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Period: 1980s
Mixed Media Neo Expressionist Collage Assemblage Painting Sculpture Art Brut
Located in Surfside, FL
LOREN MUNK (american b. 1951) MUNKEY BUSINESS Signed and dated 'Munk 84' verso, mixed media construction with paint brushes, mirrored mosaic tile, gold leaf and oil paint 57 x 33 x 23 in. (144.8 x 83.8 x 58.4cm) Provenance: Malcolm Forbes collection The artist Loren Munk (born 1951) is primarily known for his YouTube nickname James Kalm as an uploader of videos about New York exhibitions, amongst others. He presents himself as a maker of contemporary paintings for several decades and of cubist paintings of urban imagery. Munk has received accolades for his drawings and mosaics. He differs from traditional mosaic artists by the manner in which he incorporates glass into his decorative paintings. His unique and innovative use of materials such as mirror, gold-leaf and glass mosaic affirmed him as a founding force of Kitsch Art and a leading member of New York Neo-Expressionism. Munk's work debuted in SoHo in 1981 with a double show at J. Fields Gallery and Gabrielle Bryers. Since then, he has overseen an international career. In addition to exhibiting in Brazil, France, Germany and the United States, Munk has received national and overseas, public and private commissions. He is well represented in important collections throughout Europe, South and North America and the Middle East. Most recently, Munk has been producing a series of paintings which tackle the subject of art itself through a historical and diagrammatic lens. Munk documents the New York art world in YouTube videos, using the name James Kalm. Timeline: 1979 Attended Art Students League, New York 1973-75 Attended University of Maryland at Ramstein, Germany while in US Army 1969-72 Attended Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 1951 Born, Salt Lake City, Utah Select Group Exhibitions 2018 “Under Erasure” curated by Heather and Raphael Rubinstein at Pierogi Gallery New York 2016 "It Was Never Linear: Recent Painting" at the Sheldon Museum of Art Lincoln Neb. with: Robert Bordo, Dawn Clements...
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Neo-Expressionist 1980s Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Visions - Mixed Media - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Visions is an original contemporary artwork realized by a European Artist in the second half of 20th Century. Mixed media on board. Includes frame Hand signed by the artist with t...
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Contemporary 1980s Paintings

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Mixed Media, Board

Untitled Gestural Abstract Composition
Located in Kansas City, MO
Matthias Kohlmann Untitled Gestural Abstract Composition Medium: Gouache Year: 1988 Signed and dated by hand Edition: Unique Size: 13.7 × 9.4 inches COA provided Matthias Kohlmann (...
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Contemporary 1980s Paintings

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Gouache

Port
Located in Riga, LV
Laimonis Bubieris (1934-2012) Port, 1983, cardboard/oil, 40x51 cm
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Impressionist 1980s Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Landscape n°86 by Jean Krillé - Oil on canvas 50x60 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold without frame Jean Krillé is a Swiss artist from Geneva, recognized for his significant contributions to contemporary art. Born in the 20th century, Krillé gaine...
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Neo-Expressionist 1980s Paintings

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Oil

Juggler and Band, Signed Oil Painting by Paul Noiret
Located in Long Island City, NY
Juggler and Band Paul Noiret Date: 1983 Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)
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Contemporary 1980s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still life, Bananas, peaches and grapes oil cm. 60 x 50
Located in Torino, IT
Bananas, peaches and grapes MAYA KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia, 1924 - 2005) Maya kopitzeva’s works have been acquired by the Russian Ministry of Cult...
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Impressionist 1980s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Tramonto all'imbarco " Olio su cartone cm.
Located in Torino, IT
Suggestivo porto al tramonto Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001) Works by Boris Lavrenko can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United Stat...
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Post-Impressionist 1980s Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Rickshaw, Calcutta Original Watercolor by Ursula Gill
Located in Soquel, CA
Rickshaw, Calcutta Original Watercolor by Ursula Gill Soft pastel like Watercolor of Calcutta streets and a rickshaw and driver by Ursula Gill (American, 20th C). Ursula Gill, Mary...
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Abstract Impressionist 1980s Paintings

