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Antique American Impressionist Normandy Marsh Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape painting by Genevieve Pierce Law (1906-1995). Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
Category

1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Southern School Civil War Cannon Modernist American Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nice quality modernist painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 16L x 12H.
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Miniature Sea Landscape Study of Devon Coastline by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Miniature Landscape Study of Hartland Point on the Devon Coastline, England, by Contemporary British Artist Angela Wakefield Art measures 7 x 5 inches ...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Board

Wild Red Flowers on Turquoise & Green Abstract by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Wild Red & Pink Flowers on a Turquoise & Green Abstract Background by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. Art measures 36 x 24 inches Frame measures 42 x 30 ...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor

Ruz 6 Big Red Grey Black Abstract Acrylic oncanvas Painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Original artwork by Spanish artist Rafael Ruz. Acrylic in perfect condition. While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodrama’, in the sam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Labyrinth no. 3
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Labyrinth No. 3, 2001' by John Goodman. The artwork is 36 x 48 inches and it is framed in solid wood. Signed and dated by artist. Excellent condition. From Andra Norris Gallery in C...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antique American Modernist Shaped Geometric Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American school abstract geometric painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract silence, landscape, oil on canvas, contemporary, French artist, modern
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont transports us to a peaceful realm through her painting "Abstract Silence." With soft tones of beige, green, and orange, she evokes the tranquility of the dune landscape...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Study in Greens and Blues #2" Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This small abstract painting by Sue De Chiara is made with acrylic paint on board. It features a blue, teal, and green palette and a layered, minimalist composition. The painting is ...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Pink dreams II - abstraction art, made in gray, pink, fuchsia color
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work is made with alcoholic ink in pink, grey - blue color on Yupo paper. It is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold) with styrene face on a double m...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Peconic Bay" Oil painting of sea beneath blue sky with clouds, East Long Island
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Peconic Bay" is an impressionist painting of water under a sweeping cloudscape. Sail boats glide across the horizon from the right of the composition fra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Land of dreamers
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The painting is permeated with memories of childhood and early dawns, the smell of grass, earth, sunlight, long walks and fresh coffee. A story about how to be free, light, brave. Be...
Category

2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Naples
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katherine Bello Title: Naples Medium: oil on canvas Year: 2021 Size: 36" x 24" x 1.5" Signed, dated and inscribed by hand COA provided (issued by representing gallery) Katherine Bello's aim as an artist is to capture a sense of place, a moment of time, or a feeling - to evoke a sense of wonder. Bello loves paint and paint brushes; bold, gestural mark-making and the interplay of color. She is influenced by light and landscape, poetry, history and science. Formerly educated in Chemical Engineering and Interior Design, Bello is drawn to the process of creating Something out of Nothing. Abstract, sbstract art...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Imagine is Real 22
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
A painting in abstract acrylic is an explosion of shapes, textures, and colors that invite personal interpretation. Across the canvas, dynamic and free brushstrokes intertwine, creat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Pink Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chris Liberti is a favorite with collectors here and abroad. Gesture, color, and surface enliven the new harmonies and patterns Liberti creates as he works, generating a distinct bac...
Category

2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Antique American Modernist Beach Sunset Landscape Original Hampton Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. No signature found. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 20"L x 16"H.
Category

1940s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Gouache

Italian Abstract Cityscape with Towers. Circa 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Cityscape with skyscrapers. Stylized and almost abstract representation of a city with skyscrapers, some of which have the shape of a sail. Oil on canvas. In a 1970´s aluminium / wood period frame. Signed lower right: Raimondo. Landscape appears at first glance as a series of abstract, geometric, very bright objects. Very good condition. Painting comes from a collection in Turin, Italy which had numerous signed works...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

ABSTRACT Artwork Landscapes Terracota Contemporary Artist Jonathan Freemantle
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Isn't She Lovely
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katherine Bello Title: Isn't She Lovely Oil on canvas Year: 2021 Dimensions: 36"x24"x1.5" Signed by hand COA provided -----------------------------...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Mountain Puzzle #1
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Lynn Sanders is an artist excited by beauty: architecture, foliage, landscapes, seascapes, interiors. She finds palettes and shapes in her environment and propels them into her work,...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic, Canvas

