Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 15

Erik Ortvad
Abstract Landscape, large mid-century green painting, COBRA art movement

1946

$19,800
£15,008.92
€17,524.41
CA$27,734.16
A$31,219.66
CHF 16,516.37
MX$387,241.58
NOK 204,077.43
SEK 195,182.02
DKK 130,740.83
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

Erik Ortvad (Danish, 1917 - 2008) Abstract Landscape, 1946 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 32 X 37.5 inches 35 x 40.5 inches, framed Born in 1917 in Copenhagen, Erik Ortvad was a surrealist painter and a founding member of the COBRA art movement. COBRA was a European avant-garde movement active from 1948-1951. During the time of occupation of World War II, the Netherlands had been disconnected from the art world beyond its borders. COBRA was formed shortly thereafter. This international movement of artists who worked experimentally evolved from the criticisms of Western society and a common desire to break away from existing art movements, including "detested" naturalism and "sterile" abstraction. Experimentation was the symbol of an unfettered freedom, which, according to Constant, was ultimately embodied by children and the expressions of children. Ortvad was a refugee in Sweden during WWII because of his communist sympathies and Jewish wife. He relocated to Kvänjarp, a village in Sweden, in 1962, living there until his death in 2008.
  • Creator:
    Erik Ortvad (1917 - 2008, Danish)
  • Creation Year:
    1946
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)Width: 41 in (104.14 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Beachwood, OH
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1768210785332

More From This Seller

View All
Rain Garden II, Contemporary Figural Abstract Landscape, New York Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Cathy Diamond (American, 20th Century) Rain Garden II, 2023 Pigment dispersion and acrylic on paper Signed lower left, signed and dated verso 11 x 14 inches Cathy Diamond currently ...
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Pigment

Semi-abstract Still Life, Large 20th Century Blue & Pink Oil Painting
By John Heliker
Located in Beachwood, OH
John Heliker (American, 1909-2000) Still Life with Sugar Bowl Oil on canvas Signed lower right 39.75 x 39.75 inches 45.5 x 45.5 inches, framed Provenance: Private Collection Ypsilant...
Category

20th Century Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

20th Century Figural Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by Woman Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Lucile E Lundquist Blanch (American, 1895 - 1981) Abstract Oil on panel Signed lower right 10 x 8 inches 17 x 15 inches framed Painter and lithographer Lucille Linquist Blanch, born in Hawley, Minnesota in 1895, was, by her mid-thirties, already represented by a number of paintings in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. She would receive a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1933. She studied at the Minneapolis Art Institute during World War I, 1914 to 1918, with fellow students Harry Gottlieb...
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Figural Abstract Painting w/ Gears of an Engine, Ohio Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
James Massena March (American, 1953-2021) Untitled Oil on canvas 30 x 48 inches "My paintings are about space, form and energy. I generally start painting without preconceived notio...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Colorful Abstract Geometrical Late 20th Century Painting by Ohio Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
James Massena March (American, 1953-2021) Untitled Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches "My paintings are about space, form and energy. I generally start painting without preconceived notio...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Black & White Abstract Geometrical Oil Painting, Late 20th Century Ohio Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
James Massena March (American, 1953-2021) Untitled Oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches 31 x 31 inches, framed "My paintings are about space, form and energy. I generally start painting wit...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

You May Also Like

Seascape, blue seaside, semi abstract, oil on canvas, sky, expressionism, french
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
"This painting was exhibited as part of the Normandie Impressionniste alongside works by Gustave Courbet, Valtat..." In the evocative tableau of the "Seaside Symphony Under Stormy Sk...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract Impressionist oil painting on cardboard "Blossoms of the almond tree"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary floral expressionist piece with a touch of impressionism was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot and belongs to her evocative series dedicated to the beauty o...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Original Triptych-Moonlit Jardin d'Hiver 1, 2, 3-British Awarded Artist-Impasto
Located in London, GB
Jardin d'Hiver Series is Shizico Yi's latest works for GSY Studio Gallery Summer Exhibition 2025, this set including 3 paintings. This series created in her winter studio while longi...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Original Set-Dahlias, Gladiolus in Bloom-Brit Awarded Artist-Abstract Expression
Located in London, GB
In this series of paintings, colour becomes the primary device for expressing emotion, rather than reflecting the literal hues of the landscape. By using colour this way, Shizico hei...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Original-Purple Misty Alliums-British Awarded Artist-impasto-oil-plein air
Located in London, GB
This beloved painting marks Shizico Yi’s return to painting en plein air in her garden after a long, chilly winter and an unusually hot spring. At last, the weather softened—invitin...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Crescent Moon Oil Painting
Located in Brookville, NY
Moon Series by artist Robert Terry (1955-2021) are his most well known works. His love and fascination of nature was the driving force in his romantic and poetic interpretations of...
Category

1990s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil