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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Cielo de Platón 4. Painting From the series Plato’s Heaven
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cielo de Platón 4, 2021 by James Bonachea
From the series Plato’s Heaven
Soluble graphite on canvas
Image size: 160 cm H x 120 cm W
Unframed
The theory of Heaven is a novelty that ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Graphite
Collaged Geometric Disc Mobile - Abstract, Colourful, Canvas and Board Mobile
By Aron Hill
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Dynamic and whimsical, Aron Hill’s mobile is a joyful contemporary kinetic sculpture. Three separate discs are covered in a curated collage of shapes and brilliant colours. The colour profile here is Hill’s characteristically vivid palette-- orange, yellow, blue, red, and green punctuated by black and white. Delicately balanced, the sculpture moves in the air redefining the space and affording the viewer a fresh ‘view’.
Mobiles have existed for millennia—at first as windchimes, then re-imagined by Russian sculptors...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Wire
Cielo de Platón 1. Painting From the series Plato’s Heaven
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cielo de Platón 1, 2021 by James Bonachea
From the series Plato’s Heaven
Soluble graphite on canvas
Image size: 160 cm H x 120 cm W
Unframed
The theory of Heaven is a novelty that ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Graphite
Mountain Sun - bright, minimalist, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Bold, bright colours and clean lines capture the essence of a setting sun as it slips behind a mountain range. This is one of a series of minimalist paintings that celebrates the ‘ro...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Self-Portrait as Mad Queen
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Daisy - bright, colourful, expressive, gestural abstract, acrylic on paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this expressive, colourful abstract by Milly Ristvedt a melange of complementary colours appear to dance across the paper. Ristvedt is a master colourist and this painting from the seventies shows her early skills at juxtaposing colour—generous brush strokes of pink, turquoise, green, blue, red, orange and burgundy. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings ‘were more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’
“(I have an) enduring belief in colour in painting as a language that can speak to mind, body, and soul.” Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski and Frank Stella. Her work has been included in many publications. She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2004 and honoured with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. She has won seven Canada Council awards and two Ontario Arts Council awards and had over 50 solo exhibitions and been part of countless group shows.
Ristvedt's work can be found in major public collections throughout North America.
Milly Ristvedt is represented exclusively by the Oeno Gallery.
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Curious Sound
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Lyrical abstraction in black
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spill (Laocoön)
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ficus 1 - gestural, floral, narrative, abstract, still life, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Abstract artist Fiona Ackerman continues to be inspired by the staggering beauty of the natural world. In this lush, colourful botanical-themed composition the genus of the plant fam...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (Iron Forest)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Untitled (Iron Forest)
1989
Acrylic on prepared paper
91.4 x 182.9 cms (36 x 72 ins)
SF012
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Spill (The Fall)
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grey Red
By Sean Scully
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Grey Red" is an oil painting on aluminum by Sean Scully. It is signed verso, " Gray Red, Sean Scully 1 12".
The frame of reference for Irish American Sean Scully’s signature blocks and stripes is vast. From Malevich’s central premise that geometry can provide the means for universal understanding to Rothko’s impassioned approach to color and rendering of the dramatic sublime, Scully learned how to condense the splendor of the natural world into simple modes of color, light, and composition. Born in Dublin in 1945 and London-raised, Scully was well-schooled in figurative drawing when he decided to catch the spirit of his lodestar, Henri Matisse, by visiting Morocco in 1969. He was captivated by the dazzling tessellated mosaics and richly dyed fabrics and began to paint grids and stipes of color. Subsequent adventures provided further inspiration as the play of intense light on the reflective surfaces of Mayan ruins and the ancient slabs of stone at Stonehenge brought the sensation of light, space, and geometric movement to Scully’s paintings. The ability to trace the impact of Scully’s travels throughout his paintings reaffirms the value of abstract art as a touchstone for real-life experience.
