Abstract Abstract Paintings
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
Period: 1960s
Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid-century modern abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich.
Toma Yovanovich (1931-2016)
Yovanovich was a painter/printmaker whose work is i...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Wave Abstract
By Leta Peghini
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century wave abstract with dreamy, swirling colors by Central California and Bay Area artist Leta Peghini (American, 20th Century). Presented in a giltwood frame. Signe...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Antica Roma Figurative Abstract Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning mid century mixed media collage of Roman travel items and photos by James A. Couglin, a Berkeley Abstract Expressionist (American, 1929-1979), c.1966. Painted during his Par...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Paper, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Magazine Paper
White Pidgeon, La Paloma Blanca, Modernist Abstract, 1962, Framed Oil on Canvas
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"White Pidgeon - La Paloma Blanca" by Philadelphia born modernist and surrealist painter Leon Kelly, is a large scale Modernist Abstract painting. The 40" x ...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Red Optical Composition - Painting by Carlo Montesi - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Red Optical Composition is an original artwork realized by the Italian contemporary master, Carlo Montesi in 1966.
In good conditions.
Tempera, oil pai...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Tempera, Cardboard
Untitled
Located in London, GB
JACOB EL HANANI b. 1947
1947 Casablanca (Israeli)
Title: Untitled, 1968
Technique: Signed and Dated Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 73 x 93 cm. / 28.7 x 36.6 in.
Additional Information...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic
Constantin Karahalios Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Blue 1960 Mid Century
Located in Buffalo, NY
A vibrant and captivating abstract painting by Greek artist Constantin Karahalios featuring incredible texture and color. A custom frame presentation would be included in the price....
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Composition by Aika Brown - Abstract
Located in London, GB
Composition by Aika Brown (1937-1964)
Mixed media on canvas
130 x 89cm (51 ¹/₈ x 35 inches)
Signed and dated on the reverse, B. AIKA Paris 1961
Executed in ...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Mixed Media
Red Gray #5
By Carl Holty
Located in Greenwich, CT
Holty did a series of works that explored the use of varying tones of Gray with other colors. This was done during his Colorfield foray as he pioneered this movement along with such...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Coral and Turquoise', Woman Artist, Pasadena
By Pearl Took
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Oil abstract comprising interconnected organic shapes in variegated shades of turquoise, vermilion, coral, and lime, outlined in deep ebony.
Signed with monogram lower right, 'P.T.'...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Paper, Oil, Board
Sriffle
Located in Lawrence, NY
Caradoc Ehrenhalt would often accompany his mother, the artist Amaranth Ehrenhalt,
on her visits to the Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York. She enjoyed ta...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vertical Abstract #3 - "Ghostly Touching"
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic abstract expressionist painting by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009).Oil on masonite. Titled "Ghostly Touching" on verso. Signed "Les Anderson" bottom left....
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Abstrait 01 - Huile sur toile, 50x60 cm., encadré
Located in Nice, FR
Huile sur toile. Encadré: 72x83 cm.
René Burlet, peintre savoyard, est le fils unique de Frédéric, pharmacien mycologue. Il suit ses études secondaires au lycée de garçons de Chambé...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Abstract Painting
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Blue Navy Abstract,
Size: 31x36.5 framed 32x37.7
Walter Swyrydenko was born in Sloviansk, Ukraine in 1942. A graduate of Kent State University, receiving a B.S. in Art Education and an M.A. in Painting. Studied in Paris, France. Professor of Art at Lakeland Community College. He was awarded the rank of Professor Emeritus in 2002 by Lakeland Community College, and held a retrospective of his work, "A Look Back 1965-2001," at the LCC Gallery in 2003. Listed in Marquis’ “Who’s Who Dictionary of International Biography,” “ Leaders of America,” “Who’s Who in the Arts, 1971-1972,” Artists/USA, 1972-1973, 1974-1975,” “Outstanding Young Men of America,”1971,” International Who’s Who in Art and Antiques, 1972,”
Annuaire De L’Art International, 1974-1975, 1975-1976,” “Library Of Human Resources...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
American School New York City Abstract Magic Surrealism Ocean Fish Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American school abstract painting. Watercolor on paper, circa 1960.
Unsigned. Image size, 12"L x 9"H.
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache
Mid Century Modern Oil Painting Abstract Expressionist Forms Purple Green purple
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid-century modern abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich.
This work comes housed in an original artist made frame. The painting is signed,...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ceres I
By Cleve Gray
Located in New York, NY
Cleve Gray
Ceres 1, 1966
Greece Series
Acrylic on canvas
25 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Work by Senkichiro Nasaka. Painting on paper executed in 1963 (abstract)
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Senkichiro Nasaka
(1923-2014)
WORK
Mixed media on paper
53 x 37 cm ( 20 ⁷/₈ x 14 ⁹/₁₆ in) not considering the frame
Executed in 1963
Signed and dated in the reverse
The present work is one of the few paintings pre-dating Senkichiro Nasaka’s affiliation to the Gutai Group.
