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ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Abstract 2387
Located in Zofingen, AG
This original artwork by Alex Senchenko is an abstract, contemporary acrylic on canvas piece. Perfect for a room that needs a burst of color. Comes with a certificate of authenticity...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract Flow Colorful Oil Painting 72H X 48"W, Vivid Dreams, Irena Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Blue Red Yellow Abstract Oil Painting 72H X 48"W, Vivid Dreams, Irena Orlov Oil on Stretched Canvas SPECIFICATIONS: - Artist-grade canvas. - 1" deep wooden support bars - Gallery Str...
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2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Along the shore"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This is a large semi-abstract beautiful structured mixed-media painting with painted edges, so it can be hung immediately without framing. This painting has a lot of structures and ...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Large Spanish Geometric Abstract Painting - Colourful Statement shapes
By Enric Crous-Vidal
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Large Abstract, Colourful Stylised Oil Painting, Original By Spanish artist ENRIC CROUS-VIDAL (1908-1987) Signed on the top corner, Oil painting on board, unframed Board size: 18 x 2...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

"7ème pas vague" abstract, spray varnish pigments on wood 128x88cm
Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne
The transparency of the blue gives depth to this tray which, depending on its orientation, gives a rather warm or rather cold atmosphere. The greys turn into purple by iridescence to...
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2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Varnish, Mixed Media, Pigment, Other Medium

Abstract Decorative Intensity
Located in Zofingen, AG
A very beautiful large colorful vivid abstract painting with many neon nuances, vibrant and emotional. READY TO HANG with the edges painted, the artwork will have on the back two met...
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2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract 2344
Located in Zofingen, AG
ARTIST : Alex Senchenko © Title : Abstract 2344 Technique: Acrylic & structure on canvas 55cm. x 45cm. Original Painting on a 4cm Deep Canvas Ready to hang 2023 --------...
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2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract 22159
Located in Zofingen, AG
Painting Description: I provide all kinds of beautiful acrylic paintings, I feature a paintings gallery with a great number of decorative paintings for sale from a multitude periods ...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Blue Field"
Located in Zofingen, AG
Abstract textured acrylic painting on canvas 60x60x2 cm (23,6 x 23,6 x 0,8 inches). Mixed Media on gallery wrapped canvas. The work is ready to hang. No framing required. The sides o...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract 2317
Located in Zofingen, AG
Artist : Alex Senchenko © 2023 Title: Abstract 2317 47" x 39" ( 120cm. x 100cm. ) Professional Gallery Canvas, Acrylic Paints Original Painting on...
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2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract 2251
Located in Zofingen, AG
Abstract 2251 - painting is a powerful vision of Love’s vibration, Compassion’s strength, and Hope’s vitality. Woosh away your worries! Feel the exhilarating and mighty presence of W...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract 2355
Located in Zofingen, AG
Abstract 2355 ( 120 x 100cm. ) - painting is a powerful vision of Love’s vibration, Compassion’s strength, and Hope’s vitality. Woosh away your worries! Feel the exhilarating and mig...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Abstract 2203
Located in Zofingen, AG
This original artwork by Alex Senchenko is an abstract, contemporary acrylic on canvas piece. Perfect for a room that needs a burst of color. Comes with a certificate of authenticity...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Extra large textured contemporary floral painting "Enchanted Blooms", XXL
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Enchanted Blooms" is a beautiful composition within my collection of colorfully abstract floral artworks. This collection shows how much I love and appreciate the incredible power o...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Three Lilacs Paintings - Abstract Floral Triptych
Located in Zofingen, AG
Abstract flower paintings with bouquets of lilacs contain a lot of positive energy, the bright pictures are a beautiful wall decor for interior and wonderful gift for your loved ones...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Stacker CL
Located in Deddington, GB
Stacker CL [2018] original acrylic on box-mounted MDF panels Image size: H:27 cm x W:22.5 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:27 cm x W:22.5 cm x D:6cm Sold Unframed Please note th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

"The Beginning"
Located in Zofingen, AG
I would like to present my new painting "The Beginning" to you. It is a semi-abstract seascape that I created with a lot of love and passion. The painting conveys a harmonious and c...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Oil

Abstract 2160
Located in Zofingen, AG
This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spontaneous, vibrant and unique creation by me, Alex Senchenko This high quality acrylic painting is done on gallery wrapped canvas, ...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Large Abstract Oil Painting, Signed.
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Large Abstract Oil Painting, Mythical Style, Signed. British schooled, indistinctly signed. Oil painting on canvas, unframed Signed on the ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract 2176
Located in Zofingen, AG
There’s something ethereal, almost magical, about contemporary paintings. The incredible Expressionism bleeds through the canvas, transforming any room into an entirely new experienc...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Evening stroll. abstract original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
What inspired the creation of this work of art: The first blooms of summer. Here white flowers in the evening light. “If the Peony flower is not number one in your heart…I’m sure it’...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Ink, Acrylic

Abstract 2393
Located in Zofingen, AG
⭐ ARTIST : Alex Senchenko © Title : Abstract 2393 . (Available for immediate shipping) ⭐ 7 in 1 7 Paintings- one painting is 31" x 12" x 1.5" ( 80 cm x 30 cm x 4 cm ) Total hang ...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Dark Structure, Abstract Surrealist Original Oil Painting, Signed
By Herve Carrier
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dark Structure, Abstract Surrealist Original Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Herve Carrier, Mid 20th Century Signed by the artist on the lower left...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hidden garden 02
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
The color palette is intense and overflowing, with brushstrokes intertwining in a chaotic dance of vibrant tones. Fiery reds, electric blues, and effervescent yellows merge into a vi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Enamel

My studio, Red Abstract, Expressionism, Geometric, Textured, Oil on linen canvas
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie DUMONT's abstract is not a concept, it is an approach where each canvas is built around graphics put into perspective by color. Geometric abstraction of an artist's studio in...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract 2216
Located in Zofingen, AG
There’s something different about the homes of creative people. They like to surround themselves with inspiring things, from unique tablecloths to the incredible paintings on the wal...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Kindness" abstract acrylic marble oxidation on linen canvas 81x60cm 2017
Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne
abstract acrylic marble oxidation linen canvas 81x60cm send in wood crate at cost Emmanuelle Vroelant has, at one point in her life, practiced art ...
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2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Marble

Abstract 1259
Located in Zofingen, AG
Color can have a huge impact on our lives. Flower fields, sunsets, the city skyline; all of the most beautiful things in the world have bright, vibrant color in common. Give your ho...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Buoyant 1
Located in Deddington, GB
Buoyant 1 by Marilyn Simler [2021] original acrylic on canvas Image size: H:60 cm x W:60 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:2cm Sold Unframed Please note that ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Euphoria"
Located in Zofingen, AG
A large semi-abstract beautiful structured mixed media painting with painted edges, so it can be hung immediately without framing. This painting has a lot of structures and layers. ...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Abstract Oil Painting, Red, Cream, Blue and Black, Cubism Style, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Oil Painting, Red, Cream, Blue and Black, Cubism Style, Signed French School, 1974 Signed indistinctly by the artist on the lower left hand corner and dated '74 Oil painting...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Euphoria I" from the "Colours of Summer" collection
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Euphorie II" is a beautiful composition within my collection of colorfully abstract floral artworks. This collection shows how much I love and appreciate the incredible power of col...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Stillness"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This is an extra large semi-abstract beautiful structured mixed media painting with painted edges, so it can be hung immediately without framing. This painting has a lot of structur...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Passing Light, Sheryl Roberts, Contemporary Seascape Painting, Turner-esque Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Sheryl Roberts Passing Light Original Seascape Painting Oil and Acrylic Paint on Canvas Artwork Size: H 73cm x W 73cm x D 5cm Sold Framed in a Black Float Frame Please note that in s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Abstract 2156
Located in Zofingen, AG
ARTIST : Alex Senchenko © Title : Abstract 2156 . Technique: Acrylic & structure on canvas 150cm. x 100cm. Original Painting on a 4cm Deep Canvas Ready to hang 2021 ----...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract 21112
Located in Zofingen, AG
Fill your home with what inspires you. This original artwork by Alex Senchenko is an abstract, contemporary acrylic on canvas piece. Perfect for a room that needs a burst of color. C...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract 22122
Located in Zofingen, AG
ARTIST - Alex Senchenko © Title : Abstract 22122 . Technique: Acrylic & structure on canvas 50cm. x 100cm. 4 cm. Deep Professional Gallery Stretched Canvas, Acrylic Paints "GA...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract 2262
Located in Zofingen, AG
Abstract 2262 - painting is a powerful vision of Love’s vibration, Compassion’s strength, and Hope’s vitality. Woosh away your worries! Feel the exhilarating and mighty presence of W...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract 2358
Located in Zofingen, AG
Artist : Alex Senchenko © Title : Abstract 2358 Size : 120cm x 100cm x 4cm - thickness canvas screen MEDIUM: Professional Acrylic Paints . Professional Gallery Canvas. Ready ...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

"Journey Into Yourself" floral large painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Abstract textured acrylic painting on canvas 90x90x2 cm (35,4 x 35,4 x0,8inches). Mixed Media on gallery wrapped canvas. The work is ready to hang. No framing required. The sides of ...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Abstract 2215
Located in Zofingen, AG
There’s something different about the homes of creative people. They like to surround themselves with inspiring things, from unique tablecloths to the incredible paintings on the wal...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Naval Occurrence, orange, blue & green mid-century, abstract geometrical work
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres (American, 1927-2013) Naval Occurrence, c. 1963 oil on canvas signed and titled verso 24 x 32 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1950, he was immediately drafted and served for two years in the army as a mural painter. He received his Master of Arts from Kent State in 1961. A frequent exhibitor at galleries and museums and winner of multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Western Reserve University. Very little in Richard Andres’ childhood would have predicted his love of classical music, mid-century-modern architecture and certainly not his lifelong passion for art and in particular abstract art. Richard’s father, Raymond, had no more than a third-grade education, and his mother, Clara, was one of thirteen children – only three of whom lived into adulthood and none of whom attended high school. They lived, when Richard was a boy, in a dingy area of Buffalo, NY in a walk-up apartment situated above a tavern. Raymond and Clara supplemented the income from their factory jobs in the bar downstairs with Raymond playing ragtime on the piano and Clara serving drinks. This often left Richard and his two older brothers at home alone to fend for themselves. The two older boys, Raymond and Russell, were - unlike Richard- rather rough and tumble and entertained themselves with stickball, boxing and the like. Richard, on the other hand, from a very young age liked to draw, or better yet even, to paint with the small set of watercolors he received for Christmas one year. Paper, however, at the height of the depression, was hard to come by. Luckily, Clara used paper doilies as decoration for the apartment and Richard would contentedly paint and then cut up doilies, gluing the pieces together to create collages. At eight-years-old, he discovered the Albright-Knox Museum (then known as the Albright Art Gallery) and spent several hours a week there studying the paintings. He was particularly fond of Charles Burchfield‘s landscapes, enamored with their ‘messiness’ and thinking that they somehow captured more ‘feeling’ than works he was previously familiar with. For his tenth Christmas, he asked for and received a ‘how-to’ paint book by Elliot O’Hare. Through this self-teaching, he assembled the portfolio needed for acceptance to Buffalo Technical High School where he studied Advertising Arts. In his Junior year, he was encouraged to enter a watercolor painting, “Two Barns,” in the national 1944-45 Ingersoll Art Award Contest and was one of twelve grand prize winners – each one winning one hundred dollars. More importantly the painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute Galleries, which resulted in his winning a national scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art (The Cleveland Art Institute). He flourished at the art school under the tutelage of faculty members such as Carl Gaertner, as well as that of visiting artists such as William Sommer and Henry George Keller. He would say in later years that Gaertner, in particular, influenced his attitude toward life as well as art. “Gaertner,” Andres said, “believed that there was no need to be a ‘tortured artist’, that an artist should rather enjoy beauty, family, and life in general.” Free to spend his days as he chose, he wandered the Cleveland Art Museum for most of the hours he was not attending classes or painting; the remaining time was spent drinking coffee at a local hangout with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy, it took him the entire summer of 1948 to build up his courage to ask her out. Over that summer he ‘thought about Avis’ and worked in a diner to save money. He also used the hundred-dollar prize money won in High School to visit the first Max Beckmann retrospective in the United States at the City Art Museum in St. Louis. Over a half century later he spoke of that exhibit with a reverence usually reserved for spiritual matters, “I walked in and it was like nothing I had ever seen before... the color...It just glowed.” Returning to campus in the Fall, the first thing he did was go to the coffee shop in hopes of finding Avis. He did, and she, upon seeing him, realized that she was also smitten with him. They quickly became known as ‘the couple’ on campus, and a year later, with Richard being drafted for the Korean war, they were quickly married by a Justice of the Peace, celebrating after with family at Avis’s Cleveland home. As a gift, faculty member John Paul Miller designed and made the simple gold wedding ring Avis wore for their 65 years of marriage. During