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"Night Life" by Hessler - Vibrant Multicolor Circles on Black Impasto Background
Located in Carmel, CA
Sveta Hessler (Russian, born 1973)
"Night Life" 2025
Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the bottom right and the back of the painting.
In "Night Life," Sveta Hessle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Paper Landscape" Original Paint on Canvas by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
100x100 cm
Original Art Ready to Hang
Marilina Marchica orients her pictorial research to the theme of subtraction, her attention is focused on the aesthetic and conceptu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Oil
$2,336 Sale Price
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'Idols, ' by Katarina Dordevic, Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 24.41" x 33.46" acrylic on canvas painting by Katarina Dordevic features an abstracted depiction of the landscapes at the Volcanic Natural Park of Ca...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Color Block Modernist Still Life with Fruit Bowl
Located in Soquel, CA
Color Block Modernist Still Life with Fruit Bowl by Ellis Hopkins (American, b. 1952).
This bold still life depicts a yellow bowl of fruit sitting on a table next to a long bottle,...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$2,137 Sale Price
25% Off
Countably Infinite. Abstract mixed media painting on Awagami paper
By On Hansen
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Traces of lived experiences appear in On Hansen's works, exploring the possibilities of formal abstraction and seeking an organic experience between space and time through painting and photography.
“There is no longer a single idea that explains everything, but rather an infinity of essences that give meaning to an infinity of objects. The world stops, but it also lights up.” - Albert Camus...
Category
2010s Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Ink, Wax, Acrylic, Washi Paper, Graphite
"Garden Blues" Abstract Encaustic Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract floral encaustic painting by Linda Bigness features a cool green, blue, and violet palette, with large organic botanical forms and line work throughout the composition....
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Long Live Sarastro 2 - colourful, geometric abstraction, acrylic on panel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this lively painting by modernist Burton Kramer a mirrored geometric pattern is enhanced by a complimentary soft colour palette of blues, pinks, yellows, and taupe. The title ‘Fug...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
"LA FIESTA" Abstract Animal Painting 24" x 36" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"LA FIESTA" Abstract Animal Painting 24" x 36" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Medium: Mixed Media on Board
Khoren Keshishyan is a celebrated American-Armenian painter and artist whose u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Early Female Modernist Geometric Hard Edge Abstract Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century hard edge abstract by Gabrielle Roos. Oil on canvas. Signed verso.
Category
1960s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,400 Sale Price
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Abstract 2182, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spontaneous, vibrant and unique creation by me, Alex Senchenko This high quality acrylic painting is done on gallery wrapped canvas...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Vineyard Fishing Boat"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed and Dated Lower Right
Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984)
He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicago as a youth, he took classes at the ...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
American School Signed Framed Fauvist Abstract Modernist Cloudscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 36L x 24H.
Category
1970s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Argive: Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting with Purple Tones
Located in New York, NY
Argive is a contemporary abstract oil painting by David Richardson. It is part of the Trojan War series, inspired by Homer's Iliad. Argive means relat...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$4,400 Sale Price
72% Off
"Landscape" Abstract Paint - large Size - Contemporary Art Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
PaperLandscape
paper and oil on canvas
80x100 cm
original art
Ready to Hang
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She graduated in Paint...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Composition 56
By Irene Zevon
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by American female painter Irene Zevon.
Category
1950s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring Rose
Located in Denver, CO
Sold as a set of nine. Each piece is 9 x 9 x 1" (10 x 10" framed) with an installation size of 36 x 36".
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
$2,592 Sale Price
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Tree House - Original Vibrant Southwest Inspired Pop Art Painting
By Will Beger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Will Beger and his contemporary-minimalist paintings, take on an entirely unique approach to southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired by nature, he effortlessly captures a...
