1970s Abstract Paintings

Stuart Bigley is an artist based in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley. He has been making and showing his artwork for over 40 years. During this time he also co-founded and ran the ...

In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez wrote of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintin...

Artist: Jacob Kainen Title: Untitled Year: 1978 Medium: Mixed media Framed dimensions: 27.5 inches width; 33 inches high; 1" depth Framed in a beautiful gold gilt frame

Step into the captivating world of mathematical beauty and artistic precision with Logarithmic Spiral #2, an original 1970s oil painting on board by Pueblo, Colorado artist Chase Var...

12 - Red is a contemporary artwork realized by Genny Puccini in 1977.  Mixed colored collage on paper. Hand signed and dated on lower right margin.

Antique American abstract cubist composition "Terra Firma Theme 10" by Augustus Goertz (Born 1948) . Oil on canvas, circa 1958. Housed in a period gilt...

Contemporary Original Abstracted Figurative of Profile and Detailed Eye Silkscreen - Life's Frustration A compelling abstracted silkscreen of profile of man with detail of his eye w...

Modern abstract painting by Italian artist Adorno Bonciani. The work features two abstract figures on horseback playing musical instruments set against the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella...

Max Epstein, Canadian (1932 - 2002) - Bound, Year: 1976, Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Signed and dated l.r., Size: 37 in. x 25 in. (93.98 cm x 63.5 cm)

Max Epstein, Canadian (1932 - 2002) - Open Mind, Year: 1976, Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated l.r., Size: 25 x 19 in. (63.5 x 48.26 cm)

Artist: Marcella Doane Title: Exodus Year: circa 1970 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 30 x 24 inches Frame Size: 25 x 31 inches

Artist: Miriam Bromberg Title: Cubist Abstract I Year: 1970's Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)

This is an Abstract Expressionist torn and folded paper painted collage. The paper is metallised through some process. they are very luminous and beautiful. it is mounted on heavy ...

White and violet is a contemporary artwork realized by Genny Puccini in 1977.  Mixed colored collage on paper. Hand signed and dated on lower right margin.  

Compelling vintage abstract titled "Bandage Affixiation" by Carmel, CA based artist "Stoney" DeGuire (American, 20th Century), 1973. Titled, signed an...

A substantial and vibrant American Abstract dating to circa 1975. Stamped, verso, with artist estate stamp for Aida Nelson (American, 1921-2018) and titled...

Michael Gloeckner American, 1915-1989 After a Summer in the South of France Oil on canvas 20 by 20 in. W/frame 25 by 25 in. Michael lived in NYC, he also had a home and studio in ...

Abstract composition is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Mixed media on panel. Leo Guida (199...

In this painting Stefanelli conveys the intrigue and mystery of oracles, who were offering counsel through prophecies and divination in the ancient times. Wise and insightful, oracle...

Enamel on cardboard. Signed at lower right. Signed, dated and titled on overleaf. Authenticity certificate by Fondazione Pablo Echaurren.

Abstract featuring graceful, sweeping lines evocative of bone fragments by an unknown artist. Illegibly signed lower left and dated "77". Presented in a metal frame. Image size, 18"H...

Stuart Bigley is an artist based in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley. He has been making and showing his artwork for over 40 years. During this time he also co-founded and ran the ...

Painted by Frealon Bibbins (American, 1926-2013) circa 1976. Certification of authenticity, verso, with stamped wax seal. A substantial 1970's abstract evoking graceful, oceanic forms and comprising fluidly superimposed and adjacent, diaphanous layers of scarlet, rose, lilac, and grass-green against a variegated sunshine-yellow field. This listed California artist, author and musician lived and painted in Alameda and also had a distinguished career with the San Francisco Symphony...

Artist: Ladislav Karousek, Czech (1926 - 1990) Title: Zimna Krajina (Winter Landscape) Year: 1989 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 36 x 55 in. (91.44 x 139.7 cm) Frame Size: ...

Soni Wallace masters color and form in this Abstract Expressionist painting. Many works from this period in her life reflect coastal landscapes through a lens of minimalism and geome...

Oil on canvas Signed and dated top right 1972 Painting exhibited at the National Arts Club, New York Nahum Tschacbasov Retrospective, June 2013

Artist: Jay Rosenblum, American (1933 - 1989) Title: Untitled VIII Year: circa 1977 Medium: Acrylic on Paper Paper Size: 26 in. x 40 in. (66.04 cm x 101.6 cm)

Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928), Pastel Lines Abstract Composition, Oil on Canvas, February, 1975, signed, dated, and marked "NYC" to verso, stamp to verso, unframed. 66" H x...