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Watercolor

Awakening
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present for the first time in more than thirty years, the original painting of American artist Peter Korling. Peter Korling was classically trained at the Chicago In...
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Modern 1980s Paintings

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Oil

Le Plan D'eau de Maintenon, Impressionist Oil Painting by Bernard Taurelle
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bernard Taurelle, French (1931 - ) - Le Plan D'eau de Maintenon, Year: 1985, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower left, Size: 38 x 51 in. (96.52 x 129.54 cm), Frame Size: 45.5 x ...
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Impressionist 1980s Paintings

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Oil

Vintage Italian Full Length Portrait Oil Painting "The English Noblewoman"
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5056 Full length oversized oil painting of a English Noblewoman Set in a rapped canvas no frame required Signed Robert Yarmola
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1980s Paintings

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Oil

Impressionist French Cafe Landscape/Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3707 Oil on canvas applied to board Set in a hand painted vintage wood frame
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1980s Paintings

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Oil

Transection w/ Architectural Forms, Geometrical Figurative Abstract Acrylic
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Transection with Architectural Forms, c. 1980s Acrylic and graphite on board 12 x 20 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstract ...
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American Modern 1980s Paintings

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Acrylic, Graphite

Ray Garvey (1943 - 2001) - 1989 Oil, Woodland Clearing
Located in Corsham, GB
The striking oil study depicts a woodland clearing with sunlight shining through the trees onto the forest floor. The artist uses bold, gestural brushwork to capture their natural su...
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1980s Paintings

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Oil

Christian Gardair Monumental Painting "Oceano Graphie", 1983
Located in Washington, DC
Exceptional and large painting by French artist Christian Gardair (French, b.1938). Painting is acrylic on polyester paper. Signed and titled "Oceano Graphie" dated 1983. Painting me...
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Color-Field 1980s Paintings

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Acrylic, Synthetic Paper

The Lake - Oil Paint attr. to Tom Sander - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
The Lake is an oil painting realized in 1989 and attributed to Tom Sander. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Includes frame: 66 x 5 x 90 cm
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Contemporary 1980s Paintings

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Plywood, Oil

Untitled - Bicyclists
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Felix Angel – Colombian/American (1949- ) Title: Untitled – Ciclistas or Cyclists Year: 1985 Medium: acrylic on canvas Size: 54 x 70 inches Signat...
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Modern 1980s Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

View Into Outer Space 1985
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5074 Colorful view into outer space signed on verso
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1980s Paintings