Carnal Knowledge (Geometric Abstraction, Minimalism, Josef Albers, Calming)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Susan Kiefer Carnal Knowledge Oil on canvas Year: 2023 Size: 24x24x1.35in Signed and inscribed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1686 A large red circular shape with a black hole in...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Ash, Shorham" Contemporary Landscape Framed Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Ash, Shorham" is a framed oil painting on canvas by Marshall Noice, depicting an abstracted copse of trees on a hillside. The artist's use of intense, varying color for the foliage ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

The Path Between, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The Path Between :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Loca...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Vendemmia No. 2" Landscape, Plein-air, outdoors
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Vendemmia No. 2 illustrates a beautiful sunny day on a vineyard in Tuscany. A master of plein-air painting, Dalessio paints the wind, with evidence in the fast-moving cumulus clouds,...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

“In the Beginning”
By Lester Russon
Located in San Francisco, CA
Some say that life on earth may have first bubbled up from hot spots on the ocean floor, the Primordial Soup. Based on its title, “In the Beginning,” it’s likely that American artist...
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ohne Titel (Merzbild Mit Schuhsohle) (Untitled (Merz Picture with Shoe Sole))
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Ohne Titel (Merzbild Mit Schuhsohle) (Untitled (Merz Picture with Shoe Sole))" is an abstract Post War oil and relief assemblage on plywood painting made by Kurt Schwitters in 1945....
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20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

"Monastery Bell" - Mid Century Abstracted Old Village Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted landscape of a monastery building with a bell and balcony by R. R Middlebrooks (American, 20th century). Signed "R. R. Middlebrooks" lower left. Titled "Monastery Bell...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

ABSTRACT Gestural Landscapes Black Terracotta Contemporary Jonathan Freemantle
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Pigment

Large Painting on Canvas Titled: PDP 1071
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Post Dogmatist Painting on Canvas, signed verso Cecil Touchon Born 1956 Austin, Texas is a contemporary American collage artist, painter, published poet and theorist living in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Co-founder of the International Post-Dogmatist Group, Touchon is director of the group's Ontological Museum, Founder of the International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction and founder of the International Society of Assemblage and Collage Artists. In 2005 an exhibition was held in Cuernavaca, Mexico entitled "Cecil Touchon - Thirty Years of Fluxing Around" in which art works and scores dating as early as 1975 were exhibited showing the fluxus tendency in Touchon's work over the last thirty years. Touchon has never been formally associated with the Fluxus group until the year 2000 with his participation in the Fluxlist - an email group where the current generation fluxus artists interact and collaborate. In 2002 Touchon, with a number of other artists from the Fluxlist established the Fluxnexus - a group of artists working together on various new Fluxus projects including a new Fluxus performance workbook. In 2006 Touchon established the FluxMuseum in order to assemble and archive samples of works by contemporary 21st Century Fluxus artists. The central focus of the Fluxmuseum has been the creation of Fluxus related publications and curating and mounting international exhibitions of Fluxus art called Fluxhibitions. Touchon co...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract painting w/ collage & photographs, Black African American history
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Please contact me with zip code for precise shipping rates. "And the Beat Goes On" is a large acrylic collage painting with photograph portraits integrated into it, as well as found objects, and text. It includes imagery that references African American history and cultural references on the Black community. Signed by the artist. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements of 'real life' collaged and collapsed, as dreams are prone to do. If connections are made, all the better. I feel that life should remind us of our dreams." - Richard J. Watson Richard J. Watson is an icon in the Philadelphia art world. Much of his work relates to his experiences as a Black African American man. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1968), has taught at his alma mater, and has served in the Exhibitions Department at the African American Museum in Philadelphia since the 1980s. He has been exhibiting his work for decades, and has an extensive bibliography. His work is held in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the Uniworld Corporation; Sony; the Federal Reserve Bank; the City of Philadelphia; Sprint; the Church of the Advocate; the poet Dr. Sonia Sanchez; and the Woodmere Museum...
Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

