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Medium: Oil
Destiny's Path, Hawaii - Surreal Mid Century Hawaiian Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Destiny's Path, Hawaii - Surreal Mid Century Hawaiian Figurative Abstract
Symbolistic and romantic 1940s surreal figurative of pastel orange figure...
Category
1940s Surrealist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Kai Zhang Abstract Original Oil Painting "Untitled 42"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Untitled 42
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 20 x 16 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Women in Deckchairs
Located in London, GB
'Women in Deckchairs', oil on canvas, by Camille Hilaire (circa 1960s). Folding wooden chairs with woven or cane seats and backs, of the type now...
Category
1960s Cubist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,147 Sale Price
40% Off
Song of the Equinox - Abstract expressionist pink floral painting
Located in Silverthorne, CO
"Song of the Equinox" is an abstract expressionist pink floral painting finished on the day of the Spring Equinox in my Forest Studio in the middle of a national forest. It is an ode...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract 1, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Green, blue, and orange with black accents create a dynamic abstract composition. Scratches and marks add texture and energy. Artist Dorothy Gaziano used oil pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Outdoor Market Scene with Figures and Parasols by Fanch Lel
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Outdoor Market Scene with Figures and Parasols by Fanch Lel
by Fanch Lel
Size: 21.25 x 25.75 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition: Good ove...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Concert (unique, signed Abstract Expressionist painting by celebrated artist)
By Ben Wilson
Located in New York, NY
Ben Wilson
Concert, ca. 1989
Oil on masonite board (Hand Signed by the artist; also bears the Estate Stamp)
Boldly signed front and back, titled and dated on the back by Ben Wilson and also stamped on the back by the estate of Ben Wilson
42 × 48 inches
Unframed
This stunning painting is done by the second generation Abstract Expressionist artist Ben Wilson - one of the youngest artists to be given a show at prestigious ACA Gallery in 1940. This work "Concert" - depicting instruments, in a light, lyrically abstract painting. Exquisite colors and subtle imagery.
In 2017, he was the subject of a retrospective at the George Segal Gallery at Montclair State University from September 6 to November 4 and it was accompanied by a catalogue.
About Ben Wilson:
Ben Wilson was born in Philadelphia in 1913 to Jewish parents who had emigrated from Kiev and settled in New York City. He was educated in Manhattan public schools and graduated from City College in 1935. To gain exposure to a wider range of styles, he also studied at the National Academy of Design and at the Educational Alliance.
Admired by critics throughout his long career, Wilson was singled out as a “discovery” by the New York Times art critic Edward Alden Jewel even before his first one-man show at the Galerie Neuf in 1946. His paintings of the ’30s and ’40s were expressionistically rendered, often Biblical parables, filled with what he called “the grief of the intolerable” and reflecting an acute awareness of the agony of the time, from the Holocaust to the Spanish Civil War. A WPA artist who identified strongly with the plight of the Jews in Europe, he relentlessly explored themes of war, torment, and futility in his early decades of painting.
When times changed and social pressures subsided, Wilson’s mood lifted. He spent 1952-54 in Paris working at the Academie Julien. During the ’50s his involvement with specific imagery persisted but became more psychological and mythic in orientation. Influenced by Cubism, he created a vocabulary of interlocking shapes and bold, sweeping gestures that served as a transition between his early figurative expressionism and his later abstract constructivist concerns. Towards the end of the decade Wilson reached a crossroads, moving towards abstraction and searching for what he called “a scaffolding under the externals.”
By 1960, influenced by the Russian Constructivists, Mondrian, and Abstract Expressionism, Wilson turned to abstraction. Reexamining the basic elements of painting, he evolved his own personal vocabulary and structure, fusing the cerebral and the emotive. He became increasingly experimental, using house paint, sand, and other unorthodox materials in paintings that he worked from all directions, dripping, spraying, stenciling, and collaging. He employed elements of disjunction, repetitions of geometric motifs, linear networks, and complex overlays to create the transparent, multi-layer development of space that characterizes his later paintings. A consummate draftsman, Wilson filled notebook after notebook with drawings that he amplified in his paintings.
Eschewing popular movements, Wilson was always one to pursue a personal aesthetic. Despite more than 30 one-man shows and 50 years of teaching, he increasingly withdrew from the gallery scene but continued to paint daily until his death at age 88 in 2001 in Blairstown, New Jersey, where he and his sculptor wife Evelyn Wilson...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Landscape Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 4 by 5 inches overall, and 3.5 by 4.5 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. ...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dance
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
This abstract work is distinguished by its dynamic curves and vivid colors. Dominated by shades of red, blue and green, it evokes a fluid dance of organic forms. The sin...
Category
1940s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Echoes of the Avant-Garde: Mid-Century Visions III (circa 1970s)
Located in London, GB
'Echoes of the Avant-Garde: Mid-Century Visions III', oil on board (circa 1970s). Step into a world where the spirit of early 20th-century modernism meets the bold experimentation o...
Category
1970s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,038 Sale Price
20% Off
Fauvist Faces Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling abstract figurative portrait with bold color fields by Southern California artist Chris Hamamoto (American, 20th Century). Signed lower left corner. Unframed, gallery wrapped. Size: 24"H x 20"W x 2"D.
Chris, a native of Southern California, has enjoyed creating artwork since childhood. After trying various media, he decided to specialize in painting on canvas and paper with acrylic paints. He is inspired by the works of Monet, Van Gogh, Sergeant, and Diebenkorn. Chris displays and sells his paintings in art festivals throughout California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Education:
Los Angeles Valley...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Signed European Impressionist Sunset River Landscape Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderfully painted luminous European sunset landscape painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 16H by 11L.
Category
1890s Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Through the Darkness"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
“Through the Darkness” – this is a title that is wonderfully suitable for this picture. It depicts the contrast between dark tones and bright white accents, creating the appearance o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Vintage Mid Century Abstract Still Life Framed Wine Bottle Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract wine bottle still life oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
Category
1960s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$620 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled 22, From the Mexican Ryōan-ji Series.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ryōan-ji is the Japanese Zen temple in Kyoto, a monastery that gave rise to the idea of the purely abstract Zen garden that inspired this series Francisco Larios’ works are done by...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Small Mars 1, Tribute to James Turrell by Mathieu Piffeteau - Abstract painting
Located in Paris, FR
Small Mars 1, Tribute to James Turrell is a unique oil and acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Mathieu Piffeteau, dimensions are 120 × 120 cm (47....
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Through Time
Located in Santa Fe, NM
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, Oil
AWH 281 - Original Abstract Red Textured Expressionist Colorfield Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bernhard Zimmer produces deeply layered, subtly textured abstract paintings that contain diametrically opposed elements—order and chaos, abstraction and representation, boldness and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Contemporary American Modernist Nocturnal New York Cityscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas, 27 x 31 inches overall, 20 x 24 inches image size.
A modern urban nocturne depicting the Manhattan Bridge at night, painted with gestural brushwork and a restrained, b...
Category
2010s Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Colourful Abstract Oil on Canvas Floral Painting With Pastel Tones
Located in Cape Town, ZA
"Nature is the indirect perception of human personification, emotion and imagination which is emphasised in colour, texture, patterns and line as it is captured in my paintings, with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Luminary Nights, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by James Hiroshi Suzuki
By James Suzuki
Located in Long Island City, NY
Luminary Nights
James Hiroshi Suzuki, Japanese/American (1932)
Date: 1960
Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, dated and titled on verso
Size: 23 x ...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Wild and Beautiful II" - Colorful Impasto Abstract Floral Inspired Oil Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Sveta Hessler (Russian, born 1973)
"Wild and Beautiful II" 2025
Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
Sveta Hessler explodes the traditional ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Dripping Dots - Savannah" Colorful & Gold Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf with thick textured oils and glass t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Hares' Counsel" - abstract landscape, green, orange, vibrating color
By Eilis Crean
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is an imagined abstract landscape featuring orange, purple (lavender, lilac), green and white. This painting has a natural wood floater frame measuring 25.25 by 31.25 i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Signed Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board. Framed.
Category
1960s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$236 Sale Price
20% Off
Semi-abstract Still Life, Large 20th Century Blue & Pink Oil Painting
By John Heliker
Located in Beachwood, OH
John Heliker (American, 1909-2000)
Still Life with Sugar Bowl
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
39.75 x 39.75 inches
45.5 x 45.5 inches, framed
Provenance: Private Collection Ypsilant...
