Ricardo de Silva

Three Spots of Gold - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Handmade Paper

c. 1986

Abstract Figural and Pediments - Two Sided Art Mid century figural and architectural painting on paper. Heavy layers of paint with a dog on an abutment and two Japanese wrestlers...

Vintage Original Abstracted Landscape Silk Screen on Rice Paper Dramatic non-objective and abstracted landscape silkscreen in black india ink and neutral Casein paint tones. Unsigne...

A beautiful abstract composition, rich in visual texture by using several mediums - watercolor, ink, handmade paper and oil pastel - by Aptos, California artist Diane Pendleton Stein...

Abstract expressionist painting depicting a figurative girl in full party mode by Bay Area figurative artist Carol Bowie (American, 20th C). The figure is made up of multicolored ab...

Dramatic and vibrant mixed media abstract by California artist Doris Sherwyn (American, 1927-2015). Signed lower right "Doris Sherwyn" Artist's card affixed to verso. Unframed. Can...

Show Poster Monoprint (Works on Paper) - Vintage Latin American School Bold show poster by Latin American California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This p...

'Bouquet Ten' 2014 by Seattle based abstract painter, Liz Tran. Mixed media on panel, 48 x 36 in. The painting features Tran's version of a traditional still life with an abstract tw...

'Perseid II' 2018 by Seattle based abstract painter, Liz Tran. Mixed media on panel, 40 x 30 in. Tran's 'Perseid' series is inspired by meteor showers observed in eastern Washington....

'Puff' 2019 by Seattle based abstract painter, Liz Tran. Mixed media on panel, 18 x 18 in. Tran's puffs and clouds are her attempt to turn depressing weather into something more joyf...

Introducing an intriguing and vibrant extra-large contemporary painting. In-versio: "Cardaillac", 1984, "Acryl sur papier de chine", "Yellow Orange and Blue"

A fine art, contemporary painting in the abstract expressionist style, "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" features vibrant blue, soft cream, rich tan and pale pink acrylic paint atop l...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY “Untitled #34” was created by Sam Gilliam, one of the great innovators in postwar American painting. It is dated and signed on the lower front. The thick handmade paper is rich with folds and texture and the colors lively. In addition to Acrylic paint on the surface there appears to be imbedded color in the handmade paper which has additional embossed accents. Unframed the piece measures 16 x 14. Provenance of Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan is on the verso along with the note that the Paper Surfaces in contact with this artwork are acid free. In the mid-1960s he emerged from the Washington D.C. scene with works that elaborated upon and disrupted the ethos of Color School painting. A series of formal breakthroughs would soon result in his canonical Drape paintings, which expanded upon the tenets of Abstract Expressionism in entirely new ways. One profound manner was the sculpture aspect of the painting giving it a free flowing expression of pure color. In the latter half of the 1950s, Washington D.C. saw a flourishing of abstract art that emphasized the form-making capabilities of pure color. Known as The Washington Color School, the loosely affiliated group of abstract painters knew each other through various teaching experiences. The moniker has an uncertain origin but likely originated with the title of a 1965 exhibition at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art, "Washington Color Painters," curated by Gerald Nordland. The show exhibited the works of Kenneth Noland, Paul Reed, Morris Louis, Howard Mehring, Thomas Downing, and Gene Davis. Additionally, Leon Berkowitz...