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Period: 1980s
Woman in a Dream. nr.1. Surrealist fantasy by spanish painter Antonio Monasterio
Located in Firenze, IT
Antonio Monasterio - Woman in a Dream. no.1 Technique: Mixed media on paper (pastels, wax, and pen) Dimensions: Approximately 45 x 55 cm Period: 1970s This work presents an enigmatic...
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Surrealist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Wax Crayon, Ink, Tempera, Pen

Rainbow Mandala, Mid Century Abstract Red and Yellow Acrylic Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Rainbow Mandala, 1983 Acrylic on scintilla Signed and dated lower right 30 x 22 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of na...
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Abstract 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Abstract Expressionist -- Figure in Motion
By Norman Liebman
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold brushstrokes of deep green, black, burnt umber, gold and more result in an exciting, dynamic abstract by Norman Liebman (American, 20th c.). Signed "Liebman" lower right. Unfram...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1980’s French Surrealist Oil Painting Abstract Figurative Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1989, French Surrealist artist Abstract Surrealist Figurative study oil on canvas, unframed inscribed verso dated 1989 painting: 32 x 25.5 inches private collection, F...
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Surrealist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1959 Corvette, Oil Painting by John McCormick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John McCormick, American Title: 1959 Corvette Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 18 in. x 32 in. (45.72 cm x 81.28 cm)
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American Realist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Seated Figures', Oil on Linen, By Robert Bonaparte
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 26" x 26" oil on linen painting was completed in 1980 by Robert Bonaparte. The canvas predominantly features a vibrant red ground, which occupies most of the composition. Three ...
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Abstract 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Freedom Wagon
Located in Buffalo, NY
James C. Litz is a self-taught artist who has a "primitive-naive" style of oil and acrylic paintings that features colorful and humorous characters and scenes. His paintings have a very child-like quality to them and you can see the artist's active imagination at work transforming everyday life into art. In 1994, the fine arts magazine Sunstorm, described him as having a "natural wit and style". Permanent displays: The National and International Vietnam Veterans War Art Museum, Chicago, IL; the American Folk Art Museum, NYC; the President Bush Library, Houston, TX; Museé D'Art Naïf de l'lle De France; the International Folk Art Museum, La Jolla, CA; and the James Fennimore Coopers Museum, Cooperstown, NY. Private Collections: Jackie Gleason (deceased); Roy Rogers (deceased); the Flamenco guitarist Carlos Montoya (deceased); opera singer Patrice Munsel, cellist Lynn Harrell, and Bill Cosby.
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1980s Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood

Fruit vendors oil on board painting fauvist
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil size 41x33 cm. Frame size 56x48 cm. Frame in poor condition.
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Fauvist 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Vintage Aladdin and The Lamp with Dragon and Cats
Located in Soquel, CA
A highly detailed India ink drawing with watercolor and Gouache. Each intricate circle and line is hand drawn to create a matrix within which the artist colors the scene to a fine realistic conclusion. Aladdin smiles at the Lantern that has given him his wishes, wealth and knowledge. Signed and dated "Ben Black 85" lower right. Image, 17"H x 27"L (portions of the work flow into the full mat length and width, which is: 20"H x 30"L). We have included a lower resolution image (#1) taken in subdued light to show the full range of colors we were unable to capture due to the extensive fine India ink designs throughout. Ben Black was born in Boston, he graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art 1947. He served in World War 2. He was an art director at one of Boston's leading advertising firms, later opened his own studio where his works were included in The New Yorker, Saturday Evening Post, Reader's Digest, establishing himself as a leading American Illustrator. He had many solo and group exhibitions throughout New England and his work is collected throughout the world. Originally known for his clowns, he created a limited edition series of plates for Royal Daulton as well as clown figurines...
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Pointillist 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, India Ink, Watercolor

NYC Marathon Finish Line
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3596 Oil on artist board Set in a custom hand painted wood frame Image size 18x13.5"
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1980s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

NYC  Marathon Finish Line
NYC  Marathon Finish Line
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"Trying to Hide the Flower Thoughts" Figurative Nude Study Original Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
"Trying to Hide the Flower Thoughts" Figurative Nude Study Three nude figures and flowers by Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932). Signed and dated by the artist in the lower lef...
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American Realist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Bill Bally Blacksmithing- American Scene. Americana Bicycle Minnesota
Located in Marco Island, FL
American life is captured in this Clyde Singer painting, Bill Bally Blacksmithing (1987), where he depicts a woman riding her bicycle by a historic and quintessential Minnesota busin...
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American Realist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Man With Moon - Figurative Abstract
By J Gold
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling abstract figurative oil painting in bold, primary colors of a man and the moon by J. Gold (American, 20th Century). Signed "J. Gold" lower right. Presented in a Maple woo...
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American Modern 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Donas 1.Original crayons paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
A. Rio Barcelona .Original gouache paper painting . AGUSTIN RIO ( Barceona 1923 – Barcelona 1997) Formed in Llotja i al Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc He appeared individually in 195...
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Expressionist 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Cardboard

The Lake - Oil Paint attr. to Tom Sander - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
The Lake is an oil painting realized in 1989 and attributed to Tom Sander. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Includes frame: 66 x 5 x 90 cm
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Plywood, Oil

"La Cage Aux Fowls" - Surreal Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
"La Cage Aux Fowls" A tongue in cheek swipe at the artist and his muse, the nude and of course the chicken. An oil on canvas circa 1980, signed G. Lester of Ardsley, New York (Americ...
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American Realist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Elite Workers", Small-Scale Modern Figural Collage w Watercolor by Dick Crispo
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern small-scale watercolor and collage, a mixed media composition featuring a modified photograph with colorful watercolor accents by Dick Crispo (American, b. 1945). Titled "Elite Workers" at the top. Signed and dated "D. Crispo 87" in the lower left corner. Presented in a cream mat with foamcore backing. No frame. Paper size: 10"H x 7"W Dick Crispo, born in New York City on January 13, 1945, has resided on the Monterey Peninsula since 1955. An award winning artist, Crispo has studied at the Carmel Art Institute under John Cunningham and Sam Colburn...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Magazine Paper, Photographic Paper, Pen

Lovely Impressionist Painting "Uncle Robert's Shed" by Andrew Rosane
Located in New York, NY
Andrew Rosane (American, b. 20th century) Uncle Robert's Shed, 1989 Oil on masonite 10 x 15 in. Framed: 13 3/4 x 19 x 1 1/2 in. Artist insignia and date lower left, inscribed verso ...
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American Impressionist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Dreaming in Color, Expressionist Reclining Female Figure
Located in Soquel, CA
A vivid, multicolored expressionist depiction of a gracefully reclining female figure by Bay Area artist Rick Rodrigues (American, 20th Century). Signed with the artist's symbol lowe...
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Expressionist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Flowerpot" Oil cm. 60 x 80 1988 Framed cm. 80 x 97
Located in Torino, IT
Flowers,Red,Pink,white,Jasmine ,Russian post Impressionism GLEB SAVINOV (Charkev, 1915 – St. Petersburg, 2000) Works by Gleb Savinov can be found in various private collections in...
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Impressionist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Un pittore che dipinge un pittore... - Oil Paint by Salvatore Travascio - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Un pittore che dipinge un pittore (A Painter who's painting a Painter) is an oil painting on canvas mounted on a wooden panel, without frame. Good conditions
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th century abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas 12 x 10 inches Note: Small dent in canvas. See pictures for details. Richard Andres was born in Buffal...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic

Modern American Figurative Gypsy Woman Oil Painting Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3238a Gypsey figurative oil painting on artist board set in a vintage gilt frame
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1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Snake, Large-Scale Visionary Abstract with Mystical Creatures by Barbara Carlson
By Barbara Carlson
Located in Soquel, CA
Snake, Large-Scale Visionary Abstract with Mystical Creatures by Barbara B. Carlson Large scale abstract with Central America mythological motifs by Barbara B. Carlson an Orinda, Ca...
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Neo-Expressionist 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Laid Paper

"Soweto" Figurative Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red, Black, and Brown Figurative Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). The left...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

"The Gold Witch" – Colorado Modernist Semi-Abstract Oil by Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
“The Gold Witch” is a striking original semi-abstract oil painting by mid-20th century Denver artist Edward Marecak. The composition features an abstracted female figure, rendered in...
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Folk Art 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Listed American Female Folk Art Layered Constructed Sculptural Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Sculptural folk art piece by listed artist Sharon Yavis. This work is constructed by applying layers of wood to create an almost three dimensional effect ...
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Folk Art 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Still life with grey pitchers, oil painting on board by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Pierre Coquet - "Les pots gris"/"Grey pitchers" Reference number F438 73 x 54 cm The painting is not framed but it could be with a natural oak floated (s...
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1980s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Seascape - Oil Paint by Michele Ricciuti - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape is a modern artwork realized by Michele Ricciuti in 1980. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Hand signed on the lower margin. Signature and date on the back.
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Modern 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Topkapi Pullman (based on Mural for Lobby, Suburban Train Station, Philadelphia)
Located in New York, NY
Joyce Kozloff Topkapi Pullman, 1985 Watercolor and acrylic on paper (bears original gallery labels: Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Gallery Camino Real, Boston University Art Gallery) Sig...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Watercolor

Conceptual Pop Art Color Oil Monotype Painting Abstract Figure Robin Winters
Located in Surfside, FL
Robin Winters (American, born 1950), Untitled (Red Face) from "Cherry Block Series" 1986, monotype, pencil signed and dated lower right, plate: 6"h x 8.5"w, overall (with frame): 22.25"h x 18.25"w. Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, San Francisco. Winters was invited to make monotypes at Experimental Workshop in San Francisco, (they printed Richard Bosman, Sam Francis, Claire Falkenstein, Deborah Oropallo and Kenneth Noland and many more greats). Winters chose to paint on wood blocks rather than the more usual metal plates in order to capture the organic quality of the natural material. He exploited a salient characteristic of the monoprint in Ghost Story by adding new painted elements onto the increasingly faint ghost images that result from successive impressions from a single block. In so doing he achieved the effect of transparent layers of color and shadow imagery. Winters's brightly-colored monotypes portray an array of figures and landscapes (and an occasional still-life) that, although can be seen in the context of a general trend away from abstraction that has marked the 1980s, defy strict stylistic categorization. They are neither realistic nor abstract, psychological self-examinations nor narrative fictions, but they contain elements of all of these approaches. Like Jonathan Borofsky, Winters derives much of his subject matter from dreams, believing that through his private fears and obsessions he can touch similar emotions in others. Although at first glance Winters's images look as if they could have been made by a child, closer attention reveals sly art historical references to Jackson Pollock and Pattern Painting (the drip and splatter backgrounds), Mark Rothko (the three-part horizontal compositions) and Minimalism (the gridded Cherry Block Series: Bread Beat). Robin Winters (born 1950 in Benicia, California) is an American conceptual, multi-disciplinary, artist and teacher based in New York. Winters is known for creating solo exhibitions containing an interactive durational performance component to his installations, sometimes lasting up to two months. Winters first emerged in the burgeoning Soho NYC art scene of the 1970s. An early practitioner of the Relational Aesthetics (social interaction as an art medium) Winters also created in works through sculpture, installation, performance, painting, drawing and prints. His art maintains a whimsical spirit, and he often returns to ongoing themes involving faces, boats, cars, bottles, hats and jesters or fools. Winters has incorporated such devices as blind dates, double dates, dinners, fortune telling, and free consultation in his performances. Throughout his career he has engaged in a wide variety of media, such as performance art, film, video, writing prose and poetry, photography, installation art, printmaking, drawing, painting, ceramic sculpture, bronze sculpture, and glassblowing. Winters was born in Benicia, California in 1950 to lawyer parents. As a child his hobby was collecting glass bottles found on the beach and under old buildings, which would later influence him as an artist. In 1968, Winters had his first durational performance, entitled Norman Thomas Travelling Museum. The artist drove a Volkswagen bus decorated in collage, many of the images relating to current events and politics. Inside was what the artist described as a “reliquary” containing many objects, including a bottle collection. Winters took the van to shopping centers and even as far as Mexico. That same year, Winters opted not to register for the military draft. Although he was deemed fit to serve, Winters refused. In 1975 the resulting legal proceedings finally came to a close after it was proven that the artist had been harassed by the local draft board. In his teens and early twenties, Winters became acquainted with several local artists who helped shape his aesthetic, most notably Manuel Neri and Robert Arneson. By the early 1970s, Winters was studying at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) and had relocated to San Francisco. At this time Winters became friends with the Bay Area conceptual artists Terry Fox and Howard Fried, and participated in several of Fried's performance works. In 1972 Winters was accepted into the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York City. After coming to New York City, Winters helped support himself by working for various artists, among them the performance artist Joan Jonas and sculptor Donald Judd. In 1974, Winters performed The Secret Life of Bob-E or Bob-E Behind the Veil eight hours a day, five days a week for a month in his studio apartment. Behind a one-way mirror the audience could watch Winters play the character of Bob-E, whose goal was to make a monument for everyone in the world in the form of blue and yellow rubber top hats. By the end of the month the artist had constructed 262 hats. The following year, Winters was invited to take part in the Whitney Museum's 1975 Biennial Exhibition. Entitled W.B. Bearman Bags a Job or Diary of a Dreamer. Winters was traveling in 1975 and 1976, spending time in North Africa