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Elle Arrive
Located in New York, NY
Fabrice Penaux, Elle Arrive, Abstract Oil on Canvas, 32 x 39.75, 2013
Colors: Red, Orange, Green, White
Fabrice Penaux was born in Niort, France and started painting to understand t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Intermezzo 3. Contemporary Abstract Color-Field Townscape. Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A contemporary abstract geometric colour field landscape in oil on canvas by Dutch artist Bernadette Van Baarsen. Signed bottom left and signed and titled to the reverse.
Highly co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jungle Earth Timeshare - Large Oversized Colorful Expressionist Figurative Art
By Jonas Fisch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
'Falmouth , Night and Day' original painting signed work circa 2015.
Located in Frome, Somerset
Original painting by Andy Gradwell b. 1968
'Falmouth , Cornwall, Night and Day' signed 2015
mixed media painting 34cmx 42cm
Glazed frame and mounted 55cm x67cm
A contemplative piece ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Good Company - Amicus Colorful Authentic Original Contemporary Intense Striking
By Karnish Art
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: Good Company - Amicus
Colorful Authentic Original Contemporary Intense Striking Love Friendship One-of-a-kind
Amīcus - The Latin word meaning to befriend. To be in good com...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic
Nature 197, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
What is found in my paintings is nature's ability to change independently of the action of humanity, from its origins to today. The formation of the oceans, the origin of water on E...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Horizontal and Vertical Figures, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By John Emanuel
Located in Brecon, Powys
Warm sepia tones in this classic Emanuel painting.
John Emanuel "it is the figure , not the nude I am interested in..."
Oil on board. Signed. Black wood frame
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
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
Menagerie, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original abstract painting on canvas I like to work in an intuitive manner without any clear idea of the finished work instead letting the process direct the finished form of the wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Symphony, Acrylic on Canvas, Red Yellow, Black, Orange "In Stock"
By Amit Kalla
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Amit Kalla - Symphony - 84 x 144 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas, 2019
** Free Shipment ...... will be delivered in rolled form.
Style : Kalla’s work can be represented by ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$6,249 Sale Price
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Still Life With Dresser - contemporary, abstracted still life, oil on canvas
By Mel Davis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The Still Life paintings created by Mel Davis are a masterful melange of bright colors and expressive, dynamic forms. The Montreal-born artist’s contemporary work is inspired by natu...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Quiet Land, Abstract Art, Original Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Voskan Galstian
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2023
Style: Abstract Art,
Title: Quiet Land
Size: 28" x 35" x 1.5...
Category
2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
abstract hills, desert
Located in Belgrade, MT
This painting by Lucien Durand is part of my private collection. It is signed by the artist.
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,400 Sale Price
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Path Of Transformation, Abstract Original Painting on Canvas, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Voskan Galstian
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2024
Style: Abstract Art,
Title: Path Of Transformation
Size: 40" x 50...
Category
2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Lake
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Taking cues from nature’s extraordinary visual offer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Abstract Composition, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Pierre Coquet – Abstract Composition
Reference number A268
Framed with a natural oak floated frame
55 x 70 cm frame included (50 x 65 cm without frame)
This work is painted with oil on a paper that is mounted on a board and placed in a made to measure wood strectcher. It is signed in the bottom right. Stamp of the signature in the bottom right
Pierre was very sensitive to abstract paintings. He did a lot of abstract works melting colors and shapes in different atmosphere and style. Nevertheless he could come back to figuration and again to abstraction with no precise period of time.
Abstract paintings by Pierre Coquet represent a large part of his production.
The constant search for balance between shapes and colors as well as his passion for Nicolas de Staël, André Lanskoy, Alfred Mannessier… takes him on different paths from what we know of him.
His way of painting is strong and thoughtful, the lines stretch out and the harmonious touches, applied with sobriety, reveal a great sense of color.
Provenance : Workshop of the artist (stamped and numbered on the back)
Pierre Coquet (1926-2021) is a French painter who was born in Limas near Lyon, France.
He entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon in 1942 and followed the teaching of Antoine Chartres, Henri Vielly and René Chancrin. He won a prize in 1945 and joined a movement that wanted to be outside of any school whose name ends with “ism”, (like impressionism, cubism…) between figuration and the renaissance of Abstract Art, bringing together young generations under thirty and eager not to submit to any technique. The “Sanzism” (literally without « ism ») will bring together, among others, painters: James Bansac, Roger Bravard, André Chaix, Jean Mélinand, Paul Clair, André Cottavoz, Pierre Doye, Jean Fusaro, Jacques Truphémus, André Lauran...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,034 Sale Price
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The Piano
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The piece is called ‘The Piano’ because it is the central instrument in the orchestra arrangement and composition.
-"As a pianist myself, one of my favorit...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,500
French Impressionist Oil Painting Flowers, Fruit and Jug Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Maggy Clarysse (1931-2011)
Oil on board, unframed
8.75 x 10.75 inches
Signed
condi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hammer by Michele Mikesell, abstract and bold colorfiel painting
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL
b. 1973, Alabama, USA
In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesel...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$5,440 Sale Price
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Cathedral Marina - Landscape Painting by Giampaolo Talani
Located in Carmel, CA
Giampaolo Talani (1955-2018)
The "mad scientist" of the art world, Talani created art out of virtually everything he touched. After completing his training at the Florence Academy of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large Mid 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Sailboats in Abstract Harmony
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailboats Abstract
French cubist artist, circa 1950's
oil on board, unframed
board: 33 x 48 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: all four corners are worn but sho...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pink Dreams
Located in Zofingen, AG
Pink Dreams
This work is a gentle touch to the delicate fabric of desire, born in silence. Dreams here are not plans or escapes, but a quiet whisper of the subconscious — an attempt...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Original Oil Painting of Serene Mountain View of Delphi, Greece, with Blue Hues
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Serene Mountain View of Delphi, Greece, with Blue Hues
Artist: Roland Pichard
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 8.75 (height) x 13.75...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Set Primary Blue series-Summer Cat-White Butterfly-BritishAward Artist
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Fabric 5, Oil Painting on Fabric by Laurie Anderson
By Laurie Anderson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurie Anderson, American (1947 - )
Title: Fabric 5
Date: 2012
Medium: Oil on fabric, unsigned
Image Size: 55 x 58 inches
Frame Size: 56 x 59 inches
Provenance: Vito Schnab...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Oil
Ozymandias (unique, signed Abstract Expressionist painting by renowned painter)
By Ben Wilson
Located in New York, NY
Ben Wilson
Ozymandias, 1989
Oil on masonite board
Boldly signed by Ben Wilson on the back
36 × 48 inches
Unframed
Provenance: acquired from the Estate of Ben Wilson
This work is titled "Ozymandias" after the famous sonnet written by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). Shelley's poem is one of the most poignant meditations on the fleeting nature of human power and the inevitability of decline. The poem serves as a reminder that time erodes even the most imposing empires and leaders and that the pursuit of lasting fame and control is ultimately futile.
Depending on how one views Ben Wilson's Abstract Expressionist painting of "Ozymandias" -- some of the imagery might reveal the head of an angry king and a sickle.
Shelley's poem Ozymandias reads:
I met a traveler from an antique land...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
River Magic, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This abstract painting captures a serene view where muted greens, browns, and grays blend to create a contemplative mood. Expressive, textured brushstrokes su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Landscape, Geometric Abstract Landscape Painting, Tonal Interior Art
By Miles Cole
Located in Deddington, GB
Red Landscape By Miles Cole [2019]
Sold Framed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Red Landscape is an original painting by Miles Cole. This work is made up geometric shapes in an abstract pattern, the shapes are divided by the red layer underneath the grey and brown colours.
