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Period: 1970s
Untitled (Arches)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
John Havens Thornton, Untitled (Arches) (c. 1970s) — oil on canvas A lyrical grid animated by sweeping arcs, this c. 1970s painting by John Havens Thornton distills geometric abstra...
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Abstract Geometric 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX, Abstract Acrylic Painting by Josep Grau-Garriga
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josep Grau-Garriga, Spanish (1929 - ) Title: Untitled, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX Year: 1971 Medium: Mixed Media and Collage on Paper, signed Size: 25.5 in. x 20 in. (6...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Untitled (Objects)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
John Havens Thornton, Untitled (Objects), 1977 — oil on canvas A rhythmic arrangement of simplified vessels and furniture‐like forms builds across the canvas in interlocking bands o...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

After Wordsworth - modern, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This colourful abstract painting is by Canadian artist Milly Ristvedt. For more than sixty years, Milly Ristvedt’s artwork has been grounded in an exploration of colour and expressi...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled (Minimal Waterscape)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
John Havens Thornton, Untitled (Minimal Waterscape) (c. 1970s) — oil on canvas A taut, four-part composition evokes sea and sky with the fewest possible means: midnight-blue bands m...
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Abstract Geometric 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Garden, Abstract Expressionist Mid-Century Modern geometric work
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres (American, 1927-2013) Garden, 1972 acrylic on canvas signed, dated and titled verso 59.5 x 50 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1950, he was immediately drafted and served for two years in the army as a mural painter. He received his Master of Arts from Kent State in 1961. A frequent exhibitor at galleries and museums and winner of multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Western Reserve University. Very little in Richard Andres’ childhood would have predicted his love of classical music, mid-century-modern architecture and certainly not his lifelong passion for art and in particular abstract art. Richard’s father, Raymond, had no more than a third-grade education, and his mother, Clara, was one of thirteen children – only three of whom lived into adulthood and none of whom attended high school. They lived, when Richard was a boy, in a dingy area of Buffalo, NY in a walk-up apartment situated above a tavern. Raymond and Clara supplemented the income from their factory jobs in the bar downstairs with Raymond playing ragtime on the piano and Clara serving drinks. This often left Richard and his two older brothers at home alone to fend for themselves. The two older boys, Raymond and Russell, were - unlike Richard- rather rough and tumble and entertained themselves with stickball, boxing and the like. Richard, on the other hand, from a very young age liked to draw, or better yet even, to paint with the small set of watercolors he received for Christmas one year. Paper, however, at the height of the depression, was hard to come by. Luckily, Clara used paper doilies as decoration for the apartment and Richard would contentedly paint and then cut up doilies, gluing the pieces together to create collages. At eight-years-old, he discovered the Albright-Knox Museum (then known as the Albright Art Gallery) and spent several hours a week there studying the paintings. He was particularly fond of Charles Burchfield‘s landscapes, enamored with their ‘messiness’ and thinking that they somehow captured more ‘feeling’ than works he was previously familiar with. For his tenth Christmas, he asked for and received a ‘how-to’ paint book by Elliot O’Hare. Through this self-teaching, he assembled the portfolio needed for acceptance to Buffalo Technical High School where he studied Advertising Arts. In his Junior year, he was encouraged to enter a watercolor painting, “Two Barns,” in the national 1944-45 Ingersoll Art Award Contest and was one of twelve grand prize winners – each one winning one hundred dollars. More importantly the painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute Galleries, which resulted in his winning a national scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art (The Cleveland Art Institute). He flourished at the art school under the tutelage of faculty members such as Carl Gaertner, as well as that of visiting artists such as William Sommer and Henry George Keller. He would say in later years that Gaertner, in particular, influenced his attitude toward life as well as art. “Gaertner,” Andres said, “believed that there was no need to be a ‘tortured artist’, that an artist should rather enjoy beauty, family, and life in general.” Free to spend his days as he chose, he wandered the Cleveland Art Museum for most of the hours he was not attending classes or painting; the remaining time was spent drinking coffee at a local hangout with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy, it took him the entire summer of 1948 to build up his courage to ask her out. Over that summer he ‘thought about Avis’ and worked in a diner to save money. He also used the hundred-dollar prize money won in High School to visit the first Max Beckmann retrospective in the United States at the City Art Museum in St. Louis. Over a half century later he spoke of that exhibit with a reverence usually reserved for spiritual matters, “I walked in and it was like nothing I had ever seen before... the color...It just glowed.” Returning to campus in the Fall, the first thing he did was go to the coffee shop in hopes of finding Avis. He did, and she, upon seeing him, realized that she was also smitten with him. They quickly became known as ‘the couple’ on campus, and a year later, with Richard being drafted for the Korean war, they were quickly married by a Justice of the Peace, celebrating after with family at Avis’s Cleveland home. As a gift, faculty member John Paul Miller...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Lilia Fischer Mixed Media composition, 1979. Image measures 10 x 13 inches; 15.5 x 18.5 inches in old matting. Unframed.
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Surrealist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

