1980s Abstract Paintings

This intriguing colourful contemporary painting so impressively large in scale and architectural in form is by Canada’s Yvonne Lammerich. Recognized both nationally and international...

Reference number A215 The painting is not framed but it could be with a natural oak floated or black frame (see how it would look like on the simulation photo. Price for the frame : ...

A dreamy 1983 Abstract Geometric painting by Institute of Design artist Eugene Dana. Artwork size: 45". x31". Framed size: 46" x 32". Provenance: Estate of the artist. Born in M...

Kevin Larmon, (American, b. 1955), 1985-1986, oil on canvas; hand signed, titled, and dated on the reverse Provenance: bear a Curt Marcos Gallery label verso This is one of a pair we are offering for sale Kevin Larmon (1955-) is an American artist and was assistant monitor of painting at Syracuse University. Kevin Larmon was born in Syracuse, New York in 1955. He grew up on a small horse farm. Larmon's mother was a school secretary while his father was a construction worker. He graduated from Binghamton University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and moved to New York City as an undergraduate senior, where he finished his schooling at the New York Studio School. In the late 1970s, Larmon played guitar for Mudmen, a three piece band in the East Village of New York City with Craig Gillis playing bass, Mike Caffes playing drums, and percussionist Jill Burkhart. Mudmen played in venues such as CBGB, Danceteria, A7 (bar), Pyramid Club, Mudd Club, and The Limelight. Larmon started making still life paintings in 1979. He has also worked with atmospheric drawings and paintings since 1989, many of which are made on canvas or wood. In 2009, he began to paint his cell paintings. Larmon's paintings are built up through layers of collage and paint. Most famously, Larmon's work includes collages of gay male pornography that have been painted over with images that exist somewhere in between abstraction and form. These images are often anatomical. Conceptually, Larmon's work deals with issues such as the male body image and fascist culture. Similarly, Larmon's drawings on wood deal with ambiguously anatomical and abstracted forms. His work has been associated with the post-conceptualism and neo-conceptual art movements, which were prominent aspects of exhibitions at Gallery Nature Morte and with Tricia Collins and Richard Milazzo shaping the nature of painting after the rise of conceptual art. Larmon was also associated with Feature Inc., a gallery that was first established in Chicago in 1984. In August 1988, the gallery's director, known as Hudson, moved Feature Inc. to New York City. Larmon's first exhibition with Feature Inc. occurred in 1987 in Chicago, Illinois. Over the years, Hudson and Larmon would work together on many exhibitions. As a young artist, Larmon spent his Thursdays working to sustain Gallery Nature Morte together with the gallery owners, Alan Becher and Peter Nagy, when the gallery existed in New York City. Larmon was heavily influenced by his contemporaries at Gallery Nature Morte such as Robin Weglinski, Joel Otterson, and Steven Parrino. Other influential artists include Oliver Wasow, Robert Gober, Nancy Shaver, Carter Hodgkin, and Steven Wolfe. Larmon also drew inspiration from Rembrandt, Giorgio Morandi, Jackson Pollock, and Agnes Martin. During his time as a professor at Syracuse University, Larmon made an impact on many emerging artists including Deborah Roberts and Paul Weiner. Larmon participated in Aperto 86 at the 1986 Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy, where his paintings were exhibited at the Corderie at the Arsenal. From 1983–2013, Larmon was invited to exhibit in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York; Feature Inc, New York, New York; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona; the University Art Museum at the University of California, Berkeley; the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut; Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Visual Arts Museum, New York, New York; the Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, now the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado; Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey; and the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 2013, Larmon was included in a group show at the Leslie Sacks Gallery in Los Angeles, California alongside artists Christo, Jim Dine, Pablo Picasso, Chuck Close, Howard Hodgkin, Jasper Johns, Marino Marini, Henri Matisse, Karel Nel, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, David Hockney, Robert Rauschenberg, and Sebastião Salgado. Exhibitions curated by Tricia Collins and Richard Milazzo Still Life With Transaction: Former Objects, New Moral Arrangements, and the History of Surfaces took place at International with Monument in New York from March 28 – April 21, 1984. Larmon was