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"Helio Oiticica (2)", Painting on cut aluminium, Pop Kinetic art, 60 x 60 cm
Located in Carballo, ES
The root of Guedes's work is located in the MADÍ movement, of Argentine origin and little repercussion in Spain, which attaches great importance to the tensions that are established ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Digital Pigment

Water Lily Pond - Abstract Original Blue Green Landscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ivana Milosevic creates vibrant, yet soothing water landscapes that emphasize color and texture. She uses palette knives and brushes to carve details into layers of paint. They refle...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Untitled #144, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern painting by Abstract Expressionist Stanley Bate was made with oil on canvas circa 1960. In it, layers of red, yellow, white, and umber paint are expressively applied over...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Good Morning, Captain”, Abstract, Pink, Red, Cloud, Acrylic Painting, 2024
Located in Natick, MA
Sandra Cohen’s “Good Morning, Captain” is an 24 x 24 x 1 inch abstract landscape painting on canvas, in luminous pink, red, orange and steel blue. At the top of the canvas is an enor...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Garden II, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Synthesizing elements from daily gardening experiences, artist Voskan Galstian depicts an abstract view of his garden. He paints an abstract take on exotic bl...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Nature's Quietude, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This painting offers a moody, atmospheric view where land and sky seem to blur into one. Quick, expressive brushstrokes suggest movement across the scene, as ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Untitled abstract painting mixed media on canvas
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Untitled Artist: Deyan Valkov Medium: Oil and mixed media on canvas Dimensions: 23.6 x 23.6 inches (60 x 60 cm) Framing: Unframed Signature: Signed on the lower right corner Y...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Elegant Portrait, Abstract Style, French Artist, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant Portrait, Abstract Style, French Artist, Signed By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century Signed by the artist on the lower left ha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Signed European Impressionist Sunset River Landscape Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderfully painted luminous European sunset landscape painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 16H by 11L.
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1890s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dharamsala by Colin Taylor. Oil Painting on Linen, with Wooden Frame
Located in Coltishall, GB
Dharamsala’ is a small town in the Kangra Vallery in North India. It is the location of the exiled Tibetan Government and home to the Dalai Lama . Colin Taylor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Wood, Charcoal, Pastel, Oil, Acrylic

Midnight Blue Forest Landscape 20th Century British Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Midnight Blue Abstract by John Horwill, ARCA (British, 1927-1997) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 15 x 19 inches canvas : 12 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, the Cots...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Does not hear - line drawing figure with red gloves
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. Part of the triptych “Does not see. Does not hear. Does not speak”. The artwork was done with watercolor on watercolor paper 360g. The works are 14 by 11 i...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

French 20th Century Vibrant Geometric Pink and Purple Quirky Abstract Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition signed by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 24 x 20 inches condition: overall very good, a few min...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Suprematist composition red circle and black square - line drawing woman figure
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with acrylic and watercolor in red and black color on watercolor paper 360g. The work is 11 by 15 inches in size framed (black) with a s...
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2010s Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

"Traces" , Minimalist painting on Canvas, Medium Size , Original art
Located in Agrigento, AG
Traces signs on wall time memories on the wall mixed media on canvas 2018 Original Created:2018 Subjects:Architecture Materials:Canvas Styles:Abstract #Abstract Expressionism #Minim...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Eygalières – Provence, Abstract Landscape Oil by Camille Hilaire
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled abstract landscape oil on canvas by French painter Camille Hilaire. The predominantly blue toned piece depicts a view of the village of Eygalieres in the Apilles in France. Signature: Signed lower right and further titled verso Dimensions: Framed: 21"x24" Unframed: 15"x18" Provenance: Private French collection Camille Hilaire was a pupil at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He also worked in the free academies, including that of André Lhote, whose teaching had a major influence on his work. He executed numerous mural decorations...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Engaged in Portofino" Leonie Hanne in Haute Couture on a Yacht Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A lively, impressionistic depiction of celebrated influencer Leonie Hanne and fiancé on a yacht in Portofino. We are whisked away in this cherished scene with the emotion and dynamic...
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2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

Islands, 2024 - Minimalist Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting in White + Grey
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Richard Ballinger is a British landscape and still-life painter. “I do not draw in the landscape, I draw from it. It’s taken me inside, to the studio, imagining how it should be ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Flags of peace n°27
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Au seuil du silence, Abstract Landscape, Oil, Expressionist, minimalist
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Framed in black or natural wood French artist Sophie Dumont, whose work is held in private collections across Europe, the United States, and beyond, is known for her richly textured...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

French 20th Century Modernist Painting Artists Paint and Paint Tools Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artists Tools by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) oil on artist paper, unframed painting : 20 x 16 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and soun...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

California Impressionist Seascape Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3460 Impressionist Seascape ,contemporary on canvas,signed by V.Stewart
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21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

EMBRACING THE PRESENT
Located in THOMERY, FR
In a whirlwind of vibrant colors, "Embracing the Present" captures the very essence of the present moment. Against an orange background, shades of blue and violet intertwine, creatin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Contrapuntal (6/23) by James Lumsden - Abstract colour painting, blue and red
Located in Paris, FR
Contrapuntal (6/23) is a unique acrylic on panel, gloss finish painting by contemporary artist James Lumsden, dimensions are 60 × 50 cm (23.6 × 19.7 in). The artwork is signed, sold...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Lueur d'azur, Blue Abstract Landscape, Seaside, Contemporary, Modern , Framed
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
"Lueur d'Azur" captures the essence of a minimalist seascape, where light plays a central role. Through rich textures and layered applications of paint, Sophie Dumont creates an impr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American School Signed Modernist Abstract Coastal Harbor Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted American modernist harbor oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 16H by 20L.
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Target acrylic on paper geometric Color Field painting signed & inscribed Framed
Located in New York, NY
Kenneth Noland Untitled Target, 2001 Acrylic paint on offset lithograph paper Signed, dated, and dedicated along lower edge: For Howard and Susan with Love Kenneth Noland 6.10.01 Fra...
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1990s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Oil on Canvas Painting -- Home II
Located in Troy, NY
This oil painting is a wonderful example of surrealist ideals. The background of the painting is a rich blue with streaks of white, yellow, and lighter blue spheres that seem to swir...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Painting, "Abiogenesis"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original abstract painting on wood panel by Southern California artist, Daniel Ketelhut. Its dimensions are 24"x18"x1". It is unframed. A certificate of authe...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fils I Colors DCCI - Colorful Abstract Contemporary Art on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Barcelona native artist Raul de la Torre's vibrant abstract mixed media artworks pay homage to textiles. De La Torre allows the materials to take over during the process and collabor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Thread, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

" White Landscape " Abstract Painting, One of a Kind , made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape mixed media on canvas 50x50 cm Original Art Ready to Hang her painting tells of the relationship between man, nature and time, the landscape, the sign and the trace, thr...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Blue Ridge summer, Contemporary impressionism, blue, white, green, on paper
Located in Cumming, GA
This painting includes the impression of mountains, forests, grasses. It evokes a pleasant endorphin release that promotes health and well-being. Powerful in its simplicity.
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Original-Camellias Willow Tree-British Awarded Artist-exhibition collection-Oil
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...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Oil, Acrylic, Canvas

Abstract Oil Painting Gold Leaf Stars 1 of 2
Located in Surfside, FL
This one is signed. the second one is unsigned. Born in Paris in 1946 and raised in the heart of an idyllic French countryside near the Loire Valley, Jacques Lamy began painting at a very early age. Jacques completed his formal artistic training at the prestigious Ecole Nationale Superieur des Arts Decoratifs (Paris) in 1971. While there, he received the highest peer recognition in European Arts; the coveted Prix de Rome award for painting. Jacques Lamy’s career as an artist, designer and art teacher took him from his native France to life abroad in Spain, Africa, and the United States. His broad artistic interests and his classic training in art and design have enabled him to enjoy a wide variety of artistic experiences from designing furniture, lamps, tapestries, and elegant garden statuary to creating large scale murals for public viewing and enjoyment. in addition to his renowned mural work, Jacques received international recognition for his decorative fresco paintings. Jacques personal artistic style is very much a melding of old and new – a merging of a classically trained artist with a modern artistic vision. The medium is multi-media and the composition has a modern, abstract quality but the Old World training in design and composition lends the whole an air of classical grace. Examples can be seen in his studio-gallery in Dallas, Texas. ​Art Education Ecole National Superieure des Arts Decoratifs – Paris Art Teaching Casa de Velasquez – Madrid, Spain. National Institute of Art, Dakar, Senegal. Has taught art in France, Spain, and Africa Art Awards Prix de Rome de Peinture – Casa de Velasquez - 1971 Silver Medal for Industrial Creation - 1981 ​Museums Musee D'Art Roger Quillot, Clermont-Ferrand, France Jesuit Art Museum – Dallas, TX Exhibits 2012-current Represented by Wall Gallery – Dallas, TX, USA 2004 Jesuit Art Museum – Dallas, TX, USA ​ 2001-current Galerie Fine Art – Nantes, France 2000 City Hall, Chamalieres – France 1998 Ivanffy – Uhler Gallery – Dallas, TX 1994-1996 Jacques Lamy Fine Art Gallery 1995 Neiman Marcus- Dallas and Atlanta 1981-1984 Gallery Frederic Mechiche...
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20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Paint, Board

Nocturne - Soft abstract landscape river blue painting
Located in Broomfield, CO
Nocturne is a soft abstract landscape painting dedicated to the coming of night, the turning of time, the river flowing. The river of time running through it. The light in this paint...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Aggregate #23 (Abstract Contemporary Painting, Framed)
Located in New Orleans, LA
(Comes framed in a maple floater frame, ready to hang.) This is one of a series we have posted on 1stDibs. The first got more clicks and saves on its first day than any of the many hundreds of artworks we have ever posted. If you search on "G. Campbell Lyman" on 1stDibs you can see others in this series. Here's a recent message from a 1stDibs buyer of a painting in this series, a seasoned collector: "Love your work. We collect colorists like Wolf Kahn and Jennifer Bartlett, whom I commissioned a piece from that is in the entrance of Mayo Clinic. We are old fans...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, House Paint

Original-Botanic Blue Lisianthus Pink Lily at night-British Awarded Artist-flora
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...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Irises Black Dragon - stylish iris painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Contemporary and stylish painting with dark irises Black Dragon is a remarkable decoration for any house or office. Irises are one of favourite flowers of Nikolay. Their petal shape ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Underwater Painting Coral Reef Ocean Art Original Impasto Oil Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
This vibrant oil painting on stretched canvas captures the mesmerizing energy of the underwater world. Created with a palette knife, the artist has layered rich, textured strokes to ...
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2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

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

Pink , Purple and Orange Swirling Abstract French 20th Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition signed by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) oil painting on canvas, unframed dated 96' canvas size: 24 x 18 inches condition: overall very good,...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Painting by Listed British artist Golden Fields Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
''Golden Landscape' by Michael Haswell (British, 1931-2020) inscribed verso acrylic painting on box canvas (painted edges so do not require framing) ca...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Thus Spake Zarathustra (Geometric Abstraction, Minimalism, Josef Albers)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Susan Kiefer Title : Thus Spake Zarathustra Materials : oil on canvas Date : March 2020 Dimensions : 20" x 20" x 1.5 Description : Intersection of a circle and square in bl...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

"Lush Fall Foliage" Contemporary Landscape Framed Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Lush Fall Foliage" is a framed oil painting on canvas by Marshall Noice, depicting an abstracted copse of trees with red and pink leaves. The artist's use of intense color for the f...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

My Favorite Game - Original Retro Street Art Inspired Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Cha Cha - Contemporary Abstract Patterns Bright Neon Coral Pink Gray. 2023
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in oil on linen mounted on panel, carefully ordered patterns, geometric shapes and delicate lines in pale pink, cobalt blue, yellow and pale gr...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Panel

"Green View" 2025, Oil, acrylic, joint compound, cold wax on panel
Located in New York, NY
Arielle Zamora they/them (b.1990) is a Portland, Oregon-based painter and printmaker. Their painting practice features layers of paint and joint compound as an exploration of line an...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Wax, Oil, Panel

'Abstract of Lines and Colours II' German School (circa 1960s)
Located in London, GB
'Abstract of Lines and Colours II', oil on panel (circa 1960s), German School, signed, 'X. Kruger'. This artwork is a clear homage to Piet Mondrian (1872-1944). Recognised for the pu...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Antique American Modernist Cubist Ballet Dancers Framed Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely executed modernist ballet scene. Pastel and gouache on paper. Handsomely framed. Image size, 12H by 16L.
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1940s Cubist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pears canvas/oil, 38x46 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001) Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Saratov Art School, graduated from the Depar...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Jimi Hendrix. original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this vibrant portrayal, I've merged multiple art styles to capture an explosion of emotions. By layering acrylics, watercolors, and colored pencils, I've created a textured harmon...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

Contemporary Abstract vibrant colorful floral painting "Spring Inspiration"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Spring Inspiration," an abstract expressive artwork by French artist Natalya Mougenot, is part of her "Floral" series. Natalya enjoys working in a single, focused setting to convey ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Satori Blooms II - impressionistic painting on linen canvas with 3d roses
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness." – Eckhart Tolle Let your g...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Acrylic

Clouds, Seascape Original Oil Painting on Linen, realism, 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: Clouds Size: 28.5" x 39" x 0.8'' in...
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2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

Original Abstract Painting on Canvas "Optimistic Creativity" by Serg Graff COA
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a unique original acrylic/oil painting on canvas in a fantasy abstract style by Serg Graff Titled "Optimistic Creativity". It comes signed, dated, and with a COA (Certificat...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Christopher Street (abstract Greenwich Village cityscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
De Hirsh Margules (1899-1965). Christopher Street, 1939. Watercolor on Arches wove paper. Signed and dated in pencil by artist lower margin. Sheet measures 15.5 x 20 inches. Window in matting measures 15 x 19 inches. Framed measurement: 23 x 30 inched. Bears fragment of original label affixed on verso. Incredibly vibrant and saturated color with no fading or toning of sheet. Provenance: Babcock Galleries, NYC Exhibited: The American Federation of Arts Traveling Exhibition. From the facade of The Waverly at Christopher is depicted One Christopher Street, the 16-story Art Deco residential building erected in 1931. It is not a casual coincidence that the structure appears in this cityscape: 1 Christopher Street is the subject. The original intention of this project was to transform the neighborhood, bring a bit of affluence and make a bid to rival the Upper West Side. Margules, a sensitive aesthete, understood how a massive piece of architecture such as One changes a neighborhood. Sound, scale and focal points are forever altered. A pedestrian's sense of depth and distance becomes pronounced. All of these factors contribute to the intent behind this image. Tall buildings disrupt the human scale, change the skyline and carve up space. In this piece, negative space conforms to the man-made geometries. Clouds become gems fixed in settings. 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

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Located in San Francisco, CA

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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