Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings

Work on paper White wooden frame with glass pane 60 x 48.5 x 2 cm

Tempera on paper, signed and dated 1970 lower right. Frame in white lacquered wood and glass, ext. cm. 22 x 22

Vintage American modernist abstract geometric painting.. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Unsigned. Image size, 66L x 30H. Housed in a period frame.

Cartoccio Viola is an artwork realized by Claudio Palmieri, in 1985. Oil on Canvas, cm. 150x80. Signed, titled and dated on rear.  Good conditions!

Abstract Expressionist Painting inspired by the Railway Arches & Bridges of the Industrial North of England by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is a rare,...

Work on canvas

With Help from the Dog - Textured Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Textured abstract composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Ble...

Passaggi is a painting realized by Paolo Cotani (Rome, 1940-2011) in 1972. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right margin. Tempera on paper. The artwork was exhibited on...

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

Jean-Pierre VIELFAURE (1930-2015) Portrait of Dylan Thomas, 1972 Original oil on canvas Signed in the paint Titled on the back Size : 94 x 61.7 cm (37 x...

The Kiss - Abstract Figurative Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Figurative Abstract o...

Rowann Villency, Untitled Nude, Abstract Figurative Nude, Mixed Media, 42.75 x 28.75, 1989 Colors: White, Blue, Orange, Purple, Turquoise, Gold Framed 5...

Michael Gloeckner American, 1915-1989 After a Summer in the South of France Oil on canvas 20 by 20 in. W/frame 25 by 25 in. Michael lived in NYC, he also had a home and studio in ...

ONE WEEK ONLY SALE "Midtown III" is a vibrant abstract work by David Kapp that captures the immediacy of his native New York City and the fast-paced lifestyle that can blur before a...

Nahum Tschacbasov American/Russian, 1899-1984 Portrait of a seated Man, 1972 (red, white and blue) Oil on linen Hand signed and dated upper right. Unframed Canvas 40 x 30 in Nahum T...

Red with Black, White and Orange - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bright abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Unsigned, from a collection of his works. (Certified to be by the artist) Paper size: 22.5"H x 15"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles. He was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980's. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim Stuckenberg, Alice Robertson Carr, Deborah Eve Alastra...

Artist: Yoshikuni Iida, Japanese (1923 - 2006) Title: Return Home - Kikokusuru Year: 1973 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed verso Size: 39.5 x 79 in. (100.33 x 200.66 cm)

Bold, bright, and colorful, this large-scale abstract expressionist piece by D.S. Silver, a San Francisco, California bay area abstract expressionist, explores abstracted modern liberty. A high voltage color palette combined with bold and energetic abstract brushstrokes splashed across the huge canvas...

Antique American modernist signed abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.

Allen Kubach (American) "Untitled: Blue Linear Abstract on Green" , Oil on Canvas, Monogram signed on rear canvas, Late 20th Century, 1997 Colors: Blue and Green Allen Kubach and Marjorie Shaw Kubach were two married artists who explored their artistic styles together throughout their careers. The artists showed their works largely throughout New Jersey and New York, sometimes joining together for the same exhibits. The works that Detour Gallery has acquired are representative of the pair’s time in which they explored abstraction. These works were made in a postwar era, following the art world’s shifted focus on New York as the center for new modern art. Art at this time was evolving, and the experimentation of abstract expressionism, geometric abstraction, and minimalism evidently paved the path for later artists such as Allen and Marjorie. As noted in the New York Times by Vivian Reynor, Allen Kubach “specializes in strong colors, expressing them in vertical and diagonal grids laid one on top of another.” In such a manner, Allan reflects these contemporary ideals that were taking New York by storm in the 1960’s and 70’s. The linear focus and non objective use of color found in Allen’s work correlates to that of the pioneers of abstract and minimalistic work such as Sol Le Witt...

Artist: John MacWhinnie, American (1946 - ) Title: Vent Year: 1992 Medium: Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 38 x 24 in. (96.52 x 60.96 cm)

Galactic Expressions - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Bold abstract composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). The backg...

Yellow, Green, and Orange - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Vibrant composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Layers of ...

"Giant Squid Heart" - Expressionist Composition in Wax and Acrylic on Wood Panel Bold abstract composition from the Studio of David Francis by "Margo" (20th Century). Bright colors ...

The Magneto Man, Il Hombre Magneto Tabo Toral, Panamanian (1950 - ) Born Boquete, Chiriquí. Panamanian painter. Studied plastic arts in the United States between 1969-1970 at The Maryland College of Art in Baltimore and in Canada between 1971-72 at The Nova Scotia College of Art. He finally moved to Ciudad de Panama where, between 1973-1976, he studied journalism at the University of Panama. With a unique style dominated by the vividness of color, the compositional quality of his painting and a complex texture that arises from the excess of pictorial matter, Toral has had individual exhibitions in places like New York, Switzerland, Canada, Panama, Bogota, etc. Likewise, he has participated in international collective exhibitions such as Contemporary Panama; Panamanian art...

