Modern Abstract Paintings
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Chromatic, Ovoid Head, Geometric Figurative Abstract Acrylic & Collage Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Chromatic, 1965
Acrylic and collage on scintilla
Signed and dated upper right
30 x 22 inches
A surrealist mid-century figural abstrac...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Sagres, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil on canvas. The top portion of the painting is an earthy gold color, while the space beneath it is a textu...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Libérer" by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil paint on burlap with c-us frame
Total size with frame 115x85 cm
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,237 Sale Price
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"Centurion, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This vertical format abstract painting by Modernist artist Stanley Bate measures at 26" x 50" framed. The original gold-hued floater frame pulls out the vibrant and warm pops of yell...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Gamut Wave 10 - Modern Resin Minimalist Vibrant Rainbow 12 Panel Abstract Art
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist paintings are influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in his creative practice. His works evoke the many layers of his life...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Double Vision 71 - Modern Resin Minimalist Vibrant Blue Dual Tone Abstract Art
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Changing Everything Forever: River #7 bright colorful abstract landscape
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Changing Everything Forever: River #7
Exuberant brushwork, bright colorful abstract landscape
Acrylic, w some dirt, some grass, on canvas.
Painted at the Blackstone-Seekonk River.
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique American Southern School Macabre Street Scene Mortuary Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist street scene. Reminiscent of New Orleans or another souther city. A bustling street scene. Nicely framed. No signature found. Image size, 24...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$700 Sale Price
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"Spring Thaw, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
"Spring Thaw" by Modernist painter, Stanley Bate is a textured and energetic abstract painting, created in the early 1960s. Bate, who was inspired by his Abstract Expressionist peers...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Phenomena Royal House
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
Paul Jenkins
American, 1923–2012
Paul Jenkins’s intuitive, chance-based painting techniques helped pioneer new approaches to Abstract Expressionism. Jenkins made his vibrant composi...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Signed Indonesian Nude Woman Religous Original Framed Vintage Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Indonesian modernist nude oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,036 Sale Price
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Nike Descending IV: Figurative Abstract Framed Oil Painting Greek Goddess Nike
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative abstract style black, white, and blue acrylic painting of the Greek Goddess, Nike, "Winged Victory of Samothrace" with an antique wood f...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Acrylic
Antique American Modernist Abstract Landscape Framed Vintage Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted American modernist landscape by Anthony Toney (1913 - 2004) . Oil on board. Signed. Housed in a great vintage modernist frame.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Saturday Night Live" Abstract Painting on Panel William Shields Acclaimed I
Located in Arp, TX
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010
"Saturday Night Live"
1996
Oil on canvas
36"x48" artist framed
Signed lower right
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010
He was born in san Francisco, in 1931, Bill moved to Texas, where he grew up. Moved to New York in 1940 and later joined the Naval Air Corps at the age of 18. He served as an Aviation Cadet in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945. At the end of WWII, Bill returned to Texas.
At 21, Bill re-focused his energy and enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Art as an Illustration major. What followed was a whirlwind of success, great friendships and a sense of belonging he had never before experienced. Art was his calling and the art-world could not have been less prepared for the likes of Bill Shields. He took them by storm, first Houston, then San Francisco, followed by New York in the late 60's. For 35 years, Bill produced some of the country's best illustrations: fresh, playful, loose and innovative. His illustrations were coveted by such clients as Bantam Books, Time Life, MacMillan Publishing Co., and were awarded numerous gold medals by the Societies of Illustrators in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and the Houston Artists Guild.
Later, following inspirational trips to Mexico and France, Bill shifted his attention to the self-directed world of fine art. After years of sculpting, making assemblages, painting nudes and landscapes, he settled on the exploration of large abstract oil paintings. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries in San Francisco, Connecticut and New York.
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EDUCATION:
Chicago Academy Of Fine Art
San Antonio Art Institute
MAJOR FIELDS OF PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVOR:
Freelance graphic design and illustration
Instructor of painting and illustration
Landscape, figurative and abstract painting
ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT: (Professor of Art)
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Art Institute
San Jose State University
AWARDS FOR ILLUSTRATION, Gold Medals:
New York Society of Illustrators
Los Angeles Society of Illustrators
San Francisco Society of Illustrators
Dallas-Fort Worth Art Director's Club
Houston Artist's Guild
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Feature articles in: American Artist, Communication Arts, Print, North Light.
Architectural design featured in: Better Homes and Gardens, American
Home, Sunset Magazine, Architectural Digest.
ILLUSTRATION CLIENTS:
Oil Companies:
Champlin Oil Company, Mobil Oil Company, Continental Oil Company, Standard Oil Company, Humble Oil...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Untitled, " 1950s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
Thisoil painting on masonite board, "Untitled," by Modernist Stanley Bate was created circa 1950, part of his earlier body of work. The dark, heavy line work combined with bright col...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large Contemporary Female American Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful large abstract painting by Betty Weiss. Oil on canvas. Signed with her married name "Betty Perez". Measuring 54 by 66 inches.
Artist Bio:
Betty Weiss has been a Ne...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,312 Sale Price
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Cart Bay
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Antique American Modernist Abstract Architectural Still Life Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare early work by important American modernist Donald Traver. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 20H by 14L.
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Silhouette I
Located in Atlanta, GA
The recent paintings of Atlanta artist David Kidd continue an evolving series of images inspired by and based upon natural forms, specifically the shadows cast by trees and other veg...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$8,200
Large Contemporary Female American Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful large abstract painting by Betty Weiss. Oil on canvas. Signed with her married name "Betty Perez". Measuring 40 by 48 inches.
Artist Bio:
Betty Weiss has been a Ne...
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Celestial Landscape
Located in Astoria, NY
Domenick Capobiano (American, b. 1928), Celestial Composition, Mixed Media Collage on Board, 1963, pastel, acrylic, newspaper, signed and dated lower right, inscribed to verso "To El...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board, Newsprint
"Selfie in Christ"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The theme of religion is an integral part of my author's paintings. This work was inspired by the painting by Rembrandt, The Removal of Christ.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled, Figurative, Pen, Ink & Marker on Paper by Jogen Chowdhury "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury
Untitled
Pen, Ink & Marker on Paper
7 x 5 inches
2024
( Unframed & Delivered )
Modern Indian artist Jogen Chowdhury executed Still life drawing in Ink, pastel.
Alw...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Pen, Permanent Marker
Abstract Expressionist Artists Self Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Self Portrait in Black and Grey
Dynamic self portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, b. 1948). Greyscale acrylic paint on paper. Unsigned, but acquire...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Laid Paper
$617 Sale Price
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Flowers on Green Background - Oil Paint - 2013
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers on green background is an artwork realized by an unknown artist in 2013.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Includes frame.
Signature by the artist and dediation on the lower mar...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wiggle Room 17 - Modern Resin Minimalist Brown Warm Tone Gradient Abstract Art
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Antique American Modernist Sunset Seascape Harbor Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful early American modernist sunset seascape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found. Measuring 22 by 24 overall and image size, 20 by 18 inches.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$540 Sale Price
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Antique American New England Fall Impressionist Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape painting by Will S. Taylor (Born 1882). Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Image size, 12 by 13 inches.
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Green Landscape, Abstract Countryside, Fields, Modern, Contemporary, Oil, French
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Abstract landscape with colored plots in a dominant green. The landscape evolves in modulations with blurred contours, to suggest volumes more than to draw a precise pattern. The pal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Contemporary Female American Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful large abstract painting by Betty Weiss. Oil on canvas. Signed with her married name "Betty Perez". Measuring 60 by 72 inches.
Artist Bio:
Betty Weiss has been a Ne...
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Hudson River Figurative Modernist Landscape Oil Painting Edward Avedisian
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Avedisian ( 1936-2007 )
Gouache or oil on paper, 3 guys around a car,
hand signed in paint lower left,
Measures 30"x 22.5"
Edward Avedisian (June 15, 1936, Lowell, Massachusetts – August 17, 2007, Philmont, New York) was an American abstract painter who came into prominence during the 1960s. His work was initially associated with Color field painting and in the late 1960s with Lyrical Abstraction and Abstract Expressionism.
He studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. By the late 1950s he moved to New York City. Between 1958 and 1963 Avedisian had six solo shows in New York. In 1958 he initially showed at the Hansa Gallery, then he had three shows at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery and in 1962 and 1963 at the Robert Elkon Gallery. He continued to show at the Robert Elkon Gallery almost every year until 1975.
During the 1960s his work was broadly visible in the contemporary art world. He joined the dynamic art scene in Greenwich Village, frequenting the Cedar Tavern on Tenth Street, associating with the critic Clement Greenberg, and joining a new generation of abstract artists, such as Darby Bannard, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, and Larry Poons.
Avedisian was among the leading figures to emerge in the New York art world during the 1960s. An artist who mixed the hot colors of Pop Art with the cool, more analytical qualities of Color Field painting, he was instrumental in the exploration of new abstract methods to examine the primacy of optical experience.
