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Period: 1980s
Abstract Waves, Abstract Acrylic Painting by Ted Lownik
By Ted Lownik
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ted Lownik, American - Abstract Waves, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed bottom, Size: 30 in. x 30 in. (76.2 cm x 76.2 cm), Frame Size: 36.5 inch diameter
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Untitled"
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right 1982
Painting exhibited at the National Arts Club, New York
Nahum Tschacbasov Retrospective, June 2013
Category
Post-Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$15,200 Sale Price
20% Off
In the Sculpture Garden, unique signed oil on canvas painting, Charles Cowles
Located in New York, NY
Donald McLaughlin
In the Sculpture Garden (ex-collection Charles Cowles Gallery), 1985
Oil on Canvas. Framed with labels from Wolff Gallery and Charles Cowles Gallery
Sticker label, ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Ricardo" - Abstract Expressionist Self Portrait in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Ricardo" - Abstract Expressionist Self Portrait in Acrylic on Paper
Expressive self-portrait by Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This piece is fluid and free, using dyna...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$1,440 Sale Price
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Cartoccio Viola - Oil on Canvas by Claudio Palmieri - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Cartoccio Viola is an artwork realized by Claudio Palmieri, in 1985.
Oil on Canvas, cm. 150x80.
Signed, titled and dated on rear.
Good conditions!
Category
Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Untitled V, Abstract Minimalist Watercolor Painting by Juhachiro Takada
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Juhachiro Takada
Title: Untitled V
Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Signed in pencil with chop
Paper Size: 23.5 x 18.5 inches
Frame Size: 31.5 x 25.5 inches
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
LIE TO ME, Mixed Media Abstract Painting with Text
By Henri Bassmadjian
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in 1958. At his first personal exhibition (greeted by "Le Matin"), he is still a high school student.
At the workshops of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he prefers the personal research on the questioning of the paint of the painting that he does not hesitate to exhibit in the Salons (Big and Young, May, etc. ...) and which is split up with a mystic and barbarous vision applied to the installation, at Land-art.
In 1983, on his first visit to the USA, discovers the Hopi in the heart of the "American Dream". Violence of the figure. He then weaves in New York, Toulouse, Brussels, Paris the conjunction installation-drawing over many galleries.
In 1988, he entered the Galerie Krif (Paris) and immersed himself in the myth of Moby Dick. Many exhibitions (Brussels, Tarbes, Lyon, Rennes) while teaching at the School of Fine Arts in Bourges.
Henri Basmadjian died in December 1993. Homage to Furea Koral's 40th Year in Art showed with Osman Dinç, Song S, Daniel Buren
Ten Artists Ten Works: Henri Basmadjian, Canan Beykal, John Latham, Osman Dinç
Sabri Berkel
Category
Conceptual 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache, Graphite
Large Colorful Abstract Painting by Olympian Al Oerter
By Al Oerter
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting was created by Olympic discus thrower Al Oerter for charity for the 1980 Olympics. This and other paintings he made would spark his love for painting, he would continue making art for the rest of his life. He later founded the organization Art of the Olympians, which showcased artwork by Olympians old and new. The charity produced this video about Al Oerter's painting and we can see possibly this very painting...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large Cubist Musical Painting by Red Hammond
By Red Hammond
Located in New York, NY
Red Hammond (American)
The Klue, 1986
Oil on canvas
65 1/4 x 53 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Signed, dated, and inscribed verso
Artist statement sourced from Red Hammond's website:
ORIGINALITY
As an artist I put myself into the piece of art not to achieve originality for its own sake, but to be honest to, to follow the work. Immersion in the making ensures that the work will be authentic -.that its uniqueness allows the work to emanate its own light, encouraging the viewer to look and to see. While not initially apparent, my paintings typically have numerous, subtle inflections that are often hidden at first glance because the large primary, usually black forms, are strong and register first.
SHAPES AND EMOTIONS
I place significant emphasis on my ability to invent personal shapes. When put together, they establish a dialogue within the painting. I start without any preconceived idea for the painting and do not work from drawing in order to maintain the spontaneity and challenge to work through a solution - to remain fresh and capable of creating surprises for both myself and the viewer. Working instinctually, , I grope around, figuring out how the feelings I have manifest themselves in a specific shape or shapes and how to achieve the overall mood I’m searching for in a particular piece.