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Oil

"Woodland and Stream" Theresa Bernstein, Red Green Yellow Abstracted Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Theresa Bernstein Woodland and Stream, circa 1980 Signed Lower Right Oil on canvas 19 x 23 inches Theresa F. Bernstein was born in Philadelphia in 1895 to cultured, middle-class im...
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Expressionist 1980s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Pink Ball & Hook (Photorealist Oil Painting of Industrial Equipment on Blue)
Located in Hudson, NY
Vertical photo-realist painting on canvas of pale pink ball with steel colored hook on a bright sky blue background 72 x 36 x 1.5 inches oil on canvas, thin wood stripping signed "Richards" on bottom right corner in yellow paint wire is installed on the back for easy hanging This precisely detailed photo-realist painting was made by Joseph E. Richards in 1981. The artist painted this piece when he was 60 years old during a successful career painting trains, cargo ships, and industrial machinery. Richards served in the US Navy during WWII and went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia before showing with Ivan Karp of O.K. Harris Gallery in NYC. The artist moved upstate to Hillsdale, NY for the later years of his life. This painting captures one of Richards' most beloved subjects, close up views of industrial equipment against a vivid blue sky. With a photo-realist approach to the subject, Richard was able to capture detailed changes in light and shadow, shape and form. The pale pink colored ball and steel colored hook, down to each screw and bolt, is completed with extreme focus and precision. One could easily confuse this painting with a photograph since it was completed with a very smooth application of paint, with no texture built upon the surface. It is not until you examine the painting up close, do you realize the artist's calculated brushwork. The painting is framed with natural wood stripping. The work is lightweight and easy to hang with wire installed on the back.The artist's signature is located on the front and back of the canvas. About the artist: Joseph Richards’ precisely painted canvases of giant cranes, cargo booms, propellers and train engines are fueled with a fascination like that of a six-year old boy. Working directly from photographs, Richards unites light and color together as one element, evident in the reflective surfaces of steel. The otherwise mundane signs of corrosive wear are magnified; rust stains glow on the canvas and yellow painted pulleys radiate like beacons against a bright, blue sky. Richards finds beauty in their dramatic color, resilient texture, definitive form and functionality. Richards paints sections of these objects in grand scale, with canvases up to 6 feet long and eye-popping color, calling attention to their massive proportions and exceptional strength. Richards had solo exhibits in New York City, Scottsdale AZ, and Washington DC, and his work is found in private and corporate collections here and abroad, e.g., the Tucson Museum of Fine Arts, Mobil Oil, Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia, and E. Jean Belloni in Geneva, Switzerland. Resume: Born in 1921 in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph Richards left for Chicago after high school to pursue a career in art. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1942 – 1945, he went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He eventually settled with his wife, Betty, in New York City. In 1969, longtime dealer Ivan Karp opened The OK Harris Gallery on West Broadway in Manhattan’s SoHo. Karp was at the forefront of the Photorealism movement, showing artists such as Duane Hanson and Manny Farber...
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Photorealist 1980s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rolls Royce, Oil Painting by John McCormick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John McCormick, American Title: Rolls Royce Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 18 in. x 32 in. (45.72 cm x 81.28 cm)
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American Realist 1980s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Le Château de Loches, Indre - Mid Century French Naïf Winter Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A very beautiful 20th century French naïf oil on canvas depicting the Château de Loches in Indre, central France, by André Demonchy. The artist is featured in Anatole Jakovsky's ''...
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1980s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sun City by Italian Walter Valentini Abstract Patinated Cast Bronze Panel 1985
Located in Brescia, IT
This Walter Valentini art work is made in cast lost wax bronze: "sun city" represent the dream of the man, a postive future for all. Signed by the artist.
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Abstract Geometric 1980s Paintings

Materials

Bronze

Large Abstract Expressionist Painting Richard Heinsohn from Allan Stone Gallery
Located in Surfside, FL
Richard Heinsohn (American, -1961) "Life Forms in Transit," Hand signed and dated 1988 verso. Provenance: Allan Stone Gallery, New York. Education...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Vintage American Young Girl Figurative Painting"Reflections Of an Older Me"1985
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5027 Impressionist painting Gilt Frame Signed D.Miller Image size 12x8.5"
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1980s Paintings

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Oil

French Street Scene
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Maurice Pozzetto (1911-?) 20th Century French Primitive artist best known for paintings Original signed oil painting on board Signed lower right--see photos Board:17.75"x 13.75...
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Folk Art 1980s Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Dining Room Interior Scene in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Dining Room Interior Scene in Oil on Masonite Inviting and warm interior dining room scene by S. Spencer (American, 20th Century). Lovingly painted scene of a dining table with orna...
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American Realist 1980s Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

The Rural Landscape, British Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Rural Landscape By British painter JB.Holmes, 20th Century Oil Painting on board, unframed. Board size: 18 x 11 inch Soft colours portray an idyllic country road. Painted straig...
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Impressionist 1980s Paintings

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Oil

New York Sunset with Blue Gray Cloud.
Located in New York, NY
"New York Sunset with Blue Gray Cloud" is a mixed media painting on paper (oil and waterbased paint) by artist Emilio Sanchez. It is painted to the paper edge. Emilio Sanchez return...
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Modern 1980s Paintings