One of his paintings was appeared on the cover of Artforum, in 1969, his work was included in the 1965 Op Art The Responsive Eye exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art and in four annuals at the Whitney Museum of American Art. His paintings were widely sought after by collectors and acquired by major museums in New York and elsewhere. He has been exhibited in prominent galleries, such as the Anita Shapolsky Gallery and the Berry Campbell Gallery in New York City. Edward Avedisian was known for his brightly colored, boldly composed canvases that combined Minimalism's rigor, Pop art exuberance and the saturated tones of Color Field painting.
Roberta Smith of the NYT writes of Avedesian: "Edward Avedisian helped establish the hotly colored, but emotionally cool, abstract painting that succeeded Abstract Expressionism in the early 1960s. This young luminary harnessed elements of minimalism, pop, and color field painting to create prominent works of epic proportions that energized the New York art scene of the time." In 1996 Avedisian showed his paintings from the 1960s at the Mitchell Algus Gallery, then in SoHo. His last show, dominated by recent landscapes, was in 2003 at the Algus gallery, now in Chelsea.
Selected Exhibitions:
Op Art: The Responsive Eye, at the Museum of Modern Art,
Whitney Museum’s Young America 1965
Expo 67, held in Montreal, Canada.
Six Painters (along with Darby Bannard, Dan Christensen, Ron Davis...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache, Archival Paper
Untitled - Oil Paint by Mario Guglielmotti - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a modern artwork realized by Mario Guglielmotti.
Mixed media on canvas.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
On A Clear Day (Geometric Abstraction, Minimalism, Josef Albers, Hard Edge)
By Susan Kiefer
Located in Kansas City, MO
Susan Kiefer
On A Clear Day
Oil on Canvas
Year: 2022
Size: 36x36x1.35in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1048
Though born and raised in Kansas C...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
$2,250 Sale Price
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Antique American Modernist Abstract Interior Artist Studio Easel Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior easel painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed on verso. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,596 Sale Price
20% Off
Israeli Surrealist Judaica Abstract Oil Painting Naftali Bezem Bezalel School
Located in Surfside, FL
Shabbat Evening
Large Israeli masterpiece painting. Hand signed lower right
Provenance: Sara Kishon Gallery
Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם; born November 27, 1924) is an Israel...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Under the Twilight Canopy
Located in Atlanta, GA
The recent paintings of Atlanta artist David Kidd continue an evolving series of images inspired by and based upon natural forms, specifically the shadows cast by trees and other veg...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large Oil Painting Israeli Pinchas Litvinovsky Jerusalem Israel Bezalel School
By Pinchas Litvinovsky
Located in Surfside, FL
Pinchas Litvinovsky (Russian/Israeli, 1894-1985)
A group of people, Jerusalem Types
Hand signed indistinctly (lower right) in English and in Hebrew Verso.
Oil on canvas
Dimensions 16 1/8 x 51 1/16in
Pinchas Litvinovsky (1894-1985) was a prominent Israeli painter, born in the Russian Empire (now Belarus) in Novo-Georgiyevsk, Russia. As a student he visited the Bezalel exhibition in Odessa and met Boris Schatz, the founder of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts. Schatz persuaded the young, talented student to study art in Jerusalem at Bezalel. He immigrated to Palestine in 1911, where he became a key figure in the local art scene and was among the pioneers of Israeli art. Litvinovsky studied art in Odessa and later in Paris at the Académie Julian. In the 1930’s he traveled to Paris, France where he encountered the art of Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and artists of the Ecole Juif Jewish School of Paris. (Marc Chagall, Modigliani, Chaim Soutine). Litvinovsky worked in many modernist styles, especially Cubism as reflected in the Russian constructivist paintings of the 1920’s His work, which includes landscapes, portraits, and biblical scenes, reflects a blend of European influences and Middle Eastern motifs. He was a member of the Bezalel group of artists and participated in the establishment of the Tel Aviv Artists' House. Throughout his career, Litvinovsky's art evolved, but he remained dedicated to exploring the unique light and landscapes of Israel, contributing significantly to the cultural fabric of the young nation.