Patch of Cyan, Vintage Electric Blue Geometric Abstract by Eleanor Perry A bold modernist abstract painting by San Francisco, California artist Eleanor Perry (American, 20th Centu...

William Weege (b. 1935). American Pop Art Artist. Colorful mixed media on a vintage vinyl LP record Hand signed and dated 1976 recto. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1935, Weege studied printmaking, collage and sculpture at the University of Wisconsin. In the late 60's Vietnam war era his politically charged radical anti war posters...

Vladimir Glushenkov (1948-2009) (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator. Vladimir Glushkenkov was born in family with Russian-Poli...

Denise BOURDOUXHE Half of Sun and Moon Oil on canvas Signed 73 x 92 cm (36.2 x 28.7 inches) Denise BOURDOUXHE Born in 1925, died in 1990, Denise Bourdouxhe was a French artist. Den...

11 - Lilac Green is a contemporary artwork realized by Genny Puccini in 1977.  Mixed colored collage on paper. Hand signed and dated on lower right margin.

The eye is a contemporary artwork realized by Genny Puccini in 1977. Mixed colored collage on paper. Hand signed and dated on lower right margin.

Autumn is an original tempera painting on paper, realized by the artist Antoine Mayo, art name of Malliarakis (1905-1990) Hand-Signed on the lower right margin In very good condition. Antoine Mayo (Port Said, Egypt 1905 - Seine Port1990). Greek painter naturalized French citizen, active from 1924 in France, was a Surrealist artist and a polyhedric artist: painter, decorator, costume, designer, illustrator and much more. His father was Greek and his mother French, friend of Prévert and Desnos, he is also known for his work as a decorator and costume designer of masterpieces such as Les Enfants du Paradis, Golden helmet or Hiroshima my love.

Pink and brown surface with horses is a contemporary artwork realized by Genny Puccini in 1973. Mixed colored acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin ...

David Hare Cronus View from the Cave, 1971 Graphite, Ink wash, Paper Collage on Paper on Board 25 x 33 inches “Freedom is what we want,” David Hare boldly stated in 1965, but then he added the caveat, “and what we are most afraid of.” No one could accuse David Hare of possessing such fear. Blithely unconcerned with the critics’ judgments, Hare flitted through most of the major art developments of the mid-twentieth century in the United States. He changed mediums several times; just when his fame as a sculptor had reached its apogee about 1960, he switched over to painting. Yet he remained attached to surrealism long after it had fallen out of official favor. “I can’t change what I do in order to fit what would make me popular,” he said. “Not because of moral reasons, but just because I can’t do it; I’m not interested in it.” Hare was born in New York City in 1917; his family was both wealthy and familiar with the world of modern art. Meredith (1870-1932), his father, was a prominent corporate attorney. His mother, Elizabeth Sage Goodwin (1878-1948) was an art collector, a financial backer of the 1913 Armory Show, and a friend of artists such as Constantin Brancusi, Walt Kuhn, and Marcel Duchamp. In the 1920s, the entire family moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico and later to Colorado Springs, in the hope that the change in altitude and climate would help to heal Meredith’s tuberculosis. In Colorado Springs, Elizabeth founded the Fountain Valley School where David attended high school after his father died in 1932. In the western United States, Hare developed a fascination for kachina dolls and other aspects of Native American culture that would become a recurring source of inspiration in his career. After high school, Hare briefly attended Bard College (1936-37) in Annandale-on-Hudson. At a loss as to what to do next, he parlayed his mother’s contacts into opening a commercial photography studio and began dabbling in color photography, still a rarity at the time [Kodachrome was introduced in 1935]. At age 22, Hare had his first solo exhibition at Walker Gallery in New York City; his 30 color photographs included one of President Franklin Roosevelt. As a photographer, Hare experimented with an automatist technique called “heatage” (or “melted negatives”) in which he heated the negative in order to distort the image. Hare described them as “antagonisms of matter.” The final products were usually abstractions tending towards surrealism and similar to processes used by Man Ray, Raoul Ubac, and Wolfgang Paalen. In 1940, Hare moved to Roxbury, CT, where he fraternized with neighboring artists such as Alexander Calder and Arshile Gorky, as well as Yves Tanguy who was married to Hare’s cousin Kay Sage, and the art dealer Julian Levy. The same year, Hare received a commission from the American Museum of Natural History to document the Pueblo Indians. He traveled to Santa Fe and, for several months, he took portrait photographs of members of the Hopi, Navajo, and Zuni tribes that were published in book form in 1941. World War II turned Hare’s life upside down. He became a conduit in the exchange of artistic and intellectual ideas between U.S. artists and the surrealist émigrés fleeing Europe. In 1942, Hare befriended Andre Breton, the principal theorist of surrealism. When Breton wanted to publish a magazine to promote the movement in the United States, he could not serve as an editor because he was a foreign national. Instead, Breton selected Hare to edit the journal, entitled VVV [shorth for “Victory, Victory, Victory”], which ran for four issues (the second and third issues were printed as a single volume) from June 1942 to February 1944. Each edition of VVV focused on “poetry, plastic arts, anthropology, sociology, (and) psychology,” and was extensively illustrated by surrealist artists including Giorgio de Chirico, Roberto Matta, and Yves Tanguy; Max Ernst and Marcel Duchamp served as editorial advisors. At the suggestion of Jacqueline Lamba...