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Oil, Watercolor

Snake, Large-Scale Visionary Abstract with Mystical Creatures by Barbara Carlson
By Barbara Carlson
Located in Soquel, CA
Snake, Large-Scale Visionary Abstract with Mystical Creatures by Barbara B. Carlson Large scale abstract with Central America mythological motifs by Barbara B. Carlson an Orinda, Ca...
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Neo-Expressionist 1980s Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Laid Paper

Sizzle Yellow - bright, colorful, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The power of pure colour and minimal form on raw canvas is masterfully displayed in this abstract painting by Canada’s Milly Ristvedt. A light canary yellow-soaked ground, swipes and...
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Contemporary 1980s Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Composition with a jar, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Composition with a jar, oil painting by Pierre Coquet Reference number F488 Framed with a natural oak floated frame 48 x 70 x 2 cm (53 x 75 x 3,5 cm frame included) This work is painted with oil on a paper that is laid on a canvas and placed in a made to measure wood strectcher. Stamp of the signature in the bottom right and stamp of workshop on the back. In this composition, the brushstrokes are thicker and the touches of white revive the overall effect, which has been treated in rough, earthy tones. An orange background can be seen underneath, lighting up the materials in places. The play of light completes the rendering of the modeling. In this painting, there's all the humility of a painter who wants to give life to these objects while remaining simple. Still lives are one of Pierre favourite subjects. Always in a very quiet atmosphere, with simple objects or alive nature. Provenance : Workshop of the artist (stamped and numbered on the back) Pierre Coquet (1926-2021) is a French painter who was born in Limas near Lyon, France. He entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon in 1942 and followed the teaching of Antoine Chartres, Henri Vielly and René Chancrin...
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French School 1980s Paintings

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Oil

Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 Untitled, c. 1980 acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas 12 x 10 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of th...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic

Still life with red peppers, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Pierre Coquet - Still life with red peppers Reference number F286 Framed with a natural oak wood floated frame. 51 x 60 cm frame included (46 x 55 cm wit...
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French School 1980s Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Montserrat Barcelona Spain oil on canvas painting spanish landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil size 27x35 cm. Frameless.
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Post-Impressionist 1980s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Flowers and fruits
Located in Zofingen, AG
In the foreground is a rectangular plane of the table, objects are located on it. On the table are vases with large garden flowers, in the middle, in front of the vases, a plate with apples and a knife. On the yellow wall in the frame at the top center is an illustration of the painting by E. Degas...
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Impressionist 1980s Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Cardboard

Lakeside Cabin - Pastel and Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Lakeside Cabin - Pastel and Watercolor on Paper Watercolor and pastel painting depicting two wood cabins along the lakeside. Vibrant green trees surround t...
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American Impressionist 1980s Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Watercolor

LARRY RIVERS (hand signed and inscribed first edition book)
Located in New York, NY
Larry Rivers LARRY RIVERS (hand signed and inscribed first edition book), 1989 Hardback monograph with a dust jacket (hand signed and inscribed "Enjoy the Matisse" Signed, dated and inscribed by Larry Rivers in red marker on the title page 11 3/5 × 9 4/5 inches Lavishly illustrated hardback monograph with dust jacket on the occasion of the artist's career retrospective. Text is by the distinguished art historian and Princeton professor Sam Hunter. Hand signed, dated and dedicated in red marker on the title page. Inscription reads: To Joanne and Ira Enjoy the Matisse Larry Rivers, April 2, 1992 About the book: Hunter, Sam. LARRY RIVERS. 358 pp. with 400 illustrations, including 155 plates in color. Folio, cloth. New York, Rizzoli, 1989. New York: Rizzoli, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 358 pages. Retrospective monograph on Larry Rivers. Features text by Sam Hunter. Includes 400 illustrations of which 155 are in color. Publisher's Blurb: Rivers' public persona as an artist combines that of bohemian outsider, sensualist and entertainer. His best-known images of the 1960s--Dutch Masters cigars, French money, cigarette packs--became Pop icons. Eschewing abstraction, he came up with startling, disquieting figures, such as his obese, sagging mother-in-law depicted in the nude with brutal honesty ( Double Portrait of Berdie ). Yet there is more to Rivers than the hipster, as this lavishly illustrated monograph by a former Princeton art historian shows. Hunter makes a case for Rivers as a social realist: witness his powerful construction piece Ghetto Stoop or recent works that include searching portraits of Primo Levi...
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Pop Art 1980s Paintings

