Canvas Abstract Paintings

In this dynamic work by the contemporary painter Joseph Drapell, swirls of shiny bright colours—pinks , purples, and plum dance around the canvas. The Czech-born artist creates uniquely beautiful paintings using innovative techniques--trowels, wide serrated blades, and his fingers to apply thick layers of paint or impasto. These grand highly textured pieces have remarkable depth. “In terms of real...

Original painting on canvas. Hand signed, titled and dated on verso by Paul Jenkins. Artwork is in excellent condition. Acquired by our gallery from a private collector. Gallery i...

Bold and dynamic abstracted bird of paradise by well known California artist Delmer Imhof (American, 1938-1997). Created with streaks of paint, an abstracted bird of paradise flower ...

SHERRON FRANCIS (AMERICAN, B. 1940) Pete's Neck, 1981 Acrylic on canvas 34 1/2 x 22 inches Signed, titled and dated on the reverse A reappraisal is lo...

An explosion of colour radiates from one side of the canvas in this extraordinary abstract painting dedicated to renowned NY art critic, Clement Greenberg. As a student, Joseph Drapell met and was influenced by Greenberg while studying at an American art school. This piece is rendered in thickly applied waves of shiny orange, purple, plum, white, and turquoise. Holographic materials are also used. The Czech-born artist creates remarkably vibrant paintings using trowels...

This marvelous work done in the rich palette of mauves and intermittent blues, greens and whites is a dynamic work that would bring movement to any room. Forster was a Canadian arti...

Canvas collage, acrylic and crayon on canvas by 20th Century artist Margo Hoff (1910-2008) titled 'Lighted Street' depicting and abstract image of a street at night with glowing stre...

In this serene painting by one of Canada’s leading landscape artists, Pat Service deconstructs the elements of a view across a lake in summer. The form is abstracted, and the colours...

Modern abstract floral still life by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central arrangement of red, pink, and white flowers in a bright aqua blue vase set against ...

Monday’s Muse by Darryl Hughto, American (1943) Date: 1988 Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 55 x 42.25 in. (139.7 x 107.32 cm) Frame Size: 57.5 x 44.25 inches

*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 5% IMPORT DUTY ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Phenomena Prism Mirror by Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) Acrylic on canvas 147.3 x 1...

Lamar Briggs (1935 – 2015) Abstract artist, Lamar Briggs, was born November 13, 1935 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He initially attended the University of Southern Louisiana for architec...

Walking By The Sea. Nicola Simbari was born in Italy and grow up in Rome. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, and in the 1940s he began devoting himself to painting in a studio at Via del Babuino in central Rome. Simbari's early exposure to the architectural world had a lasting impression on his art, as he incorporated geometric forms and architectural structures into almost all of his paintings. He began to develop a distinct style stemming from impressions of life, nature, and the Mediterranean...

Marqués de Jadraque’s ‘Tres Dalís’ is a large, original abstract oil on canvas painting that depicts several versions of the artist Salvador Dalí looking at...

20th century modern abstract oil on canvas titled 'Rectifie', attributed to French artist Norbert Palmade. The painting is not signed but was bought from his atelier and with a collection of his paintings and is therefore attributed to him. The work is titled and dated to the rear stretcher. A highly colourful, energetic and impactful painting. The painting is very thickly applied in an impasto technique in parts and is therefore also somewhat sculptural as a piece of art. Sand has been added to the paint to give the image great texture. A strong and impactful painting, a statement piece in any room. Norbert Palmade spent much of his early years living in Morocco. He arrived there in 1930 at the age of two and stayed until 1947 when he returned home to France. He finished his schooling in Hyères in the south of France, then travelled up to Paris to study architecture, though he always yearned to return to the South of France. In Paris, aged 25, he set up a public works business and worked as an architect right up until his retirement in 1991. Throughout this journey Palmade never stopped painting, at first in watercolours. He had always drawn, then moved on to gouache, oil and finally in the last twenty years, acrylic. The latter suited his rapid handling of paint well. He says of himself that he had no particular speciality. He would paint whatever gave him pleasure, although a large part of his heart belonged to those early years in Morocco and he painted many a canvas with subjects from this country. He took part in exhibitions in a number of towns near the south coast of France including, Sanary, Le Pradet and Ollioules. He was also the guest of honour at the Academy of the Var. Geometric abstraction is a form of abstract art based on the use of geometric forms sometimes, though not always, placed in non-illusionistic space and combined into non-objective (non-representational) compositions. Although the genre was popularized by avant-garde artists in the early twentieth century, similar motifs have been used in art since ancient times. Sonia and Robert Delauney...

