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Period: 1970s
Vintage Signed American School Abstract Pop Art Large Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Gouache Nude
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3161 Acrylic nude in a custom wood frame
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Champ - modern, contemporary, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This colorful abstract acrylic painting is by Canadian artist Milly Ristvedt.
Inspired by modernist mentors, in the 1970s Milly Ristvedt used simple formats on raw canvas to displa...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Woman and Child in the Woods - Midcentury Abstracted Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Woman and Child in the Woods - Midcentury Abstracted Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Dramatic abstracted painting of a woman holding a child in the woods by Maley (20th Century). This pi...
Category
American Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Large Scale Bay Area Abstracted Landscape -- Salt Ponds
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking large scale abstracted landscape oil depicting San Francisco Bay salt ponds by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999), Unframed. Purchased as part of larger collection. Measures 72"H x 52"W x 2"D.
Erle Loran was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied at the Minneapolis School of Art under the direction of Cameron Booth...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Cubist portrait woman. Patrick Boudon. Art Informel. Ecole de Paris. 1970s.
Located in Firenze, IT
Cubist portrait woman. Patrick Boudon. Art Informel. Ecole de Paris. 1970s.
Technique: oil on canvas, very textural and colorful.
Patrick BOUDON (1944-2019), signed.
Oil on canvas....
Category
Cubist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Warm Beach (#108)
Located in Austin, TX
Acrylic and graphite on canvas. Signed and titled verso.
59 x 58.5 in.
61 x 60.25 in. (framed)
Custom framed in a maple floater with a polyurethane clear coat finish.
Provenance
B...
Category
Post-War 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Gabriel's Pavilion: Variation II, Ian Hornak - Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Gabriel's Pavilion: Variation II
Year: 1979
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 50 x 72 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed recto; signe...
Category
Photorealist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$60,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Snow Field, signed painting Ceiba-Geigy coll w/original Poindexter Gallery label
By Hyde Solomon
Located in New York, NY
Hyde Solomon
Snow Field (Poindexter Gallery), 1974
Oil on Canvas (Signed, Dated & Framed)
Hand-signed by artist, "Hyde Solomon 74", upper left on the front and on the back. Poindexte...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Byzantium, original signed painting by renowned Abstract Expressionist, Framed
By Ben Wilson
Located in New York, NY
Ben Wilson
Byzantium, 1975
Oil on Masonite painting
Hand signed reverse, Titled, "Byzantium", dated 1975 by the artist and also with estate stamp - in addition to Ben Wilson's hand s...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Minimalist Abstract Painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful abstract Minimalist painting by unknown artist. Dated 1977. Oil on canvas measures 36 x 60 inches. Signed and dated lower right.
Category
Minimalist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,000 Sale Price
44% Off
Original 1970s Abstract Floral Oil Painting, Red & Earth Tones, Mid-Century Art
Located in Denver, CO
This stunning vintage semi-abstract oil painting, created by Lawrence Harris (also known as Larry Harris), showcases a captivating composition of red f...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Heavily Textured Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Heavily Textured Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Canvas
Bold, textured, abstract composition by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American, 1933-1979). Brig...
Category
Post-War 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Picos, " 1970s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
"Picos" is an abstract painting created in 1971 by Modernist artist, Stanley Bate. The piece features an earthy, muted palette, giving it a serene feeling with deep grey, muted brown...
Category
Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink & Yellow Figurative Abstract
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract painting with pink, yellow, black, brown and white forms by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the es...
Category
Post-War 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Painting by Janet Lippincott, 1975, Acrylic on Linen
Located in Dallas, TX
“My art is all I can give to the world, it is all I have to offer.” Abstract painting by Janet Lippincott, 1975, acrylic on linen.
Born in New York in 1918, Lippincott had attended t...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Triangle Lake - modern, contemporary, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This colourful abstract expressionist painting is by the award-winning artist Milly Ristvedt.
The view of a triangular-shaped rock from her waterside studio inspired the colour and ...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"On Guard" Heavy Impasto Expressionist Figure
Located in Soquel, CA
"On Guard" Vintage Abstract Expressionist Heavy Impasto Figure
Abstract expressionist figurative composition of a man in a button down shirt with a brimmed hat by California artist ...
Category
American Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
La fenaison
Located in Westmount, QC
Jean-Paul Jérôme, Canadian, 1928-2004
La fenaison, 1976
Oil on canvas
6.5 x 9.5 in
16.5 x 24.1 cm
signed and dated 1976 lower right;
signed, titled and dated “Mont. 1976” on the back...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled: Street Art - Graffiti Art Before Basquiat - African American
Located in Miami, FL
Sometimes, the most celebrated artists are not the most original. Such is the case with Jean-Michel Basquiat, known for bringing into mainstream abstract yet representational street ...
Category
Street Art 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
"Chief Crazy Horse" Abstracted Fauvist Portrait with Heavy Impasto in Oil Paint
Located in Soquel, CA
Heavy Impasto Portrait of Chief Crazy Horse by Harald Dry Schmidt
Abstract expressionist portrait of a man by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American, 1933-1979). The...