SYMBOLS AND MEANING
I build a painting with symbols that go beyond words, creating works that may appear somewhat opaque, mysterious, at times. This encourages engagement on the part of the viewer and allows each viewer to arrive at their own ideas concerning the works’ meaning. Viewers of art often confuse subject matter with content. A cow in a field is a cow in a field - that is subject matter. Content is what the artist puts in of him or herself. That is an intangible that is difficult to decipher. I find the early work of the American abstract expressionists and the artifacts and ritual art of indigenous peoples and tribal cultures to be inspirations.
COMPLETION
Often I’m sure that I have completed a painting and for that moment in time I probably have. Sometimes, however, hours, days or several years later, I look at again and realize that while I was correct for that moment, the painting’s potential was never realized. So I begin the process of working that painting again, and this process can go on for years until I’ve finally got the painting to where it needs to be in order for it to be fully realized.
ART AS THERAPY AND DISCOVERY
Like life, art is not just about self-improvement but also about self-discovery. If I’m not working on getting better as a painter, improving my paint application or pushing myself to expand my limits as a person, I feel I’m letting myself down and falling short of my potential as an artist. Each day in the studio is a mini-metaphor for life that demands and rewards patience.… Without it, I end up with a big...
Category
Cubist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Vision" Modern Blue, Red, and Yellow Abstract Geometric Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue, red, and yellow abstract modern portrait painting by Texas artist Robert Sandman. The work features a well dressed man with part of his face obscu...
Category
Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Modernist Abstract Expressionist Mod Day Glo Neon Color Field Acrylic Painting
By Lamar Briggs
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 very vibrant day glo neon color. This is bein...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Gerome Kamrowski Abstract Pop Art Minimalist Street Scene Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist street scene painting by Gerome L. Kamrowski (1914 - 2004). Oil on canvas, circa 1985. Signed.
Framing is available. Image size 39.25L x 26H.
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Composition
Located in Astoria, NY
Andy Miller (American, b. 1950), Abstract Composition, Oil on Canvas, 1983, heavy impasto details, dark green with white, yellow, and teal highlights, dated and with artist's studio ...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marina Geometric Abstract Watercolor
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant marina abstract with bold colors and geometric forms by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signed "...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Large & Bright Painting Titled, "Night Fete Champetre" by ID Artist Eugene Dana
Located in Chicago, IL
A large & bright Abstract Geometric painting titled, "Night Fete Champetre" by Institute of Design artist Eugene Dana. Artwork size: 37" x 30". Framed size: 38" x 31". Provenance...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Monument in Red, Black, and Blue - Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Monument in Red, Black, and Blue - Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper
A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A blac...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Charles Clough Picture Generation Abstract Expressionist Oil Enamel Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
This listing is for 1 painting. the last image shows all 4 that I have hung as grouping.
Charles Sidney Clough (born February 2, 1951, in Buffalo, New York) is an American painter. H...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Red Portal Abstract Impressionist Composition in Acrylic on Heavy Arches Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Portal Abstract Impressionist Composition in Acrylic on Heavy Arches Cotton Rag Paper
A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cotton, Rag Paper
American Figurative Abstract Geometric Mixed Media Painting Judy Rifka
By Judy Rifka
Located in Surfside, FL
Judy Rifka, American, 1945
Laborde Head
Mixed Media on Canvas (acrylic paint and ink)
1989
Hand signed, titled, and dated verso
30 X 24 inches
Provenance: The Estate of Theodore A Bonin.
(Ted Bonin was a principal in Alexander and Bonin, a New York gallery known for its diverse slate of conceptual artists. He started at Marlborough gallery London in the 60s, then in partnership with Brooke Alexander. In its stable were a host of esteemed artists: Willie Cole, Rita McBride, John Ahearn, Paul Thek...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Ink, Acrylic
Estructuras Espacio - Temporales Shetam, OP Art Painting by Enrique Careaga
By Enrique Careaga
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Enrique Careaga, Paraguay (1944 - )
Title: Estructuras Espacio - Temporales Shetam 8120137
Date: October 27th, 1981
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, titled and dated ver...
Category
Op Art 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Untitled # 84" Large Red Toned Geometric Abstract
By Sara Stites
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract painting with geometric forms in grey tones with a red background. The work is from the Davis / McClain Gallery. It is titled and dated by the artist. The work is not framed.
Artist Biography:
The following is from the artist:
I started drawing seriously at the age of 14 after attending a summer program at Indian Hill...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Abstract Composition in Red - Paint by Émile Marze - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition in Red is a painting in tempera and watercolor on ivory-colored paper, realized in the 1980s by French artist Émile Marze (1930-2009).
Good conditions.