and in Europe. At a time when most young American artists were unaware of their European counterparts, Winters met and was influenced by such artists as Sigmar Polke and Marcel Broodthaers (with whom Winters worked on an installation) and also had a one-person exhibition, at the Konrad Fischer Gallery in Dusseldorf. Returning to New York in 1976, Winters teamed up with a group of artists to form Collaborative Projects (Colab), a rather anarchistic organization dedicated to artistic collaboration and the creation of art that questioned social values.. Also in 1976, Winters formed the partnership “X&Y” with fellow artist Coleen Fitzgibbon that would last two years. Together they performed a series of shows in the Netherlands, most notably a show entitled Take the Money and Run. Performed at De Appel in Amsterdam, the show involved the artists robbing their audience. The following day the audience was given an apology, as well as the opportunity to retrieve any valuables and participate in a lottery to win the artists’ services. They also made a Super 8 film in NY called Rich-Poor, in which they asked people on the streets their thoughts on the rich and poor. In 1980 Winters participated in The Real Estate Show and in Absurdities at ABC No Rio. That same year he and artists Peter Fend, Coleen Fitzgibbon, Peter Nadin, Jenny Holzer, and Richard Prince also formed The Offices of Fend, Fitzgibbon, Holzer, Nadin, Prince & Winters. This short-lived collective was based out of an office on lower Broadway and offered “Practical Esthetic Services Adaptable to Client Situation”, as stated on their business card. Their goal was to offer their art as “socially helpful work for hire”. In June of that year Winters participated in The Times Square Show, Colab's most well-known exhibition. The month-long show took place in a four floor building on West 41st Street and was densely packed with art. To cap off a busy year, Winters also became one of the first artists to join the Mary Boone Gallery, showing a successful solo exhibition in 1981. His work was shown in the New York/New Wave show in 1981 at MoMA PS1 along with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roberta Bayley, William S. Burroughs, David Byrne, Sarah Charlesworth, Larry Clark, Crash (John Matos), Ronnie Cutrone, Brian Eno, Peter Fend, Nan Goldin, Keith Haring, Ray Johnson, Joseph Kosuth, Marcus Leatherdale, Christopher Makos, Robert Mapplethorpe, Elaine Mayes, Frank Moore, Kenny Scharf and others. In 1982, Winters had his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles at the Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery. At the Mo David Gallery in 1984, Winters created an installation piece that consisted of a floor of plaster tiles. Underneath each tile, hidden from view, was a drawing. He designed the stage sets for the musician Nico, and assisted French artist Orlan, American artist Stuart Sherman, and American poet Gregory Corso. Two years later Winters was invited to take part in Chambres d’Amis (In Ghent there is Always a Free Room for Albrecht Durer) in Ghent, Belgium. In it, 51 artists created installations in 50 different sites, mostly private homes. Winters chose the home of a local art historian. The artist made 90 drawings based on images found in the large collection of art books in the home's library. He made two copies of each drawing and placed the originals in the books themselves. One set of copies was exhibited in the sponsoring museum, Museum van Hedendaagse, as "The Ghent Drawings". The drawings were also on display at Winters’ solo exhibition at Luhring Augustine & Hodes Gallery in New York City in 1987. In 1986, Winters had a solo exhibition at Maurice Keitelman Gallery in Brussels, Belgium, and the following year a solo exhibition at the Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain Midi-Pyrénées in Toulouse, France. Also in 1986, Winters' Playroom was held at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston, Massachusetts. The exhibition was part of Think Tank, a retrospective of Winters' work which traveled to the Stedelijk Museum in the Netherlands, the Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain in France, and the Contemporary Arts Center in Ohio. Winters spent a month in 1989 working with students at the San Francisco Art Institute. Never having worked with ceramics, he spent the month making numerous ceramic pieces, which were then shown in the aptly named One Month in San Francisco. Other components of the piece included Winters’ childhood bottle collection and a video showing each piece in the show filmed briefly next to a ruler.[ Also that year, Robin served as a visiting artist at the Pilchuck Glass School, where he met artist John Drury, who was then working as the school's artist liaison. In the summer of 1990, Winters interviewed fellow artist Kiki Smith for her eponymous book, which was published later that year. That same year (1990), Winters was invited by the Val Saint Lambert glass factory in Belgium to create glassworks in their facility. Winters, artists John Drury and Tracy Glover...
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Pop Art 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

