1980s Paintings

Vertigo is a colorful artwork realized by the Italian artist Franco Giuli during the 1989-1990. Acrylic on canvas. Artwork exhibited on the occasion of ...

Aaron Bohrod Old McDonald's Farm, 1989 Signed lower right Oil on gesso board 14 x 18 inches Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized as ...

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

The big city is a watercolor painting on Fabriano paper by Italian-born multidisciplinary artist Lucio Pozzi. It is currently housed at Hal Bromm Gallery.

Myriam Bat-Yosef Surrealist abstract oil painting in colorful abstract patterned rectangles and shades Hand signed and dated 1984. Miniature design letter also signed. Myriam Bat-Yosef, whose real name is Marion Hellerman, born on January 31, 1931 in Berlin, Germany to a Jewish family from Lithuania, she is an Israeli-Icelandic artist who paints on papers, paintings, fabrics, objects and human beings for performances. Myriam Bat-Yosef currently lives and works in Paris. In 1933, her family fleeing the Nazi Holocaust, Miriam Bat-Yosef emigrates to Palestine and settles in Jaffa. In 1936, she suffers a family tragedy, her father, militant Zionist, is called to fight, still recovering from an operation of appendicitis. The incision will become infected, antibiotics did not exist yet, and her father will die in the hospital after 9 months of suffering. Myriam and her mother leave Palestine to live in Paris for three years. French is Myriam's first school language. In 1939, still fleeing Nazism, she returned to Palestine, leaving France by the last boat from Marseille. She moved to Tel Aviv with her mother, aunt and maternal grandmother. In 1940, she began attending the Academy of Fine Arts in Tel Aviv and took her name as an artist, Bat-Yosef, which means Joseph's daughter in Hebrew, as a tribute to her father. In 1946, Myriam graduated as a kindergarten teacher but wanted to be an artist. Her mother enrolled her in an evening school to prepare a diploma of art teacher. At 19, she performs two years of military service in Israel. In 1952, with a pension of $50 a month that her mother allocated, she went to study at the Beaux-Arts in Paris. To survive, she has several activities while studying. In 1955, she had her first solo exhibition, at the Israeli Club on Wagram Avenue in Paris. Many artists, such as Yaacov Agam, Yehuda Neiman Avigdor Arikha, Raffi Kaiser, Dani Karavan and sculptors Achiam and Shlomo Selinger attended the opening . In 1956, she enrolled at the School of Fine Arts in Florence. This is where she meets the painter Errô. They share an icy studio in winter. Myriam moves to Milan with friends. She organizes a joint exhibition with Erro, one room each, at the Montenapoleone gallery. Her works are admired by the sculptor Marino Marini and the painters Renato Birolli and Enrico Prampolini. Myriam and Erro exhibit in Rome, Milan, Florence and meet many personalities: Alain Jouffroy and his wife, the painter Manina, Roberto Matta and his wife Malitte, textile artist who was one of the founders of the Pompidou Center. Back in Paris, Myriam and Erro get married, which allows Myriam to avoid being called into the Israeli army during the Suez Canal War. In 1957, Myriam and her husband went to Iceland. Myriam works in a chocolate factory. Having enough money, she starts producing art again. She exhibited in Reykjavik's first art gallery. She meets the artist Sigridur Bjornsdottir, married to the Swiss painter Dieter Roth . In 1958, Myriam and her husband leave for Israel. They exhibit in Germany, then in Israel. Back in Paris, the couple became friends with artists of the surrealist movement, such as Victor Brauner, Hans Bellmer, the sculptor Philippe Hiquily, Liliane Lijn, future wife of Takis and photographer Nathalie Waag. Erro and Myriam have a daughter on March 15, 1960, named Tura, after the painter Cosmè Tura, but also close to the Icelandic Thora or the Hebrew Torah. Bat-Yosef’s complex trajectory throughout the 20th century is linked as much to the transnational history of what was for a time called the School of Paris as it is to a certain legacy of Surrealism. Her work features the same idea of resolving antinomies that also defined the spirit of surrealism, and is enhanced with her readings of the Kabbalah and her spiritual grounding in Taoism. However, while there are reasons for her approach to be associated with the process of the ready-made, it is important to consider the immediate intrication of these works with her practice of performance, during which the body itself is also painted – a feminist response to Yves Klein’s Anthropometries (1960) and an echo of the happenings which Jean-Jacques Lebel organised at the time in Paris. In 1963, Erró told Myriam that if she wants to be a painter, she can not be his wife. Myriam chose to be a painter and the couple divorced in 1964. Since that time, Myriam Bat-Yosef has exhibited in many countries: Europe, United States, Japan, etc. Although long in the shadows, the work of Myriam Bat-Yosef has been greeted by many artists and personalities: Anaïs Nin, Nancy Huston, André Pieyre of Mandiargues, José Pierre, René de Solier , Jacques Lacarrière, Alain Bosquet, Pierre Restany, Sarane Alexandrian and Surrealist André Breton who, after a visit to her studio, confided to having been intrigued by its phantasmagorical dimension. She was included in the book Pop Art and Beyond: Gender, Race, and Class in the Global Sixties by Mona Hadler and Kalliopi Minioudaki. Extract "World Citizen, Artist of the Pop Era Sarah Wilson; Why do we know so little of Myriam Bat-Yosef, the most important female Israeli artist of the Pop era? Issues of identity and sexuality feature constantly in her work. She exhibited internationally from Reykjavik to Tokyo; she had two shows at Arturo Schwarz’s famous Dada/surrealist gallery in Milan; she participated in feminist art events in Los Angeles. Above all, in 1971, she conceived Total Art, a Pop Gesamtkunstwerk inside and outside the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Painter, performer, and installation artist, she was also a lover, wife, and mother. Of Lithuanian-Jewish descent, she was close to the family of philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. An émigré in Paris she would repudiate a national passport, participating in Garry Davis’s short-lived “World Citizens” movement. She continues the lineage of women surrealist artists: Valentine Hugo, Leonor Fini, Dorothea Tanning, Leonora Carrington, Unica Zürn, Jane Graverol...

