2014
Artist Tom Lieber’s Abstract Expressionist paintings have a distinct visual language. They are energetic and powerfully emotive yet contemplative through a use of graceful, bold lines, dense colors and neutral backgrounds.
Born in 1949 in St. Louis, Missouri, Lieber attended the University of Illinois where he graduated with a BFA in 1971 before obtaining his MFA in 1974. The following year, Lieber received an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1982, he was selected for the “Emerging American Artists’ Exhibition” at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
In 1983, Lieber began a collaboration with artist Garner Tullis to create large-scale monotypes. Through Tullis, he met influential artists such as Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, John Walker, Sean Scully, William T. Wiley and Friedel Dzubas.
Since the mid-1980s, Lieber’s abstract paintings, inspired by nature and meditation, have been characterized by his calligraphic mark-making, underlying color fields and masterful tonal variations, often anchored by a single brushstroke. His monumental, oil paint-laden canvases recall the works of Joan Mitchell, while his subtle use of color evokes the art of Mark Rothko.
In the 2000s, Lieber has been inspired by living in Kauai, Hawaii. This is evident in his landscape works and abstract prints such as “Hot Water,” “Lava” and “Black Drop X.”
Lieber’s paintings have been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally at solo and group shows. His works are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Tate in London.
On 1stDibs, find a range of Tom Lieber’s paintings and prints.
Blue Dip
By Tom Lieber
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lieber's paintings are in the permanent collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art NY, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NY, Tate London, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, MOCALA, Bo...
Canvas, Oil
Blue Fusion II, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Karen Hale
Located in Yardley, PA
This original abstract expressionism painting is worked on a gallery wrapped canvas. The intuitive and spontaneous movements, brush strokes and many layers of color make an powerful ...
Acrylic
Loose Blue
By Christine Hayman
Located in Greenwich, CT
Christine Hayman Biography b. 1964 In her paintings Christine Hayman concerns herself with space. She is interested in how forms are energized by the space around them, especially w...
Canvas, Oil
Blue Fusion VI, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Karen Hale
Located in Yardley, PA
This original abstract expressionism painting is worked on a gallery wrapped canvas. The intuitive and spontaneous movements, brush strokes and many layers of color make an powerful ...
Acrylic
Blue Wonder, Abstract Painting
By Krispen Spencer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Deep blue and navy tones define this acrylic pour painting. White negative space emphasizes the fluid movement and texture of the paint. The poured layers creat...
Acrylic
$18,000
H 80 in W 36 in
Large Contemporary Abstract Painting in Blue Tones by Vicky Barranguet
By Vicky Barranguet
Located in Miami, FL
Acrylic on canvas 80 x 36 in Unstretched Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry P...
Acrylic
$1,450
H 29.5 in W 23.5 in
Blue Pool. Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
It's a remarkable talent that can create or conjure the essence of a place. Emma Griffin most certainly has this innate ability. Her pieces are redolent of her natural environment an...
Oil
Blue Fog, Abstract Painting
By Lisa Carney
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Lisa Carney paints an atmospheric abstract, layering pale blue and charcoal gray hues. She achieves an enchanting effect with varying shades and dramatic...
Acrylic
$1,400
H 32.5 in W 32.5 in D 0.5 in
A Place Where Creativity Thrives, Original Contemporary Blue Abstract Painting
By Jen Sterling
Located in Boston, MA
A Place Where Creativity Thrives, Original Contemporary Blue Abstract Painting 32.5x32.5 (HxW), Framed Acrylic Paint This large square format painting by artist Jen Sterling feature...
Acrylic, Canvas
$4,739
H 60.63 in W 40.95 in D 1.38 in
Moonstone Blue, Contemporary, Abstract, Original
By Camilla Clark
Located in Deddington, GB
CAMILLA CLARK - My abstract paintings are often an expression of a feeling or an emotion and using the paint to describe on the canvas. GLADE HOLLOW- Broad sweeps of verdant green do...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Untitled (Blue 1969), signature and year on verso. Additional marking on canvas
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, now, San...
Canvas, Acrylic
After Egypt
By Cleve Gray
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil on canvas Cleve Gray is a painter admired for his large-scale, vividly colorful, and lyrically gestural abstract compositions. He achieved his greatest critical recognition in ...
Canvas, Oil
For SRV (Large)
By Michael David
Located in Phoenix, AZ
encaustic on panel b. 1954, Reno Nevada Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic on large abstract paintings. A practitioner of Abstract Expressionism, David layers bees...
Encaustic, Wood Panel, Wax, Oil
#5303
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and gold leaf on porcelain tile signed, dated, title on verso Neo-romantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes...
Gold Leaf
#5295
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and gold leaf on porcelain tile Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of li...
Gold, Gold Leaf
#5300
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and gold leaf on porcelain tile Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of li...
Gold, Gold Leaf
