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Style: Abstract
Medium: Tar
Two Dogs Pass, Large Four Part Abstract Painting by Donald Sultan 1988
Located in Long Island City, NY
A monumental unique painting in four 48 x 48 inch panels by Donald Sultan. Artist: Donald Sultan, American (1951 - ) Title: Two Dog Pass Year: January 12th, 1988 Medium: Tar and L...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Tar Paintings

Materials

Latex, Wood, Tar

Prediction (Contemporary Multimedia Abstract Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Painted on deep-profile gallery-wrapped canvas, comes ready to hang. Artist's Statement: "A new take on an earlier series of paintings I did called "Aggregate," this time with fewe...
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2010s Abstract Tar Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper, Tar, House Paint, Oil, Acrylic

Rosetta #17
Located in New Orleans, LA
(Comes framed and ready to hang in a high-profile maple frame.) Artist’s Statement: “I have been working on more formal and restrained paintings lately, and decided to loosen up by ...
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2010s Abstract Tar Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Pastel, Tar, House Paint, Acrylic

“SM070897” by Shitomi Murakami
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Shitomi Murakami Shitomi Murakami was born in 1941 in Osaka, Japan 1964 Graduated from Musashino School of Fine Arts, Tokyo. 1964-70 Laboratory of Sc...
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1990s Abstract Tar Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Tar, Acrylic

"Buddha with Wings" contemporary abstract painting, oil and tar on linen, framed
Located in Nyack, NY
"Buddha with Wings", contemporary abstract painting by artist Martha Lloyd. Framed dimensions: H: 45.5 x W: 41.5 x D: 2 in. Canvas is framed in a wood floating frame, painted blac...
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1990s Abstract Tar Paintings

Materials

Linen, Tar, Oil

"The Announcement" - Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
Part of the current series of paintings using tar and house paint in addition to more conventional artists' media such as oil and acrylic. Artist's Statement: "I have been making t...
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2010s Abstract Tar Paintings

Materials

Tar, Oil, Acrylic

The Philosopher Classifies Candy Corn (Large)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Comes framed and ready to hang. Artist’s Statement: “I did some paintings years ago incorporating simple, meditative iconic forms, and they had a quiet, brooding formality about the...
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2010s Abstract Tar Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, House Paint, Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Tar, Handmade Paper

Lexicon (Large)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist's Statement: "This painting harkens back to a series called "Gridish" that I created over the past couple of years, comprising similar rectangular shapes with complex surfaces incorporating tar, house paint, enamel safety paint and other materials. Here, though, the forms are isolated in negative space rather than stacked in a grid, which gives them a more iconic quality." “Lyman’s work evolves restlessly, with the common elements generally being deft and unusual color choices that balance assonance and dissonance, and vestiges of the hand and facture purposely left in the paintings. The negative space is often so meticulously worked that it’s almost as if the objects – usually simple shapes – are there as much to complement the background as vice versa. Despite the often bold colors there is an elegance about his paintings that prevents them from being either loud or decorative. " Artbeit Zeitschrift “His paintings are a refreshing departure from the current abstract art world’s seemingly endless parade of fields of color with scribbles providing form, a style that is easily mimicked and has become a sort of “safe,” accessible go-to. There are confident decisions in these paintings appearing as commitments of strongly delineated forms and unexpected collisions of color that give the work a visceral, confident and playful soul, increasingly missing from contemporary expressionist abstraction. They are the paintings of a real painter rather than a decorative artist.” ArtSeen, 2018 (from a collector): "Love your work. We collect colorists like Wolf Kahn and Jennifer Bartlett, whom I commissioned a piece from that is in the entrance of Mayo Clinic. We are old fans...
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2010s Abstract Tar Paintings

Materials

Enamel

"Rhythm a Ning (Thelonius)" - Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
Part of the current series of paintings using tar and house paint in addition to more conventional artists' media such as oil and acrylic. Artist's Statement: "I have been making t...
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2010s Abstract Tar Paintings

Materials

Tar, Oil, Acrylic

"Ur" - Framed Contemporary Multimedia Abstract Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist's Statement: "This is part of a series of work I created using a complex mix of media to evoke age and tropes and paradigms of human culture. Our obsession with the new somet...
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2010s Abstract Tar Paintings

Materials

Lacquer, Paper, Charcoal, Tar, House Paint, Acrylic

"Pilgrimage" - Contemporary Multimedia Abstract Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A large and imposing painting from the recent series combining tar with oil and acrylic, a painting using a limited palette to powerful effect. There are echoes of Robert Motherwell ...
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2010s Abstract Tar Paintings

Materials

Tar, Oil, Acrylic

"Visitation" - Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
Part of the current series of paintings using tar and housepaint in addition to more conventional artists' media such as oil and acrylic. Free shipping on this piece: Artist's State...
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2010s Abstract Tar Paintings

Materials

Tar, Oil, Acrylic

"Choir" - Contemporary Abstract Multimedia Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
From the recent series combining tar with oil and acrylic, a painting using a limited palette to powerful effect. Artist's statement: "After a period of making big, colorful acrylic...
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2010s Abstract Tar Paintings

Materials

Tar, Oil, Acrylic

The Forgotten America
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
The Forgotten America. Mixed Media oil paint, tar, gravel. metal, resin on wood panel artist unique style and technic, the frame is part of the artwork. Randi Grantham...
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2010s Abstract Tar Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Tar, Oil

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"St. James Infirmary Blues" - Large Contemporary Painting
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Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Oil, Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Watercolor, Tar

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Tar Wax Study
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Tar Wax Study
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H 25.5 in W 22 in D 1 in
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Tar paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Tar paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include G. Campbell Lyman, Leslie Zelamsky, Giancarlo Impiglia, and Donald Sultan. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Abstract, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Tar paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available

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