Paper Abstract Paintings
Color: Brown
Medium: Paper
Conjugations
By Cleve Gray
Located in New York, NY
Cleve Gray
Conjugations, 1975
Vermont Series
Mixed media on paper
14 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches each
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Cassandra Kiss
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An abstract acrylic and paper on canvas painting by Post War artist Arne Hiersoux. "Cassandra Kiss" is executed in bold strokes, splashes and drips of deep blue, red, back and white ...
Category
1960s Post-War Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
"Pierced" (Four Abstract, Bold, Dye and Black Paintings on Stained Paper, Glass)
Located in Paris, IDF
PIERCED
2021
Paris, France
Set of four, abstract, bold paintings framed between glass and wood. Tea-stain has been added to dye on paper, with matte black focal points created using...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Glass, Paper, Ink, Wood
Paths of Memory
Located in OIA, ES
🔸 _Title: Paths of Memory
🔸 _Artist: Diego Tirigall
🔸 _Year of Creation: 2024
🔸 _Dimensions: 200 x 160 cm
🔸 _Medium: Acrylic, Enamel, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Pages from antiqu...
Category
2010s Street Art Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
No.3
Located in Bantam, CT
Steven Miller trained at Parsons School of Design, Miller derives inspiration from electron microscope images that reveal the invisible building blocks of natural world. His pursuit ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
No.14
Located in Bantam, CT
Steven Miller trained at Parsons School of Design, Miller derives inspiration from electron microscope images that reveal the invisible building blocks of natural world. His pursuit ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Thomas Downing "Moon", 1985
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Thomas Downing (1928 - 1985).
"Moon", 1985
Acrylic on paper bag
35" x 15" (framed)
Dedication on reverse to his wife Helen.
Downing’s works are in many collections in...
Category
1980s Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Say what you have to say, large textural abstract on panel, black, white, brown
Located in Toronto, ON
"Say what you have to say" is a large abstract piece with lots of texture. The piece is mostly white, with black abstract forms and lines as well as collaged paper elements.
As an ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Acrylic
Babel II
Located in West Des Moines, IA
This large-scale, abstract work by Harris is sure to enchant any home or space. Harris's vertical bands of color create movement for the eye and leave an element of something new to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Dynamic Superface 2019 - Geometric Abstract
Located in New York, NY
This hand painted piece by Lucchetta is part of the op art series where he is able to catch movement with his unique technique. Lucchetta is challenging himself. His precise stable h...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Cardboard
No.4
Located in Bantam, CT
Steven Miller trained at Parsons School of Design, Miller derives inspiration from electron microscope images that reveal the invisible building blocks of natural world. His pursuit ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
What happened to yesterday, large textural abstract on panel, black and white
Located in Toronto, ON
As an emerging self-taught artist, Miriam jumps into her art with sheer inquisitiveness and courage, embracing passion and authenticity throughout her work process.
“I like to appro...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Paper
Holy Fire, Abstract Expressionist Figurative Pastel
Located in Soquel, CA
A unique abstract expressionist pastel drawing by an unknown artist. Depicting a mans face as the focal point with what appears to be chu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Cardboard
Large Composition VI
Located in Bantam, CT
Patricia Udell's art is a combination of Color Field and Hard-Edge abstraction, and her beautiful artworks are deceptively simple. Her signature style and contemporary use of color ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
The Bird Man
Located in Milford, NH
A modern abstract mixed media painting with the figure of a man by the ocean by contemporary Maine artist Troy M. Stafford (21st c). Troy Stafford is an artist that has lived on both the East and West Coasts and he currently resides in Brunswick, ME. Troy is a multifaceted artist that paints and creates using mixed media. He builds and creates extraordinary picture frames and is a furniture designer and maker. His work is in many private collections as well as in the permanent collections of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The New Britain Museum of American Art, Portland Museum of Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, and The Columbia Museum of Art among others.
