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Medium: Paper
Mourning Dove on French Toast Sticks
Located in New Orleans, LA
From New Orleans artist Jeff Pastorek's birds on fast food series, this painting displays a mourning dove on Burger King French toast sticks.
Category

2010s Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Duo with a Flute, Judaica Klezmer Musicians Modernist American Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Ervin B. Nussbaum was born in Columbus, Ohio on November 11, 1914. His father, Marger, had arrived as part of the great Russian Diaspora of the time, when many Jewish families settle...
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20th Century Modern Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Thoughts (triptych) - line drawing woman figure with white dandelions
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. Triptych. The artworks were done with acrylic, ink and watercolor in white color on black watercolor paper 360g. The works are 12 by 16.5 inches in size, f...
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2010s Minimalist Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

'Still Life', Bay Area Abstraction, Metropolitan Museum, SFMOMA, LACMA, Abstract
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'DMc', for Douglas McCellan (American, 1921-2016) and painted circa 1975. Additionally signed, verso, titled, 'Still Life' and bearing old rental reference label....
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1970s Abstract Paper Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic Polymer, Oil, Board

Hyperrealist Charcoal on Archival Paper Botanic Artwork "Ruschia Crassa"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
In Henk Serfontein's recent series of charcoal drawings, Fragile Flora, he continues his investigation into the fragile, the intimate and the ethereal. In his plant portraits he capt...
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2010s Realist Paper Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

TWO SPACES - Expressive Charcoal On Paper Painting, Black White Drawing
Located in Salzburg, AT
The work is on 1 paper. Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gdansk. The artwork is unframed and will be...
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Early 2000s Conceptual Paper Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Series 7 No.9D, Black and White Contemporary Nude Painting, Monochrome Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Nude drawing from Series 7 No.9D is an original drawing by David Jones. David Jones, artist, is pleased to present a series of nude drawings in the style of Matisse. David uses a tec...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Process
Located in Paris, IDF
black paper white pen, black frame 44 x 54 x 0.3 cm
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2010s Contemporary Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pen

Flock 5, Black and White Abstract Drawing, Starling Art, Nature Art, Monochrome
Located in Deddington, GB
Original work on paper work by Nigel bird. It is part of a collection of work inspired by sound. “During the time I lived in Southern France, I once had the good fortune to be walkin...
Category

2010s Abstract Paper Paintings

Materials

Pen, Paper

Vintage Black & Blue Goldfish
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant watercolor of a black and a blue fish painting by Florence, Italy artist Vittorio Guidotti (Italy, b-1922). Unsigned. "Original watercolor b...
Category

1930s Impressionist Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

German Mixed Media Puzzle Art Contemporary Abstract Painting Frank Aumueller
Located in Surfside, FL
Dimensions: 19" x 13" including frame, 17.5" x 11.5" image only. Frank Aumüller is a contemporary artist. Frank Aumüller is a german male artist born in Stuttgart (DE) in 1960. Frank Aumueller had his first exhibition at Art Cologne 1989 at Koelnmesse GmbH in Cologne in 1989, and Prognose at Württembergischer Kunstverein in Stuttgart in 2021. A notable show was 2041 Endlosschleife at Württembergischer Kunstverein in Stuttgart in 2014. Other notable shows were at Villa Merkel - Galerie der Stadt Esslingen in Esslingen and Museum für Neue Kunst in Freiburg. Frank Aumüller has been exhibited with Hildegard Esslinger and Beate Baumgärtner. Aumuellers jigsaw puzzle pictures are results of a multistage production process. Expressive, partially with strong auto-lacquers created paintings form the basis. Aumueller then takes a photograph of these abstract color experiments and cuts the photo by machine into jigsaw puzzles. Afterwards he reassembles individual parts, whereby the original parts produce a new picture in a new composition, a sculpture work. At first sight the jigsaw puzzle pictures appear as a "pleasant idea": The result of time-consuming artistic creation is presented as a well-known game for children and adults. This appears to be an ironic move by Aumueller. However, irony is not the artist's concern. There is more to the jigsaw puzzles than just a nice conception: Aumueller labels his jigsaw puzzles "unstable equilibria" - a suitable description for many things in a world which in many ways appears to be stable and arranged. The jigsaw puzzle is more than just a means of formal expression. Aumueller labels his jigsaw puzzles "unstable equilibria" - a suitable description for many things in a world which in many ways appears to be stable and arranged. The jigsaw puzzle is more than just a means of formal expression. It is metaphoric message as well as a clue to the artistic intention. Solo Exhibitions Frank Aumüller: Fotografie Kunstraum Kleine Galerie, Haus am Stadtsee Bad Waldsee Germany Frank Aumüller fine arts 2219 Galerie für Kunst der Gegenwart Stuttgart Germany Group Exhibitions 2023 Bis die Bude brummt – 30-jähriges Jubiläum des Fördervereins Museum für Neue Kunst Museum für Neue Kunst Freiburg Germany. Exhibition series with: Mandana Moghaddam, Jacob Ott, Thomas Ruff, Pia Stadtbäumer, Peter Vogel, Georg Winter...
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1990s Paper Paintings

