York, NY
Henry Rayburn
Table 2, Couple 1 (unique framed collage by beloved Texas artist), 1995
Acrylic and Mixed media collage on paper
Signed in graphite pencil on the front
Unique
Frame inc...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Laid Paper, Acrylic
Red in the Sky
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Personage" Heavy Impasto Expressionist Portrait of Lady with a Hat
Located in Soquel, CA
"Personage" Heavy Impasto Expressionist Portrait of Lady with a Hat
Abstract expressionist portrait of a woman wearing a hat by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (America...
Category
1970s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Finale, unique signed mixed media acrylic collage, beloved Texas artist, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Henry Rayburn
Finale, 1995
Acrylic and mixed media collage on paper
Signed in graphite pencil on the front
Unique
Frame included
Provenance: Irving, Texas Corporate Collection de-acc...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Blue Sky - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 1990
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Sky is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 1990.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand-signed and dated on the back of the canvas: G. Lo Fermo 90.
V...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Action Abstract, Ivory & Saffron', Paris, National Association of Women Artists
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'M.S. Bremer' for Marlene Bremer (German-American, 1937-2018) and painted circa 1995. Additionally signed, verso, 'Marlene Bremer'.
...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract Landscape', California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, Thiebaud
By Don Clausen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Clausen' for Don Clausen (American, 1930-2020) and dated 1974.
A self-proclaimed "sculptor of paint," Donald Clausen used tools of his own invention to create co...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Clément ROSENTHAL Oil on canvas n° 4 Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
Abstraction
116 x 96
1992 - 2021
Signed and dated
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Abstract Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
Bring audacious experiments with color and textures to your living room, dining room or home office. Abstract paintings, large or small, will stand out in your space, encouraging conversation and introducing a museum-like atmosphere that’s welcoming and conducive to creating memorable gatherings.
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.
Draw your guests into abstract oil paintings across different eras and countries of origin. On 1stDibs, you’ll find an expansive range of abstract paintings along with a guide on how to arrange your wonderful new wall art.
If you’re working with a small living space, a colorful, oversize work can create depth in a given room, but there isn’t any need to overwhelm your interior with a sprawling pièce de résistance. Colorful abstractions of any size can pop against a white wall in your living room, but if you’re working with a colored backdrop, you may wish to stick to colors that complement the decor that is already in the space. Alternatively, let your painting make a statement on its own, regardless of its surroundings, or group it, gallery-style, with other works.
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