20th Century Abstract Paintings

A substantial, semi-abstracted landscape in shades of turquoise, indigo and royal blue on an ochre and eggshell foundation with action-painting elements uniting a receding charcoal f...

Stunning and expressive large scale oil painting by mid-century San Francisco artist Louis Earnest Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Signed "Nadalini" lower right. Unframed. Image size...

A painting by Alexander Calder. "L'Envolee" is a Post-War abstract painting, gouache and ink on paper in bold colors of reds and blacks by artist Alexander Calder. The artwork is sig...

ABOUT THIS PIECE This is a series of oil on canvas Californian landscapes, painted by the late American artist Herb Kornfeld. This piece is framed, and is SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. ...

Title: French Impressionist Landscape of Lakeside Town with Birch Tree and Boats By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 16.25 x 13 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Con...

Raphaelle PIA (born in 1942) Papier douché 4, 1980 Acrylic paint on paper Titled, signed et dated “1980” lower right Dimensions of the work : 50 x 65 cm Sold without frame Raphaëll...

Subtly colored abstract geometric composition by J. Swidler (20th Century). A grid of 15 squares has been laid out in pencil, each square divided into different sections. Some of the...

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

Antique American modernist oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 16L x 11H. Signed.

Patina - Minimalist Composition in Wax and Acrylic on Wood Panel Bold abstract composition by Charles David Francis (American, 1951-2018). Laye...

Abstract watercolor composition bearing the influence of the earlier color-block compositions of Paul Klee. Pawel August Kontny, (Polish-German-American artist) He was born in Laurahuette, Poland, in 1923, the son of a wealthy pastry shop owner. In 1939 he began studying architecture in Breslau where he was introduced to the European masters and to the work of some of the German Expressionists, soon afterward banned as "degenerate artists" and removed from museums throughout Germany by the Nazi regime. His studies were interrupted by World War II. Drafted into the German army, traveling in many countries as a soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Italy. After the war, he studied at the Union of Nuremberg Architects to help design buildings to replace ones destroyed in the war. He recorded his impressions of the local population and the landscapes through his watercolors and drawings. Pawel Kontny thereafter moved to Nuremberg, Germany, becoming a member of the Union of Nuremberg Architects and helping to rebuild the city's historic center. He soon decided to concentrate on his professional art career. He married Irmgard Laurer, a dancer with the Nuremberg Opera. Pavel Kontny 's career as an artist was launched with his participation in an all German exhibition, held at the Dusseldorf Museum in 1952. He held one-man shows in Germany, Switzerland and the United States. During his trip to the United States in 1960, Kontny became instantly enamored with Colorado, and decided to relocate to Cherry Hills with his wife and two children. He quickly established himself in the local art community, being affiliated for a time with Denver Art Galleries and Saks Galleries. His subject matter became the Southwest. During this time he received the Prestigious Gold Medal of the Art Academy of Rome. His extensive travel provided material for the paintings he did using his hallmark marble dust technique. he also worked equally in pastel, watercolor, charcoal and pencil-and-ink. in a style which merged abstraction and realist styles, influenced by Abstract Expressionist painting and South Western American landscapes. In the early 1960s he was one of only a few European-born professional artists in the state, a select group that included Herbert Bayer (1900-1985), a member of the prewar Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, Germany, and Roland Detre (1903-2001), a Hungarian modernist painter. As a Denver, Colorado resident, Pavel Kontny exhibited at galleries and museums throughout the United States, Germany and Japan. There, he was inspired by frequent trips to Native American pueblos in the Southwest, as well as by the study of the Plains Indians of Montana and Wyoming. Over the years Kontny had a number of students and generously helped young artist by hosting exhibitions at his Cherry Hills home. For many years he generously donated his paintings to support charitable causes in Denver. Influences during his European years included German pastelist C.O. Muller, German Informel painter Karl Dahmen and Swiss artist, Hans Erni. In the early 1950s his painting style showed the influence of the Die Brücke (The Bridge), a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905 who had a major impact on the evolution of modern art in the twentieth century in Germany. By the middle of the decade his style incorporated more referential abstraction and total abstraction, resulting in part from his study of Hans Hartung, a German artist based in Paris who exhibited his gestural abstract work in Germany. The American moon landing in 1969 inspired Paul Kontny...

Judith Rothschild 1921–1993 American The Landing Signed "Judith Rothschild" (lower right) and inscribed "Rothschild 24 x 30 The Landing" (en verso) Oil on canvas Judith Rothschil...