Erotic Apple Painting by Isaac Monteiro, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Isaac Monteiro (1938-2008) Female, 1985 Oil on canvas 36 x 48 in. Framed: 37 x 49 x 1 1/4 in. Signed lower left: I Monteiro Inscribed verso: Female, I M...
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Modern 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still life with open books – Original Oil paint – 26 x 21.7 in
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
"A contemplative homage to Morandi, where form, silence, and substance merge in quiet harmony." Pierre Coquet (1926–2021) Still life with open books Oil on paper laid on board, 66 x...
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French School 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

Living Caryatids - Oil Painting by Marco Rossati - 1985 ca.
By Marco Rossati
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful and impressive painting by Marco Rossati, showing his interest for Classicism as well as for esotericism. Through a fine painting technique Rossati retrieves the values of ...
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Symbolist 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Baby Pollock - Oil on Canvas by Mark Kostabi - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Baby Pollock is an artwork by Mark Kostabi in 1989. Mixed Media on Canvas. cm. 24x30. Good conditions! Mark Kostabi (Los Angeles, November 27, 1960) is an American painter a...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Edgar Yeager Figurative Interior Scene
By Edgar Yaeger
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Yaeger was an American Modernist painter from Detroit, Michigan, who is credited with being one of the first painters in this style. The portrait “Untitled” easil...
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American Modern 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Senza Famiglia (No Family) - Original Oil on Canvas by G. Montesano - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Original Oil on Canvas by Gianmarco Montesano. Very good conditions. Ref: - Cat. "Guardando il cielo", Galleria Monti, Roma, 1989 - Monography edited by Valerio Dehò, G. Politi Ed...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Eclipse/Portrait of Ethel & Julius Rosenberg, Mixed Media on Canvas by Lee Jaffe
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lee Jaffe, American (1950 - ) - Eclipse/Portrait of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, Year: 1983, Medium: Silver, Gold Leaf, Copper Wire, and Oil on Canvas, Size: 129 x 153 in. (327.66...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Transection w/ Architectural Forms, Geometrical Figurative Abstract Acrylic
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Transection with Architectural Forms, c. 1980s Acrylic and graphite on board 12 x 20 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstract ...
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American Modern 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Graphite

Neo Geology
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Neo Geology
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Large Colorful 1983 Neo Expressionist Roberto Juarez Oil Painting Tron Family
Located in Surfside, FL
Roberto Juarez, (American, 1952- ) Tron Family. 1983. Signed, dated & titled. Oil and oil stick on canvas. Provenance: Robert Miller Gallery, NY., Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, CA Roberto Juarez (born 1952) is an American visual artist known for his paintings, murals, and mixed-media works. Born in Chicago, (parents of both Mexican and Puerto Rican Latino heritage) Juarez received his B.F.A. at the San Francisco Art Institute (1977) and pursued graduate studies in Television and Film at the University of California, Los Angeles. Juarez frequently employs painterly floral motifs, which are inspired by the traditions of Hispanic, Latin American and non-Western painting. Roberto Juarez has been a significant presence in the art worlds of New York, Miami, Colorado, and beyond since the early 1980s. In 1978, Juarez completed his graduate thesis for UCLA in Paris and decided not to return to L.A. Juarez relocated to New York City, where in 1981, Ellen Stewart offered Juarez a former garage owned by La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club as an artist studio. The space, which had no water or electricity, was offered to Juarez rent-free, provided that he clean and maintain it. He was active in the Neo Expressionist era of the the late 1980's along with Julian Schnabel and David Salle. Throughout the 80s and 90s Juarez painted the branching forms of trees and flowers. While living in Miami in the 90s, Juarez began to incorporate peat moss, rice paper, and other natural materials in his canvases. Since 2000, and his move from Miami back to New York, Juarez's imagery turned more abstract, typically featuring geometric forms and systems. In a review from this period, art critic Grace Glueck noted that his works feature “a contrast between the softness of the grounds – blends of transparent and opaque materials in muted colors – and their strong geometric-organic motifs." In his use of elements of nature to portray an idyllic unity, Juarez looks back to such early-20th-century painters as Franz Marc and Henri Matisse. He has done prints with Shark’s Ink Studios in Lyons and Anderson Ranch Arts Center as well as Tamarind Institute. Roberto Juarez is a visual artist who has been active in the areas of painting, printmaking, drawing, and large-scale public commissions throughout his career. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States and Mexico, and is included in major museum collections such as the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, El Museo del Barrio, the Denver Art Museum, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Newark Museum, and the Speed Art Museum. He has completed public art projects and murals for the Miami International Airport, Grand Central Terminal, the Miami-Dade County Courthouse, Whitman College, and the University of Michigan College of Engineering. Juarez won the Prix de Rome in 1997 and was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2001-2002. Select Solo Exhibitions Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY Pace Prints New York, NY Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, KS Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL, Bonnie Clearwater, Curator and Author Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL Galeria Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico Richard Green Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA Andre Emmerich Gallery, Zurich Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Canada San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA Select Group Exhibitions 2018 May China 2018, China National Academy of Painting, Beijing, China 2017 Love Among the Ruins, 56 Bleecker Gallery and Late 80's New York, Howl! Arts Incorporated, New York, NY 2015 Inside the Episode: curated by Jack Pierson, Launch F18 Gallery, New York, NY 2015 MTA Arts Design Illustrates the City, The Museum of American Illustration at The Society of Illustrators, New York 2015 The Annual; National Academy Museum, New York, NY 2008 One of a Kind; Monoprints & Monotypes, Spencertown Academy Art Center, Spencertown, New York 2001 Roberto Juarez and Julio Galan...
Category

