Items Similar to 50/50
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 2
Doug Ohlson50/501993
1993
About the Item
Doug Ohlson began his education in a number of small colleges, and a three year period in the U.S. Marines before graduating from the University of Minnesota with a B.A. in fine art. That same year, Ohlson moved to New York and was fortunate to interact with artists such as Robert Motherwell, Lee Krasner, and Barnett Newman while attending Hunter College where he eventually became a full time professor.
Ohlson’s formal ‘color field’ works reflect an elemental artistic vocabulary. The use of shape, scale, and line each convey a separate feeling, while simultaneously implying fundamental color theory. Much like other artists of the post war era, Ohlson’s works require an involvement by his viewers. Bold blocks of color juxtaposed with painterly strokes, and unexpected linear elements create a dialogue between the surface of his paintings and their visual depth. Apparent in each decade present in this exhibition, is a timeline of development in Ohlson’s work. The artist’s early career, dominated by boldly saturated color, progressed into translucent and opaque hues with more definite evidence of Ohlson’s hand. Most recently, the focus has turned to narrow bars of color abruptly placed throughout the canvas, as the artist says to “throw in a little wrench.”
Doug Ohlson’s works have continued to appear in exhibitions organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, the National Gallery of Art, D.C., and The Whitney Museum of American Art, as well as numerous established galleries, since his initial group exhibition at the Minnesota Institute of Arts. Ohlson has also received prodigious awards including a National Endowment of the Arts Grant and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship.
- Creator:Doug Ohlson (1936-2010, American)
- Creation Year:1993
- Dimensions:Height: 66 in (167.64 cm)Width: 128 in (325.12 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Boca Raton, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU135426548432
About the Seller
5.0
Recognized Seller
These prestigious sellers are industry leaders and represent the highest echelon for item quality and design.
Established in 1989
1stDibs seller since 2020
20 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 6 hours
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Boca Raton, FL
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Sing The Body AtomicBy James WalshLocated in Boca Raton, FLAn abstract painter who has been an active member of the New York art scene since the early 1980s, James Walsh follows in the modernist tradition of Pollock in using art to reveal it...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Acrylic
- Kula SunriseBy Dan ChristensenLocated in Boca Raton, FLA leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...Category
20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Acrylic
- After-LightLocated in Boca Raton, FL“I am interested in sensations and perceptions. The history and theory of color serve as organizational tools. My work has as its goal a certain kind of rapture. The two-dimensional ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Wood, Acrylic
- MemphisBy Dan ChristensenLocated in Boca Raton, FLA leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...Category
20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Acrylic
- Ice Rider 2By Dan ChristensenLocated in Boca Raton, FLA leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...Category
20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Acrylic
- Autumn Park IBy Dan ChristensenLocated in Boca Raton, FLA leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...Category
20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Acrylic
You May Also Like
- American, Contemporary, Abstract, Circular and Colorfully Large WorkLocated in Fort Worth, TXLayla Luna, Ramona II, 2020, Acrylic on canvas. 48 x 36." This fantastical painting by American artist Layla Luna is a contemporary, abstract, circular, and...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Acrylic
- «Me and my girl» Acrylic on Canvas by O. F. HvidstenBy Ole Fredrik HvidstenLocated in Oslo, NOSigned and dated. «Me and my girl» was part of O. F. Hvidsten's first solo-exhibition «This will never pass». The works comprising the exhibition is first and foremost a visual mem...Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Acrylic
- «Covers» Abstract Acrylic paint on Canvas, six equal parts by Dustin Cook, 2021By Dustin CookLocated in Oslo, NOInspired by the crossroads of human nature and human technology, Dustin Cook makes abstraction look funny. At the core, his work represents playfulness, hi...Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Acrylic
- SnittLocated in Oslo, 03Acrylic and oil on canvasCategory
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Acrylic
- PlakatLocated in Oslo, 03Acrylic and oil on canvasCategory
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Acrylic
- Slow raceLocated in Oslo, 03Acrylic and oil on canvasCategory
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Acrylic