Artist Statement:
“I have always been drawn to making things, the idea to make something where nothing had previously been felt right to me at an early age. Growing up in the desert I loved going to the dump...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Walnut, Paper, Found Objects, Oil, Photographic Paper
Companions
Located in Milford, NH
A modern abstract mixed media painting with two figures by contemporary Maine artist Troy M. Stafford (21st c). Troy Stafford is an artist that has lived on both the East and West Coasts and he currently resides in Brunswick, ME. Troy is a multifaceted artist that paints and creates using mixed media. He builds and creates extraordinary picture frames and is a furniture designer and maker. His work is in many private collections as well as in the permanent collections of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The New Britain Museum of American Art, Portland Museum of Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, and The Columbia Museum of Art among others.
Artist Statement:
“I have always been drawn to making things, the idea to make something where nothing had previously been felt right to me at an early age. Growing up in the desert I loved going to the dump...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Walnut, Paper, Found Objects, Oil, Photographic Paper
"Fragments" Modern Textured Neutral Toned Abstract Mixed Media Painting
By Carole Myers
Located in Houston, TX
Modern neutral toned abstract mixed media painting by Texas artist Carole Myers. The work features a collage of different textured papers combined with pa...
Category
1980s Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Icon
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009)
Icon
1970
Oil on paper
12.7 x 17.7 cm
Vertical orientation
George Dannatt’s long career as a painter and sculptor ended with the artist’s death in 200...
Category
1970s Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Extra-Large Colorful And Vibrant Modern Abstract In Yellow, Orange, And Blue
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Introducing an intriguing and vibrant extra-large contemporary painting.
In-versio: "Cardaillac", 1984, "Acryl sur papier de chine", "Yellow Orange and Blue"
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
"Under construction", Original painting with concrete on paper, Black and White
Located in Carballo, ES
This new series of works by the multidisciplinary artist TUSET (1997, A Coruña) shows us a completely unique dynamic. In these works he uses the concrete of the construction as picto...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Arte Povera Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Concrete
Sueños Eternos
Located in Madrid, ES
“Los sueños eternos fluyen como las olas del mar siempre en movimiento y transformación.”
Technique: Paint on paper, aluminium and wood base
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Blue Expressive Abstracted Portrait Painting on Fabriano Paper
By Ilana Seati
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This complex, yet abstract artwork is a typical piece by Seati, exploring themes of the human condition, truth and fantasy. This bold composition on fabriano paper...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Window into Studio
Located in Washington, DC
Painting titled "Window into Studio" and dated 2023 by Jeanne Cosimano. The painting is gouache on paper, frame is included. This work was recently included in a solo exhibition at Gallery 2112...
Category
2010s Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Extracto de Mar
Located in Madrid, ES
“Cada gota de mar contiene el secreto de la creación un extracto de la eternidad.”
Technique: Paint on paper, aluminium and wood base
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Xagon
Located in Madrid, ES
“En cada forma, en cada ángulo, reside una historia que aguarda ser descubierta en el Xagon.”
Technique: Paper on aluminium and wood base
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
French Surrealist Colorful Futurist Abstract Painting Composition III
Located in Surfside, FL
actual image measures 7.5X11.25, titled Composition III on French Arches Mould made paper.
Georges DUSSAU est né le 14 Mars 1947, à Chalon-sur-Saône (France)
Il vit et travaille...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Handmade Paper
French Surrealist Colorful Futurist Abstract Painting Composition IV
Located in Surfside, FL
actual image measures 7.5X11.25, titled Composition III on French Arches Mould made paper.
Georges DUSSAU est né le 14 Mars 1947, à Chalon-sur-Saône (France)
Il vit et travaille...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Handmade Paper
Kosmosutra Ophiuchus
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Thomas Christopher Haag was born in Wichita, Kansas into a family as vast as the sea. He took chemistry and math classes for some reason at the university of Kansas and then dropped out and started hitchhiking. He has lived in southern Mexico, Switzerland, India, Spain, the Pacific Northwest and the great American Southwest. For the past 15 years, he has been ridiculously involved and obnoxiously in love with the New Mexico art scene, living and working in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos. When he’s had to work, he’s been a commercial diver, propman, art director, low-volume smuggler, curator and gallery owner. He also once worked for eleven days in a dog food factory where they made Kibbles’ n Bits, but he prefers to paint. An avid muralist, both commissioned and not, he has painted buildings in Oaxaca, Barcelona, Venice, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos, Varanasi, Bangkok, Rangoon, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Oakland and many other places, under the names “Detach”, “Stove” and “El Pituitario”. He has exhibited with the likes of Shepard Fairey, Chaz Bojorquez, Swoon, Gaia, Slinkachu, Henry Chalfant...
