Large Abstract Paintings

Thomas Victor Downing (1928 - 1985) Nineteen, 1968 Acrylic on canvas 35 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches Signed on the reverse Provenance: Estate of the artist Henri Gallery, Washington, D.C. Private Collection, Washington, D.C. Thomas Downing was born in Suffolk, Virginia. In 1950, after graduating from Pratt Institute in New York City, he received a grant from the Virginia Museum of Fine Art to study in Europe. Upon returning from Europe, he settled in Washington, DC to teach at Catholic University. In 1954 Downing became a friend of Kenneth Noland, whose life drawing course he attended. From 1955 to 1956 Downing shared a studio with Howard Mehring, another artist who came to be identified with the Washington Color School. Downing had his first one-man show at the Washington Workshop Center for the Arts in 1959. That year, Downing, Mehring, and Betty Pajac founded Origio, a cooperative art gallery in Washington. In 1959 Downing first began using the small dot in his work, a motif he explored fully into the 1970s. In the early works colorful dots determined the structure of the painting in their size, position, and repetition within a grid. Often there was a sense of concentration and expansion of the composition from the center to the edge of the canvas, achieving a visual impression of expanding open space. Looking for the fusion between the grid and color, Downing eliminated overlapping dots in 1962. The dots arranged in grids seem to project from the canvas surface, giving the impression the color floats unrestricted by the square format of his paintings. Downing’s position in the Washington Color School came from his consistent approach to color. The canvas was the receptacle of color, on which Downing often worked in tonal modulations of a hue. Downing developed shaped canvases in 1966 as a structural solution to his deeper consideration of the “spatial definition” of color. After first working in a parallelogram shape, Downing next worked in chevron-shaped canvases that examined the illusionistic qualities of color. He exhibited these works in a solo exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery in 1966-1967 and later at the Allan Stone Gallery in New York in 1967. Downing’s second series of shaped canvases titled Folds were created in 1968. In the Fold series he discovered a new effect of relief and spatial depth within a flat work that could be enhanced by color. The projections and folding in the Fold paintings suggest the paintings exist in a world without gravity. Downing exhibited in a group show at Jefferson Place Gallery in 1960 and had his first solo exhibition there in the spring of 1961. Downing had solo exhibitions in New York at Allan Stone Gallery in 1962, 1967, and 1968. He also had solo exhibition in New York at Stable Gallery in September 1963 and January 1965. In the early 1970s Downing had regular solo exhibitions at the Pyramid Galleries in DC. In the 1960s Downing was included in important museum exhibitions, including: Post Painterly Abstraction at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1964 (Clement Greenberg curated and included three of Downing’s dial paintings); The Responsive Eye at the Museum of Modern Art, 1965; Colorists, 1950-1965 at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1965; Systemic Painting at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1966; and Color Field Painting at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1970. Thomas Downing: Recent Paintings was held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in December 1966 - January 1967. A solo exhibition of his paintings from 1962 to 1968 was held at the La Jolla Museum of Art then travelled to the Phoenix Art Museum in 1968. Downing had a solo exhibition at the Phillips Collection in 1985. Downing taught at the Corcoran School of Art and Design, Washington, DC from 1965 to 1968. There he was influential for the next generation of DC color...

"Choice who to be 2" Abstract Painting 30" x 40" inch by Tetiana Kalivoshko Acrylic painting Tetiana Kalivoshko is an American-based Ukrainian artist who specializes in painting, sculpture, and art installations. Graduated from the L’viv National Academy of Art and Shanghai's East China Normal University. She decided to devote herself to the world of art in 2015 after seeing the exhibition "In Love With Art" which motivated her to begin developing her art and ideas and to travel across the world. Tetiana's debut project installation, "Peace," was shown in several Ukrainian cities. The installation “Peace”. Her work materialized spectacular shapes of Chinese hieroglyphs that mean "Peace". In 2016, Tetiana presented her first collection, "War...

