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Period: 20th Century
Phenomena Spectrum Guardian by Paul Jenkins, Abstract Expressionist artist
By Paul Jenkins
Located in London, GB
Phenomena Spectrum Guardian by Paul Jenkins (1923 - 2012)
Acrylic on canvas
76 x 101.5 cm (29 ⁷/₈ x 40 inches)
Signed lower middle Paul Jenkins
Executed in 1970
Provenance:
Gallerie Iris Wazzau, Davos, Switzerland
Private collection, Cologne, Germany
Artist biography:
Born at Kansas City in Missouri (USA), the multi-media artist, poet and playwright Paul Jenkins studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and the Art Students League in New York City. After his discharge from military service at the end of February 1946, he briefly studied playwriting with dramatist George McCalmon at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. Thereafter, Jenkins spent four years studying with Japanese American artist Yasuo Kuniyoshi in New York City. His first solo exhibitions were held at Studio Paul Facchetti in Paris in 1954 and the Martha Graham Gallery in New York City in 1956. Over the past thirty years, numerous retrospectives have been curated across the globe and Jenkins’ work can found in national collections from Europe and the United States to Israel, Australia and Japan.
The diversity of his work springs from Jenkins’ wealth of eclectic influences. Some of his earliest works included what he called "interior landscapes" influenced by ancient natural forms like the caves he visited in the Ozark Mountains in his native-Missouri. Frequent student visits to the Frick Collection in New York fostered a love of the great masters: Bellini, Holbein, Vermeer, Rembrandt, de la Tour, Turner and Goya. In compliment, lingering student visits to the renowned Eastern collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City evoked powerful sympathy for a monumental Chinese fresco...
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Abstract Figurative Composition in Oil on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Figurative Composition in Oil on Board
Boldly colored abstract composition by an unknown Bay area California artist (20th Century)...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 14.75 x 11 inches
condition: excellent
prov...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Newfoundland Landscape (Canada)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful lanscape painting by American artist, James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982). Newfoundland, ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 14 x 20 inches. Signed lower margin.
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James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist style of land, sea and cityscapes, created paintings with an emphasis on color and form. His works possess a clear and simple style, easily understood by the masses.
Born in Perkasie Pennsylvania, 20 miles north of Philadelphia, Clymer was the
youngest of seven children. Losing his mother during childbirth, he was raised by his eldest sister. He attended Drexel University in Philadelphia, studying Art and Architecture and worked as an Architect in the years following World War I.
During this time, Clymer met the artist Gwenyth Waugh, daughter of the renowned marine painter, Frederick Judd Waugh. His thrust then changed from Architect to Artist. Together, the couple travelled to destinations such as Spain and Newfoundland, where they gave birth to their only daughter.
In the early 1920's, Clymer and family settled in Provincetown, MA and quickly became associated with notable artists such as Helen Sawyer...
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Realist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
"Sunshine and Shadows" Antique American Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting by Elaine Crawley. Oil on canvas board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 21 by 25 inches overall and 20 by 24 painting alone.
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist Street Scene with Figures Umbrellas and Cathedral Spire
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Street Scene with Figures Umbrellas and Cathedral Spire
By Fanch Lel
Size: 18.25 x 15 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition: T...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape Variations No. 2 - Sardonic Interlude
By Ben Norris
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated lower left: "Ben Norris / 29 - XII - 50". With label verso: "Landscape Variations II - Sardonic Interlude / by Ben Norris". From the Estate of the Artist.
Exhibite...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'American Action Abstract', Large Beat Generation Diptych, Naked Lunch, Ginsberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, right-hand canvas, "William S. Burroughs" (American, 1914-1997), dated "1993" and titled "Exterminator II'. Signed on lower left, left-hand canvas, "Steven Lowe" (American, 1947-2007) and dated "93".
Diptych size: 72 x 96 inches.
Individual panel size: 72 x 48 Inches.
Condition: Excellent
A monumental Action Abstract comprising energetically interwoven swirls of parchment and ivory contrasted against a rich, dark-chestnut ground. This diptych is the largest recorded work by the artist.