Curtis Ripley (American, born 1949). Expressionist figurative abstract oil painting on paper. Titled "Study For A Diptych". Artist signature upper right and lower left. Good overall condition with normal storage wear to frame. Provenance: Joy Moos...

Vintage Paris School signed original oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Signed illegibly. Displayed in a period wood frame. Image, 12"L x 16"H.

In Mr. Zox's sigrrature works of the mid- to late 1960s, flatly painted diamonds, triangles and other hard-edged shapes were orchestrated into brilliant symmetrical and asymmetrical ...

Abstract watercolor composition bearing the influence of the earlier color-block compositions of Paul Klee. Pawel August Kontny, (Polish-German-American artist) He was born in Laurahuette, Poland, in 1923, the son of a wealthy pastry shop owner. In 1939 he began studying architecture in Breslau where he was introduced to the European masters and to the work of some of the German Expressionists, soon afterward banned as "degenerate artists" and removed from museums throughout Germany by the Nazi regime. His studies were interrupted by World War II. Drafted into the German army, traveling in many countries as a soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Italy. After the war, he studied at the Union of Nuremberg Architects to help design buildings to replace ones destroyed in the war. He recorded his impressions of the local population and the landscapes through his watercolors and drawings. Pawel Kontny thereafter moved to Nuremberg, Germany, becoming a member of the Union of Nuremberg Architects and helping to rebuild the city's historic center. He soon decided to concentrate on his professional art career. He married Irmgard Laurer, a dancer with the Nuremberg Opera. Pavel Kontny 's career as an artist was launched with his participation in an all German exhibition, held at the Dusseldorf Museum in 1952. He held one-man shows in Germany, Switzerland and the United States. During his trip to the United States in 1960, Kontny became instantly enamored with Colorado, and decided to relocate to Cherry Hills with his wife and two children. He quickly established himself in the local art community, being affiliated for a time with Denver Art Galleries and Saks Galleries. His subject matter became the Southwest. During this time he received the Prestigious Gold Medal of the Art Academy of Rome. His extensive travel provided material for the paintings he did using his hallmark marble dust technique. he also worked equally in pastel, watercolor, charcoal and pencil-and-ink. in a style which merged abstraction and realist styles, influenced by Abstract Expressionist painting and South Western American landscapes. In the early 1960s he was one of only a few European-born professional artists in the state, a select group that included Herbert Bayer (1900-1985), a member of the prewar Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, Germany, and Roland Detre (1903-2001), a Hungarian modernist painter. As a Denver, Colorado resident, Pavel Kontny exhibited at galleries and museums throughout the United States, Germany and Japan. There, he was inspired by frequent trips to Native American pueblos in the Southwest, as well as by the study of the Plains Indians of Montana and Wyoming. Over the years Kontny had a number of students and generously helped young artist by hosting exhibitions at his Cherry Hills home. For many years he generously donated his paintings to support charitable causes in Denver. Influences during his European years included German pastelist C.O. Muller, German Informel painter Karl Dahmen and Swiss artist, Hans Erni. In the early 1950s his painting style showed the influence of the Die Brücke (The Bridge), a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905 who had a major impact on the evolution of modern art in the twentieth century in Germany. By the middle of the decade his style incorporated more referential abstraction and total abstraction, resulting in part from his study of Hans Hartung, a German artist based in Paris who exhibited his gestural abstract work in Germany. The American moon landing in 1969 inspired Paul Kontny...

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Image size, 24L x 36H.

A Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Woman Artist, Vivian Kinsley Chapin (Am. 1909-1984). A vibrant, colorful still life painting of a turquois...

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This is a mixed media collage with an almost sculpture quality to it. it is hand signed. size includes frame. Hugh O'Donnell is an English painter, printmaker and site-specific art...

Cotton Candy Crackle - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Vibrant and colorful composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Br...

This vibrant 1973 painting is a prime example of David Bolduc's innovative approach to colour and composition. Exhibited at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto, "For Mike Segal, 1...

Herbert Siebner (1925-2004) was a German-born Canadian painter whose work is characterized by its expressive use of color and texture, and its exploration of themes of war, exile, an...

Artist unknown "Black & Green Street Scene" c. 1970s Acrylic paint and oil pastel on paper 29.5"x4" black wood gallery frame float mount on linen 33"x1.5"...

BREAK OF DAY Size: 35 x 43 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A dramatic atmospheric mid century modernist landscape, painted in oil onto canvas. In this semi-abstract composition ...

A Painting depicting an amusement park exploding in vibrant colors. The painting is signed "William Wright" lower right. Oil on Canvas. 20 x 24. Nicely framed.