Neo-Expressionist 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil

Red with Black, White and Orange - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red with Black, White and Orange - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bright abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Julius Njau – Tanzanian (1961- ) Title: Untitled Year: 1987 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Sight size: 27.5 x 36.5 inches. Framed size: 29 x 38 inches Signature: Signed, dated lower right Condition: Very good Frame: Framed in original frame. Frame in fair condition This colorful painting of figures is by the well-known Tanzanian artist Julius Njau. It is in very good condition and signed “Julius N” and dated 1987 in the lower right. The frame is simple unfinished wood. It has a few small scratches Tanzanian artist Julius Njau was born in 1961 Marangu, Moshi in Tanzania. He attended the Primary School Kilimanja. In 1972, a serious fracture of the leg caused him to spend two years in hospital where he began to paint and his career as an artist commenced. Julius was encouraged by a Finnish radiology specialist who supplied him with material and purchased his works. She also organized his first exhibition in Finland in 1983. The first works of Njau are very representative, inspired by the nature and the traditional aspects of his country. In 1984 his technique changed and his style transformed. Julius Njau paintings are characterised by the interaction of primary colors and the mixture of forms. Julius Njau's artworks works are part of the collection of Osaka Prefecture and Toyama Museum of Modern Art in Japan. They are also in the Frankfurt Museum of Ethnology (fur Volkerkunde), in the ZAK Gallery (Zeitgenossische afrikanische Kunst), Furth in Germany, in the Amos Anderson Helsinki Gallery, Finland, and in the 5th British Museum in England. In 2002, Julius Njau received a Nagoya City Hall Award and in 2003 the Grand Prize at the Toyama Prefecture International Competition at the "Sukiyaki Encounter the World" Poster Design Festival. Julius Njau is President and a founding member of the Marafiki group. EXHIBITIONS 1983 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Amos Anderson Museum, Helsinki, Finland 1984 'Group Exhibition' Gallery of Denmark 1985 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Danish Volunteer Training Centre, Tanzania 1985 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Tynset, Norway 1985 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Gallery of Sweden 1986 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Danish Volunteer Training Centre, Tanzania 1987 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya 1988 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Vogue Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya 1988 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Centre culturel francais, Nairobi, Kenya 1989 'Julius Njau One Man Show' National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya 1990 'Into the Nineties' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya 1990 'Portraits of Kenya' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya 1991 'Gallery Artists' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya 1991 'The Custodian's View' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya 1991 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Nairobi Safari Club, Kenya 1991 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Nagoya City Network Centre, Nagoya, Japan 1991 'Julius Njau One Man Show' National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya 1991 'Julius Njau One Man Show' The German Culture Centers, Goethe Institut, Nairobi, Kenya 1992 'Julius Njau One Man Show' International Gallery, Madrid, Spain 1992 'Through the Artists' Eyes' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya 1992 'Rafiki wa zamani' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya 1992 'Kenya Art...
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Abstract 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Letter to Hieronymus Bosch - XX century, Colourful figurative painting
Located in Warsaw, PL
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Other Art Style 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Gouache, Board