Materials

Lacquer, Mixed Media, Board, Photographic Paper

"Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat" - Pop Art
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid and dynamic painting of a leopard print pillbox hat by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947). Playful depiction of a pillbox hat rendered in leopard ...
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Paper Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Paper, Acrylic

Georgian Contemporary Art by Natia Sapanadze - Archangel Michaela
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper, Framed 22 x 17 x 2 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Cranes 4 - Black & white painting, Mixed media, Collage, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
ŁUKASZ FRUCZEK (born in 1975) Between 1995 and 2000 studied painting in the Department of Painting and Graphic Art of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. In 2001 graduated with hono...
Category

2010s Abstract Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Yogi and Ted - Baseball Greats Yogi Berra and Ted Williams, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra was an American professional baseball catcher who later took on the roles of manager and coach. He played 19 seasons in Ma...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

1950s "Cube Head" Mid Century Figurative Ink Wash Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Cube Head" c.1950s Ink wash on Arches 15" x 20" unframed Came from artist's estate *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 4...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Paper Paintings

Materials

Ink, Paper

Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Hello
Located in Paris, IDF
Black paper white pen, black frame 44 x 54 x 0.3 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pen

Party Time by Swedish Artist Eric Hallström, Pastel on Paper
Located in Stockholm, SE
Eric Hallström (1893-1946) Swedish Party Time pastel on paper signed Eric Hallström image dimensions approx 19.29 x 23.22 inches (49 x 59 cm) frame 26.37 x 30.70 inches (67 x 78 cm...
Category

1920s Paper Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Paper

Provence Landscape - Large Mid 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large c.1960 French oil on paper laid on board cubist influenced landscape by Oleg Zinger. The work depicts a summer landscape with white build...
Category

1960s Cubist Paper Paintings

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Energy
Located in Paris, IDF
Black paper white pen, black frame 44 x 54 x 0.3 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pen

André Lhote Cubist Composition Pen Drawing Painting circa 1910
Located in Atlanta, GA
This cubist black ink pen drawing by André Lhote (1885 - 1962), circa 1910, features a still-life composition, a bowl with fruits on a table with a cubist geometric design. We have a...
Category

1910s Cubist Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pen

Study of Three Coastal Scenes
Located in New York, NY
In this unique work on paper titled “Study of Three Coastal Scenes,” William Trost Richard paints three separate studies of varied coastal scenes featuring boats.
Category

Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Easy, Black Background Calligraphy Painting on Paper, Word Art, Sky Blue, Grey
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Easy" is a hand-painted ink painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. The hand-drawn render is reminiscent and inspired by the ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Paper Paintings