Miles Cole artwork available at Wychwood Art Gallery...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Somerset Lake by Joanna Commings, Original art, landscape art, Impasto art
Located in Deddington, GB
Somerset Lake by Joanna Commings [2021]
original and hang signed by the artist
Acrylics on canvas
Image size: H:50 cm x W:60 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:60 cm ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Multi-colored French Impressionist Oil Painting with Path and Mountainscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Maggy Clarysse (1931-2011)
Oil on board, unframed
10.75 x 8.75 inches
Initials Signed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Life is But A Dream - Mid Century Hawaii Surreal Abstract Landscape with Boat
Located in Soquel, CA
Life is But A Dream - Mid Century Hawaii Surreal Abstract Landscape with Boat
Symbolic mid century landscape with surreal elements, of a lone row bo...
Category
1940s Post-Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Thirteen Abstract Compositions
Located in Astoria, NY
Theo Boettger (German, b. 1975), Group of Thirteen Abstract Compositions, Mixed Media on Paper, 2008, each titled, dated, and with artist's monogram to verso, comprising: Crash, Reih...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Ink, Mixed Media
Shun Si Abstract Original Acrylic Painting "Geometry Clash VI"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Geometry Clash VI
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 27 x 31 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French 20th Century Bold Abstract Deep Earthy Colors of Orange Purple and Green
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 18 x 22 inches
condition: overall very good, a few min...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School New York City Modernist Central Park View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist central park, new york city oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvasboard . Image size, 18H by 24L.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$380 Sale Price
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ORIGINAL FRENCH CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT CUBIST PAINTING - RENE LEROY (b.1932)
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Rene Leroy (French b. 1932) signed
Title: Abstract/ Cubist Composition
Medium: oil on canvas, signed
Size: painting: 21.25 x 28.75 inches
Provenance: all ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Yan Hu Floral Original Oil On Canvas "Cornfield In Autumn"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Cornfield In Autumn
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 15.5 x 19 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Miniature Seascape Art Study of South English Coastline by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Miniature Seascape Art Study of South English Coastline by Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield
Art measures 7 x 5 inches
Frame measures 13 x 11 inches
Angela Wakefield
Unique Or...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Bambu de Volpi & Coqueiros de Klee, Paintings. From the MATAS series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
For Jose Ignacio Suarez an abyss of time and space distances him from those who were the first inhabitants of the Brazilian coasts and of this vast American continent. His initial la...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“Abstract #5”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint and gouache on heavy archival textured paper abstract by the American artist, Martin Rosenthal. Bold, vibrant colors. Signed lower right by the artist and dated 1...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper, Gouache
Tablescape (Mid-Century Abstract, Cubist Still Life Painting in Grey & Blue)
Located in Hudson, NY
Tablescape (Mid-Century Modern Abstract and Cubist Style Oil Painting on canvas) by New York School Painter and WPA artist, Lionel Gilbert
Mid century modern, abstracted still life p...
Category
1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
UNTITLED
Located in Portland, ME
Shulman, Morris (American, 1912-1978). UNTITLED. Casein on paper, circa 1951. Signed, lower left. 14 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches, framed to 23 x 30 inches. In excellent condition.
Shulman st...
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Casein
Field of Image II - Large Original Boho Modern Minimalist Calm Floral Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The organic aesthetic and textures of Peter Kuttner’s original boho minimalist artworks are the result of patient layering and original uses of media. Through a combination of paint and collage, Kuttner is able to find personal expression in the clear colors and contrasting soft textures he creates. With a focus on subtle textures, Kuttner separately creates the colorful detailed top layers of each artwork in a separate process. Each of these applied mini paintings within the larger composition is a unique cutout of paint created with a flow of colors on an intermediary glass surface.