those 65 years neither wavered in their mutual love, nor in the respect they shared for one another’s art. The couple lived in a converted chicken coop in Missouri while Richard was in boot camp. At the camp, he would volunteer for any job offered and one of those jobs ended up being painting road signs. His commander noticed how quickly and neatly he worked and gave him more painting work to do - eventually recommending him for a position painting murals for Army offices in Panama. Until her dying day, Avis remained angry that “The army got to keep those fabulous murals and they probably didn’t even know how wonderful they were.” In Panama, their first son, Mark, was born. After Richard’s discharge in 1953, they moved back to the Cleveland area and used the GI bill to attend Kent State gaining his BA in education. The small family then moved briefly to Buffalo, where Richard taught at the Albright Art School and the University of Buffalo – and their second son, Peter, was born. Richard had exhibited work in the Cleveland May Show and the Butler Art Museum during his art school years, and during the years in Buffalo, his work was exhibited at the gallery he had so loved as a child, the Albright Art Gallery. In 1956, the family moved back to the Cleveland area and Richard began teaching art at Lincoln West High School during the day while working toward his MA in art at Kent State in the evenings. Avis and Richard, with the help of an architect, designed their first home - a saltbox style house in Hudson, Ohio, and in 1958, their third son, Max (after Max Beckmann) was born. Richard enjoyed the consistency of teaching high school as well as the time it gave him to paint on the weekends and during the summer months. In 1961, he received his MA and his daughter, Claire, was born. With a fourth child, the house was much too small, and Avis and Richard began designing their second home. An admirer of MCM architecture, Richard’s favorite example of the style was the Farnsworth house – he often spoke of how the concepts behind this architectural style, particularly that of Mies van der Rohe, influenced his painting. Andres described himself as a 1950’s...
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1960s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract 2305
Located in Zofingen, AG
Abstract 2305 - is original, authentic, and personally signed by the artist. Created using acrylic on canvas, a clear, gloss coating protects your cherished fine art investment from ...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract Mountains, Stylised Scene, Colourful Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Mountains, Stylised Scene, Colourful Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Sophie Danielle Rubinstain 1922-2018 Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner Oil paint...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract 2301
Located in Zofingen, AG
ARTIST : Alex Senchenko © Title : Abstract 2301 . Technique: Acrylic & structure on canvas 100cm. x 100cm. Original Painting on a 4cm Deep Canvas Ready to hang 2023 ----...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract 2306
Located in Zofingen, AG
Artist : Alex Senchenko © 2023 Title: Abstract 2306 47" x 39" ( 120cm. x 100cm. ) Professional Gallery Canvas, Acrylic Paints Original Painting on...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract 2366
Located in Zofingen, AG
Artist : Alex Senchenko ©2026 Title: Abstract 2366 . 91cm. x 61cm. Professional Gallery Canvas, Acrylic Paints Original Painting on a 1,5cm. Deep ...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract 21101
Located in Zofingen, AG
Abstract 21101 - is original, authentic, and personally signed by the artist. Created using acrylic on canvas, a clear, gloss coating protects your cherished fine art investment from...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract 2195
Located in Zofingen, AG
This original artwork by Alex Senchenko is an abstract, contemporary acrylic on canvas piece. Perfect for a room that needs a burst of color. Comes with a certificate of authenticity...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Shining Morning In French Riviera" floral large painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Abstract textured acrylic painting on canvas 96x96x2 cm (37,8 x 37,8 x 0,8 inches). Mixed Media on gallery wrapped canvas. The work is ready to hang. No framing required. The sides o...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Abstract 2137
Located in Zofingen, AG
There’s something ethereal, almost magical, about contemporary paintings. The incredible Expressionism bleeds through the canvas, transforming any room into an entirely new experienc...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract 2101
Located in Zofingen, AG
There’s something different about the homes of creative people. They like to surround themselves with inspiring things, from unique tablecloths to the incredible paintings on the wal...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract 1265
Located in Zofingen, AG
Color can have a huge impact on our lives. Flower fields, sunsets, the city skyline; all of the most beautiful things in the world have bright, vibrant color in common. Give your ho...
Category