Horst Egon Kalinowski (German, 1924-2013). Mixed media assemblage collage Divan Ophidian. Hand signed in marker upper right and dated 82 Bagnols-en-Foret, Titled upper left. Additionally titled and dated on verso. Dimensions: 30" x 24 1/4" (with frame 27" x 32 3/4") inches. Born in 1924 in Dusseldorf, From 1945 to 1948, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf. In 1949-1950, he stayed in Rome and Venice, Italy. From 1950 to 1952, in Paris, France he studied in the abstract art workshop of Jean Dewasne and Edgard Pillet...

This striking conceptual abstract oil painting is by British artist Penelope Ellis. It was painted in 1963. A superb image and ahead of the conceptual ideas of the swinging sixties a...

Edward Avedisian ( 1936-2007 ) 17.5 X 8.75 Oil paint on wood panel This is not signed on front. It bears his name verso. Provenance: Hudson, N.Y. estate of noted Art Collector Alber...

Pierre Andre Obando creates process oriented abstract paintings. He was born in Belize City, Belize and grew up in the Caribbean, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Miami, Fl and Jackson, MS. Pierre Obando completed his MFA at Hunter College and completed his undergraduate studies at New World School of the Arts, Miami, Fl. His work was featured in the Queens International Biennial in 2004, and 2006 at the Queens Museum of Art. His work has been in group exhibitions at Angela Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY; Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY; MACO Mexico Art Fair in Mexico City; Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Royale Projects, Indian Wells, CA; The Painting Center, New York, NY; and Dean Project, New York, NY. In 2008, he had a solo exhibition at Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY and in 2009, at project space show at Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY. He has participated in the Atlantic Center for the Arts Artists-in-Residence Program. In the fall of 2012, he participated in the group show Caribe Now, at the Nathan Cumming Foundation, which was organized by El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY. Contemporary Pattern and Decoration piece, The original movement was championed by the gallery owner Holly Solomon. The P&D movement wanted to revive an interest in minor forms such as patterning which at that point was equated with triviality. The prevailing negative view of decoration was one not generally shared by non-Western cultures, The Pattern and Decoration movement was influenced by sources outside of what was considered to be fine art. Blurring the line between art and design, many P&D works mimic patterns like those on wallpapers, printed fabrics, and quilts. There is a close connection between the Pattern and Decoration movement and the Feminist art movement. The P&D movement arose in opposition to the Minimalist and Conceptualist movements. Mary Grigoriadis, Valerie Jaudon, Joyce Kozloff, Miriam Schapiro, Robert Zakanitch were early proponents of this style. The artist lives and works in New York City. Education: 2001 MFA, Painting, Hunter College, New York, NY 2000 Study Abroad, Slade School, UCL, London, United Kingdom 1997 BFA, Painting, New World School of The Arts, Miami, FL Solo Exhibitions: 2015 ‘Like New’, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY 2009 ‘Nowhere’, Rush Arts, New York, NY 2008 ‘Noise’, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY Group Exhibitions: 2018 ‘Revival: Contemporary Pattern and Decoration’, El Museo at Hostos, Bronx, NY Including artists: Abelardo Cruz Santiago Pierre Obando Antonio Pulgarín Keisha Scarville Mickalene Thomas and others. 2017 Locust Projects Contemporary in Miami benefit auction including artists Dara Friedman, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Larry Bell, and more 2017 ‘Browsing Chamber’, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2015 ‘#BemisPainters, 1982-2015’, Bemis Center, Omaha, NE 2015 ‘Spat Spell’, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY 2013 ‘Un-Natural Constellations’, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, NY 2012 ‘Caribe Now’, Nathan Cummings Foundation/El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY 2012 ‘Lucid Fence’, Dean Project, New York, NY 2012 ‘Abstract Gambol’, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY 2012 ‘Reenacting Sense’, Yace Gallery, Long Island City, NY 2010 ‘Continuing Color Abstraction’, The Painting Center, New York, NY 2009 ‘West/East’, Royale Projects, Indian Wells, CA 2009 ‘Alternative Abstraction’, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY Including works by Stephen Antonakos, Warren Isensee, Gary Lang, Melissa Meyer and Katherine Sehr...

Man is an original contemporary artwork realized by Danilo Bergamo in the 1970s. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Hand signed on the lower margin. Fair conditions Danilo Ber...

Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil on canvas. Signed lower right; signed, titled, dated along rear stretcher. 48.25 x 52.25 in. 49.5 x 53.5 in. (framed) Custom framed in a solid maple floater, painted a light gray. Provenance Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia Exhibited 1996 - Locks Gallery, Philadelphia (Warren Rohrer...