Materials

Ink, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

A Conversation With Myself VII
Located in New York, NY
About the Series: Gilliam began the series Life Lines in 2017 after recently coming into possession of MRI scans of her brain. The scans, which she spent hours pouring over, both fascinated and horrified her. Gilliam always knew the seriousness of the brain injury suffered as a baby; however, it was the first time she confronted the visual evidence of the injury. Around the same time, she experienced a continuous period of profound familial loss. Both these episodes left her thinking about the body in a new light. This led her to study the biology and physiology of our bodies and the seemingly cruel, capricious way the body can behave, vacillating between strength and fragility. Gilliam began to make drawings from the MRIs recording the brain to understand how its structure and pathways form to activate the circumstances of the individual being we become. As the series has developed, the imagery has dissolved into abstraction, capturing something more existential. The repetitive lines revealed rhythms, and the patterns formed conversations. Ultimately, Life Lines has evolved into a visual story about connections, threading together a human body with its physical, metaphysical, and interpersonal environment. About the Artist: Claire Gilliam is an English photographer, printmaker, painter now based from her home and studio in Warwick, NY. In 1997, she graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK with a BA(Hons) in Fine Art and completed the Professional Certificate in Photography at Rockport College, Maine in 2000. She has studied with photographers such as Arno Minkkinen and John Goodman and master gelatin silver printer, Chuck Kelton and master printmaker, Vijay Kumar. She is an assistant for author and fine art photographer Barbara Mensch. Her works have been shown across Europe and the USA and held in several private and public collections, including The ICP Library Print...
Category

2010s Paper Paintings

Materials

Ink, Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

French Contemporary Abstract Art by J.-L. Veret - Après le Passage
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & marouflaged paper mounted on canvas Jean-Luc Veret is a French artist born in 1953 who lives & works between Paris & Corancy, France. He recognizes himself as a protean ar...
Category

2010s Abstract Paper Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Pitizal
Located in Marrakech, MA
Ink on Fine Art paper Artwork done with a compass Black exterior frame Framed dimensions: 113x83 (x5)cm Signed on the back
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Vortex
Located in Marrakech, MA
Ink on Fine Art paper Artwork done with a compass Black exterior frame Framed dimensions: 90x90 (x5)cm Signed on the back
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

The Green Wind Watercolour on Paper Painting by Rosie Phipps, 2022
Located in Deddington, GB
The Green Wind by Rosie Phipps [2022] The Green Wind is an original watercolour and gouache painting by artist Rosie Phipps, sold mounted. Featuring her gestural and expressive use ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Untitled, Pastel on Paper, Black Colour by Modern Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sakti Burman Untitled - 11 x 9 inches ( Unframed Size ) Pastel on Paper , 2012 Born : 1935 Kolkata Education : 1956 Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata and the Ecole N...
Category

2010s Modern Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Bicycle
By Susan Weil
Located in New York, NY
Susan Weil Bicycle, 2000 Acrylic on paper 30 x 22 inches (image) 34 x 27 inches (frame) Signed and dated recto
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Early 2000s Contemporary Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Talking Drummers (Drawing from the back)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Taju Mayakiri is the son of the Well know Nigeria Old Master and Postwar artist - Tijani Mayakiri ( 1937 - 1992), he invented a style of Painting that has the sketch at the back and...
Category

1970s Contemporary Paper Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper, Color Pencil

The Throne of The Incarnation
Located in Singapore, SG
This painting illustrates a form of mythological incarnation. It depicts the ‘Baraha’ incarnation, the third incarnation of Lord Vishnu. According to mythological interpretation, he ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera

Sleeping Man. Contemporary Mixed Media on paper
Located in Brecon, Powys
Angela brings vibrant immediacy to her figurative paintings. She uses a depth of colour and bright outlines of her figures to emphasize shape and contours. In all her works Angela gi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil

James Bonstow, Approaching River Dart IV, Original Landscape Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Approaching River Dart IV by James Bonstow [2021] Original Watercolour And Ink Image size: H:29 cm x W:35 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:29 cm x W:35 cm x D:0.1cm Sold Unframed...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Vintage Abstracted Sea Cave oil and Paper Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful vintage multi-media piece of sea cave by California artist Jim Kirwan (American, 20th Century), circa 1980. Signed lower left " Kirwan". Unframed. ...
Category