accompanied by artists Alice Albert, Ericka Beckman, Alan Belcher, Ross Bleckner, Barry Bridgwood, Sarah Charlesworth, Wendy Galavitz, Judy Geib, Jim Jacobs, Stephen Lack, Andrew Masullo, Peter McCaffrey, Jan Mohlman, Peter Nadin, Peter Nagy, Joel Otterson, Richard Prince, Steven Parrino, Tyler Turkle, and Laurie Simmons. Natural Genre: From the Neutral Subject to the Hypothesis of World Objects took place at Florida State University Gallery & Museum in Tallahassee, Florida from Aug. 31-Sept. 30, 1984. Larmon was accompanied by artists Jane Bauman, Ericka Beckman, Alan Belcher, Gretchen Bender, Ross Bleckner, Tom Brazleton, Barry Bridgwood, Sarah Charlesworth, Carroll Dunham, Robert Garratt, Mark Innerst, Louise Lawler, Allan McCollum, Peter Nadin, Peter Nagy, Joseph Nechvatal, Steven Parrino, Louis Renzoni, Meyer Vaisman, Oliver Wasow, James Welling, David Wojnarowicz, Michael Zwack. Still Life With Transaction II: Former Objects, New Moral Arrangements, and the History of Surfaces took place at Galerie Jurka in Amsterdam during November 1984. Larmon was accompanied by artists Alice Albert, Ericka Beckman, Alan Belcher, Ross Bleckner, Barry Bridgwood, Sarah Charlesworth, Wendy Galavitz, Judy Geib, Jim Jacobs, Stephen Lack, Peter McCaffrey, Peter Nadin, Peter Nagy, Joel Otterson, Richard Prince, Laurie Simmons, Tyler Turkle, Meyer Vaisman, and Oliver Wasow. Final Love took place at the C.A.S.H./Newhouse Gallery in New York from March 15 – April 14, 1985. Larmon was accompanied by artists Ross Bleckner, Peter Halley, Jonathan Lasker, Allan McCollum, Olivier Mosset, Peter Nadin, Bonnie Nielson, Meyer Vaisman, Wallace & Donohue, James Welling, and Stephen Westfall. Cult and Decorum took place at Tibor De Nagy Gallery in New York from December 7, 1985 – January 4, 1986. Larmon was accompanied by artists Ross Bleckner, Sarah Charlesworth, David Diao, Peter Halley, Jeff Koons, Jonathan Lasker, Peter Nadin, Joel Otterson, Ricardo Regazzoni, Robin Rose, Laurie Simmons, Haim Steinbach, Gary Stephan, Philip Taaffe, and Meyer Vaisman. Modern Sleep took place at American Fine Arts Co. in New York from October 17 – November 16, 1986. Larmon was accompanied by artists Saint Clair Cemin, John Dogg, Tishan Hsu, Jonathan Lasker, Annette Lemieux, Olivier Mosset, Joel Otterson, and Jeffrey Plate. Art at the End of the Social took place at The Rooseum in Malmö, Sweden from July – October, 1988. Larmon was accompanied by artists Donald Baechler, Ford Beckman, Gretchen Bender, Ross Bleckner, David Carrino, Lawrence Carroll, Saint Clair Cemin, Sarah Charlesworth, Charles Clough, David Diao, John Dogg, Suzan Etkin, Peter Fend, Robert Gober, Peter Halley, Claudia Hart, Tishan Hsu, Jon Kessler, Jeff Koons, Jonathan Lasker, Annette Lemieux, Allan McCollum, Peter Nadin, Peter Nagy, Joseph Nechvatal, Joel Otterson, Richard Prince, Holt Quentel, Sal Scarpitta, Nancy Shaver, Haim Steinbach, Gary Stephan, Philip Taaffe, Tyler Turkle, Meg Webster, and James Welling. Exhibitions at Feature Inc. Head Sex took place at Feature Inc. in Chicago, Illinois from July 7 - August 7, 1987. Larmon was accompanied by artists Kathe Burkhart, General Idea, Mike Kelley, Lillian Mulero, Raymond Pettibon, Johnny Pixchure, Richard Prince, Kay Rosen, Rene Santos, and Kevin Wolff. Strung Into the Apollonian Dream... took place at Feature Inc. in New York, New York from January 20 - February 24, 1995. Larmon was accompanied by artists Michael Banicki, Nancy Chunn, Tom Friedman, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Jenny Holzer, Peter Huttinger, Mike Kelley, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Allan McCollum, David Moreno, Hirsch Perlman, Raymond Pettibon, Adrian Piper, Richard Prince, David Robbins, Rene Santos, Nancy Shaver, Jim Shaw, Cindy Sherman, Elaine Sturtevant, Tony Tasset, James Welling, Kevin Wolff, and B. Wurtz. I Gaze a Gazely Stare took place at Feature Inc. in New York, New York from March 9 - April 14, 1995. Larmon was accompanied by Jeanne Dunning, Robert Flack, Jason Fox, Tom Friedman, Jim Isermann, Pruitt-Early, Brett Reichman, Richard Rezac, David Robbins, and Nancy Shaver. THOUGHTS took place at Feature Inc. in New York, New York from April 14 – May 19, 2007. Larmon was accompanied by Pam Golden, Jonathan Heartshorn, Andrew Masullo, Tracy Miller, Travis Molkenbur, David Moreno, Oren Slor, the unnameable, and Tyler Vlahovich. Tom of Finland and then Some took place at Feature Inc. in New York, New York from June 25 - July 31, 2010. Larmon was accompanied by Tom of Finland, Richard Kern, Judy Linn, Bastille, Jerry Phillips, Martin of Holland, Joe Brainard, Fred Esher, Larry Clark, Robert W. Richards and Brian Kenny, Sean Landers, Richard Prince, Robert Fontanelli, GB Jones, Jeff Burton, Mie Yim, Raymond Pettibon, Catherine Opie, Carl Ferrero, Jared Buckhiester, Judy Rifka, Jeffrey Pittu, Scooter Laforge, The Hun, Tyler Ingolia, David Frye, Kinke Kooi, Juan Gomez, Rex, and Gengoroh Tagame...