2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Crosswalk, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Faye Vander Veer came across this sunny summer moment while traveling in San Francisco. "I was drawn to the contrast be...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pieces Collage, vibrant mid-century abstract. expressionist black, pink & red
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres (American, 1927-2013) Pieces Collage, c. 1965 collage on paper 14 x 18 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1950, he was immediately drafted and served for two years in the army as a mural painter. He received his Master of Arts from Kent State in 1961. A frequent exhibitor at galleries and museums and winner of multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Western Reserve University. Very little in Richard Andres’ childhood would have predicted his love of classical music, mid-century-modern architecture and certainly not his lifelong passion for art and in particular abstract art. Richard’s father, Raymond, had no more than a third-grade education, and his mother, Clara, was one of thirteen children – only three of whom lived into adulthood and none of whom attended high school. They lived, when Richard was a boy, in a dingy area of Buffalo, NY in a walk-up apartment situated above a tavern. Raymond and Clara supplemented the income from their factory jobs in the bar downstairs with Raymond playing ragtime on the piano and Clara serving drinks. This often left Richard and his two older brothers at home alone to fend for themselves. The two older boys, Raymond and Russell, were - unlike Richard- rather rough and tumble and entertained themselves with stickball, boxing and the like. Richard, on the other hand, from a very young age liked to draw, or better yet even, to paint with the small set of watercolors he received for Christmas one year. Paper, however, at the height of the depression, was hard to come by. Luckily, Clara used paper doilies as decoration for the apartment and Richard would contentedly paint and then cut up doilies, gluing the pieces together to create collages. At eight-years-old, he discovered the Albright-Knox Museum (then known as the Albright Art Gallery) and spent several hours a week there studying the paintings. He was particularly fond of Charles Burchfield‘s landscapes, enamored with their ‘messiness’ and thinking that they somehow captured more ‘feeling’ than works he was previously familiar with. For his tenth Christmas, he asked for and received a ‘how-to’ paint book by Elliot O’Hare. Through this self-teaching, he assembled the portfolio needed for acceptance to Buffalo Technical High School where he studied Advertising Arts. In his Junior year, he was encouraged to enter a watercolor painting, “Two Barns,” in the national 1944-45 Ingersoll Art Award Contest and was one of twelve grand prize winners – each one winning one hundred dollars. More importantly the painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute Galleries, which resulted in his winning a national scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art (The Cleveland Art Institute). He flourished at the art school under the tutelage of faculty members such as Carl Gaertner, as well as that of visiting artists such as William Sommer and Henry George Keller. He would say in later years that Gaertner, in particular, influenced his attitude toward life as well as art. “Gaertner,” Andres said, “believed that there was no need to be a ‘tortured artist’, that an artist should rather enjoy beauty, family, and life in general.” Free to spend his days as he chose, he wandered the Cleveland Art Museum for most of the hours he was not attending classes or painting; the remaining time was spent drinking coffee at a local hangout with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy, it took him the entire summer of 1948 to build up his courage to ask her out. Over that summer he ‘thought about Avis’ and worked in a diner to save money. He also used the hundred-dollar prize money won in High School to visit the first Max Beckmann retrospective in the United States at the City Art Museum in St. Louis. Over a half century later he spoke of that exhibit with a reverence usually reserved for spiritual matters, “I walked in and it was like nothing I had ever seen before... the color...It just glowed.” Returning to campus in the Fall, the first thing he did was go to the coffee shop in hopes of finding Avis. He did, and she, upon seeing him, realized that she was also smitten with him. They quickly became known as ‘the couple’ on campus, and a year later, with Richard being drafted for the Korean war, they were quickly married by a Justice of the Peace, celebrating after with family at Avis’s Cleveland home. As a gift, faculty member John Paul Miller designed and made the simple gold wedding ring Avis wore for their 65 years of marriage. During those 65 years neither wavered in their mutual love, nor in the respect they shared for one another’s art. The couple lived in a converted chicken coop in Missouri while Richard was in boot camp. At the camp, he would volunteer for any job offered and one of those jobs ended up being painting road signs. His commander noticed how quickly and neatly he worked and gave him more painting work to do - eventually recommending him for a position painting murals for Army offices in Panama. Until her dying day, Avis remained angry that “The army got to keep those fabulous murals and they probably didn’t even know how wonderful they were.” In Panama, their first son, Mark, was born. After Richard’s discharge in 1953, they moved back to the Cleveland area and used the GI bill to attend Kent State gaining his BA in education. The small family then moved briefly to Buffalo, where Richard taught at the Albright Art School and the University of Buffalo – and their second son, Peter, was born. Richard had exhibited work in the Cleveland May Show and the Butler Art Museum during his art school years, and during the years in Buffalo, his work was exhibited at the gallery he had so loved as a child, the Albright Art Gallery. In 1956, the family moved back to the Cleveland area and Richard began teaching art at Lincoln West High School during the day while working toward his MA in art at Kent State in the evenings. Avis and Richard, with the help of an architect, designed their first home - a saltbox style house in Hudson, Ohio, and in 1958, their third son, Max (after Max Beckmann) was born. Richard enjoyed the consistency of teaching high school as well as the time it gave him to paint on the weekends and during the summer months. In 1961, he received his MA and his daughter, Claire, was born. With a fourth child, the house was much too small, and Avis and Richard began designing their second home. An admirer of MCM architecture, Richard’s favorite example of the style was the Farnsworth house – he often spoke of how the concepts behind this architectural style, particularly that of Mies van der Rohe, influenced his painting. Andres described himself as a 1950’s...
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1960s Abstract Interior Paintings