The art...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
$495 Sale Price
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Vintage Abstract Figurative Vision
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderfully evocative abstract expressionist oil painting of a face with figure reflecting in the eye by an unknown California artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned. Unframed. Im...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$920 Sale Price
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Tulips in a vase #3 Oil on cardboard, 45 x 31 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tulips in a vase #3. Oil on cardboard, 45 x 31 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School o...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Falling Feathers in Yellow and White Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Falling Feathers in Yellow and White Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper
A bright abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Shapes resembling feathers are created out of thick paint pressed into the paper. They are floating against a red and grey background.
Signed and dated at the bottom edge: R. de Silva - 86
Paper size: 30"H x 22.25"W
From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles. He was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980's. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim Stuckenberg...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Subaquatic Canyon - Abstract Expressionist on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Subaquatic Canyon - Abstract Expressionist on Paper
Abstract in bold blue and red with textures created by salt in India ink and watercolor, by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century). Bonus sketch on verso of a person's face, perhaps a self-portrait of the artist.
Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Paper size: 17.75"H x 12"W
From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980's. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim Stuckenberg, Alice Robertson Carr, Deborah Eve Alastra...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, India Ink
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Red Tent Abstract Expressionist - Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Tent Abstract Expressionist - Acrylic on Paper
Abstract in bold colors on a stark black background, by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century). A deep red tent-shape with an equally deep red firework streaming down from above, as the all seeing eye watches over the dark night.
Signed and dated at the bottom right corner, "R. de Silva 86"
Paper size: 18"H x 22"W
From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980's. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim Stuckenberg...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
$600 Sale Price
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Representation of the Countryside - Acrylic by C. Bissattini - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Representation of the Countryside is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1982 by Claudio Bissattini.
Original Acrylic on canvas.
Titled a...
Category
Contemporary 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,982 Sale Price
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Mixed Media Collage Neo Expressionist Painting, Drawing NYC Artist
By Loren Munk
Located in Surfside, FL
Loren Munk (American, b. 1951), mixed media painting "Romulus & Remus", signed "Munk '89",
13" x 19" inches sheet, framed 20.25" x 26" inches.
In Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus are twin brothers whose story tells the events that led to the founding of the city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom by Romulus. The killing of Remus by his brother, and other tales from their story, have inspired artists throughout the ages. Since ancient times, the image of the twins being suckled by a she-wolf (dog) has been a symbol of the city of Rome and the ancient Romans.
The artist Loren Munk (born 1951) is primarily known for his YouTube nickname James Kalm as an uploader of videos about New York exhibitions, amongst others. He presents himself as a maker of contemporary paintings for several decades and of cubist paintings of urban imagery. Munk has received accolades for his drawings and mosaics. He differs from traditional mosaic artists by the manner in which he incorporates glass into his decorative paintings. His unique and innovative use of materials such as mirror, gold-leaf and glass mosaic affirmed him as a founding force of Kitsch Art and a leading member of New York Neo-Expressionism.
Munk's work debuted in SoHo in 1981 with a double show at J. Fields Gallery and Gabrielle Bryers. Since then, he has overseen an international career. In addition to exhibiting in Brazil, France, Germany and the United States, Munk has received national and overseas, public and private commissions. He is well represented in important collections throughout Europe, South and North America and the Middle East.
Most recently, Munk has been producing a series of paintings which tackle the subject of art itself through a historical and diagrammatic lens. Munk documents the New York art world in YouTube videos, using the name James Kalm.
Timeline:
1979 Attended Art Students League, New York
1973-75 Attended University of Maryland at Ramstein, Germany while in US Army
1969-72 Attended Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
1951 Born, Salt Lake City, Utah
Select Group Exhibitions
2018 “Under Erasure” curated by Heather and Raphael Rubinstein at Pierogi Gallery New York
2016 "It Was Never Linear: Recent Painting" at the Sheldon Museum of Art Lincoln Neb. with: Robert Bordo, Dawn Clements, Lois Dodd, Michelle Grabner, Colin Prahl, Peter Saul, Barbara Takenaga, and Stanley Whitney
2014 "Some Artists" curated by Matthew Deleget at Minus Space. David Diao, Mary Beth Edelson, Alfred Jensen, George Maciunas, Loren Munk, Ward Shelley, John Zinsser
2013 "Coming Together: Surviving Sandy Year 1" curated by Phong Bui for the Dedalus Foundation,
"The Decline and Fall of the Art World: Part I" curated by Nick Lawrence at Freight+Volume, N.Y.