Select Group exhibitions
Jewish Artists Association, Levant Fair, Tel Aviv, 1929
Artists: Arie Allweil, Ludwig Blum, Nachum Gutman, Itzhak Frenel Frenkel, Reuven Rubin, Shmuel Schlezinger,
Eged - Palestine Painters Group, Allenby Street, Tel Aviv, 1929
Artists: Chana Orloff, Abraham Melnikoff, Sionah Tagger, Elias Newman,
A Collection of Works by Artists of the Land of Israel The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem, 1940
Artists: Moshe Mokady, Jakob Steinhardt, Anna Ticho, Joseph Budko, Mordecai Ardon, Moshe Castel, Abel Pann, Hermann Struck,
Rina Gallery, Jerusalem
Artists: Motke Blum, Efraim Fima (Roytenberg, Ephraim) Zelig Segal, David Sharir, Joseph Halevi, David Caftori, Menashe kadishman, Dedi Ben Shaul, Raffi Lavie
Exposition des Artistes de Jérusalem Grand Palais, Paris, France
Artists: Samuel Ackerman, Marek Yanai, Zvi Tolkovsky, Zvi Miron Sima...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Great Wall, " 1970s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract oil painting on canvas by Modernist artist Stanley Bate features a geometric composition and a soft palette. The white and creme colors are complemented by earth...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bay Area Abstract Geometric Painting with Red Circle
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Abstract Geometric Painting with Red Circle by Ellis Hopkins (American, b. 1952).
This abstract composition features bold brushstrokes and highly contrasting colors. A lar...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
1950s "Sitting in Chair" Mid Century Figurative Pratt Graphic Arts Center
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Sitting in Chair"
c.1950s
Gouache and oil pastel on paper
24" x 18" unframed
Came from artist's estate
*Custom framing available for additio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
1950s "Traffic" Oil and Sand Abstract Painting NYC Brooklyn Museum
Located in Arp, TX
Sylvia Rutkoff (1919-2011)
"Traffic"
c.1950s
Oil, sand, grout, gesso on masonite
48"x36" wood period frame
Signed on reverse in pencil
Collection acquired from family estate
Sylvia ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Masonite, Oil
1997 "Blue Heaven" Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas Illustrator Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010
"Blue Heaven"
1997
Oil on canvas
48"x48" artist framed
Signed lower right
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 -...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pan of Bolts" and on Verso Joan Brown Swimming W/Manuel Neri Walking on Water
Located in Soquel, CA
"Pan of Bolts" and on Verso Joan Brown Swimming W/Manuel Neri Walking on Water
Sally Wilt studied with Joan at California School of Fine Art
Stunning lar...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract composition
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
American School Modernist Framed Pink Kitchen Still Life Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$716 Sale Price
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Carl Holty Abstract Oil Painting "Riviera" in Primary Colors
By Carl Robert Holty
Located in Detroit, MI
"Riviera" is an exquisite painting of American Modern - primary colors actively composed in energetic movement and structure on the painted surface. These colors formulate the painting, play both for and against each other and create a lively surface with hints of either an architectural structure or freeway. This painting hints to future Modernists such as Richard Diebenkorn "Driveway" and David Hockney "Garrowby." Unframed the piece measures 18 x 24.
"Riviera" is signed on lower left. On verso is Provenance of over 70 years, 3 galleries in New York and one in Detroit, Michigan: Andrew Crispo Gallery, Sid Deutsch Gallery and Linda Hyman Gallery in New York and Collected Detroit Gallery in Detroit, Michigan.
Abstractionist Carl Robert Holty was known for his biomorphic abstract forms as well as the geometric abstractions he painted with his vibrant color palette. Born in Frieburg, Germany his family immigrated to the United States settling in Wisconsin. In 1919, he enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago, and shortly thereafter attended the Parsons School of Design. He spent a short time at the National Academy of Design and studied with Francis Coates Jones...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
At the Beginning, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"At the Beginning" is a vibrant, expressive artwork on paper. The painting is inspired by the cosmos, nature and people. The main colors are blue in different shades, red, yellow...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1950s Signed Abstract Oil & Metal Foil on Board Textured Painting 'Warlock'
Located in Denver, CO
This original abstract oil and metal foil on board painting titled Warlock by George Cecil Carter (1908-1987) dates back to the 1950s. The piece is a striking example of Abstract Expressionism, painted in dynamic shades of dark blue, gray, white, orange, and purple. The artist's use of textured metal foil and oil paint creates an intriguing interplay of light and shadow, enhancing the piece's modernist appeal. Signed by Carter in the lower right corner, and titled and dated on the verso, this unique work is presented in its original George Nix frame, measuring 30 ¾ x 36 ¾ inches, with the image size itself measuring 23 ¼ x 29 ¼ inches.
About the Artist:
George Cecil Carter was born in 1908 in Woodward, Oklahoma, and became a prominent figure in the Colorado Abstract Expressionist scene. Despite having no formal artistic training, Carter developed a distinctive style, influenced by his diverse life experiences. He worked in various industries, including as a coal miner, gold miner, and machinist at Schneebeck's Industries in Colorado Springs for 20 years. During this time, Carter honed his artistic skills under the mentorship of Charles Bunnell, a painter from the Broadmoor Academy.