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...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Cronus Descending" David Hare, Mythological Abstract Surrealist Painting
Located in New York, NY
David Hare Cronus Descending, 1971 Acrylic on linen 64 x 46 inches “Freedom is what we want,” David Hare boldly stated in 1965, but then he added the caveat, “and what we are most ...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Acrylic

Hexagon, Large Geometric Abstract Acrylic Painting by Arthur Boden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arthur Boden, American XXth Title: Untitled (Hexagon) Year: 1975 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed verso Size: 54 x 51.5 (104.14 cm x 152.4 cm)
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Op Art 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, 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...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Genovart. Little Red original surrealist acrilic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Paisaje original surrealist acrilic painting GENOVART LLOPIS, Jaume (Barcelona, 1941-1994). Basically self - taught painter, was released in 1972. Grandson of typesetter and booksel...
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Surrealist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Wood, Acrylic

Portico, painting on masonite, Signed, Estate of gallerist Andre Zarre, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Sonia Gechtoff Untitled portico, from the estate of gallerist Andre Zarre, 1977 Acrylic and graphite on masonite Signed and dated '77 in graphite on the front Unique Provenance: Acqu...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Acrylic, Graphite

"Untitled" Calvert Coggeshall, Abstract Expressionism Hard-edge Stripes
Located in New York, NY
Calvert Coggeshall Untitled, circa 1975 Oil on canvas 50 x 40 inches Calvert Coggeshall worked as an abstract painter and interior designer primari...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Tepoztlan II unique signed framed work on paper by renowned artist Joyce Kozloff
Located in New York, NY
Joyce Kozloff Tepoztlan II, 1973 Gouache and colored pencil on paper Signed, dated and titled twice: once on the back of the work (shown) and once on the original board which has bee...
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Conceptual 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Color Pencil

Ropes Oil and assemblage on board contemporary art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title of the Artwork: Cuerdas Artist: Paco Lagares Technique: Oil and assemblage on board Dimensions: 15 x 18 inches (unframed) Period: 1970s (approx.) Condition: Unframed Provenance...
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Contemporary 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