"Reticulate" at McKenzie Fine Art Inc., N.Y.
"The Pyramids Along the Nile" at English Kills Gallery
2012 "When We Were Ancient" organized by Ethan Petitt at Teddy's Bar, Williamsburg
"Heroes" curated by Julie Torres at Small Black Door, Ridgewood Queens, N.Y.
2011 "ABC123" curated by Janet Goleas at Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y.
"6 Who Paint" curated by Fred Valentine at Big & Small/Casual, Long Island City, N.Y.
"It's All Good: Apocalypse Now" curated by Richard Timperio, Side Show Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
"Paper 2011" at Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn.
"NEW year NEW work NEW faces" by Jason Andrew and Deborah Brown at Storefront Gallery.
"Unfinished Pictures" curated by Kristin Calabrese...
Category
Neo-Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker
Mimming - Abstract Expressionist Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
Miming - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Yellow, Red, and Black in Acrylic on Textured Paper
A dynamic abstract painting in stark black, yellow, and red shows a brown-haired p...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$460 Sale Price
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"Untitled Abstract" Oil on Board, Abstract Expressionist, Signed by the Artist
Located in Detroit, MI
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...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Red Black and Grey Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic and Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red, Black, and Brown Figurative Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper
A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This pie...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pastel
Face After Picasso - Tropical Storm Two Sided Abstract Watercolor Acrylic Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Face After Picasso - Tropical Storm Two Sided Abstract Watercolor Acrylic Paper
Bold Face after Picasso with a storm of bold abstract colors on verso, by California-based artist Ric...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
“Untitled”
By Sid Birnbaum
Located in Southampton, NY
Original raised wood with inset enamel paint artwork by Sid Birnbaum. The painting is done in a abstract cubist style. Condition is very good. Signed and dated verso, 1987. Overal...
Category
Post-Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
$1,440 Sale Price
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Ozymandias (unique, signed Abstract Expressionist painting by renowned painter)
By Ben Wilson
Located in New York, NY
Ben Wilson
Ozymandias, 1989
Oil on masonite board
Boldly signed by Ben Wilson on the back
36 × 48 inches
Unframed
Provenance: acquired from the Estate of Ben Wilson
This work is titled "Ozymandias" after the famous sonnet written by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). Shelley's poem is one of the most poignant meditations on the fleeting nature of human power and the inevitability of decline. The poem serves as a reminder that time erodes even the most imposing empires and leaders and that the pursuit of lasting fame and control is ultimately futile.
Depending on how one views Ben Wilson's Abstract Expressionist painting of "Ozymandias" -- some of the imagery might reveal the head of an angry king and a sickle.
Shelley's poem Ozymandias reads:
I met a traveler from an antique land...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Red, White, and Purple - Abstract Figurative Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red, White, and Purple - Abstract Figurative Composition in Acrylic on Paper
A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Recurri...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Cosmic Enzymes on the Loose" Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic
Located in Soquel, CA
"Cosmic Enzymes on the Loose" Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic
Bright and dynamic abstract composition by California artist Debby Beck (American, b. 1948). A field of peach, magenta, and blue makes up the background of this piece, with layers of floating shapes above it. The shapes are repeating but varied - stars, swirls, dots, and lines. There is an impression of a microscopic world, teeming with life and movement.
Signed, dated, and titled on verso: Debby Beck 1983 Cosmic Enzymes on the Loose
No frame
Canvas size: 30"H x 36"W
Debby Beck (American, b. 1948) is an artist and activist from Sunland, California. Her artwork was selected for the cover of California Quarterly Vol. 45 (California State Poetry Society).
2014 - First Prize, Glendale Art Association Fall Salon
2013 - Modest Fly...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,160 Sale Price
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Bright Colorful Abstract Expressionist
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright, colorful abstract expressionist piece by Monterey, California artist Anthony Rappa (American, 20th Century). Heavy, textured pa...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$1,480 Sale Price
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David Bowie - New York - Urban Landscape in Acrylic on Textured Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
David Bowie - New York - Urban Landscape in Acrylic on Textured Paper
Abstracted cityscape by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazi...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$1,000 Sale Price
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Vintage Italian Tropical Female Figurative Fantasy 1970's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3546 Acrylic on artist board
Set in a vintage white frame
Image size 14x11"
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Cindy Kane 1985 Original Painting on Plywood
By Cindy Kane
Located in New York, NY
Cindy Kane (American, b. 1957)
Untitled, 1985
Oil on plywood
Sight: 31 1/2 x 28 1/2 in.
