Abstract Still-life Paintings
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
Labyrinth no. 3
By John Goodman
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Labyrinth No. 3, 2001' by John Goodman. The artwork is 36 x 48 inches and it is framed in solid wood. Signed and dated by artist. Excellent condition. From Andra Norris Gallery in C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Iris Inspiration - Floral, Abstract, Contemporary, Nature, Soft tones, Original
By Karnish Art
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: Iris Inspiration
Floral, Abstract, Contemporary, Nature, Soft tones, Original, Authentic, Investment
In this gentle, though lively acrylic painting, I connected to the joys ...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
American Female Abstract painter Modernist Still Life w/ Fruits GALLERY LABEL
By Peri Schwartz
Located in New York, NY
Peri Schwartz (born October 4, 1951, Brooklyn, New York) is an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Far Rockaway, New York. She received her BFA from Boston University College of Fine Arts in 1973 and an MFA from Queens College in 1975.
Up for sale is a wonderful Still Life with fruits Painting...
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1990s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Mixed Media, Gouache
“Mr. Melville’s Kitchen” Contemporary Pastel Toned Abstract Still Life Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary pastel toned abstract painting by Houston based artist Kristen Anton. The work features grey, pink, brown, and orange blocks of color accented with layers of brushwork. ...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
'Abstract in Coral and Jade', Painters Eleven, Ontario, Canadian Modernist Oil
By Hortense Mattice Gordon
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Hortense M. Gordon' for Hortense Crompton Mattice Gordon (Canadian, 1886-1961) and dated 1949.
Previously with: Dominion Gallery of Montreal (stamp, verso).
Photo courtesy of Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Hamilton artist Hortense Crompton Mattice Gordon was one of Canada’s earliest non-representational painters, embracing abstraction in the 1930s. She was also an active member of Canada's first English-speaking abstract group, Painters Eleven.
A scholarship recipient, Hortense Mattice first attended the Hamilton Art School and, subsequently, moved to Chatham, Ontario. Initially focusing on porcelain painting, Mattice quickly began building a portfolio of oils and, from 1908, was exhibiting both her porcelain and landscapes at what is now the Chatham Cultural Centre (1908) and the Art Gallery of Ontario (1909). During this time, Mattice frequently traveled to the United States and, in 1915, visited the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, where she would have seen early works by important modernists including Picasso and Matisse. She started her teaching career in Chatham but, having received a job offer from the artist John Sloan Gordon, returned to Hamilton to teach at the Hamilton Art School in 1918. The two artists married in 1920.
In 1922, Gordon and her husband took a study trip to France and, inspired by the fervent of Modernist ideas in Paris, expanded her own approaches to art, developing an increasingly soft, loose paint handling style. It was not until the 1930’s, after a few more trips to France and her discovery of Piet Mondrian’s work, that elements of abstraction began to appear in Gordon’s work. After the death of her husband in 1940, Gordon attended the Cranbrook Academy of Art and studied with Hans Hoffmann (1941-1945) whose influence and friendship pushed her to explore non-objective painting. After her training with Hofmann and in Cranbrook, Gordon began to exhibit regularly and with success in both Canada and the United States including at the Riverside Museum (New York, 1947), Creative Gallery (New York, 1952), in Ann Arbor (Michigan, 1952), Phillips Gallery (Detroit, 1952), the Flint Institute of Arts (Michigan, 1952), Mount Allison University (New Brunswick, 1952), the Galerie Agnes Lefort in Montréal and Art Gallery of Hamilton (retrospective, 1960). She was a member of the Contemporary Artists of Hamilton (honorary president in 1948), the Ontario Society of Artists, the Hamilton Women...
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1940s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Contemporary expressionist still life painting "Bowl of apples and a pear"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist still life painting, created by French artist Natalya Mougenot, is part of her ongoing still life series that celebrates the beauty of everyd...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Colours of a Dream, Bold Abstract Painting, Picasso Style Painting Matisse Style
Located in Deddington, GB
Acrylic on canvas, unframed on a deep edge canvas. by Harriet Chomley. A colourful abstract work .
Artwork by expressionist artist Haz Chomley is avai...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Eggplant Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 17 by 23 inches overall and 16 by 22 painting alone.