This grey, white, green, brown, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas painting is by Canadian artist Joseph Drapell. Fute is considered an important work as it debuted at the artist’s...

Patricia Zippin The Sun 1980s Mixed Media 11.25"x 15", unframed Signed bottom right in paint Patricia Jayne Zippin (1930-2015) She was born to Ben and Dorothy Schubert on January 5...

San Francisco Salt Ponds II, Large Scale Modern Geometric Abstract Landscape A bright and colorful abstract interpretation in monumental scale of the Bay ...

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...

Salt Ponds 1, Large Scale Modern Geometric Abstract Landscape with Pink A bright and colorful monumental scale abstract interpretation of the Bay Area salt...

Into The Blue - 1983 Original Oil on Board Abstract oil painting by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American, 1933-1979). A circle of blue appears as the focal point,...

Post Cubismo is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 1989. Original Oil Painting on Plywood. Hand-signed and dated on the back of the canvas. Very good co...

Andy Miller (American, b. 1950), Abstract Composition, Oil on Canvas, 1988, impasto details, warm pink brown with green hues, unsigned, dated and with artist's studio stamp to verso,...

This painting by Michasel Tyzack (1933-2007) is a bold composition with an equally bold palette. It measures 36 in x 64 in (91cm x 162 cm) and is composed of acrylic on canvas. The background colors are some kind of wash The piece is titled "Small Nocturnal #2" and dated 1981. It is signed en verso on the stretcher "Michael Tyzack...

Wonderful minimalist abstract titled "Konstant" 1986 by James Sprouse (American,20th Century), 1986. Presented in a new white mat with foamcore backing. Paper size: 12"H x 18"W. His minimalist approach to monochrome objects and colors are rare treasures. Currently a New York based artist. He was born in Chicago and received a Master’s of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois. His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions throughout the US, including the Soap Box Gallery, Van Brunt Projects, Robert Anderson Gallery, the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, and the Kohler Art Center and 57W57Arts. His work has been featured in Details Magazine...

Reference number A149 Not framed but could be with a natural oak floated frame (add 200 euros) 22 x 44 cm This work is painted on a board. It is signed and dated 83 in the bottom r...

This stunning large Abstract oil on board painting is by noted British artist Frank Avray Wilson. It was painted in 1985 and given to Wilson's good friend and holiday companion, the...

Untitled Mixed media on paper, 1981 Signed and dated 1981 lower left (see photo) Provenance: Knoedler Gallery, New York (label) Charles Cowles Gallery, New York The Collection of Jan...

For decades, Yvonne Lammerich has produced evocative contemporary artwork that has been exhibited internationally This series of colourful graphic acr...