Purple Daze 1988/89 22 inches H x 28 inches W Acrylic on canvas Statement from the artist: This is an early work I produced in my studio at 11th street and Ave 'B" NYC. I was worki...

Abstract figures is an original contemporary artwork realized by Sandro Fabrizi in 1987. Mixed colored oil on canvas. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin. Includes frame

George Snyder (American, b.1951) Acrylic painting on canvas tubular sculpture Abstract composition of blue, purple, orange, red, yellow, and black geome...

Colorful and dynamic abstract composition by Ross H. Pollette, who also paints under the pseudonyms 'Max West' (American, b. 1948). Pollette has used oil, in...

Sincronia Rosa - Abstract Oil on Canvas Paintng , Angelom Palazzini, Italy Angelo Palazzini was born in Lodi in 1953 where he still resides and has his own studio. His encounter wit...

Stefanelli’s extensive travels throughout Europe and his keen interest in ancient culture and architecture influenced this work and were the impetus for him to create "The Untitled One". Throughout the canvas one can see shapes reminiscent of antique columns painted in white to resemble marble. One such shape is placed at the very edge of the painting, to the left, standing on top of the marble steps...

Stefanelli depicts the gods of the bygone eras, placing their figures on the forefront of the canvas. The artist loosely paints what appears to be a courtyard. The sitting figure on ...

Stefanelli’s "Seti’s Banquet" is a lush celebration, a decadent feast of a pharaoh. In this period of time many of Stefanelli’s works are focused on interpreting historical narrative...

This is quite large and beautiful it is signed and dated verso. this came from an important collection. Biography David Shapiro was born in 1944 in Brooklyn, NY. 1965 Skowhegan School of Art He earned his B.F.A. from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1966 and his M.F.A. from Indiana University, Bloomington, in 1968. Aside from participation in many international group shows, since 1971, Shapiro has held many solo exhibitions. Shapiro has also been invited as a visiting artist to many institutions including the Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA. In addition, he has taught at different art schools and universities including Parsons School of Design, New York, NY and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY and his work is represented in public and corporate collections. Dolan / Maxwell Tandem Press Goya Contemporary & Goya-Girl Press Selected Collections Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts,CA Brooklyn Museum of Art Calcografia Nazionale, Rome Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, Pittsburgh Galerie Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenberg, Germany Israel Museum, Jerusalem Kresge Art Center, Michigan State Univer Kunsthalle de Stadt, Nurmberg, Germany Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami Mint Museum, Charlotte Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum of Modern Art, New York National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO New York Public Library Pennysylvania Academy of the Fine Arts San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Sculpture Center, New York Snug Harbor Cultural Center,Staten Is,NY Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York University of Chicago University of Iowa Art...

Artist: Laszlo Dus – Hungarian/American (1941- ) Title: Repules XVI Year: 1988 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 16 x 12 inches Framed size: 24 x 20 inches Signature: Signed lower right Condition: Very good. Frame in fair/poor condition This abstract oil on canvas painting is by the well-known Hungarian/ American artist Laszlo Dus (1941-). The painting is in very good condition. The frame is in fair/poor condition. The linen inner mat is stained and should be replaced. The very nice silver wooden frame has a chip on the right bar near the bottom. There is also a tiny chip in the lower left corner. Please see pictures. The painting is signed in the lower right. On the reverse is information about this painting and some biographical information about Dus. Laszlo Dus (Born 1941) Laszlo Dus was considered a brilliant young artist behind the Iron Curtain before moving to the United States at the age of thirty-three, having already exhibited in France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Holland. Dus' achievements and abilities have been recognized across the U.S., where his works have found a place in many major collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY), The National Gallery of Fine Arts (Washington, D.C.), the Chicago Art Institute and the Detroit Institute of Arts. 1941 Born in Zalaegerszeg on July 15th 1956-60 Attended the Fine Art High School, Budapest 1962-67 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, pupil of Aurel Bernath, Budapest 1967 Director of the Town Art Program at the Town Council, Zalaegerszeg 1968 Founder of the Egervár Artists’ Colony 1971 Study trip to the USA 1974 Emigration to the USA 1976 Artist–in–Residence at Clarion State College 1977-92 Association with Park West Galleries, Detroit 1992 Organization of the Kunst Atelier International, Cleveland 1993-99 Association with AL Galerie, Stuttgart 1999 Settled in Los Angeles as well as in Budapest, Százados út Artist Colony Collections (selected) Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (USA) Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit (USA) Flint Institute of Arts, Flint (USA) Library of Congress, Washington D. C. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NASA Space...