Category
1940s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$540 Sale Price
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Blue Glass Jar, Oil Painting
By Lisa Nielsen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
I really love still life. Nothing helps me grow more as an artist than painting still life. It sits for one so patiently as you strive to capture it's image on your canvas. But it challenges me also. It's not easy to keep it from looking static and void of life. I think I was able to give this one some of the energy of light and color that it was patiently showing to me. A juicy harmony of fruit and flowers and deep cobalt blue glass...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vibrant flowers in the Japanese vase
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The series of flowers shows a classical motif with a subtle attention to the subtle movement and rhythm of the flora, with the help of paint, abstract vision and expressive handwriti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tumbling Autumn, Janet Keith, Original Abstract Painting, Affordable Artwork
By Janet Keith
Located in Deddington, GB
Tumbling Autumn [2020]
original
acrylic paint on heavy watercolour paper
Image size: H:100 cm x W:70 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W:70 cm x D:0.10cm
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P...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
In Bloom 36”x 36” oil on birch panel Impressionism Floral Women in the Arts
Located in Houston, TX
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In Bloom measures 36" x 36" x 1.5" and is oil on birch panel . Ready to hang with wire on the back.
Artist d...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Birch, Oil, Wood Panel
Stoop, Ziggurat Series, Abstract Geometric Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Petrick’s ’Stoop' is a fusion of meticulous geometry and bold abstract expression. From the artist’s ’Ziggurat Series' series, this piece is both timeless and contemporary, of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Keeper’s Pond with Oil on Canvas, Painting by Helen Howells
Located in Deddington, GB
Keeper’s Pond by Helen Howells [2022]
‘Keeper's Pond' is an original Landscape painting by Helen Howells. It was inspired by the mountains of South Wales, which is my homeland. Keeper's Pond also known as Pen-ffordd-goch pond or the Forge pond is situated on the hill above the heritage site of Blaenavon. Providing water in the early 19th Century for Garnddyrys Forge. With the Forge now gone, it acquired its name Keeper's Pond from the Gamekeeper of the grouse moors...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bubbles Reimagined by Amy Dixon, Champagne-Inspired Canvas Painting
By Amy Dixon
Located in Atlanta, GA
Effervescent and full of charm, Bubbles Reimagined by Amy Dixon is a celebratory nod to the art of living well. This 12 x 6-inch mixed media painting blends expressive brushwork and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Flowers
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Roman Dub "Flowers"
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,600
Mid Century Modern Floral Still Life Bright Painting Framed Rare Female Artist
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original watercolor painting by American female artist Genevieve D. Anderson Morgan (1900 - 1987)
This modernist vivid abstract expressionist painting depicts a still life with l...
Category
1960s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Coastal Skies, Welsh Seascape Painting, Textured Landscape Painting Art of Wales
Located in Deddington, GB
Coastal Skies [2022]
“Coastal Skies” is an original seascape painting by Helen Howells. It was inspired by the emotional responses and memories of walks, taken along the Welsh coast...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cecilia Arrospide - ESTRUCTURA, Painting 2024
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cecilia studied Social Studies and Literature at Universidad Catolica del Peru, Drawing with Cristina Galvez, and Watercolors with Juan Pastorelli. She then worked with Leslie Lee, p...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Paint, Oil
Black Jar and Roses, Libbi Gooch, Semi-Abstract Painting, Contemporary Artwork
By Libbi Gooch
Located in Deddington, GB
Libbi Gooch
Black Jar and Roses
Original Abstract Still Life Painting
Oil on Board
Canvas Size: 80 cm x 80 cm x .5 cm
Framed Size: 93 cm x 93 cm x 1.8 cm
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract Floral with Art Deco Vase
By Stephanie Marrott
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Floral painting with geometric vase by Stephanie Marrott (American, 20th Century). Original acrylic on artists board. Signed lower right "Stephanie Workman Marrott" in pen. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
Cold Fusion 3
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Cold Fusion 3" Stripe infusion Series
2017
acrylic on canvas
18X18"
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse side
Robert Petrick's paintings create a link between the street cultu...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Red and Black II, Expanded Metal Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
His The panel paintings "Expanded Metal Paintings" are the closest to the classic art of painting. Firstly paint is applied by a brush on a primed canvas. Then wire mesh is dunked in...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Still life with pears. Oil on cardboard, 50 x 60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with pears. Oil on cardboard, 50 x 60 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad Schoo...
Category
1980s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Elegance in Bloom.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The painting measures 12 x 9 inches (without matboard) and comes with a white matboard measuring approximately 14 x 10 inches. The artist has signed the work on the lower right corne...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
CMYK I, Expanded Metal Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
His The panel paintings "Expanded Metal Paintings" are the closest to the classic art of painting. Firstly paint is applied by a brush on a primed canvas. Then wire mesh is dunked in...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Rare Early Important Flower Abstract Modernist New York Israeli Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist orchid flower still life oil painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 1980. Signed. Displayed in a modernist frame. Important large and impressive work!
Category
1990s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowers Through a Window
Located in Milford, NH
A fine mid century abstract expressionist painting in gouache of flowers through a paned window by Argentinian artist Leopoldo Presas (1915-2009). Presas was born in Buenos Aires, Ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
God Walker, Chalkboard Series, Abstract Geometric Line Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Petrick's "God Walker" is a fusion of meticulous geometry and bold abstract expression. From the artist's Chalkboard Series, this piece is both timeless and contemporary, offe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer Quince by Melissa Payne Baker, Contemporary Floral Canvas Painting
By Melissa Payne Baker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Summer Quince by Melissa Payne Baker is a floral reverie captured in mixed media on canvas, measuring 48 x 36 inches. Soft blooms seem to emerge from layers of color and texture, lik...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Blue of pages - Abstract library, textured painting, Oil on canvas
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
About the artist
Sophie Dumont is a French contemporary painter whose work reflects a deep engagement with memory, cultural heritage, and poetic abstraction. Born in Paris in 1964, s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rosie Red - Romantic Red and Pink Floral Painting Expressive Still Life Bouquet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant paintings that celebra...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
Mixed Media Painting Minnesota Woman Artist Figurative Abstract
Located in Surfside, FL
Known for her painting and sculpture as well as printmaking. Nancy Randall’s work is featured in collections at the Smithsonian Institution, the Walker Art Center, the Nelson Atkins ...
Category
1980s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media
Summertime In Devon, Maggie LaPorte Banks, Abstract Devonshire Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Maggie LaPorte Banks. Summertime in Devon [2021]
original
Acrylic on canvas, collage and spray paint.
Image size: H:75 cm x W:101 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:75 cm x W:101 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Vessel and Imagined Flower Stem by Ellen Rolli, Contemporary Acrylic on Paper
By Ellen Rolli
Located in Atlanta, GA
The artist has signed on the back.
Ellen earned her degree in Art Education with a minor in Painting at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. In 2009 she completed a residenc...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Finding Space #13, Judith North, Original Abstract Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
inding space #13 [2018]
original
Oil on canvas
Image size: H:60 cm x W:60 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:2cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
The Finding Space series of work was inspired by images I had seen through shop windows at twilight. With only vague references to objects, I have tried to capture a sense of the light, space and atmosphere inside.
Judith North...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Nicely Framed Abstract Expressionist Large Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modernist wood molding. Excellent co...
Category
1940s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Tickled Pink, Original Abstract Painting, Bright Contemporary Abstract Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Tickled Pink by Alison Gilbert is an original painting and a statement piece at 120cm x 120cm (48″ x 48″) These bold pastel colour combinations are having a party as they dance across the canvas in a vibrant celebration of joy and life. This painting is sold framed, the frame will be custom made upon sale, so please allow for an extra week for dispatch.
Discover original artwork by Alison Gilbert with Wychwood Art online and in our Deddington gallery. Alison is a British contemporary abstract artist...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Composition by Zoute (Leon Salter) Mid Century
Located in Rochester, NY
Abstract Modernist oil painting by Zoute. Oil on canvas mounted on board. Painted in circa 1940's.
Zoute (Born-Leon Salter, 1903-1976) was self-taught and well exhibited during his l...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Turquoise and Purple Purse
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful abstract expressionist painting of a turquoise purse with various colors of orange stripes by San Francisco, California artist Michael Eggleston (American, 20th century). F...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$600 Sale Price
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In the Midst, Abstract Painting, Picasso Style Art, Matisse Style Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Artwork by expressionist artist Harriet Chomley is available online and in our gallery at Wychwood Art. Haz is a London-based expressionist artist who plays with bold colours and tex...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Strengths and Weaknesses", acrylic, charcoal, art history, abstract, portrait
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Strengths and Weaknesses" is a portrait exploring several elements and strategies that fascinate the artist – notably the performance anxiety induced by simply being an artist, staring down the freight train of art history as it hurtles toward you every time you pick up a brush. Luck? Talent? Maybe. There are signposts and guides in this painting, of course (Cubism! Surrealism! Brancusi! Guston!), but they can clobber you too if you're not careful. Even the phrase "strengths and weaknesses" smacks of compromises and rationalization – deadly to an artist looking to construct their own integral world.
