Items Similar to "Orange and White Sky," Ralph Rosenborg, Abstract Expressionist Nature Landscape
- Want more images or videos?Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 15
Ralph Rosenborg"Orange and White Sky," Ralph Rosenborg, Abstract Expressionist Nature Landscape1970
1970
$2,625
$3,50025% Off
About
Ralph Rosenborg (1913 - 1992)
Orange and White Sky, 1970
Oil on canvas
24 x 28 inches
Signed and dated lower left; titled on the reverse
Provenance:
A Nonprofit Collection, Connecticut
Working amid a critical period in the rise of American modernism, Ralph Rosenborg was a leading contributor to the stylistic development and acceptance of abstract expressionism. A New Yorker until the last few months of life, he was born in Brooklyn in 1913 to Swedish immigrants. In his youth he sketched scenes of the Long Island countryside while his mother worked as a domestic cook. During high school Rosenborg began training in art seriously through the School Art League at the American Museum of Natural History. He went on to study privately from 1930 to 1933 with Henriette Reiss, an associate of Kandinsky. His teacher’s insights into European culture prompted Rosenborg to explore avant-garde developments, causing him to abandon his academic style to explore his interests in gesture and abstraction. While delving into modernism despite the stigma applied to American abstraction at the time, Rosenborg‘s skills were put to use in both the Public Works of Art Project and the Teaching, Easel, and Mural divisions of the Works Progress Administration. While in the Mural division he worked alongside Arshile Gorky, and was in the company of modernists such as Ad Reinhardt, William Baziotes, and Joseph Stella in the Easel division. After his experience teaching within the WPA, Rosenborg became part of the original faculty at the Brooklyn Museum School, and held positions at New York’s Public Schools 9, 43, and 72, as well as the University of Wyoming and University of North Carolina.
From the opening of his first solo show of oils and watercolors at New York’s Eighth St. Playhouse in 1935, Rosenborg regularly exhibited in New York and throughout the country. In 1936 he became a founding member of the American Abstract Artists, participating in the group’s annual exhibitions and contributing to their multi-faceted efforts to bring attention to the development of modern art in America. In 1938 he contributed the essay “Non-Objective Creative Expression” to the Yearbook that accompanied the AAA’s second annual exhibition at the Gallery of American Fine Arts Society. Rosenborg’s veiled layering of paint and his gestural evocation of landscapes often set his work apart from those he exhibited beside in the AAA, who were more concerned with the solid forms of Cubism. More contemporaneous with the direction of Rosenborg’s work were the expressionist interests of “The Ten,” a group of abstract painters including Mark Rothko, Adolph Gottlieb, and Louis Schanker, who formed to promote experimentation within modern art. Rosenborg joined “The Ten” and took part in several exhibitions during his involvement with the AAA’s formation in the late 1930s. Alike to Gottlieb, as well as contemporary Paul Klee, Rosenborg explored the use of symbols and featured hieroglyphics in a number of works. On the whole, however, Rosenborg’s style was directly based in nature, abstracting landscape forms and developing atmospheric depth in layers of color. His expressionistic take on abstraction relied on sensory impressions, demonstrating the artist’s interaction with reality.
Beginning in the late 1930s Rosenborg took up work as a guard for Baroness Hilla Rebay’s Museum of Non-Objective Painting, a position shared by Jackson Pollock. The direction of Rosenborg’s paintings soon influenced many artists in his circle, from Pollock to Willem de Kooning, and shared with these painters a catharsis and energy of gesture. Rosenborg’s amassed body of work anticipated the full developments of abstract expressionism for his vigorous and forceful handling of his medium, in which paint was often squeezed directly onto the work’s support. In 1949 and 1950, when abstract expressionism was still in the early stages of becoming a cohesive style, Rosenborg took part in Studio 35, a series of evening discussions on subjects of avant-garde art moderated by Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Richard Lippold, and Robert Motherwell. In addition to lectures from Jean Arp, Adolph Gottlieb, Jimmy Ernst, Willem de Kooning, Ad Reinhardt, John Cage, and Harold Rosenborg, which depended on the interaction of the general public, a closed three-day session was held for the pioneering artistic figures involved in the series. Rosenborg was invited to join along participants William Baziotes, Louise Bourgeois, Hans Hofmann, David Hare, Ibram Lassaw, Barnett Newman, and David Smith. On the last day’s session, Rosenborg partook in discussions on the possible terms for the arising stylistic movement. Though the descriptions Abstract Symbolist and Abstract Objectionist were discussed on that day, the group’s work would soon come to be identified as Abstract Expressionist.