Colorful, tropical interpretation of the Garden of Eden in Jacmel, Haiti by Haitian artist Dieudonne Vital. The work features a pair of central figures...

Signed upper right, 'Gertrude Schoeler' (American, 1913-2007) and dated December, 1980. Additionally signed, verso, on stretcher bars and with artist...

James Yohe A Quiet Situation-Move Acrylic on canvas, 1980, Hand signed 'Yohe', titled and dated on the reverse, with label from Alexander Milliken Gallery NY. 18 1/2 x 20 1/2 in., t...

Matthew Radford (British, b. 1953) Study for Blue and Gold III, 1989 Oil on canvas 30 x 10 inches Signed on the reverse Provenance: Frank Bernarducci ...

Brodsky was a "romantic" painter, although he painted abstractly, and a master colorist. His abstract works are not "action paintings" in the sense of De Kooning or Pollock, but expl...

Susan Tunick (American, b. 1946) Speedy Run #1, 1983 Oil on canvas 62 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches Signed and dated on the reverse Susan Tunick, artist and Presid...

Colorful red, teal, and orange modern abstract impressionist landscape painting by Cuban artist Illeana Mulet Batista. The work features multiple buildings in a town center rendered ...

Signed lower center, 'Buchfink' for Marie Buchfink (American, born circa 1931) and painted circa 1985. Accompanied by artist card, attached, verso. Bo...

Alison Hildreth (American, b. 1934) Red Fox, 1980 Oil on canvas 54 x 54 inches Signed, titled, and dated on the reverse Alison Hildreth was born in Bo...

At once an Abstract Expressionist and Color Field painting, this large work by Robert Goodnough is a landscape of confetti. This acrylic, oil and collage on canvas painting is signed...

