Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 10

William Clutz
Tompkins Square (Abstract Figurative Urban Landscape Painting of New York City)

1960

$7,200
£5,414.17
€6,327.66
CA$10,075.82
A$11,314.39
CHF 5,960.75
MX$140,046.94
NOK 73,798.45
SEK 70,259.30
DKK 47,202.73
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

Abstract Figurative city landscape painting of Tompkins Square in Manhattan "Tompkins Square" painted by William Clutz in 1960 Oil on canvas, signed at bottom 30 x 25 inches, 30.5 x 20.5 in natural wood frame This oil on canvas, abstracted city landscape painting was made in 1960 by William Clutz. The abstract figures highlighted in mustard yellow, bright pink and black act as pedestrians crossing Tompkins Square in New York City. What is perhaps most striking about Clutz's depictions of everyday, commonplace activity is how he magnifies and glorifies the subject with magnificent sunlight through pops of color and simple brushwork. This work straddles the artist's personal interest and commercial trends of abstraction in painting, while also rooting the looseness and obscurity in a shape that is clearly a figure on a street in a busy city. About the Artist: Renowned as the “impressionist of the contemporary metropolis”, William Clutz uses the city, in its entirety, as his subject. Pedestrians crossing streets become stars of the stage; the hustle and bustle of traffic and surrounding buildings are the chorus; each play their part in the overall composition. Lighting and color shift this observation of the everyday into a remarkable wonder. “It is surely Clutz”, wrote Gerrit Henry in Art News, 1979, “an artist who has rejected the niceties of representation in favor of the quintessence.” The young artist moved to New York City in 1955 and just four years later had his first solo exhibit at the Condon Riley Gallery. Clutz went on to show in major uptown galleries such as David Herbert, where, notably in 1962 he received a NYTimes review titled, Return of the Figure. That same year, his role in the revival of figuration was further solidified with inclusion in the MoMA group show, Recent Painting USA, The Figure. This was a pivotal turning point from which emerged a 50-year exhibiting career. Resume Born: Gettysburg, PA 1933 Mercersburg, PA 1933-1951 New York City 1955-1996 Education Painting: Thomas Danaher(WPA artist) 1944-51 Mercersburg Academy, PA 1947-51 University of Iowa, B.A. 1951-55 Arts Student League, NYC 1957 Solo Exhibitions Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NY 2008, 2005, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 New York Stock Exchange, NY 2002 Nicholas Davies Gallery, NY Retrospect 1955-1973 1997 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2013, 2008, 1993 Washington County Museum of Fine Arts Hagerstown, MD Retropective 1991 Tatistcheff Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1992, 1998 P.B. van Voorst van Beest Gallery, The Hague 1984 John Stoller Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 1987, 1983, 1980 Gallery 333, Dayton, OH 1980 Alonzo Gallery, NY 1979, 1978, 1977 Mellon Art Center, Choate Rosemary Hall Wallingford, CT 1979 Walther-Rathenau-Saal, Berlin, West Germany 1978 Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA 1977 Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA 1976 Brooke Alexander, NY 1973 Lamont Gallery, Exeter, NH 1973 Addison Gallery, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 1973 Graham Gallery, NY 1972 Bertha Schaefer Gallery, NY 1969, 1966, 1964, 1963 Brooklyn College, NY 1969 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1967 David Herbert Gallery, NY 1962 Condon Riley, NY 1959 Selected Group Exhibitions Albright Know, Museum, Members Gallery, Buffalo, NY 2002, 2001 Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL, Collector Series 2001 Tatistcheff Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1995, 1994, 1988 Metropolitan Museum of Arts, NYC Revivals and Revitalization: American Pastels in the Metropolitan 1990-1989 Montclair Art Museum, NJ Art of the 80’s 1989 Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ 1989 Christian A. Johnson Memorial Art Gallery, Middlebury, VT 1988 Tatistcheff & Co., MY 1987, 1985 Chemical Bank Gallery, MY 1987 Selected Group Exhibitions (cont’d.) San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA American Realism 1985 Schoelkopf Gallery, NY 1985 Art and the Law, West Publishing Co. MN 1985 Squibb Gallery, Princeton NJ 1985 Rahr-West Gallery, St. Paul, MN Traveling Exhibit 1984 Brooklyn Museum, NY The Great East River Bridge 1983 Robert R. Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta GA 1983 Collegiate School, NY 1982 Of Time and Place, American Figurative Art from The Corcoran Collection, Traveling Exhibit Smithsonian Institution, Wash. DC 1981 Hirschl & Adler, NY 1980 Westmoreland County Museum, Greensburg, PA The New American Still Life 1978 Smithsonian Inst., Wash., DC American Drawings, 1976, Traveling 1977 Brooke Alexander, NY 1973 Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, OH 1970 Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL 1969 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 1968 Tweed Gallery, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 1968 University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 1967 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA Annual 1966,1965,1964 Hunter Gallery of Art, Chattanooga, TN 1966 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 1966 Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY 1966 Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, VA Annual 1966 Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1965 Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Annual 1965 Ontario East Gallery, Chicago, IL 1965 Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha NE 1964 The American Federation of Arts, Traveling Exhibition: The Figure International 1963 Museum of Modern Art, NY Recent Painting USA: The Figure 1962 Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX The Emerging Figure 1961 Museum of Modern Art, NY Recent Drawings USA 1956 Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Annual: Honorable Mention 1954 Cumberland Valley Artists, First Prize, MD 1952 Selected Collections: Museums, Universities Museum of Modern Art, NY Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY Metropolitan Museum, NY Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC Museum of the City of New York Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA The Newark Museum, NJ Telfair Museum, Savannah, GA Huntsville Museum, AL Hudson River Museum, NY Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, NY Dutchess County Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY Sheldon Memorial Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD University of Massachusetts Art Collection, Amherst, MD Minnesota Museum, St. Paul MN New York University Collection, NY Tweed Museum, Duluth, MN Dayton Art Institute, OH Miles College, Atlanta, GA Phillips Exeter Academy, NH Mercersburg Academy, PA Boise Art Museum, ID Selected Collections: Corporations AT & T, NY Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance, St. Paul, MI Chase Manhattan Bank, NY Donaldson, Lufkin, Jenrette, NY Third National Bank and Trust, Dayton, OH Solomon Brothers, NY Schroeder Bank, NY Wausau Insurance Company, WI Bradley Family Foundation, New Orleans, LA Simpson, Thatcher and Bartlett, NY New York Stock Exchange, NY McKinsey and Company, NY Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami, FL Mobil Corporation, Fairfax, VA Shearson / Lehman Brothers, NY Amerada Hess, NY Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, McCloy, Washington, DC Ashland Oil Company, KY J. Walter Thompson, NY First Bank, Minneapolis, MN
  • Creator:
    William Clutz (1933, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1960
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 25 in (63.5 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • Medium:
    Canvas,Oil
  • Movement & Style:
    Abstract
  • Period:
    1960-1969
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Hudson, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2275146982