This painted ceramic tile by Italo Scanga, epitomizes the characteristics of his oeuvre. Polychrome and vibrant art from the Memphis Milano era. This is signed with his initials. This is reminiscent of the mid century work of Jean Lurcat and Jean Picart le Doux. Italo Scanga (June 6, 1932 - July 7, 2001), an Italian-born American artist, was known for his sculptures, prints and, paintings, mostly created from found objects. In his youth in Calabria, Italy he worked as a cabinetmaker's apprentice and studies sculpture with a man who carved statues of saints. Italo Scanga was an innovative neo Dada, neo-Expressionist, and neo-Cubist multimedia artist who made assemblage, collage, sculptures of ordinary objects and created prints, glass, and ceramic works. Modern Italian abstract geometric folk art. Scanga's materials included natural objects like branches and seashells, as well as kitsch figurines, castoff musical instruments and decorative trinkets salvaged from flea markets and thrift shops. He combined these ingredients into free-standing assemblages, which he then painted. Although visually ebullient, the results sometimes referred to gruesome episodes from Greek mythology or the lives and deaths of martyred saints. He considered his artistic influences to be sweepingly pan-cultural, from African sculpture to Giorgio de Chirico. He often collaborated with the sculptor Dale Chihuly, who was a close friend. Constructed of wood and glass, found objects or fabric, his ensembles reflect a trio of activities—working, eating, and praying. These activities dominate the lives of those who live close to the land, but they are also activities that are idealized by many who contemplate, romantically, a simpler, bucolic life. Italo graduated from Michigan State University where he befriended fellow artists Richard Merkin and David Pease. He studied under Lindsey Decker who introduces him to welding and sculpture after his initial interest in photography. Also studies with Charles Pollock, the brother of Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock. His first teaching job was at University of Wisconsin (through 1964). where he met Harvey Littleton, a fellow instructor. He later moves to Providence, Rhode Island,I to teach at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Is colleagues with artists Richard Merkin and Hardu Keck. Starts a correspondence with HC Westermann. Spends summers teaching at Brown University; colleague of Hugh Townley. Moves to State College, PA, and teaches at Pennsylvania State University for one year. Meets artists Juris Ubans, Harry Anderson, Richard Frankel, and Richard Calabro, who remain friends throughout his career. 1967: David Pease helps him get a tenure track position at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA, . Artists he works closely with include Ernest Silva, Lee Jaffe, Donald Gill, and William Schwedler. Meets graduate student Dale Chihuly while lecturing at RISD and develops a lifelong friendship. 1969: One person exhibition, Baylor Art Gallery, Baylor University, Waco, TX. Works very closely with students Larry Becker and Heidi Nivling (who later run a gallery in Philadelphia, PA), and Harry Anderson. Welcomes many artists into his home including Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Bruce Nauman (a former student), Vito Acconci, Ree Morton and Rafael Ferrer. 1973: "Saints Glass" at 112 Greene Street Gallery, NYC. Installation at the Institute of Contemporary Art at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Meets Gordon Matta Clark and contributes to an artist cookbook. Goes to Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, founded by Dale Chihuly, as a visiting artist. He continues to work there annually through 2001. Works over the years with Pilchuck artists Richard Royal, Seaver Leslie, Jamie Carpenter, Joey Kirkpatrick, Flora Mace, Robbie Miller, Billy Morris, Buster Simpson...

Vivid and arresting abstracted landscape of four red mountains by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999), c. 1985. Estate stamp on verso. Provenance; From the estate of Earl Loran; David Carlson...

Artist: Jenik Cook, American (1940 - ) Title: Abstract Composition I Year: 2012 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.l. and verso Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)

Verticality - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A blue and red ...

Judy Rifka (American, b. 1945) "Ice Hockey" Acrylic or oil paint on Fabriano paper paintings featuring multiple hockey players executed in yellow, white, purple, and black hues. Ha...

Red and brown abstract by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signed "Les Anderson" lower left. Unframed,...

Patricia Zippin Moon View VIII 1980s Mixed Media 24"x 16", unframed Titled, signed, materials, and dimensions in pen on reverse Patricia Jayne Zippin (1930-2015) She was born to B...

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...

Impressive early American modernist drawing. Framed. Drawing on paper. Signed. Image size, 14H by 11L.

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

Icarus. 1981. Oil on canvas, 100x150 cm This painting depicts a surreal scene with an inverted human figure, symbolizing a fall or descent, which gives the composition a sense of mo...

Abstract Expressionist piece infused with vibrant colors of a carnival by Allie Bill Skelton (American, 1942-1986). This original painting is primarily yellow, with swirls of red, blue, and orange. Signed and dated "A Bill Skelton '85" in the lower right corner. Unframed. Allie William “Bill” Skelton (American, 1942-1986) was a painter and sculptor active in San Francisco who was involved in the gay art...

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

Primal Screams Juan Sánchez Juárez, Mexican (1946) Date: circa 1980 Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 48 x 60 in. (121.92 x 152.4 cm) Frame Size: 49 x 61 inches

Marius Sznajderman Hand signed and dated lower right, with an inscription on the verso 40 X 30 inches Oil or acrylic on canvas. Machu Picchu is an Incan citadel set high in the Ande...

ONE WEEK ONLY SALE "Midtown III" is a vibrant abstract work by David Kapp that captures the immediacy of his native New York City and the fast-paced lifestyle that can blur before a...

Dazzling use of color in this abstract acrylic tribute to the late Dizzy Gillespie by JP Bouladoux, 1986. Signed and dated lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a whi...

Red Monument - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A large section of red is di...