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Acrylic

Cape May Porch: Angel of The Sea, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

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An open porch welcomes the morning breeze and the warm sunrise. Artist Onelio Marrero recreates the setting from a bed and breakfast inn called "Angel of The Sea" in Cape May...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings

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Oil

"Out of time"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This is a large semi-abstract beautiful structured mixed-media painting with painted edges, so it can be hung immediately without framing. This painting has a lot of structures and layers. Acrylic mixed media. The structure aspect and metallic colors come alive with directional lighting...
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2010s Abstract Interior Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Heavy RED
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
The picture is consisting from an acrylic painting, which will be sticked to a transparent plastic glass and framed in a heavy wooden frame covered with gold. It will be of course s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings

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Acrylic

Heavy RED
Heavy RED
$2,785 Sale Price
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"Desert Sunset I" Abstract Painting 14" x 20" inch by Salah Boutros
Located in Culver City, CA
"Desert Sunset I" Abstract Painting 14" x 20" inch by Salah Boutros Salah Boutros was born in 1964 in Cairo where he still lives and works. He gained a BA degree from the Faculty of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Cubist Sea Blue Oil Painting, British Artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Sea Blue Oil Painting, British Artist By British artist 'KD', 20th Century Signed by the artist on the left hand corner of the painting Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canva...
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20th Century Abstract Interior Paintings

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Oil

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