More From This Seller

View All
Whirl Reflection (Whimsical Figurative Painting of Two Dancing Figures)
By David Konigsberg
Located in Hudson, NY
Large, whimsical figurative painting of two abstract figures dancing in a country field "Whirl Reflection", oil on panel, 55 x 60 inches Framing is optional, sides are cleanly paint...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Whirl Reflection (Whimsical Figurative Painting of Two Dancing Figures)

David Konigsberg
Whirl Reflection (Whimsical Figurative Painting of Two Dancing Figures), 2007

$16,800
Nike Descending IV: Figurative Abstract Framed Oil Painting Greek Goddess Nike
By David Dew Bruner
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 Figurative Paintings

Materials

Archival Paper, Acrylic

Nike Descending IV: Figurative Abstract Framed Oil Painting Greek Goddess Nike

David Dew Bruner
Nike Descending IV: Figurative Abstract Framed Oil Painting Greek Goddess Nike, 2020

$1,600
The Veil (Ethereal Figurative Abstract Watercolor Painting in Dark Blue)
By Susan Hope Fogel
Located in Hudson, NY
Tonalist style, abstract figurative watercolor by Susan Hope Fogel watercolor on Arches heavy-weight paper 30 x 44 inches, diptych of two sheets measuring 30 x 22 inches each 35.5 x...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