1940s WPA Era American Modern Figurative Painting of Figure on Deserted Street
Located in Denver, CO
This striking 1946 oil on canvas painting, titled Deserted Street, was created by Colorado/Woodstock modernist artist Jenne Magafan (1916-1952). The artwork features a solitary figu...
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1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Beach - Landscape Painting by Giampaolo Talani
Located in Carmel, CA
Giampaolo Talani (1955-2018) The "mad scientist" of the art world, Talani created art out of virtually everything he touched. After completing his training at the Florence Academy of...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Is That So (Abstract, Expressionism, Warm, Lively, Green, Teal, Yellow, 20% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katherine Bello Is That So Mixed media on canvas 2023 Size: 40x30x1.5in Signed, dated and titled by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1881 *on stretcher frame - ready to hang ** additi...
Category

2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Song of Summer, Acrylic , Abstract, 40 x 30, Variety of Colors, Women in Arts
Located in Houston, TX
Song of Summer is an contemporary abstract painting by Texan artist Eleanor McCarthy. This is part of the "Song" series of paintings. Eleanor McCarthy uses acrylic paints on canvas to create the soothing colors in her new contemporary paintings that were just painted in 2022. LOOK FOR SHIPPING...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Antique American School Female Artist Abstract Expressionist Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist abstract painting by Elsie Orfuss (Born 1913). Oil on canvas. Signed on verso. Nicely framed. `
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Romeo de Ravenne - Cubist Oil, Figure & Boat on Landscape by Camille Hilaire
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled oil on canvas by French cubist painter Camile Hilaire. The piece beautifully depicts a man at a port beside boats coloured in reds, blues and oranges. A wonderfully...
Category

1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Girls"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This series of paintings explores the depth of human relationships and the spiritual world through dynamic compositions, where lines and color planes create a sense of constant movem...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

"Sundown" Abstract Watercolor Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This horizontal original abstract watercolor painting by Nealy Hauschildt features a deep, warm palette, with three large pink and violet organic planes of washy color layered over o...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Cotton, Paper, Watercolor

H.M. Saffer II, "Harvest Patterns", 30x24 Pointillist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Landscape painting "Harvest Patterns" 30x24 by artist H.M. Saffer II. Painted in the style of pointillism, a series of tiny painted brushstrokes , this colorful oil painting depicts...
Category

2010s Pointillist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Four Square Black
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Four Square Black 1981 Oil on paper Image: 19.8 x 8.80 cm Frame: 43.7 x 31.2 cm Provenance: The Estate of George & Ann Dannatt/George Dannatt Trust George...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

By the Dawn's Early Light, mid-century abstract black, red, yellow oil painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Charles Green Shaw (American, 1892-1974) By the Dawn's Early Light, 1955 Oil on masonite Signed lower left, dated and titled verso 35.5 x 23.75 inches 38 x 26.25 inches, framed Provenance: The estate of the artist to Charles H. Carpenter Charles Green Shaw, born into a wealthy New York family, began painting when he was in his mid-thirties. A 1914 graduate of Yale, Shaw also completed a year of architectural studies at Columbia University. During the 1920s Shaw enjoyed a successful career as a freelance writer for The New Yorker, Smart Set and Vanity Fair, chronicling the life of the theater and café society. In addition to penning insightful articles, Shaw was a poet, novelist and journalist. In 1927 he began to take a serious interest in art and attended Thomas Hart Benton's class at the Art Students League briefly in New York. He also studied privately with George Luks, who became a good friend. Once he had dedicated himself to non-traditional painting, Shaw's writing ability made him a potent defender of abstract art. After initial study with Benton and Luks, Shaw continued his artistic education in Paris by visiting numerous museums and galleries. From 1930 to 1932 Shaw's paintings evolved from a style imitative of Cubism to one directly inspired by it, though simplified and more purely geometric. Returning to the United States in 1933, Shaw began a series of abstracted cityscapes of skyscrapers he called Manhattan Motifs which evolved into his most famous works, the shaped canvases he called Plastic Polygons. The 1930s were productive years for Shaw. He showed his paintings in numerous group exhibitions, both in New York and abroad, and was also given several one-man exhibitions. Shaw had his first one-man exhibition at the Valentine Dudensing Gallery in New York in 1934, which included 25 Manhattan Motif paintings and 8 abstract works. In the spring of 1935 Shaw was introduced to Albert Gallatin and George L.K. Morris. Gallatin was so impressed with Shaw's work, he broke a policy against solo exhibitions at his museum, the Gallery of Living Art, and offered Shaw an exhibition there. In the summer of 1935 Shaw traveled to Paris with Gallatin and Morris who provided introductions to many great painters. Shaw regularly spent time with John Ferren and Jean Hélion. The following year Gallatin organized an exhibition called Five Contemporary American Concretionists at the Reinhardt Gallery that included Shaw, Ferren, and Morris, Alexander Calder, and Charles Biederman...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Calipso (Impasto, Gold, Gold Leaf, Yellow, Blue, Teal, Red, Orange)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ted Hinrichs Calipso Acrylic on Canvas Year: 2023 Size: 29.25x35.5in Framed: 31.5x27.5x1.5in Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1791 *Framed in black Wood Tags: Abstract, Acry...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Changing Tides
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of the wetlands of Sag Harbor. Hues of greens, blues, whites and purples, make up this almost abstract landscape composition. Painted from life, at Noyac bay. Painting dimensions: 36 x 24 inches Framed dimensions: 40 x 28 inches Maryann Lucas lives and works in Sag Harbor. She is primarily self-taught but has also received instruction and support from wonderful and generous members of the East End artistic community. Working exclusively in oils, Lucas sets out almost daily to create plein aire landscapes and seascapes. In her studio, she works directly from life and captures the beauty of natural light as it transforms ordinary objects into visual delights. Lucas wants her work to celebrate all that is well with this world and brilliant in this life, despite its pockets of darkness. For me, she says, I know I am in the Presence of something beautiful, when it steals my breath, silences my mind, pushes out everything else and draws me in. I trust That. I use That to guide my hands as I arrange a still life or scan a landscape to determine where to set down my easel. Ultimately, That is what drives me to paint. Becoming evermore skilled as an oil painter is another of Lucas goals. To that end she remains teachable, finding it refreshing and vital for her own growth to paint with others. She has studied with favorite artists including Michael Klein...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Shape of Resonance 13
Located in Phoenix, AZ
pastel on raw canvas b. 1979, Poole, Dorset, UK In this new series of work, I explore the intersection of minimalist architecture, design, and the raw beauty of materials. Drawing i...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Pastel