1980s Abstract Paper Paintings

Materials

India Ink, Acrylic, Rice Paper

Thoughts - line drawing woman figure with white dandelions
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artworks were done with acrylic, ink and watercolor in white color on black watercolor paper 360g. The works are 12 by 16.5 inches in size, framed (bla...
Category

2010s Minimalist Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

Origen by Mar Enríquez
Located in MADRID, ES
Mi obra Origen, pertenece al proyecto Mundo Fuego, colores que cambian y se transforman hasta desaparecer, que son principio y fin. Obra pintada con acuarela y acrílico sobre papel b...
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2010s Paper Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Bamboo Paper

Kinolution 7
Located in Marrakech, MA
Ink on Fine Art paper Artwork done with a compass Black exterior frame Framed dimensions: 70x70 (x5)cm Signed on the back
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

1980s Large Black and White Abstract Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Artist unknown "Black & White Lounger" c. 1980s Acrylic on Strathmore paper 40.5"x25.75" unframed Unsigned Very Good Condition - Minor wear consistent with age and history 2" tear o...
Category

1980s Abstract Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Kinolution 6
Located in Marrakech, MA
Ink on Fine Art paper Artwork done with a compass Black exterior frame Framed dimensions: 70x70 (x5)cm Signed on the back
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Kinolution 2
Located in Marrakech, MA
Ink on Fine Art paper Artwork done with a compass Black exterior frame Framed dimensions: 70x70 (x5)cm Signed on the back
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Samba Rio" Abstract Expressionist Figural
Located in Soquel, CA
"Samba Rio" Abstract Expressionist Figural A vibrant abstract painting in red, black, white, iridescent teal and shimmering metallic gold, by Cal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

"Gold and Pink in Paris" Abstract Figure Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting Paper
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category

2010s Abstract Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Fevered Dreams Abstract Impressionism
Located in Soquel, CA
Fevered Dreams Abstract Impressionism A vibrant abstract painting on a raven black background accented in bold red and yellow, rich purple, and a contrasting pastel blue, by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Vintage French Gouache - Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
French gouache painting, circa 1930. This abstract piece stands out for its bright hues and sharp, interconnected geometric shapes. Original one-of-a-...
Category

1930s Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Abstract Expressionist Landscape Jay Milder Rhino Horn Painting American Pop Art
Located in Surfside, FL
This came from the collection of the Horace Richter Gallery These were done in the 1990's This does not appear to be hand signed. It is signed and dated verso perhaps by gallerist. Jay Milder (born 1934) is an American artist and a figurative expressionist painter of the second generation New York School. Old Testament themes such as Jacob's Ladder and Noah’s Ark, and the Jewish mystical beliefs of the Kabbalah, are recurring themes in Milder’s paintings which are presented as archetypal images that recur in the basic karma, make-up and need of human nature. Internationally exhibited, Milder is included in the collections of many national and international museums. He has been the subject of two, recent retrospectives in Brazil in 2007 at the National Museum Brasilia and, in 2006, at the Museum of Modern Art, in Rio de Janeiro. He is renowned in Sao Paulo, one of the major international centers for street and public art, as a seminal influence on graffiti artists. Jay Milder was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1934. His grandparents, who came from the Ukraine, were descendants of the Hasidic mystic, Rabbi Nachman. As he listened to family stories his interest in spiritualism and mysticism increased, and became an important influence on his philosophy of life and art. Later, when he arrived in New York, he was drawn to the Theosophical Society and the teaching of Helena Blavatsky. In 1954 Milder visited Europe where he studied painting with André L’Hote, and sculpture with Ossip Zadkine. He spent much time studying at the Louvre Museum, and at the studio of Stanley Hayter. During his Paris years the paintings of the Jewish painter Chaim Soutine, primarily influenced him. Milder returned to the United States in 1956, and he began studying painting at the Chicago Art Institute. He exhibited with the Momentum Group, an alliance of artists who were particularly dedicated to the progression of figurative art and its global origins. In 1957, Milder spent the summer in Mexico for a summer where he exhibited in Puebla. That year he received the Mexican Government’s Honor Award for artists. In the summer of 1958, Milder studied with Hans Hofmann in Provincetown, Massachusetts. He exhibited his work at the Sun Gallery, with his contemporaries, including Mary Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson, Lester Johnson, Emilio Cruz and Alex Katz, among others. During this period his painting began to incorporate iconography of birds, animals, humans and animal/human hybrids. In 1958, Milder, Bob Thompson and Red Grooms, founded the City Gallery in the Chelsea section of New York City. The gallery moved downtown and became the Delancey Street Museum and an early site for ‘Happenings’,which Milder participated in. He showed his first major series called Subway Runners in 1960 at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York City. Milder began a group of smaller paintings, entitled “Messiah Series”, in the late 1960s. These were fully expressionistic earth toned pictures, and he completed around 250 paintings in the series, based on biblical themes from the Old Testament. When 40 of these paintings were shown in a traveling exhibition premiering at the Richard Green Gallery in New York City, in 1987, art critic Donald Kuspit wrote in ArtForum Magazine: “after Nolde’s biblical pictures, these are the best and most integral group of biblical pictures in the 20th century.” During the 1970s, Milder co-founded a collective group called Rhino Horn with Peter Passuntino, Peter Dean, Benny Andrews, Nicholas Sperakis, Michael Fauerbach, Ken Bowman, Leonel Gongora, and Bill Barrell...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Red Portal Abstract Impressionist Composition in Acrylic on Heavy Arches Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Portal Abstract Impressionist Composition in Acrylic on Heavy Arches Cotton Rag Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva...
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1980s Abstract Impressionist Paper Paintings

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Acrylic, Cotton, Rag Paper

The Bawdy Wind that Kisses All it Meets, Modern Art, Warm Landscape Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
The Bawdy Wind that Kisses all it meets is an original watercolour and gouache painting by artist Rosie Phipps, sold mounted. Featuring her gestural and expressive use of mark making...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paper Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

A Small City Park, Abstract Painting Acrylic Watercolor Painting, Green Brown
Located in Denver, CO
"A Small City Park", acrylic and watercolor on paper by Denver artist Edward Marecak (1919-1993) of an abstract park broken into four quadrants, separated by brown and white striped borders with different shaped ponds. Inspired by City Park in Denver, Colorado where the artist frequented. Presented framed with all archival materials, outer dimensions measure 21 ¾ x 18 ¾ inches. Image size measures 12 x 15 inches. Painting is clean and in good condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report. Provenance: Estate of Edward Marecak Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote. About the Artist: Born to immigrant parents from the Carpathian region in Slovakia, Marecak grew up with his family in the farming community of Bennett’s Corners, now part of the town of Brunswick, near Cleveland, Ohio. When he turned twelve, his family moved to a multi-ethnic neighborhood of Poles, Czechs, Slovaks and Slovenians in Cleveland. His childhood household cherished the customs and Slavic folk tales from the Old Country that later strongly influenced his work as a professional artist. During junior high he painted scenery for puppet shows of "Peter and the Wolf," awakening his interest in art. In his senior year in high school he did Cézanne-inspired watercolors of Ohio barns at seventy-five cents apiece for the National Youth Administration. They earned him a full scholarship to the Cleveland Institute of Art (1938-1942) where he studied with Henry George Keller whose work was included in the 1913 New York Armory Show. In 1940 Marecak also taught at the Museum School of the Cleveland Institute. Before being drafted into the military in 1942, he briefly attended the Cranbrook Academy of Art near Detroit, one of the nation’s leading graduate schools of art, architecture, and design. A center of innovative work in architecture, art and design with an educational approach built on a mentorship model, it has been home to some of the world’s most renowned designers and artists, including Eero Saarinen, Charles Eames, Daniel Libeskind and Harry Bertoia. Marecak’s studies at Cranbrook with painter Zoltan Sepeshy and sculptor Carl Milles were interrupted by U.S. army service in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. Following his military discharge, Marecak studied on the G.I. Bill at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center from 1946 to 1950, having previously met its director, Boardman Robinson, conducting a seminar in mural painting at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Although he did not work with Robinson at the Fine Arts Center, who had become quite ill - retiring in 1947 - he studied Robinson’s specialty of mural painting before leaving to briefly attend the Cranbrook Academy in 1947. That same year he returned to the Fine Arts Center, studying painting with Jean Charlot and Mary Chenoweth, and lithography with Lawrence Barrett with whom he produced some 132 images during 1948-49. At the Fine Arts Center he met his future wife, Donna Fortin, whom he married in 1947. Also a Midwesterner, she had taken night art courses at Hull House in Chicago, later studying at the Art Institute of Chicago with the encouragement of artist Edgar Britton. After World War II she studied with him from 1946 to 1949 at the Fine Arts Center. (He had moved to Colorado Springs to treat his tuberculosis.) Ed Marecak also became good friends with Britton, later collaborating with him on the design of large stained glass windows for a local church. In 1950-51 Marecak returned to the Cleveland Institute of Art to complete his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. A year later he was invited to conduct a summer class at the University of Colorado in Boulder, confirming his interest in the teaching profession. In 1955 he received his teaching certificate from the University of Denver. Vance Kirkland, the head of its art department, helped him get a teaching job with the Denver Public Schools so that he and his family could remain in the Mile High City. For the next twenty-five years he taught art at Skinner, Grove, East, George Washington and Morey Junior High Schools. Prior to coming to Colorado, Marecak did watercolors resembling those of Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent and Charles Burchfield. However, once