An icon of twentieth-century counter-culture, William Burroughs was the seminal, postmodern author of 'The Naked Lunch...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Edge
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work:
Oil on board. Signed and dated lower right and verso, titled verso.
36.25 x 48 in.
40.5 x 52.25 in. (framed)
Framed in contemporary silver, tiered floater frame.
Dennis Eugene Norman Burton was a Canadian modernist who was born in Lethbridge, Ontario. He attended the Ontario College of Art from 1952 to 1956, and worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a graphic designer until 1960.
Inspired by a 1955 exhibition of the “Painters Eleven” at Toronto’s Hart House, as well as American Abstract Expressionist artists such as Robert Motherwell, Jack Tworkov, and Willem de Kooning, Burton shifted his focus toward abstraction in the mid-1950s.
Burton showed with the famed Isaacs Gallery in Toronto, becoming one of the youngest members on the gallery’s roster. A talented musician, he also played saxophone in the Artist’s Jazz Band in Toronto - a pioneering Canadian free-jazz group...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Board
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist - Dreams
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful mid century abstract expressionist painting by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Unframed. Titled...
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Post-War 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
'Abstract of Lines and Colours' German School (circa 1960s)
Located in London, GB
'Abstract of Lines and Colours', oil on panel (circa 1960s), German School, signed, 'X. Kruger'. This artwork is a clear homage to Piet Mondrian (1872-1944). Recognised for the purit...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vintage American Abstract Geometric Modernist Signed Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American abstract geometric signed oil painting by Paul Kelpe (1902 - 1985) . Oil on board. Vibrant color and confident composition. Framed.
Artist Bio:
A German arti...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composition abstraite/Abstract composition
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Reference number A111
Not framed but could be with a natural oak floated frame (add 200 euros)
28 x 41 cm
This work is painted with oil on a paper that is mounted on a board and pla...
Category
French School 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Manhattan Night Life"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984)
He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicago as a youth, he took classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, returning to New York when he was 20. From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent), and Anders Zorn.
He accepted a teaching position at the Minneapolis School of Art in 1916, remaining there until 1921. This enabled him to travel to Europe to study Cézanne’s paintings and works of the Old Masters. He traveled to Paris, Prague, Dresden, Berlin, and Munich seeking the works of Titian, Cranach, Rembrandt, Veronese, and Holbein, which gave him new perspective. Vytlacil studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Munich, settling there in 1921. Fellow students were Ernest Thurn and Worth Ryder, who introduced him to famous abstractionist Hans Hofmann. He worked with Hofmann from about 1922 to 1926, as a student and teaching assistant.
During the summer of 1928, after returning to the United States, Vytlacil gave lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, on modern European art. Soon thereafter, he became a member of the Art Students League faculty. After one year, he returned to Europe and successfully persuaded Hofmann to teach at the League as well. He spent about six years in Europe, studying the works of Matisse, Picasso, and Dufy. In 1935, he returned to New York and became a co-founder of the American Abstract Artists group in 1936. He later had teaching posts at Queens College in New York; the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California; Black Mountain College in North Carolina; and the Art Students League.
His paintings exhibit a clear inclination toward modernism. His still lives and interiors from the 1920s indicate an understanding of the art of Cézanne. In the 1930s, his works displayed two very different kinds of art at the same time. His cityscapes and landscapes combine Cubist-inspired spatial concerns with an expressionistic approach to line and color. Vytlacil also used old wood, metal, cork, and string in constructions, influenced by his friend and former student, Rupert Turnbull. He eventually ceased creating constructions as he considered them too limiting. The spatial challenges of painting were still his preference. During the 1940s and 1950s, his works indicated a sense of spontaneity not felt in his earlier work.
