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Medium: Oil
Contemporary Blue Abstract Pastel Dots Colors Artist Christina Gschwantner
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"St. George and the Dragon" - Large Late 20th Century Framed Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
You don't have to be a Catholic, or a medievalist, or a Catholic medievalist (Tolkien?) to appreciate this striking image of St. George taking on the dragon. In style it falls somewhere between Cubism and Guernica, to my eye. The limited color palette, with the bold red, gives it the energy of early 20th-century Russian poster...
Category
1980s Cubist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,280 Sale Price
40% Off
Pastel Pink 1970's Abstract, Colourful Oil Painting, Original
By Akos Biro
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Akos Biro (Hungarian 1911-2002)
Pastel Pink 1970's Abstract, Colourful Oil Painting, Original
Oil painting on canvas, framed
Framed size: 33 x 26.5 inches
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tropical Fantasy Floral - Still Life Flowers Painting by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Tropical Fantasy Floral - Still Life Flowers Painting by Marc Zimmerman
Oil on board
Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings, whether deep mysterious jungle or delightfully whimsic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$3,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Canyon Sunset - Abstract Los Angeles Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pete Kasprzak’s passion for city life is expressed in his dynamic urban artworks. Kasprzak’s artworks express energy and life with animated brush strokes. He adds dynamic movement an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Vintage European Impressionist Seascape Coastal Mediterranean Sea Town Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage European impressionist coastal town oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition...
Category
1950s Realist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Bee Line - Rainbow Abstract Patterns Circles Stripes Blue Yellow Orange, 2023
By Josette Urso
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, thoughtfully combined sections of varying textures and areas of pattern, stripes, circles, dots and undulations are cheerful in bright, p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surreal Tropical Fantasy Landscape #2
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3776 Surreal colorful tropical fantasy set in a black frame
Category
1980s Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Emergence
Located in Santa Fe, NM
marsh, water, calm, green, blue, teal, aqua, dusk, lake, trees, reflection
Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes with oil on canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Time Transfixed - Horizontal Abstract Green Landscape Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Andrei Petrov's Time Transfixed is a 24 x 48 inch abstract landscape oil painting on canvas.
It is a lyric abstraction in green with accents of blue and purple. The reference to a natural landscape is clearly there, almost like falling tree branches reflecting on the water surface of a lake. Petrov works by applying layers of paint and then scraping off some parts to reveal the shades underneath. The play of transparencies, brushstrokes and lights brings to life an emotional and relaxing composition.
Andrei Petrov is an American Artist of Russian origins. He lives and works in New York. He states "In my approach two roads...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"My Pink Diamond Heart" Pink and White Pop Art Oil Painting with Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Oil
Parisian Abstract Expressionist Original Oil Painting -
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting
by the French abstract artist, Yvette Dubois-Habasque (1929-2016).
oil painting on canvas, unframed
signed and dated verso
canvas: 10.5 x 18 inches...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Countryside Oil Painting of Curved Path Farmhouse Autumn Trees and Fields
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Countryside Oil Painting of Curved Path Farmhouse Autumn Trees and Open Fields
By Fanch Lel
Size: 13 x 16 inches (height ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Berlin, MD
Stanley Sporny (American 1946 - 2008) A view into a stream with overhanging branches reflected in the water. A beautiful oil painting that explores the stream bottom as well as the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tumultuous Sky - Original Cool Tone Abstract Landscape Textural Impasto Painting
By Dana Cowie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Using an impasto, painterly technique Dana Cowie creates cubist-inspired farm and rural landscapes. Working within controlled color schemes, her artworks appear abstract up close and...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Solar Series: Yellow - contemporary, abstract, modernist, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting was created by a prominent Canadian artist.
Inspired by colors warmed by the intense sunlight of Cuba, David Sorensen, considered to be one of Ca...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Canadian Contemporary Art by Joseph Adolphe - Another Idea
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Joseph Adolphe is a Canadian-US. artist born in 1968 who lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. After receiving his MFA in New York City Joseph continued to l...
