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Period: 20th Century
Vintage Super Detailed American School Modernist Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Image size, 39H by 39L.
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,800 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century British Modernist Oil Painting Light Colour Mixed Media Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract
by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century)
gouache/newspaper painting on board, unframed
board: 25 x 30 inches
condition: overall very good
provenance: all the paintings w...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Newsprint
Geometric Abstraction
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
A unique, beautifully composed, large-scale geometric abstraction encaustic, with fresh colors, on fibrous buff, wove paper; the image extending ...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic
Arthur Dove 1940 "Sun" Painting
By Arthur Dove
Located in San Francisco, CA
Arthur Dove: 1880-1946. One of the most important early American Modernists and Abstract Expressionists. He has had auction results over $8,000,000 and that record was 2 weeks ago. A...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
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: 12.75 x 9.75 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Space Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful vintage space abstract by Santa Cruz, California artist Ralph Edward Joosten (American, 1928-2009). Presented in a metal frame. Signed "R. Joos...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Abstract Harbor Scene
Located in New York, NY
An abstract Avante Garde piece with vivid use of paint and complex lines and color placement. A strong modernist oil painting depicted in 1969 during the rise of Avante Garde express...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Painting American Late 1960's Mid Century New York Brown
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid Century Modern, American Abstract Expressionist Painting on Masonite.
This wonderful work in hues of blue comes house in a contemporary natural wood frame presentation..
The ar...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Robert Tosa Mid Century Modern Abstract Portraits c.1952
Located in San Francisco, CA
Robert Tosa Mid Century Modern Abstract Portraits c.1952
Outstanding Mid Century Modern Painting.
Various abstract portraits of a dancer.
Original oil on board housed in a handsom...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Male portrait study
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Portrait Study, 1966. 10.25 x 10.25 inches. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Excellent condition.
Bor...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Dichotomy, mid-century figural abstract green oil painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Dichotomy, 1962
Oil on paper
Signed and dated upper left
20 x 25 inches
Mid-century figural abstract green painting of woman swimming ...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mediterranean Costal Town (South of France)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Charles Evans (1907-1992)
Mediterranean Costal Town, 1932.
Gouache and watercolor on paper.
Sheet measures 8.5 x 10 inches; mounted in frame measuring 8.5 x 10 inches.
Signed and dated lower left.
Charles Evans was a modernist known for his abstract style of painting. He studied at New York's Art Students League and Parsons School of Design, and later in Paris with Fernand Lger at the Acadmie Moderne. In 1930, Evans and his wife spent a year living in what was Paul Cezanne's studio in Aix-en-Provence, France. The following year, Evans purchased the old silk mill in New Hope and became involved in the area's modernist movement, joining the Independents in 1932. By 1935, he began to work collaboratively with Louis Stone, whom he had met in 1929 while studying with Hans Hofman in Saint Tropez, and with Charles F. Ramsey, teaching art classes and working on the Cooperative Painting Project. Every week, the three were joined by the abstract painter, Lee Gatch, in discussions at Ledger's Inn in Lambertville. In 1948 Evans co-founded the New Hope Gazette with Walter M. Teller. The same year he created set designs for St. John Terrell's Lambertville Music Circus. He also designed sets for the Bucks County Playhouse and Philadelphia's Playhouse in the Park. He later served as Set Designer for the Fred Miller...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
"An Archbishop of the Cloudworks" Abstract
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful abstract oil painting on canvas by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Unframed. Titled "An Archbis...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
$1,440 Sale Price
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Mid Century Black Cat and Vase Still Life
By Joseph Tanous
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century still life of fruit, vase and black cat by Monterey artist Joseph Tanous (American, b. 1925), c. 1940-50. Signed lower left corner. Presented in rustic painted w...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,480 Sale Price
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Mid Century French Illustration Sketches Of Outdoor Wildlife
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wildlife
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed
pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed
painting: 14 x 18 inches
good condition
provenance: from the artists estate, France
Josine ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
Snow Field, signed painting Ceiba-Geigy coll w/original Poindexter Gallery label
By Hyde Solomon
Located in New York, NY
Hyde Solomon
Snow Field (Poindexter Gallery), 1974
Oil on Canvas (Signed, Dated & Framed)
Hand-signed by artist, "Hyde Solomon 74", upper left on the front and on the back. Poindexte...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 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
Abstract Cubist Seascape Lithograph by Roger Lersy
By Roger Lersy
Located in Atlanta, GA
Roger Lersy, "Abstract Seascape with Boats," Circa 1958.
A vibrant lithograph on paper by French artist Roger Lersy (1920–2004), this stunning Cubist-inspired composition features an...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
1980's French Abstract Surrealist Original Oil Black and Grey Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French abstract, signed by T. Fabris, dated 1977
Title: Abstract Surrealist Composition
Medium: oil on board, unframed
Painting: 23 x 16 inches
Provenance: privat...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cubist Female Nude Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Nude Woman, 1946. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures 9 x 6; 13 x 10 inches in matting. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Excellent condition.
Born...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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: 12.75 x 9.75 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Signed Vintage American Modernist Abstract Southwest Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Image size, 32H by 38L.
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Ukrainian American Abstract Expressionist Thick Impasto Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Ukrainian American abstract painting by Misha Reznikoff (1905 - 1971). Oil on canvas. Signed verso in monogram. Measuring 20.5 by 30.5 inches.
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid century modern abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich.
Toma Yovanovich (1931-2016)
Yovanovich was a painter/printmaker whose w...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Artists Paint Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Last Song: Beim Schlafengehen—Going to Sleep (homage to Richard Strauss)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Last Song: Beim Schlafengehen (Going to Sleep)
Year: 1985
Year: 1985-2001
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, with Artist Painted Frame
Size: 47 x 59 i...
Category
Photorealist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$46,400 Sale Price
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Vintage American Impressionist New York Cityscape Signed Modern Oil Painting
By Kamil Kubik
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century impressionist cityscape oil painting by Kamil Kubik (1930 - 2011) . Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Nice view of the Empire State Building!
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fred Kenknight "Midday Sun" Abstract Oil Painting c.1963
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fred Kenknight Vintage 1960s "Midday Sun" Abstract Oil Painting
Fantastic vintage oil painting signed by Fred Kenknight.
Though untitled, we are call...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Asphalt, Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas by Lou Fink
By Lou Fink
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lou Fink, American (1925 - 1980)
Title: Asphalt
Year: 1967
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed verso
Size: 40 x 48 in. (101.6 x 121.92 cm)
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Modernist Winter Abstract Landscape Exhibited Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage signed abstract landscape painting by Gabriel Godard (Born 1933).
Oil on canvas. Framed. Exhibited.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape with window in D oil on canvas painting surrealist
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Felix Ferreras - Landscape with window in D - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 73x100 cm.
Frameless.
Félix Ferreras is a visual artist with numerous national and international awards ...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,134 Sale Price
40% Off
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Fire Series', C. 1992 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
French Expressionist Abstract 20th Century Oil Painting Blaze of Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist composition
by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017)
oil on board stuck on board, mounted
mount: 25.5 x 19.75 inches
board: 11.5 x 9 inches
provenance: the artists...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique European School Modernist Village Landscape Original Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique European modernist landscape painting. Oil on board, circa 1930. Unsigned. Image size, 20.5L x 17.5H. Housed in a period giltwood frame.
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,036 Sale Price
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Shared Vision
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Shared Vision," a captivating artwork by Abiodun Nafiu Azeez, beautifully encapsulates the idea of unity and collaboration. In this piece, Azeez skillfu...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Virginia Hills American Female Modernist Abstract Signed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract signed oil painting by Anne Sharp. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled t-nail ink drawing, unique geometric abstraction hand signed framed
By James Siena
Located in New York, NY
James Siena
Untitled t-nail drawing (reference: two against two), 1999
Graphite on paper
Pencil signed, titled, annotated and dated on the reverse of the sheet (see photos)
also penc...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Pencil
Abstract Geometric Composition in Green, Blue, and White - Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Geometric Composition in Green, Blue, and White - Acrylic on Canvas
Bold abstract composition by Robert William Hinds (American, b. 1926). This composition is divided up in...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Bold & Dynamic ca. 1965 Abstraction Titled "October Landscape" by Valfred Thelin
Located in Chicago, IL
A bold & dynamic ca. 1965 Abstraction titled "October Landscape" by Valfred Thelin. Image size: 13 1/2" x 30". Framed size: 18" x 35".
Painter Valf...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Collage - Still Life
By Marion Huse
Located in Storrs, CT
Brilliantly-colored collage with various texts and butterfly prints. Oil on canvas measures 20 x 24, presented in a modern frame with white linen liner; frame measures 26 5/8 x 30 5/...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figurative Abstract Gouache on Paper - Woman
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Abstract Gouache on Paper by Minnesota/Chicago artist Richard Koppe (1916-1073).
Simply titled “Woman,” the work is an excellent composition by the artist created 1941.
The painting ...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
Rolph Scarlett
Untitled Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstraction, ca. 1950
Gouache on paper painting
Hand signed on lower right front
This is a stunning original, signed vintage 1950...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Mixed Media, Pencil
White Sea
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009)
White Sea
1960
Gouache on paper
Image: 8.90 x 24.1 cm
Frame: 48.0 x 50.3 cm
Provenance: The George and Ann Dannatt Estate, The George Dannatt Trust
...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Geometric Shape Abstract French 20th Century Modernist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 19 x 16 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The terrace
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$480 Sale Price
68% Off
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
oil painting on canvas
unframed: 24 x 24 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have for sale...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu, Underwater Spirt - Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu, Underwater Spirt - Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative
Hawaiian symbolist nocturnal figurative of glowing whispy figure underwater with mountains and red coral garden by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Study for Blue and Gold III, " Matthew Radford, British Abstract Painting
Located in New York, NY
Matthew Radford (British, b. 1953)
Study for Blue and Gold III, 1989
Oil on canvas
30 x 10 inches
Signed on the reverse
Provenance:
Frank Bernarducci ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Geometric Composition with Dome-Like Silhouettes. Circa 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Circa 1970 – Abstract Geometric Composition with Dome-Like Silhouettes
Date: Circa 1970
Medium: Gouache on cardboard
Dimensions: H 64 cm x W 49 cm approx.
Description: This abstract...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Mickey Mouse
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Alexander Calder. "Mickey Mouse" is a Post-War abstract painting, gouache and ink on paper in bold colors of reds, blacks, yellows, and oran...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
The Flea Market
Located in London, GB
'The Flea Market', oil on canvas, by Catherine Garros (circa 1990s). The viewer can feel the light of the French Riviera shine through this seductive ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Secrets in the Circle" Oli Sihvonen, Blue and Red Hard-Edge Geometric
Located in New York, NY
Oli T. Sihvonen (1921 - 1991)
The Secrets in the Circle, 1962
Oil on canvas
25 x 34 in
Signed lower right; signed, titled dated, and inscribed "Box 563 Taos, N.M." on the reverse
Pr...
Category
Hard-Edge 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Malpass - 20th Century Oil, Carnival
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking study using geometric shapes and a rich colour palette to create an abstract interpretation of a carnival. Signed to the lower right. On board.
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$289 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Modern New York Geometric Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Yellow Tail I
By Sherron Francis
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work:
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas. Signed, titled, and dated verso.
40 x 76.5 in.
41.75 x 78.25 in. (framed)
Custom framed in a solid, unfinished maple floater.
Provenance
Watson/de Nagy & Company, Houston
Private Collection, New York
Sherron Francis was born in 1940, in Downers Grove, IL outside of Chicago. She originally enrolled at the University of Oklahoma, but later transferred to the Kansas City Art Institute to focus more on art. Initially, Francis' practice was focused on figurative art, with visiting professor and renowned modern realist Philip Pearlstein remarking on Francis’ draftsman acumen.
In the early 1960s, art dealers and gallerists from New York would visit the Institute to entice promising artists by offering scholarships and financial aid. Because such financial arrangements were only made for men, Francis had to persuade the school's leadership to allow for women to also be eligible for merit-based aid. Her advocacy was successful, and she ultimately graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1963. She would then proceed to obtain her MFA from the University of Indiana, before assuming a teaching position at Eastern Michigan University.
In 1968, with only $300 on hand, Francis moved to 16 Waverly Place in SoHo, New York. The neighborhood was a hotbed for young AbEx artists of the day, and she quickly befriended the likes of Peter Reginato, Walter Darby Bannard, Michael Steiner, Peter Young, Peter Bradley...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Large Pastel Abstract Collage, 20th Century New York/Texas Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925–1996)
Untitled
1980
Acrylic and collage on canvas
Initialed and dated verso
48 x 48 inches
Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma and grew u...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Vintage Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas board.
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$620 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Outsider Pop Art Abstract Large Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Figurative Homage to Willem de Kooning
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Figurative Homage to Willem de Kooning's "Women Singing"
Colorful and dynamic abstract expressionist figurative mixed media painting contemporary piece, featu...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Magazine Paper, Stretcher Bars
$3,400 Sale Price
29% Off
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