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Atatapa 1
Located in Kensington, MD
Acrylic on canvas Signed "Sander 1969" (Typewritten paper label states: LSE #75 Atatapa 1. 1965) Ludwig Sander was a painter of the New York School. He studied under Hans Hoffman and lived and worked in New York City and Sagaponack, Long Island. His work is well represented in many public collections. He was charter member of the Eighth Street Club (The Club) whose artist members included Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Jimmy Rosati, Giorgio Spaventi, Milton Resnick, Pat Passlof...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Painting 1960
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Painting 1960 1960 Gouache on paper Image: 25.4 x 28.9 cm Frame: 48.0 x 50.3 cm Provenance: The George and Ann Dannatt Estate, The George Dannatt Trust...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Throwing Some Shapes II, Kerry Louise Bennett, 2022, Original painting for sale
Located in Deddington, GB
Throwing Some Shapes II by Kerry Louise Bennett [2022] One of a small series of paintings exploring the dynamic and expressive shapes of pot plan...
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21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting by Christine Opolus. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed. Framed. Image size, 32L x 12"H.
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

' Forest Walk, Grizedale'original mixed media signed piece. circa 2017.
Located in Frome, Somerset
'Forest Walk, Grizedale , Cumbria' circa 2017 . Mixed media signed original painting by Andy Gradwell. mixed media on paper 29cm x 36cm glazed and mounted frame 47cm x 63cm Gradwel...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

"Abstraction" Mid-20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Modernist
Located in New York, NY
"Abstraction" Mid-20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Modernist James Daugherty (1887 – 1974) Abstraction 14 x 18 inches Estate stamp verso Oil on panel Provenance: ...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Panel

The Guardians of Movement - Soulful Expressionistic Abstract Turquoise Purple
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: The Guardians of Movement This work is part of a series. It is part of a story... It portrays my truth, abundant energy, utmost care, wild freedom, unlimited growth. The uniq...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Gerrans Bay, Cornwall, landscape art, abstract art, affordable art, original art
Located in Deddington, GB
Gerrans Bay is an original oil painting by Christo Sharpe. It is a landscape looking back to Roseland with Pendower beach below, and shows the perfect mix of drama, texture and colou...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Oil

French 20th Century Abstract Bold Color Contrasts and Layered Grid Patterns
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) signed on back, inscribed verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 16 x 24 inches condition: ove...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tweet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tweet" c.1990, is an acrylic painting on paper by noted American artist Glen Chesnut. It is. signed and titled at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwo...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Stewart's Stream, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Ronda Waiksnis says of this atmospheric landscape, "I love a direction through nature that leads to the unknown!"


About the Artist
Ronda Waik...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"The Secrets in the Circle" Oli Sihvonen, Blue and Red Hard-Edge Geometric
Located in New York, NY
Oli T. Sihvonen (1921 - 1991) The Secrets in the Circle, 1962 Oil on canvas 25 x 34 in Signed lower right; signed, titled dated, and inscribed "Box 563 Taos, N.M." on the reverse Pr...
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1960s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Signed Cubist Still Life Silver Frame Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist flower still life painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period silver leaf molding. Excellent condi...
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Simulations" 4-Piece Unique Multicolour Contemporary Foil by Nikolaus Koliusis
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Step into a world where color, form, and movement converge in harmonious splendor with "Simulations," a mesmerizing 4-piece artwork by the Austrian contemporary artist, Nikolaus Koli...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Foil

Dynamic & Colorful Mid-Century Painting by French Artist Michel Patrix
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic & colorful Mid-Century painting (ca. 1950) by French Artist Michel Patrix, in purples, yellow and reds. The painting is titled "Coings au Plateau Noir" or (Quinces on a bl...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1960's French Cubist Abstract Oil Painting Paris Salon Exhibited Signed & Labels
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Salade des Fruits by Jean Pierre Stagnaro (French c. 1961) cubist still life composition, very thickly painted. signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 25 x 37.5 inches canvas: 23.5 x 36 inches inscribed verso provenance: private collection, France; exhibition label...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Hideaway-original abstract modern contemporary painting-artwork-art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Hideaway" by Lori Mirabelli invites viewers into a realm of enigmatic beauty with its captivating original abstract painting. Crafted with precision using mixed media on canvas, thi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Abstract Geometric Landscape Diptych, Sun-Kissed Provence Prairie, Gold and Red
Located in Barcelona, ES
These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism, with a special emphasis on Art De...
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2010s Constructivist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Paper