The Veil (Ethereal Figurative Abstract Watercolor Painting in Dark Blue)

Susan Hope Fogel
The Veil (Ethereal Figurative Abstract Watercolor Painting in Dark Blue), 2017

$7,200
On the Boat with Nina
By James O'Shea
Located in Hudson, NY
oil on canvas blue, green, with pink accents abstract painting in thin white wooden frame abstract painting, gestural abstract painting, abstract painting with brush strokes, b...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

On the Boat with Nina

James O'Shea
On the Boat with Nina, 2015

$4,000
Interlock #45 (Graphic, Abstract Red, Grey, White & Black Painting on Canvas)
By Paul Katz
Located in Hudson, NY
24 x 24 inches oil paint and sand on canvas This contemporary, abstract oil painting in graphic black, white, grey & red was completed by Vermont based artist, Paul Katz, in 2015. S...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Interlock #45 (Graphic, Abstract Red, Grey, White & Black Painting on Canvas)

Paul Katz
Interlock #45 (Graphic, Abstract Red, Grey, White & Black Painting on Canvas), 2015

$2,000
Interlock #35 (Graphic, Abstract Red, Black, White & Grey Painting on Canvas)
By Paul Katz
Located in Hudson, NY
8 x 8 inches oil paint and sand on canvas This contemporary, abstract oil painting in graphic black, white, grey & red was completed by Vermont based artist, Paul Katz, in 2016. St...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Interlock #35 (Graphic, Abstract Red, Black, White & Grey Painting on Canvas)

Paul Katz
Interlock #35 (Graphic, Abstract Red, Black, White & Grey Painting on Canvas), 2016

$500

You May Also Like

Oil on Canvas “Cabo Azul 3”
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
“Cabo Azul 3” is 43” x 36”. Frank Arnold’s paintings exhibit the highest quality materials for a truly archival piece, created to last generations. Much of Frank Arnold’s work is so...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil on Canvas “Cabo Azul 3”

Frank Arnold
Oil on Canvas “Cabo Azul 3”

$24,800
Mod 7
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
“Mod 7” is 20”x 16”. The heavy handed application of pigment renders an impasto portrait from another place in the deeper mind of the artist. Frank Arnold is one of the foremost abst...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mod 7

Frank Arnold
Mod 7

$6,800
Oil on Canvas “Black 5” by abstract-figurative artist, Frank Arnold
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
" Black 5" is 36” x 36”. Solo figure, head and shoulders in bold white outline. Frank Arnold’s paintings exhibit the highest quality materials for a truly archival piece, created to ...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil on Canvas “Black 5” by abstract-figurative artist, Frank Arnold

Frank Arnold
Oil on Canvas “Black 5” by abstract-figurative artist, Frank Arnold

$18,800
Oil on Canvas “BS Trust”
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
“BS Trust” is 36” x 36”. Frank Arnold’s paintings exhibit the highest quality materials for a truly archival piece, created to last generations. Much of Frank Arnold’s work is sourc...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil on Canvas “BS Trust”

Frank Arnold
Oil on Canvas “BS Trust”

$24,800
Last Dance
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Last Dance is an Oil on Canvas painting in soft, light aqua tones with red/brown accents. Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Last Dance

Frank Arnold
Last Dance, 2022

$88,800
Freed 58
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
"Freed 58" Oil on Canvas is full range of blues from near white to Blu Black surrounding central figure. Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Freed 58

Frank Arnold
Freed 58, 2022

$95,800

More Ways To Browse

Vintage Vero
Hall Bradley
Cumberland Island
John Riley
Robert Simpson
David Bradley
Vintage Stoller
Hudson Valley Lighting
Hunter S Thompson
R Davies
Metropolitan Opera Vintage Posters
Miro Spanish Dancer
Movie Poster 1984
Muhammad Ali Black And White Photo
Nasa Photo
Nun Portrait
Picasso Etching Vollard Suite
Picasso Gold Plate
View All Popular Abstract Paintings Searches