Calgary’s Aron Hill continues his exploration of colour and form in this fun minimalist painting. Inspired by modernists like Jack Bush, in this piece Hill plays with organic shapes ...

Whitehouse Kennedy inserts itself into dialogue with the pop celebrity style of Andy Warhol and the provocative juxtapositions of portrait and text by Barbara Kruger. Only this time ...

"Kicking Up Heels in a Dumpster" Painting 36" x 36" inch by Ty Joseph From 7 L's series 2017 acrylic on canvas 36" x 36" inch * * * The meaning of L series * * * Although influenc...

"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...

It was Picasso who said, "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." While her work in the exhibition Child's Play is not meant specifical...

Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...

Discover more original artwork by Janet Keith with Wychwood Art online and in our gallery. The colours used in the painting – particularly the rich, glowing orange and hints of green...

"A sunny day" is an abstract painting by Maestro Plamen Bonev, The painting is unframed. “The impressions of Plamen's paintings on the viewer is so mighty, mesmerizing, grand, th...

Endless Light [2021] Original Landscape Acrylic and acrylic inks on boxed canvas Image size: H:100 cm x W:100 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm...

Abstract painting, created during the pandemic, blends human and animal figures in a palette of ochre and yellow tones. Dimensions are 23" x 35" inches. To ensure the preservation a...

Mary Schiliro's work with acrylic paint on Mylar is process based, and expands the boundaries of painting by exploring new possibilities of presentation. She uses a dipping process w...

Encaustic on panel. It's simple; I create art because it makes me happy. I try not to overthink the process of what I’m painting and let my intuition be my guide. I love laying do...

I collected meaningful symbols of this brutal war in Ukraine for liberty on this canvas: the leopard as a sign of help with armament, metal from Azovstal, images of the mother's womb...

Landscape mixed media on cotton canvas 100x100 cm 2021 original art the painting is sold stretched on a handmade wooden frame the painting is ...

Presenting 'Naiad,' a stunning abstract portrait by Masri, celebrated for its vivacious flow and splatter techniques. This singular piece portrays a woman in profile, her form crispl...

An original one-of-a-kind textured abstract painting. Minimalistic yet powerful and full of details. The primary colors are shades of muted light orange and yellow. My signatur...

Robertson focuses on creating paintings that move beyond portraying reality. Driven by a synthesis of gestural brushstrokes and expressive smears, he offers viewers a liminal space o...

Robertson focuses on creating paintings that move beyond portraying reality. Driven by a synthesis of gestural brushstrokes and expressive smears, he offers viewers a liminal space o...

Sandra Di Leo is a designer and contemporary abstract expressionist artist. Having studied art and design she has been working as a designer since graduating in 2000 while pursuing h...

Robertson focuses on creating paintings that move beyond portraying reality. Driven by a synthesis of gestural brushstrokes and expressive smears, he offers viewers a liminal space o...

Lynne Golob Gelfman, American (1944-2020) Abstract Composition in colors Acrylic paint on paper 1983 Hand signed and dated recto 23" X 29", Frame measures 26" X 33". Provenance: Jan ...

Kelley Carman Middle of the Morning (Gestural Abstract, Darker, Earthy, Navy, Green, Gold, Yellow) Acrylic and Oil Stick Year: 2023 Size: 36x36x1.5in Signed COA provided Ref.: 92480...

Kyoto Night :: All about the mystery and beauty of the Night - On high quality yupo paper / Fresh harmony - tranquil sanctuary with the energy of moon and stars /Action in the brushw...

This is a square painting in soft colors inspired by orchids. I was impressed by the delicate flowers and the pure colors of the blossoms. It is painted in pastel colors with colo...

Mother and Children - Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting, 2023 Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. "A tribute to the spiritual and ancestral ties that bind us, with a v...

Landscape oil on canvas 62x95 cm original art Ready to hang certificate of authenticity included Marilina Marchica was born in Agrigento, where she works and lives, After recei...

Cobalt Migration Creation Date: 2019 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 36 x 36 in Framed Size: 37.5 x 37.5 x 2 in All the botanicals in this series are Texas wildflowers found all over th...