In 1966 Rosenborg traveled to Europe through a grant awarded by the National Council of the Arts. During the 1970s he became largely reclusive, but remained committed to painting. His work would exhibit frequently throughout the next several decades, including exhibitions hosted by the State Department and U.S. Embassy of Dublin as well as the Butler Institute of American Art. In 1991 after suffering a stroke, he and wife Margaret moved to Portland, Oregon, where he died on October 22 of that year. Through the aggressive, intimate handling of his medium, and critical leadership among the dominant abstract art groups of New York, Ralph Rosenborg optimizes the bold developments of abstract expressionist art in America.
Details
- CreatorRalph Rosenborg (1913 - 1992, American)
- Creation Year1970
- DimensionsHeight: 26 in. (66.04 cm)Width: 30 in. (76.2 cm)
- Medium
- Movement & Style
- Period
- Condition
- Gallery LocationNew York, NY
- Reference Number1stDibs: LU115626156622
Shipping & Returns
- ShippingRates vary by destination and complexity. We recommend this shipping type based on item size, type and fragility.Ships From: New York, NY
- Return Policy
A return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
1stDibs Buyer Protection Guaranteed
If your item arrives not as described, we’ll work with you and the seller to make it right. Learn more
About the SellerLocated in New York, NY
5 / 5
Platinum Seller
These expertly vetted sellers are 1stDibs' most experienced sellers and are rated highest by our customers.
Established in 2008
1stDibs seller since 2019
93 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: <1 hour
More From This Seller
- Located in New York, NYGLACIER PARK 1940s WPA Mid-Century Realism to Abstraction American Modernism This is a special Vincent Campanel...Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Located in New York, NYWilliam Sharp (1900 - 1961) Factory on the River Oil on canvas 20 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches Initialed lower left: WS ...Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Paint, Oil
- By Joseph SolmanLocated in New York, NY"Cellar with Horseshoe" WPA American Scene Modernism 20th Century NYC Industrial Joseph Solman (1909-2008) "Cel...Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- By William SandersonLocated in New York, NYReminiscent of an Edward Hopper or Andrew Wyeth scene, or even Charles Demuth with its cubist elements. William...Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- By Sally Michel-AveryLocated in New York, NYSally Avery (1902 - 2003) Rushing Brook #2, 1980 Oil on canvas 50 x 34 inches Signed and dated lower right; sign...Category
1980s American Modern Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Located in New York, NYWilliam Sharp (1900 - 1961) Factory on the River Oil on canvas 17 1/2 x 23 1/4 inches Initialed lower right: WS ...Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Paint, Oil
You May Also Like
Large Colorful MCM Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modernist Ralph Rosenborg
By Ralph Rosenborg
Located in Bal Harbour, FL
Ralph Rosenborg (American, 1913-1992) Mountain Weed with Two Clouds, oil on jute canvas, canvas is hand signed recto and verso, artists label and Snyder Fine Art gallery label, The p...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Jute, Oil, Canvas
Evening and Dark Green Hills American Landscape
By Ralph Rosenborg
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Abstract Expressionist American Landscape Evening and Dark Green Hills by Ralph Rosenborg
Size: 24x36 framed 27x39x2
Ralph Rosenborg is the first recognized pioneer whose experimenta...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
American Landscape With Growing Tree Abstract
By Ralph Rosenborg
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Abstract expressionist American Landscape With Growing Tree by Ralph Rosenborg
Size: 30x40 framed 35x45x1.5
Ralph Rosenborg is the first recognized pioneer whose experimental art ann...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Edge of the City
By Phil Stallard
Located in North Sydney, AU
Artist's Note: This is an idealized fauve painting of Sydney harbour, painted from Wisemans on the outskirts. I grew up in Sydney, and worked on the harbour back in the ‘80’s. In t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Charcoal, Acrylic
There's a light that never goes out
By Phil Stallard
Located in North Sydney, AU
Artist's Notes: This is a view looking west from my studio, it is morning, I have just arrived, and mist covers everything like a delicious velvet blanket. The title is a reference t...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hawkesbury Waterline
By Phil Stallard
Located in North Sydney, AU
Artist's Note: Looking west from the ferry the river stretches in an awe-inspiring line, at dusk the hill is saturated in shadow, the detail is blurred and what you get is pure colou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cross-section of the moment 1, Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting Canvas Yellow
By Seungyoon Choi
Located in London, England
Cross-section of the moment 1-2018 is a vibrant contemporary abstract expressionist art by South Korean artist, Seungyoon Choi. It is a large oil painting on canvas with a strong yel...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Of Passage & Oblivion", Landscape Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, FR
Named "Of Passage & Oblivion", this abstract impressionist landscape by Annie Tremsal was created with oiled ocher on canvas. Fruit offering, past things, and places that seem to hav...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The 1stDibs Promise
Learn MoreExpertly Vetted Sellers
Confidence at Checkout
Price-Match Guarantee
Exceptional Support
Buyer Protection
Insured Global Delivery