1980s Abstract Paintings

3777 Surreal tropical fantasy landscape in a natural wood frame

Mountains in the Clouds in Tuscany Italy by 20th Century Italian Artist Armando Romano Art measures 20 x 16 inches Frame measures 26 x 22 inches In...

Georges Ferrato Composition Oil on Canvas 57.5 x 44.5 in, 146 x 113 cm 1985 Signed at bottom left, signed dated and titled on the back Georges Ferrato (born in 1949 in Aix-en-Prove...

Georges Ferrato Composition Oil on Canvas 57.5 x 44.5 in, 146 x 113 cm 1985 Signed at bottom right, signed dated and titled on the back Georges Ferrato (born in 1949 in Aix-en-Pr...

Ireland Landscape Rocky Cliffs with Castle on the Northern Irish Sea Coastline, by 20th Century Irish Australian Artist, Henry McLaughlin. Art measures 10 x 8 inches Frame measure...

Sonia Gechtoff The City at Twilight: Twin Towers II, 1985 Acrylic and pencil on paper (held in original frame with Gruenebaum Gallery, NY label) Signed and dated on the front; also b...

Josep Coll Bardolet (1912-2007) - Musicians and dancers Mallorca - Oil on panel Oil measurements 33x41 cm. Frame measurements 44x52 cm.

5-3000 Acrylic on artist board Set in a silvered frame Image size 16x16"

5018 Abstract Expressionist oil painting composed to to irregular joined framed Signed on verso Ruskin 1986

20th Century Modern Mixed Media Triptych of Acrylic and Sand on Canvas. Signed and Dated Lower Right 1980. Bright Dynamic Abstract work known for Painted Forms that seem to Dance Off...

Vintage Latin American School Original Minimalist Painting of Artist’s Self Portrait in Acrylic on Paper Oustandingminimalist self portrait by California-based Latin American artis...

Original oil on canvas painting by the American artist Miriam H. Greenberg. Signed lower right. Titled “Composition Red and Gold” and dated verso, 1988. Condition is very good. Orig...

Josep Vergés Grau (1925-1989) - Night fishing - Oil on panel Oil measurements 73x92 cm. Frame measurements 77x96 cm.

Original acrylic painting on double layered Masonite, 1985. Size: 21.5 x 18 inches. Inscription: Signed, recto; signed, dated, and titled, verso. Provenance: Armstrong Gallery (57th ...

Original acrylic painting on double layered Masonite, 1985. Size: 16 x 19 inches. Inscription: Signed, recto; signed, dated, and titled, verso. Provenance: Armstrong Gallery (57th St...

Original acrylic painting on Masonite with artist’s painted wood frame, 1985. Size: 37 x 31 inches. Inscription: Signed, recto; titled, and double signed and dated, verso. Provenance...

Original acrylic painting on Masonite with artist’s painted wood frame, 1985. Size: 31 x 37 inches. Inscription: Signed, recto; titled, and double signed and dated, verso. Provenance...

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.

ARTIST: Vladimir Cora MEIDUM: Oil on canvas Signed & dated lower left "Vladimir Cora 89" Painting dimensions 39 x 31 inches Framed dimensions 47 x 38 inches Seated Woman Oil/Canvas...

5-3161 Acrylic nude on paper in a custom wood frame

4091 Graffiti art acrylic on artist board displayed in a custom -made wood frame. Signed by S.Mooney 1987. Image size 12H x12W

4090 An abstract graffiti art, acrylic on artist board displayed in a custom -made wood frame Image size 12H x 12 W

Papunya Tula Artists Pty. Ltd., Alice Springs The Holmes à Court Collection, Perth Austral Gallery, Saint Louis, MO; acquired in 1996; Richard Kelton Collection, Santa Monica; Exhibi...

Three Spots of Gold - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Handmade Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Three golden...

"Changing Seasons" - Red Over Blue Tribute to Mark Rothko in Acrylic on Paper A bright abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Draw...

Artist: Pierre Marie Brisson (French, 1955-) Title: "Figure Sur Rouge (Figure on Red)" *Signed by Brisson lower right. It is also signed and dated on verso Year: 1983 Medium: Origina...

Artist: Pierre Marie Brisson (French, 1955-) Title: "Figure sur Fond Rouge (Figure on Red Background)" *Signed by Brisson lower right. It is also signed and dated on verso Year: 1983...

