Modern Abstract Paintings

"Modernist Primary Colors Contours" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. These painting, influenced by modernist artists of the ...

The second in a series of bright orange and blue linear abstract paintings by New York artist John Zinsser. The work features a vivid field of orange punctuated by two light blue lin...

The first in a series of bright orange and blue linear abstract paintings by New York artist John Zinsser. The work features a vivid field of orange punctuated by four light blue lin...

The third in a series of bright orange and blue linear abstract paintings by New York artist John Zinsser. The work features a vivid field of orange punctuated by three light blue li...

Vintage abstract modernist beach scene painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed on verso. Image size, 40L x 36H. Housed in a period frame.

Will Beger and his contemporary-minimalist paintings, take on an entirely unique approach to southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired by nature, he effortlessly captures a...

Composition 8 is an original painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956). The artwork is on tempera and in very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 26...

Artist/ School: Maurice Potier (1926-2002) signed lower left, second half 20th century Title: Lady with Fruit Medium: oil painting, on canvas. Size: painting: 23.75 x 19.75 inche...

This is a unique mixed media piece: it is a hand-painted botanical abstract colorful shape upon a background that is a cyanotype print of a cloudy texture, giving it a modern, abstra...

Modernist abstract space composition by Martin Ries (Born 1926). Oil on board, circa 1960. Unsigned. Displayed in a modernist frame. Image size, 12"L...

Red painted slab with hieroglyph inspired shapes. The work is framed in a silver frame with a red matte and a white background. The work is signed by the artist. The slab sits off the matte. Artist Biography: Ross Wetzel, a Hilton Head resident, was a remarkable and pioneering artist. His work as an animator for Disney during it's "Golden Era," his successes in using animation in the advertising world, and his masterful work in watercolor and serigraphy mark him indelibly among the ranks of important American artists. Ross was born March 11, 1917 in Chicago, IL. By the age of 6 he demonstrated a talent and passion for art. He was an avid art student through high school, and enrolled with his future wife and artist, Janice, at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. In 1938, after the success of Snow White, Disney needed more animators to work on their next project, Pinocchio. They put out advertisements in newspapers across the country to search for talent. Ross sent in his tryout brochure and was one of the few applications approved to have a full tryout for Disney in Los Angeles. He was subsequently hired and enrolled in Disney's rigorous animator's training program. His first assignment upon completing the program was in Disney's comic strip department, working on the Mickey Mouse comic strip. He was then moved into the animation department as first assistant to animator Ollie Johnston, one of Disney's famous "9 Old Men." He worked as Ollie's clean up man on Pinocchio. He went on to work on Fantasia, helping pen the flying horses, and on Bambi, under Eric Larson, also one of the "9 Old Men." Ross left Disney in 1941 for a job offer from King Features Syndicate to work on the Felix the Cat comic strip. Ross married Janice May Johnson on March 11, 1941, and they moved back to Chicago. He was chosen to be the artist to create Northern Tissue's advertising campaign. However, that same year, he was drafted into The First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Corp, which was the first military unit in history to be made entirely of film professionals. He worked with such movie stars as Clark Gable and Alan Ladd, and his commanding officer was a young Ronald Reagan. He worked on storyboards and backgrounds for the Air Corp's training films for fighter pilots and bombers. These animated films were critical for pilot training as the technology for creating live action film versions of the training films wasn't possible at the time. He was released from the military in 1946, and returned to his work with Northern Tissue, eventually creating their first television commercial, which featured "Fluffy the Northern Cub." Ross recognized the need for animation in television advertisement, and created a commercial art studio called "the Cartoonists" in 1947. They created animated commercials and print advertisements for companies such as Kellogg's, Kleenex, and Continental Airlines featuring such characters as Tony the Tiger and Toucan Sam. Ross was also hired to illustrate one of the first renderings of Smokey the Bear...

This artwork depicts orange vertical constructions with white/beige floors. The canvas is entirely covered with such constructions, which remind of termite mounds. They are conic i...