Carter’s works reflect the boldness and emotional intensity of Abstract Expressionism, with vivid colors and strong compositions. He worked primarily out of Colorado Springs and Canon City, Colorado, and exhibited his art nationally, including shows in Texas and Illinois. His contemporaries included fellow Colorado artists such as Al Wynne, Mary Chenoweth...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Foil
Antique Canadian Modernist Algonquin Park Signed Exhibited Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Canadian modernist signed oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 16L x 12H.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
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Modern Abstract Painting by Ted Gilien
By Ted Gilien
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ted Gilien, American (1914 - 1967)
Title: Untitled
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.l.
Size: 24 x 32 inches [60.96 x 81.28 cm]
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Soho Nights
Located in East Hampton, NY
fun with Color Theory
As seen at Art on Paper 2024 at The Mannix Project East Hampton NY
12"x12" (15"x15" framed)
These come in a white frame.
Acrylic on Paper
Artist Statement:
Pa...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
On the Red Line, Black & Red Figural Abstract Ovoid, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
On the Red Line, 1965
Acrylic on textured paper
Signed and dated lower right
24 x 31 inches
32.5 x 39 inches, framed
There is damage ...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique American Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Outsider Art Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 16L x 11H. Signed.
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Blue Abstract by Frank Sinatra
Located in New Orleans, LA
Frank Sinatra
1915-1998 American
Blue Abstract
Signed "Sinatra 90" (lower right)
Acrylic on canvas
Widely considered the greatest American pop singer of the 20th century, Frank S...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“Abstract Sailing, 1945”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on academy board by the Russian/American artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed and dated lower left, 1945. Condition: Excellent. Presently not framed.
Biography :
Russian-America...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
$4,800 Sale Price
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Aragua, Abstract Painting, Contemporary Red Blue and Green Art, Statement Art
By Julia Craig
Located in Deddington, GB
This is an original abstract acrylic painting on canvas.
Discover new works by Julia Craig available to buy online and in our art gallery. Julia is an abstract artist whose love of c...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large Contemporary Female American Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful large abstract painting by Betty Weiss. Oil on canvas. Signed with her married name "Betty Perez". Measuring 56 by 56 inches.
Artist Bio:
Betty Weiss has been a Ne...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Romanian Modernist Gouache Painting Of Buildings And Boats - Jean David
By Jean David
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean David was a painter and designer, known for his contributions to the Romanian avant-garde and to the early modernist art of Israel (then recently founded). He was the first Israeli artist to be inducted into the illustrious Alliance Graphique Nationale in 1954.
He had studied between 1927 and 1937 at various art academies in Paris. In 1929 he participated for the first time at a collective exhibition in Bucharest and in 1933 he had his first personal exhibition (in the same city). In the early '30s he was a member of the Surrealist group "unu" (meaning "one"). In 1942, he left Romania in a boat with 12 other Jews, including Theodor Brauner, the brother of Victor Brauner. After being captured by British authorities in Cyprus, he managed to reach Palestine in 1944. In 1949 he went to live in Jerusalem, where he was active in developing ceramic arts, sculpture works in copper, and artistic tapestry wall hangings under the auspices of the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Together with Marcel Janco, he founded in Israel the artist village known as Ein Hod. He also gained much reputation as a muralist and graphic and poster designer, having designed numerous posters and other works for the El Al air company, Maccabiah games, Zim shipping and The Israel tourist industry. David’s primary importance was in the design of posters. He used a wildly colorful decorative style in his art, which combined illustration, caricature, and national figures. In addition he designed wall hangings for “Maskit,” and also worked in the decoration of public buildings. His paintings had elements of Surrealism and included images from nature and landscapes. Similar in style to David Klein and the Polish Cyrk posters.
Forms From Israel, Mounting Exhibition, USA, 1958 Artists: El Hanani (Sapozhnikow), Arie Azaz, Nehemiah Boris Carmi, Hanna Harag Zunz, David, Jean David Gumbel, Keiner Forcheimer, Julia Mansfeld, Al Merom, Peter Mayer, Jean Palombo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Figurative Cubist Surrealist Abstraction Mid 20th Century American Modern Large
Located in New York, NY
Figurative Cubist Surrealist Abstraction Mid 20th Century American Modern Large
O. Louis Guglielmi (1906 - 1956)
OBSESSIVE THEME
44 x 33 inches
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated '48 lo...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Composition - Original Painting by Lucian - 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an Original tempera and watercolor on Paper applied on wood realized by Lucian in the 20th century.
Hand-signed , also the stamp of Atelier Montmartre.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Paper
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