Category
2010s Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Acrylic
Kosmosutra Orion
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Thomas Christopher Haag was born in Wichita, Kansas into a family as vast as the sea. He took chemistry and math classes for some reason at the university of Kansas and then dropped out and started hitchhiking. He has lived in southern Mexico, Switzerland, India, Spain, the Pacific Northwest and the great American Southwest. For the past 15 years, he has been ridiculously involved and obnoxiously in love with the New Mexico art scene, living and working in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos. When he’s had to work, he’s been a commercial diver, propman, art director, low-volume smuggler, curator and gallery owner. He also once worked for eleven days in a dog food factory where they made Kibbles’ n Bits, but he prefers to paint. An avid muralist, both commissioned and not, he has painted buildings in Oaxaca, Barcelona, Venice, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos, Varanasi, Bangkok, Rangoon, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Oakland and many other places, under the names “Detach”, “Stove” and “El Pituitario”. He has exhibited with the likes of Shepard Fairey, Chaz Bojorquez, Swoon, Gaia, Slinkachu, Henry Chalfant...
Category
2010s Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Acrylic
Kosmosutra Lyra
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Thomas Christopher Haag was born in Wichita, Kansas into a family as vast as the sea. He took chemistry and math classes for some reason at the university of Kansas and then dropped out and started hitchhiking. He has lived in southern Mexico, Switzerland, India, Spain, the Pacific Northwest and the great American Southwest. For the past 15 years, he has been ridiculously involved and obnoxiously in love with the New Mexico art scene, living and working in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos. When he’s had to work, he’s been a commercial diver, propman, art director, low-volume smuggler, curator and gallery owner. He also once worked for eleven days in a dog food factory where they made Kibbles’ n Bits, but he prefers to paint. An avid muralist, both commissioned and not, he has painted buildings in Oaxaca, Barcelona, Venice, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos, Varanasi, Bangkok, Rangoon, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Oakland and many other places, under the names “Detach”, “Stove” and “El Pituitario”. He has exhibited with the likes of Shepard Fairey, Chaz Bojorquez, Swoon, Gaia, Slinkachu, Henry Chalfant...
Category
2010s Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Acrylic
Disco Inferno
Located in Washington, DC
Painting titled "Disco Inferno" by Jeanne Cosimano. Wonderful vibrant gouache on paper and dated 2020. Frame is included. This work was recently featured in a solo show at Gallery 2112...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
"Abuse 2" Acrylic on Paper Painting 24" x 18" inch by Tetiana Kalivoshko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abuse 2" Acrylic on Paper Painting 24" x 18" inch by Tetiana Kalivoshko
Tetiana Kalivoshko is an American-based Ukrainian artist who specializes in painting, sculpture, and art installations. Graduated from the L’viv National Academy of Art and Shanghai's East China Normal University.
She decided to devote herself to the world of art in 2015 after seeing the exhibition "In Love With Art" which motivated her to begin developing her art and ideas and to travel across the world.
Tetiana's debut project installation, "Peace," was shown in several Ukrainian cities. The installation “Peace”.
Her work materialized spectacular shapes of Chinese hieroglyphs that mean "Peace". In 2016, Tetiana presented her first collection, "Warm inside", in Shanghai.
At the same time, she worked as an art teacher for children and adults in a private school...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
'Garden in Full Bloom', Impressionist Pointillist Pastel.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Contemporary impressionist pastel of a garden in full bloom by Belgian artist Francis Besson. Signed to the very bottom left and to the backboard. Presented in a plain contemporary f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Pattern Play" - Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Painting 2020
Located in San Diego, CA
An abstract, contemporary, mixed media painting, "Pattern Play" features bold orange, green, pink and gold paint frolicking among up-cycled paper and comic book pages. A celebration ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Graphite
French Surrealist Colorful Futurist Abstract Painting Composition I
Located in Surfside, FL
actual image measures 11.25x7.5, titled Composition V on French Arches Mould made paper.
Georges DUSSAU est né le 14 Mars 1947, à Chalon-sur-Saône (France)
Il vit et travaille a...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Handmade Paper
French Surrealist Colorful Futurist Abstract Painting Composition V
Located in Surfside, FL
actual image measures 11.25x7.5, titled Composition V on French Arches Mould made paper.
Georges DUSSAU est né le 14 Mars 1947, à Chalon-sur-Saône (France)
Il vit et travaille a...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Handmade Paper
Mount Pleasant
Located in Dallas, TX
I was attending Central Michigan University and had been asked to do a series of black light posters as commissions for fellow students that lived o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
The Baker & The Borders of 301
Located in Dallas, TX
I had moved onto campus at Central Michigan University. A freshman in a dorm with 3 sophomores. This drawing is the first of its kind. I would say this is the discovery period of my ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Grant Series Torn Paper Collage Painting African American Artist John Rozelle
By John Rozelle
Located in Surfside, FL
John Rozelle (American, 1944-)
Grant Series II #5, Collage, 1988
Hand signed, dated and titled in pencil
Provenance: Isobel Neal Gallery, Chicago,
Measurements
Matted to approximately 20 by 16
Sight: 11 by 9 inches
Layers of torn ripped, and painted paper with music notes are overlaid on top of each other in this contemporary collage assemblage composition with a jazz sensibility. The pieces of paper have been arbitrarily arranged while in contrast, the artist has applied color in this piece in a very thoughtful way. John Everette Rozelle is an internationally renowned artist from St. Louis, Missouri now living in Banyoles, Girona. He is a masterful collagist, painter and sculptor included in museums and private collections worldwide. John Rozelle was born in St. Louis, Missouri and holds a B.F.A with a major in painting and a minor in sculpture from Washington University and a M.F.A from Fontbonne College. John Rozelle is currently tenured Associate Professor in the Drawing and Painting Department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Prior to joining the Art Institute faculty he taught drawing, design, painting, and sculpture as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Fontbonne College. Rozelle has served on numerous occasions as curator, juror, and artist-in-residence for several exhibitions. His twenty years of solo and group shows have included those in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, Atlanta, and Los Angeles.
His work is housed among various corporate collections some of which include: Anheuser Busch, Citibank Corp., AT&T, Borg-Warner, Price Waterhouse, Saks Fifth Avenue, the Seven-Up Company, Ralston Purina, the Westin Hotels and ARCO.
Rozelle is currently tenured Associate Professor in the Drawing and Painting Department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His art can be found in over 20 public collections and in over 50 private collections throughout the United States. He has been in many important exhibitions including Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Layers of Meaning: Collage and Abstraction in the Late 20th Century. Included: Romare Bearden, Moe Brooker...
Category
1980s Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Mixed Media
"Waterfall" Textured Mixed Media Collage Abstract Painting on Wood Board, 2021
Located in Mantova, MN
Textured mixed media and collage abstract modern painting inspired by nature, questioning reality, playing with inserts of paper to introduce the doubt of something more. In the research of contemporary artist Federica Aiello Pini...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Paper, Glue, Pastel, Acrylic, Pencil
Slow Ride
Located in New York, NY
2010-22
Acrylic on paper
22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated on the reverse
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Eight of Us" / Picture / Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
A unique picture inspired by recycling of items. "Eight of Us", in a recycled frame almost 100 years old, recycled capsules and paper as well. I like the color and the overall image ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Subcontinent, Woven Newspaper Wall Hanging by Toshio Sekiji
Located in Wilton, CT
Materials: Red, green, black, natural lacquer, Hindi (Delhi) and Malayalam (Kerala State) newspapers.