Grinding Sugar Cane, Painting by Jaimendes
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jaimendes, Brazilian (1939 - ) Title: Grinding Sugar Cane Year: circa 1983 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 21.5 in. x 25.5 in. (54.61 cm x ...
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Folk Art 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vogue Magazine Hi Fashion Illustration (Stephen Sprouse)
Located in Miami, FL
Vogue Magazine Fashion Illustration (Stephen Sprouse) Antonio's mature style is on full display with a few quick strokes of the brush he is exemplifying the epitome of style and clas...
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Impressionist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Figures in a landscape
Located in Norwich, GB
A rare, very poetic figurative work by Eric Scholz, dating from the 1980s. Scholz was a Hungarian artist who trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. He was awarded the pre...
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Expressionist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Masonite

Portrait : Fruit and Mirror - Original oil on canvas, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre GARCIA FONS Portrait : Fruit and Mirror Original oil painting Signed bottom right Signed and titled on the back On canvas 73 x 54 cm (c. 28 x 21 inch) PROVENANCE : Collectio...
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Post-Impressionist 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Awakening
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present for the first time in more than thirty years, the original painting of American artist Peter Korling. Peter Korling was classically trained at the Chicago In...
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Modern 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Thinker Bengali Man Charcoal Paper, Black & White Paritosh Sen"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Paritosh Sen - Untitled - 30 x 22 inches (unframed size) Charcoal on paper Inclusive of shipment in a roll form.The work comes with a certificate signed by the artist himself. An il...
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Modern 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Pilots and WWII Airplanes - Double-sided Figurative Composition in Oil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Pilots - Double-sided Figurative Composition in Oil on Paper Expressive figurative compositions by Carmel, California artist David Amland (American, 1931-2010). On one side, a pilot...
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American Impressionist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil

“Clowns, Jugglers and Acrobats” by Edward Marecak, 1986 Abstract Circus Art
Located in Denver, CO
Bursting with color and kinetic energy, “Clowns, Jugglers and Acrobats” is a dynamic 1986 original painting by celebrated Colorado modernist Edward Marecak. Known for his bold visual...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Thought by Irma Hediger - Watercolor on paper 15x25 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Modern 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Woman hippie original oil acrylic on canvas painting realism Spain Sitges 70s
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 52x44 Is born in Madrid on the 21st july 1951. After attending primary school, he starts to grow an enormous tendency for drawing. At the age of 14 he begins to work in ...
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Realist 1980s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Blue and Purple Mountains 2 - Fauvist Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant and playful landscape by California artist Richard "Don" Klopfer (1920-2009). Signed and dated "R. Klopfer 3.86" on verso. No frame. Board size: 13"H x 19"W Richard "Don" Kl...
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American Modern 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

SCALINATA - Tribute to Massimo Campigli
Located in Napoli, IT
delightful oil on canvas by unknown artist inspired by the works of master Massimo Campigli, in this case "La Scalinata " from the 1950s
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Modern 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Three Children and Dog in a Rowing Boat at a Farmhouse Flower Garden in England
Located in Preston, GB
Three Children and Dog in a Rowing Boat at a Farmhouse Flower Garden in England by British Artist, Les Parson entitled "Going Home". Art measures 30 x 20 ...
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Realist 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Neige de printemps sur la Dent d’Aire" - Alpes de Haute-Provence , France
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
"Neige de printemps sur la Dent d’Aire" - Alpes de Haute-Provence - France “Spring snow on the Dent d'Aire - Alpes de Haute-Provence - France Oil on canvas signed ​lower right, 73 x...
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French School 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

David Bowie - New York - Urban Landscape in Acrylic on Textured Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
David Bowie - New York - Urban Landscape in Acrylic on Textured Paper Abstracted cityscape by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazi...
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Abstract Impressionist 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Landscape - Oil on Canvas by Sandro Fabrizi - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original contemporary artwork realized by Sandro Fabrizi in 1986. Mixed colored oil on canvas. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
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Contemporary 1980s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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