Framed: 39 3/4 x 36 x 2 in.
Signed lower right: KANE
Signed, titled, dated verso: Cindy Kane, Untitled, 1985
Cindy Kane (American, 1957-) grew up in Washington DC during the Vietnam War era, absorbing the period's powerful political climate. She is a self-taught artist whose multi media work is born out of a deep sense of connection to the political and environmental issues of our times.
Her early work was influenced by the experience of living and working at the bottom of the Grand Canyon National Park, where she had the opportunity to document Anasazi Indian pictographs in pen and ink drawings. These images would inform her work for years to come.
She draws on personal narrative and experience to create her paintings of maps, birds, toys, and artifacts from nature, often collaging bits of newspaper headlines, pieces of her children's homework, and pages of sheet music beneath layers of color and imagery.
In a review of her work, author and critic John Loughery wrote; "Kane leads us into a peculiar netherworld, a hard to place area that's both reassuringly ancient, and anxiously modern. This is a painter who is interested in the unconscious and the archetypal, and utilizes her own private, (but not inaccessible) vocabulary and imagery."
In a submission to AskART, Diana Wilson...
Category
American Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
Vibrant Red Abstraction by Jeremy Gardiner
Located in New York, NY
Jeremy Gardiner (British, b. 1957)
Argonauts, 1986
Oil on canvas
54 x 54 in.
Framed: 55 1/2 x 55 1/2 x 3 in.
Signed, dated, and titled verso
Provenance:
NYNEX Corporation
Jeremy Gardiner’s artistic excavation of the geology of landscape is shaped both by human activity and by the forces of nature. Gardiner interprets, through his painting and printmaking, a variety of landscapes that contain the marks and secrets of their own distant formation, giving them a unique, contemporary depth and beauty. His artistic exploration has taken him from the Jurassic Coast...
Category
Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In the old Ilguciems. oil on cardboard, 65x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
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...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
The Clown (geometric, bright colors, acrylic on paper painting)
Located in New York, NY
Artist Bio:
Carole Eisner was born and raised in New York City and received a BFA from Syracuse University. She has had eight solo shows in New York City at David Findlay Gallery, E...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Concert (unique, signed Abstract Expressionist painting by celebrated artist)
By Ben Wilson
Located in New York, NY
Ben Wilson
Concert, ca. 1989
Oil on masonite board (Hand Signed by the artist; also bears the Estate Stamp)
Boldly signed front and back, titled and dated on the back by Ben Wilson and also stamped on the back by the estate of Ben Wilson
42 × 48 inches
Unframed
This stunning painting is done by the second generation Abstract Expressionist artist Ben Wilson - one of the youngest artists to be given a show at prestigious ACA Gallery in 1940. This work "Concert" - depicting instruments, in a light, lyrically abstract painting. Exquisite colors and subtle imagery.
In 2017, he was the subject of a retrospective at the George Segal Gallery at Montclair State University from September 6 to November 4 and it was accompanied by a catalogue.
About Ben Wilson:
Ben Wilson was born in Philadelphia in 1913 to Jewish parents who had emigrated from Kiev and settled in New York City. He was educated in Manhattan public schools and graduated from City College in 1935. To gain exposure to a wider range of styles, he also studied at the National Academy of Design and at the Educational Alliance.
Admired by critics throughout his long career, Wilson was singled out as a “discovery” by the New York Times art critic Edward Alden Jewel even before his first one-man show at the Galerie Neuf in 1946. His paintings of the ’30s and ’40s were expressionistically rendered, often Biblical parables, filled with what he called “the grief of the intolerable” and reflecting an acute awareness of the agony of the time, from the Holocaust to the Spanish Civil War. A WPA artist who identified strongly with the plight of the Jews in Europe, he relentlessly explored themes of war, torment, and futility in his early decades of painting.
When times changed and social pressures subsided, Wilson’s mood lifted. He spent 1952-54 in Paris working at the Academie Julien. During the ’50s his involvement with specific imagery persisted but became more psychological and mythic in orientation. Influenced by Cubism, he created a vocabulary of interlocking shapes and bold, sweeping gestures that served as a transition between his early figurative expressionism and his later abstract constructivist concerns. Towards the end of the decade Wilson reached a crossroads, moving towards abstraction and searching for what he called “a scaffolding under the externals.”