in Colorado Springs he decided to destroy much of his earlier ouevre, embarking on a totally new direction unlike anything he had previously done. Initially, in the 1940s he was influenced by surrealist imagery and Paul Klee, and in the West by Indian petroglyphs and Kachinas. His first one-person show at the Garrett Gallery in Colorado Springs in 1949 featured paintings and lithographs rendered in the style of Magic Realism and referential abstraction. The pieces, including an oil Witch with Pink Dish, foreshadowed the output of his entire Colorado-based career, distinguished by a dramatic use of color, intricacy of execution and attention to detail contributing to their visual impact. He once observed, "Each time I start a new painting I always fool myself by saying this time keep it simple and not get entangled with such complex patterns, color and design; but I always find myself getting more involved with richness, color and subject matter." An idiosyncratic artist proficient in oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache and casein, he did not draw upon Colorado subject matter for his work, unlike many of his fellow painters in the state. Instead he used Midwest landscape imagery, bringing to life in it witches and spirits adapted from the Slovakian folk tales he heard growing up in Ohio. A number of his paintings depict winter witches derived from the Slovak custom in the Tatra Mountains of burning an effigy of the winter witch in the early spring to banish the memory of a hard winter. The folk tale element imparts a dream-like quality to many of his paintings. A devote of Greek mythology, he placed the figures of Circe, Persephone, Sybil, Hera and others in modern settings. The goddess in Persephone Brings a Pumpkin to her Mother, attired as a Midwestern farmer’s daughter, heralds the advent of fall with the pumpkin before departing to spend the winter season in the underworld. Train to Olympus, the meeting place of the gods in ancient Greece, juxtaposes ancient mythology with modernity creating a combination of whimsy and thought-provoking consideration for the viewer. Voyage to Troy #1 alludes to the ancient city that was the site of the Trojan Wars, but has a contemporary, autobiographical component referencing the harbor of the Aleutian Islands recaptured from the Japanese during World War II. In the 1980s Marecak used the goddess Hera in his painting, Hera Contemplates Aspects of the Art Nouveau, to comment on art movements in the latter half of the twentieth century Marecak’s love of classical music and opera, which he shared with his wife and to which he often listened while painting in his Denver basement studio, is reflected in Homage of Offenbach, an abstract work translating the composer’s musical colors into colorful palette. Pace, Pace, Mio Dio, the title of his earliest surrealist painting, is a soprano aria from Verdi’s opera, La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny or Fate, a favorite Marecak subject). His Queen of the Night relates to a character from Mozart’s opera, The Magic Flute. In addition to paintings and works on paper, he produced hooked rugs, textiles and ceramics. He likewise produced designs for ceramics, tableware and furniture created by his wife Donna, an accomplished Colorado ceramist. Both of them generally eschewed exhibitions and galleries, preferring to quietly do their work while remaining outside of the mainstream. He initially exhibited at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in 1948 receiving a purchase award. The following year he had his first one-person show of paintings and lithographs at the Garrett Gallery in Colorado Springs. In the 1950s and early 1960s he participated in group exhibitions at the Print Club (Philadelphia); Amarillo Public Library (Texas); annual Blossom Festival Show (Canon City, Colorado); Adele Simpson’s "Art of Living" in New York; Denver Art Museum; and the Fox Rubenstein-Serkey Gallery (Denver); but he did not have another one-person show until 1966 at the Denver home of his friends, John and Gerda Scott. They arranged for his first one-person show outside of Colorado held two years later at the Martin Lowitz Gallery in Beverly Hills and Palm Springs, California. That same year his work was featured at the Zantman Galleries in Carmel, California. Thereafter he became an infrequent exhibitor after the 1970s so that his work was rarely seen outside his basement studio. In 1980 he, his wife and Mark Zamantakis exhibited at Denver’s Jewish Community Center, and four years later he had a one-person show at the Studio Gallery in Denver. In 1992 he was included in a group show at the Rule Modern and Contemporary Gallery in Denver, and a year later received a large, posthumous retrospective at the Emmanuel...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paper Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