The particular choice of means and technique, inspired by Senkichiro Nasaka’s mastery of both Japanese and Western painting, conveys the semblance of geological accretions, and clearly adheres to Jiro Yoshihara’s motto: “create what has never been done before”
About the Artist:
Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1923, in 1942 Senkichiro Nasaka entered the Kyoto City Painting University. where he was a contemporary of Kazuo Shiraga.
In 1960s he made a career switch from Japanese traditional painting to Western style oil painting, creating works under the influence of the informel style.
In 1965 Nasaka presented his work to the 15th Gutai Art...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Bert Miripolsky Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Pasadena, CA
Non-objective abstract oil on canvas from the estate of Bert Miripolsky.
American artist Miripolsky studied painting at Chicago Art Institute in the early 1940s and has exhibited th...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Work P. Oil on canvas by Tadashi Sugimata, executed in 1963 (abstract painting)
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Tadashi Sugimata
(1914-1994)
WORK P
oil on canvas
162.3 x 112.1 cm (63 3/4 x 44 1/8 in)
Executed in 1963
Signed
Signed and titled in Japanese in the back
This work is accompanied...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colourful, op-art modern painting "Movimenti Percettivi 70-69"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Ferruccio Gard (Italy, 1940) is one of the pioneers and leading artist representatives of the Neo-Constructivist art, Programmed Art and Optical Art, which he has practiced since 1969. He is considered to be a master of colour, in his painting Gard creates original formal and compositional solutions of forms and colours. Exploring the geometric composition with chromatic and special themes Gards clasps the complexity of black and white and the extremes of the tonal scale of colours.
Gard's work have been the subject of many writers, including Piero Dorazio and Virgilio Guidi, as well as renowned poets art art curators such as Jorge Amado...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Arctic Dream
Located in Lawrence, NY
Until his death three years ago at the age of 93, Athos Zacharias is a last living link, if not the last living link, to the first generation of Abstract Expressionist painters, man...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Cat's Pajamas
By Frank Roth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Frank Roth, American (1936 - )
Title: The Cat's Pajamas
Year: 1968
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, titled and dated verso
Size: 66 x 72 in. (167.64 x 182.88 cm)
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Untitled Abstract" Abstract Expressionist, Color Field, Black & White, Colors
Located in Detroit, MI
"Untitled Abstract" is by the American painter, Robert Goodnough, known for calligraphy-like markings circa 1960s. Though he was associated with the Abstract Expressionists, Goodnoug...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Flowers ( 497), 1968
Located in Quogue, NY
Oil on linen
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Golden Gate Bridge and Coastal Highway
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic abstract landscape painting in the San Francisco Bay Area Abstract Expressionist School-style by an unknown California artist (American, 20th Century), c.1965. Unframed. Imag...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist - Dreams
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful mid century abstract expressionist painting by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Unframed. Titled...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Masonite, Oil
Peinture M.42, 1960 - Oil on canvas, 73x100 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on Canvas by Carlos Carnero.
He was friend and pupil of Fernard Léger and friend of the most important artist of his time, such as Picasso and Matisse. This is from his abstrac...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Abstract Geometric painting Gold Balls Maroon Framed American
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract geometric painting by an unknown artist in an artist made natural wood frame.
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
ABSTRACTION Mid-Century Abstract Non-Objective Color Field oil American Modern
Located in New York, NY
ABSTRACTION Mid-Century Abstract Non-Objective Color Field oil American Modern
James Daugherty (1887 – 1974) "Abstraction," 11 ¾ x 13 ¾ inches, Estate...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pale Morning
Located in Sheffield, MA
Michael Gloeckner
American, 1915-1989
Pale Morning
Oil on canvas
30 by 30 in. W/frame 31 by 31 in.
Signed lower right, & titled & dated 1966 on reverse on stretcher
Michael lived ...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
William Jacobs "Untitled 8" (Two Figures), original enamel on metal tile
Located in Glenview, IL
"Untitled 8 (Two Figures)" by noted Chicago painter William Jacobs (1897 - 1973) is a semi-abstract enamel painting on metal tile from a series created sometime in the 1960's.
A Chi...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Enamel
Mid-Century Modern Floral Abstract
By Tim Rawlins
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant mid-century modern floral abstract in blues and earth tones with impasto paint application by Rawlins (American, 20th century). Signed and date...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic, Canvas
Cinzano (Provincetown), 1968
Located in Quogue, NY
Oil on linen
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Toma Yovanovich Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Painting 1960 Black and White
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid-Century Modern black and white abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Tovanovich (1931- 2016). C...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Paper, Oil
Gibraltar, 1963
By Ben Wilson
Located in Quogue, NY
Born in Philadelphia, Ben Wilson was a New York abstract expressionist painter. His work was exhibited frequently from the mid-thirties through sixties, and less frequently but consi...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Reverse Drawing (blue)
By Cleve Gray
Located in New York, NY
Cleve Gray
Reverse Drawing 1 (blue), 1966
Reverse Drawing Series
Mixed media on paper
19 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
William Jacobs "Untitled 5" (Faces), original enamel on metal tile
Located in Glenview, IL
"Untitled 5 (Faces)" by noted Chicago painter William Jacobs (1897 - 1973) is a semi-abstract enamel painting on metal tile from a series created sometime ...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Enamel
William Jacobs "Untitled 3 (Faces)", original enamel on metal tile
Located in Glenview, IL
"Untitled 3 (Faces)" by noted Chicago painter William Jacobs (1897 - 1973) is an abstract enamel painting on metal tile from a series created sometime in t...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Enamel
Vintage American Modernist Portrait of a Man Original Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American school abstract painting. Watercolor on paper, circa 1970.