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Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

1980’s French Surrealist Oil Painting Abstract Figurative Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1989, French Surrealist artist Abstract Surrealist Figurative study oil on canvas, unframed inscribed verso dated 1989 painting: 32 x 25.5 inches private collection, F...
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Surrealist 1980s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

View of the vineyards of the village - n°81 by Jean Krillé - Oil on wood 100x100
Located in Geneva, CH
Of Germanic descent, the painter Jean Krillé was born in 1923 in Switzerland. His father, writer and poet, oriented him towards art and culture. From the age of 16, he enrolled at th...
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Neo-Expressionist 1980s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vanitas Still Life, Photorealist Oil Painting by Pamela Schermer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Pamela Schermer, American XXth Title: Vanitas Still Life Year: 1986 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 36 x 48 inches/ 91 x 122 cm
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American Realist 1980s Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Sunny Afternoon, Summer Cottages', Louvre, École des Beaux-Arts, Michigan State
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'K. Christensen' for Ken Christensen (American, born 1951) and dated, verso, 1989; additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Summer Cottages in Bold Colors'. Ken Christensen is a classically trained, on-site landscape painter with influences deriving from the Fauves and the French Impressionists. He seeks to combine the vision, color and verve of such masters as Vlaminck, Marquet and Derain with the cooler American perspective of Hopper and Benton. Born in Cincinnati and raised in Flint...
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Contemporary 1980s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Comeals in Istanbul, oil on paper by Françoise Juvin
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Françoise Juvin - Comeals in Istanbul, Turkey Reference number FJ148 Framed with a nice gold and silver wood frame with an aging effect. 30,5 x 36,5 c...
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French School 1980s Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Down in the Valley" - Vintage Abstract Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic and vibrant mixed media abstract by California artist Doris Sherwyn (American, 1927-2015). Signed lower right "Doris Sherwyn" Artist's card affixed to verso. Unframed. Can...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Stretcher Bars

"Rock Forms in Open Field" Ancient Rock Formations by Charles Brindley
By Charles Brindley
Located in Soquel, CA
"Rock Forms in Open Field" Ancient Rock Formations by Charles Brindley Large scale and substantial landscape titled, "Rock Forms in Open Field" by Charles Brindley (American, b. 195...
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American Impressionist 1980s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Waiting Game
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dickens Chang Born 1948 He designed posters for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Chang was born in Honan, his name was Zhang Jianguo before he came to the United States. The fol...
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Modern 1980s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Surrealist Hound
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Amazing surrealist painting by Italian artist Nuccio Fontanella (1936-2005). Ink and watercolor on cold pressed illustration board. Image measures 13 x 18 inches; 20 x 25 inches framed...
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Surrealist 1980s Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board

Alexander III Bridge, Paris by Pierre Desaules - Watercolor on paper 30x45 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Modern 1980s Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Monterey Bay Impressionist Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous impressionistic landscape of Monterey Bay in green hues by Arizona artist Lenore Aubrey-Grebles (American, 1917-2008), circa 1980. Palette knife ...
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American Impressionist 1980s Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Figures in a landscape
Located in Norwich, GB
A rare, very poetic figurative work by Eric Scholz, dating from the 1980s. Scholz was a Hungarian artist who trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. He was awarded the pre...
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Expressionist 1980s Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Masonite

Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula "Two Women Travelling At Puja" 182x182cm - 1985
Located in PARIS, FR
Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula (c.1942-2001) Titled: « Two Women Travelling At Puja » Size: 182×182 cm year 1986 Acrylic Polymer on canvas cat. no. TT860765 Provenance: Papunya Tula Art...
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Contemporary 1980s Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer

APARTMENT FOR SALE: 15-E, Abstract Mixed Media 3-D Collage, Real Estate Listing
Located in Union City, NJ
APARTMENT FOR SALE: 15-E, created in 1982, is an original mixed media painted collage on paper by the Israeli-American artist Zigi Ben-Haim. APARTMENT FOR SALE: 15-E is an imaginativ...
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Contemporary 1980s Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Abstract Composition, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Pierre Coquet – Abstract Composition Reference number A259 Framed with a natural oak floated frame painted in black 70 x 55 cm frame included (65 x 50 cm without frame) This work is painted with oil on a paper that is laid on a board and placed in a made to measure wood strectcher. Stamp of the signature in the bottom right Pierre was very sensitive to abstract paintings. He did a lot of abstract works melting colors and shapes in different atmosphere and style. Nevertheless he could come back to figuration and again to abstraction with no precise period of time. Abstract paintings by Pierre Coquet represent a large part of his production. The constant search for balance between shapes and colors as well as his passion for Nicolas de Staël, André Lanskoy, Alfred Mannessier… takes him on different paths from what we know of him. His way of painting is strong and thoughtful, the lines stretch out and the harmonious touches, applied with sobriety, reveal a great sense of color. Provenance : Workshop of the artist (stamped and numbered on the back) Pierre Coquet (1926-2021) is a French painter who was born in Limas near Lyon, France. He entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon in 1942 and followed the teaching of Antoine Chartres, Henri Vielly and René Chancrin. He won a prize in 1945 and joined a movement that wanted to be outside of any school whose name ends with “ism”, (like impressionism, cubism…) between figuration and the renaissance of Abstract Art, bringing together young generations under thirty and eager not to submit to any technique. The “Sanzism” (literally without « ism ») will bring together, among others, painters: James Bansac, Roger Bravard, André Chaix, Jean Mélinand, Paul Clair, André Cottavoz, Pierre Doye, Jean Fusaro, Jacques Truphémus, André Lauran...
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French School 1980s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cityscape Kinetic Optical Op Art Painting on Plexiglass by L.L. Long
Located in Atlanta, GA
American artist L. L. Long created this striking composition in 1980. The artwork features a kinetic optical Op Art geometric cityscape design using reverse spray paint on a Lucite o...
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Op Art 1980s Paintings

