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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Abstract Expressionist
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 11 x 14.5 inches condition: very good and impressive provenance: all the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists studio and are all featured in the artists Catalogue Raisonne. Jacques, Paul, Firmin Coulais is a French painter born on March 22 , 1955 in Fenioux ( Deux-Sèvres ) and died at the age of 56, the June 25 , 2011 in Niort (Deux-Sèvres). Born into a farming family, he was the seventh of eight children. Suddenly becoming a quadriplegic at the age of six following poliomyelitis, he overcame this handicap by building with determination an independent life centered on artistic practice and an intense social life. For more than thirty years his house and his workshop have been the center of attraction for many artists, art lovers or simply friends of Niort and all of France. Coulais began to paint with his mouth, as an autodidact. In 1978, he made the acquaintance of a plastic art teacher who advised him and engaged him on the path of watercolour. The freedom granted to him by this technique as well as the flexibility of its application fascinate him. This meeting and the friendship shared with his teacher, lead him and very quickly direct his work from figurative to abstraction in a way that he explores and that he will then find in the works of Kandinsky and Paul Klee. Admitted to the School of Fine Arts in Angoulême, he studied there from 1981 to 1984 and obtained the National Superior Diploma in Plastic Expression at the age of 31. A few years later, Jacques Coulais exhibited at the Museum of Niort and since then, his career has been punctuated by his participation in numerous exhibitions organized very regularly in various French cities as well as abroad. In the 1990s, the AAPBP, Association of Mouth and Foot Painting...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Oniric Blue
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Due to the size of the work, it was sent rolled in a tube El cuadro abstracto "Oniric Blue" es una obra de arte sorprendente y cautivadora que evoca una sensación de ensoñación y fa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

"Jack" abstract expressionism, raw canvas, monochrome, minimalist art
Located in Sempach, LU
Original art by Lesia Danilina. Abstract acrylic painting on raw canvas "Jack". The influence of black and white on the subconscious level is unusually strong: what is empty, what i...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Dreamer In Pink. Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Who is the dreamer and what is the dream. Dreamer in Pink is a lovely, romantic painting from Francesca Owen and adds to the range of her work. It’s a s...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tribute to Robert Motherwell - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Tribute to Robert Motherwell - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Drawing...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Landscape Abstraction - Mid-Century - Twenty Paintings in One
Located in Miami, FL
At the height of Abstraction Expressionism, overlooked Academic Artist John Atherton created a wonderfully complex painting that embodies many of the characteristics of what was going on in Mid-Century American Art. The work is simultaneously abstract as it is representational. Like a Bento Box, it's divided into sections by dividers. On close inspection, each section stands on it's own as a beautiful mini-painting yet coalesces as part of the whole. From a distance, it is eye-pleasing, but as the view gets closer and closer, new structures and details gloriously reveal themselves. This is an important painting and not unlike the work of Joaquín Torres-García. It was done in the last year of the artist's life. Signed lower right. Canvas is relined. Framed size: 30 x 41.25. The work is best viewed with top gallery lights to bring out color. Atherton exhibited at the famous Julien Levy Gallery in New York and his fine art is mainly associated with Magic Realism. He participated in the seminal 1943 Museum of Modern Art exhibition, American Realists and Magic Realists. The Museum of Modern Art has 4 Atherton paintings in its collection. As an Illustrator, Atherton did covers for the Saturday Evening Post, Fortune and Holiday Magazine...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"A New Idea" in Blue - Figural Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"A New Idea" in Blue - Figural Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Large blue and red brushstrokes form the structure of this composition, with a seated figure in the misty background. What appears to be a cobalt blue vessel...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

“Untitled”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting by the well known abstract expressionist artist, John Little. Signed lower right. Signed and dated 1965 on top stretcher bar verso. Betty Parsons Ga...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

C1120 Unstretched Abstract Light Gree Blue White Quotes Words Dictionary
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This work is a part of the "Chaos and Control Theory" Series - the artist's signature series. It was created with the pages from an Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. This technique gives a special character to the work - you can play with it by asking questions, pointing to any part of the work, and you will get a meaningful phrase or a word. The work has blue and white colors. Great for the modern interior. The work is unstretched and will be shipped in a roll. -- "Chaos and Control Theory" Series is about depth and space. It’s about information overload, and what information looks like when you take out a meaning. I create lots of layers, using found materials and printed materials. I do an abstract expressionism painting on a surface first before I apply the printed and found materials. And then I begin to organize the surface, ultimately thinking about balance and flow and how the piece is going to contribute to the space it is going to be hanging in. -- Zach Touchon is an American contemporary abstract expressionist artist and muralist based in Los Angeles, CA. Besides that, Touchon is also an actor, a singer, a screenwriter, and a writer. Zach Touchon is an artist in the second generation. By rethinking abstract expressionism ideas, using different media he creates large abstract artwork along with small collages, huge...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Where the Light Falls, Elaine Fox, Contemporary Landscape Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Where the Light Falls [2022] Signed by the artist oil and oil pastel on canvas Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:50 cm x D:4cm Frame Size: H:54 cm x W:54 cm x D:5.5cm Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look A painting completed in the studio after a visit to the Outer Hebrides, the unpredictable weather patterns and light played an important role in creating this piece. The weather on Skye is forever changing and the dramatic and mystical landscapes are what inspires me to try to capture the feeling of energy and atmosphere. This painting is framed in a white tray frame to fit with any decor. laine Fox - Artist - Painter Elaine Fox...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil

Antique American Abstract Expressionist Vintage Framed New York School Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 18L x 24H.
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Moments of summer2" abstract expressionism, blue, beige, sea, sky
Located in Sempach, LU
Original painting by Lesia Danilina. Acrylic on canvas. Abstract acrylic painting on canvas "Moments of summer2". In this series I explore the skill of the observer. To be an observ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Above and Beyond, Statement Abstract Expressionist Painting, Original Framed Art
Located in Deddington, GB
This is a favourite piece from a series exploring ideas around layers, history and portals to the past. The series was painted in multiple layers with each layer revealing something of the layer below. The past still affecting the present and the future. Discover more original artwork by Alison Gilbert with Wychwood Art online and in Oxfordshire gallery. Alison is a British contemporary abstract artist...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Panel

Farandole, abstract still life, expressionism, oil on canvas, blue, textured
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Still life with bottles treated abstractly with oil and knife. The palette, often in muted tones, suggests more than it imposes a similar construction. The blue tones are counterbala...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Bursting Forth-Red 60 X 48
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bursting Forth- Red 60 X 48 Acrylic on canvas Nancy Seibert began her art studies in Washington D.C. at George Washington University. She gradua...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Blue Contemplation
Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW
This artwork is an emotional exploration of the colour blue with a hint of magenta and a couple of other secondary colour. The way blue dominates and goes from light blue to navy als...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic

#576, Abstract Expressionist Artwork, Contemporary Statement Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Original abstract painting by artist Jessie Woodward. #576 is an abstract expressionist style painting which would be a statement in any home. Discover new works by Jessie Woodward...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Heart In Blues
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Due to the size of the work, it was Shipped rolled in a tube without a frame Acrylic on Canvas This abstract painting is an explosion of color and movement. The dynamic technique ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Abstract composition on paper 12x9inches Created for the Earth Day 2023
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

b-side of the moon oil on canvas painting abstract expressionism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nerea Caos (1993) - b-side of the moon - Oil on canvas Canvas size 20X20 cm. Frameless. Nerea Sánchez Castro, born in Ferrol, Galicia in 1993, an art student since high school, with...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Samba Copacabana" Abstract Expressionism
Located in Soquel, CA
"Samba Copacabana" Abstract Expressionism A vibrant abstract painting in pastel peach, contrasting black and white, and shimmering metallic gol...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Abstract Expressionist Untitled Composition
Located in Surfside, FL
Don Fink (1923-2010) was a well known and well listed Abstract Expressionist who studied at the Art Students League and the Academie Julien. He was bor...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Multi Textured Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and colorful highly textured abstract with figurative elements by Weston (American, 20th Century). Signed and dated "Weston '92" lower right corner. Tempera on acrylic sheet. ...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Tempera, Plastic

Black Sun in the Red and White Sky - Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Black Sun in the Red and White Sky - Acrylic on Paper Bold abstract by Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A large black and yellow orb sits in a swirling white and yellow s...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pastel