Category
2010s Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Coastal Lighthouse Scene with Sailors and Yellow Boat in Bold Oil
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Coastal Lighthouse Scene with Sailors and Yellow Boat in Bold Oil
By Fanch Lel
Size: 17.75 x 21.75 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition: Th...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fauvist Ocean Wave and Sunset, 1920's Seascape
By John Henry Ramm
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling fauvist seascape with boldly colorful ocean waves and glowing sunset by Northern California artist John Ramm (American, 1879-1948), 1929. Impasto brush strokes add depth and interest to high voltage color palette. Signed lower right corner and dated on stretcher "29" . Condition: Good; minor edge losses professionally restored/in-painted. Signature slightly augmented to enhance readability. Image size: 22"H x 28"W.
The son of German immigrants, John Henry Ramm was the son of German immigrants, and his father had been a Duke in his native land. Ramm moved to San Francisco in 1893 and worked as an apprentice to a photographer. He married Nettie Hoist in Sacramento and they lived in San Francisco. He was a close friend of painter Manuel Valencia...
Category
1920s Fauvist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,150 Sale Price
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452 - Framed Square Contemporary Minimalist Blue Ocean Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This original artwork by Jeremy Prim is a minimalist oil painting that exudes tranquility and captures the essence of the Pacific coastline. The painting f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Wax, Oil
ABSTRACT Contemporary Abstract Earth Colors Nature Yamila Miglioranza NEW
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"After Seated Woman", Contemporary, Abstract, Oil, Painting, Canvas, Unframed
Located in St. Louis, MO
Kathryn Arnold’s paintings focus on interpretive markings, built up into fields of color and textured surfaces. Mixing both jewel-like and muted tones, Arnold constructs planes that...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled by Anish Kapoor - 2 part painting, Abstract, Contemporary
By Anish Kapoor
Located in London, GB
Untitled by Anish Kapoor (b. 1954)
Oil on canvas
Overall dimensions: 122 cm (48 inches)
composed of 2 parts of 61 x 61 cm (24 x 24 inches) each
Signed and dated on the stretcher, An...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Château de Trécesson in Brittany
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Château de Trécesson in Brittany
By Fanch Lel
Signed: yes
Size: 15 x 18 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition:...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Mirage II" by Katheryn Holt - Blue and Green Color-Field Abstract Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Katheryn Holt (American, born 1951)
"Mirage II" 2022
Oil paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Wood
The artist signed the back of the painting.
About the Artist:
Katheryn Holt paints memo...
Category
2010s Color-Field Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood, Wood Panel
"Blue Nude" Modern Abstract Woman in Style of Modigliani Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Archival Paper
Grand rising - Large peach color abstract landscape painting
Located in Silverthorne, CO
"Grand rising" is an abstract landscape painting in a peachy warm palette. It is a glorious Ascension painting. It tells the story of that magical moment every time that the earth co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,200 Sale Price
60% Off
Floral Invention #7 - Abstract Painting - Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Floral Invention #7 - Abstract Painting - Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled 24045 (Abstract painting)
By Martin Reyna
Located in London, GB
Untitled 24045 (Abstract painting)
Oil on canvas — Unframed.
Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. His gestural abstract paintings delight th...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
‘’The Beach in Corfu"
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting "The Beach in Corfu" is not painted from a photo or in the open air. This is an impression of the country, of the people seen, of the beach, of the sea, and of the beaut...
Category
2010s Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Lavender Fog 2" Bunny on Lavender Diamond Dust Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Light Lavender background with thick use of paint...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel
"Blue Girl" Modern Abstract Style Modigliani Figure Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"An Impulse Budding" (abstract, floral, energetic, calm, rose, blush, pink)
Located in Paris, IDF
AN IMPULSE BUDDING
2024
Paris, France
This piece is formed first with a pink dye underpainting on canvas, with white acrylic and green oil painted on top. The notion of the title, "...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Dye, Oil
Impressionist Village Street Scene with Church Tower and Figures in Winter Light
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Village Street Scene with Church Tower and Figures in Winter Light
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 13 x 16.25 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on cardboard, u...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mary Didoardo "June Bug" - Small Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Mary Didoardo
June Bug, 2022
oil on wood panel
8 x 8 in.