Juan Suarez (Spanish, b. 1946) Naturaleza Muerta, Mixed media painting on three assembled canvases, (triptych) It is either oil or acrylic paint. it seems like oil to me. A label verso has it indicated as acrylic. Dimensions: 64 1/8 W: 64 1/4 in. Provenance: The Cleveland Museum of Art (bears label verso); Galerie Juana de Aizpuru Gallery (bears label verso). Born in Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz). Studies at the ETSA and at the Superior School of Fine Arts of Santa Isabel of Hungary in Seville. Grant from the Juan March Foundation in 1976. Advanced studies in Architecture and Fine Arts, University of Seville. Although he was not born in Seville, Juan Suárez is a member of the group of painters from the city who, in the seventies, linked their artistic practice, based fundamentally on painting, to international tendencies. Rather than a set of intellectual ideas, José Ramón Sierra, Gerardo Delgado and Juan Suárez shared a life experience: they were all students at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura in Seville and were all interested in art. Juan Suárez also studied at the Fine Arts Faculty. He held his first individual exhibition at Galería Juana de Aizpuru in 1970. (They were an important contemporary art gallery in Seville spain and showed Wolfgang Tillmans, Georg Dokoupil, Jordi Colomer, Albert Oehlen, Eduardo Chillida and Andres Serrano). In 1982 his work was shown in Diez Pintores Sevillanos, together with Manuel Salinas (1940) and Ignacio Tovar (1947), among others. At various points his worked has been shaped by American Abstract Expressionist painting, Latin American Geometric Abstraction and by Constructivist painting and sculpture. In 1976 he received a grant from Fundación March, and in 1980 another from CINFE at the Ministry of Culture. He was awarded the Drawing Prizes at the Nuremberg Biennial (1979) and ARTEDER 82, the Premio de Pintura from the Diputación Provincial de Sevilla, also in 1982, and the Premio de los Festivales de Navarra in 1985. The Geometric spirit that is ever-present in his work and his perpetual curiosity lead him to incorporate materials from a very wide range of sources; composing some pieces with superimposed planes where abstraction is a key actor. His background in architectural practice and his constant demand for excellence profoundly shape his work. In his work, the influences of Barnett Newman, Jules Olitski, Kenneth Noland and, especially, Richard Diebenkorn can be appreciated. However, Juan Suárez moves away, at the same time, from the uniform vibration of color fields and the structural rigidity of closed compositions, alternating both concepts, from an emotional and poetic perspective. The density of the color dialogues with drippings and suggestive liquidiscent stains,while reserves and sharp lines make up and hold the pictorial structure.He writes in different magazines and specialized books on art and architecture. Recently the University of Seville has published its research work, New Ways of Living. Exhibition 2008 Primavera, verano, otoño, invierno. Galería Egam. Madrid. (solo) 2006 Dibujando las distancias/Retratos. Obras reciente 99/05”. Galería Rafael Ortiz. Sevilla. (solo) 2004 Lugares Geométricos. 1968/1980. Salas Caja San Fernando. Sevilla. (solo) 2003 Lugares Geométricos. 1968/1980. Salas Caja San Fernando. El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz. (solo) 2003 VITA I, VOL. VI. Galería Milagros Delicado. El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz. (solo) 2001 VITA I, VOL. IV. Galería Carmen de la Calle. Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz. (solo)VITA I, VOL. V. Colegio de Arquitectos de Cádiz. (solo) 2001 VITA I, VOL. V. Colegio de Arquitectos de Cádiz. (solo) 1999 VITA I. VOL. III Galería Senda. Barcelona. (solo) 1995 Sobre Papel. El juego de la Pasión. Galería Juana de Aizpuru. Sevilla. (solo) 1994 A Passion Play - Los libros del reposo. Galería Magda Bellotti. Algeciras, Cádiz. (solo) 1991 Pinturas. Salas Nicanor Piñolé. Diputación. Gijón. (solo) 1990 Pinturas. Galería Juana de Aizpuru. Sevilla. (solo) 1988 Pinturas. Galería Michael Dunev. San Francisco. U.S.A. (solo) 1987 Pinturas y Esculturas. Galería Juana de Aizpuru. Madrid. (solo) 1987 Mirada, Memoria, Engaño 1980 1987. Museo Arte Contemporáneo. Sevilla. (solo) 1986 Pinturas y Esculturas. Galería Juana de Aizpuru. Sevilla. (solo) 1986 Pinturas. Galería Temple. Valencia. (solo) 1986 Muestra personal. Festivales de Navarra. Castillo de la Maya. Pamplona. (solo) 1986 Pinturas. Galería Fúcares. Almagro, Ciudad Real. (solo) 1983 Pinturas. Galería Juana de Aizpuru. Madrid. (solo) 1982 ARCO ‘82. Stand Galería Juana de Aizpuru. Madrid. (solo 1981 La Suerte de Pintar. Galería Juana de Aizpuru. Sevilla. (solo) 1979 Pinturas de Barcelona. Galería Ciento. Barcelona. (solo) 1978 191 x 63. Galería Juana de Aizpuru. Sevilla. (solo) 1977 191 x 63. Galería Juana Mordó. Madrid. (solo) 1974 Sobre el Paisaje de fondo del Tránsito de la Virgen de Mantenga. Galería Juana de Aizpuru. Sevilla. (solo) 1974 Paisajes Imaginarios. Salas de Cultura CAN. Pamplona. (solo) 1970 Apócrifos-Cajas. Galería de Arte La Pasarela. Sevilla. (solo) EXHIBITIONS ONLY 1970 Apocrypha-Boxes. The Catwalk Art Gallery. Seville. Spain. 1974 On the background Landscape of the Transit of the Virgin of Maintenance. Juana de Aizpuru Gallery. Seville. Spain. Imaginary Landscapes. Halls of CAN Culture. Pamplona. Spain. 1977 191 x 63. Juana Mordó Gallery. Madrid, Spain. 191 x 63. Juana de Aizpuru Gallery. Seville. Spain. 1979 Paintings of Barcelona...

