Harriette Joffe

2 AM Blues

2015

One of the "Women of Abstract Expressionism" Caradoc Ehrenhalt would often accompany his mother, the artist Amaranth Ehrenhalt, on her visits to the Louvre in Paris and the Metropoli...

One of the "Women of Abstract Expressionism" Caradoc Ehrenhalt would often accompany his mother, the artist Amaranth Ehrenhalt, on her visits to the Louvre in Paris and the Metropoli...

One of the "Women of Abstract Expressionism" On very stiff construction paper Caradoc Ehrenhalt would often accompany his mother, the artist Amaranth Ehrenhalt, on her visits to the Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. She enjoyed taking a close-up look at the works, many of which were by artists she had known personally. Mr. Ehrenhalt loved those trips. The museum guards not so much. "She would get very close to the art and point out details and techniques, her finger getting close," her son said. The guards would rush over and issue the don't touch warning." Amaranth Ehrenhalt was a multifaceted artist best known for her paintings. She was part of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists, working first in New York in the early 1950s, and then in Paris for much of the rest of her career. Never afraid to experiment, Ehrenhalt's work may best be described as bold, even aggressive, in execution, composition and even color. She worked across media, including oils, works on paper, prints and etchings, tapestry, design and sculpture. Amaranth Ehrenhalt died on March 16, 2021 in Manhattan. She was 93. The cause was Covid-19. Ehrenhalt moved to Paris early in her career and settled there as an expatriate artist for the next forty-odd years. Le Select Cafe was the place where artists and cognoscenti met. There Ehrenhalt met Beauford Delaney and Yves Klein (for whom she bought baby...

Joffe's career spans the post-World War II Abstract Expressionist movement to the present. She is known for her powerful images of women and horses, often intertwined, and representi...

Joffe's career spans the post-World War II Abstract Expressionist movement to the present. She is known for her powerful images of women and horses, often intertwined, and representi...

Joe Novak's focus throughout his career was the exploration of color and light through abstraction. During the eighties and nineties, he painted large monochromatic color field canva...

Why Can We Not Be in Many Places at the Same Time (Abstract painting) Acrylic on canvas - Unframed "This work will be shipped rolled in a tube. Poynder's method emphasizes gestur...

Their Outrageous Bravery and Their Cheeky Charm (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on canvas - Unframed "This work will be shipped rolled in a tube. Poynder's method emphasizes gesture,...

Ride a Horse and Get Away (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on canvas - Unframed "This work will be shipped rolled in a tube. Poynder's method emphasizes gesture, line, color, and spac...

Perch (Abstract Expressionism painting) Acrylic and mixed media on paper - Unframed Work will be shipped rolled in a tube. Werfel emp...

You Don't Need to Play Any Role (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on canvas - Unframed "This work will be shipped rolled in a tube. Poynder's method emphasizes gesture, line, color, an...

Topography of Blue Rebellion (Abstract painting) Acrylic on canvas - Unframed "This work will be shipped rolled in a tube. Poynder's method emphasizes gesture, line, color, and s...