Category
2010s Minimalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Spring Thaw, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
"Spring Thaw" by Modernist painter, Stanley Bate is a textured and energetic abstract painting, created in the early 1960s. Bate, who was inspired by his Abstract Expressionist peers...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brazilian Flower- Acrylic painting by Frida & Raul - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Brazilian flowers is a beauty painting with frame by the Italian artists Frida & Raul in 2019. It is realized by mixed three-dimensional technique with acrylic, metal mesh, wood, plastic, concrete...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$1,430 Sale Price
25% Off
Scripting - rich, colorful, lyrical, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Calligraphic lines visible, almost forensically, through a burnished pool of layered bronze-orange acrylic continue in a secretive glyphic at the foot of the square canvas. The whole...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic
"1399 antique white elegance" Abstract, Painting, 21st Century, Acrylic
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way, h...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
Worship, Contemporary Gestural Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting combines organic shapes with gestural brushwork that suggests the human form. Executed in oil on canvas, it reveals the textured grit of the artist’s process and the la...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,625 Sale Price
25% Off
New cycle of life, Modern Colorful Abstract Painting 100x100cm by Anna Selina
Located in Zofingen, AG
Spiritual and metaphysical artwork about new cycle of life, when you feel peace in your heart, when you are a part of this big world, open-hearted, and sincerely love life. This pain...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$1,680 Sale Price
20% Off
Waves and their Shadows, Bauhaus Geometric Patterns in Black, Primary Tones Hue
Located in Barcelona, ES
This abstract geometric acrylic painting is a vibrant and playful composition that draws inspiration from vintage Italian parasols. With a focus on bold, bright colors and clean line...
Category
2010s Neo-Constructivist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Rag Paper
"Rose Ephemerality" floral art
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Capturing delicacy through floral imagery, the meticulous strokes and carefully chosen colors create a subtle and harmonious atmosphere, allowing one to sense the fragrance through ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$1,287 Sale Price
20% Off
Blue Mother Drawing #2 (Geometric Abstract Watercolor Painting in Blue & Black)
Located in Hudson, NY
Blue Mother Drawing #2, by Jeanette Fintz in 2020
22 x 30 inches watercolor, gouache on Fabriano paper
Signed lower right corner
Framed: 32 x 39.5 inches, custom white frame, 8 ply w...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Soul Matters No 26 - collaged blocks of pale umber, dove grey and white
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Painterly and collaged blocks of pale umber, dove grey and white form a floating patchwork in this contemplative painting by Shireen Kamran.
Shireen Kamran (b. 1954, Lahore, Pakista...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Partly Perpendicular (Abstract Geometric Painting in Red, Orange, Green & Blue)
Located in Hudson, NY
Colorful abstract geometric painting in various shades of red, orange, green and blue, with accents of white, black, pink and light yellow
"Partly Perpendicular", made by Hudson Vall...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Wax, Acrylic, Pigment
Joanne Freeman "Squares and Strokes 40 (red)" Oil on Linen
Located in New York, NY
My paintings and drawings incorporate elements found in architecture, design, popular culture and art history. My reductive compositions and pure color mimic the low-tech graphics ut...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Unimaginable Depths" by Sara Melzer, Black & White Abstract
Located in Denver, CO
"Unimaginable Depths" is an original, handmade ink painting, by Sara Melzer that depicts an abstract black and white scene.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink
Unexpected Blooms No. 1
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katrina Revenaugh
Unexpected Blooms No. 1
Archival Pigment Ink, Acrylic, Spray Paint, Belgian Linen
Year: 2023
Size: 33.5 x 33.5
Signed: On Verso
COA provided
The graffiti botanical...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Archival Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Large 1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Bizarre Figurative Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, c. 1960's
Title: Figurative Study
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 36 x 25.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Joanne Freeman Cadmium 40, 2021 oil on linen 40 x 30 in. (freem173)
Located in New York, NY
Joanne Freeman
Cadmium 40, 2021
oil on linen
40 x 30 in.
(freem173)
This original oil painting on linen by Joanne Freeman features rich, red abstracted shapes on the linen background.
"My drawings and paintings utilize geometry and are influenced by architecture and design. They were initially influenced by the symbols and signage found on the streets of New York. That early visual language emerged into a reductive formal language with roots in modernist aesthetics and ideology.
My drawings are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. The source for the work can be found in the geometry of the city and the effects of light and shadow. They also reference graphic popular culture, specifically the simple direct designs of midcentury media...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Huge French Surrealist Fantasy Oil Painting Floating Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Josyne Gallet, French signed and dated 1970 verso
Title: Floating Figures
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 39.5 x 33 inches
Provenance: private co...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Abstract Sailing, 1945”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on academy board by the Russian/American artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed and dated lower left, 1945. Condition: Excellent. Presently not framed.
Biography :
Russian-America...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
$4,800 Sale Price
20% Off
"Blue Fish"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984)
He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicago as a youth, he took classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, returning to New York when he was 20. From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent), and Anders Zorn.