The Cave Wall - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Vibrant and colorful composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Layers of...

Large scale monochrome painting by Olivier Mosset in a deep green color. Mosset became interested in monochrome works in the late 1970s, at the height of Neo-Expressionism. Canvas S...

Here for your consideration is a vibrant abstract in mainly orange with yellow highlights by the California artist Edward Darrell Crisp. Signed with art...

Hero is a water color painting by Italian-born multidisciplinary artist, Lucio Pozzi. The work is currently housed at Hal Bromm Gallery.

Richard Andres (American, 1927-2013) Garden, 1972 acrylic on canvas signed, dated and titled verso 59.5 x 50 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1950, he was immediately drafted and served for two years in the army as a mural painter. He received his Master of Arts from Kent State in 1961. A frequent exhibitor at galleries and museums and winner of multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Western Reserve University. Very little in Richard Andres’ childhood would have predicted his love of classical music, mid-century-modern architecture and certainly not his lifelong passion for art and in particular abstract art. Richard’s father, Raymond, had no more than a third-grade education, and his mother, Clara, was one of thirteen children – only three of whom lived into adulthood and none of whom attended high school. They lived, when Richard was a boy, in a dingy area of Buffalo, NY in a walk-up apartment situated above a tavern. Raymond and Clara supplemented the income from their factory jobs in the bar downstairs with Raymond playing ragtime on the piano and Clara serving drinks. This often left Richard and his two older brothers at home alone to fend for themselves. The two older boys, Raymond and Russell, were - unlike Richard- rather rough and tumble and entertained themselves with stickball, boxing and the like. Richard, on the other hand, from a very young age liked to draw, or better yet even, to paint with the small set of watercolors he received for Christmas one year. Paper, however, at the height of the depression, was hard to come by. Luckily, Clara used paper doilies as decoration for the apartment and Richard would contentedly paint and then cut up doilies, gluing the pieces together to create collages. At eight-years-old, he discovered the Albright-Knox Museum (then known as the Albright Art Gallery) and spent several hours a week there studying the paintings. He was particularly fond of Charles Burchfield‘s landscapes, enamored with their ‘messiness’ and thinking that they somehow captured more ‘feeling’ than works he was previously familiar with. For his tenth Christmas, he asked for and received a ‘how-to’ paint book by Elliot O’Hare. Through this self-teaching, he assembled the portfolio needed for acceptance to Buffalo Technical High School where he studied Advertising Arts. In his Junior year, he was encouraged to enter a watercolor painting, “Two Barns,” in the national 1944-45 Ingersoll Art Award Contest and was one of twelve grand prize winners – each one winning one hundred dollars. More importantly the painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute Galleries, which resulted in his winning a national scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art (The Cleveland Art Institute). He flourished at the art school under the tutelage of faculty members such as Carl Gaertner, as well as that of visiting artists such as William Sommer and Henry George Keller. He would say in later years that Gaertner, in particular, influenced his attitude toward life as well as art. “Gaertner,” Andres said, “believed that there was no need to be a ‘tortured artist’, that an artist should rather enjoy beauty, family, and life in general.” Free to spend his days as he chose, he wandered the Cleveland Art Museum for most of the hours he was not attending classes or painting; the remaining time was spent drinking coffee at a local hangout with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy, it took him the entire summer of 1948 to build up his courage to ask her out. Over that summer he ‘thought about Avis’ and worked in a diner to save money. He also used the hundred-dollar prize money won in High School to visit the first Max Beckmann retrospective in the United States at the City Art Museum in St. Louis. Over a half century later he spoke of that exhibit with a reverence usually reserved for spiritual matters, “I walked in and it was like nothing I had ever seen before... the color...It just glowed.” Returning to campus in the Fall, the first thing he did was go to the coffee shop in hopes of finding Avis. He did, and she, upon seeing him, realized that she was also smitten with him. They quickly became known as ‘the couple’ on campus, and a year later, with Richard being drafted for the Korean war, they were quickly married by a Justice of the Peace, celebrating after with family at Avis’s Cleveland home. As a gift, faculty member John Paul Miller...

Red Arc Jackie Battenfield, American Acrylic on paper, signed and dated in pencil Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.88 cm) Frame Size: 34 x 25.5 inches

Patterns and reverberations in a celestial sense, this work can bring liveliness, movement and texture to a room. Its color palette is very attractive. Michael Forster was trailblaz...

