FloreSoulful Alien2021
2021
About the Item
- Creator:Flore (1983, American)
- Creation Year:2021
- Dimensions:Height: 72 in (182.88 cm)Width: 72 in (182.88 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Los Angeles, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU383311270932
Flore
Born in Brooklyn, New York’s Marine Park neighborhood, contemporary fine artist Christopher Florentino, also known as “Flore,” grew up surrounded by art. His aunt Weezy, a major influence during Flore’s childhood, was a sculptor, and she immersed her nephew in the New York art scene from an early age.
Flore was drawn to the Museum of Modern Art, not only to the energy of 20th-century abstract works by the likes of Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock, but also to mid-century modern furniture for which he developed a particular passion; at the tender age of 13, the artist bought an Eames chair as his very first piece of furniture. Today, Flore has a large collection that includes pieces by Eero Saarinen, Herman Miller and Knoll, among other legendary designers and manufacturers.
Flore studied formally in the communication and design program at New Jersey’s Brookdale Community College before working in a number of creative roles, from fashion (both as a stylist and a T-shirt designer) to crafting window displays. Flore wanted to become an artist but worried about the profession’s viability — a widely shared concern among budding artists. At age 30, however, he made the jump to become a full-time painter. At the intersection of Abstract Expressionism and street art, with touches of both Willem de Kooning and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Flore’s work, which he describes as “urban cubism,” is vibrant both in its scintillating colors and in the energy of its brushstrokes. Text also features prominently in many of his works.
Today, Flore works out of a studio in New York City’s East Village. He also spent several years in Miami and Winter Haven, Florida, where he owned a concrete-and-glass mid-century house (of course!) designed by architect Gene Leedy, a founding member of the Sarasota School of Architecture, a modernist architectural movement launched in Sarasota, Florida, in the 1940s. Flore’s work can be found in the collections of quite a number of high-profile clients, including Beyoncé and Eva Longoria, as well as the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection in Hokuto, Japan.
Browse Flore’s paintings and mixed-media work on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Los Angeles, CA
- Return PolicyThis item cannot be returned.
- GLocated in Los Angeles, CAFlore G, 2022 40 x 80 inches Acrylic and oil stick on canvas This piece is unique Signed by the artist Framed Currently on display at Art Angels Los AngelesCategory
2010s Contemporary Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Acrylic
- Deal In LightLocated in Los Angeles, CAFlore Deal In Light, 2022 60 x 60 inches Acrylic and oil stick on canvas This piece is unique Signed by the artist Framed Currently on display at Art Angels Los AngelesCategory
2010s Contemporary Paintings
MaterialsOil, Canvas, Acrylic
- Bloom Scape 3Located in Los Angeles, CASteve Hickok Bloom Scape 3, 2022 48 x 60 inches Oil and acrylic on canvas Signed by artist Framed Currently on display at Art Angels Los AngelesCategory
2010s Contemporary Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Acrylic
- Bloom Scape 1Located in Los Angeles, CASteve Hickok Bloom Scape 1, Diptych, 2022 60 x 48 inches each Oil and acrylic on canvas This piece is unique Signed by artist Framed Currently on display at Art Angels Los AngelesCategory
2010s Contemporary Paintings
MaterialsOil, Acrylic, Canvas
- BondLocated in Los Angeles, CAFlore Bond, 2022 80 x 40 inches Acrylic and oil stick on canvas This piece is unique Signed by the artist Framed Currently on display at Art Angels Los AngelesCategory
2010s Contemporary Paintings
MaterialsOil, Acrylic, Canvas
- Bloom Love 4Located in Los Angeles, CASteve Hickok Bloom Love 4, 2022 48 x 48 inches Oil and acrylic on canvas Signed by artist Framed Currently on display at Art Angels Los AngelesCategory
2010s Contemporary Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Acrylic
- Leslie Bostrom, Painted Redstart, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas, 2018By Leslie BostromLocated in Boston, MAArtist: Leslie Bostrom Title: Painted Redstart Medium: Acrylic and Oil on Canvas Size: 90 x 72 inches Year: 2018 Leslie Bostrom is a Professor of Art at Brown University who is pri...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Acrylic
- "Melanie", figure painting of nude female lounging in home office chairBy Mel ReeseLocated in Brooklyn, NYLarge scale acrylic painting with gold oil paint elements of female nude lounging in her home office chair. Bold, confident, and bright, this painti...Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Acrylic, Oil
- PlakatLocated in Oslo, 03Acrylic and oil on canvasCategory
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Acrylic
- SnittLocated in Oslo, 03Acrylic and oil on canvasCategory
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Acrylic
- Slow raceLocated in Oslo, 03Acrylic and oil on canvasCategory
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Acrylic
- EdgewaterLocated in Westport, CT"My work with abstract form, and with this recent series of oil paintings, focuses mainly on shape, form and volume as subject matter. These shapes/forms are based mainly on the squa...Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Acrylic