By 1960, influenced by the Russian Constructivists, Mondrian, and Abstract Expressionism, Wilson turned to abstraction. Reexamining the basic elements of painting, he evolved his own personal vocabulary and structure, fusing the cerebral and the emotive. He became increasingly experimental, using house paint, sand, and other unorthodox materials in paintings that he worked from all directions, dripping, spraying, stenciling, and collaging. He employed elements of disjunction, repetitions of geometric motifs, linear networks, and complex overlays to create the transparent, multi-layer development of space that characterizes his later paintings. A consummate draftsman, Wilson filled notebook after notebook with drawings that he amplified in his paintings.
Eschewing popular movements, Wilson was always one to pursue a personal aesthetic. Despite more than 30 one-man shows and 50 years of teaching, he increasingly withdrew from the gallery scene but continued to paint daily until his death at age 88 in 2001 in Blairstown, New Jersey, where he and his sculptor wife Evelyn Wilson...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
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Masonite, Oil
"A New Idea" in Blue - Figural Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"A New Idea" in Blue - Figural Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper
A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Large blue and red brushstrokes form the structure of this composition, with a seated figure in the misty background. What appears to be a cobalt blue vessel...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic
$1,320 Sale Price
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Figures at work or Play Abstraction Watercolor and Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Figures at work or Play Abstraction Watercolor and Acrylic on Paper
My favorite of the Collection. A bold figurative painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century). Two figures in abstract reds and blues stand playfully tossing objects in red, blue and beige, splashes of red erupt. Reminds me of a Birthday celebration.
From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles. He was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980's. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim Stuckenberg, Alice Robertson Carr, Deborah Eve Alastra...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Three Spots of Gold - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Handmade Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
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...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Paese in estate - Artwork by Leo Guida - 1988
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Paese in estate is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera on...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings
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Tempera, Cardboard
$585 Sale Price
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Abstract landscape at Bellport New York. Meditation moments at the Bellport.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
In Arthur Pinajian's mesmerizing 1986 oil painting, a lush symphony of nature unfolds on the canvas. The artist's distinctive brushstroke techniques breathe life into the scenery of ...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Grimslitherofaviewincohate
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Stanley Boxer devoted nearly five decades to the development of an expressive, abstract practice, encompassing drawing, sculpture, and printmaking. “In the manufacture of my art, I u...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Right Turn on the Railroad Track - Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Right Turn on the Railroad Track - Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media on Paper
Abstract in bold blue and red on a soft black background , by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century).
Signed and dated at the bottom left corner, "R. de Silva 86." Image shown above is enhanced in Photoshop to make signature more visible.
Paper size: 30"H x 22"W
From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980's. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim Stuckenberg, Alice Robertson Carr, Deborah Eve...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil
Primary Colors Abstract Expressionist - Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Primary Colors Abstract Expressionist - Mixed Media on Paper
Abstract in bold primary colors on a stark black background with salt texturing technique executed along the bottom, by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century). This artwork is on "Arches France...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
$760 Sale Price
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"Cliffside", Large Scale Modern Abstract Geometric Landscape
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
"Cliffside", Large Scale Modern Abstract Geometric Landscape
Colorful modern abstract landscape titled "Cliffside" by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999), a modernist of urban and coas...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
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Linen, Acrylic
$5,200 Sale Price
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Thomas Downing "Moon", 1985
By Thomas Downing
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Thomas Downing (1928 - 1985).
"Moon", 1985
Acrylic on paper bag
35" x 15" (framed)
Dedication on reverse to his wife Helen.
Downing’s works are in many collections in...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic
Blue Abstract Composition
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Abstract Composition
Acrylic on arch paper, 41 1/2 x 29 1/2", framed 47 x 35, signed lower left
Lamar Briggs (1935-2015) Modern Abstract Expressionist, was born in Lafayette, Loui...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic, Archival Paper
'Aqua Landscape', Woman Artist, Spirituality, Transcendentalist Abstraction
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, 'Buchfink' for Marie Buchfink (American, born circa 1931) and painted circa 1985. Accompanied by artist card, attached, verso.
Bo...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstracted Figurative and Stone in Acrylic on Textured Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Figurative and Stone in Acrylic on Textured Paper
Abstracted cityscape by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century)...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic
$920 Sale Price
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Hockey - Original Tempera on Paper by E. Stoebel - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Hockey is an original artwork realized by Edgar Stoëbel during the 1980s.
Tempera on paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Very good conditions except for som...
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Contemporary 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
$432 Sale Price
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"Open Window", Large Scale Minimalist Color-Field Abstract
By Sasha Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
Large scale, compelling abstract titled "Open Window" by Canadian abstract painter Sasha Rogers (Canadian, b. 1969), daughter of premier art...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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