He accepted a teaching position at the Minneapolis School of Art in 1916, remaining there until 1921. This enabled him to travel to Europe to study Cézanne’s paintings and works of the Old Masters. He traveled to Paris, Prague, Dresden, Berlin, and Munich seeking the works of Titian, Cranach, Rembrandt, Veronese, and Holbein, which gave him new perspective. Vytlacil studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Munich, settling there in 1921. Fellow students were Ernest Thurn and Worth Ryder, who introduced him to famous abstractionist Hans Hofmann. He worked with Hofmann from about 1922 to 1926, as a student and teaching assistant.
During the summer of 1928, after returning to the United States, Vytlacil gave lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, on modern European art. Soon thereafter, he became a member of the Art Students League faculty. After one year, he returned to Europe and successfully persuaded Hofmann to teach at the League as well. He spent about six years in Europe, studying the works of Matisse, Picasso, and Dufy. In 1935, he returned to New York and became a co-founder of the American Abstract Artists group in 1936. He later had teaching posts at Queens College in New York; the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California; Black Mountain College in North Carolina; and the Art Students League.
His paintings exhibit a clear inclination toward modernism. His still lives and interiors from the 1920s indicate an understanding of the art of Cézanne. In the 1930s, his works displayed two very different kinds of art at the same time. His cityscapes and landscapes combine Cubist-inspired spatial concerns with an expressionistic approach to line and color. Vytlacil also used old wood, metal, cork, and string in constructions, influenced by his friend and former student, Rupert Turnbull. He eventually ceased creating constructions as he considered them too limiting. The spatial challenges of painting were still his preference. During the 1940s and 1950s, his works indicated a sense of spontaneity not felt in his earlier work.
He married Elizabeth Foster in Florence, Italy, in 1927 and they lived and worked in Positano, Italy for extended periods of time. Later on, they divided their time between homes in Sparkill, New York and Chilmark, Massachusetts, where Vyt, as he was affectionately called, taught at the Martha's Vineyard Art...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Morocco 2- acrylic on canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Nina is an artist, ceramist and colorist with 20 years of professional experience and a lifetime of art appreciation. Originally from Virginia and having traveled and lived extensive...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Forgotten Language - Minimalist Geometric Colorful Original Artwork on Canvas
By Len Klikunas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. Klikunas focuses on the larger idea behind his original abstract minimalist ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Legend in Light and Shadow: Marilyn Monroe - Figurative Abstract 3D Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playing with the interaction between positive and negative space, strong colors on neutral backgrounds, Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder creates pop art portraits and iconic pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Interconnections - colorful, contemporary, geometric abstract, paper collage
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This bold contemporary composition by Yvonne Lammerich is an intriguing exploration of colour and form. Origami-like folded shapes inter-connected by fine lines dance across this col...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Gouache, Color Pencil
ABSTRACT New Black Lines Artwork by Contemporary Spanish Artist Pol Pintó 2024
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$1,621 Sale Price
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"Coopers Croze 4" Contemporary Abstract Magenta Ombre Concentric Shaped Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Magenta and white abstract contemporary concentric shaped painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Individual, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Lisa Daniels
Located in Yardley, PA
Showing it's individualism with the strong red amongst all the black white and gray, this is an eye catcher! Strength and boldness are the characteristics of this painting! Modern lo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rick Lewis, Zapata, Painting
By Rick Lewis
Located in Greenwich, CT
Zapata
Tylose and Burlap On Canvas
30" x 40"
I am a visual artist whose work investigates small and large -scale abstraction primarily in the medium of painting employing the use of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Burlap, Cotton Canvas
Hill Town by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
A colorful, geometrical cluster of buildings climbs this Mexican hillside in this playful painting
Hilltown - Figurative Painting - American Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
This maste...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,600 Sale Price
30% Off
Reflections Through The Looking Glass No. 11 - Geometric Colorful Abstract Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Inspired by the vibrant surroundings she found growing up on the Mediterranean...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Ink, Mixed Media
Monochrome Abstract 1961 - British Sixties art abstract oil painting black white
Located in London, GB
This superb British Abstract oil painting is by noted artist Christopher Sturgess-Lief. Painted in 1961 it is an evocative and captivating abstract using the highly individualised sy...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Fire Series', C. 1998 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Plexus, Modern Colorful Abstract Painting 100x100cm by Anna Selina
Located in Zofingen, AG
This abstract painting is like a plexus in a dance, of 2 different color energies:orange-red, blue-violet, like yin yang energy . And in result of this plexus, there is something new...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$1,875 Sale Price
25% Off
Large abstraction "Golden Nectar", acrylic, Interior painting.