Woven Moon - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Expressive composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Splashes of color are ...

Patterned abstract by D. Whelan (American, 20th Century). A dark background of purple and blue has been unevenly applied to the linen, creating a hazy texture. Over the top of the da...

A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas by Korean artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower left, "Jae Kon Park, 1992". Born in So...

Polychrome surface 7610 is a contemporary artwork realized by Genny Puccini in 1976. Mixed colored acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on the back.

Artist: Catherine Warren Title: Untitled Year: 1978 Medium: Acrylic and Japanese Paper on Canvas Size: 54.5 x 72 in. (138.43 x 182.88 cm) An abstract expressionist painting on a l...

Artist: Thomas Mahady Title: Op-Op-Pop Year: 1987 Medium: Oil, Acrylic, Encaustic, Gesso and Sand on masonite, signed verso Size: 13.75 x 17.5 in. (34.93 x 44.45 cm) Frame: 25 x 21...

David Humphrey Remembering Florida, 1992 Oil Stick, Enamel on Handmade Paper (Contemporary Art Center of Cincinnati label verso of frame) Signed on the back 29 × 43 1/2 × 1 inches Unframed This is an abstract, mixed media work by David Humphrey. It has a "Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati" label on the verso. In a vintage mahogany box...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Entr'acte, 1977 Pastel on board Signed and dated lower right 8 x 10 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting. Clare...

Work on canvas This bold, intriguing work features an abstract composition dominated by organic forms. Three main figures stand out against an intense purple background, each framed ...

Artist: George Dannatt Title: Figures in Red Reference no: 1203 Date: 1995 Medium: Collage & inks on salvaged paper Image: 10 1/8 x 7 3/4” 25.6 x 19.8 cm Frame: 15 1/8 x 12 3/8” 38.5...

Gorgeous abstract expressionist landscape by Kristin Cohen (American, 20th Century). From a collection of her works. Unsigned and unframed. Image size: 24"H x 18"W. A California ab...

Stewart has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and is represented by the Arthur Roger Gallery in New Orleans, Gail Severn Gallery in Sun Va...

A bold and bright semi-abstract painting by Donald Hamilton Fraser. “The West Coast of Scotland and the Highlands are the last wilderness in Britain, the last place where you feel ...

Work on paper Golden wooden frame with glass pane 83 x 102 x 4 cm

Raquel. Images of woman on abstract background. Mixed media on panel. Measurements: 81 x 65 x 0.5 cm / Framed 103 x 87 x 5 cm In inches: 31.89 x 25.59 x 0.2 " / Framed 40.55 x 34.25 x 1.97 " "Raquel" was painted by Goyo in 1999 ( signature and date in right down corner) using a mixed technique. On abstract background that plays with colors, shapes, and volumes, Goyo portrays a beautiful woman's face with a penetrating gaze. There, almost like a collage, an academic female...

Work on canvas

A. Pavlov (Lithuanian/Russian) " Vilnius Corner", Abstract Landscape signed Oil on Canvas, 21 x 24, Late 20th Century, 1984 Colors: Yellow, White, Black, Blue, White, Purple, Brown,...

A. Pavlov (Lithuanian/Russian) " Coast of Batumi ", Abstract Landscape signed Oil on Canvas, 20.50 x 25.50, Late 20th Century, 1979 Colors: Yellow, White, Black, Blue, White, Purple...

Work on canvas White wooden frame 52.5 x 67.5 x 4 cm

Unknown/Unidentified Artist "Untitled: Shipyard/Ship Building", Abstract Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20, Late 20th Century Colors: Blue, White, Red, Green, Brow...

Ararat Sargsyan Musicians, cardboard/oil 83x56 cm,1980

Cityscape with skyscrapers. Stylized and almost abstract representation of a city with skyscrapers, some of which have the shape of a sail. Oil on canvas. In a 1970´s aluminium / wood period frame. Signed lower right: Raimondo. Landscape appears at first glance as a series of abstract, geometric, very bright objects. Very good condition. Painting comes from a collection in Turin, Italy which had numerous signed works...

Landscape with a sailboat. Oil on cardboard, 14x19 cm

Compelling abstracted landscape of Central Park in the autumn, circa 1970. Impasto adds depth and interest. Unsigned. Unframed. Image size: 36"H x 24"W.

original abstract acrylic canvas painting. framed , Rafael (Barcelona 1956) While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodrama’, in the same ...

Artist: Max Epstein Title: Untitled - Abstract with Checkers Year: 1974 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Signed Lower Right Size: 48 x 48 in. (121.92 x 121.92 cm) Frame Size: 49 x 49 inc...