This one-of-a-kind mixed media painting measures 40 inches high by 60 inches wide. It is wired and ready to hang. It is signed by the artist on the front and back. The sides of this artwork are painted as a continuation of the front and it does not require framing. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and International shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
Kuttner uses familiar yet abstract details to suspend the viewer in contemplation of the universality of imagery. Using negative shapes, repetition, and emphasizing spatial relationships, he carefully considers scale and balance. Works in this series are meant to be contemporary, clean, sophisticated, colorful, uplifting, soothing, and filled with positive vibrations.
Kuttner’s artworks have been featured in Architectural Digest Magazine as well as in popular films and television shows including Two and a Half Men, Californication, and Nashville. Presently, Kuttner’s work is on display in a large number of private, royal, museum, and corporate collections worldwide.
Artplex Gallery has been representing and exhibiting Kuttner's original artworks since 2021. The gallery has been a 1stdibs partner since 2014 with consistently excellent reviews from clients worldwide. The gallery exhibits a well-curated selection of original artworks representing a broad spectrum of major international artists. Artplex Gallery is known to provide accurate descriptions, images, reliable services, communication, and delivery.
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Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
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Kelsey Michaels...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Tissue Paper
Ky Anderson "Windy Mountains" 2024 Acrylic on paper
By Ky Anderson
Located in New York, NY
Artist Statement:
My work falls somewhere between abstraction, formalism and narrative painting. I see the content and story when I look at my work, but shape and color are equally...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Villa Nova - Abstraction Urbanscape by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Villa Nova - Villiage- Urbanscape by Marc Zimmerman
A warm colored villiage climbs the hill coupled with large decorative leaves acting as trees. The whole scene is framed in with et...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Momoiro I, 2024 - Minimalist Abstract Oil + Ink on Vintage Book Pages on Canvas
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Jane Skingley paints seascapes and landscapes in oils. Her first exhibition was a huge success and since then she has gone from strength to strength exhibiting in galleries and art s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Found Objects, Ink, Oil
Dark Window - Geometric Abstract Painting Dark Cobalt Blue Teal Paisley, 2017
Located in Kent, CT
Silk elements, oil and acrylic on linen create a dynamic surface in this contemporary geometric abstract painting in shades of dark blue from navy to deep cobalt. Variations of soft ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Silk, Oil, Acrylic
In The Pink - Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Beth Shields is a distinguished abstract artist whose work has captivated collectors and audiences worldwide. Based in Santa Cruz, California, Beth has de...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Impressionist New York Cityscape Plaza Hotel Central Park Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist cityscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Apparently not signed. Image size, 20H x 24L.
Category
1940s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
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1970's French Abstract Signed & Dated Rays of Light Sunshine
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rays of Light
French abstract artist,
signed and dated 78
painting on board, unframed
board: 8.25 x 20.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: a few surface marki...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Artists Paint Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled. Gestural Abstraction, Purple, Oil painting, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary purple abstract oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Piotr Butkiewicz. Composition consists of dynamic shapes. Painting is untitled. Artwork is signed on the back.
...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Inevitable Day – Birth of the Atom oil and tempera painting by Julio De Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
Julio De Diego’s Atomic Series paintings made an extraordinary statement regarding the shock and fear that accompanied the dawn of the nuclear age. In the artist’s own words, “Scientists were working secretly to develop formidable powers taken from the mysterious depths of the earth - with the power to make the earth useless! Then, the EXPLOSION! . . . we entered the Atomic Age, and from there the neo-Atomic war begins. Explosions fell everywhere and man kept on fighting, discovering he could fight without flesh.”
To execute these works, De Diego developed a technique of using tempera underpainting before applying layer upon layer of pigmented oil glazes. The result is paintings with surfaces which were described as “bonelike” in quality. The forms seem to float freely, creating a three-dimensional visual effect. In the 1954 book The Modern Renaissance in American Art, author Ralph Pearson summarizes the series as “a fantastic interpretation of a weighty theme. Perhaps it is well to let fantasy and irony appear to lighten the devastating impact. By inverse action, they may in fact increase its weight.”