1978 Joy Walker Pattern & Decoration Color Field Abstract Op Art Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Joy Walker (Canadian, b.1942) Pattern painting Acrylic on canvas, This is heavily textured acrylic with a sculptural quality to it Dimensions: approx. 12-1/2" x 12-1/2" Verso of each is signed and dated, Joy Walker / 1978 / Acrylic. Provenance: the Estate of Andre Zarre Sowulewski Joy Walker (1942– ) is a mixed media abstract painter born in Tacoma, Washington. Walker studied at the University of Oregon and Columbia University with art historian Meyer Shapiro. She also attended the New York Studio School with instructors Sidney Geist, Philip Guston, Alex Katz, and Esteban Vicente. Throughout Walker’s career, which began in 1970, she has exhibited at galleries in Canada and in the United States. Her work has subsequently been collected by Citibank and JPMorgan Chase banks. Joy Walker: 1970 - 1995: 25 Years, George Woodman New York, NY: 55 Mercer St. Gallery, 1995.Includes essays by George Woodman, Gary Michael Dault, Yvonne Lammerich, and Andre Zarre; Accompanied a 1995 exhibition. "One has the sense of peering through a sharp-edged hole in the wall at parts of some unknown visual expanse. In fact, implied continuation of a field is a constant in Walker's oeuvre, along with an emotive display of color held in check by powerfully graphic shapes, whether geometric or organic." Janet Koplos, Art in America, September 1995. Her work relates to the Pattern and Decoration art movement from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. The movement has sometimes been referred to as "P&D" or as The New Decorativeness. The movement was championed by the gallery owner Holly Solomon. The Pattern and Decoration movement was influenced by sources outside of what was considered to be fine art. Blurring the line between art and design, many P&D works mimic patterns like those on wallpapers, printed fabrics, and quilts. These artists also looked for inspiration outside of the United States. The influence of Islamic tile work from Spain and North Africa are visible in the geometric, floral patterns. They looked at Mexican, Roman, and Byzantine mosaics; Turkish embroidery, Japanese woodblocks; and Iranian and Indian carpets and miniatures. They often retained the same 'flattening grid' frequently employed by Minimalist painters. There is a close connection between the Pattern and Decoration movement and the feminist art movement. The P&D movement arose in opposition to the Minimalist and Conceptualist movements. Artists included Valerie Jaudon, Joyce Kozloff, Robert Kushner, Susan Michod, Miriam Schapiro, Betty Woodman, and Robert Zakanitch. Joy Walker has been exhibiting paintings for thirty years. She is the winner of grants from the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Artists Space, Change, Inc., the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council and the New York Studio School. She exhibited at MoMA NY PS1 in 1980 along with Jaime Ardila, Allen Bertoldi, Catharina Cosin, Peter Downsbrough, Barry Feuerstein, Jasper Halfmann, Jene Highstein, Frances Hynes, John Massey, Dennis Oppenheim, Maura Sheehan, Bernard Tschumi, Joel-Peter Witkin. She has attended the following art colonies: Yaddo, MacDowell, Edward Albee, Millay, Byrdcliffe, Pouch Cove, Baie-Saint-Paul, Sheffield Lake, Cummington and Palisades Park. This work also bears the influence of Op Art and Kinetic Art Vasarely, Bridget Riley, Julian Stanczak, Anni Albers and Richard Anuszkiewicz, She showed at Andre Zarre Gallery including a solo show. This came from his collection of painting and sculpture. Andre Zarre Gallery showed Sonia Delaunay, Nassos Daphnis, Sari Dienes...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Grop #2
Located in Dallas, TX
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...
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Surrealist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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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...
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Minimalist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Fragment, abstract expressionist mid-century painting, Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 oil on canvas signed and titled verso 19.5 x 24 inches 20 x 25 inches, framed Richard Andres was born in Buff...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Blue and Orange Abstract Expressionist Watercolor, 1971, Don Fink
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Don Fink, American (1923 - 2010) Title: Untitled Year: 1971 Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

Color Study, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by Noboru Yamashita
By Noboru Yamashita
Located in Long Island City, NY
Noboru Yamashita, Japanese (1929 - 2019) - Color Study, Year: 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 12.25 x 10 in. (31.12 x 25.4 cm), Frame Size: 13.75 x 11.5 in...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Study: Ochre, Black
Located in New York, NY
A striking and unique abstraction by abstract expressionist, Cleve Gray. His works on paper translate very well as he carefully chose his papers and combined ab-ex action painting w...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

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...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Wood Panel

Circle, Pastel colors
Located in New York, NY
Super attractive geometric abstraction in a rare to find pastel color palette. Circles is a striking and impactful large-format painting created in the 1960s by Domenick Capobianco. ...
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Abstract Geometric 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Daisy - bright, colourful, expressive, gestural abstract, acrylic on paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this expressive, colourful abstract by Milly Ristvedt a melange of complementary colours appear to dance across the paper. Ristvedt is a master colourist and this painting from th...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Abstract Expressionist Composition with Stairs in Gouache and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Composition with Stairs in Gouache and Ink on Paper Bold abstract composition by Pacific Northwest artist Karen Guzak (American, b. 1939). A large, dark blue ...
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Post-War 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Porthmeor: Two Whites with Circle
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Porthmeor: Two Whites with Circle 1970 Gouache on paper Image: 13.4 x 17.5 cm Frame: 31.4 x 36.2 cm Provenance: The George and Ann Dannatt Estate, T...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Genovart Gray Background Yellow original surrealist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Luces original surrealist acrylic painting. GENOVART LLOPIS, Jaume (Barcelona, 1941-1994). Basically self - taught painter, was released in 1972. Grandson of typesetter and booksell...
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Surrealist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Colorful Touch - Painting by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Colorful touch is an original contemporary artwork realized by Leo Guida in1970s Mixed colored tempera painting on plywood Includes frame: 50 x 58 cm Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Se...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Untitled (ER51) Abstract Expressionist painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Edward Pechmann Renouf (1906-1999). Oil on panel measures 16 x 24 inches. Signed lower margin. Excellent condition. Provenance: Allan Stone Pr...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Abstract Composition – Original Oil on Canvas – 19.7 x 24 in
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
"A bold orchestration of textured forms and earthy tones, capturing the raw elegance of French mid-century abstraction." Pierre Coquet (1926–2021) Abstract Composition Oil on canvas...
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French School 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Untitled, 1975
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
"Untitled, 1975" by Claudia Sisemore, acylic on canvas, 41.5 x 50 inches, $4,800. "I have a vague idea of what I am going to paint. I read that many artists are inspired by an idea before they begin their work and plan their approach and process based on that idea or muse. Others become inspired after they have begun working and watching colors, shapes and designs form. I basically belong the second group. Usually, after painting begins in a loose, free manner, I become excited by certain colors and patterns and continue from there." -Claudia Sisemore -- Caudia Sisemore says she was teaching English when artist David Chaplin (an equally popular and influential teacher) was at Weber and initially got her into landscape painting. “Then he took me to a show at the Art Barn and Lee [Deffebach] was showing there [with Don Olsen...
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Color-Field 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract Composition - Oil Paint by Pierre Mantra - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Pierre Mantra in 1970s. Monogrammed in the lower right. Hand signed and dedicated "Pour mon ami Marino" on rear of canvas. Very good condition.
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Richard Hennessy 1974 Colorful Vibrant Abstract Geometric Painting Modernist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Painting on Paper Hand signed and dated lower right Frame measures 24.5 X 30.5 sheet is 18 X 24 inches This piece has a jewel toned stained glass quality to it. The artist Richard ...
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Neo-Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Paint, Paper

Hut and caravan in the Camargue
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 52.5 x 63.5 x 3 cm
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Red, Black and Blue Abstract Expressionism
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous abstract expressionist painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957), circa 1977. Can be installed either vertically or horizontally. Unsigned. Purchased as ...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Wood

1970’s French Surrealist Signed Oil Painting - Pink Red Abstract Pierrot Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1970's French Surrealist artist Abstract Surrealist Figurative study oil on canvas, unframed inscribed verso canvas: 32 x 21 inches private collection, France The pain...
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Surrealist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Prayer 1 - Oil Paint by Mino Meno - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on plywood realized in 1977. Titled, dated and signed on rear. Very good condition.
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Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Man and the Moon
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas. Signed lower right Tschacbasov. Original painting by Nahum Tschacbasov. Condition is excellent. Presently unframed. Provenance: Estate of the artist Nahum Tschac...
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Post-Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tune for Duke Ellington - large, modernist, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A jazz lover, modernist Milly Ristvedt pays tribute to a beloved artist in this compelling abstract painting. The colour field is dominated by a soft gray, a band of deep red at the ...
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Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

“Lightride”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a great example of the artwork of the well known American artist, Syd Solomon. Signed top left. Titled and dated verso 1978. The painting is oil and acrylic paint on mounted synthetic canvas. Condition is excellent. Overall framed measurements are 44.75 by 24.5 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida collector. SYD SOLOMON BIOGRAPHY American 1917-2004 Written by Dr. Lisa Peters/Berry Campbell Gallery “Here, in simple English, is what Syd Solomon does: He meditates. He connects his hand and paintbrush to the deeper, quieter, more mysterious parts of his mind- and he paints pictures of what he sees and feels down there.” --Kurt Vonnegut Jr. from Palm Sunday, 1981 Syd Solomon was born near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1917. He began painting in high school in Wilkes-Barre, where he was also a star football player. After high school, he worked in advertising and took classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, he joined the war effort and was assigned to the First Camouflage Battalion, the 924th Engineer Aviation Regiment of the US Army. He used his artistic skills to create camouflage instruction manuals utilized throughout the Army. He married Ann Francine Cohen in late 1941. Soon thereafter, in early 1942, the couple moved to Fort Ord in California where he was sent to camouflage the coast to protect it from possible aerial bombings. Sent overseas in 1943, Solomon did aerial reconnaissance over Holland. Solomon was sent to Normandy early in the invasion where his camouflage designs provided protective concealment for the transport of supplies for men who had broken through the enemy line. Solomon was considered one of the best camoufleurs in the Army, receiving among other commendations, five bronze stars. Solomon often remarked that his camouflage experience during World War II influenced his ideas about abstract art. At the end of the War, he attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Because Solomon suffered frostbite during the Battle of the Bulge, he could not live in cold climates, so he and Annie chose to settle in Sarasota, Florida, after the War. Sarasota was home to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, and soon Solomon became friends with Arthur Everett “Chick” Austin, Jr., the museum’s first Director. In the late 1940s, Solomon experimented with new synthetic media, the precursors to acrylic paints provided to him by chemist Guy Pascal, who was developing them. Victor D’Amico, the first Director of Education for the Museum of Modern Art, recognized Solomon as the first artist to use acrylic paint. His early experimentation with this medium as well as other media put him at the forefront of technical innovations in his generation. He was also one of the first artists to use aerosol sprays and combined them with resists, an innovation influenced by his camouflage experience. Solomon’s work began to be acknowledged nationally in 1952. He was included in American Watercolors, Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From 1952–1962, Solomon’s work was discovered by the cognoscenti of the art world, including the Museum of Modern Art Curators, Dorothy C. Miller and Peter Selz, and the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Director, John I. H. Baur. He had his first solo show in New York at the Associated American Artists Gallery in 1955 with “Chick” Austin, Jr. writing the essay for the exhibition. In the summer of 1955, the Solomons visited East Hampton, New York, for the first time at the invitation of fellow artist David Budd...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Board

Abstract Composition (Boat) - Drawing by Sirio Pellegrini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil pastel on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1970s. includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist cm. 49x39. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo ori...
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Contemporary 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Visionary Surrealist Totem Abstract -- Fragment Under Grey Sky
Located in Soquel, CA
Geometric surrealist composition depicting a totem-like form, composed of colorful surrealist three dimensional interlocking shapes, by Clayton Anderson (American, b. 1943). Signed "Clayton Anderson" and titled "Landscape #10 (Fragment Under Grey Sky)" on verso. Signature embossed into lower left edge of paper. Presented in a custom deep box frame with plexiglass. Image size: 20.75"H x 16"W Clayton Anderson (American, b. 1943) studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and worked with Ben Kimihira, Walter...
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Surrealist 1970s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil

“Seagame”
Located in Southampton, NY
0riginal acrylic on panel painting by the well known American artist, Syd Solomon. Signed Syd Solomon lower center. Signed and dated Syd Solomon 1971 and inscribed as titled on the reverse. 30 × 24 inches. Condition is very good, no issues. The painting is framed in its original wood with silver reveal floating frame. Overall framed measurements are 32.5 by 26.75 inches. Provenance: A private collector. American, 1917-2004 SYD SOLOMON BIOGRAPHY: Written by Dr. Lisa Peters/Berry Campbell Gallery Syd Solomon was born near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1917. He began painting in high school in Wilkes-Barre, where he was also a star football player. After high school, he worked in advertising and took classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, he joined the war effort and was assigned to the First Camouflage Battalion, the 924th Engineer Aviation Regiment of the US Army. He used his artistic skills to create camouflage instruction manuals utilized throughout the Army. He married Ann Francine Cohen in late 1941. Soon thereafter, in early 1942, the couple moved to Fort Ord in California where he was sent to camouflage the coast to protect it from possible aerial bombings. Sent overseas in 1943, Solomon did aerial reconnaissance over Holland. Solomon was sent to Normandy early in the invasion where his camouflage designs provided protective concealment for the transport of supplies for men who had broken through the enemy line. Solomon was considered one of the best camoufleurs in the Army, receiving among other commendations, five bronze stars. Solomon often remarked that his camouflage experience during World War II influenced his ideas about abstract art. At the end of the War, he attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Because Solomon suffered frostbite during the Battle of the Bulge, he could not live in cold climates, so he and Annie chose to settle in Sarasota, Florida, after the War. Sarasota was home to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, and soon Solomon became friends with Arthur Everett “Chick” Austin, Jr., the museum’s first Director. In the late 1940s, Solomon experimented with new synthetic media, the precursors to acrylic paints provided to him by chemist Guy Pascal, who was developing them. Victor D’Amico, the first Director of Education for the Museum of Modern Art, recognized Solomon as the first artist to use acrylic paint. His early experimentation with this medium as well as other media put him at the forefront of technical innovations in his generation. He was also one of the first artists to use aerosol sprays and combined them with resists, an innovation influenced by his camouflage experience. Solomon’s work began to be acknowledged nationally in 1952. He was included in American Watercolors, Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From 1952–1962, Solomon’s work was discovered by the cognoscenti of the art world, including the Museum of Modern Art Curators, Dorothy C. Miller and Peter Selz, and the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Director, John I. H. Baur. He had his first solo show in New York at the Associated American Artists Gallery in 1955 with “Chick” Austin, Jr. writing the essay for the exhibition. In the summer of 1955, the Solomons visited East Hampton, New York, for the first time at the invitation of fellow artist David Budd. There, Solomon met and befriended many of the artists of the New York School, including Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, James Brooks, Alfonso Ossorio, and Conrad Marca-Relli. By 1959, and for the next thirty-five years, the Solomons split the year between Sarasota (in the winter and spring) and the Hamptons (in the summer and fall). In 1959, Solomon began showing regularly in New York City at the Saidenberg Gallery with collector Joseph Hirshhorn buying three paintings from Solomon’s first show. At the same time, his works entered the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, Connecticut, among others. Solomon also began showing at Signa Gallery in East Hampton and at the James David Gallery in Miami run by the renowned art dealer, Dorothy Blau. In 1961, the Guggenheim Museum’s H. H. Arnason bestowed to him the Silvermine Award at the 13th New England Annual. Additionally, Thomas Hess of ARTnews magazine chose Solomon as one of the ten outstanding painters of the year. At the suggestion of Alfred H. Barr, Jr., the Museum of Modern Art’s Director, the John and Mable Ringling Museum in Sarasota began its contemporary collection by purchasing Solomon’s painting, Silent World, 1961. Solomon became influential in the Hamptons and in Florida during the 1960s. In late 1964, he created the Institute of Fine Art at the New College in Sarasota. He is credited with bringing many nationally known artists to Florida to teach, including Larry Rivers, Philip Guston, James Brooks, and Conrad Marca-Relli. Later Jimmy Ernst, John Chamberlain, James Rosenquist, and Robert Rauschenberg settled near Solomon in Florida. In East Hampton, the Solomon home was the epicenter of artists and writers who spent time in the Hamptons, including Alfred Leslie, Jim Dine, Ibram Lassaw, Saul Bellow, Barney Rosset, Arthur Kopit, and Harold Rosenberg. In 1970, Solomon, along with architect Gene Leedy, one of the founders of the Sarasota School of Architecture, built an award-winning precast concrete and glass house and studio on the Gulf of Mexico near Midnight Pass in Sarasota. Because of its siting, it functioned much like Monet’s home in Giverny, France. Open to the sky, sea, and shore with inside and outside studios, Solomon was able to fully solicit all the environmental forces that influenced his work. His friend, the art critic Harold Rosenberg, said Solomon’s best work was produced in the period he lived on the beach. During 1974 and 1975, a retrospective exhibition of Solomon’s work was held at the New York Cultural Center and traveled to the John and Mable Ringling Museum in Sarasota. Writer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. conducted an important interview with Solomon for the exhibition catalogue. The artist was close to many writers, including Harold Rosenberg, Joy Williams, John D. McDonald, Budd Schulberg, Elia Kazan, Betty Friedan...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Panel, Acrylic