Materials

Lucite, Plexiglass, Spray Paint

late 20th century still life oil painting with flowers and fruit on a blue table
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Rich, colorful, expressionist still life by American artist Warren Brandt featuring a decorative vase with white flowers, an assortment of fruit, and a small wooden sculpture...
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Contemporary 1980s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Harbor", Large Diptych Painting by Piry Rame
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Piry Rame, Czech/American (1921 - 2001) Title: Harbor Year: 1987 Medium: Oil on Two Joined Canvases, signed l.r. Size: 48 in. x 60 in. (121.92 cm x 152.4 cm) Piry Rame was b...
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Modern 1980s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cabeza, Oil Painting by Rodolfo Opazo Bernales
By Rodolfo Opazo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rodolfo Opazo, Chilean (1935 - ) Title: Cabeza Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. and verso Size: 39 x 32 inches
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Surrealist 1980s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Conceptual Pop Art Color Oil Monotype Painting Abstract Figure Robin Winters
Located in Surfside, FL
Robin Winters (American, born 1950), Untitled (Red Face) from "Cherry Block Series" 1986, monotype, pencil signed and dated lower right, plate: 6"h x 8.5"w, overall (with frame): 22.25"h x 18.25"w. Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, San Francisco. Winters was invited to make monotypes at Experimental Workshop in San Francisco, (they printed Richard Bosman, Sam Francis, Claire Falkenstein, Deborah Oropallo and Kenneth Noland and many more greats). Winters chose to paint on wood blocks rather than the more usual metal plates in order to capture the organic quality of the natural material. He exploited a salient characteristic of the monoprint in Ghost Story by adding new painted elements onto the increasingly faint ghost images that result from successive impressions from a single block. In so doing he achieved the effect of transparent layers of color and shadow imagery. Winters's brightly-colored monotypes portray an array of figures and landscapes (and an occasional still-life) that, although can be seen in the context of a general trend away from abstraction that has marked the 1980s, defy strict stylistic categorization. They are neither realistic nor abstract, psychological self-examinations nor narrative fictions, but they contain elements of all of these approaches. Like Jonathan Borofsky, Winters derives much of his subject matter from dreams, believing that through his private fears and obsessions he can touch similar emotions in others. Although at first glance Winters's images look as if they could have been made by a child, closer attention reveals sly art historical references to Jackson Pollock and Pattern Painting (the drip and splatter backgrounds), Mark Rothko (the three-part horizontal compositions) and Minimalism (the gridded Cherry Block Series: Bread Beat). Robin Winters (born 1950 in Benicia, California) is an American conceptual, multi-disciplinary, artist and teacher based in New York. Winters is known for creating solo exhibitions containing an interactive durational performance component to his installations, sometimes lasting up to two months. Winters first emerged in the burgeoning Soho NYC art scene of the 1970s. An early practitioner of the Relational Aesthetics (social interaction as an art medium) Winters also created in works through sculpture, installation, performance, painting, drawing and prints. His art maintains a whimsical spirit, and he often returns to ongoing themes involving faces, boats, cars, bottles, hats and jesters or fools. Winters has incorporated such devices as blind dates, double dates, dinners, fortune telling, and free consultation in his performances. Throughout his career he has engaged in a wide variety of media, such as performance art, film, video, writing prose and poetry, photography, installation art, printmaking, drawing, painting, ceramic sculpture, bronze sculpture, and glassblowing. Winters was born in Benicia, California in 1950 to lawyer parents. As a child his hobby was collecting glass bottles found on the beach and under old buildings, which would later influence him as an artist. In 1968, Winters had his first durational performance, entitled Norman Thomas Travelling Museum. The artist drove a Volkswagen bus decorated in collage, many of the images relating to current events and politics. Inside was what the artist described as a “reliquary” containing many objects, including a bottle collection. Winters took the van to shopping centers and even as far as Mexico. That same year, Winters opted not to register for the military draft. Although he was deemed fit to serve, Winters refused. In 1975 the resulting legal proceedings finally came to a close after it was proven that the artist had been harassed by the local draft board. In his teens and early twenties, Winters became acquainted with several local artists who helped shape his aesthetic, most notably Manuel Neri and Robert Arneson. By the early 1970s, Winters was studying at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) and had relocated to San Francisco. At this time Winters became friends with the Bay Area conceptual artists Terry Fox and Howard Fried, and participated in several of Fried's performance works. In 1972 Winters was accepted into the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York City. After coming to New York City, Winters helped support himself by working for various artists, among them the performance artist Joan Jonas and sculptor Donald Judd. In 1974, Winters performed The Secret Life of Bob-E or Bob-E Behind the Veil eight hours a day, five days a week for a month in his studio apartment. Behind a one-way mirror the audience could watch Winters play the character of Bob-E, whose goal was to make a monument for everyone in the world