Interesting abstraction in shades of blue, red and purple by experimental artist Bill Alpert. Oil on arches paper.

In order to make room at the gallery for new work coming in August, certain important works are being offered at a reduced price. This is one of those works. Originally priced at $22,000. we are now offering it at only $17,600. Louisa Chase’s work is represented in the permanent collections of a number of major museums, the Whitney Museum of Art in New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MOMA), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Brooklyn Museum; The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; the Baltimore Museum of Art; the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. The estate of Louisa Chase is now represented by the prestigious gallery Hirschl & Adler Modern in New York City. We are pleased to offer this original Acrylic enamel, Watercolor, ink and pencil painting by Louisa Chase created in her classic abstract energetic style. It is from the former collection of the General Electric Corporation. Paper size is 25.5 x 40" The framed size is approx. 33x48". Louisa Chase exhibited at the 1984 Venice Biennale. Her solo exhibitions include: Brooke Alexander Gallery...

Original Impasto Oil Painting Art of an Autumnal River Landscape by Irish Artist, Liam Blake Art measures 17 x 14 inches Frame measures 23 x 20 inches

Ronald Slowinski 4-Seasons: Fall Watercolor, paper Year: circa 1987 Size: 46x94x2.25in Framed in an acrylic box COA provided Comes with original papers and photographic slide Ref.: 9...

Original painting on canvas. Hand signed, titled and dated on verso by Paul Jenkins. Artwork is in excellent condition. Acquired by our gallery from a private collector. Gallery i...

Bold and dynamic abstracted bird of paradise by well known California artist Delmer Imhof (American, 1938-1997). Created with streaks of paint, an abstracted bird of paradise flower ...

Saint Clair Cemin (Brazilian-American) Double Sculpture, 1987 Graphite and watercolor on paper Hand signed, dated and titled on the back of the sheet ...

'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...

Abstract drawing of a blue house in a yellow field by German-American painter, Wolf Kahn. Signed and dated by the artist in the lower right corner. Framed and matted in a silver wood...

A highly abstracted figure emerges in fluid, elegant brush strokes, reminiscent of the works of Francis Bacon, in this striking abstract painting by Bay...

Vintage American modernist abstract geometric painting.. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Unsigned. Image size, 66L x 30H. Housed in a period frame.

Presenting a stunning extra-large French abstract acrylic painting by French artist Raphaëlle Pia (1942-). This contemporary artwork exhibits a remarkably vivid quality, achieved through the harmonious interplay of a pale color palette and bold, large brushstrokes. The painting is countersigned. ‘R. Pia’ is signed in the bottom right corner of the canvas, and 'Raphaëlle PIA' is signed on the reverse side of the canvas. It is dated 1987, is titled ‘ ("Guanorgile") "Guanos II" ’, and its' medium is noted to be 'acrylique s/ toile (et technique mixte)' which translates to 'acrylic paint on canvas and mixed technique'. There is also a reference to a Parisian street that is partially crossed out...

Original painting on canvas. Hand signed and titled on verso by the artist. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reas...

You don't have to be a Catholic, or a medievalist, or a Catholic medievalist (Tolkien?) to appreciate this striking image of St. George taking on the dragon. In style it falls somewhere between Cubism and Guernica, to my eye. The limited color palette, with the bold red, gives it the energy of early 20th-century Russian poster...

Incredible Outsider Artist Barry Johnson presents a new series of canvas paintings from his creatures series. Wild Colors! Utterly unique compositions....

Beautiful Hard Edge abstract painting by American artist, Anthony Krauss. Oil on canvas, ca. 1980, measures 32 x 38 inches. Signed on verso. Excellent condi...

3775 Oil on canvas colorful Surreal oil on canvas in a black frame

Bold neon abstract composition in six parts with bright green, orange, and hot pink geometric forms by California artist Gary Ermoloff (American, b. 1949), 1982. Dated and signed on verso. Unframed. Gary Ermoloff (American b. 1949) attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where he received his BA in Fashion Illustration. He is a former member of AIGA and a former Board Member...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY The energy and gusto of the applied paint in "Untitled Abstract" appears close to violent except for the calming influence of the circle in the middle. The red circle tempers the movement a little and brings all the strokes and wild directions into a harmony that is bursting with life. This is an extraordinarily expressive painting by Simpson. Simpson became the first African American to receive a prestigious five-year fellowship from the Charleston Scientific and Cultural Education fund and left South Carolina in 1949 for New York City after he finished high school. He attended New York University and Cooper Union while working in the frame shop of Herbert Benevy. Many well-known artists came to the frame shop and in time critiqued Simpson's work and developed a relationship with him. At NYU Simpson became acquainted with Hale Woodruff...