This artwork is framed in a maple wood shadowbox with Optium Museum plexiglass.
Toshio Sekiji...
Category
1990s Conceptual Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oak, Textile, Plexiglass, Mixed Media, Found Objects, Paper, Lacquer, Ta...
Whiskey Run
By Rick Lewis
Located in Greenwich, CT
Whiskey Run
Mixed Media On Paper
22" x 30"
I am a visual artist whose work investigates small and large -scale abstraction primarily in the medium of painting employing the use of i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Intimate Invasion" - Contemporary Mixed Media Painting 2021
Located in San Diego, CA
A fine art, contemporary abstract painting, "intimate Invasion" features vibrant red and gold acrylic combined with neutral brown, beige, cream and black, all sitting atop layers of up-cycled paper. It is an original, contemporary painting created in 2022 by abstract expressionist artist Kara Greenwell. Measuring 40 inches by 30 inches, this abstract painting is the perfect modern statement art to hang on any wall. The artist continued the painting extending around the edges of this gallery wrapped canvas, ensuring visual interest from all angles. This contemporary abstract expressionist work is hand signed by the artist on both front and back and is sealed with Archival, UV-resistant varnish. The painting can be hung a nail or picture hook...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Acrylic, Graphite
"365 Vessels", Mixed technique on tissue white paper, Minimalist, 50 x 33 cm
Located in Carballo, ES
This series of works by the Danish artist Peter Kramer (Roskilde, 1959) with numerous exhibitions between Spain and Denmark are entitled "365 urns", in which the artist works with ti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Organic Material, Adhesive, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Handmade Paper, T...
Bio Matrix, Original Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Square Polyptych
Located in Boston, MA
Bio Matrix, Original Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Square Polyptych
47" x 47" x .5" (HxWxD), Acrylic on Burlap and Japanese Paper
A nine piece series of color studies and media ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
Expressionist Gestural Abstract
Located in Austin, TX
Roberto de la Renta
22.5" x 34"
Acrylic on Paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Large 80s Vibrant Dynamic Drawing/Painting Memphis Milano Era
Located in Surfside, FL
it is currently unframed and will be sold thus. Similar in style to the 80s work of Elizabeth Murray. A bright, colorful expressive piece signed (labels are not included as it is un...
Category
1980s 85 New Wave Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Gouache, Rag Paper, Graphite
Sunshine Fields by Ann Burnham, Limited edition print, contemporary art
Located in Deddington, GB
I was walking alongside the rape fields in Devon, the sky was blue and the light was beautiful in this reduction linocut. This is a method of relief printing in which each colour lay...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Linocut
1970s Abstract Oil Painting by San Francisco Artist P. Ciment
Located in San Francisco, CA
1970s Abstract Oil Painting by San Francisco Artist Phyllis Ciment
Created with oils on paper over mat board.
Using wide brush strokes an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Australian American D. Rankin Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Rocky Hillside
By David Rankin
Located in Surfside, FL
David Rankin, American (b. 1946)
Rocky Hillside, (1990)
Oil on paper
Hand signed lower right, signed and titled verso.
30 x 22 1/2 inches
David Rankin is a New York-based, British-born Australian post-war and contemporary artist known for his expressionistic abstract paintings. His work can be categorized by his use of quick, loose brushstrokes, reminiscent of scribbles on a page. Rankin works predominantly in oil painting and acrylic on canvas, but also works with paper, prints, sculptures and ceramics. Rankin has held over 100 one-person exhibitions in cities across the world, including New York, London, Paris, Beijing, Mexico, Vienna, Berlin and Cologne, as well as all over Australia. Represented in many of the world’s leading public and private collections and museums, David Rankin’s work is featured in Australia’s leading institutions, including the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Victoria and Queensland Art Gallery.
