Gouache Abstract Paintings

"Abstract" by Arlette Martin (French, b.1924) signed and dated lower right hand-side, gouache painting on card, unframed painting: 5 x 4 inches Stunning original painting by the po...

These new small-scale paintings were created using gouache on handmade paper. Alexandra Rutsch Brock then “drew” with a sewing machine using various colored threads. Using the thread as a painted line, playing with the marks and motifs the machine allows that creates contrast in both surface and color. They are sewn directly with no preliminary sketches, just instinctive gesture, sometimes in a similar color to enhance a texture, other times contrasting as a new element. The entangled threads that dangle down emphasize the materiality. Working so closely to the surface, she is aware of the senses of seeing, breathing, touching and feeling……………escaping into these new surfaces. Alexandra Rutsch Brock has exhibited in solo and group shows most recently at The Keck School at USC, CA, The Painting Center, NY, Village West Gallery, NJ and Misericordia University, PA. Her work has been featured in Studio Visit Magazine SV Vol44. Her recent co-curations include “HyperAccumulators” with Elizabeth Saperstein at Pelham Art Center, NY and “Among Friends” project with artists Patricia Fabricant and Beth Dary...

Work on paper Brown and gold wooden frame with glass window 69.5 x 90 x 5 cm

"Abstract Composition" by Roger Herson (French 1922-2008) signed top right hand-side, gouache and crayon on card, unframed painting: 19.5 x 14.5 inches Superb original abstract pai...

Louis Wolchonok was a social realist painter and member of the Woodstock Art Association. His work was exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Academy of Design...

"Horseman" by Washington DC artist Jeanne Cosimano. Painting in gouache on paper and dated 2021. Artist is known for her dynamic compositions and skillful ...

Robert Gamblin’s intent as an artist is to reach for transcendence through his color-centric oil paintings that capture the majesty of light as it graces the Earth. In this series, o...

Time Travel Black & Gold Glyphs I by Cheryl R. Riley Metallic abstract geometric symbols Gouache and metallic ink on 140# cold press watercolor paper Feminist Art and Contemporary F...

Throughout her career as a painter Patty Fabricant has pivoted back and forth between figurative and abstract work. Each time she makes the switch it feels abrupt, and yet increasing...

"Abstract Design" by Arlette Martin (French, b.1924) atelier stamped gouache/watercolour painting on card, unframed painting: 8 x 6 inches Stunning original painting by th...

Pointillist Large Abstract Design by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) signed lower left in the image gouache painting on paper, unframed measurements: 16.5 x 10 inches (overall the sh...

Black & Gold Glyphs III by Cheryl R. Riley Metallic abstract geometric symbols Gouache and metallic ink on 140# cold press watercolor paper Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist / ...

Kerry Smith Stevie Wonder - Talking Book Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1628 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss...

Kerry Smith Iron & Wine - The Shepherds Dog Mixed Media on Conservation Glass Year: 2017 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 92-1661 *Black frame with a mirror-gl...

Oil, gouache and color crayons on paper. Signed i, v. Wicht, lower right recto. Provenance: private collection, Chicago, IL.

Signed lower right, 'Buk' for Eduard Buk Ulreich (American, 1889-1966), dedicated lower right, 'Made for Ruth M.' and painted circa 1945. Titled verso 'Birds in Flight', additionally...

Opper Estate Maroon Abstract c. 1940-1950's Gouache on Paper 15" x 18" Unframed From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann. San Francisco Abstract Expression A free-spirited wave of creative energy swept through the San Francisco art community after World War II. Challenging accepted modes of painting, Abstract Expressionists produced highly experimental works that jolted the public out of its postwar complacency. Abstract Expressionism resulted from a broad collective impulse rather than the inspiration of a small band of New York artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual influence and shows the impact of San Francisco on the New York School, including artists such as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. San Francisco's Beat poets...

'Abstract Figure' Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996 signed gouache painting on artist paper, framed size: 19.75 x 25.75 inches Fabulous 1970s abstract goauche painting. The colours...

'Abstract Figure' Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996 signed gouache painting on artist paper, framed size: 10 x 13 inches Fabulous 1970s abstract goauche painting. The colours used i...

Bold, large-scale geometric abstract with primary color blocks by Marianne K. Brown (American, 1928-2019). Red, yellow and blue rectangles are separated with white borders, which are accented with the delicate detail of thin colorful lines. Signed "Marianne K. Brown" in pencil the lower right and was acquired with a collection of Brown's work. No frame. Marianne K. Brown (American, 1928-2019) has taught watercolor and design for thirty years. Her work has been shown in many art magazines, including Watercolor Magic and The International Artist Magazine, and several books on watercolor painting. She was elected secretary of Orange County Art Association in 1964. Listed in the National Watercolor Society. Author, Watercolor by Design Member, East Bay Watercolor Society 1964 - 3rd Place, non-figurative exhibit of Orange County Art Association 1978 - Honorable Mention, Central California Art...

Work on paper glued to cardboard Dimensions of the "passe-partout" frame 29 x 22.5 x 0.7 cm Work signed lower right and monogram F.V.S. and dated on the up...

Kerry Smith Michael Jackson - Off The Wall Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1645 *B...

John Selburg was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois. He holds a BFA in Drawing, Sculpture, and Graphic Design from Bradley University (2006), and an MFA from the University of Misso...

Kerry Smith Pearl Jam - No Code Mixed media on Crescent board Year: 2017 Size: 21x22in Framed Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 92-0470 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss finis...

Kerry Smith Eric Clapton - Slowhand Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1644 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss fini...

Ode to master bassman and composer Lincoln Schleifer from the New York music scene. Sax's look into his head with the musicians seeing, breathing and enveloped by the music. Yet ag...

"Abstract Nude" by Roger Herson (French 1922-2008) signed lower right hand-side, gouache and crayon on card, unframed painting: 19.5 x 15.5 inches Superb original abstract painting...

Gen Paul (1895-1955 Fr.) lived in Montmartre, Paris France. He is know for his action painting with quick brush strokes and this work of art was painted around 1955-1960. He was a mu...

Gouache on paper - Unframed. Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and the animated image.” Her work is in the colle...

Kerry Smith R.E.M. - Murmur Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1633 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss finish avail...

Kerry Smith Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2017 Size: 12x12in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1623 *Black frame with a mirror-gl...

Kerry Smith Norah Jones - Don't Know Why Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2016 Size: 12x12in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 92-0253 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss fin...

Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...

David Ambrose’s fascination with paper began as a child as when convalescing from major surgery on his right leg at the age of seven. Paper became the playground for his imagination ...

Sarah Helen More is a Seattle-based west coast artist with an eclectic history that spans from her birthplace of Hartford, Connecticut to her hometowns of Portland, Oregon and Houston, Texas. She was raised with an appreciation for her parents’ passions, including her father’s rock and mineral collection...

Kerry Smith The Smiths - Meat Is Murder Mixed Media on Conservation Glass Year: 2017 Size: 12x12in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 92-1651 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss ...

Signed lower right, 'Schoener' for Jason Schoener (American, 1919-1997) and painted circa 1970. Titled 'Choruscating Landscape' (labels, verso). Accompa...

The second in a series of 2 paintings I did as a homage to Paul Klee, my favourite painter. The red one has sold but this one is the latest, parts of this painting were also inspired...

This contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper is composed of solid shapes surrounded by a pattern of delicate lines and dots in bright crimson red, luminous...

This contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper is composed of solid shapes surrounded by a pattern of delicate lines and dots in bright blue, luminous golden...

Black & Gold Glyphs II by Cheryl R. Riley Metallic abstract geometric symbols Gouache and metallic ink on 140# cold press watercolor paper Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist / G...

This contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper is composed of solid shapes surrounded by a pattern of delicate lines and dots in bright teal, luminous golden...

Kerry Smith David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1643 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss...

Kerry Smith The Stooges - The Stooges Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2017 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 92-1671 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss finish...

Abstract, Gouache and Watercolour Painting by John Hubbard 1931-2017, 1976 Additional information: Medium: Gouache and watercolour 12.5 x 20 cm 4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in signed, initialled a...

Kerry Smith The White Stripes - Nine Miles From The White City Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2017 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 92-1662 *Black frame w...

Kerry Smith The Doors - L.A. Woman Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2021 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1642 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss finis...

Kerry Smith Etta James - At Last Mixed Media on Conservation Glass Year: 2018 Size: 12x12in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 923423 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss finish a...

Kerry Smith Johnny Hodges - The Big Sound Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2016 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 91-0194 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss fi...

Kerry Smith B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1637 *Black frame with a mirror-glo...

Kerry Smith Nat King Cole - Unforgettable Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1647 *Black frame with a mirror-glos...

Kerry Smith Patsy Cline - Showcase Gouache, Conservation Glass Year: 2018 Size: 21x22in Framed Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 92-1658 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss fini...

Kerry Smith Bing Crosby - White Christmas Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2018 Size: 12x12in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1616 ...

Gloria Dudfield (1922-2015) Untitled c.1960s Mixed media: gouache, pastel and encaustic on newsprint 11"x15.5" unframed Unsigned Gloria (Fischer) Dudfield July 12, 1922 – May 27, 20...

This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with gouache on paper. It features a dark palette, with dark charcoal black tones contrasted by yellow and red accents throughout, and large brush strokes. The painting itself is 16" x 54" and measures 17" x 56" x 2" framed. The paper is mounted on board, framed in a black frame under glass. It is not signed by the artist, but has been authenticated by his estate, and is stamped with the estate seal on the back of the painting, and on the back of the frame. It is ready to hang. Stanley Bate was born on March 26, 1903 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Bates were an established Tennessee family, in fact, Henry’s brother William Bate was the governor of Tennessee from 1883-1887 and a United States Senator from 1887-1905. Stanley studied art at the Watkins Institute in Nashville. In the 1920’s Bate moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League under Frederick Bridgman. He soon landed a job with Encyclopedia Britannica, and from 1927-1929 served as art editor. From 1929 until his death in 1972, Stanley was a self-employed artist. He taught art classes at both the Art Students League and the Albany Institute of History and Art and brought in extra income by making illustrations for magazines such as “Outdoor Life” and “Popular Science”. On January 27, 1934 Stanley married Emilie Rossel. Emilie had emigrated from Switzerland to New York in 1923. She found work as a governess to Alfred Vanderbilt and later as an executive secretary for Wall Street investment brokers Kahn, Loeb and Co. Emilie met Stanley in New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend. The couple, who had no children, lived on 34th Street in Manhattan. During this period, Bate was producing and exhibiting his art and joined several artists groups. Stanley and Emilie became part of the New York art scene, dining weekly at the Society of Illustrators Clubhouse. Stanley Bate’s time in New York was pivotal in the formation of his painting style. He lived in New York during the inception of one of the most important Modern Art movements, one that helped New York replace Paris as the center of avant-garde art. This movement, which was called the New York School of artists, was later known as Abstract Expressionism. It was comprised of a loosely associated group of vanguard artists working in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s. The New York School was not defined by a specific style, but instead reflected a fusion of European Modernism and American social relevancy that was depicted in many individual styles. Influences of Surrealism, Cubism, and Modernism can be found in their work, along with an interest in experimenting with non-traditional materials and methods. American art was in the forefront of international avant-garde for the first time. Stanley Bate was undoubtedly exposed to the varied styles and techniques that were emerging during the formative years of the New York School. Mark Rothko and Robert Motherwell were formulating their versions of color field paintings. Joseph Cornell was experimenting with assemblages, collage and the use of different types of textured paints. Jackson Pollock was adhering objects such as buttons and coins into his early works, while Louise Nevelson was using found objects. Helen Frankenthaler added sand to her early paintings. The New York School artists were undermining traditional fine art by using mixed media and non-traditional methods. Stanley Bate absorbed these varied influences and soon his early realistic landscapes and still-lifes were replaced with something entirely new. The influence of Cubism, notably the flat shallow space of the picture plane, is obvious in many of Bate’s paintings. Surrealism is evident in Bate’s use of subjects from myth, primitive art and antiquity, along with the Automatism-like line work in his more linear images. The unfettered experimentation of the New York School is everywhere in Stanley Bate’s work. We see nods to color field, collage, the mixing of textures into paint, mixed media, the inclusion of found objects and thick, luscious impasto. Bate was prolific and experimented in various media including oil, watercolor, lithography, silk screen, wood cut, drawing, collage, ceramics and sculpture. Bate is considered a true Modernist. His work is largely abstract, but sometimes figures and buildings are discernable. He frequently mixed paint, sand and glue together to achieve a textured surface, and then scraped and scratched through this layer to expose some of the underpainting below. His sculpture, which is often whimsical, also reflects the non-traditional methods of the New York School. Bate pioneered the use of enamel and copper in his work. The sculptures are not carved or modeled as was done in the past, but instead are built using mixed media and new materials. In addition to the New York School influence, many of Bate’s works exhibit a strong connection to the Spanish school, especially the work of Antonio Tapies and Modesto Cuixart. These artists were both part of an avant-garde group known as Art Informel, the Spanish equivalent of Abstract Expressionism. These artists likewise worked in mixed media and introduced objects and texture into their work. Many of Bate’s subjects and titles relate to Spanish locations and words. It is likely that Stanley spent time in Spain and found inspiration there. By the early 1940s, Stanley and Emilie had started spending weekends in a barn they purchased in Craryville, New York, a few hours north of Manhattan. The barn had no electricity or plumbing, but when the Bates eventually decided to leave New York and live full time in Craryville, they remodeled the barn, putting a gallery downstairs and a studio and living quarters upstairs. Although the Bates moved out of New York City, Stanley remained part of the New York art scene, exhibiting in New York and elsewhere throughout the 50s and 60s. During his lifetime he was represented by the New York galleries Knoedler and Company, Kennedy Galleries, Rose Fried Gallery and Key Gallery, along with Tyringham Gallery located in Tyringham, Massachusetts. Craryville was Stanley’s home until his death on August 21, 1972. Emilie died 1984...

American modernist still life painting. Watercolor on paper, circa 1960. Signed. Image size, 24"L x 18"H.

Ink #4 (Abstract painting) Ink, watercolor, gouache on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed. Image size: 12” x 8.25” - 30,5 x 21 cm. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths ...

Joachim Czichon Untitled Gestural Abstract Composition Medium: Gouache Year: 1984 Signed and dated by hand Edition: Unique Size: 16.4 × 11.5 inches C...

Based in the New Haven, CT area, Barbara Marks creates sumptuous, multicolored paintings. Her canvases are small in scale, compared to the mid-century abstractionist traditions they ...

Pat Adams Extended Alike, 1969 Gouache on Paper Mounted to Canvas (Zabriskie Gallery 25th Anniversary & Contemporary Arts Center, Ohio Exhibition Labels) Signed 'Pat Adams 12.69' upper left front In vintage period frame This unique, hand signed gouache on paper, mounted to canvas by renowned artist and longtime member of the Bennington College art department and National Academician Pat Adams, bears labels verso from the following exhibitions: 'Pat Adams Paintings', The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati Ohio, Dec. 7-Jan. 20th. Adams at Zabriskie '(25th Anniversary Exhibition) Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY, Dec. 5, 1978-Jan. 6, 1979, Cat. no. 41 and' Zabriskie Gallery, New York, Jan. 6-Jan 24, 1970 Measurements: Framed: 19 1/2" H x 13 1/4" W Artwork: 18" H x 11 1/2" W; Excellent condition, held in a vintage frame PAT ADAMS BIOGRAPHY: Pat Adams Biography: Pat Adams (American, b. 1928) was raised in Stockton, California, and began painting at the age of ten. She studied painting at UC Berkeley from 1945–49, where she first encountered the ideas of Hans Hofmann as she studied under his former students—Worth Ryder and Margaret Peterson O’Hagan, who had arranged for Hofmann’s migration to the States in 1932, among them. During her summers at Berkeley she pursued programs at the California College of Arts and Crafts (1945), the College of the Pacific (1946), and the Art Institute of Chicago (1948). In 1950, following her graduation from Berkeley the previous year, she attended a summer session at Brooklyn Museum Art School, remaining in the city after its completion. She received her first solo exhibition in 1954 at the Korman Gallery—later to be renamed the Zabriskie Gallery, which would continue to represent her through 2018. Her work was greatly motivated by her international travel during the 1950s: in Italy in 1951, after her first husband, painter and printmaker Vincent Longo was awarded a Fulbright scholarship, and in France in 1956, after she received her own Fulbright scholarship. In the fall of 1964 she was invited by professor Paul Feeley to teach at Bennington college, where she joined the social circle of the famous “Green Mountain Boys,” including Kenneth Noland and Jules Olitski. In 1972 she married fellow Bennington professor R. Arnold Ricks, and they set off with her two sons on a four month journey through Egypt, Iran, Turkey, and all of Europe, which impacted her work significantly. She continued teaching at Bennington through 1993. Her lengthy career has also included many teaching appointments at Yale, as both a visiting professor and artist, as well as the Rhode Island School of Design, among numerous other institutions across the country. She has received notable awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Academy of Arts and Letters, the National Academy of Design, and the College Art Association. In 1995 she was awarded the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. Her work has been the subject of over fifty solo exhibitions. She lives in Bennington, Vermont. -Courtesy of Alexandre Gallery