Helene McKinsey Herzbrun: 1922-1984. Well listed second generation abstract American artist. She studied at the art Institute of Chicago, and under Jack Tworkov at American Universi...

This superb British Abstract Expressionist oil painting on board is by noted artist Bernard Kay. It was painted in London in 1955. This striking painting is a mix of shades of black ...

"Akhenaten Series: The Marriage" is a captivating oil and collage painting by Colorado artist Dale Chisman (1943-2008), created in 1987. This powerful artwork is part of Chisman's ce...

Impressive early American modernist urban backyard scene. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 18H by 24L.

Title: French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Moored Fishing Boats by Fanch Lel By Fanch Lel Size: 19.5 x 20.75 inches (height x width) Oil painting on cardboard, unframed Condition...

Signed lower right, 'Aming Prajitno' (Indonesian, born 1943) and dated '1970'; additionally signed verso, titled 'Komposisi' and inscribed, 'Jogjakarta 1970'. Previously with: 'Art Gallery Jogja', Jakarta, Indonesia from old gallery label, verso. We are pleased to offer a dynamic and lyrical work from the most sought-after period of this respected Indonesian abstract painter. Born in in Surakarta in 1943, Aming Prayitno first studied painting at the Indonesian Visual Art Academy and, subsequently, at the Royal Academy of Art in Ghent, Belgium. Among the most prominent Indonesian abstract artists of the 20th century, Prayitno was appointed Professor of Art at Jakarta's Indonesian Art Institute in 1970. He has exhibited internationally with success and is the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards including the prestigious national Penghargaan "Raden Saleh...

Impressive early American fauvist landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 25H by 30L.

Diana Kurz Thelo #8, circa 1959 Signed lower left Signature and address on verso Oil on canvas 47 x 41 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, ...

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker (1929 - 2021). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.

Artist: John Uht, American (1924 - 2010) Title: Portrait of a Woman Year: circa 1970 Medium: Oil on Board, signed l.l. Size: 12 x 9 inches Frame Size: 16 x 13 inches

Piccolo Archivio is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera o...

This is a wonderful naive painting on wood panel by the self-taught black artist Mose Tolliver (1920-2000). It’s a great example of Mose’s unique folk-art style. It features the rat...

Robots, or "Strange Self-Sufficient Machine" by Giuliano Ghelli ( Florence, 1944- 2014, Chianti). Painting in a wooden frame with glass. Oil on canv...

Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021) Untitled, c. 1963 Oil on canvas 44 1/2 x 47 3/4 in. Syril Harriet Frank was born in Brooklyn to Israel and Mina Kaplan. ...

"Abstraction" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field James Daugherty (1887 – 1974) Abstraction 16 x 12 inches Estate stamp verso Oil on panel Provenance: Estate of t...

George McClancy (1930-2014) abstract pattern painting. Acrylic on canvas 48"H x 72"W George McClancy received a MA in painting from Catholic Univer...

Noboru Yamashita, Japanese (1929 - 2019) - Color Study, Year: 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 12.25 x 10 in. (31.12 x 25.4 cm), Frame Size: 13.75 x 11.5 in...

Nicely painted early American modernist abstract landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed.

Impressive early American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas.

Vibrant and dynamic monotype painting by David Stephens (American, 20th Century). Painted on glass and pressed onto paper and then, sand (or a similar medium) was used in the pressin...

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

This striking 1946 oil on canvas painting, titled Deserted Street, was created by Colorado/Woodstock modernist artist Jenne Magafan (1916-1952). The artwork features a solitary figu...

"The Indian" is an abrtsact Post War mixed media on paper work by Han Hofmann in 1944. The artwork is 22 x 15 inches and, with the frame, is 29 1/4 x 22 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches, weighing ...

Peter Sword Vintage Abstract Triptych Oil Paintings C.1970s Oil on recycled wood panels Each painting varies slightly in size Largest dimensions 24.5" w...

Sylvia Rutkoff (1919-2011) "Traffic" c.1950s Oil, sand, grout, gesso on masonite 48"x36" wood period frame Signed on reverse in pencil Collection acquired from family estate Sylvia ...

Signed lower left, 'Inman' for Robert Inman (American, 1927–2016) and dated, beneath the mat, 1981. Matted dimensions: 20 x 30 inches. Robert Inman first...

Artist: Youri Yehuda Broitman, Russian (1956 - ) Title: Portrait of Robert Year: 1991 Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed on Verso Size: 14 x 9 inches Frame Size: 16.5 x 11.5 inches

Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Fishing Boats in Port en Bessin Normandy By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 15 x 18.25 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed...