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Period: 20th Century
The Football Match 20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting playing football
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
Large Abstract Boats on the Sea Shore
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 1976 during the rise of Avante Garde express...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Rolling Hills Countryside Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold modernist landscape of rolling hills and trees in the countryside by Allie “Bill” Skelton (American, 1942-1986).. The paint on this piece is thick and textured. Unsigned, unfram...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orange Circle In Amber Sky Abstract French 20th Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
signed by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 31.5 x 16 inches
condition: overall very good, a few m...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
"Pan of Bolts" and on Verso Joan Brown Swimming W/Manuel Neri Walking on Water
Located in Soquel, CA
"Pan of Bolts" and on Verso Joan Brown Swimming W/Manuel Neri Walking on Water
Sally Wilt studied with Joan at California School of Fine Art
Stunning lar...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1970s Feminist San Francisco Abstract Expressionist Figurative (Two Sided)
By Audrey E. Gabrielson
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid and evocative feminist abstract expressionist figurative painting of woman and the many facets of her life, represented by multiple female figures engaged in various activities throughout the chaotic and colorful abstract expressionist canvas, by Audrey E. Gabrielson (American, 1932-2018), 1976. Verso has an abstract portrait with signature. Unframed. Image size: 29.75"H x 31.50"W
Audrey Gabrielson was an artist, poetess, sculptor, whom lived in San Francisco. She was born in Canada in 1932 and drew, colored, modeled in clay when very young. She studied at Reed College, Portland, studying with famous West Coast artist, Louis Bunce. in San Francisco she painted with artists Cucaro, Alexander E. Anderson, and Raymond Howell. She had shown in North Beach, Modesto, Gualuala Hotel, Sausalito, Abbey Party Rents (S.F.) and many more. She had ongoing exhibits at Alberta Art, Red Deer and Uglies, Lacombe. Her art was collected by national and international collectors such as authors C.Y. Lee (“Flower Drum Song”), Alfred Coppel (“34 East”); musical promoter, Ilka Pardinas, FLY, Los Angeles. Additionally, she worked in bronze, studying under S.F. sculptor C.B. Johnson. Her art was influenced and inspired by German Expressionists, Van Gogh, Lautrec, Picasso, Klimpt, Schiele, Tamayo, Conners, Park – and many more.
Obituary:
Born in Alberta, Canada, Audrey passed away at her home in San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood, surrounded by loved ones. Gabrielson was an artist, poet, sculptor, photographer, muse and an integral part of the San Francisco art scene of the late 1950s to late 1970s. She was a friend and contemporary of artists such as Benny Bufano...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
Workers
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 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard, Canvas
Keith Haring original card. 8.5 x 13.5 cm
By Keith Haring
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Keith Haring. 1958-1990.
The iconography of his drawings includes dancing animals and figures, dogs, crawling babies, pyramids, televisions, telephones, and flying saucers. The idea ...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled - Oil Paint by Mario Guglielmotti - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a modern artwork realized by Mario Guglielmotti.
Mixed media on canvas.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Complimentary Tempest" Abstract
Located in Austin, TX
This painting by Gaylon Dingler is an exploration of color and form featuring a swirl of complimentary orange and teal. The piece is also highly textured.
"Complimentary Tempest" mea...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
"You Have the Right to Remain Silent" Wood Panel Original Painting and Carving
Located in Soquel, CA
"You Have the Right to Remain Silent" Wood Panel Original Painting and Carving
Elaborate collage, painting and carved sculpture by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). In Yo...
Category
Outsider Art 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Masonite, Adhesive, Fiberboard
Untitled (Hard Edge minimalist abstraction)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Edward August Landon (1911-1984). Untitled, ca. 1960. Oil on wood panel, 4 x 4 inches. Measures 7 x 7.25 inches framed. Signed lower right. Excellent condition. Minor staining in matting.
Birth place: Hartford, CT
Death place: Hartford
Addresses: NYC, 1947; Weston, VT, 1973
Profession: Printmaker, painter
Studied: Hartford Art School; ASL; also with Carlos Merida, Mexico.