The United Wave
Located in Singapore, SG
This painting was executed after the start of the farmer protest in New Delhi in 2020. In this painting, the colour patches represent the temporary shelters of the protesters. All fa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Paintings

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Leather, Canvas, Paper

The Lady In Red - 5" x 7", Red Dress With Black Lace, Artwork On Paper
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
If red is your color, this is a great way to personalize a space. This artwork on paper blends acrylic paint with a lace textile collage. Focus is placed ...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Paintings

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Fabric, Color Pencil, Pencil, Acrylic, Paper

Cabriolet coachwork design by Alexis Kellner AG for the Cadillac 341-A.
Located in London, GB
Gouache and watercolour heightened with gum-arabic on very dark green card, annotated in pale ink with body type below, numbered ‘77’, in upper left corner, German copyright label on...
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1930s Modern Paper Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

19th C. German painting of figures at a waterfall in the manner of Friedrich
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A very romantic and detailed painting of figures enjoying the views of a waterfall in summertime, Europe Circle of Caspar David Friedrich (Germ...
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19th Century Academic Paper Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Oil

Mid-Century "Crossed Lines" Abstract Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Martin Rosenthal "Crossed Lines" 1965 Encaustic & Oil paint on paper 19.25"x13" unframed Signed and dated in ink lower right Martin Rosenthal 1899-1974 Artist Martin Rosenthal was ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Paper Paintings

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Paper, Encaustic, Oil

The Refuge of Memory 10 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
The Refuge of Memory 10 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical traditions. He looks toward elements of Western and Eastern art...
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2010s Abstract Paper Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Our Day Out, Oil on Canvas, Red, Green colours by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Nayanaa Kanodia Our Day Out Mixed Media on Paper, 14.50 x 11.25 inches, 2019 A brilliant colorist, Nayanaa Kanodia, an economist turned painter, can b...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Untitled "Periode Traces"
Located in East Quogue, NY
Brightly colored abstract painting / Arab calligraphy on paper by Abdallah El Hariri. Signed lower right corner. Offered framed. Abdallah El Hariri i...
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Early 2000s Abstract Paper Paintings

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Paper, Paint

Bird, Mixed Media on Paper, Black Color by Artist Paritosh Sen "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Paritosh Sen - Untitled - 12 x 18 inches (unframed size) Mixed Media on Paper , 2002 An illustrator and a painter, Paritosh Sen is one of the most celebrated painters of the Indian...
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Early 2000s Modern Paper Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

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