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Village Harbour with Boats at Dusk by Fanch Lel
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Village Harbour with Boats at Dusk by Fanch Lel
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 19.25 x 20.5 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on cardboard, unframed
C...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Blue Streak" Black Bunnies Blue Accents Gold Background Oil Painting on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts gestural figures of Bunnies against a gold background with navy blue accents. Inspired b...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Contemporary abstract floral expressive oil painting canvas "Flowering fields"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary, expressive oil painting titled "Flowering Fields" was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot and is part of her series inspired by the scenes of the summer seas...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hokusai Covers VI - Abstract Oil + Collage Work on Book Cover, Yellow + White
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Jane Skingley b. 1963
Hokusai Covers VI, 2025
mixed media on old book cover
26 x 17 cm
10 1/4 x 6 3/4 in
signed
Jane Skingley paints seascapes and landscapes in oils. Her first exhi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Oil
Overhead Migration, Abstract Oil Painting
By Heidi Hybl
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Fascinated by the birds that soar over her Big Sur home, artist Heidi Hybl paints an abstract depiction of their migration. Their bold forms contrast the soft...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist New York City Skyline Framed Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 29 by 25 inches overall, and 20 by 24 painting alone. In excellent original condition. ...
Category
1950s Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Chanel Blue Silver & Gold" Figure in Gown Haute Couture 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 Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper, Mixed Media
"Dancing Light" Large Contemporary Colorful Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary colorful painting by Houston-based artist Peter Healy. The work features expressive pink, blue, yellow, and red strokes against a light gray background. Signed, titled, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint
Triptych "Paradise Returned"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Anatoly Kost Triptych “Paradise Returned”
2004 - 2008 y. Canvas.Oil. Painting
Flat: 80/201 cm Framed: 84/2013 cm
Triptych “Paradise Returned” is a transformation of music on canvas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Abstract Expressionist Large Colorful Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Measuring 16 by 36 inches.
Category
1960s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1950s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Winter Landscape Snow Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist winter landscape snow scene oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20H by 24L.
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Layers of history, abstract, Minimalism, library, Colors, books, Contemporary
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Oil on canvas
Unframed size: 100 x 81 cm (39.37 x 31.88 in)
Framed size: 107 x 88 cm (42.12 x 34.64 in)
Choice of natural oak or black floater frame
Year: 2025
Signed lower right
Cer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Landscape Framed Vintage Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted American modernist landscape by Anthony Toney (1913 - 2004) . Oil on board. Signed. Housed in a great vintage modernist frame.
Category
1940s Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Framed Original Vintage Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist painting. OIl on canvas. Framed. Finely painted with wonderful color palette.
Category
1970s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Abstracted Fauvist Birch Tree Landscape
By Libby Beth Seligman
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid abstracted landscape in vibrant fauvist hues of birch trees in green field by Libby Beth Seligman (American, b. 1958), 1977. Signed and dated lower right corner. Presented in r...
Category
1970s Fauvist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Emma Labattaglia Abstract Large Contemporary Grid Painting in Earth Tones
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery, we are committed to upholding the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection includes a Certificate of Authe...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Blues Overlapping Orange 47 x 47 Abstract Art Bold Colors $4400 Geometric
Located in Houston, TX
Blues Overlapping Orange 47 x 47 Abstract Art Bold Colors $4400 Geometric Shapes
Other painting by Marilyn Biles shown in images
As life often does, the life of Marilyn Biles h...
Category
1990s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“American Rural, Shack II” Contemporary Colorful Pastoral Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary colorful pastoral landscape by Texas based artist Jacob Spacek. The work features a bright blue shack in the middle of an open field set against a vibrant red sky. Signe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Framed Fauvist Forest Landscape Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstracted forest landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 24H by 36L.
Category
1960s Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$620 Sale Price
20% Off
Dexter's Choice State II, signed mixed media watercolor (unique variant), Framed
By Larry Zox
Located in New York, NY
Larry Zox
Dexter's Choice, State II, ca. 1990
Mixed media, Watercolor pochoir, and Oil stick Wax, Water-Based Crayons, on heavy Arches museum watercolor rag paper with deckled edges
...
Category
1990s Color-Field Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Mixed Media, Oil, Watercolor, Graphite, Monoprint
Large American Modernist Abstract Architectural Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 34 by 48 inches overall, and 28 by 42 painting alone. In excellent original condition. H...
Category
1950s Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
21
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katherine Bello
Title: 21
Oil on canvas
Year: 2021
Dimensions: 40"x30"x1.5"
Signed by hand
Canvas on stretcher frame - ready to hang
COA provided
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Katherine Bello's aim as an artist is to capture a sense of place, a moment of time, or a feeling - to evoke a sense of wonder. Bello loves paint and paint brushes; bold, gestural mark-making and the interplay of color. She is influenced by light and landscape, poetry, history and science. Formerly educated in Chemical Engineering and Interior Design, Bello is drawn to the process of creating Something out of Nothing.