Signed. Image size, 5.5"L x 8.5"H.
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Canvas, Watercolor
"Symphete Musicale" Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract in spray paint by Jean Simon Labret (French, 20th Century). This early example of spray paint art hints at the forthcoming street art scene in France, which began in th...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Spray Paint
'Organic Abstract', 1950's Woman Artist, San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Dora Masters (American, 1913-2003) and painted circa 1960. Stamped verso with certification of authenticity.
Dora Masters exhibited widely and with success throughout th...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
City on Fire, Abstract Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Unknown
Title: City on Fire
Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed lower right (Anderson?)
Size: 14 x 18 inches
Frame Size: 20 x 24 inches
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (BY)
By Marc Vaux
Located in London, GB
Marc Vaux
Untitled (BY)
1965
Acrylic on cotton duck
77 x 77.5 cms (30.3 x 30.5 ins)
MV20871
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Voile N.I - Mixed Media by Marisa Busanel - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Voile N.I is an original artwork realized by the Italian contemporary artist Marisa Busanel in the 1960s
Mixed media artwork on panel (collage and pain...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Peinture 24, 1961 - Oil on canvas, 89x116 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on Canvas by Carlos Carnero. He was friend and pupil of Fernard Léger and friend of the most important artist of his time, such as Picasso and Matisse. This is from his abstract ...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Peinture M.19, 1960 - Oil on canvas, 55x77 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on Canvas by Carlos Carnero.
He was friend and pupil of Fernard Léger and friend of the most important artist of his time, such as Picasso and Matisse. This is from his abstrac...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid century modern abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich.
Toma Yovanovich (1931-2016)
Yovanovich was a painter/printmaker whose work i...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
Deauville
By Lou Fink
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lou Fink, American (1925 - 1980)
Title: Deauville
Year: 1968
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 48 x 36 inches
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Parascape I
By David Whittaker
Located in Kensington, MD
Signed David Whittaker 1969 'Parascape I'
Watercolor on graph paper framed under glass set in aluminum frame with masonite backing bearing label from the Redfern Gallery Ltd. 20 Cor...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled - Abstract Composition
By Jen Brisson
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated abstract painting was realized by the esteemed Mid Century artist, Jen Brisson in 1961. It features an abstract grid like composition created by intersecting verti...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled Red Abstract Hand Manipulated Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Red abstract painting that was hand manipulated to strategically place holes in the center by the Catalan artist Carlos Planell. Artist name listed on reverse along with "Escuela de ...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Black Flowers - Mixed Media by Marisa Busanel - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Black Flowers is an original artwork realized by the Italian contemporary artist Marisa Busanel in 1967.
Mixed media (tar and collage) painting on pane...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Mixed Media
Washington Action, Acrylic Painting by Josep Grau-Garriga
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josep Grau-Garriga
Title: Untitled Washington Action
Year: 1969
Medium: Mixed Media and Collage on Paper
Size: 18 x 23.5 inches
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Waterfall in the Forest, " Original Abstract Landscape signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Waterfall in the Forest" is an original acrylic painting on masonite by David Barnett, signed on the verso. The work breaks down the image of the title to its most basic colors and ...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Polka, 1965 - gouache, 63x48 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
By the swedish painter Bengt Lindstrom, an abstract gouache painting on canvas from the sixties. It is signed and it is certified by the Lindstrom Committee. Framed
Bengt Lindström commence sa formation artistique en fréquentant l'académie de Stockholm (1944-1945) et l'école de peinture d'Isaac Grünewald (en). Il dessine ensuite chez Aksel Jorgensen...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Gouache
Abstract
Located in Sheffield, MA
Jenner Augusto da Silveira
Brazilian, 1924-2003
Abstract
Oil on canvas
27 ½ by 35 ½ in. W/frame 29 by 37 in.
Signed and dated "Jenner Augusto 1962" in lower right
Jenner Augusto da Silveira (Aracaju SE 1924 - Salvador BA 2003). Painter, cartazista, illustrator, designer, writer. Reside in several cities of Sergipe. The Lizard city holds posters for the local cinema. In Orange, around 1940, studying painting of Horace Time . Returns to live in Singapore in 1944, when it dedicated to painting and works in trade. In 1949, conducts free panels in modernist style to the decor of the Bar Cacique. In 1949, he moved to Salvador, and works as an assistant in the studio of Mario Cravo...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Reverse Drawing 2 (orange)
By Cleve Gray
Located in New York, NY
Cleve Gray
Reverse Drawing 2 (orange), 1966
Reverse Drawing Series
Mixed media on paper
19 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
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