Exhibited: S. Indp. A., 1940; Nat. Serigraph Soc., 1940-60; Am. Color Print Soc. Ann., 1945-65; Northwest Printmakers Ann., 1950-60; U.S. Info Agency Int. Circulating Exhib., 1952; Boston Printmakers Ann., 1955-70; nationally in print exhibs., since 1941; Doris Meltzer...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
'Geometric Polychrome Abstract'
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial linear abstract comprising contiguous rectangles in primary and secondary colors contrasted against a background of scumbled chestnut and aubergine.
Signed lower right...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fish and Loaves, Surrealist Abstract Oil Painting, Signed
By Kate Orr
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fish and Loaves, Surrealist Abstract Oil Painting, Signed
By British artist, Kate Orr, late 20th Century
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Signed and titled by the artist verso
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 24 x 30 inches
Vibrant surrealist painting of a figure offering copious amounts of bread and fish.
As with all abstract...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Expressionist Blue Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
oil painting on canvas
unframed: 16 x 11 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have for sale ...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pink & Yellow Figurative Abstract
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract painting with pink, yellow, black, brown and white forms by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the es...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
1970s Mid-Century Minimalist Black & White Abstract Oil by Edward Chavez
Located in Denver, CO
This striking black and white abstract oil painting was created circa 1975 by celebrated American modernist Edward (Eduardo) Arcenio Chavez (1917–1995). Boldly rendered in shades of black, gray, and white, the composition exemplifies Chavez’s refined minimalist aesthetic, rooted in mid-century modern art. The painting’s image size is 24 x 48 inches, with custom framing bringing the overall dimensions to 25 ½ x 49 ½ inches.
A Powerful Example of American Minimalist Art
Executed in a confident, monochromatic palette, this work captures the balance, restraint, and visual rhythm that define Chavez’s approach to abstraction. Its elongated horizontal format and subtle tonal variation create a meditative yet dynamic presence—perfect for collectors of minimalist, modernist, or mid-century art.
About the Artist: Edward (Eduardo) Chavez
Born in Wagonmound, New Mexico, Chavez was a multifaceted American artist known for his work as a painter, sculptor, lithographer, illustrator, and muralist. He studied at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center under notable figures such as Boardman Robinson, Frank Mechau, Arnold Blanch, and Peppino Mangravite.
After serving in WWII, Chavez became part of the influential Woodstock, New York art colony—joining contemporaries like Bruce Currie and Mitchell Siporin...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
American Abstract Expressionist Artist Melissa Meyer Oil Painting Flaming Heart
Located in Surfside, FL
MELISSA MEYER (American, b. 1946),
''Bleeding Heart'', 1982,
Oil and wax (encaustic) on canvas,
Signed to canvas verso.
Canvas 39-1/4''h, 31-3/4''w.
Melissa Meyer (born May 4,...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Large Abstract Boats at the Harbor
Located in New York, NY
Robert Freiman, deaf from birth, was born in March 1917 in New York City. He attended an oral program near his home and later transferred to the Lexington School for the Deaf when he...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cathedral #79" 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, deep yellow palette. The artist layers paint over the canvas to crea...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Deux Harlequins" Abstract Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue and green-toned modern abstract figurative portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features two men figures standing side by s...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Scottish Abstract - Exhibited 1965 Abstract Expressionist art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This very striking exhibited Scottish Abstract oil painting is by influential Scottish artist Jack Knox. Painted in 1964, it is a vivid mix of autumnal colours, textures and brushwork that work perfectly. A brilliant example of his work from the early sixties and which was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1965.
Titled and dated 21.2.64 lower right.
Provenance. Exhibited Royal Scottish Academy, Exhibition 1965, Edinburgh.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 51 inches by 36 inches unframed and in good condition.
Housed in a gilt sixties surround frame, 53 inches by 38 inches framed and in good condition.
