Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5

Joan Vennum
Bright coral red rectangular abstract oil painting on canvas

2015

Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request

About the Item

Joan Vennum Other Atmospheres 3, 2015 Oil on canvas 29 x 24 inches 73.66 x 60.96 cm JV140c Joan Vennum (1930–2021) was a New York-based artist who created luminous, color-flooded paintings that explore spatial environments. They are at once abstract and figurative. Best known for her ethereal canvases of repeated layers and gradations of color fields, Vennum's roots were in post-abstract expressionism and she portrayed the illusion of limitless space, as it appeared both in her imagination and in the natural world. A native of New York, Vennum studied art at the University of Illinois, Champaign, and at Washington University in St. Louis. Her main inspirations have been the works of Mondrian, de Kooning and, particularly, the Dutch Old Masters' use of space and minute detail. More importantly, two events affected Vennum's artistic point of view during her early development. As a child she was mesmerized by the New York Planetarium's simulation of the universe and the vastness and mystery of space. Then, as an adult, a trip to Sicily revealed the impact of weather on the landscape, the coming together of the elements on the horizon and the spectacle of the sea. The dynamism of the elements and the vastness of space are made present in Vennum's images through a combination of simple forms and intense surface detail. As Vennum says, "My goal is to express a large concept visually using what appear to be the simplest forms."
  • Creator:
    Joan Vennum
  • Creation Year:
    2015
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29 in (73.66 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    NEW YORK, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: JV140c1stDibs: LU684311880292

More From This Seller

View All
Saffron yellow rectangular abstract oil painting on canvas
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Joan Vennum Other Atmospheres 4, 2015 Oil on canvas 29 x 24 inches 73.66 x 60.96 cm JV140d Joan Vennum (1930–2021) was a New York-based artist who created luminous, color-flooded pa...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bright saffron yellow and vermilion red circular oil painting on canvas
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Joan Vennum Yes, 2011 Oil on canvas 35.9 tondo 91.4 cm JV100 Joan Vennum (1930–2021) was a New York-based artist who created luminous, color-flooded paintings that explore spatial e...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vibrant, color-saturated, vermilion red abstract ink and dye painting on paper
By Sohan Qadri
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Sohan Qadri Kanaka, 2010 Ink and dye on paper 55 x 39 139.70x99.06 cm SQ811[HK] Artist, poet and Tantric guru Sohan Qadri (1932-2011) is one of the only internationally acclaimed ar...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Dye, Ink

Horizontal Abstract Expressionist Red and Blue Painting, Modern Art
By Robert Natkin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Robert Natkin Untitled (Hitchcock), 1988 Acrylic on canvas 61.25 x 70 inches 155.6 x 177.8 cm RNa068 Celebrated as an unsurpassed colorist and for the beauty of his large-scale abst...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract expressionist, blue, pink, red, acrylic on paper mounted on canvas
By Robert Natkin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Robert Natkin Night Goings On, 2005 Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas 41 x 54 inches 104 x 137 cm RNa047 Celebrated as an unsurpassed colorist and for the beauty of his large-scale...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Paper

Abstract expressionist, geometric, large, pink, orange, blue, acrylic on canvas
By Robert Natkin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Robert Natkin The Stranger, 1984 Acrylic on canvas 84 x 72 inches 213.4 x 183 cm RNa026 Celebrated as an unsurpassed colorist and for the beauty of his large-scale abstract works, R...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

You May Also Like

Metaebene XXVII - contemporary red expressionistic oil on canvas painting
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Metaebene XXVII" is a unique oil on canvas painting of German artist Willi Bucher. It depicts an abstract, metaphysical landscape in thick oil colors wi...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Red Abstract Colorfield, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
- READY TO HANG - SIGNED CANVAS - BOLD STATEMENT PIECE - SIGNED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY Contemplative color field painting with lots of color blending, contrast and fine de...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Large Abstraction" Orange Red Expressionist Bold Colorful Oil Paint
By Linda Holt
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Orange Red," Oil on Canvas, 30 x 30 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush abstraction, very expressionist and fluid in style in shades of orange, yellow, red, white, ...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Joanne Freeman "Squares and Strokes 40 (red)" Oil on Linen
By Joanne Freeman
Located in New York, NY
My paintings and drawings incorporate elements found in architecture, design, popular culture and art history. My reductive compositions and pure color mimic the low-tech graphics ut...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Red Horizon, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic abstract landscape mainly red, with orange. Expressive contrasting color field painting. Textured and layered with fluid translucent acrylics and iridescent mediums. ORIGI...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Seeing Through Red - bold, vibrant, gestural abstraction, acrylic on canvas
By Lynne Fernie
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Dashes of charcoal and black dance on a fiery red ground in this emotive acrylic painting by Lynne Fernie. Lynne Fernie is a Toronto-based artist, OCAD University honors graduate an...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic