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Period: 1980s
Peppermint - contemporary, gestural, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This colourful contemporary abstract painting is by Carol Sutton. In the 1970s, the paintings of a young Carol Sutton caught the attention of one of America’s best-known art critics...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

City Graffiti Art Colorful Oil Painting #1 by S. Mooney
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4090 An abstract graffiti art, oil on artist board displayed in a custom -made wood frame Image size 12H x 12 W
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XX (circa 1980s-90s)
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XX", oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an interm...
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Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Surreal Acrylic Painting Two Sides of Me 1980
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3713 Acrylic on board Set in a vintage frame
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Aegean XI
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jacob Kainen– American (1909 - 2001) Title: Aegean XI Year: 1981 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 48 x 60 inches Framed size: 49 x 61 inches Signature: Signed, dated lower right. ...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large 20th Century French Abstract Cubist Composition Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Composition by Jean Besnard (1922-2007) oil on board, unframed signed with initials, dated board: 27 x 26 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: good and sou...
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Cubist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Smiling Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Smiling Woman', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A cheerful look on the painting's subject puts a smile on the face of the viewer as well. Her beautiful blue eyes express a contentedness suggesting life is good...
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Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Temple of Evening Reds, 1983 Acrylic OpArt by Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930-2020) Temple of Evening Reds, 1983 Acrylic on canvas Signed verso 36 x 36 inches 36.75 x 36.75 inches, framed Richard Anuszkiewicz was born in E...
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Op Art 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A wide-eyed woman gazes out to the viewer with an inquisitive gaze. The artist's use of exuberant colours beli...
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Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Blue Lagoon - large, colourful, modernist, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ristvedt has captured, in vivid colour, and expressive form the wonders of the ‘deep’ in this gorgeous abstract painting. Against a rich blue colour field, ethereal forms and g...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"No. 104_A" French Oil and Mixed Media Textured Abstract Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Pierre Marie Brisson is a French painter known for his Iconographic style. His work appropriates the forms, concepts, and imagery of art history. Spanning from prehistoric art to Roc...
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Contemporary 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Original Gouache on paper Collage style of de Kooning
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Original Gouache on paper and Collage Abstract Gouache and Paper Collage by Harold Winer (American, 1913-2006). Image 30"H x 40"W Slat with white paint .25" ...
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Post-War 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Illustration Board, Laid Paper

Charles Hinman, Minimalist Drawing, Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstract Signed
Located in New York, NY
Charles Hinman Untitled Minimalist Drawing (Mid-Century Modern), 1980 Pastel on off-white wove paper Signed in pencil and dated by the artist on the lower-right front. Jeffrey Fuller...
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Minimalist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Pastel

Russian Landscape (abstract painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Yuri Larin (1936-2014). Landscape, 1986. Watercolor on paper, 16.5 x 18 inches. Mounted on cardboard sheet measuring 24 x 28 inches. Signed and dated lower ...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

City Graffiti Art Colorful Oil Painting #2 by S. Mooney
By S.Mooney
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4091 Graffiti art oil on artist board displayed in a custom -made wood frame. Signed by S.Mooney 1987. Image size 12H x12W
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Chanson - large, colourful, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Harold Feist’s gloriously colorful acrylic abstract painting called Chanson radiates joy. Known for his innovative color field work, Feist has chosen a bright rainbow palette in broa...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings thro...
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Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Boats Near Shore - Abstracted Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted seascape of three boats near the shore with broad, painterly strokes of blue, turquoise, and neutrals by Robert Canete (American, b. 1948). Signed lower right. Image: 16"H...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Three Sisters: large abstract expressionist figural painting & breast feeding
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Please contact me for best shipping rates and speediest delivery. Ellen Powell Tiberino, matriarch of the Tiberino artist dynasty that includes her artist-husband Joseph and three artist-children (Raphael, Gabriel, and Ellen), often looked to Black women and girls as subjects, in the contexts of motherhood, pregnancy, and childhood, as well as subjects drawn from her neighborhood communities. Her work is expressionistic and passionate with dramatic gestures and dark colorism in her figures, but it is also intimate and highly personal. At this point in her career, Tiberino had been struggling with cancer, and as a result, her palette became brighter and more colorful than her former dark palette. "Three Sisters" includes Ellen Powell Tiberino’s self-portrait in the front of the composition, nursing an infant. Tiberino’s two sisters, Joyce and Anne, sit behind her. Tiberino likely paints from memory or imagination here, since her four children were well beyond nursing age when she created this painting. "Three Sisters" is likely among the last large-scale canvases Tiberino completed, opting to work on a smaller scale and while seated as her illness progressed. Tiberino ultimately lost her battle in 1992. "Three Sisters" comes from a private Main Line, PA collection, acquired directly from the artist immediately upon its completion. Framed in original wood strip frame. It is in excellent condition. Tiberino graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1959, where she was awarded a prestigious Cresson scholarship to study in Europe. After returning to the US, she lived and worked in New York until she married fellow artist (Joseph) and returned to her hometown of Philadelphia where she continued to create oil paintings, oil pastels drawings, sculptures, murals, and mosaics. In Philadelphia, she was part of social and professional circles that included Moe Brooker, Barbara Bullock, Walter Edmonds, Charles Pridgen, Leroy Johnson, John Simpson, James Dupree...
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Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lightness (Abstract Expressionist painting), Hand signed and Estate stamped
Located in New York, NY
Ben WIlson Lightness, ca. 1980 Oil on masonite board 21 × 25 × 3/10 inches Stamped by artist's estate, Hand signed by the artist on the front AND stamped by the artist's estate on th...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Abstract Expressionist Composition on Black
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful and dynamic abstract composition by Ross H. Pollette, who also paints under the pseudonyms 'Max West' (American, b. 1948). Pollette has used oil, in...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil

Gutai Object, Paris Period by Takesada Matsutani
Located in Soquel, CA
Gutai Object, Paris Period by Takesada Matsutani Important organic abstraction in polyvinyl acetate adhesive on vinyl by Takesada Matsutani (Japanese, b. 1937). Titled "Objct" on verso. Signed and dated (1983) on verso with "Japan, Paris, S.F" delinated. Unframed. Image size: 47"H x 37"W. x 3"D Condition: Good: some bending and creasing to thinner edge areas top center and all corners, vinyl on lower right corner and under signature. One image shows a patch of vinyl tape, this is the artists access port for adding air under the acrylic glue to pump up the area. We will mount on Sturdy foam core and make the conservation minor fixes to the vinyl layers prior to shipping. From the early sixties to the early seventies, Matsutani was a key member of the ‘second generation’ of the Gutai Art...
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Post-Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Laminate, Graphite, Other Medium

Duino Elegies study
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Richard Mann (1940-1990). Duino Elegies, 1981. Mixed media on rag paper, consisting of 3 sheets, each measuring 18 x 24 inches. Each vertical edge is hinged with mounting tape, resulting in a triptych presentation. Entire measurement: 24 x 54 inches w. Biography: Playwright, poet and visual artist, Rev. Richard Mann was born and educated in Melbourne Australia. At the height of America's counter-cultural revolution, Mann moved to New York City where he lived and worked in Harlem. He was influenced by surrealism, abstract expressionism, and calligraphy at the time of his arrival. Beginning in the mid-1970's, the extreme living conditions of Harlem and demands of his religious calling provided subject matter for his painting. Urban decay and ubiquitous public graffiti provide inspiration for compositions that include highly stylized writing. By the late 1970's many works incorporate writing exclusively, with areas of layered, obscured and illegible words, very much like repeatedly tagged walls. Education: Studied painting with Maurice Cantlon, Melbourne, Australia 1961-62. Liberal Arts Studies, Christ the King...
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Neo-Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil

Russian Landscape (abstract painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Yuri Larin (1936-2014). Landscape, 1984. Watercolor on paper, 17 x 18 inches. Unframed and unmounted. Signed and dated lower left. Excellent condition. Image is painted on verso side of block print wallpaper sheet of Russian manufacture. Estate of Giovanni and Dagmar Migliuolo, NYC. Giovanni Migliuolo is the former Italian Ambassador to the United Nations, USSR and Egypt. Yuri Larin, also Yuriy Larin (1936–2014) is a Russian painter and graphic artist, a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1977. Larin was born in Moscow to the family of a key Soviet political leader, Nikolay Bukharin, and Anna Larina. Following the arrests of his parents in 1938 and until 1946, he lived with his relatives, and following the arrest of his step-father, he was taken to an orphanage near Stalingrad. A hydraulic engineer by training, he worked at the construction of the Saratov Hydro-Electric Plant and at design institutions. In 1960, he began his studies at the department of drawing and painting of the Krupskaya People’s University of Arts, and then, from 1965 until 1970, he studied at the department of art design at the Moscow State Higher School of Arts and Industry (the former Stroganov Institution). His career as a professional artist began in the early 1970s. From 1970 until 1986, he taught at the Moscow 1905 Memorial Arts School. His letter to prof. Vittorio Strada sent in 1980 contained the first statement of his artistic method he would later dub the “concept of the limit state”. He quit teaching after a serious illness, when he lost the ability to use his right hand. He only worked with his left hand since 1986. He died and was buried in Moscow. Exhibitions: 1981 The sixth All-Union watercolor exhibition. Moscow 1982 Personal exhibition in Moscow Drama Theater after M.N.Ermolova (together with Ye.Kravchenko). Moscow. 1985 The eighth All-Union watercolor exhibition. Moscow 1987 The ninth All-Union watercolor exhibition. Moscow. 1989 Personal watercolor exhibition. Gallery “Books&Company Art”, NY, USA Personal exhibition. The Central House of the Artist on Krymskiy Val, Moscow. 13 Biennale of the countries of the Baltic Region in Rostock, Germany. 1992 Personal exhibition of Russian and German landscapes. Duren, Germany. The exhibition of the Russian graphics. Gallery «Raissa». Erfurt, Germany. 1993 Personal exhibition in exhibition hall of magazine “Nashe Nasledie” (Russian Cultural Foundation), Moscow 1994 Personal watercolor exhibition. Gallery “The Art of the XX century”. Bonn, Germany 1996 Personal exhibition of portraits and landscapes. World Bank Moscow Office 1997 Personal exhibition “From Italian cycle”. The State Institute of Art Studies. Moscow Exhibition “THe Russian Art of the second half of the XX century. Harmony of Contrasts”. The Academy of Arts of the Russian Federation. Moscow. 1998 Personal exhibition “The seasons of Yuriy Larin. From the Russian cycle”. Moscow State Museum of Vadim Sidur...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Vitnage American Modernist Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 10H by 10L.
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Two Faces of Gemini oil Painting 1986
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5022 Surreal Abstract set in a brushed aluminum frame Signed P.Russo 1986
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Antique American Modernist Abstract Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting. Oil and encaustic on canvas, circa 1980. Signed on verso. Displayed in a period frame. Imag...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Systema Solar, Large Abstract Painting by Leonardo Nierman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Large early oil painting by noted Mexican abstract artist Leonardo Nierman (1932 - ), signed lower right. Systema Solar Leonardo Nierman, Me...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century IV - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century IV', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings throu...
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Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Untitled, Large Abstract Expressionist Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Judy Wahl
By Judy Wahl
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled Judy Wahl Date: 1980 Acrylic on Canvas, signed lower right Size: 47.5 x 71 in. (120.65 x 180.34 cm) Frame Size: 48 x 71.5 inches
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Abstract composition, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Pierre Coquet - Abstract Composition in white shades Reference number A202 Framed with a natural oak floated frame 40 x 45 cm (45 x 50 cm frame included) This work is painted with oil on a board. It is signed and dated 83 in the bottom right. Pierre was very sensitive to abstract paintings. He did a lot of abstract works melting colors and shapes in different atmosphere and style. Nevertheless he could come back to figuration and again to abstraction with no precise period of time. Provenance : Workshop of the artist Pierre Coquet (1926-2021) is a French painter who was born in Limas near Lyon, France. He entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon in 1942 and followed the teaching of Antoine Chartres, Henri Vielly and René Chancrin. He won a prize in 1945 and joined a movement that wanted to be outside of any school whose name ends with “ism”, (like impressionism, cubism…) between figuration and the renaissance of Abstract Art, bringing together young generations under thirty and eager not to submit to any technique. The “Sanzism” (literally without « ism ») will bring together, among others, painters: James Bansac, Roger Bravard, André Chaix, Jean Mélinand, Paul Clair, André Cottavoz, Pierre Doye, Jean Fusaro, Jacques Truphémus, André Lauran, Edouard Mouriquand, Pierre Palué, Paul Philibert-Charrin, Antoine Sanner and Françoise Juvin. The latter will become his wife in 1948. In 1949, he participated in an exhibition in Geneva, at the Musée de l'Athénée, entitled "Eleven French painters" with Jacques Truphémus and Jean Fusaro. Françoise and Pierre moved to Paris in 1950. There he met Alexandre Garbell, who encouraged him and whom he attended classes in his academy on Boulevard de Clichy. Working as an art teacher at the Corvisart school in Paris he painted a lot beside this activity. His main subjects are “assemblages of objects” which evoke the memory of Giorgio Morandi, the roofs of Paris, still lifes, characters in situation, and abstraction. This sincere and modest man, turned inward in a climate of deep meditation, likes to express his feeling that “all painters encounter the same difficulties in wanting to express unspeakable emotions with painting. Everything is possible, at the condition it is true ” use to say Pierre. I have known Pierre for a long time and organized several exhibition with their paintings. I am now taking care of the whole workshop providing beautifiul figurative and abstract works, paintings and many drawings with various sizes. Pierre was always working in his workshop, everyday, he needed it, painting was something vital to him. Paintings by Pierre...
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French School 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Large Plein Air Landscape Oil Painting, Peach & Plenty, Hamptons, Janet Jennings
Located in Surfside, FL
Janet Jennings Oil Painting on Canvas Peace and Plenty, 1989. Hand signed Dimensions: Canvas, 65 1/2" x W: 59 1/2". framed 68 X 62 inches Janet Jennings received her BFA from the University of Dayton and attended The Dayton Art Institute, Antioch College and The Art Students League. Her paintings are in numerous corporate and private collections worldwide. She has exhibited at numerous galleries on Long Island, the Hamptons and New York City including The New York Design Center, Hampton Road Gallery, Pamela Williams Gallery, Folioeast, Lizan-Tops Gallery, Chase Edwards Gallery, Gallery North, Elaine Benson Gallery, Glenn Horowitz Gallery, Mark Humphrey...
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Contemporary 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Untitled Abstract Horses and Cow', by David Crown, Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 20" x 24" oil on canvas painting by David Crown dates to 1985. The focal point of this painting are three animal figures in the foreground rendered in...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Vintage American Modernist Framed Landscape Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive modernist landscape by Larry Horowitz (Born 1956). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Artist Bio: Larry Horowitz is an American landscape painter, focused especi...
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Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Optic Acrylic on Canvas by James Massena March, USA, c. 1980s
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A striking example of American Op Art, this acrylic on canvas painting by James Massena March (1953–2021) captivates with its rhythmic optical illusion and bold black-and-white compo...
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Large Scale Modernist Abstract Square and Circle
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful large scale natural toned mixed media abstract comprising a rectangle of antiqued white texturized with gesso'd hemp sacking and set above second ivory rectangle in pale ivory with circle of scumbled grey by British contemporary artist Richard Lawrence...
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American Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Oil

'Feminine Forms: Harmony in Curves', German School (circa 1980s)
Located in London, GB
'Feminine Forms: Harmony in Curves', oil on board, German School (circa 1980s). Two nude figures portrayed in the abstract posture differently. Both are curvaceous and Rubenesque. Re...
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Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Modernist Abstract Expressionist Color Field Acrylic "April Dance Form" Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Large Abstract Expressionist color field painting. Similar in the manner of the colorful abstract works of Paul Jenkins. This one is a bit more muted in color. Lamar Briggs (1935-2...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Vintage American School Signed Modernist Minimalist Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Step into the serene world of American minimalism with this exquisite 1980 signed original oil painting. Created by a talented American artist, this work invites you to explore the c...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Untitled I" Original Oil on Canvas (Part of Set) Signed and Dated by Artist
Located in Chesterfield, MI
"Untitled Abstract I" is an Original Oil on Canvas by G. CURTIS. The piece is part of a set. It measures 37.5 x 49.5 x 1 inches with frame. It is signed and dated by the artist. The ...
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Mesa World" abstract acrylic on canvas painting by artist Jean Richardson
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Mesa World" abstract acrylic on canvas painting of horses by artist Jean Richardson. Signed Richardson lower right recto. "Mesa World", 40 x 60, JR 917, 1987 written on back.
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Duino Elegies study
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Richard Mann (1940-1990). Duino Elegies, 1981. Mixed media on rag paper, consisting of 3 sheets, each measuring 18 x 24 inches. Each vertical edge is hinged with mounting tape, resulting in a triptych presentation. Entire measurement: 24 x 54 inches w. Biography: Playwright, poet and visual artist, Rev. Richard Mann was born and educated in Melbourne Australia. At the height of America's counter-cultural revolution, Mann moved to New York City where he lived and worked in Harlem. He was influenced by surrealism, abstract expressionism, and calligraphy at the time of his arrival. Beginning in the mid-1970's, the extreme living conditions of Harlem and demands of his religious calling provided subject matter for his painting. Urban decay and ubiquitous public graffiti provide inspiration for compositions that include highly stylized writing. By the late 1970's many works incorporate writing exclusively, with areas of layered, obscured and illegible words, very much like repeatedly tagged walls. Education: Studied painting with Maurice Cantlon, Melbourne, Australia 1961-62. Liberal Arts Studies, Christ the King...
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Neo-Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil

Untitled
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2017). Untitled, 1983. Ink on paper, measures 17 x 23 inches. Unframed and unmounted. Signed and dated lower left. Ayers holds the distinction of having participated in the first important survey of African-Americans, Contemporary Black Artists in America, a 1971 show at The Whitney. Biography: Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively. In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery. During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic. A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe. Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content. Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Ink

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'Abstract in Rose and Blue', Oregon Woman Artist, Portland State, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Gertrude Schoeler' (American, 1913-2007) and dated December, 1980. Additionally signed, verso, on stretcher bars and with artist...
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Multicolor Abstracted Reclining Nude Figure Drawing
By Stewart Goldman
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant and dynamic abstracted nude figure drawing, depicted with expressive line and color by Stewart Goldman (American, b. 1936). Signed "S. Goldman" and dated "82" lower right. "Steward Goldman," dated "1982" and titled "Figure Drawing #2" on verso. Presented in a metal frame. Image size, 29.5"H x 22"W. Exhibited:Chamber Paintings and Other New Work - Toni Birckhead Gallery - Cincinnati, Ohio EDUCATION Philadelphia College of Art - 1955-58, 1960-62, BFA in Painting TEACHING EXPERIENCE Art Academy of Cincinnati –September 1968-August 2001 –Retired PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Cincinnati Art Museum Board of Trustees Member– 2013-2016 Advisory Committee- Weston Art Gallery Previous Service Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education, Board of Trustees Member Gamble-Nippert YMCA - Committee of Management Member GRANTS and AWARDS Ohio Arts Council Grant-Exhibition support-“Working Spaces” Munich, Germany -2001 Ohio Arts Council Grant-Exhibition support-“Tales of Slavery and Deliverance”, Munich, Germany-1999 Kulturreferat, Munich, Germany Grant-Residency, Villa Waldberta-Feldafing, Germany-1997 Cincinnati Arts Allocation Grant-To create installation-“The Cherubs of Theresienstadt”-1994 Ohio Arts Council Grant-To curate exhibition and travel “Cincinnati Artists Works on Paper” Kharkiv Art Museum, 1993 Cincinnati Bell Mural Commission-1990 Cincinnati Summerfair Fellowship-1988 Cincinnati Post-Corbett Award, Outstanding Individual Artist-1988 RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2013 Curator- “Seeing Opera” Weston Art Gallery, Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio 2013 Book publication, My Mother’s Eyes, Italian translated edition 2011 Curator - exhibition for Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio 2010 Created print at invitation for Cincinnati Art Museum portfolio commemorating Jim Dine 2007 Book Publication, My Mother’s Eyes, German Translated edition 2005 Commencement Address, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH Colloquia, College of Applied Science, Cincinnati, Ohio Portfolio Presentation, 92 Street Y, New York, NY 2004 Book Publication, My Mother’s Eyes. Holocaust Memories of a Young Girl SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 Mythic Macrocosm - Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, ILL 2015 Stewart Goldman: Nuances - Philip M. Meyers, Jr., Memorial Gallery, University of Cincinnati - Cincinnati, Ohio 2009 Stewart Goldman Presence through Absence - Cincinnati Art Museum – Cincinnati, Ohio 2008 Then and Now- Paintings and Tape drawings – Springfield Museum of Art- 2006 Old Square/New Square: Paintings and Wall Drawings-Weston Art Gallery, Aronoff Center for the Arts 2005 Paintings-Cincinnati Art Galleries...
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Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Kimono with Rope Texture - Collagraph Master Plate
Located in Soquel, CA
Kimono with Rope Texture - Collagraph Master Plate Master plate for collagraph printmaking featuring a kimono with rope texture in warm neutral peach tones, by California artist Pat...
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Minimalist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Gesso, Ink, Masonite

Huge French Modernist Oil Kissing Couple Abstract Figures, signed painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated Title: Kissing Couple, beautfiful Modernist work with green, beige, brown, yellow, golden colors. Med...
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Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

African Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting by Zacharia Mbutha Kenya 1980
Located in Portland, OR
African contemporary oil on Panel figurative painting by Zacharia Mbutha, Born 1949, Kenya. A colorful painting by one of East Africa's most famous artists depicting three figures o...
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Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Landscape Abstract Composition
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Landscape abstract composition signed canvas size 35.5x31.5 Heydenryk hand made giltwood frame 41x45x1.5 Erwin Wending (Germany, 1900 – the United States, 1993) Born in Freiberg. In 1937, following the completion of his studies at the Dresden Art...
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Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Russian Landscape (abstract painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Yuri Larin (1936-2014). Landscape, 1986. Watercolor on paper, 16.75 x 18.25 inches. Mounted on cardboard sheet measuring 24 x 28 inches. Signed and dated lo...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
French abstract in tones of blues, black and purple, 1980s. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size frame. Archival pla...
Category

1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Campagne de Grasse
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil on canvas. Signed lower right, titled and inventoried verso. 43.25 x 47.25 in. 44.75 x 48.5 in. (framed...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Building and Beehives', By Robert Bonaparte, Oil on Linen
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This square, 24" x 24" oil on linen painting by Ed Ruscha mentor, Robert Bonaparte, features a cube-like structure and two mountain-like shapes on a p...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Walking By The Sea
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Walking By The Sea. Artist signed lower right corner, canvas size (31 1/2 x 39 1/4in). Nicola Simbari was born in Italy and grow up in Rome. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, and in the 1940s he began devoting himself to painting in a studio at Via del Babuino in central Rome. Simbari's early exposure to the architectural world had a lasting impression on his art, as he incorporated geometric forms and architectural structures into almost all of his paintings. He began to develop a distinct style stemming from impressions of life, nature, and the Mediterranean...
Category

Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Large California Modernist Abstract Laddie John Dill Abstract Oil Painting Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Laddie John Dill (American, b. 1943) Untitled Oil painting on canvas mounted on panel Hand signed Laddie Dill (verso) 36 x 72 inches. (with frame 37 X 73) Laddie John Dill was born ...
Category

Post-Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Pears (Holly Solomon Gallery & Readers Digest Collection) Signed painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
Robert Kushner Pears, 1985 Acrylic & Collage on Paper; Framed with Holly Solomon Gallery Label & Reader's Digest Art Collection Label Signed and titled by the artist on the front Thi...
Category

Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XII
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor from the Istituto di Arte di Porta Romana, Florence, Italy. The professor released works of artists whom he mentored over the years. We are unsure who painted the series we acquired as several are just signed, 'Giacomo', or, left completely unsigned, yet many are clearly by the same artist. This one is in good overall condition and has been newly framed with a French-style linen slip. The canvas is textural like one of the vintage maps...
Category

Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rolling Stones - Three Heads
Located in London, GB
'Rolling Stones - Three Heads' acrylic on canvas, by Peter Robert Keil (1985). Big, bold with brash brush strokes painted in exuberant colours is the trademark of the artist. Strange...
Category

1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mirror, abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 Mirror, 1984 acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas signed lower right, dated and titled verso 12 x 12 inches Richard Andres was born in Buff...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Surreal Tropical Fantasy Landscape #2
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3776 Surreal colorful tropical fantasy set in a black frame
Category

1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

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