Painted in rich, deep hues and layered, nuanced surfaces, Grey Red is both poetic and full of muscular formalism. Scully appropriately refers to these elemental forms as ‘bricks,’ suggesting the formal calculations of an architect. As he explained, “these relationships that I see in the street doorways, in windows between buildings, and in the traces of structures that were once full of life, I take for my work. I use these colors and forms and put them together in a way that perhaps reminds you of something, though you’re not sure of that” (David Carrier, Sean Scully, 2004, pg. 98). His approach is organic, less formulaic; intuitive painter’s choices are layering one color upon another so that contrasting hues and colors vibrate with subliminal energy. Diebenkorn comes to mind in his pursuit of radiant light. But here, the radiant bands of terracotta red, gray, taupe, and black of Grey Red resonate with deep, smoldering energy and evoke far more affecting passion than you would think it could impart. As his good friend, Bono wrote, “Sean approaches the canvas like a kickboxer, a plasterer, a builder. The quality of painting screams of a life being lived.”
Provenance:
Timothy Taylor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ormolu
By John Hoyland
Located in London, GB
John Hoyland
Ormolu
1972
Acrylic on canvas
183.5 x 137.5 cms (72 1/4 x 54 1/8 ins)
JH001
Provenance:
Andre Emmerich, New York
Christie's London, 1989
Acquired from the above
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Spill (Seed Pod)
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self-Portrait as Hourglass
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self-Portrait (Lion Birth)
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Totem/Pink - bright, colourful, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian artist Milly Ristvedt has been exploring the power of both colour and form for more than four decades. She is considered a master colourist. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings were ‘more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’
In this gorgeous abstract piece, sky blue, orange-red, yellow, black, white and green markings form an engaging vertical composition. Blush pink provides a fresh, modern backdrop.
“Colour is the philosopher’s stone that for me represents hope in a time of great challenge for us all.” Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sentinel - tall, minimalist, abstracted forest, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Pat Service loves trees. The dramatic BC landscape she grew up in has always influenced her work. In this abstract painting, the clean lines of three bold shapes—trees in various sta...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Spill (Birds)
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spill (Climbers)
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self-Portrait as Throne
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Extension - large, bright, colourful, geometric abstract acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this dynamic new work by Milly Ritsvedt, bold vertical bands of pure colour run the length of the painting. As always, Ristvedt’s choice of colours in this hard-edged piece is masterful—turquoise, deep pink, blue and bright yellow. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings were ‘more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’
“The paintings of the past two or three years explore questions of form, colour and process that arise out of earlier works.” Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Offering - colourful, lyrical, gestural abstract, acrylic & crayon on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Using a glorious tapestry of rich colours…burnished copper, yellow, red, purple and blue, Alice Teichert’s acrylic painting, “Offering” seems to evoke images of ancient offerings mad...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Crayon, Acrylic
"Mise En Scene"
By Max Hammond
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
From the time he was four years old Max Hammond was destined to paint, as he began on the walls of his home, a budding muralist. As he ran along the edges of the salt marshes of the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Monument with Faded Sun No.2 - colorful, abstract shapes, acrylic on canvas
By Aron Hill
Located in Bloomfield, ON
For Calgary artist Aron Hill the sun is often a focal point for their fresh, boldly coloured minimalist paintings. This composition in deep purple, hot pink, red and bright yellow is...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
"Fernweh"
By Max Hammond
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
From the time he was four years old Max Hammond was destined to paint, as he began on the walls of his home, a budding muralist. As he ran along the edges of the salt marshes of the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Upstream"
By Max Hammond
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
From the time he was four years old Max Hammond was destined to paint, as he began on the walls of his home, a budding muralist. As he ran along the edges of the salt marshes of the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Terraqueous"
By Max Hammond
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
From the time he was four years old Max Hammond was destined to paint, as he began on the walls of his home, a budding muralist. As he ran along the edges of the salt marshes of the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composition by IGAEL TUMARKIN - Mixed media, large artwork, abstract art
Located in London, GB
Untitled 65 by IGAEL TUMARKIN (1933-2021)
Mixed media on board
152 x 63 cm (59 ⅞ x 24 ¾ inches)
Signed and dated lower left, Tumarkin 65 Numbered 'No6' on the reverse
This work is from the most important period of Israeli artist Tumarkin during his time in Paris.