Category
American Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Couple
Located in Vancouver, CA
Ron Stonier (1933-2001) was a dedicated Vancouver artist celebrated for his exploration of abstract painting, influenced by his mentors Gordon Smith and Jack Shadbolt, as well as by ...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$12,800
Vintage Cubic Oil Painting " Two Lovers"
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3582B Cubic abstract Painting
Set in a gilt wood frame
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Fantasy Bay" Large Scale Modern Abstract Geometric SF Salt Ponds Landscape
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
"Fantasy Bay", Large Scale Modern Abstract Geometric SF Salt Ponds Landscape
Gorgeous large-scale abstract geometric landscape inspired by the San Francisco Cargill Salt Ponds, titl...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Lost Vegas
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and drawings, whose style defies convenient labels. Abstract, surreal, cartoonish, sci-fi fantastic, metaphysical, apocalyptic-Baroque - all of these fit but also fall short of fully describing his art." (Edward M. Gomez, "Futuristic Forms Frolic Under Eerie Texan Skies...
Category
Outsider Art 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Between Black and White - Original 1972 Oil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Between Black and White - Original 1972 Oil on Paper
Original black and white oil painting on paper by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Black and white lines take up the paper...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
The family, contemporary oil paintings by Paul Guiragossian.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
This evocative painting from Paul Guiragossian’s Family Period presents a group of closely arranged figures, their forms elongated and abstracted into vertical bands of rich color an...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Homage to Bolotowsky, Geometric Abstract Acrylic Painting by Jonathan Singer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jonathan Singer, American (1949 - 2019)
Title: Homage to Ilya Bolotowsky
Year: 1979
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated lower right
Size: 78 x 45.5 in. (198.12 x 11...
Category
De Stijl 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"NEW HORIZON" LARGE MID CENTURY MODERN ABSTRACT
Located in San Antonio, TX
Michael Frary
(1918 - 2005)
Austin Artist
Image Size: 51 x 35
Frame Size: 59 x 43
Medium: Oil
Dated 1970
"New Horizon"
Biography
Michael Frary (1918 - 2005)
Michael Frary was born in...
Category
American Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1970’s French Surrealist Signed Oil Painting Abstract Robot Sculpture
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1970's, French Surrealist artist
Abstract Surrealist Figurative study
oil on canvas, unframed
signed and dated 75'
inscribed verso
canvas: 32 x 34 inches
private colle...
Category
Surrealist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,959 Sale Price
30% Off
Coronel Retirado y Su Amante Esposa (Cuban Artist)
By Felipe Orlando
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Felipe Orlando (Cuban-Mexican, 1911-2001). Coronel Retirado y su Amante Esposa, ca. 1970. Ink and gouache on paper with heavily built up layers of textured ground. Measures 13 1/4 x 18 3/8 inches. Signed lower left. Original label affixed on verso. Excellent condition. Unframed.
An anthropologist as well as a painter and engraver, Orlando, whose full name was Felipe Orlando Garcia Murciano, studied at the University of Havana and at the painting workshop of Jorge Arche and Víctor Manuel. He was a founding member of the Asociación de Pintores y Escultores de Cuba (APEC) and a professor at the Universidad de las Américas and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, both in Mexico City. His style is influenced by the Afro-Cuban movement and pre-columbian art...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
"Cronus Elephant" David Hare, Surrealist Abstract Composition Painting
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
David Hare
Cronus Elephant, 1975
Acrylic on linen
82 x 60 inches
“Freedom is what we want,” David Hare boldly stated in 1965, but then he added the caveat, “and what we are most afr...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Ormolu
By John Hoyland
Located in London, GB
John Hoyland
Ormolu
1972
Acrylic on canvas
183.5 x 137.5 cms (72 1/4 x 54 1/8 ins)
JH001
Provenance:
Andre Emmerich, New York
Christie's London, 1989
Acquired from the above
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$111,963
Vintage Oil Painting of the Cullin Hills on Isle of Skye in Scottish Highlands
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Oil Painting of the Cullin Hills - the iconic Mountain Range on Isle of Skye in the Scottish Highlands, by 20th Century Artist, Roger Gallaher
Art measures 20 x 16 inches
...
Category
Pointillist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Interlude
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green stu...
Category
Cubist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Capacon Large Vertical Abstract Painting with Black, Blue and White
By James Brooks
Located in Brookville, NY
Signed on the lower right side. It has the original strip frame from the Museum exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art 1983. Illustrated in the catalog, page 35 illustration #40
...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract in Purple, Green and Red - Abstract Painting by Paul von Ringelheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul von Ringelheim
Title: Abstract in Purple, Green and Red
Year: 1974
Medium: Airbrush and Mixed Media on Panel, signed and dated verso
Size: 53 x 41.75 in. (134.62 x 106...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Skowhegan-Wesserunsett, signed, framed oil painting by protege of Hans Hofmann
By Paul Resika
Located in New York, NY
Paul Resika
Skowhegan-Wesserunsett, 1976
Oil on board painting: Abstract Expressionist landscape
Signed 'Resika' lower left, also signed, titled and dated on the reverse; verso also ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large Abstract Boats on the Sea Shore
Located in New York, NY
An abstract Avante Garde piece with vivid use of paint and complex lines and color placement. A strong modernist oil painting depicted in 1976 during the rise of Avante Garde express...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Lighthouse II
By Costello
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant modernist oil painting of an abstract lighthouse by Costello (American, 20th Century), circa 1970. Purchased as part of collection. Signed and dated on verso. Unframed. Image...
Category
Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled, Abstract Geometric Oil on Canvas Painting by Carmen Louis Cicero
Located in Long Island City, NY
Carmen Louis Cicero, American (1926 -) - Untitled, Year: 1972, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated on verso, Size: 38 x 44 in. (96.52 x 111.76 cm)
Category
Abstract Geometric 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Surrealist “Before the Dreamtime” Figurative in Oil Paint
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant surrealist creation oil painting “Before the Dreamtime” with birds and figures by Harald Dry Schmit
Compelling and vibrant, we're pleased to offer this surrealist figurative...
Category
Surrealist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Echo Loses Narcissus, Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Echo Loses Narcissus
Year: 1978
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 36 x 48 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed, dated, and titled by th...
Category
Photorealist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$46,400 Sale Price
20% Off
CLAUDE LAGOUCHE (1943-2020) ORIGNAL 1970'S FRENCH PSYCHEDELIC ABSTRACT PAINTING
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, ex...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flowers 1978, Op Art Floral Oil Tempera on Board Roses Pop Art Large Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Lowell Nesbitt
(American, 1933-1993)
Flower, 1978
tempera on board
60 1/2 x 40 1/2 inches.
Provenance:
Sold: Christie's East, May 18, 1999, Lot 224
Blair Nesbitt is an American p...
Category
Pop Art 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Transparent Barricades: Variation II, Ian Hornak - Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Transparent Barricades: Variation II
Year: 1974
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 48 x 72 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed recto; ...
Category
Photorealist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$44,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Ros Solis - bold, modern, colorful, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ritsvedt’s lifelong exploration of the world of colour and its potential to express emotion in abstract form continued in the seventies. The celebrated contemporary artist crea...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Agra Pearl", Pastel on Paper
Located in Detroit, MI
"Agra Pearl" is a delightfully subtle pastel on paper piece by Detroit artist Sheldon Iden, one that will accentuate the room that it is in. The title Agr...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Beach Patterns Abstract
Located in Greenwich, CT
Della-Volpe early abstractions are rare and good. Even at this early time he abstracted off "beach" elements such as shapes and colors. With minimal shapes here he creates a compos...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Técnica mixta - Composición onírica - Año 1976
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado por el artista en la parte inferior y fechada del año 1976
Se presenta enmarcada la obra
Medidas obra: 78 x 59 cm.
Medidas marco: 103 x 83 cm.
El estado de la pintura es ...
Category
Surrealist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Winter Lake Landscape - Large Modern Swedish Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large mid 20th century oil on canvas abstract winter landscape by Swedish artist Gunnar Nordstrom.
Excellent quality and condition composition with strong and vibrant i...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lyman Kipp, Minimalist Geometric Abstraction, original signed painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
Lyman Kipp
Untitled Minimalist Geometric Abstraction, 1978
Acrylic painting on paper
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right front
Also accompanied by gallery issued C...
Category
Minimalist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage California Modern Framed Original Vintage Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist painting. OIl on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composition with Circles
Located in London, GB
'Composition with Circles', gouache on paper, by James Pichette (circa 1970s). A dynamic, lively abstract composition by an artist known for such stunni...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$944 Sale Price
25% Off
Yellow Enclosed
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009)
Yellow Enclosed
1970
Mixed media on paper
25.4 x 17.7 cm
Vertical orientation
George Dannatt’s long career as a painter and sculptor ended with the ar...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$442 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Treescape Landscape Berkeley School Abstract Expressionist
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Treescape Landscape Berkeley School Abstract Expressionist
Substantial period Berkeley School abstract expressionist landscape titled "Treescape" by listed Berkeley artist...
Category
Post-Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Sea Span - modern, contemporary, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This minimalist abstract acrylic painting is by Canadian artist Milly Ristvedt.
Sea Span is one of a series of paintings Milly Ristvedt produced in the 1970s that used a clean, bol...
Category
Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Carnival" Heavily Textured Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Carnival" Heavily Textured Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil on Canvas
Bold, textured, Figurative, abstract composition by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Night Garden, mid-century figural surrealist acrylic painting, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Night Garden, 1972
Acrylic on scintilla
Signed and dated lower right
21.5 x 21.5 inches
24.25 x 24.25 inches, framed
Clarence Holbroo...
Category
American Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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