(dido095)
This small abstract oil painting on wood by Mary Didoardo features her...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Bather" Modern Abstract Woman in Style of Modigliani Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Silver and Gold (Abstract Landscape in Blue & Yellow Encaustic by Regina Quinn)
By Regina Quinn
Located in Hudson, NY
Silver and Gold (Abstract Landscape of Winter Forest in Blue & Yellow Encaustic) by Regina Quinn
2024
encaustic, India ink, and oil with wax on panel
6 x 6 unframed / 8 x 8 framed
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Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Encaustic, Oil, Panel
November Light (Encaustic Landscape of Forest at Late Autumn by Regina Quinn)
By Regina Quinn
Located in Hudson, NY
Encaustic, abstracted landscape of a country farm field with autumn foliage
"November Light" made in 2024 by Regina Quinn
encaustic and oil with wax on panel
12 x 9 inches unframed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Oil, Panel
20th Century French Modernist Signed Oil Rolling Waves at Sea Turquoise & Purple
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Sea
by Louis Eugene Glasser (French b. 1897)
signed
oil on board, framed
framed: 22.5 x 29.5 inches
board: 17.5 x 24.5 inches
provenance: priv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Etna rising - Dramatic abstract landscape painting
Located in Silverthorne, CO
This abstract landscape painting is dedicating to the ever present power of Etna, the live volcano on the island of Sicily. Etna is a constant reminder of what lays beneath. Its lava...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist Coastal Village with Boats and Tower in Muted Pastel Palette
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Coastal Village with Boats and Tower in Muted Pastel Palette
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 7.5 x 9.75 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on cardboard, unframe...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"White Landscape" l Abstract Painting, Contemporary Art by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
White Landscape
mixed media on canvas
50x50 cm
2019
original Artwork
Ready to Hang
My painting tells of the relationship between man, nature and time, the landscape, the sign a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Impressionist Riverfront Scene with Tower Boats and Seagulls Under Clouded Sky
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Riverfront Scene with Tower Boats and Seagulls Under Clouded Sky
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 15 x 21.75 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframe...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
#1594 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
#1594 (Abstract painting)
Oil on Canvas
Boecker begins each new work by penciling in his composition. But the work ultimately is about the colors and layers that will evolve on the...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Humming Bill" Hummingbirds and Flowers in Pink and Green
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Humming Bill" Hummingbirds and Flowers in Pink and Green
A group of hummingbirds gestured in green with red and pink flowers on a bright pink background in a vintage fra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Impressionist River Bridge Scene with Reflections and White Buildings in France
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist River Bridge Scene with Reflections and White Buildings in France
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 16.25 x 13.25 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on cardboard,...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oceanic Wave Dynamic Blue Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by Jean Soyer
By Jean Soyer
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
A striking abstract painting by Jean Soyer featuring dynamic brushwork in deep, vibrant blues against a light background. This powerful composition measures 38.2 inches by 63.8 inche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape BW – Contemporary Minimalist Art Diptych Small Format 24x18 cm
Located in Agrigento, AG
🔹 Landscape BW – Contemporary Minimalist Art Diptych Small Format 24x18 cm Pure Pigment, Mineral Oxide & Oil on Canvas Panel
Descriptio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Pigment
Impressionist Coastal Landscape with Blue Fishing Boat and White Cottages
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Coastal Landscape with Blue Fishing Boat and White Cottages
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 16.25 x 22.5 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
C...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Zhizhi Cui Abstract Original Oil On Canvas "Sky View"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Sky View
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 12 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled - Painting by Martine Goeyens - 2020s
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a contemporary artwork realized by the Belgian artist Martine Goeyens in the 2020s.