in the form of blue and yellow rubber top hats. By the end of the month the artist had constructed 262 hats. The following year, Winters was invited to take part in the Whitney Museum's 1975 Biennial Exhibition. Entitled W.B. Bearman Bags a Job or Diary of a Dreamer. Winters was traveling in 1975 and 1976, spending time in North Africa and in Europe. At a time when most young American artists were unaware of their European counterparts, Winters met and was influenced by such artists as Sigmar Polke and Marcel Broodthaers (with whom Winters worked on an installation) and also had a one-person exhibition, at the Konrad Fischer Gallery in Dusseldorf. Returning to New York in 1976, Winters teamed up with a group of artists to form Collaborative Projects (Colab), a rather anarchistic organization dedicated to artistic collaboration and the creation of art that questioned social values.. Also in 1976, Winters formed the partnership “X&Y” with fellow artist Coleen Fitzgibbon that would last two years. Together they performed a series of shows in the Netherlands, most notably a show entitled Take the Money and Run. Performed at De Appel in Amsterdam, the show involved the artists robbing their audience. The following day the audience was given an apology, as well as the opportunity to retrieve any valuables and participate in a lottery to win the artists’ services. They also made a Super 8 film in NY called Rich-Poor, in which they asked people on the streets their thoughts on the rich and poor. In 1980 Winters participated in The Real Estate Show and in Absurdities at ABC No Rio. That same year he and artists Peter Fend, Coleen Fitzgibbon, Peter Nadin, Jenny Holzer, and Richard Prince also formed The Offices of Fend, Fitzgibbon, Holzer, Nadin, Prince & Winters. This short-lived collective was based out of an office on lower Broadway and offered “Practical Esthetic Services Adaptable to Client Situation”, as stated on their business card. Their goal was to offer their art as “socially helpful work for hire”. In June of that year Winters participated in The Times Square Show, Colab's most well-known exhibition. The month-long show took place in a four floor building on West 41st Street and was densely packed with art. To cap off a busy year, Winters also became one of the first artists to join the Mary Boone Gallery, showing a successful solo exhibition in 1981. His work was shown in the New York/New Wave show in 1981 at MoMA PS1 along with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roberta Bayley, William S. Burroughs, David Byrne, Sarah Charlesworth, Larry Clark, Crash (John Matos), Ronnie Cutrone, Brian Eno, Peter Fend, Nan Goldin, Keith Haring, Ray Johnson, Joseph Kosuth, Marcus Leatherdale, Christopher Makos, Robert Mapplethorpe, Elaine Mayes, Frank Moore, Kenny Scharf and others. In 1982, Winters had his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles at the Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery. At the Mo David Gallery in 1984, Winters created an installation piece that consisted of a floor of plaster tiles. Underneath each tile, hidden from view, was a drawing. He designed the stage sets for the musician Nico, and assisted French artist Orlan, American artist Stuart Sherman, and American poet Gregory Corso. Two years later Winters was invited to take part in Chambres d’Amis (In Ghent there is Always a Free Room for Albrecht Durer) in Ghent, Belgium. In it, 51 artists created installations in 50 different sites, mostly private homes. Winters chose the home of a local art historian. The artist made 90 drawings based on images found in the large collection of art books in the home's library. He made two copies of each drawing and placed the originals in the books themselves. One set of copies was exhibited in the sponsoring museum, Museum van Hedendaagse, as "The Ghent Drawings". The drawings were also on display at Winters’ solo exhibition at Luhring Augustine & Hodes Gallery in New York City in 1987. In 1986, Winters had a solo exhibition at Maurice Keitelman Gallery in Brussels, Belgium, and the following year a solo exhibition at the Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain Midi-Pyrénées in Toulouse, France. Also in 1986, Winters' Playroom was held at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston, Massachusetts. The exhibition was part of Think Tank, a retrospective of Winters' work which traveled to the Stedelijk Museum in the Netherlands, the Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain in France, and the Contemporary Arts Center in Ohio. Winters spent a month in 1989 working with students at the San Francisco Art Institute. Never having worked with ceramics, he spent the month making numerous ceramic pieces, which were then shown in the aptly named One Month in San Francisco. Other components of the piece included Winters’ childhood bottle collection and a video showing each piece in the show filmed briefly next to a ruler.[ Also that year, Robin served as a visiting artist at the Pilchuck Glass School, where he met artist John Drury, who was then working as the school's artist liaison. In the summer of 1990, Winters interviewed fellow artist Kiki Smith for her eponymous book, which was published later that year. That same year (1990), Winters was invited by the Val Saint Lambert glass factory in Belgium to create glassworks in their facility. Winters, artists John Drury and Tracy Glover...
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Pop Art 1980s Paintings

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Monoprint, Monotype

Cayembe (Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting of Volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes)
Located in Hudson, NY
36 x 72 inches with thin wood frame $8,500 Modern, horizontal landscape oil painting of a large volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes. The oil painting is very colorful with highly sat...
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Modern 1980s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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