Original Textured Abstract Expressionist Nude - Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Textured Abstract Expressionist Nude - Oil on Canvas Abstract expressionist figurative composition of a nude woman by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American...
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Post-War 1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Man and Universe - Oil Paint by Mino Meno - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Mixed media on plywood realized in 1970s. Includes a wooden frame cm. 52x35.5. Very good condition.
Category

Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

12 - Red - Collage by Genny Puccini - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
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.
Category

Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Bird
Located in Como, IT
Gianni Dova (1925-1991) Bird 1972 Oil painting on canvas in ebonized frame Signed lower right, Size 33 x 24 cm (60x71 cm including frame)
Category

Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cool Triangles
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original hard edge abstraction by American artist James Koenig titled "Cool Triangles. This work is part of Draw Near exhibition which opened at Benjaman Gallery on March 11. Th...
Category

Hard-Edge 1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Served table
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Brown and gold wooden frame with glass window 69.5 x 90 x 5 cm
Category

Analytic Cubist 1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Vintage Pink and Blue Ombre Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous vintage pink and blue ombre abstract by Maureen Fenton-Hansen (American, 1946-2007). Signed and dated "Fenton '74" on verso. Unframed. I...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

NASA, Apollo 9 Space Mission Series, Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: NASA, Apollo 9 Space Mission Series Year: 1970 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 26 x 18 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, verso No...
Category

Realist 1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

6 Variations Relief - colorful, contemporary, abstract, wood, gouache, foam core
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Striking in colour and form, this contemporary composition is by Yvonne Lammerich. The Canadian artist has garnered an international reputation for her inspired exploration of abstra...
Category

Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Gouache, Wood Panel, Foam Board

Pentacle - Oil Paint by Mino Meno - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on plywood realized in 1970s. Titled and signed on rear. Very good condition.
Category

Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Zodiac Reading - Oil Paint by Mino Meno - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Mixed media plywood realized in 1970s. Titled and signed on rear. Very good condition.
Category

Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large 1970’s French Modernist Oil Painting Horses Laying on Backs in Field
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French artist, signed front and back Circa 1970’s oil painting on board, unframed inscribed verso board: 28 x 27.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: overall v...
Category

Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1970’s French Abstract Shapes Oil Painting in Pastel Shades of Color
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French abstract artist, circa 1970’s oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 21 x 25.5 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: overall very good
Category

Abstract 1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Quadratic, Mid-Century Ovoid Figural Abstract Acrylic & Collage with faces
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Quadratic, 1979 Acrylic and collage on textured paper Signed and dated lower right 30 x 22 inches 31.5 x 23.5 inches, framed A surreal...
Category

American Modern 1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

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