Artist biography
Peter Martin Gregor Heinrich Hellberg (later Yigal Tumarkin) was born in Dresden, Germany in 1933. His father, Martin Hellberg, was a German theatre actor and director. With his mother, Berta Gurevitch, and his stepfather, Herzl Tumarkin, Tumarkin immigrated to Mandate Palestine when he was two. He served in the Israeli Sea Corps and, after completing his military service, studied sculpture with Rudi Lehman in Ein Hod, a village of artists near Mount Carmel.
In 1955, Tumarkin went to Berlin to work as a scenographer for Bertolt Brecht...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Time and Motion - rich, dark, colourful, geometric abstract acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ristvedt continues her exciting exploration of colour and form in this stunning new work. Hard-edged geometric shapes—rectangles and squares almost appear to be dancing around the canvas. The colour palette is bright—yellows, red, blues, purples which play off the darker, fluid burgundy/black backdrop. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings were ‘more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’
“Colour has been central to my explorations in painting from the beginning.” Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Strong Feelings Lilies - lush, abstracted still life, oil on canvas over panel
By Mel Davis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Flowers—rendered in simple shapes and soft colours—rosy pink, sky blue, pale yellow and deep green fill the canvas in this abstract painting by Mel Davis. The Montreal born artist wa...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel, Graphite
NEXA #2, Mixed media Abstract painting on Canvas
By Alec Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
NEXA #2, 2023 by Alec Franco
Acrylic and pastel on black canvas
Image Size: 104 cm H x 76 cm W
Mix media
Unframed
Signed by artist
_______
The artist's works are based on time and o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic, Mixed Media
Intervals - large, black, blue, pink, contemporary abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this bold new abstract painting by Milly Ristvedt vertical lines of colour in various widths pop against a soft, fluid burgundy canvas. As always, the colour palette—bright pink, and turquoise is fresh and modern—a brilliant contrast to the darker background. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings were ‘more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’
“(Colour) has a dual (and magical) identity as elusive, optical sensation and physical, material substance that compels me to explore its expressive possibilities.”
Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Patriots Throne
By Larry Bell
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Patriots Throne" is a painting by Larry Bell. The painting is signed verso, "L Bell '89".
Throughout his career Larry Bell has made investigations into the properties of light on surface. By experimenting with the nature of surface and its relationship to space, Bell has devised a methodology characterised by spontaneity, intuition and improvisation.
Bell began his career in 1959 and his earliest works consisted of abstract, monochrome paintings on paper and shaped canvases whose outlines corresponded to the silhouette of a box drawn in isometric projection. Panes of glass and then mirrors were substituted for parts of the painted design and this exploration of spatial ambiguity eventually evolved into sculptural constructions made of wood and glass. These works represent the genesis of Bell’s later...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
What We Need - large, bright, colourful, geometric abstract acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Abstract artist Milly Ristvedt uses colour as a language to express her thoughts and emotions. When the master colourist created this painting, she was reminded of tumultuous world events including concerns around climate change. The title refers to those thoughts. Clean, vertical ‘bands’ in bright orange, yellow, lime green, and black appear to express hope. A single, narrow horizontal...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
[Don't You Remember] 1 - bold, rich, colorful, abstract, oil on canvas on panel
By Mel Davis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
To great effect, Mel Davis uses colour, shape and patterns to convey emotion in this abstract composition. The palette is dramatic—rich tones of blues, green, orange and burgundy.