Heart of the sea - Blue abstract seascape painting
Located in Broomfield, CO
"Heart of the sea" is a large blue abstract landscape painting, depicting the grandeur of the sea. It is made in a stunning palette of blues, with a bright yellow light at its center...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Yellow Roses Landscape - impressionistic painting on linen canvas with roses
Located in Zofingen, AG
Immerse yourself in a vibrant yet tranquil world of impasto colors infused with meditative floral magic. My style reflects influences from abstract expressionism and modern art, empl...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Acrylic

'Forms in Charcoal and Jade', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, SFMFA, CWS
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Gilberg' for Robert George Gilberg (American, 1911-1970) and dated '58'. Born in Oakland, Robert George Gilberg first studied at the Oakland Art Center during t...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Encaustic, Gouache, Laid Paper

Quart and a Half
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Quart and a Half" is an American Realist abstract landscape watercolor on paper painting by Andrew Wyeth in 1961. The artwork is 21 x 29 1/4 inches and is 33 3/4 x 42 1/4 x 1 inches...
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20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Untitled Haitian Abstract Geometric Colorful Textured Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
without frame it is 28X42 inches. Jacques-Enguerrand Gourgue (Port au Prince, 1930–1996) was one of Haiti's most renowned painters of the 20th century. A Port-au-Prince native, Gourgue began painting at an early age and eventually had his works exhibited throughout Europe and the Americas. His father was a French psychiatrist, and his mother said to be a Haitian vodou priestess. He typically painted scenes of rural Haitian life and vodou ceremonies. Gourgue, who had no formal training, often combined flowers, mountains, skeletal trees, peasants and their huts and vodou symbolism, in a personal style that managed to combine surrealism and naive art. "He is beyond dispute the leading figure in modern Haitian painting." After a turbulent and troubled childhood, Gourgue came to Centre d'Art in Port-au-Prince in 1947. The following year his painting "The Magic Table...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Alcazar of Toledo", Spain, muted colours, horizontal, oil pastels, landscape
Located in Oslo, NO
This plein air oil pastel sketch beautifully captures the imposing presence of the Alcázar of Toledo, Spain on an overcast day. The artist's expressive strokes and soft palette conve...
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2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

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 ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Near to Cliffs, Seascape Original Oil Painting on Linen, Coastal, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen, Year: 2024 Style: Impressionism Title: Near to Cliffs Size: 29" x 39" x 0....
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2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

"Four Winds" Blue House with White Roof in Yellow Field Abstract Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract drawing of a blue house in a yellow field by German-American painter, Wolf Kahn. Signed and dated by the artist in the lower right corner. Framed and matted in a silver wood...
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1980s Abstract Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Birch (Abedul) Original Minimalist Layered Mid-Century Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mexican artist Heny Steinberg’s abstract artworks invite us to travel from the map to the localized event. She is suggesting that the spatial memory guidelines reside in the relatio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media

THE WAY 2 - Mixed Media Painting On Jute Canvas, Abstract Artwork, Large Format
Located in Salzburg, AT
„The Way 2”, mixed media (soil, pearl glue, oil, powder pigment, rosin) on jute, 140 x 150, 2012 Series “The Way” by Marta Pokojowczyk contains mixed media paintings on jute created...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Jute, Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Pigment

French 20th Century Sunrise Beyond the Veil Surreal Landscape Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) signed, inscribed verso and dated 84' oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 20 x 39.5 inches condit...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Woodland Interior 19th Century Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted 19th century woodland interior landscape painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 7.5 by 9.5 inches. Housed in period frame.
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1890s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern New York Geometric Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"This is Not a Riot" (2019) By Marc Scheff, Mixed Media Layered Resin Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Marc Scheff's "This is Not a Riot" is a triptych multi-layered resin painting that is made using oil, acrylic, pencil, pan pastel, caran d'ache, layered resin. The piece is composed ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Impasto Oil Painting of River Tree Scene British Postwar & Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Impasto Oil Painting of River Tree Scene British Postwar & Contemporary Artist, Terry Evans Terry Evans is a British Postwar & Contemporary Painte...
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1990s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Large French Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original abstract painting by the French artist, Yvette Dubois-Habasque (1929-2016). The painting has excellent provenance having come from the artists studio sale in Paris....
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Belicoso
Located in Denver, CO
Belicoso, 2018
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

ABSTRACT New Black White Artwork by Contemporary Artist Carsten Beck 2023
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Raventos Golden Yellow Green "Psico-Freud" original abstract mixed media
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
"Psico-Freud" original abstract mixed media painting RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930). Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Ba...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Original Abstract Expressionist 1959 New York Female Artist Irene Zevon Musical
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist oil painting by American female artist Irene Zevon created and dated in 1959. This piece entitled "Musical" is a prime example of Zevon's relation...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Jorge Castillo New York Big City. serigraphy.
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
towers. serigraphy. E.A. 2/2 CASTILLO, Jorge (Pontevedra, 1933). Since childhood, Jorge Castillo is passionate about drawing, and takes only ten years, with crayons, your first copy...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Engraving

'Cubist Still Life', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Cubist Still Life', gouache on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). Surely this very attractive piece was inspired by Juan Gris (1887-1927) and Georges Braque's ...
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Modernist Lighthouse II
By Costello
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant modernist oil painting of an abstract lighthouse by Costello (American, 20th Century), circa 1970. Purchased as part of collection. Signed and dated on verso. Unframed. Image...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid 20th-Century French Cubist Portrait Reclining Posed Nude Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Abstract by Therese Hummel (French, 1911-1999) oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 10.75 x 14 inches Provenance: private collection of this artists work, Paris Condition: sound and...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Calm Down Darling Flowers Expression Abstraction Interior by Lana Ritter 80x120
Located in Zofingen, AG
This joyful floral abstraction expends love and energy and is dedicated to love and relationships. Soaring beautiful strokes, stains and splashes on the canvas create a beautiful atm...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Interior Paintings

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Gesso, Charcoal, Varnish, Ink, Acrylic

The new arises from memory and The Promise to Change, Mixed media painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The new arises from memory and The Promise to Change Diptych, 2022 Oil wax, acrylic, graphite, organic ink, and crayon on Awagami paper Overall size: 35.03 in. H x 51 in. W Individu...
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2010s Minimalist Abstract Paintings

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Crayon, Ink, Wax, Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Graphite

Antique American School Large Panoramic Seascape Coastal Sunset Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Image size, 30L x 24H.
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1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The glow
Located in Zofingen, AG
A very beautiful interior painting made in the style of abstraction with realistic elements, ships and a lunar landscape. Ships are always a symbol for the artist, it is an aspiratio...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Her Compliments, Pink, Burgundy Red, Brown, White Horizontal Abstract Landscape
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in ink and oil on paper mounted on panel, the artist's unique ink process creates soft striations of bright pink, dark crimson red, pale yellow and oran...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Oil, Panel

Mountains 15. March 10:12, Modern Landscape Painting, Mountains In The Fog
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
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2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

ABSTRACT Diptych Landscapes Orange Red Contemporary Jonathan Freemantle
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel, Pigment

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...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pink Seascape, Abstract Geometric Orange Fish Patterns, Monoprinting on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Watercolor, Rag Paper, Monoprint

Composicion II, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting Acrylic on canvas 100x120cm Signed About the artist Enrique Pichardo (Mexico City, 1973) graduated from Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Antique American Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 15H x 23L.
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1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

One Year, Yellow Trail, Landscape As Time (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on polyester film - Unframed This project, began in April 2013 is about time-keeping. Debra Ramsay captured time passing by documenting the change in color within the lands...
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2010s Minimalist Abstract Paintings