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

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Rainbow Mandala, 1983 Acrylic on scintilla Signed and dated lower right 30 x 22 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of na...

Artist: Ed Ahlstrom, American (1944 - ) Title: Bananas Year: 1983 Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed Size: 20 in. x 24 in. (50.8 cm x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 29.5 x 33 inches

Titled: SIlver Bullet, Hand signed, dated and titled. Sheet measures 22 X 30 From her Pompidou Series (1979-1981) built around the X in the raw, exposed architecture of the Centre Georges Pompidou in the center of Paris designed by Richard Rodgers and Renzo Piano. Sheila Elias (born in Chicago, Illinois) is an American artist. Her work is Neo Expressionist, Feminist Pop Art. Her works have been featured in exhibitions across North America and at the Liberty show at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Elias graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago, lives and works in Miami, Florida and in New York City. As an artist and art historian, Elias works with the layers of life and art history, seeking in it a connection between art aesthetics and social consciousness. She has exhibited with diverse artists, Larry Rivers, Bob Stanley, Ford Crull, Sol LeWitt, Mark Tobey, Walter Darby Bannard, Clyde Butcher. Her work spans the disciplines of painting, digital mixed media, sculpture, installation and performance. Her inspiration to be an artist began with the work that Matisse created (La Cirque) in the library of the Art Institute of Chicago. Paul Wieghardt (from the Bauhaus School in Germany), was her art teacher at SAIC. She was influenced by the Marisol, Claes Oldenburg and Jean Dubuffet. Her sculptures also reveal the influence of Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg. Select Exhibitions: Museo Vault in Wynwood Art District, Miami Coral Springs Museum of Art, Sheila Elias: Somewhere-Anywhere, Coral Springs, Fla. Lila G. Martinez Gallery, Cambridge, Mass. “Painted Pixels” Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, FL (Solo Exhibition) “Salon Series” The Sagamore Hotel, Miami Beach, FL (Group Exhibition) “The Invisible Woman” Concrete Space, Doral, FL (Group Exhibition) “eye-Pad” Silvana Facchini Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, FL “Jewels” Buccellati, Bal Harbour, FL “Chai Contemporary” Jewish Museum, Miami Beach, FL “Tribute to Africa” Silvana Facchini Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, FL The Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood, Miami, FL Apple Store “iPaint on my iPad,” Chicago, IL The Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, Mass. The Napoleon Grand Salon at The Deauville Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla. Bass Museum, "I Wanna Be Loved by You: Photographs of Marilyn Monroe," Miami Beach, Fla. Boca Raton Museum of Art Norton Museum of Art Bass Museum, Miami Beach, Fla. Jewish Museum of Florida Kim Foster Gallery, "Beyond the Camera...," New York, NY Silvana Facchini Gallery, "Living in Miami," Miami, Fla. South Florida / Art Center, "Reconnect," Miami Beach, Fla. Maryland Federation of Art, "Art on Paper 2001" Corcoran Gallery, Annapolis, MD, juror David C. Levy Veneto Gallery, Miami, Fla. Margulies Taplin Gallery, Bay Harbour, Fla. "Secret Gardens," Travelling Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Fla. Public Art Program, City of Orlando, Fla. Lowe Museum, University of Miami, Fla. Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Fla. Bernard Biderman Gallery, New York, NY Metro Dade Cultural Resource Center, Miami, Fla. Huntsville Museum of Art New England Center for Contemporary Art San Diego Art Institute, CA Anne Jaffe Gallery, Bay Harbour, Fla. Ratner Gallery, Chicago, IL Santa Monica Heritage Museum, Los Angeles, Calif. Paula Allan Gallery, New York, NY. Otis Parsons...