David Rankin was born in Plymouth, Devon, England in 1946 then emigrated to Australia with his family in 1948. He spent his childhood in the 1950s in the semi-rural Port Hacking region South of Sydney and his teenage years in country New South Wales, from Hay, Wagga Wagga and Albury in the South to Bourke and Brewarrina in the North.
Rankin is self-taught, developing his techniques and ideas in the outback towns of his youth. He was inspired by the greats from Leonardo da Vinci to Paul Klee as well as being influenced by the history of Buddhism and Asian art. In his travels before he arrived in Sydney in 1967 he developed a concept of what he wanted to achieve as an Australian artist. His dream was to express the anima, the life spirit or the essence of God in all nature. As an Australian artist he believed could bring the elements of Western Art together with an understanding and love for the cultures of Asia and the Australian Aborigine. He also felt that as Australia was closer to Asia than Europe it made sense to think about the art of Indian, Chinese and Japanese artists, and that one could not be an authentic articulate Australian artist without a love and respect for the artistic and spiritual expressions of the various Aboriginal artists, peoples and cultures. His work combined elements of Abstract Expressionist painting with Jewish and Aboriginal influences.
In 1979 his first wife, Jennifer Mary Roberts (née Haynes) died. Rankin subsequently met his current wife Lily Brett, whose own life was etched by tragedy with her parents being survivors of the Holocaust. She too migrated to Australia as a child after the Second World War in 1948. The artist recounts that his empathy for Lily and the pity for his first wife's death fused into what he calls "the dark blessing of my life." The darkness was transformed into images. The author Dore Ashton writes that the events of 1979 and the fire which ravished his studio in 1997 and burnt his art works and many personal possessions, had a profound impact on his work.
Having personal life experiences as his subject matter, Rankin's paintings contemplate these things. For example, his Jerusalem series followed a trip to Jerusalem in 1988, which then led to his Golgotha works. His travels to the Australian, American and Mexican deserts became the subject matter for many of his canvases, such as Ridge – Mungo, Golden Prophecy – San Antonio, Grey Sonora Landscape and then led to his Witness Series. From the fire in his studio he then painted Buddha and Flames. He illustrated two books by Lily Brett on the holocaust and explored the theme further in his huge work The Drowned and The Saved from a book by Primo Levi of the same name. Through Brett he encountered Jewish mythology and painted judaica imagery, Black...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
1962 "Flowers Blooming" Mid Century Encaustic Oil Paint Abstract NYC Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Martin Rosenthal
"Flowers Blooming"
1962
Encaustic & Oil paint on paper
19"x14" framed walnut gallery frame ivory linen mat float mount 23.25” x 18.25”
Signed and dated in ink lower ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Encaustic, Oil
Untitled -- 1961
By John Levee
Located in Washington, DC
Signed and dated lower left
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Hidden by Clouds, Original Landscape Painting, Cotswolds Rural Artwork
By Rosie Phipps
Located in Deddington, GB
Hidden by Clouds is an original framed painting by artist Rosie Phipps. Featuring her gestural and expressive use of mark making to create these beautifully intimate landscapes.
Rosi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-War Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Man and Spirit Wolf (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Larry Hood (Native American, 1950-1995). Man and Spirit Wolf, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 2...
Category
1970s Surrealist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Rag Paper
Mid-Century "Bright Shapes" Abstract Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Martin Rosenthal
"Bright Shapes"
1965
Encaustic & Oil paint on paper
19"x13" unframed
Signed and dated in ink lower right
*Custom framing available for additional charge. Please exp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Encaustic, Oil
Two Face Abstract on Wrapper of Interview Magazine in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Two Face Abstract on Wrapper of Interview Magazine in Acrylic on Paper
Lively abstracted portrait by Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century). A face is divided in two parts, righ...
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist Paper Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic
Paper abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Paper abstract paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add Abstract paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, pink, green and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Cindy Shaoul, John M White, Martin Reyna , and Mila Akopova. Frequently made by artists working in the Abstract, Minimalist, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Paper abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 11 inches across are also available Prices for abstract paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $230 and tops out at $1,375, while the average work can sell for $477.
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