...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
![[Don't You Remember] 1 - bold, rich, colorful, abstract, oil on canvas on panel](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mel-davis-paintings-dont-you-remember-1-bold-rich-colorful-abstract-oil-on-canvas-on-panel-for-sale/a_291/a_97723421654619485726/MD_DontYouRemember_2016_oiloncanvas_20x24_crop_master.jpg?width=240 "Mel Davis - [Don't You Remember] 1 - bold, rich, colorful, abstract, oil on canvas on panel")
Rajasthan - large, bold, gestural abstract, expressionist, acrylic on canvas
By Graham Coughtry
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Remarkably beautiful, lush, and impressionistic in form—Rajasthan is a stunning example of Canadian artist John Graham Coughtry’s masterful use of colour. Rendered in the exotic spic...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Proposition (Set of Four) - large, colourful, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ristvedt is making a bold proposition in this dramatic series of four large paintings designed to be displayed together. Each of the four canvases offers a stunning visual dialogue in blocks of colour—reds, purples, orange, greens, blues, black and white for contrast. Ristvedt is known as a master colourist who uses colour to express thought and emotion. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings were ‘more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’
“They are meant to be ‘read’ together in the same viewing space. The conversations between them are intense.” Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Fire Yellow Grid - rich, warm, colourful, geometric abstract acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A checkerboard of dynamic colour—this abstract work by master colourist Milly Ristvedt immediately engages the viewer. A classic grid pattern accentuates the interplay of light and dark colours—black, navy, red, aubergine and white highlighted by a sunny yellow.
Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s abstract paintings were ‘more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’
“Colour has been central to my explorations in painting from the beginning.” Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cenizas y diamantes XXVII, Abstract Painting on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes XXVII, 2022 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego
From the series "Cenizas y diamantes"
Acrylic paint on sulphite paper
Image size: 10.3 H in. x 10.75 W in.
Unframed
The artist's works take the human body to address universal problems linked to identity, vulnerability, and transformation.
The artworks are inspired by photographs from newspapers and magazines and are made with household materials such as aluminum foil, sulfite, cotton, and cold porcelain in order to create access to collective memory.
The artist makes a personal reading of today's society through the chosen images, she observes humanity, its behaviors, and problems. The bodies exhibited in her work relate that the human condition that manifests itself, that claims for others, then they join each other and become one. Both in paintings and sculptures, these bodies go through a process of transmutation. They are covered, diluted, faded, covered, and wrapped over the bodily appearance. Finally, from this transformation, the artist creates her own mythology.
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Cecilia Méndez Casariego was born in Buenos Aires in 1980. Mendez studied at the "Manuel Belgrano" School of Fine Arts where she obtained the title of "National Master of Drawing" (2002) and Professor of Visual Arts (2005). The artist attended the drawing workshop of Marcia Schvartz at the Ernesto de la Cárcova School of Fine Art, a construction art...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Cenizas y diamantes XXXII, Abstract Painting on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes XXXII, 2022 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego
From the series "Cenizas y diamantes"
Acrylic paint on sulphite paper
Image size: 10.3 H in...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Cenizas y diamantes XXXI, Abstract Painting on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes XXXI, 2022 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego
From the series "Cenizas y diamantes"
Acrylic paint on sulphite paper
Image size: 10.3 H in. x 10.75 W in.
Unframed
The artist's works take the human body to address universal problems linked to identity, vulnerability, and transformation.
The artworks are inspired by photographs from newspapers and magazines and are made with household materials such as aluminum foil, sulfite, cotton, and cold porcelain in order to create access to collective memory.
The artist makes a personal reading of today's society through the chosen images, she observes humanity, its behaviors, and problems. The bodies exhibited in her work relate that the human condition that manifests itself, that claims for others, then they join each other and become one. Both in paintings and sculptures, these bodies go through a process of transmutation. They are covered, diluted, faded, covered, and wrapped over the bodily appearance. Finally, from this transformation, the artist creates her own mythology.
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Cecilia Méndez Casariego was born in Buenos Aires in 1980. Mendez studied at the "Manuel Belgrano" School of Fine Arts where she obtained the title of "National Master of Drawing" (2002) and Professor of Visual Arts (2005). The artist attended the drawing workshop of Marcia Schvartz at the Ernesto de la Cárcova School of Fine Art, a construction art...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Cenizas y diamantes XXX, Abstract Painting on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes XXX, 2022 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego
From the series "Cenizas y diamantes"
Acrylic paint on sulphite paper
Image size: 10.3 H in. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Cenizas y diamantes XXIX, Abstract Painting on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes XXIX, 2022 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego
From the series "Cenizas y diamantes"
Acrylic paint on sulphite paper
Image size: 10.3 H in. x 10.75 W in.