MALCAH ZELDIS Reclining Woman Wine and Cigarettes gouache on paper Hand signed and dated bottom right. titled in pencil on paper verso. Matted to 13 X 1...

Artist: Alfredo Garzon Title: Voyeur Year: circa 1980 Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed Paper Size: 10.25 x 8.5 inches

Gorgeous impressionistic landscape of Monterey Bay in green hues by Arizona artist Lenore Aubrey-Grebles (American, 1917-2008), circa 1980. Palette knife ...

Artist: Dobroslav Halata, Czech (1943 - ) Title: Two Nude Figures Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 45.5 x 59.25 in. (115.57 x 150.5 cm)

snow, winter landscape, house in the woods,russian art,Snow, Forest, White, Red, Christmas, Russia Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001) Works by Boris Lavrenko can...

Vintage Latin American School titled "Mask" Minimalist Portrait in Acrylic on Paper Fine example of Latin American School minimalist portrait by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A stylized face is shown as a mask, with one eye clearly visible. The other is obscured in shadow. The mask has a slightly open mouth. Signed, dated, and titled along the bottom edge "R de Silva 3.3.86 Mask" Provenance: Acquired with a collection of the artist's work. No frame. Paper size: 19"H x 16"W DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles. He was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980's. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim...

Roses. 1993, paper, watercolor, pastel, 47x31 cm Oskars Berzins (1940)

Colored City is an original artwork realized by the Italian contemporary artist Mario Martini in 1980. Mixed media colored painting on canvas. Hand-signed and dated on the lower m...

Original acrylic on canvas. Hand signed, titled and dated on verso by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will ...

Rustic Cottage is an original painting, realized in 1980 by Franco Viola. Mixed colored painting on plywood. Hand signed by the artist on the lower left...

Post Cubismo is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 1989. Original Oil Painting on Plywood. Hand-signed and dated on the back of the canvas. Very good co...

"Cliffside", Large Scale Modern Abstract Geometric Landscape Colorful modern abstract landscape titled "Cliffside" by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999), a modernist of urban and coas...

Here for your consideration is a fine example of the painterly style of the well known Napa, California artist Paul Youngman. Signed by the artist lower...

Jules Olitski (1922-2007) is one of Caviar20's favorite abstract artists of the 20th century. Over the course of his career, his aesthetic evolved in startling and fascinating ways....

Vintage Latin American School Original Abstract Expressionist Painting of Minimalist Face — Acrylic on Paper Gorgeous example of 1980s vintage L...

A bold abstract expressionist watercolor with yellow and purple, contrasted with dynamic red linear accents, by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Signed "Les Ander...

Artist: Richard Weston, American XXth Title: Hillsdale, Aug 14 Year: circa 1980 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed u.l. Size: 48 x 48 inches (121.92 x 121.92 cm)

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Mountains and High Desert, Large-Scale Modern Abstract Landscape by Erle Loran Modernist abstracted landscape painting of the mountains and John Day Painted Desert in Oregon by Erle...

Vivien Abrams Collens is a mid-career abstract artist born in Cleveland, Ohio, whose current practice includes site specific installations, sculpture and painting. After graduatin...

This vibrant abstract oil painting by Edward (Eduardo) Arcenio Chavez (1917-1995) features a dynamic bird motif, painted in rich tones of red, blue, purple, orange, and black. Completed circa 1980, the artwork captures Chavez's signature modernist style. The painting is framed in a vintage frame with overall dimensions measuring 30 ½ x 28 ½ inches, while the image size itself is 29 ¼ x 27 inches. About the Artist: Eduardo Chavez...

Signed lower left, 'Greg Harris' for Gregory Frank Harris (American, born 1953) and dated 1981. Additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Stea Life in a Pond'. Framed dimensions: 34.5 H x 29.5 W x 2.5 D inches. The study of art and the history of art are closely intertwined in the work of Gregory Frank Harris which reflects his exploration of technique and art history. Born in southern California, Harris and his twin brother grew up in a family that embraced the visual arts as well as theatre and music. During his stint at California State University in Long Beach, he studied both art and theatre, but also began writing music, which then became his primary focus. Over the next decade, Harris and his brother played piano and drums respectively in a variety of bands, earning their living in the nightclubs and hotels up and down the west coast. The first sign of a new direction appeared while the band was on the road in Spokane, Washington where Harris rekindled his interest in painting. Like generations of artists before him, Harris turned to the old masters and the impressionist painters as sources for his study of painting. Harris was fortunate to have two of his copies, Rembrandt’s Woman with Pink and Gainsborough’s Blue Boy, selected as props for the 1982 film version of the musical Annie, directed by John Huston. Harris also began exhibiting at juried shows in 1982 and marketing his work nationally. Juried exhibitions--and awards--followed, including an unprecedented first, second and third place award in the popular vote at the historic Lyme Art...

The real face is a water color painting by Italian-born multidisciplinary artist, Lucio Pozzi. The work is currently housed at Hal Bromm Gallery.

Sunil Das - Confrontation Series - 57.5 x 65 inches (unframed size) Oil on Canvas Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artis...

Post Impressionism is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 1989. Original Oil Painting on Canvas. Hand-signed and dated on the back of the canvas: G. Lo Fe...

Women in Motion (The Three Graces) - Nude Figurative in Oil on Canvas A wonderful abstract expressionist take on the Three Graces by California artist Lora Sprague (American, 20th ...

Large scale, compelling abstract titled "Open Window" by Canadian abstract painter Sasha Rogers (Canadian, b. 1969), daughter of premier art...

Artist Bio: Carole Eisner was born and raised in New York City and received a BFA from Syracuse University. She has had eight solo shows in New York City at David Findlay Gallery, E...

Verticality - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A blue and red ...

Sunflower Field is an original artwork realized by Claudio Palmieri in 1985. Original oil on canvas. Very good conditions. Sign, title and date on the back. The painting is a beau...

Still life with blue drapery and fruits. 1980, oil on cardboard, 100x81 cm Valdis Bush (1924-2014) studied at the Art academy of Latvia (1945 – 1950), h...

A. Rio Barcelona .Original gouache paper painting . AGUSTIN RIO ( Barceona 1923 – Barcelona 1997) Formed in Llotja i al Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc He appeared individually in 195...

Still life with bread 1983, watercolor on paper, 75, 5 x 55, 5 cm Jekabs Arturs Springis (1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia 1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Secondary School 1927 –...

Metaphysical Landscape is an original contemporary artwork realized by Maurizio Ligas in 1984. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Hand signd, titled and dated on the back.

American modernist still life painting. Watercolor on paper, circa 1960. Signed. Image size, 24"L x 18"H.

Representation of the Countryside is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1982 by Claudio Bissattini. Original Acrylic on canvas. Titled a...

Portrait of a Woman with Rosy Cheeks in Acrylic on Paper A stylized portrait by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). In this stylized portrait, the s...

"A New Idea" in Blue - Figural Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Large blue and red brushstrokes form the structure of this composition, with a seated figure in the misty background. What appears to be a cobalt blue vessel...

Antique American modern surrealist ladnscape. Oil on canvas, circa 1987. Signed. Image size 18.5L x 218.5H. Housed in a period modern frame.

Natural Explosion is an original artwork realized by Claudio Palmieri in 1986. Original oil on canvas. Very good conditions. Sign, title and date on the back. Original title: Esplo...

Nun in the Shadows - Figurative Composition in Acrylic on Paper A dark abstracted portrait by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This piece is abst...

FIGURES IN FLUX Size: 50 x 44.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas An emotive and dynamic figurative composition that captures two abstracted figures side by side, executed in oil o...

Branko Bahunek, Croatian (1935 - ) - View from Stable. Year: 1988, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated, Size: 20 in. x 16 in. (50.8 cm x 40.64 cm)

Signed lower left, 'Davenport' for Jill Davenport (American, 1930-2019) and dated 1987; titled, verso, 'Attic Series - Pink Dress'. Framed dimensions: 31 x 1.5 x 25 inches Born in Kansas, Jill Davenport moved to California in 1963. A lifelong artist and art enthusiast, she raised a family before focusing, in her early forties, on her vocation as an artist. In 1976, she graduated from Sonoma State University with a Bachelors in Art, subsequently continuing her studies with the California Post-Impressionist, Maury Lapp. During this period, her work was primarily representational and her favored medium was oil. In the late 1980's, however, she became an early exponent of computer-aided design and worked with some of the earliest Mac computers...

This charming landscape scene depicts an aerial view of farmland. A square pond is depicted to the lower right with swans swimming in the water. The artist has used gestural brushwor...

Red, Black, and Brown Figurative Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This pie...

Un pittore che dipinge un pittore (A Painter who's painting a Painter) is an oil painting on canvas mounted on a wooden panel, without frame. Good conditions

Artist: Russ Warren, American (1951 - ) Title: Adam and Eve Year: 1980 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed verso Size: 56 x 49 in. (142.24 x 124.46 cm)

Subtly colored abstract geometric composition by J. Swidler (20th Century). A grid of 15 squares has been laid out in pencil, each square divided into different sections. Some of the...