Yuri Larin (1936-2014). Landscape, 1983. Watercolor on paper, 16.25 x 17.25 inches. Mounted on cardboard sheet measuring 24 x 28 inches. Signed and dated lower left. Excellent condition. Image is painted on verso side of block print wallpaper sheet of Russian manufacture. Sheet is carefully hinged at corners and can be removed from cardboard backing with relative ease. 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. Exhibition of new collections and gifts. Historical-Architectural and Art Museum “New Jerusalem”. Istra. Moscow region. 2000 Exhibition “Image and transformation in art”. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Russian Federation, Russian Cultural Foundation. Moscow Personal exhibition “German landscapes in the eyes of the Russian artist”. Gallery “Yunge”, Dortmund, Germany. 2001 Exhibition “East and West”. Historical-Architectural and Art Museum “New Jerusalem”. Istra. Moscow region. Exhibition devoted to nudes. Gallery on Peschanaya. Moscow. 2002 Personal exhibition “Yuriy Larin. The works of different years”. Bulgarian Cultural Center, Art-studio “TAGRY”. Moscow. 2004 Personal exhibition “YURIY LARIN. Harmony and plasticity”. Radischev Saratov State Art Museum. 2006 Personal exhibition “Saint-Pol-de-Mar”. Exhibition hall of Magazine “Nashe Nasledie”. Moscow. 2011 Personal exhibition “Harmony and plasticity. The artist Yuriy Larin’s works”. Museum-reserve Tsaritsyno. Moscow. 2013 Personal exhibition and album presentation. Yuriy Larin “Selected”. Gallery “Kino”. 9-18 October, 2013 Personal exhibition “Yuriy Larin’s space”. State Literature Museum. January, 29 - February, 23 2015 Personal exhibition “The reality of the space lighting” The gallery of Nazarov. Lipetsk. March, 14- April, 11. Personal exhibition “Yuriy Larin. Monolog of a happy person” State Museum of St.Petersburg’s History. Petropavlovskaya fortress, Nevskaya courtina.July, 30 - September, 13 2016 Personal exhibition “Yuriy Larin. Art- timeless plot. Yaroslavl Art Museum. December, 12, 2015 - February, 18, 2016 2016 Personal exhibition “The geography of light. Art and graphic of Yuriy Larin”. Moscow. Noviy Manej. April. 1 - April, 24, 2016 Museum Collections: The State Russian Museum Saint Petersburg The State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow The State Museum of Oriental Art Moscow Radischev Art Museum in Saratov Saratov Historical-Architectural and Art Museum “New Jerusalem” Istra (Moscow Region) Branch of the State Museum of People’s Art in Armenia Dilijan The Union of Art Museums and the centers of aesthetic education of the republic Udmurtiya Ijevsk Volgograd Museum of Fine Arts Volgograd Tomsk Regional Art Museum Tomsk Eastern-Kazakhstan Art Museum Semey Moscow State Museum of Vadim Sidur Moscow Andrey Sakharov Museum Moscow State Literature Museum Moscow The collection of the magazine “Nashe Nasledie” Moscow The collection of the Heinrich Boell Foundation Berlin Chronology: May, 8, 1936 Yuriy Larin was born in Moscow in a family of a prominent statesman Nikolay Ivanovich Bukharin and Anna Mikhaylovna Larina; 1938–1946 years After his parents’ arrest the artist was brought up by his relatives- Boris Izrailevich and Ida Grigorievna Gusman 1946 After B.I.Gusman’s arrest was raised in an orphanage from the age of 10 near Stalingrad (Volgograd); Since the childhood the artist demonstrated his turn for arts that he inherited from his father (it’s known that N.I.Bukharin was a gifted artist-amateur). 1949 Sent to the camp. 1956 At the age of twenty when A.M.Larina returned from the Stalinist camp, learned for the first time his father’s name which was N.I.Bukharin; 1958 Graduated Novocherkassk Engineering-Melioration Institute, which he was enrolled into under the influence of his farther B.I.Gusman. 1958-60 Work as hydraulics civil engineer on the construction of Hydroelectric Power Station in Saratov and in project organizations; Underwent tuberculosis 1960 With his mother A.M.Larina got permission to come back to Moscow; Started distance education at People’s University of Arts after N.K.Krupskaya at the department of drawing and painting (professor A.S. Trofimov) 1970 Yuriy Larin graduated from Moscow State Higher Art-Industry School ( Stragonovka), faculty of artwork development (industrial design), enrolled in 1965; Starts his career of a professional artist; from 1970 to 1986 teaches at Moscow Academy of Art in remembrance of 1905; here starts long creative cooperation with V.A.Volkov, the son of the prominent Soviet artist A.N.Volkov. Gets married. The wife - Inga Yakovlevna Ballod, an architect by training, writer and journalist. 1970-1974 Worked from life on landscapes (watercolor and oil). Works in traditional realistic direction, the main aim is to deliver different conditions of the nature (landscape conditions) 1972 Welcomes his son Nikolay from 1972 Takes part in Moscow, Russian and All-Union exhibitions; the second half of the 1970s Works on portraits, still-lifes, nude, continuing working on landscapes 1974 Trip to Kuban as a part of the group of the Union of Artist of RSFSR, the creation of watercolor landscapes of local nature, which set the beginning of the cycle “Caucasus”; Yuriy Larin works harder on the creation of his own formal signature, and on his own theory of art (for details see the letter of Y.Larin to V.Strada) 1975 First trip to the House of Creativity of the Union of Artists “Goryachiy Klyuch”, creation of new watercolors of Caucasus cycle. 1976 The end of the nature period. As a turning point in the artist’s career was a period when he worked at the House of Creativity “Cheluskinskaya” near Moscow. Starting from this period landscapes, portraits and still-lifes are drawn from memory. Using only some pencil sketches that are done from real life. Long walks around the neighborhoods of Cheluskinskaya, trips to Abramtsevo, Klazma served as a strong impetus to the development of cycle of Moscow region landscapes. 1977 Became part of Moscow Union of Artists in USSR. “Watercolors of Y.B.Larin are the world of senciar relationships between the artist and nature. The plots of his works are extremely simple, unsophisticated, but behind all that there is a whole concept: the living nature is shaped by the eyes of the artist into one-piece space masses, human creations as ships, cranes, bridges get soft, kind forms; dissolved they become part of complete, modern and artistically convincing form” (V.A.Volkov. From the reference given to Y.Larin to become part of Moscow Union of Artists in 1975) “Yuriy Borisovich Larin appears to me as a serious and deep artist,... mature artist. His watercolors are of proof of having coloristic gift, high culture and material understanding” (M.P.Miturich. From the reference given to Y.Larin to become part of Moscow Union of Artists in 1975) 1977 Yuriy Larin directs a group of young Moscow artists in their trip to Olskiy area of Magadan region. Creates a series of landscapes of Magadan nature. 1980 In the letter to V.Strada finally justifies the theoretical part of his artistic method, later calls it the concept of limit state. The end of the 1970s - the beginning of the 1980s Devoted four years to the translation of the book of S.Cohen, professor of Princeton University, about N.I.Bukharin. Ye.A.Gnedin was helping him to translate the book, they were meeting every Thursday. Afterwards, while publishing the Russian version of the book in the USA the translators Y.LArin and Ye.Gnedin were credited under pseudonyms Ye. and Y. Chetvergovy. Yevgeniy Alexandrovich Gnedin is a prominent Soviet diplomat, staff member of M.M. Litvinov, died in 1983. Y.Larin considers him to be one of the most incredible people of the XX century. Meets famous collectionner from Moscow Ya.Ye. Rubinshtein, who buys six works of the artist (oil and watercolor); Fall, 1981–1982 Again works at the House of Creativity “Goryachiy Klyuch”. As a result the Caucasus series are enlarged with first oil works. The long contact with the nature of Caucasus influenced greatly the creative development of the artist. 1980 The artist creates the cycle of the watercolors of Moscow region in winter, the part of which will be purchased by Ya.Ye. Rubinstein and the Russian Museum; V.Volkov indicated in the works “a new approach to the light” Fall, 1981–1982 Again works at the House of Creativity “Goryachiy Klyuch”. As a result the Caucasus series are enlarged with first oil works. The long contact with the nature of Caucasus influenced greatly the creative development of the artist. 1982 First own exhibition in Moscow Drama Theatre after M.N.Yermolova (together with Ye.N.Kravchenko). Mostly presented the paintings of the last decade that were painted in the central Russia, Krasnodar and Magadan regions. The exhibition and the discussion that took place afterwards helped to open up Y.Larin. He met the ambassador of Italy to USSR Giovanni Migliuolo and became friends for a long period of time. 1979-1985 Within a few years during summer vacations Yuriy Larin works in Baltic. Creates a cycle of graphic watercolors on German paperboard. The landscapes on the constructive base greatly differ from Moscow and Caucasus cycles. Fall, 1983 Trip to Armenia with his close friend Yu.M. Garushyants, historian. The result of that trip were thirty watercolor papers that continued the Caucasus cycle. 1985 In the almanac “Soviet Graphic” there is a publication about the watercolors of the artist that was written by G. Yelshevskaya. December, 1985 Underwent the neurosurgery; as a consequence the loss of strength and skill in his right hand. 1987 Death of his wife Inga Ballod  First personal exhibition overseas: exhibition of watercolors in the gallery Books&Company Art, NY, USA. Since then takes part in different foreign exhibitions. 1988 N.I.Bukharin’s rehabilitation, after that Yuriy Larin was able to change his patronymic “Borisovich” to “Nikolayevich” 1989 Gets married. The wife - Olga Arsenyevna Maksakova, doctor, Lead researcher at the Institute of neurosurgery named after Burdenko. Personal exhibition in Central House of Artists in Krymskiy Val. Displayed over two hundred of watercolor and oil paintings...

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 ...

Yuri Larin (1936-2014). Landscape, 1986. Watercolor on paper, 17 x 17 inches. Mounted on cardboard sheet measuring 24 x 28 inches. Signed and dated lower left. Excellent condition. Image is painted on verso side of block print wallpaper...

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...

Yuri Larin (1936-2014). Landscape, 1984. Watercolor on paper, 16.5 x 16.5 inches. Mounted on cardboard sheet measuring 24 x 28 inches. Signed and dated lowe...

Yuri Larin (1936-2014). Landscape, 1986. Watercolor on paper, 16.5 x 17 inches. Mounted on cardboard sheet measuring 24 x 28 inches. Signed and dated lower left. Excellent condition. Image is painted on verso side of block print wallpaper...

Vibrant impressionistic impasto Landscape with boat by shore by Kristin Cohen (American, b. 1963). Thick impasto oil and Alkyd acrylic paints in this colorful painting. From a collec...

Yuri Larin (1936-2014). Landscape, 1984. Watercolor on paper, 17 x 18 inches. Mounted on cardboard sheet measuring 24 x 28 inches. Signed and dated lower left. Excellent condition. Image is painted on verso side of block print wallpaper...

George McClancy (1930-2014) abstract pattern painting. Acrylic on canvas 72" x 72" George McClancy received a MA in painting from Catholic Universit...

Abstract Expressionist Painting. Acrylic on Canvas. Collection from revered artist of NYC and The Hamptons. About the Artist: Part of the New York School Abstract Expressionists. Recognized around the world as the leading art movement after WW II. He showed with Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline. 1921 born in Philadelphia 1934 – 38 Graphic Sketch Club 1938 – 40 Philadelphia Museum School of Art 1940 – 41 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 1942 – 45 WWII War Correspondent-Artist, Yank magazine 1946 – 47 Art Students League, Will Barnett 1947- 48 Hans Hofmann Academy 1960–1979 Instructor at: University of California, Berkeley, CA; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; New York University, New York, NY; Columbia University, New York, NY; Brooklyn College, New York, NY; Temple University, Rome, Italy 2017 deceased Collections: Ciba-Geigy Collection Chase Manhattan Bank Art Institute of Chicago Corcoran Art Museum, Washington Eugene V. Thaw Collection Max Kozloff Collection Montana Historical Society, Montana New York University Norfolk Art Museum Robert Rosenblum Collection Sarah Lawrence Collection Union Carbide Collection University of California Museum University of Massachusetts University of Montana Walter P. Chrysler Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Whitney Museum, New York Yellowstone Art Center, Montana Exhibitions: Individual 2020 Frankfurt TBD 2018 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt 2008 Suvretta House, St. Moritz, Schweiz Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt 2006 Ludwigmuseum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz Galerie Barbara von Stechow zu Gast in der Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf 2005 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt New York „Abstract Expressionism” Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Dr. Alexander Georgieff & Dr. Peter Sewing bei Georgieff Capital, Frankfurt 2004 Galerie Barbara von Stechow zu Gast in der Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf CherryStoneGallery, Massachusetts 2003 Galerie Barbara von Stechow zu Gast in der Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt Kunstverein Augsburg 2002 ART Frankfurt, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt 2001 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M. Art Cologne, Galerie Barbara von Stechow Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York City 2000 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M. Art Frankfurt, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M. Galerie Schröder & Dörr, Bergisch-Gladbach 1999 Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg 1998 Conrad Hinrich Donner Bank, Hamburg 1996 Galerie Hexagon, Aachen Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln 1995 Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln Denise Bibro Gallery, New York City 1994 Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln 1993 Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg Bologna-Landi Gallery, East Hampton, New York 1992 Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln Benton Gallery, East Hampton, New York 1991 St. Mary’s College, Maryland M 13 Gallery, New York City 1989 Randall Gallery, St. Louis, Mass. RH Love Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Morris Gallery), Pennsylvania 1988 Cyrus Gallery, New York City Benton Gallery, East Hampton, New York 1987 Armstrong Gallery, New York City 1986 Barbara Ingber Gallery, New York City 1984 Barbara Ingber Gallery, New York City 1982 The New School, New York City 1981 Benson Gallery, New York City 1980 Landmark Gallery, New York City 1978 Temple University Abroad, Rom 1977 Andre Zarre, New York City 1974 Bertha Schaefer, New York City 1973 Bertha Schaefer, New York City 1971 Westbeth Galleries, New York City 1965 University of Arkansas, Little Rock 1964 Princeton University, New Jersey 1963 Thibault Gallery, New York City 1962 Hacker Gallery, New York City 1960 Poindexter Gallery, New York City 1958 Poindexter Gallery, New York City 1957 Poindexter Gallery, New York City 1956 Ganymede Gallery, New York City 1954 Artists’ Gallery, New York City 1953 Hendler Gallery, Philadelphia 1952 New Gallery, New York City 1950 Artists’ Gallery, New York City Group Exhibitions: 2018 Titans In the Rough Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY 2011 Joe Stefanelli...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Red Harmony" is an abstract painting that does have a sculptural presence in the shapes of the red areas. The lush greens blend various shades into a background that while it does contrast sharply with the reds, it is not in conflict. The overall effect of this work is dynamic in its energy while at the same time harmonious. One of the original Cass Corridor artists from the 1960s William Antonow studied at the School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts (now the College for Creative Studies) and at Wayne State University, where he received his BFA (1967) and MA (1970.) Antonow’s first one-person show at the Willis Gallery in 1971, represented a radical departure from his early work – abstract bronzes shown at the Michigan Artists exhibitions at the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1969 and 1970. A founding member of the Willis, Antonow publicized his exhibition with a cryptic invitation stating, “art isn’t anything.” Echoing the challenge implicit in the exhibition announcement, the works in the show consisted of precariously balanced piles of such non-art materials as wood crates and barrels, corrugated paper or cardboard, cellophane and beer cans. These brash, paint-slathered juxtapositions of salvaged objects were perhaps the first example of the nascent “tough art” aesthetic of the Cass Corridor. (Both Gordon Newton’s wood constructions and Bob Sestok’s crude “radio wheels” first appeared in 1972.) In 1975, in the inaugural group exhibition of the Willis at its new location in the Fisher Building...

Roland Ayers (1932-2017). Improvisation, 2nd Series, #5. Ink on paper, measures 19 x 24 inches. Unframed and unmounted. Signed and dated lower right, titled lower left. There are a few minor areas of loss in margins as depicted in close-up photos. Additionally, there a a few minor tears in margins. 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...