Bibliography
Art in America, April 1951, p.78
About this artists: Julio De Diego crafted a formidable persona within the artistic developments and political struggles of his time. The artist characterized his own work as “lyrical,” explaining, “through the years, the surrealists, the social-conscious painters and the others tried to adopt me, but I went my own way, good, bad or indifferent.” [1] His independence manifested early in life when de Diego left his parent’s home in Madrid, Spain, in adolescence following his father’s attempts to curtail his artistic aspirations. At the age of fifteen he held his first exhibition, set up within a gambling casino. He managed to acquire an apprenticeship in a studio producing scenery for Madrid’s operas, but moved from behind the curtains to the stage, trying his hand at acting and performing as an extra in the Ballet Russes’ Petrouchka with Nijinsky. He spent several years in the Spanish army, including a six-month stretch in the Rif War of 1920 in Northern Africa. His artistic career pushed ahead as he set off for Paris and became familiar with modernism’s forays into abstraction, surrealism, and cubism.
The artist arrived in the U.S. in 1924 and settled in Chicago two years later. He established himself with a commission for the decoration of two chapels in St. Gregory’s Church. He also worked in fashion illustration, designed magazine covers and developed a popular laundry bag for the Hotel Sherman. De Diego began exhibiting through the Art Institute of Chicago in 1929, and participated in the annual Chicago Artists Exhibitions, Annual American Exhibitions, and International Water Color Exhibitions. He held a solo exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in the summer of 1935. Though the artist’s career was advancing, his family life had deteriorated. In 1932 his first marriage dissolved, and the couple’s young daughter Kiriki was sent to live with friend Paul Hoffman.
De Diego continued to develop his artistic vocabulary with a growing interest in Mexican art. He traveled throughout the country acquainting himself with the works of muralists such as Carlos Merida, and also began a collection of small native artifacts...
Category
1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Tempera
Abstract Red & Green (Contemporary Minimal Abstract Painting on Paper)
By Ralph Stout
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract painting on paper
image: 18 x 24 inches
paper size: 22 x 30 inches
Contemporary minimalist abstract painting on a beautiful thick, creamy white Arches paper, unframed.
Ins...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
$1,200 Sale Price
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Fluid Heart
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elizabeth Geisler is best known for her dazzling contemporary water reflection paintings that bridge realism with abstraction. Up close, the paintings appear ambiguous and loose, yet...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Treasures of Unfinished-original abstract mixed media painting-contemporary art
By Annie King
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
In "The Treasures of Unfinished Symphonies" by Annie King, the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Mexican Era Composition
By Eve Peri
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful 1945 painting by American artist, Eve Peri. Watercolor on tissue paper, image measures 18 x 14 inches; 20.5 x 24.5 inches matted behind scratched plexiglass. Artwork and ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Antique American School Signed Framed Modernist "Massage" Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American signed interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Signed. Framed. Image size, 14L x 11H.
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$236 Sale Price
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Sea Span - modern, contemporary, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This minimalist abstract acrylic painting is by Canadian artist Milly Ristvedt.
Sea Span is one of a series of paintings Milly Ristvedt produced in the 1970s that used a clean, bol...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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The early-20th-century Swedish abstractionist took artistic cues from spiritualist writings and occult practices. Now, 21st-century creators are taking cues from her.
Get to Know the Artists Who Led the Op Art Movement
In the 1960s and '70s, the hypnotic creations of Op artists went mainstream and influenced the look of pop culture.
Dorothy Hood’s Boundless Abstractions Are Back with a Fierceness
Works from the impressive oeuvre of the largely unknown Texas native are now on view at Houston's McClain Gallery.
French Artist Marie Raymond Was So Much More Than Yves Klein’s Mom
Seminal works from the mid-20th-century painter's lyrical abstract oeuvre are now on view at Paris's Diane de Polignac Gallery.
For Oliver Lee Jackson, Painting Is a Fierce and Sacred Matter
The artist and activist is the subject of a new show at Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery of Art.