pastel on paper, signed lower right. Henri Bernard Goetz (September 29, 1909 – August 12, 1989) was a French American Surrealist painter and engraver. He is known for his artwork, a...

An abstract, minimalist painting by Duayne Hatchett . Oil on canvas, circa 1973. Signed verso. Framed. Image size, 60"H x 50"L. Duayne Hatchett was a visual artist whose work i...

Abstract violet and beige surface is a contemporary artwork realized by Genny Puccini in 1971. Mixed colored acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on the back.

An abstract diptych by James Caughlin (American, 1926-1979). Signed lower right. Artist's studio label on verso. Displayed in a white mat with two win...

Polychrome surface 7610 is a contemporary artwork realized by Genny Puccini in 1976. Mixed colored acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on the back.

Artist: Paul von Ringelheim, Austrian/American (1933 - 2003) Title: Untitled - Gold Minimalist Year: 1975 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 66.5 x 66.5 in. (168.91 ...

Abstract composition is a contemporary artwork realized by Conrad Marca Relli in 1978. Acrylic and collage on paper. Hand signed and dated "Marca Relli '78" on the lower right marg...

George Dannatt (1915-2009) Miniature White Painting (on red background) 1972/1992 Oil on paper, then mixed media Image: 3 1/8 x 7 ¼” 8.00 x 18.4 cm Frame: 9 x 13” ...

Artist: Dan Teis, American (1925 - 2002) Title: Abstract in Pastels Year: 1979 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 54 x 60 in. (137.16 x 152.4 cm) Frame Size: 55 x 61.5 inches

"Geometric Abstract #5" is a 68 x 38 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The painting is signed and dated "MLB...

"Year In Year Out" is a large and intricate acrylic painting created by Joseph Rozman. Rozman is known for his playfulness with colors and shapes, as made evident with this boastful ...

Untitled Mixed media on paper, 1979 Signed and dated ‘79 lower right (see photo) Sheet size: 31 1/2 x 48" Frame: 34 1/4 x 50 1/4" Provenance: Members Gallery, Albright-Knox Art Galle...

Bold abstract expressionist painting with primary colors by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995), 1970s Berkeley, California. Signed "L. Nadalini" in the lower right corner. Presente...

Artist: Clayton J. Gorder, American (1936 - 1987) Title: Radio Year: circa 1970 Medium: Acrylic and Airbrush on Custom Shaped Canvas Size: 40 x 26.5 inches Provenance: Arras Gallery...

This work takes its cues from Ilya Bolotowsky and Piet Mondrian. A fine example of 1970's hard edged geometric abstraction. Artist, painter & master photographer Jonathan Singer was...

'Abstract 2" enamel on copper plate by Irwin Whitaker. Enamel measures 8" x 6", frame measures 12" H x 9.5" W. Irwin Whitaker - Oklahoma-born artist who was prolific in California, T...

Abstract composition is a contemporary artwork realized by Leo Guida in 1970s. Mixed colored oil painting on board Includes frame Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current i...

"I don’t see shapes as much as I see the energy of elements interacting to move, stop, support or explode. I mostly use clean bright color to keep my world hot and alive. My painting...

Defilè is an original mixed colored tempera on cardboard realized by Danilo Bergamo in 1970s.. Hand signed on the lower right margin...

Oil painting size is 16"x19.5. Estate signature stamp Lower right and verso. Arthur Pinajian, like many great artists, began his career illustrating the human form, which is how he developed his wide-ranging visual lexicon. This segment of the collection is at the heart of his oeuvre, both referencing and producing works with fluidity and scope of technique rarely found in one single artist. This New York...

John Urbain, Belgian/American (1920 - 2009) - Flowering Plant, Year: 1978, Medium: Acrylic and Collage on board, signed in pencil lower right, dated and signed on verso, Size: 14 x...

Antique American modernist industriala oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.

Composition is a Gouache realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition. No signature. Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre, France in 1919. He studied...