Vintage modernist street scene painting by Gerome L. Kamrowski (1914 - 2004). Oil on canvas, circa 1985. Signed. Framing is available. Image size 39.25L x 26H.

Antique American school modernist surreal landscape. Oil on canvas, circa 1981. Signed on verso. Image size 30L x 18H. Housed in a period modern frame.

Alison Hildreth (American, b. 1934) Katmandu, 1980 Oil on canvas 54 x 52 inches Signed, titled, and dated on the reverse Alison Hildreth was born in B...

Vintage American modernist abstract geometric painting.. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Unsigned. Image size, 66L x 30H. Housed in a period frame.

A colourful French Tachiste abstract oil on canvas by Antoine Arlandis. Signed bottom right. Arlandis was born in Valence, Spain, in 1946. His family moved to Algeria but eventually settled in Marseille, France. From an early age Arlandis loved to draw and paint. An autodidact his first formal training came when he worked with Roche a former pupil of Matisse...

Antique American modern surrealist ladnscape. Oil on canvas, circa 1987. Signed. Image size 18.5L x 218.5H. Housed in a period modern frame.

Artist: Nick Wallis, American XXth Title: More Afterthoughts 3 Year: circa 1980 Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed l.r. Size: 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm)

Abstract impressionist still life painting by Washington artist Jeanne Stauffer Beaudry. Pink, teal, orange, green, vibrant still life depictin...

A striking large-scale abstract expressionist figurative acrylic on canvas by Bay Area artist Julius Wasserstein (American, 1924-1985). Two abstracted figures, a man in a suit and a woman in a blue wedding dress...

Landscape signed canvas size 35.5x31.5 Heydenryk hand made giltwood frame 41x45x1.5 Erwin Wending (Germany, 1900 – the United States, 1993) Born in Freiberg. In 1937, following the completion of his studies at the Dresden Art...

Gray, pink, red, and yellow toned abstract contemporary painting by Chicago-based artist, Richard A. Johnson. Painting depicts various shapes and lines that appear to be floating above the canvas. Dimensions Without Frame: H 49.75 in. x W 55.88 in. Artist Biography: "There is something about the ocean that is so entwined with our makeup, that I can't help but be drawn to it. There really is nothing more powerful or hypnotic. The movement is ever changing and the attempt to capture that moment of change is what has engaged me in these pieces. There is something so ephemeral about all life that is perfectly captured in a wave. It only exists for a moment, but it's beauty and dynamism is so powerful that for that brief amount of time, nothing else matters. And yet, there is a subtlety, a moment of expansive calm, the monochrome of the colors and yet the exquisite and diverse play of tones. All of this captivates me and compels me to try and capture it all that on canvas." - Richard Johnson The luminescent beauty and lyrical quality of Richard S. Johnson's work is what captivates collectors today. "Old Masters" technical virtuosity, pre-Raphael romanticism, and contemporary expressionism and abstraction all combine to create his unique works of touching depth and artistry. Born in Chicago to an artistic family, his earliest reminiscences are of pouring through Charles Dana Gibson, N.C. Wyeth, and John Singer Sargent books on rainy afternoons. While still in grade school he won a scholarship to the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago. He later attended the American Academy of Art and upon graduation began a very successful career as an illustrator. Turning his attentions to fine art after winning a competition in International Artists Magazine, Rick was invited to Japan where his one man show was so successful that he has been invited back numerous times and has developed an international base of collectors. He has also won many awards in competitions here in the United States including the Award of Excellence, in the Oil Painters of America Midwest regional Juried Competition and People's Choice Award at the International Museum of Contemporary Master's of Fine Art in San Antonio, TX. Perhaps the term that best describes Rick's work is "Poetic Intimacy". His sure brush strokes, bold use of color and impasto, and delicate rendering of the human face and form all work together in a harmony that refuses to draw attention to themselves for their technical virtuosity, but rather to draw their viewer into the awareness that they are sharing one, serene, contemplative moment; that the light that pours over the subject's skin also caresses theirs. Rick's expressive skill for capturing the human form has brought him numerous commissions: - John F. Kennedy at the JFK Memorial Library in Boston. - A commemorative painting of the presidents from Eisenhower to Bush currently hanging at the President's Council on Physical Fitness in Washington D.C. - Rear Admiral Richard S. Truly, USN, the first commander of the NASA Space Shuttle...

George McClancy (1930-2014) abstract pattern painting. Acrylic on canvas 72" x 72" George McClancy received a MA in painting from Catholic Universit...

Beautiful Hard Edge abstract painting by American artist, Anthony Krauss. Oil on canvas, ca. 1980, measures 32 x 38 inches. Signed on verso. Excellent condi...

Lyre and Palette is an original artwork realized by Tommaso Cascella (Rome, 1951) in 1989. Original oil on canvas. Hand-signed, titled and dated on the back of the work. Wood f...

Artist: Nick Wallis Title: More Afterthoughts 15 Year: circa 1980 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 36 x 48 inches [91.44 x 121.92 cm]

Three Figures Caught in Stained Glass, vintage 1980s semi abstract painting by Denver modernist, Edward Marecak with three human figures, painted in colors of brown, olive, black, pu...

Original post modern acrylic on canvas painting of a woman with birds and a large bouquet of flowers by the well known Russian/American artist Nahum Ts...

This painting by John Naber, the Olympian swimmer, was created in 1980 for a charity event.

Representation of the Countryside is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1982 by Claudio Bissattini. Original Acrylic on canvas. Titled a...

fantastical landscape

Life in Nature Canvas measures 31.5 X 39.5 (I believe this is oil it might also be acrylic.) Hand signed recto and signed and titled verso. Calman Shemi, sculptor and painter, was born in Argentina in 1939. A graduate of the School of Sculpture and Ceramics in Mendoza, he studied under the Italian-Argentinean sculptor Libero Badii whom he credits with putting him on the right path. “He taught me principals, not only related to sculpture, but human and philosophic principals. Shemi also carefully studied the work of such masters as Picasso, Caravaggio, Frank Stella and Matisse. “From each one of these great artists I learned something from observing them,” he says. In 1961, at the age of 20, Shemi immigrated to Israel and joined Kibbutz Carmia of which he was a member for twenty years. There he worked in agriculture and also as a sculptor working with wood and clay. Several of his large-scale fiberglass and polyester projects are situated in public buildings. He was a student of German-Israeli sculptor Rudi Lehmann, a pioneer of the artistic movement known as “Canaanism.” Canaanite art was an effort to create a direct relationship with the land, bypassing historic Jewish connotations—hence the land’s primordial name is used. Canaanite works, with an emphasis on the inter-action of simple shapes, bear a deliberate resemblance to the sculpture and ritual art of early civilizations of the Middle East prior to Judaism, always with an eye to the fusion of man and the land itself. Though sculpture dominated his early years as an artist, in the mid ’70s Shemi developed the idea of the “soft painting” medium. Beginning with a color drawing done to scale, Shemi layers onto the drawing irregularly shaped pieces of variously textured and colored fabrics. Using a threadless 9,000-needle sewing machine, the fabrics are meshed to one another and to the background, resulting in vibrant carpet tapestry compositions infused with exuberant color and explosive movement. These are neither aubusson nor pile but more of a felt wall hanging...

Gorgeous pastel hued graphic-linear abstract intermittent with "Zs" and the word "Znta" by artist Lewis Kesling (American, 1930-2003). 1983. Signed and dated lower left corner. Presented in wooden frame. Image size: 40"H x 30"W. Kesling was from Hollidays Cove, West Virginia then moved to Monterey, California. He is known for his abstracts and has works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. "My paintings are a physical manifestation of my exploration of the endless sea of self. Our short visit here in the vastness of all time passes swiftly and there is little of it to spend looking back or stopping to survey what has been and is now gone. I do not know if there will ever be an endpoint when I might be able to look back, nor am I concerned with the end. Death and finality have already come to many who still walk the shore, afraid to sail that sea of self, fearing an end when actually the shore is the end and the sea the beginning." [Kesling, in "Nine West...