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Polyester, Acrylic

North on West Street (West Side Highway NYC Cityscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
De Hirsh Margules (1899-1965). North on West Street , 1939. Watercolor on Arches wove paper. Signed and dated in pencil by artist lower margin. Sheet measures 15 x 22 inches. Framed measurement: 27 x 34 inched. Incredibly vibrant and saturated color with no fading or toning of sheet. Provenance: Babcock Galleries, NYC De Hirsh Margules (1899–1965) was a Romanian-American "abstract realist" painter who crossed paths with many major American artistic and intellectual figures of the first half of the 20th century. Elaine de Kooning said that he was "[w]idely recognized as one of the most gifted and erudite watercolorists in the country". The New York Times critic Howard Devree stated in 1938 that "Margules uses color in a breath-taking manner. A keen observer, he eliminates scrupulously without distortion of his material." Devree later called Margules "one of our most daring experimentalists in the medium" Margules was also a well-known participant in the bohemian culture of New York City's Greenwich Village, where he was widely known as the "Baron" of Greenwich Village.[1] The New York Times described him as "one of Greenwich Village's best-known personalities" and "one of the best known and most buoyant characters about Greenwich Village. Early Life De Hirsh Margules was born in 1899 in the Romanian city of Iași (also known as Iasse, Jassy, or Jasse). When Margules was 10 weeks old, his family immigrated to New York City. Both of his parents were active in the Yiddish theater, His father was Yekutiel "Edward" Margules, a "renowned Jewish actor-impresario and founder of the Yiddish stage." Margules' mother, Rosa, thirty-nine years younger than his father, was an actress in the Yiddish theater and later in vaudeville. Although Margules appeared as a child actor with the Adler Family[11] and Bertha Kalich, his sister, Annette Margules, somewhat dubiously continued in family theater and vaudeville tradition, creating the blackface role of the lightly-clad Tondelayo (a part later played on film Hedy Lamarr) in Earl Carroll's 1924 Broadway exoticist hit, White Cargo. Annette herself faced stereotyping as an exotic flower: writing about her publicist Charles Bouchert stated that "Romania produces a stormy, temperamental type of woman---a type admirably fitted to portray emotion." His brother Samuel became a noted magician who appeared under the name "Rami-Sami." Samuel later became a lawyer, representing magician Horace Goldin, among others. A family portrait including a young De Hirsh, a portrait of Rosa and Annette together, and individual photos of Rosa and Edward can be found on the Museum of the City of New York website. At around age 9 or 10, Margules took art classes with the Boys Club on East Tenth Street, and his first taste of exhibition was at a student art show presented by the club. By age 11, he had won a city-wide prize (a box camera) at a children's art show presented by the department store Wanamakers. As a young teenager, Margules was already displaying a characteristic kindness and loyalty. Upon hearing that two friends (one of them was author Alexander King), were in trouble for breaking a school microscope, the nearly broke Margules gave them five dollars to repair the microscope . Margules had to approach a wealthy man that Margules had once saved on the subway from a heart attack. Margules didn't reveal the source of the five dollars to King until twenty-five years later. In his late teens, Margules studied for a couple of months in Pittsburgh with Edwin Randby, a follower of Western painter Frederic Remington. Thereafter he pursued a two-year course of studies in architecture, design and decoration at the New York Evening School of Art and Design, while working as a clerk during the day at Stern's Department Store. He was encouraged in these artistic pursuits by his neighbor, the painter Benno Greenstein (who later went by the name of Benjamin Benno). Artistic career In 1922, Margules began work as a police reporter for the City News Association of New York .Margules then considered himself something of an expert on art, and the painter Myron Lechay is said to have responded to some unsolicited analysis of his work with the remark "Since you seem to know so much about it, why don't you paint yourself?" This led to study with Lechay and a flurry of painting. Margules' first show was in 1922 at Jane Heap's Little Review Gallery. Thereafter Margules began to participate in shows with a group including Stuart Davis, Jan Matulka, Buckminster Fuller (exhibiting depictions of his "Dymaxion house") in a gallery run by art-lover and restaurateur Romany Marie on the floor above her cafe. Jane Heap, left, with Mina Loy and Ezra Pound During the 1920s, Margules traveled outside of the country a number of times. In 1922, with the intent of reaching Bali, he took a job as a "'wiper on a tramp steamer where [he] played nursemaid to the engine." He reached Rotterdam before he turned back. He would return to Rotterdam shortly thereafter. In 1927, Margules took a lengthy leave of absence from his day job as a police reporter in order to travel to Paris, where he "set up a studio in Montmartre's Place du Tertre, on the top floor of an almost deserted hotel, a shabby establishment, lacking both heat and running water." He studied at the Louvre and traveled to paint landscapes in provincial France and North Africa. Margules also joined the "Noctambulist" movement and experimented with painting and showing his artwork in low light.Jonathan Cott wrote that: the painter De Hirsch Margulies sat on the quays of the Seine and painted pictures in the dark. In fact, the first exhibition of these paintings, which could be seen only in a darkened room, took place in [ Walter Lowenfels'] Paris apartment. Elaine de Kooning remarked that studying the works of the Noctambulists confirmed Margules' "direction toward the use of primary colors for perverse effects of heavy shadow." It was also in Paris that Margules initially conceived his idea of "Time Painting", where a painting is divided into sectors, each representing a different time of day, with color choices meant to evoke that time of day. In Paris, his social circle included Lowenfels, photographer Berenice Abbott, publisher Jane Heap, composer George Anthiel, sculptor Thelma Wood, painter André Favory, writer Norman Douglas, writer and editor George Davis, composer and writer Max Ewing, and writer Michael Fraenkel. Upon his return to New York in 1929, Margules attended an exhibition of John Marin's paintings. While at the exhibition, he "launched into an eloquent explanation of Marin to two nearby women", and was overheard by an impressed Alfred Stieglitz. The famous photographer and art promoter invited Margules to dine with his wife, the artist Georgia O'Keeffe, and his assistant, painter Emil Zoler. Stieglitz thereafter became a friend and mentor to Margules, becoming for him "what Socrates was to his friends." Alfred Stieglitz Stieglitz introduced Margules to John Marin, who quickly became the most important painterly influence upon Margules. Elaine de Kooning later noted that Margules was "indebted to Marin and through Marin to Cézanne for his initial conceptual approach - for his constructions of scenes with no negative elements, for skies that loom with the impact of mountains." Margules himself said that Marin was his "father and ... academy." The admiration was by no means unreciprocated: Marin said that Margules was "an art lover with abounding faith and sincerity, with much intelligence and quick seeing." Stieglitz also introduced Margules to many other artistic and intellectual figures in New York. With the encouragement of Alfred Stieglitz, Margules in 1936 opened a two-room gallery at 43 West 8th Street called "Another Place." Over the following two years there were fourteen solo exhibitions by Margules and others, and the gallery was well-respected by the press. It was in this gallery that the painter James Lechay, Myron's brother, exhibited his first painting. In 1936, Margules first saw recognition by major art museums when both the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston purchased his works. In 1942, Margules gave up working as a police reporter, and apparently dedicated himself thereafter solely to an artistic vocation. "The Baron of Greenwich Village"[edit] Margules made his mark not only as an artist, but also as an outsized personality known throughout Greenwich Village and beyond. To local residents, Margules was known as the "Baron", after Baron Maurice de Hirsch, a prominent German Jewish philanthropist. Margules was easily recognizable by the beret he routinely wore over his long hair. Writer Charles Norman said that he "dressed with a flair for sloppiness." He was said to "know everybody" in Greenwich Village, to the extent that when the novelist and poet Maxwell Bodenheim was murdered, Margules was the first one the police sought to identify the body. Margules' letters show him interacting with art world figures such as Sacha Kolin, John Marin and Alfred Stieglitz, as well as with prominent figures outside the art world such as polymath Buckminster Fuller and writer Henry Miller. Most of his friends and acquaintances found Margules a generous and voluble man, given to broadly emotionally expressive gestures and acts of kindness and loyalty. In 1929, he exhibited an example of this loyalty and fellow-feeling when he appeared in court to fight what the wrongful commitment of his friend, writer and sculptor Alfred Dreyfuss, who appeared to have been a victim of an illicit attempt to block an inheritance. The Greenwich Village chronicler Charles Norman described the bone-crushing hugs that Margules would routinely bestow on his friends and acquaintances, and speaks of the "persuasive theatricality" that Margules seemed to have inherited from his actor parents. Norman also wrote about Margules' routine acts of kindness, taking in homeless artists, constantly feeding his friends and providing the salvatory loan where needed. Norman also notes that Margules was blessed with a loud and good voice, and was apt to sing an operatic air without provocation. The writer and television personality Alexander King said I think the outstanding characteristics of my friend's personality are affirmation, emphasis, and overemphasis. He chooses to express himself predominantly in superlatives and the gestures which accompany his utterances are sometimes dangerous to life and limb. Of the bystanders, I mean. King also spoke with affectionate amusement about Margules' pride in his cooking, speaking of how "if he should ever invite you to dinner, he may serve you a hamburger with onions, in his kitchen-living room, with such an air of gastronomic protocol, such mysterious hints and ogliing innuendoes, as if César Ritz and Brillat-Savarin had sneaked out, only a moment before, with his secret recipe in their pockets." Margules was such a memorable New York personality that comic book writer Alvin Schwartz imagined him at the Sixth Avenue Cafeteria in a risible yet poignant debate with Clark Kent about whether Superman had the ability to stop Hitler. Margules' entrenchment in the Greenwich Village milieu can be seen in a photograph from Fred McDarrah's "Beat Generation Album" of a January 13, 1961 writers' and poets' meeting to discuss "The Funeral of the Beat Generation", in Robert Cordier [fr]'s railroad flat at 85 Christopher Street. Among the people in the same photograph are Shel Silverstein...
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1930s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor, Rag Paper