Jack Knox RSA (1936-2015) was one of the most influential artists to work in Scotland in the second half of the twentieth century. Born John Knox to a family of tailors in Kirkintilloch, Knox studied at the Glasgow School of Art (1953-57) where his drawings were noted for their mature draughtsmanship. After graduating, Knox went to Paris to attend the atelier of Cubist artist, André L’Hȏte. During his time in Europe Knox digested the various art movements of the moment, including Surrealism, Tachisme, Colour Field and Pop Art. Visiting the great museums, he was particularly interested in Analytic Cubism and Georges Braque’s intimation, rather than description, of object. He also went to Brussels to visit the first major show of American Abstract Expressionism in Europe. He returned to Scotland eager to establish his own style, drawing on everything he had seen in Europe. In 1960 the Glasgow Herald presented an exhibition during the Edinburgh Festival of young artists from the west of Scotland. Knox was selected to show alongside George Devlin, Carole Gibbons, Anda Patterson, Douglas Abercrombie and Duncan...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
59x50 in. "Anemone" - Oil on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful large oil painting by Alexis Portilla.
Alexis Portilla holds an MFA from Columbia University (1990) and a BFA from Pratt Institute. His work is in more than 250 ...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract composition by Claude Schürr - Oil on canvas 30x60 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Schurr (1921-2014) was a French painter known for his unique contribution to modern and contemporary art. He studied at the École nationale supéri...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rare Early Important Flower Abstract Modernist New York Israeli Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist orchid flower still life oil painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 1980. Signed. Displayed in a modernist frame. Important large and impressive work!
Category
Abstract 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
Seaport 1 1957 - British Abstract art oil painting Suffolk artist
Located in London, GB
This superb British abstract expressionist oil painting is by noted Suffolk British artist Robert Sadler. Painted as oil on board it was painted in 1957 and is entitled Seaport 1 on ...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"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
The Chair by the Window, Superb Large Surrealist oil painting on canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Chair by the Window
Surrealist School, circa 1970's
signed lower left, indistinctly (see photos)
framed: 24 x 30.5 inches
provenance: private collection, London
Superb Surreali...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 1980's French Abstract Surrealist Original Oil Amazing Bright Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French abstract, signed by T. Fabris
Title: Abstract Surrealist Composition
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Painting: 18 x 15 inches
Provenance: private collectio...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Modernist Abstracted Southern School Cubist Woman Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive and a rare early work by Frederick E. Conway (1900 - 1973). Oil on board. Incredibly framed. Signed.
Category
Cubist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Abstract Floral with Art Deco Vase
By Stephanie Marrott
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Floral painting with geometric vase by Stephanie Marrott (American, 20th Century). Original acrylic on artists board. Signed lower right "Stephanie Workman Marrott" in pen. ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
Abstract St.Ives style landscape from Cornwall
Located in Woodbury, CT
This captivating British St. Ives School abstract landscape is a striking example of mid-20th-century artistic innovation, seamlessly blending geometric abstraction with the natural ...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Huge Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Two Figures Entwined
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures Entwined
by Joel Lacroix (French mid 20th century)
signed and dated verso
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 39.5 x 32 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large Geometric Abstract. 'Traces No.9 Pour une Archéologie du Présent.'
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large 1970s abstract geometric acrylic and oil on plywood panel signed Rivel and dated 1977 to the bottom left. The painting is titled to the rear of the panel.
Numbers of colour fields in muted shades jostle against one another. It is the shapes and the space between them which give energy to the painting whilst the colour palette restrains.
The painting is highly textured as the artist has applied the paint thickly and energetically with both palette knife and large brushstrokes. At times layers of paint reveal underlying colours.
This painting fits perfectly into the abstract genre with its focus on its formal qualities over and above its subject matter. Furthermore the artist experiments with reconstructing shapes and rejecting three dimensional perspective. A fine example of non objective art...
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
1950's French Cubist Oil Painting Red Brown Ochre Muted Tones Colors framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French cubist artist, circa 1950's
signed oil painting on board, stuck on board
board: 14 x 18 inches
painting: 9.5 x 14 inches
provenance: priva...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Modernist French Abstract Expressionist Colorful Bird Painting Roger Lersy
By Roger Lersy
Located in Surfside, FL
Roger Lersy, French (1920 - 2004)
Oil on canvas
Signed, R. Lersy, dated 1961 lower right
Measuring 35 X 31 Matted and framed. sight 26 X 21.5
Roger Lersy was born in Paris, France 1920, in the rough neighborhood surrounding Place Pigalle. His youth was marked by extreme poverty. Lersy studied art and music at the École des Arts Apppliqués. He was a painter, lithographer and musician-composer He belongs to the École de Paris and was a member in the movement of the Young Painting. By 1946, when he first exhibited in Paris, Lersy became one of the founders of the School of Paris’ New Graphic School. Lersy received the Prix des Amateurs d’Art in 1953, the Shell Prize in 1954 and the Grand Prize of the City of Marseilles in 1953. Lersy could be defined as a Baroque expressionist. For Bernard Dorival, Roger Lersy is along with Gabriel Dauchot, Jean Commère and Raymond Guerrier among "the most noted champions of this expressionism which is part of the continuation of Bernard Buffet's miserabilism".
Famous works:
New Year's Eve , Aubusson tapestry of the Manufacture des Gobelins , Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations , One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza , New York .
Venice , bridges , watercolor, 1963 (theme of the Roger Lersy exhibition, Chicago).
The poppy , original lithograph, Imprimerie Bellini, 1978, collection of the Cabinet des estampes , BNF . Still life at the pedestal table , oil on canvas, Jonzac town hall.
Lohengrin , oil on canvas, Versailles Administrative Court of Appeal.
Portrait of the painter Tony Agostini , drawing. Series Eiffel Tower.
Stained glass:
Saint-Laurent Church, Longlaville ( Meurthe-et-Moselle ), 29 stained glass windows.
Musical works:
Stained glasses for clarinet , saxophone, cello and percussion , creation in the church of Longlaville, 1972. Three pieces for two waves Martenot : 1. Scum of dream, 2. Scare and jubilation. Malicious connivance, sheet music Editions A. Leduc, Paris, 1979.
Work for trumpet and piano , published by Éditions G. Billaudot, Paris, 1984.
Five pieces for piano , scores published by G. Billaudot, Paris, 1989.
Five preludes for piano and alto saxophone , scores at Éditions Combre, premiere at Flâneries musicales de Reims , 1993. In memory of Chagall , piece for flute and percussion , recording of Duo Hyksos (Henri Tournier, flute and Michel Gastaud, percussion) in 1995. Preface in black and yellow for horn and piano , score at Éditions Combre, Arc-en-ciel collection, 2000.
Soundtracks: Diatomées Note 4 , 19 , film by Jean Painlevé...
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
French Blue Cosmic Female Summer Abstract
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3735 French Mixed media abstract set in a wood frame
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Three Masks, Mid Century Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Three masks abstract by Novak (American, 20th Century). Presented in a white wooden frame. Signed "Novak" lower right. Image: 28.5"H x 26"W.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Vintage Mixed Media Abstract Painting "The Refinery" by Maryn Hunzeker c.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
Maryn Hunzeker, American, 1907 - 1972
Title - The Refinery. Possible mixed media on board (Paper, Collage, Oil, Ink)
Not dated - We believe this to be circa 1950's - Signed lower right
Another stunning vintage mid century abstract painting...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Archival Paper
Israeli Cubist Modernist Oil Painting "Rosh Shiryon Abir" Armor
Located in Surfside, FL
Shlomo Zafrir is active/lives in Israel, France. Shlomo Zafrir is known for cubist painting.
Shlomo Zafrir is a painter and, at the same time, the owner of a nightclub called Omar K...
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Cubist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Geometric II', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Art Institute, Woman Artist
By Renee Harwin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, on stretcher bar, 'Renee Harwin' (Austrian-American, born 1924) and painted circa 1975.
A dramatically balanced abstract comprising adjacent and overlapping geometric forms in muted shades of saffron, brick red and ultramarine.
Renee Harwin's figures are gestural, reflective of human design and set within an environment of patterns suggestive of clouds and sky. She comes to the figure through years of hard-edge painting. Her work combines the influence of Midwest painters such as Clyfford Still and her San Francisco Art Institute instructor Jack Jefferson...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Composition Abstraite by Franz Stirnimann - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Swiss painter
Artist born in 1915, says Franz Sti.
Died in 1997.
Work on canvas
Black American case with golden edges
65,5 x 75,5 x 3 cm
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Attention" Heavily Textured Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Attention" Heavily Textured Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Canvas
Bold, textured, impasto composition of a nude female by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Font Diaz Little Green original pastel abstrat painting
By Font Diaz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
sin titulo original pastel abstrat painting
Manel Font Díaz (Barcelona, 1950) es un artista centrado especialmente en la pintura, primero formado en la facultad de Bellas Artes de la...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel
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
Les Fruits
Located in Sheffield, MA
Andre Raffin
French, 1927-2005
Les Fruits
Oil on Canvas
18 in. by 22 in. W/frame 25 ½ in. by 29 ½ in.
Signed & dated 61 lower left
André Raffin was bor...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century Oil - Burst of Flora
Located in Corsham, GB
A dynamic study depicting summer blooms captured in a bold, expressive style. Signed with monogram to the lower right. Well presented in a tray frame. On board.
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Exhibited Modernist Surreal Nocturnal Winter Landscape Signed Oil Painting
By Lena Gurr
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1930. Signed.
Housed in period frame. Image size 45L x 32H.
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Byzantium at Night with Shooting Star, 1989-1996 - Colourful Abstract Landscape
By John Christopherson
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Painter and artist in collage, born in Blackheath, southeast London, where he mostly lived. After a series of administrative jobs in 1959 resigned from the Civil Service to paint ful...
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Joan Kahn Rome Vibrant Bold Color Abstract Expressionist Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil paint on heavy tar paper.
Hand signed and dated verso.
Joan Kahn (USA 1953-) grew up in New York City; Princeton, New Jersey; and Vermont; in an environment that patronized the arts. At home her father, a professor, and mother, a state economist and homemaker, collected nineteenth and twentieth century drawings and prints, Middle eastern rugs, and ceramics, pewter, and old tools. Her grandfather, Max Westfield, was an academically trained portrait painter and her great uncle was a well-known gallery owner and art dealer in pre-World War II Germany. One of the influential experiences of Joan’s youth was visiting her grandfather in his studio in Tennessee where the family had first immigrated.
Growing up near New York, and spending a year in Paris during high school, provided formative visits to museums and galleries. Joan was academically talented in grade and high school, but after her father’s death during her first years at university she found herself concentrating on studio and history of art. It was a subject above others absorbed and concentrated her focus.
Influential in Joan’s development and later work are the historic movements of the Bauhaus and Modernist design and architecture, geometric art and design of diverse cultures, Color Field Painting. Many artists have had a impact on her work, such as Paul Klee, Piet Mondrian, Sonia Delaunay, Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, Antoni Tapies, David Smith, John McLaughlin, Tony Smith, Louise Nevelson, Robert Mangold, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, Valerie Jaudon, Jasper Johns, James Turrell, Robert Irwin, Vija Celmins, Caio Fonseca, Peter Halley, Ed Moses, Juan Usle, and Nancy Haynes...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Scale Mid-Century Earth-tone Horizontal Abstract by Joseph Vasica
By Joseph Vasica
Located in Soquel, CA
Large Scale Mid-Century Earth-tone Horizontal Abstract by Joseph Vasica
Very large scale (70"H x 160"W) (5.8'H x 13.3'L) mid-century abstract with soft edge, grey and burnt sienna...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
"The Evening Crowd, Manhattan"
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...
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Abstract 20th Century Abstract Paintings
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Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: T. Fabris 1973, French
Title: Abstract Surrealist Figurative study
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 27 x 20.5 inches
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Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Exhibited at the Butler Art Institute.
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