Acrylic painting on plywood
Hand signed on the lower ...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950'S FRENCH EXPRESSIONIST CUBIST ABSTRACT OIL PAINTING - AUTUMN COLORS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century
Title: Cubist abstract
Medium: oil painting on canvas
Size: painting: 23.5 x 32 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's French Cubist Oil Painting Red Brown Ochre Muted Tones Colors framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French cubist artist, circa 1950's
signed oil painting on board, stuck on board
board: 14 x 18 inches
painting: 9.5 x 14 inches
provenance: priva...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Coastal Oil Painting of Seaside Village with Red Roofs Reflected in Water
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Coastal Oil Painting of Seaside Village with Red Roofs Reflected in Water
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 13 x 16.25 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unfra...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original-Cat with Dahlias -gold leaf and oil on canvas -British Awarded Artist
Located in London, GB
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In her 'Prayers,...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Copper, Gold Leaf
Macaw Fields, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The composition depicts a vast, rolling field bursting with the brilliant colors of macaws—deep scarlets, rich blues, lush greens, and golden yellows. A war...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Empreintes, Modern Abstract Painting in Blue and Neutral Tones Textured Oil art
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont – “Empreintes”
Oil on canvas – 23.62 x 23.62 in (60 x 60 cm)
Framed dimensions: 26.38 x 26.38 in (67 x 67 cm) – Choice of black or natural wood frame
Year: 2025
Certifi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
France - cityscape
Located in Belgrade, MT
This painting by Lucien Durand is part of my private collection. It is one of a kind, original and signed on the back by the artist.
Category
20th Century Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,240 Sale Price
25% Off
Large Scale Gestural Figurative Abstract Expressionist Surrealist Oil Painting
By Matthew Carone
Located in Surfside, FL
Artist: Matt Carone, signed lower right
Dated: 1995
Dimensions: 80.25"H x 56.25"L
In a fine wooden black and gold gilded frame.
Provenance: Freitas Revilla Gallery.
Matt Carone (1930-) South Florida artist and gallerist. The Italian- American New Jersey native took up painting in the 1940s after Hans Hoffman asked him to model in a class in which Nicolas Carone...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Monumental Abstract Modernist Oil Panel Oregon Centennial Exposition Mural 1959
By Louis Bunce
Located in Portland, OR
Monumental modernist oil on panel painting by Louis Demott Bunce (1907-1983), from an installation for the Oregon Centennial Exposition, 1959.
A rare & important and monumental abstract painting by the celebrated Oregon artist Louis Bunce, the artist was commissioned to paint a mural for the 1959 Oregon Centennial & Trade Fair in Portland, the installation was titled " Gay Garden Way ", it was painted for the exterior of the Horticultural building. The mural having abstract plant abstractions, according to Bunce in his own words it was "the rounded shapes of flowers and the sun", the mural created a major furor from the conservative art public.
The painting signed and dated by the artist lower left, the work was sold in the late 1980s through the celebrated Laura Russo Gallery, this painting is featured in Roger Hull's book; "Louis Bunce, Dialogue with Modernism".
The painting is in good condition and ready to grace your wall.
Louis Bunce attended high school and the Museum Art School before leaving for the Art Students League in New York. He established a New York connection that began when he first attended classes there in 1927 and continued over the years with frequent visits. He became friends with many promising artists, including Jackson Pollock and David Smith. In 1939 he worked for the WPA Easel Project in New York and by the time he returned to Portland he was an established artist on the East Coast. He worked at the WPA art center in Salem as an Instructor and Assistant Director. His work included murals, two of which are in the Post Offices in Grants Pass and St. Johns. Their subjects, mining and orchard farming, are activities of each region. "I have always been visually drawn to the landscape, at first the desert and mountain regions of Wyoming; then the lush and gentle color of the Pacific Northwest and the urban landscape of New York." From 1942-1945 he worked as an illustrator, a tool designer, and in assembly for the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation. After WWII, Bunce joined the faculty of the Museum Art School in Portland, where he had been a student in 1925-1926. He taught there until his retirement in 1972. He excelled at producing screen-prints and introduced this technique to Oregon. While maintaining a national reputation throughout the 1950s and 1960s, some of New York's most prestigious galleries represented him. Theater buffs will remember his murals and portraits for Portland Civic Theater's 1938 production of Pride and Prejudice. In a career that made him one of the most recognized names in Oregon's art history, Bunce had many styles: cubism, expressionism, surrealism and abstractionism. His 1958 mural in the Portland International Airport presents this abstract style: "whirling propellers and shadows of the concourse as seen from above." It was controversial at the time as being too abstract for a public art project. Louis and wife Eda opened a full-time art gallery in Portland in 1949, called the Kharouba. Located first at 1016 SE Morrison, then at SW 11th and Alder, the gallery represented many of the leading artists of the day: Josephine Cameron, William Givler, Clifford Gleason, Jack Hammack, Charles Heaney, Frederick Heidel, George Johanson, Jack McLarty, Rick Norwood, C.S. Price, Arthur Runquist, Jolan Torok, Charles Voorhies...
Category
1950s Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Abstract Oil Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
With original abstract oil paintings, bring audacious experiments with color and textures to your living room, dining room or home office.
Whether they're large or small, abstract paintings will stand out in your space, encouraging conversation and introducing a museum-like atmosphere that’s welcoming and conducive to creating memorable gatherings.
Abstract art has origins in 19th-century Europe, but it came into its own as a significant movement during the 20th century. Early practitioners of abstraction included Wassily Kandinsky, although painters were exploring nonfigurative art prior to the influential Russian artist’s efforts, which were inspired by music and religion. Abstract painters endeavored to create works that didn’t focus on the outside world’s conventional subjects, and even when artists depicted realistic subjects, they worked in an abstract mode to do so.
In 1940s-era New York City, a group of painters working in the abstract mode created radical work that looked to European avant-garde artists as well as to the art of ancient cultures, prioritizing improvisation, immediacy and direct personal expression. While they were never formally affiliated with one another, we know them today as Abstract Expressionists.
The male contingent of the Abstract Expressionists, which includes Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Robert Motherwell, is frequently cited in discussing leading figures of this internationally influential postwar art movement. However, the women of Abstract Expressionism, such as Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell and others, were equally involved in the art world of the time. Sexism, family obligations and societal pressures contributed to a long history of their being overlooked, but the female Abstract Expressionists experimented vigorously, developed their own style and produced significant bodies of work.
When you've found the work(s) you'd like to bring into your home, think about how you want to arrange the art. If you’re working with a small living space, a colorful, oversize work can create depth in a given room, but there isn’t any need to overwhelm your interior with a sprawling pièce de résistance. Colorful abstractions of any size can pop against a white wall in your living room, but if you’re working with a colored backdrop, you may wish to stick to colors that complement the decor that is already in the space. Alternatively, let your painting make a statement on its own, regardless of its surroundings, or group it, gallery-style, with other works.
On 1stDibs, you’ll find a wide range of original abstract oil paintings along with a guide on how to arrange your wonderful new wall art.
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The Hilma af Klint Effect: How the Future-Forward Painter Inspires Artists Today
The early-20th-century Swedish abstractionist took artistic cues from spiritualist writings and occult practices. Now, 21st-century creators are taking cues from her.
Get to Know the Artists Who Led the Op Art Movement
In the 1960s and '70s, the hypnotic creations of Op artists went mainstream and influenced the look of pop culture.
Dorothy Hood’s Boundless Abstractions Are Back with a Fierceness
Works from the impressive oeuvre of the largely unknown Texas native are now on view at Houston's McClain Gallery.
French Artist Marie Raymond Was So Much More Than Yves Klein’s Mom
Seminal works from the mid-20th-century painter's lyrical abstract oeuvre are now on view at Paris's Diane de Polignac Gallery.
For Oliver Lee Jackson, Painting Is a Fierce and Sacred Matter
The artist and activist is the subject of a new show at Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery of Art.