He married Elizabeth Foster in Florence, Italy, in 1927 and they lived and worked in Positano, Italy for extended periods of time. Later on, they divided their time between homes in Sparkill, New York and Chilmark, Massachusetts, where Vyt, as he was affectionately called, taught at the Martha's Vineyard Art...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Night Garden" Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil paint on canvas and features a warm red geometric rectangular shape at the center of the composition, wit...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Meltdown in No. 23" Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
"Meltdown in No. 23", a large scale abstract finished with a high gloss lacquer by Duane Albert Armstrong (American, b. 1938). Presented in a black metal frame. Signed "D. Armstrong"...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Untitled - Lamb - Mixed Media by Mario Schifano - 1995
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled - Lamb is an artwork realized by the Italian artist Mario Schifano in 1995.
Original mixed media, acrylic and enamel. Painting on canvas with sculpture relief.
Hand-sign...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract Pastel Regatta Scene with Sailboats on Calm Water
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Abstract Pastel Regatta Scene with Sailboats on Calm Water
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 13 x 16.25 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition: The pa...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Antique American Modernist Signed Cubist Still Life Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 23 1/2H x 29 1/2L
Category
Cubist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Atmosphère Chromoplastique N.246 - Acrylic on Wood by L. Tomasello -
Located in Roma, IT
This great work is a part of the Collection ‘Atmosphères chromoplastiques’ which was realized by Tomasello in the mid-1970s, during his stay in Paris and at the very center of the OP...
Category
Op Art 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
French Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Gérard Guegueniat (French, 1970s)
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: Framed: 19 x 25 inches Board: 18 x 24 inches
Provenance: Private Collection, France
Condition: Very good a...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Abstract Icelandic Abstract Expressionist Signed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and interesting mid century Icelandic abstract painting. Oil on canvas board. Signed verso. Image size, 16H by 13L.
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 20th Century French Abstract Composition Shapes & Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract composition
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 33 x 29 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: good and sound condition
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
France - cityscape
Located in Belgrade, MT
This painting by Lucien Durand is part of my private collection. It is one of a kind, original and signed on the back by the artist.
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled, Alfonso Hüppi - Original mixed media on canvas, abstraction - 1962
Located in New York, NY
Alfonso Hüppi
Untitled, 1962
Mixed media on canvas (paint, wood)
18 1/2 × 20 1/2 in 47 × 52 cm (without frame)
Frame included
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Changing Seasons" - Red Over Blue Tribute to Mark Rothko in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"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...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Modernist Abstract Painting - Aerial Urban View of a City, ca 1980
Located in Baltimore, MD
As with most abstract paintings, one wants to find some sort of figural depiction within the overall composition of the work. Having owned this painting for quite a few years, I have...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Mesa Verde", 1980s Original Abstract Landscape Oil Painting, Yellow, Pink, Gold
Located in Denver, CO
This striking original abstract oil painting, titled Mesa Verde, was created by artist Wilma Fiori (1929–2019) on November 17, 1988. The piece is a vibrant...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Abstract, Cream and Rose', Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, Musée d'Art Moderne
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Kurt Weber' for Kurt Oscar Weber (Swiss-American, 1938-2011); additionally dated, verso, May 1963, and signed.
Framed dimensions: 46 H x 1.5 D x 58.5 W inches.
...
Category
Other Art Style 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
E. Jacobson Colors.. original painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Ellis Jacobson (San Diego, 1925 - Palma de Mallorca, August 23, 2013) was an American cartoonist and painter who lived most of his life in Palma de Mallorca (Spain), where he develop...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Celestial Sky in Reds
Located in Greenwich, CT
This Celestial Sky painting is what Michael Forster is most celebrated for in his highly interesting career spanning working in Mexico and Canada.
The brushwork creates a reverberati...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Colour Block Abstract, Mixed Medium, Original Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Large Colour Block Abstract, Mixed Medium, Original Painting
French School, circa 1990s
sigend indistinctly on the bottom of the painting
Mixed m...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Huge Mid Century Modern Texas Artist Abstract Expressionist Action Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An abstract expressionist painting by Duayne Hatchett . Oil on canvas, circa 1992. Signed verso. Framed. Image size, 60"H x 55"L.