Susan Gale's work explores the nostalgia of community by highlighting the juxtaposition between the peaceful, quiet, mystery of light, and the rush of visually invoked sensation. She...

"Urban Figures I" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by Ahmed Farid mixed media on canvas Born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1950 where he currently lives and works, Farid is an autodidact Egy...

Exhibited at... "Zip, Bang, Pop! Run! It's The Cops!: Contemporary Pop Art and It's Influence On Street Art" National Invitational Exhibition, June 29-July 20, 2018 Hue Gallery of ...

"Roses in the Dark" is a magnificent work that captures the melancholic essence of autumn through a palette of rich and deep brown tones. The surface of the canvas is a swirl of abst...

" Ballet in Color Shades" is a magnificent work that captures the melancholic essence of autumn through a palette of rich and deep brown tones. The surface of the canvas is a swirl o...

Nicely painted mid century abstract minimalist painting. Signed vero. Framed.

Geometric shapes in olive green, yellow ochre, pink and teal are cheerful against a solid white background. Framed in a thin, natural wood float frame. Rebekah Andrade’s practice ex...

From The Ritual Series Cotton wicks and acrylic on canvas Size: 36 x 36 inches Unframed Using thousands of Diya-Baati/cotton wicks, a ritual material, the Samsara series are works ...

Original work of the artist RUZ.. framed Acrylic on paper Perfect state Rafael (Barcelona 1956) While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodr...

30" x 36" Unframed Original - Oil on Canvas Hand Signed by Yari Ostovany 2016

Nicely painted mid century impressionist landscape with billowing clouds. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.

Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color. Framed.

Wonderful blue, red and white action painting in the style of The New York School of painting circa 1950. This painting can be hung landscape or portrait and comes in a black frame....

This is an Original Acrylic Painting. Grey, black and gold are used to make this striking abstract composition. What do you see? Authentic, original acrylic painting that is id...

Dipinto astratto firmato, titolato e datato sul retro della tela M. Nuti "MARE SILENZIOSO" 1964. Segnato e datato anche in fronte: Nuti 64. Olio su tela, 50 x 100 cm. Mario Nuti è ...

This artwork is one, of a serie of pictures named Imaginary Landscape. Has skin, blue, yellow and brown colors. The contrast make it powerfull, but the sky set the atmosphere of some...

That day we went to the beach. This artwork of bold colors is part of a series of imaginary landscapes. In the words of Agnes Martin, 'I often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking...

A wonderfully vibrant abstract painting. Blues, pinks and purple. Authentic, original painting that is ideal for a stylish modern interior. Gallery wrapped canvas ready to hang....

Bluesology - Abstract Painting Red & Black by Marc This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA. Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings, whether deep mysteri...

The painting titled "Three elements" is one of ten from the "Mariko" series. It is one of the most characteristic of the energetic and expressive series, which is characterized by th...

Susan Gale's work explores the nostalgia of community by highlighting the juxtaposition between the peaceful, quiet, mystery of light, and the rush of visually invoked sensation. She...

This green abstract nature painting is dedicated to to the longest day. "Summer Solstice" embodies the lush, fruitful Italian summer, inspired by the flowing river under the canopy o...

This lively graphic contemporary composition was painted by Burton Kramer, internationally renowned as a fine graphic designer. Kramer now expresses his modernist and minimalist aest...

"Mia" Painting 35" x 28" inch by Vladislav Chenchik Vladislav Chenchik is a contemporary artist from Ukraine. His artwork combines abstract and realistic styles, with a focus on por...

Los Angeles artist Taylour Martin creates captivating abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas, showcasing a dynamic interplay of emotions and colors. Martin's art is a reflection ...

Drawing inspiration from an immersive and impressionistic interpretation of nature, Canadian artist Vé Boisvert paints textural original artworks that capture the fleeting effects of...

Access Memories (Abstract painting) Acrylic on canvas — Unframed This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. This method is especially safe for large works, and pr...