Vintage Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Ethereal Organic Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage abstract expressionist etherial oil painting by Piry Rame (1921 - 2001). Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed on verso. Image size, 21L x 16H. Housed in a period frame.
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Oil Painting Miami Woman Modernist Lynne Golob Gelfman Muddy Roots
Located in Surfside, FL
n this artwork, the Gelfman's non-traditional techniques create a multi-level surface and palpable texture. The reptilian like patterns in this mixed media piece may reflect the artist's close study of nature as well as Miami's unique everglades landscape...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media

Chromatic Showers
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Due to the size of the work, it was sent rolled in a tube Acrylic Imagínate un cuadro de gran tamaño, lleno de colores brillantes y vibrantes que se mezclan y se superponen de mane...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

R. Poch 10 INDUSTRIAL CITY 120 x 120 cm original acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
96 INDUSTRIAL CITY 120 x 120 cm. original acrylic painting Born in Badalona (Barcelona). Photographer and advertising film director. Founding partner of the advertising production ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Blue Future
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Due to the size of the work, it was Shipped rolled in a tube without a frame This abstract painting is an explosion of color and movement. The dynamic technique used by the artist ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Colorful Large Abstract Graffiti Style Cityscape Splatter Painting on Canvas
Located in Houston, TX
Large scale abstract landscape of a city inspired by graffiti painted in the style of Abstract Expressionism. Signed by artist in lower right corner. Currently unframed, but framing ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Moments of summer1" abstract expressionism, blue, beige, sea, sky
Located in Sempach, LU
Original painting by Lesia Danilina. Acrylic on canvas. Abstract acrylic painting on canvas "Moments of summer1". In this series I explore the skill of the observer. To be an observ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Time Passages, original 30x40 abstract expressionist marine landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
The brilliantly white water falls, crashing upon its natural habitat, at one with the constant of time passages. An original 40x30 abstract expressionist marine landscape, this oil painting gains motion and yields a full range of emotions by grace of the impressionist brush strokes and impasto layering of paint featured by New York artist Catherine Wagner...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Red Bodice Nude Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Bodice Nude Abstract A vibrant abstract painting in reds accented in canary yellow with gray background, by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Charcoal, Watercolor, Paper

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 9 x 9 inches condition: very good and impressive provenance: all the paint...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Yellow Desert Vapors
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract Conceptual painting. it has a lacquer resin like finish to it. it is reminescent of the pored resin works of Gaetano Pesce. it is not framed. Siren Bliss was born Michael W...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer

The Lovers
Located in Ridgewood, NY
The Lovers Whether sharing a smile with a stranger or forming lifelong bonds with those we love, the beauty that human connection holds and the profound power that shapes our lives ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Wax, Oil, Acrylic

White Dawn
Located in Austin, TX
Egg emulsion on fiberglass. Signed and dated upper left and verso; titled verso. 49 x 48 in. 49.75 x 49 in. (framed) Custom framed in hickory. Provenance Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY Born in Alabama, John Little attended the Buffalo (NY) Fine Arts Academy as a teenager, until 1927. Soon after, he moved to New York where he began operatic vocal training and opened what would become a very successful textile business designing fabric and wallpaper. In 1933, he enrolled at the Art Students League under the tutelage of George Grosz. Little’s early work consisted predominantly of landscapes, until 1937, when he began studying under Hans Hofmann and his work naturally shifted toward abstraction. During his time with Hofmann, he with artists such as Lee Krasner, George McNeil, Gerome Kamrowski, Giorgio Cavallon...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Fiberglass, Egg Tempera

Edge Lit With Green
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstract artist Paul Kirley creates visual experiences that connect people to place as though they were dreaming. Links between reality and contemporary abstraction are created as a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Floral Landscape
Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW
This artwork is an abstract exploration of a Floral Landscape. It is really not about form but just colours and the combination together they make as ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic

"Abundance 3" Mesmerizing Abstract Colorful Drip Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
An abstract work done with gesso and acrylic paint on canvas, this mesmerizing work has an incredible depth and weight from the texture of the medium. Derick Smith has created an inc...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic

lumieres du soir, paysage abstrait, huile sur toile 95 x 124 cm
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Seaside abstract landscape in Normandy (France). oil on canvas worked with a knife in multiple layers bringing an interesting texture The artist paints the seaside in a semi-abstract...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Dian, Jackson Pollock Style Painting, Large Original Statement Abstract Art,
Located in Deddington, GB
Robert Dunt, Dian, 2016, oil on canvas, 142.5 x 142.5cm, original painting for sale. "For me these paintings are dealing with colour and space. I’m endeavouring to push simple colour combinations to their absolute limit. For example with this painting the colours pink and black. I wanted to make the colours resonate in our eyes as much as possible. To a degree I was working within the same sphere of investigation as the pointillists, like Paul Signac." Robert Dunt paintings are available to buy online with Wychwood Art. Robert Dunt is an abstract/pop art artist who graduated from City & Guilds of London Art School (2004) with First Class honours. Robert Dunt paintings, prints and installations are inspired by music and explore the use of colour in a contemporary context. His practice has a rebel ethic that distorts art traditions in order to create surprising and original works: “Like putting Botticelli’s Venus through a Jimi Hendrix Fuzz Face distortion pedal.” Rebert Dunt has exhibited nationally and internationally. He has had several solo shows - Madonnas and Housemasters, Charterhouse School (2015), Break on Through, Waterloo Gallery (2004) and I Wanna Trip You Up, Covent Garden (2004). Selected group exhibitions include Alien Beauty, Vyner Street; Fun House, The Empire Bethnal Green...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Gold Frenzy" Acrylic & Inks Painting 41" x 53" inch by Kinda Adly
Located in Culver City, CA
"Gold Frenzy" Acrylic & Inks Painting 41" x 53" inch by Kinda Adly * Due to the Ministry of Culture policy, handling time (paperwork) may take up to 2-5 weeks. Kinda Adly, born in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Landscape, Abstract Expressionist Painting 1957
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine period Abstract Expressionist oil painting by noted American artist, Alexander M. Bing (1878 - 1959), signed 'AMB' lower right. Gallery label from ...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Still life with jars. 1976. gouache on cardboard, 48x67 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with jars. 1976, gouache on cardboard, 48x67 cm Gunars Klava (1933 – 1989) Gunars Klava was born in 1933 in Priekule. 1953 - graduated from J. Rosenthal Art School 1964 - began to participate in art exhibitions 1970 - He graduated from the Latvian State Academy of Arts 1970 - Admitted to the Latvian Artists...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

British Contemporary Artstist Large Triptych Set of 3 - Green Abstracts
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Triptych Green Abstracts by Minty Ramsey, British contemporary acrylic painting on Canvas 3 x canvas, each is 20 x 16 inches Wonderful original abstra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

"Green Punctuation" Large Scale Abstract Expressionist Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
"Green Punctuation" Large Scale Abstract Expressionist Composition Bright and saturated abstract composition by California artist Linda Symonds (American, 20th Century). Against a field of green and blue, there are accents of red and maroon. There are repeated circular shapes in maroon and blue...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bursting Bouquet 36 X 36
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bursting Bouquet 36 X 36 Nancy Seibert began her art studies in Washington D.C. at George Washington University. She graduated from Kent State U...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

R Poch Women 33.-Three with cat acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
33.-Three with cat 130 x 100 cm acrylic painting Born in Badalona (Barcelona). Photographer and advertising film director. Founding partner of the advertising production company La ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

UNDERWATER PAINTING Red Expression was made underwater
Located in Sempach, LU
Underwater painting a new fast growing direction in contemporary art. Artwork was created underwater during scuba diving at the depth of 12 meters, session 50 minutes. By influence of underwater environment, feeling of no gravity, colorful impression, another reality - It feels different, brain works different, colors and shapes just blows your mind and you feel kind of explosion. Underwater art...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Nancy Lancaster's Laburnum Walk
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated by artist on verso
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Foil

American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Norman Carton (1908 – 1980) was an American artist and educator known for abstract expressionist art. He was born in the Ukraine region of Imperial Russia and moved to the United States in 1922 where he spent most of his adult life. A classically trained portrait and landscape artist, Carton also worked as a drafter, newspaper illustrator, muralist, theater set designer, photographer, and fabric designer and spent most of his mature life as an art educator. Carton showed in and continues to be shown in many solo and group exhibitions. His work is included in numerous museums and private collections throughout the world. Norman Carton was born in the Dnieper Ukraine territory of the Russian Empire in 1908. Escaping the turbulence of civil war massacres, he settled in Philadelphia in 1922 after years of constant flight. While attending the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, Carton worked as a newspaper artist for the Philadelphia Record from 1928 to 1930 in the company of other illustrator/artists who had founded the Ashcan School, the beginnings of modern American art. From 1930 to 1935, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under Henry McCarter, who was a pupil of Toulouse-Lautrec, Puvis de Chavanne, and Thomas Eakins. Arthur Carles, especially with his sense of color, and the architect John Harbison also provided tutelage and inspiration. Following his time at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton studied at the Barnes Foundation from 1935 to 1936 where he was influenced by an intellectual climate led by visiting lecturers John Dewey and Bertrand Russell as well as daily access to Albert C. Barnes and his art collection. Carton was awarded the Cresson Traveling Scholarship in 1934 which allowed him to travel through Europe and study in Paris. There he expanded his artistic horizons with influences stemming from Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Chaim Soutine, and Wassily Kandinsky. While at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton was also awarded the Toppan Prize for figure painting as well as the Thouron Composition Prize. He received numerous commissions as a portrait artist, social realist, sculptor, and theatrical stage designer as well as academic scholarships. During this time, Carton worked as a scenery designer at Sparks Scenic Studios, a drafter at the Philadelphia Enameling Works, and a fine art lithographer. From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe. The WPA commissioned Carton to paint major murals at the Helen Fleischer Vocational School for Girls in Philadelphia, the Officers’ Club at Camp Meade Army Base in Maryland, and in the city of Hidalgo, Mexico. Throughout the 1940s, Carton exhibited and won prizes for his semi-abstract Expressionist and Surrealist paintings. He socialized with and was inspired by Émile Gauguin and Fernand Leger. During World War II, Carton was a naval structural designer and draftsman at the Cramps...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Norman Carton (1908 – 1980) was an American artist and educator known for abstract expressionist art. He was born in the Ukraine region of Imperial Russia and moved to the United States in 1922 where he spent most of his adult life. A classically trained portrait and landscape artist, Carton also worked as a drafter, newspaper illustrator, muralist, theater set designer, photographer, and fabric designer and spent most of his mature life as an art educator. Carton showed in and continues to be shown in many solo and group exhibitions. His work is included in numerous museums and private collections throughout the world. Norman Carton was born in the Dnieper Ukraine territory of the Russian Empire in 1908. Escaping the turbulence of civil war massacres, he settled in Philadelphia in 1922 after years of constant flight. While attending the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, Carton worked as a newspaper artist for the Philadelphia Record from 1928 to 1930 in the company of other illustrator/artists who had founded the Ashcan School, the beginnings of modern American art. From 1930 to 1935, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under Henry McCarter, who was a pupil of Toulouse-Lautrec, Puvis de Chavanne, and Thomas Eakins. Arthur Carles, especially with his sense of color, and the architect John Harbison also provided tutelage and inspiration. Following his time at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton studied at the Barnes Foundation from 1935 to 1936 where he was influenced by an intellectual climate led by visiting lecturers John Dewey and Bertrand Russell as well as daily access to Albert C. Barnes and his art collection. Carton was awarded the Cresson Traveling Scholarship in 1934 which allowed him to travel through Europe and study in Paris. There he expanded his artistic horizons with influences stemming from Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Chaim Soutine, and Wassily Kandinsky. While at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton was also awarded the Toppan Prize for figure painting as well as the Thouron Composition Prize. He received numerous commissions as a portrait artist, social realist, sculptor, and theatrical stage designer as well as academic scholarships. During this time, Carton worked as a scenery designer at Sparks Scenic Studios, a drafter at the Philadelphia Enameling Works, and a fine art lithographer. From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe. The WPA commissioned Carton to paint major murals at the Helen Fleischer Vocational School for Girls in Philadelphia, the Officers’ Club at Camp Meade Army Base in Maryland, and in the city of Hidalgo, Mexico. Throughout the 1940s, Carton exhibited and won prizes for his semi-abstract Expressionist and Surrealist paintings. He socialized with and was inspired by Émile Gauguin and Fernand Leger. During World War II, Carton was a naval structural designer and draftsman at the Cramps...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modernist Mexican Artist "Porters Garden" Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Ernesto Linares
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Abstract Medium: Oil Surface: Board Dimensions: 16" x 19 3/4" x 1/4" Dimensions w/Frame: 19 1/4" x 23 1/4" Ernesto Linares Early Mexican Modernist Abstract...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Purity" abstract painting, black and white, minimalist art
Located in Sempach, LU
Original painting by Lesia Danilina. Acrylic on canvas. Abstract acrylic painting on canvas "Purity". Series of minimalist paintings focused on healing, finding peace and recovering...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Abstract expressionist, white and yellow mid-century modern geometric painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres (American, 1927-2013) White & Yellow, c. 1953 oil on canvas signed lower right, signed and titled verso 30 x 20 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1950, he was immediately drafted and served for two years in the army as a mural painter. He received his Master of Arts from Kent State in 1961. A frequent exhibitor at galleries and museums and winner of multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Western Reserve University. Very little in Richard Andres’ childhood would have predicted his love of classical music, mid-century-modern architecture and certainly not his lifelong passion for art and in particular abstract art. Richard’s father, Raymond, had no more than a third-grade education, and his mother, Clara, was one of thirteen children – only three of whom lived into adulthood and none of whom attended high school. They lived, when Richard was a boy, in a dingy area of Buffalo, NY in a walk-up apartment situated above a tavern. Raymond and Clara supplemented the income from their factory jobs in the bar downstairs with Raymond playing ragtime on the piano and Clara serving drinks. This often left Richard and his two older brothers at home alone to fend for themselves. The two older boys, Raymond and Russell, were - unlike Richard- rather rough and tumble and entertained themselves with stickball, boxing and the like. Richard, on the other hand, from a very young age liked to draw, or better yet even, to paint with the small set of watercolors he received for Christmas one year. Paper, however, at the height of the depression, was hard to come by. Luckily, Clara used paper doilies as decoration for the apartment and Richard would contentedly paint and then cut up doilies, gluing the pieces together to create collages. At eight-years-old, he discovered the Albright-Knox Museum (then known as the Albright Art Gallery) and spent several hours a week there studying the paintings. He was particularly fond of Charles Burchfield‘s landscapes, enamored with their ‘messiness’ and thinking that they somehow captured more ‘feeling’ than works he was previously familiar with. For his tenth Christmas, he asked for and received a ‘how-to’ paint book by Elliot O’Hare. Through this self-teaching, he assembled the portfolio needed for acceptance to Buffalo Technical High School where he studied Advertising Arts. In his Junior year, he was encouraged to enter a watercolor painting, “Two Barns,” in the national 1944-45 Ingersoll Art Award Contest and was one of twelve grand prize winners – each one winning one hundred dollars. More importantly the painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute Galleries, which resulted in his winning a national scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art (The Cleveland Art Institute). He flourished at the art school under the tutelage of faculty members such as Carl Gaertner, as well as that of visiting artists such as William Sommer and Henry George Keller. He would say in later years that Gaertner, in particular, influenced his attitude toward life as well as art. “Gaertner,” Andres said, “believed that there was no need to be a ‘tortured artist’, that an artist should rather enjoy beauty, family, and life in general.” Free to spend his days as he chose, he wandered the Cleveland Art Museum for most of the hours he was not attending classes or painting; the remaining time was spent drinking coffee at a local hangout with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy, it took him the entire summer of 1948 to build up his courage to ask her out. Over that summer he ‘thought about Avis’ and worked in a diner to save money. He also used the hundred-dollar prize money won in High School to visit the first Max Beckmann retrospective in the United States at the City Art Museum in St. Louis. Over a half century later he spoke of that exhibit with a reverence usually reserved for spiritual matters, “I walked in and it was like nothing I had ever seen before... the color...It just glowed.” Returning to campus in the Fall, the first thing he did was go to the coffee shop in hopes of finding Avis. He did, and she, upon seeing him, realized that she was also smitten with him. They quickly became known as ‘the couple’ on campus, and a year later, with Richard being drafted for the Korean war, they were quickly married by a Justice of the Peace, celebrating after with family at Avis’s Cleveland home. As a gift, faculty member John Paul Miller...
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