Located in Oslo, NO
The large, horizontal format abstraction "Golden Nectar" has a deep philosophical meaning.
If a person is surrounded by not the most pleasant people, when various difficult events ha...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Black Orange & Yellow Abstract Landscape Painting by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Black, Orange & Yellow Abstract Expressionist Landscape Painting by Leading Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. Deep in the forest, looking through the trees out onto a mo...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Large French 1970's Geometric Abstract Painting Brown Beige Yellow Green Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 1970's, inscribed verso
Title: Geometric abstract composition
Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 30.5 x 39.5 inches
canvas: 29...
Category
20th Century Abstract Geometric Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cecilia Arrospide - PENSAMIENTO, Painting 2025
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cecilia studied Social Studies and Literature at Universidad Catolica del Peru, Drawing with Cristina Galvez, and Watercolors with Juan Pastorelli. She then worked with Leslie Lee, p...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Paint, Oil
Spring, Abstract floral art, spring art, fresh art, bright contemporary painting
By Janet Keith
Located in Deddington, GB
SPRING [2019]
original
acrylic paint on canvas
Image size: H:101 cm x W:76 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:101 cm x W:76 cm x D:1.5cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu imag...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Logical progression - 42, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract Sunset over the sea. This artwork is created with endless straight lines using a pattern and rhythm which results in contrast between very...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Easiness. Contemporary Colorful Abstract Painting 100x100cm by Anna Selina
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting is full of light and hope, full of bright colors and the basic is white- innocence, tenderness, faith,calmness. Energy of this painting is very light and strong in the...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$1,875 Sale Price
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The light of life, Modern Colorful Abstract Painting 100x100cm by Anna Selina
Located in Zofingen, AG
The light of lifeis very philosophical and deep painting. I have put there lots of senses and meanings about our inner light which is leading us through the life difficulties and ma...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$1,875 Sale Price
25% Off
Abstract 2526
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this exploration of abstract and expressionistic forms, I poured my soul into creating an enticing blend of warm hues and dynamic textures. The creamy whites and orange suggest a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Untitled (Autumnal Landscape in Ochre, Red, Green)
Located in New York, NY
Unidentified/Unknown Artist "Untitled (Autumnal Landscape in Ochre, Red, Green) , Abstract Landscape Oil on Canvas signed, 26.25 x 32.50, Mid 20th Century, 1957
Colors: Ochre, White...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern Light Blue, Brown, and Black Geometric Abstract Circle Pattern Painting
By John Little
Located in Houston, TX
Modern light blue, brown, and black geometric abstract circle pattern painting by textile designer John Little. The work was created as a proposed design for a wallpaper and features the original color codes in the front lower left corner. Currently hung in a solid black frame with a large white margin.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 32.75 in. x W 35.63 in.
Artist Biography: A painter and textile designer, John Little is best known for gestural works filled with boldly explosive color that reflect the influences of his teacher Hans Hofmann and for his involvement in the Abstract Expressionist movement in East Hampton, where he moved in the late 1940s. In East Hampton Little congregated with Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and the other artists who were the leading innovators in the New York School.
John Little was born in Sanford, Alabama. He left home at the age of fourteen to become an artist, and moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1923. After spending a year working as a stevedore on the docks to save money, he enrolled at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and developed an interest in singing. In 1927 he moved to New York City where he continued his vocal work and studied operatic literature. He also became involved in textile design, opening his own store in 1920, called John Little Studios: Fabric and Wallpaper Design. He ran the store until 1950.
In 1933 John Little resumed his painting studies at the Art Students League in New York under the guidance of George Grosz (1893-1959). The following year he made his first visit to East Hampton, Long Island, which he would eventually call home. Later in the decade, he traveled to Paris where he became familiar with European modernism. On his return to America, he taught textile design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He hired Josephine Watkins to work for him; she later became his wife. Little's textile store and teaching job gave him a financial security that was rare during the Depression, and he never found it necessary to find employment with the Works Progress Administration. At the end of the decade, John Little studied with Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) in New York and Provincetown. Little was greatly influenced by Hofmann, particularly by his views on color theory.
In 1942 John Little joined the Navy as an aerial photographer. In the late 1940s he purchased a rundown house on Three Mile Harbor...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
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