Mid Century Modern Art Line Art Painting Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Mid Century Modern Abstract Line Art Painting Mixed Media on Canvas Stretched on 1.5" wood and not framed. The edges are painted so there is no need...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media

John Hatch American Cubist Abstract Oil Painting 1950's Mid C Egyptian Mural
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on board painting by American modernist John W. Hatch. This incredible cubist painting was created in the 1950's. Estate stamped on the reverse. The painting comes housed in a modern black frame presentation. John Woodsum Hatch 1919-1998 During his fifty-year career as an artist, John Woodsum Hatch explored the people, the landscape, and the seascape around him. From his extensive travels to his years in New Hampshire, he developed a body of work that captures a sense of place. Through watercolor, ink and sand, he depicted the grandeur of the White Mountains. The crisp light and distinct topography of the Isles of Shoals and Great Bay Estuary are precisely and clearly documented in acrylic and tempera paintings. His ability to convey the sheer scale and longevity of the mountains and sea, and by comparison the fleeting nature of human life, conveys in a not-so-subtle way that the natural environment is to be revered and preserved. Hatch took his first teaching job at the University of New Hampshire in 1949, the same year he graduated from Yale University. He never left. A former student, Sam Cady, described his contributions: “He was a wonderful mix of jokester and sage. A teacher who obviously loved people, loved teaching, and had a great gift for it.” After retiring in 1985, he was made an honorary Professor Emeritus at UNH. Hatch contributed to New Hampshire's cultural life in three areas: his teaching, his art, and his community service. His effectiveness in these three areas can be traced his commitment to give something of himself to help others. Many artists teach by necessity and resent it as a drain on their creative energies but Hatch found his greatest fulfillment from a combination of teaching, making art, and being deeply involved with his community as an art historian and as an environmentalist. Hatch’s work can be seen in numerous public collections, including: the Addison Gallery of American Art; DeCordova Museum; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; State of New Hampshire's Living Treasures Collection, and the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. John Woodsum Hatch, New Hampshire's 1997 Living Treasure Award recipient, died on August 6, 1998, at the age of 78. Hatch was a draftsman, an artist and a muralist. His works can be found in public and private collections throughout the region. He exhibited at the New Hampshire Art...
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1950s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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