Duayne Hatchett was a visual artist whose work...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pastel Purple and Yellow Abstract with Quirky Lines French Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
signed by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
Inscribed verso
canvas size: 46 x 35 inches
condition: overall very...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Cityscape 1960 Oil Painting Signed Chait Expressionist NYC City Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a bold, abstracted city scene. It appears to be New York City, It could be any large metropolis with skyscrapers and a bustle to it. It is signed S. Chait and signed with ini...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Surreal Nudes Female Figurative painting by Mury
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3809 Floating world surreal figurative painting signed on verso Mury
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spring - large, bright, yellow, orange, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Passages of butter yellow, rose and light green float on a washed spring yellow ground in this elegant abstract painting by Milly Ristvedt.
Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) MA, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fantastic vision by Vivaldo Martini - Oil on canvas 60x81 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
His first name sounds like a concerto. Vivacious, its name is reminiscent of an aperitif or a cyclist. The addition of the two evokes the Italianate. Indomitable and unavoidable. Moreover, I was born on November 11, 1908 in Bellinzona, one day became a portrait painter of the president of the confederation, residing most of his life in Geneva, Vivaldo Martini...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1960s Color Field Painting by ME/NY Expressionist
Located in New York, NY
Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021)
Untitled, c. 1963
Oil on canvas
48 x 50 in.
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Syril Harriet Frank was born in Brooklyn to Israel and Mina Kaplan. S...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century French Illustration Sketches Of Different Colorful Birds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bird Sketches
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed
pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed
painting: 13 x 20 inches
good condition
provenance: from the...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
Jorge Castillo 186 Golden Yellow Surreal. 1985 original abstract acrylic canvas
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Original work by the Spanish artist Jorge Castillo
Perfect state
CASTILLO, Jorge (Pontevedra, 1933).
Since childhood, Jorge Castillo is passionate about drawing, and takes only te...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White - Acrylic Painting by Mario Padovan - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
White is an contemporary artwork realized by Mario Padovan in 1976.
Mixed colored acrylic painting on canvas.
Signature, title, date and technique on the back.
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
French Floral Abstract, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Floral Abstract, Signed Oil Painting
French School, 20th Century
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Oil painting on the...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French 20th Century Blue Wave Over Orange Roof Town Coastal Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
inscribed verso
dated 84'
canvas size: 35 x 46 inches
condition: ov...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Antique American Abstract Landscape Framed Vintage Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Houses Architecture Precisionist NY Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ARMAND ROTTENBERG (1903-2000) LARGE FRENCH EXPRESSIONIST ABSTRACT OIL PAINTING
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Composition"
by Armand Rottenberg (French 1903-2000)
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 29 x 21 inches
Stunning original Cubist painting by the French abstract artis...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Indivisible - pink, purple, blue, abstract, contemporary, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Modern, grid, abstract. In the hands of master colourist Milly Ristvedt, the classic grid pattern becomes more than a ‘container’ for colour. Hailed by critics and collectors as one ...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Colonial Organisms
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Alexander Calder. "Colonial Organisms" is a Post-War abstract painting, gouache and ink on paper in bold colors of reds, blacks, yellow...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
'Abstract Landscape', by Katherine Westphal, Oil on Board
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Katherine Westphal's oil on board painting titled 'Abstract Landscape' embodies the stylistic qualities of abstract painting. Using a diverse color palette of orange, red, yellow, bl...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Man in Leather Smoking
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful ca. 1960 portrait by American artist, Vito Tomasello. Oil on line canvas, 20 x 24 inches, 28 x 32 inches in period frame. Signed lower right.
A lifetime NYC resident, T...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Woman and Child in the Woods - Midcentury Abstracted Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Woman and Child in the Woods - Midcentury Abstracted Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Dramatic abstracted painting of a woman holding a child in the woods by Maley (20th Century). This pi...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Landscape 111 by Jean Krille - Oil on masonite - 100x80cmm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...
Category
Neo-Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Multi Textured Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and colorful highly textured abstract with figurative elements by Weston (American, 20th Century). Signed and dated "Weston '92" lower right corner. Tempera on acrylic sheet. ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Plastic
Abstract Piece - Mid 20th Century Colourful Oil on Canvas by Metchiled Naviasky
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Metchiled Naviasky
Refugee from Europe who studied art in England. During the war she became picture editor of famous magazine PIcture Post. Later she taught mysticism in art at t...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1970’s French Surrealist Signed Oil Painting Abstract Robot Sculpture
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1970's, French Surrealist artist
Abstract Surrealist Figurative study
oil on canvas, unframed
signed and dated 75'
inscribed verso
canvas: 32 x 34 inches
private colle...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Monumental Abstract Modernist Oil Panel Oregon Centennial Exposition Mural 1959
By Louis Bunce
Located in Portland, OR
Monumental modernist oil on panel painting by Louis Demott Bunce (1907-1983), from an installation for the Oregon Centennial Exposition, 1959.
A rare & important and monumental abstract painting by the celebrated Oregon artist Louis Bunce, the artist was commissioned to paint a mural for the 1959 Oregon Centennial & Trade Fair in Portland, the installation was titled " Gay Garden Way ", it was painted for the exterior of the Horticultural building. The mural having abstract plant abstractions, according to Bunce in his own words it was "the rounded shapes of flowers and the sun", the mural created a major furor from the conservative art public.
The painting signed and dated by the artist lower left, the work was sold in the late 1980s through the celebrated Laura Russo Gallery, this painting is featured in Roger Hull's book; "Louis Bunce, Dialogue with Modernism".
The painting is in good condition and ready to grace your wall.
Louis Bunce attended high school and the Museum Art School before leaving for the Art Students League in New York. He established a New York connection that began when he first attended classes there in 1927 and continued over the years with frequent visits. He became friends with many promising artists, including Jackson Pollock and David Smith. In 1939 he worked for the WPA Easel Project in New York and by the time he returned to Portland he was an established artist on the East Coast. He worked at the WPA art center in Salem as an Instructor and Assistant Director. His work included murals, two of which are in the Post Offices in Grants Pass and St. Johns. Their subjects, mining and orchard farming, are activities of each region. "I have always been visually drawn to the landscape, at first the desert and mountain regions of Wyoming; then the lush and gentle color of the Pacific Northwest and the urban landscape of New York." From 1942-1945 he worked as an illustrator, a tool designer, and in assembly for the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation. After WWII, Bunce joined the faculty of the Museum Art School in Portland, where he had been a student in 1925-1926. He taught there until his retirement in 1972. He excelled at producing screen-prints and introduced this technique to Oregon. While maintaining a national reputation throughout the 1950s and 1960s, some of New York's most prestigious galleries represented him. Theater buffs will remember his murals and portraits for Portland Civic Theater's 1938 production of Pride and Prejudice. In a career that made him one of the most recognized names in Oregon's art history, Bunce had many styles: cubism, expressionism, surrealism and abstractionism. His 1958 mural in the Portland International Airport presents this abstract style: "whirling propellers and shadows of the concourse as seen from above." It was controversial at the time as being too abstract for a public art project. Louis and wife Eda opened a full-time art gallery in Portland in 1949, called the Kharouba. Located first at 1016 SE Morrison, then at SW 11th and Alder, the gallery represented many of the leading artists of the day: Josephine Cameron, William Givler, Clifford Gleason, Jack Hammack, Charles Heaney, Frederick Heidel, George Johanson, Jack McLarty, Rick Norwood, C.S. Price, Arthur Runquist, Jolan Torok, Charles Voorhies...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modernist Boats - Abstract Monterey Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist Boats - Abstract Monterey Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Vibrant abstracted landscape of colorful boats in a Monterey harbor by California artist Virginia Sevier Rogers (Americ...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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In the 1960s and '70s, the hypnotic creations of Op artists went mainstream and influenced the look of pop culture.
Dorothy Hood’s Boundless Abstractions Are Back with a Fierceness
Works from the impressive oeuvre of the largely unknown Texas native are now on view at Houston's McClain Gallery.
French Artist Marie Raymond Was So Much More Than Yves Klein’s Mom
Seminal works from the mid-20th-century painter's lyrical abstract oeuvre are now on view at Paris's Diane de Polignac Gallery.
For Oliver Lee Jackson, Painting Is a Fierce and Sacred Matter
The artist and activist is the subject of a new show at Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery of Art.