Unframed
The artist's works take the human body to address universal problems linked to identity, vulnerability, and transformation.
The artworks are inspired by photographs from newspapers and magazines and are made with household materials such as aluminum foil, sulfite, cotton, and cold porcelain in order to create access to collective memory.
The artist makes a personal reading of today's society through the chosen images, she observes humanity, its behaviors, and problems. The bodies exhibited in her work relate that the human condition that manifests itself, that claims for others, then they join each other and become one. Both in paintings and sculptures, these bodies go through a process of transmutation. They are covered, diluted, faded, covered, and wrapped over the bodily appearance. Finally, from this transformation, the artist creates her own mythology.
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Cecilia Méndez Casariego was born in Buenos Aires in 1980. Mendez studied at the "Manuel Belgrano" School of Fine Arts where she obtained the title of "National Master of Drawing" (2002) and Professor of Visual Arts (2005). The artist attended the drawing workshop of Marcia Schvartz at the Ernesto de la Cárcova School of Fine Art, a construction art...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Soft Blue Discs
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Soft Blue Discs
Acrylic/polymer on masonite, 1976
Signed by the artist in pencil lower right: LD Cantine (see photo)
Signed, titled, dated verso (see photo)
Canadian painter Cantine has spent his career exploring the role of color in painterly image construction
Condition: Excellent
Painting size: 12 x 15 inches
Provenance: Kraushaar Galleries (lebl, see photo)
"David Cantine (born 1939) is a Canadian painter, best known for consistently painting pictures using the same composition for the last forty years of his career. Cantine was born in Jackson, Michigan, and went to school at the University of Iowa, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1962, and a Master of Arts degree in 1964. In 1965 he began teaching drawing and painting at the University of Alberta, until retiring from his position in 1996.
Cantine's work in the beginning of his career was figurative art, but he began to experiment with abstraction in the 1970s, and in 1975 became inspired by a photograph of a pair of apples casting round shadows. This compositional structure became the basis for the minimalist, post-painterly abstraction David Cantine is best known for. David Cantine's paintings are in a number of collections, including the Art Gallery of Alberta, the University of Alberta, the Christopher Cutts Gallery, the Francis Winspear Centre for Music, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Masur Museum of Art."
Courtesy Wikipedia
"David Cantine’s highly recognizable compositions of coloured circles below Plexiglas have been the painter’s primary pursuit for 45 years of his impressive painting career spanning almost six decades. What originally began as a still-life of apples and their shadows evolved into the present abstract imagery of four circles and seven colours. Motivated by the use of “structural colour instead of descriptive colour,” David Cantine continues to explore variations on this minimalist theme. Since the early 2000s, he has also explored a more painterly form of colourful abstracted still-life, with echoes of inspiration from Giorgio Morandi.
Born in Jackson, Michigan, Cantine received his Master of Arts degree from the University of Iowa before permanently relocating to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He taught Drawing at the University of Alberta for over thirty years and has been featured multiple times at the Art Gallery of Alberta, in the Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, and most recently in Soak, Stripe, Splatter.
His work has been exhibited in 24 solo exhibitions and 37 group shows and can also be found in the following collections: Masur Museum, Louisiana; Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Ontario; Art Gallery of Alberta; University of Alberta FAB Gallery; Simons; Alberta Art Foundation; Hewlett-Packard; The Sims...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
Cenizas y diamantes XXVIII, Abstract Painting on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cenizas y diamantes XXVIII, 2022 by Cecilia Méndez Casariego
From the series "Cenizas y diamantes"
Acrylic paint on sulphite paper
Image size: 10.3 H in. x 10.75 W in.
Unframed
The artist's works take the human body to address universal problems linked to identity, vulnerability, and transformation.
The artworks are inspired by photographs from newspapers and magazines and are made with household materials such as aluminum foil, sulfite, cotton, and cold porcelain in order to create access to collective memory.
