Burton Kramer

Fugue 4 - colourful, geometric abstraction, modernist, acrylic on canvas

2006

In this dynamic new work by Milly Ritsvedt, bold vertical bands of pure colour run the length of the painting. As always, Ristvedt’s choice of colours in this hard-edged piece is masterful—turquoise, deep pink, blue and bright yellow. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings were ‘more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’ “The paintings of the past two or three years explore questions of form, colour and process that arise out of earlier works.” Milly Ristvedt Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...

In this serene painting by one of Canada’s leading landscape artists, Pat Service deconstructs the elements of a view across a lake in summer. The form is abstracted, and the colours...

A divided green triangle dances with a staccato of geometric shapes in mauve, rose and light blue in this lively composition by Burton Kramer. The painting is framed. Kramer traine...

Remarkably beautiful, lush, and impressionistic in form—Rajasthan is a stunning example of Canadian artist John Graham Coughtry’s masterful use of colour. Rendered in the exotic spic...

Kramer’s modern and graphic paintings express lyrical, geometric abstraction via a harmonic interplay of syncopated shapes of various sizes and colours. Trained at Yale University ...

Swipes and shapes in rust orange, bubble gum pink, aqua, ultramarine and black move in an orchestrated procession across a soaked charcoal ground in this acrylic by Milly Ristvedt. This large, square acrylic canvas is a poetic narrative of space, light, texture and movement through the application of color. Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe...

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,...

Modern Industrial 59 is an original painting, created with acrylic paint on gallery-wrapped canvas. It has a width of 30 inches and a height of 30 inches with a depth of 1.5 inches (...

Lithosphere 201 is an original, modern art painting from the Lithosphere series. This one-of-a-kind painting was created with acrylic paint on gallery-wrapped Genie collapsible canva...

Gypsy Dance is a spontaneous abstract expression painting with free flowing movement and a sophisticated colour palette. A beautiful viol...

Sometimes we forget to look at the beauty of small things that our eyes are used to. These are simple little things in our daily lives that are often repetitive and become common or ...

Mnemonic codes #002 This original abstract painting was created using acrylic paint on St-Armand paper handcrafted in Montreal one sheet at a time, using traditional methods. The...