Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 6

Joan Vennum
Rectangular atmospheric deep blue oil painting of the night sky

2015

About the Item

Joan Vennum Other Atmospheres 2, 2015 Oil on canvas 29 x 24 inches 73.66 x 60.96 cm JV140b 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: JV140b1stDibs: LU684311885962

More From This Seller

View All
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

Bright coral red rectangular abstract oil painting on canvas
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 pa...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Square sky blue abstract oil painting on canvas
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Joan Vennum Lunar Zone, 2010 Oil on canvas 24 x 29 inches 60.96 x 73.66 cm JV102 Joan Vennum (1930–2021) was a New York-based artist who created luminous, color-flooded paintings th...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

Rectangular atmospheric abstract sea blue oil painting on canvas
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Joan Vennum Other Atmospheres 1, 2015 Oil on canvas 29 x 24 inches 73.66 x 60.96 cm JV140a Joan Vennum (1930–2021) was a New York-based artist who created luminous, color-flooded pa...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract expressionist, geometric, multicolor stripes, acrylic on canvas
By Robert Natkin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Robert Natkin Untitled, 1963 Acrylic on canvas 62.75 x 38 inches 159.4 x 96.5 cm RNa031 Celebrated as an unsurpassed colorist and for the beauty of his large-scale abstract works, R...
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Acrylic

You May Also Like

Oil on Canvas “Cabo Azul 3”
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
“Cabo Azul 3” is 43” x 36”. Frank Arnold’s paintings exhibit the highest quality materials for a truly archival piece, created to last generations. Much of Frank Arnold’s work is so...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mod 7
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
“Mod 7” is 20”x 16”. The heavy handed application of pigment renders an impasto portrait from another place in the deeper mind of the artist. Frank Arnold is one of the foremost abst...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil on Canvas “Arroyo 14”
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
" Arroyo 14" is 72” x 60”. A rich sienna and ochre figure centered on a textured field of light yellows and beige. Frank Arnold’s paintings exhibit the highest quality materials for ...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil on Canvas “Black 5” by abstract-figurative artist, Frank Arnold
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
" Black 5" is 36” x 36”. Solo figure, head and shoulders in bold white outline. Frank Arnold’s paintings exhibit the highest quality materials for a truly archival piece, created to ...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil on Canvas "Center"
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
“Center” is 60”x48” The impasto surface stages a range of yellow and gold earth tones. Frank Arnold’s paintings exhibit the highest quality materials for a truly archival piece, crea...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Tempted
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
"Tempted" Oil on Canvas is a sienna figure and foreground on a pale blue field. Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors o...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Recently Viewed

View All