The artist makes a personal reading of today's society through the chosen images, she observes humanity, its behaviors, and problems. The bodies exhibited in her work relate that the human condition that manifests itself, that claims for others, then they join each other and become one. Both in paintings and sculptures, these bodies go through a process of transmutation. They are covered, diluted, faded, covered, and wrapped over the bodily appearance. Finally, from this transformation, the artist creates her own mythology.
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Cecilia Méndez Casariego was born in Buenos Aires in 1980. Mendez studied at the "Manuel Belgrano" School of Fine Arts where she obtained the title of "National Master of Drawing" (2002) and Professor of Visual Arts (2005). The artist attended the drawing workshop of Marcia Schvartz at the Ernesto de la Cárcova School of Fine Art, a construction art...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Constant Change - large, bright, colourful, geometric abstract acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Master Colourist Milly Ristvedt is playing with the classic grid pattern in this fun abstract painting. Geometric shapes—squares, rectangles, and fine lines in fresh, modern colours—orange, yellow, turquoise, green, purple, and royal blue appear to float against the celery green backdrop. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings ‘were more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.
“Colour is the philosopher’s stone that for me represents hope in a time of great challenge for us all.” Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Procession - large, red, blue, pink, contemporary abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Swipes and shapes in rust orange, bubble gum pink, aqua, ultramarine and black move in an orchestrated procession across a soaked charcoal ground in this acrylic by Milly Ristvedt. This large, square acrylic canvas is a poetic narrative of space, light, texture and movement through the application of color.
Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Black Velvet I - dark, expressive, abstracted florals, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Matte black offers a striking background for this abstract painting by Pat Service. Bright orange and white flowers pop against the black as several other floral shapes in muted shad...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Plastic ADN V and IV, Diptych. Mixed media Abstract painting on a stretcher
By Alec Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Plastic ADN V and IV, 2022, by Alec Franco
From The Series Plastic ADN
Acrylic paint on canvas
Overall size:
Paintwork mounted on a stretcher: 116.8 H cm...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Flora Key Fantasy - large, colourful, expressionist abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian artist Paul Fournier’s gorgeous abstract paintings are often inspired by the colours of the tropics. This acrylic in both colour and composition appears as if the viewer is ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
All That Jazz No 04 - bold, geometric abstraction, modernist, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Bands, squares and rectangles in pink, mauve, aqua and black dance across a fern green ground in this horizontal acrylic on canvas. The curated, lively composition intersects music, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Citrus - bold, rich, colourful, abstracted still life, oil on canvas over panel
By Mel Davis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Montreal born artist Mel Davis has created a series of colourful and bold interpretations of traditional themes. In this abstract painting, several large, lush orange fruits set agai...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Mirrors 1 - dark, dramatic, expressive, abstract, oil on canvas over panel
By Mel Davis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this dramatic abstract painting by Montreal born Mel Davis, a blur of outdoor images is reflected in a mirror. The palette for this piece is black, gray, a touch of yellow and pal...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Séptico II and II, Diptych. Mixed media Abstract painting on Canvas
By Alec Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Séptico II and II (Diptych), 2022 by Alec Franco
Acrylic, pastel, oil on canvas
Overall size: 90 cm H X 140 cm W
Individual size:
Image size: 90 cm H X 70 cm W
Unframed
Signed by ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
"Offering" - rich, colourful, impasto, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Harold Feist’s Offering is a striking, lush abstract painting rendered in rich colours. The fan-like form radiates from the base of the canvas in golden h...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mirrors (Black) - dark, expressive, abstract, oil on canvas over panel
By Mel Davis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this dramatic abstract painting by Montreal born Mel Davis, a blur of outdoor images is reflected in a mirror. The palette for this piece is black, gray, a touch of yellow and pal...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Pearl Harbour - rich, colourful, impasto, gestural abstract acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this dynamic work by the contemporary painter Joseph Drapell, swirls of shiny bright colours—pinks , purples, and plum dance around the canvas. The Czech-born artist creates uniquely beautiful paintings using innovative techniques--trowels, wide serrated blades, and his fingers to apply thick layers of paint or impasto. These grand highly textured pieces have remarkable depth.
“In terms of real...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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