Drylands
Located in Vancouver, CA
This exquisite monochrome painting from 1971 showcases David Bolduc's command of color and nuanced texture. Rendered in a soft pink hue, the canvas is alive with subtle variations i...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Drylands
Drylands
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Vintage Mid Century Fauvist American Modernist Amusement Park Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A Painting depicting an amusement park exploding in vibrant colors. The painting is signed "William Wright" lower right. Oil on Canvas. 20 x 24. Nicely framed.
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1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Work on Paper Mid-Century Modernism Greek American Gouache Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Work on Paper Mid-Century Modernism Greek American Gouache Drawing. A modernist artist who emigrated to America from Greece in 1904, when he was fourteen years old, Jean Xceron is described as having a reputation as an artist that has mysteriously fallen into obscurity---especially since he was reportedly quite prominent during his lifetime. However, a partial explanation of that omission is the fact that many of his papers and early records have been lost. He was a painter of biomorphic abstractions and did collages, which were influenced by Dadaism. Xceron was active in New York City when modernism was gaining influence. Of him during this period, it was written that his artistic role was "a vital link between what is commonly termed as the first-generation (the Stieglitz group, the Synchromists, etc.) and second-generation, the American Abstract Artists, the Transcendental Painting...
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1940s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Break Through by Alison Gilbert, Urban art, Abstract painting, Contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
This painting came about when I had just experienced a significant breakthrough in my work process. The bold splash of black seems like it is breaking through and has burst forth wit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Breathe In
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Blue, Violet, Purple, Navy, Sapphire. 29 x 23" Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes with oil on canvas.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Florentine Night, 1950s Abstract Oil Painting by Edward Chavez in Purple & Blue
Located in Denver, CO
"Florentine Night" is a vibrant abstract oil painting by Edward (Eduardo) Arcenio Chavez (1917-1995), created circa 1951. Signed and titled by the artist on the back of the canvas, t...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Naval Occurrence, orange, blue & green mid-century, abstract geometrical work
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres (American, 1927-2013) Naval Occurrence, c. 1963 oil on canvas signed and titled verso 24 x 32 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1950, he was immediately drafted and served for two years in the army as a mural painter. He received his Master of Arts from Kent State in 1961. A frequent exhibitor at galleries and museums and winner of multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Western Reserve University. Very little in Richard Andres’ childhood would have predicted his love of classical music, mid-century-modern architecture and certainly not his lifelong passion for art and in particular abstract art. Richard’s father, Raymond, had no more than a third-grade education, and his mother, Clara, was one of thirteen children – only three of whom lived into adulthood and none of whom attended high school. They lived, when Richard was a boy, in a dingy area of Buffalo, NY in a walk-up apartment situated above a tavern. Raymond and Clara supplemented the income from their factory jobs in the bar downstairs with Raymond playing ragtime on the piano and Clara serving drinks. This often left Richard and his two older brothers at home alone to fend for themselves. The two older boys, Raymond and Russell, were - unlike Richard- rather rough and tumble and entertained themselves with stickball, boxing and the like. Richard, on the other hand, from a very young age liked to draw, or better yet even, to paint with the small set of watercolors he received for Christmas one year. Paper, however, at the height of the depression, was hard to come by. Luckily, Clara used paper doilies as decoration for the apartment and Richard would contentedly paint and then cut up doilies, gluing the pieces together to create collages. At eight-years-old, he discovered the Albright-Knox Museum (then known as the Albright Art Gallery) and spent several hours a week there studying the paintings. He was particularly fond of Charles Burchfield‘s landscapes, enamored with their ‘messiness’ and thinking that they somehow captured more ‘feeling’ than works he was previously familiar with. For his tenth Christmas, he asked for and received a ‘how-to’ paint book by Elliot O’Hare. Through this self-teaching, he assembled the portfolio needed for acceptance to Buffalo Technical High School where he studied Advertising Arts. In his Junior year, he was encouraged to enter a watercolor painting, “Two Barns,” in the national 1944-45 Ingersoll Art Award Contest and was one of twelve grand prize winners – each one winning one hundred dollars. More importantly the painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute Galleries, which resulted in his winning a national scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art (The Cleveland Art Institute). He flourished at the art school under the tutelage of faculty members such as Carl Gaertner, as well as that of visiting artists such as William Sommer and Henry George Keller. He would say in later years that Gaertner, in particular, influenced his attitude toward life as well as art. “Gaertner,” Andres said, “believed that there was no need to be a ‘tortured artist’, that an artist should rather enjoy beauty, family, and life in general.” Free to spend his days as he chose, he wandered the Cleveland Art Museum for most of the hours he was not attending classes or painting; the remaining time was spent drinking coffee at a local hangout with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy, it took him the entire summer of 1948 to build up his courage to ask her out. Over that summer he ‘thought about Avis’ and worked in a diner to save money. He also used the hundred-dollar prize money won in High School to visit the first Max Beckmann retrospective in the United States at the City Art Museum in St. Louis. Over a half century later he spoke of that exhibit with a reverence usually reserved for spiritual matters, “I walked in and it was like nothing I had ever seen before... the color...It just glowed.” Returning to campus in the Fall, the first thing he did was go to the coffee shop in hopes of finding Avis. He did, and she, upon seeing him, realized that she was also smitten with him. They quickly became known as ‘the couple’ on campus, and a year later, with Richard being drafted for the Korean war, they were quickly married by a Justice of the Peace, celebrating after with family at Avis’s Cleveland home. As a gift, faculty member John Paul Miller designed and made the simple gold wedding ring Avis wore for their 65 years of marriage. During those 65 years neither wavered in their mutual love, nor in the respect they shared for one another’s art. The couple lived in a converted chicken coop in Missouri while Richard was in boot camp. At the camp, he would volunteer for any job offered and one of those jobs ended up being painting road signs. His commander noticed how quickly and neatly he worked and gave him more painting work to do - eventually recommending him for a position painting murals for Army offices in Panama. Until her dying day, Avis remained angry that “The army got to keep those fabulous murals and they probably didn’t even know how wonderful they were.” In Panama, their first son, Mark, was born. After Richard’s discharge in 1953, they moved back to the Cleveland area and used the GI bill to attend Kent State gaining his BA in education. The small family then moved briefly to Buffalo, where Richard taught at the Albright Art School and the University of Buffalo – and their second son, Peter, was born. Richard had exhibited work in the Cleveland May Show and the Butler Art Museum during his art school years, and during the years in Buffalo, his work was exhibited at the gallery he had so loved as a child, the Albright Art Gallery. In 1956, the family moved back to the Cleveland area and Richard began teaching art at Lincoln West High School during the day while working toward his MA in art at Kent State in the evenings. Avis and Richard, with the help of an architect, designed their first home - a saltbox style house in Hudson, Ohio, and in 1958, their third son, Max (after Max Beckmann) was born. Richard enjoyed the consistency of teaching high school as well as the time it gave him to paint on the weekends and during the summer months. In 1961, he received his MA and his daughter, Claire, was born. With a fourth child, the house was much too small, and Avis and Richard began designing their second home. An admirer of MCM architecture, Richard’s favorite example of the style was the Farnsworth house – he often spoke of how the concepts behind this architectural style, particularly that of Mies van der Rohe, influenced his painting. Andres described himself as a 1950’s...
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hebridean Sails, Scottish Beachscape Painting
Located in London, GB
Pam was born in Ayrshire on the scenic West Coast of Scotland she graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1986. Encouraged by her artistic parents she started an early career in desi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

"Awakeness", oil painting on canvas, by Peter Keizer ("44 x 49"), 2024
Located in Paris, France
Peter Keizer is a Dutch painter and sculptor born in 1961. He studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam and began working as a professional artist following his graduation from the R...
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2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Family Portrait #5 (Contemporary Abstract Painting, Framed)
Located in New Orleans, LA
"I have been painting seriously for somewhere around 35 years, but have only ever sold regionally - most recently, through my gallery on Magazine Street in New Orleans. Through 1stDi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Monumental Abstract Expressionist Signed 1953 Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Monumental American Abstract Expressionist Signed Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A large and very impressive late 20th century painting by listed Ohio artist, James Massena (1953 - 2021). Oil on canvas. Titled "Storm Surge".
Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ruz 5 6455 Original- abstract Acrylic on canvas. painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
RUZ, Rafael (Barcelona 1956) While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodrama’, in the same sense that Julius Bissier referred to some of th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

I. Cahue 16 Vertical Blue Drops Effect original acrylic paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
blue drops effect original abstract acrylic paper painting . framed Artwork by Spanish artist ISIDRO CAHUE. The personality of the artist is reflected in different fields of art...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Cardboard

Imagine is Real 20
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
A painting in abstract acrylic is an explosion of shapes, textures, and colors that invite personal interpretation. Across the canvas, dynamic and free brushstrokes intertwine, creat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Antique American School Modernist Abstract Fall Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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