Abstract, abstract art, contemporary art, Contemporary Fine Art, Fine Art, Painting, acrylic, Jackson Pollack, Mark Rothko, Kandinsky, Franz Kline, Lee Krasner, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, Amy...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,150 Sale Price
48% Off
"Afternoon Glow" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Afternoon Glow" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an abstracted female figure.
Bio/artist statement:
Danny McCaw...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American School Tropical Ocean Cove Hawaiian Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American impressionist tropical beach landscape. Oil on board. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period wood molding. Excellent condition, re...
Category
1950s Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$700 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Danish Modernist Abstract Signed & Framed Cubist Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Danish modernist abstract cubist oil painting by Eugène Sala (1899 - 1987). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 19 by 13 inches overall. In excellent original conditi...
Category
1940s Cubist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Silver Framed Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.
Category
1960s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Colourful Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting With Floral Tones
Located in Cape Town, ZA
"Nature is the indirect perception of human personification, emotion and imagination which is emphasised in colour, texture, patterns and line as it is captured in my paintings, with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Flourishing Florals, original 30x40 abstract expressionist floral landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Flourishing florals blowing in the wind encounter a wrinkle in time which adds calm and relaxation into this exquisite contemporary abstract expressionist landscape. Impressionisti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting)
By Bertha Davis
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Bertha G. Davis (1911-1997)
Untitled, ca. 1960's
Oil on cradled masonite panel.
16 x 20 inches; 24 x 28 inches framed.
Signed lower left. Artist estate stamp on verso.
Vintage custom wormy chestnut frame.
A painter of cityscapes, landscapes, and abstracts in Texas, Bertha G Davis was primarily a self-taught artist whose style was influenced by her early life experiences in pre-World War II Lithuania and later Mexico. Her style is expressionistic*, relying on color to denote her profound feelings. She works primarily in watercolor and acrylic with some mixed media*.
She is the daughter of Abraham and Dvora Germaize of Vilna, Lithuania and grew up in Jewish ghettos in Vilna, Alita, and Kovno. Davis was influenced by her father who was a decorative wood-worker and carpenter in Lithuania. The family of five daughters and a son escaped to Mexico City in the late 1920’s because of Jewish oppression. The images and emotions she experienced had no outlet.
She was known as a beauty, and at age 17 was named Jewish Miss Mexico, barely able to speak Spanish having just emigrated from Eastern Europe. Irving Davis, a merchant from Texas who had also come from Eastern Europe via Cuba, saw her at this event where she was crowned Jewish Miss Mexico, and three days later asked for her hand in marriage. They moved to a small town in Texas, raising a family.
Her daughter, Sylvia, was born when Davis was 20 and they were inseparable. As Sylvia became an actress, painter, and sculptor, Davis was amazed at the capacity for creativity. Davis didn’t begin her own artistic journey until she was 47, when her daughter Sylvia Caplan encouraged her to try. She was inspired by this daughter who gave her a drugstore palette of watercolors, paper and brushes and told her to “just try.” Davis did not put down her palette and brushes until her death in 1997.
Bertha G Davis was primarily self-taught but maintained a style oriented toward color and texture that reflected her strong feelings. Most of her early work was done while she lived in McAllen, Texas where she was known for her contribution to art and showed her work and the work of other artists at the Bertha Davis Gallery.
She studied with Stewart Van Orden, at Pan American College in 1960-61; and was a student at the Art Institute San Miguel Allende, Mexico, 1965. She was also a student of Harold Phenix...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$975 Sale Price
35% Off
"Good News" Three Colorful Butterflies on Gold Background with Scoring Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts three delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful golden landscape. Slone...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Mixed Media
Boats Near Shore - Abstracted Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted seascape of three boats near the shore with broad, painterly strokes of blue, turquoise, and neutrals by Robert Canete (American, b. 1948). Signed lower right. Image: 16"H...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Landscape" Original Oil Paint on Canvas Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
Oil on Canvas
Original Art Ready to Hang
65x50 cm
2023
...My painting tells of the relationship between man, nature and time, the landscape, the sign and the trace,
thr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil
$1,376 Sale Price
20% Off
Fishing Boats In Dappled Blue Dock Mid Century French Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984)
Medium: oil on board, unframed
Size : 15 x 18 inches
Double sided
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: The painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist 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 1stDibs Guide to Types of Abstract Art
Get to know the key movements and artists who have influenced visual culture for more than a century.
With Works Like ‘Yours Truly,’ Arthur Dove Pioneered Abstract Art in America
New York gallery Hirschl & Adler is exhibiting the bold composition by Dove — who’s hailed as the first American abstract painter — at this year’s Winter Show.
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.