A flurry of washed passages in a sky blue and rose pink mixed with passages of brilliant yellow, black, turquoise and cherise with curved strands of fixed pastel. These fine lines in bright green, electric blue, pink, cherise and black create spatial tension and depth within the large picture plane. This painting from 1980 is an early example of Ristvedt's ability to create a poetic narrative of space, light, texture and movement through color. Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of Art. At 24, her work was included in the Centennial Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario...

Green and Orange Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Bright orange and green are...

Alan Cote Sunrise - an Expression, 1981 Acrylic Polymer (Aquatec) on Canvas (hand signed twice with original Washburn Gallery label) Hand-signed by artist, S...

A large horizontal, blue-toned Abstract Geometric painting by Institute of Design artist Eugene Dana. Artwork size: 34" x 48". Framed size: 35" x 49". Provenance: Estate of th...

Bright and vibrant abstracted landscape depicting the Wyoming mountains on a summer day by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). From a collection of his works. Estate stamp on verso. Un...

Swipes and shapes in rust orange, bubble gum pink, aqua, ultramarine and black move in an orchestrated procession across a soaked charcoal ground in this acrylic by Milly Ristvedt. This large, square acrylic canvas is a poetic narrative of space, light, texture and movement through the application of color. Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe...

This is done on a very interesting handmade paper (Japanese?) it is hand signed and numbered. In this print the artist Sam Messer uses bold contrasting colors in a gestural manner. Messer's work, so apparently spontaneous or impulsive in its emphasis on highly dramatic gestural brushstrokes and intense color, is, in fact, carefully considered. The treatment of the composition conveys dynamic movement through the sweep...

Here for your consideration is a vibrant abstract in mainly orange with yellow highlights by the California artist Edward Darrell Crisp. Signed with art...

Vivien Abrams Collens is a mid-career abstract artist born in Cleveland, Ohio, whose current practice includes site specific installations, sculpture and painting. After graduatin...

Latin American School abstract expressionist original composition in acrylic on paper Stunning example of 1980s Latin American art bold abstract...

Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001) Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Saratov Art School, graduated from the Depar...

20th century modern abstract oil on canvas titled 'Rectifie', attributed to French artist Norbert Palmade. The painting is not signed but was bought from his atelier and with a collection of his paintings and is therefore attributed to him. The work is titled and dated to the rear stretcher. A highly colourful, energetic and impactful painting. The painting is very thickly applied in an impasto technique in parts and is therefore also somewhat sculptural as a piece of art. Sand has been added to the paint to give the image great texture. A strong and impactful painting, a statement piece in any room. Norbert Palmade spent much of his early years living in Morocco. He arrived there in 1930 at the age of two and stayed until 1947 when he returned home to France. He finished his schooling in Hyères in the south of France, then travelled up to Paris to study architecture, though he always yearned to return to the South of France. In Paris, aged 25, he set up a public works business and worked as an architect right up until his retirement in 1991. Throughout this journey Palmade never stopped painting, at first in watercolours. He had always drawn, then moved on to gouache, oil and finally in the last twenty years, acrylic. The latter suited his rapid handling of paint well. He says of himself that he had no particular speciality. He would paint whatever gave him pleasure, although a large part of his heart belonged to those early years in Morocco and he painted many a canvas with subjects from this country. He took part in exhibitions in a number of towns near the south coast of France including, Sanary, Le Pradet and Ollioules. He was also the guest of honour at the Academy of the Var. Geometric abstraction is a form of abstract art based on the use of geometric forms sometimes, though not always, placed in non-illusionistic space and combined into non-objective (non-representational) compositions. Although the genre was popularized by avant-garde artists in the early twentieth century, similar motifs have been used in art since ancient times. Sonia and Robert Delauney...

La obra va firmada en la parte inferior y fechada del año 1981 Se presenta enmarcada (leves signos de uso en la enmarcación) Medidas de la obra: 92 x 73 cm. Medidas del marco: 103...

Charles Pachter (b. 1942) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. His iconic, uplifting and patriotic images have independently earned their place in the natio...

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

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Rainbow Mandala, 1983 Acrylic on scintilla Signed and dated lower right 30 x 22 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of na...

Sandy Kinnee is known for paper making, printmaking and collage. This has the artists stamp verso. Sandy Kinnee lives and works in Colorado Springs, CO. Kinnee was born on March, 3...

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, 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 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...

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...

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Sunil Das - Untitled - 13.5 x 10.5 inches (unframed size) Jottings, Pen & Ink on Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian ...

Yuri Larin (1936-2014). Landscape, 1986. Watercolor on paper, 16.5 x 18.25 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...

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