"Strengths and Weaknesses" is an acrylic and charcoal on canvas measuring 54" tall by 54" wide. It was included in the artist's solo show "Comedy Cellar" at Freight + Volume Gallery, New York City in July 2018. (See last photograph for an installation view.)
From Daniel Gerwin – "Schenck’s color is vibrant, wild, saturated to the point of overheating, and altogether brilliant in the balancing of hues, temperatures, shapes, and color quantities. The paintings have a remarkable coherence for their dizzying juxtaposition of so many small chromatic passages." (Essay: The Anxiety and the Ecstasy)
Peter Schenck...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
A Celebration, Original Painting, Contemporary, Food, Still Life
Located in Deddington, GB
This piece celebrates many of the good things in life - colour, pattern & cake! Rendered in oil paint on a cradled plywood panel & framed in a contemporary white tray frame, the flat...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel
Matisse with Pears, Original Painting, Contemporary, Paris
Located in Deddington, GB
This vivacious still life painting draws inspiration from Matisse's iconic 1910 masterpiece 'Dance' and the enchanting ambiance of the French 'salon'. The artist adds a contemporary ...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel
Contemporary abstract Impressionist still-life artwork "Cup of coffee and bloom"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Coffee Bloom and Bloom" is a contemporary still life floral painting by French artist Natalya Mougenot, a piece that beautifully reflects her artistic vision, values, and personal p...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Track Shift, striking modern geometric abstract, painting with soft palette
Located in Dallas, TX
"Track Shift" is a striking modern geometric abstract painting, with a soft contemporary palette. It is painted directly onto panel, with a custom built wooden substrate. The sides show beautifully smoothed wood. Kazaan Viveiros has a background in architecture studies as well as fine art, and this shows in her clean and contemporary works.
Artist Kazaan Viveiros earned a BA with distinction from the University of Virginia in Studio Art and Religious Studies, and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute.
She has since exhibited work in solo and group exhibitions in the U.S. and Europe, including solo shows in New York, San Francisco, Berkeley, Scottsdale, AZ, Richmond, VA, and Savannah, GA. In 2003, curator Raffaella Guidobono gave Viveiros a show at TAD Concept Store in Rome.
Viveiros’s paintings have been collected by a wide array of corporations, including eBay and Capital One Bank, as well as by individuals such as WalMart’s Rob Walton and novelist Danielle Steel. Her large diptych, The Whale, was purchased by Banner Children’s Hospital and currently hangs in their radiology ward. Summit Medical Group MD Anderson Cancer Center in New Jersey has many of her works in their collection. In addition, five of Viveiros’s paintings were purchased by the Art in Embassies Program and are permanently installed in the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
She was a 2011 Bethesda Painting...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$2,720 Sale Price
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Throwing Some Shapes I Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Kerry Louise Bennett, 2022
Located in Deddington, GB
Throwing Some Shapes I by Kerry Louise Bennett [2022]
One of a small series of paintings exploring the dynamic and expressive shapes of pot plant...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Judith Brenner, Rich Seated 1, Original Life Painting, Cubist Impressionsit Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner
Rich Seated 1
Original Figurative Painting
Mixed Media on Paper
Size: H 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look.
Rich Seated 1 is a contemporary nude painting by Judith Brenner.This is an original drawing from life on paper using acrylic, pan pastel , ink and watercolour pencil. The idea is to capture the essence of the pose using line and wash...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Norman Carton (1908 – 1980) was an American artist and educator known for abstract expressionist art. He was born in the Ukraine region of Imperial Russia and moved to the United States in 1922 where he spent most of his adult life.
A classically trained portrait and landscape artist, Carton also worked as a drafter, newspaper illustrator, muralist, theater set designer, photographer, and fabric designer and spent most of his mature life as an art educator. Carton showed in and continues to be shown in many solo and group exhibitions. His work is included in numerous museums and private collections throughout the world.
Norman Carton was born in the Dnieper Ukraine territory of the Russian Empire in 1908. Escaping the turbulence of civil war massacres, he settled in Philadelphia in 1922 after years of constant flight. While attending the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, Carton worked as a newspaper artist for the Philadelphia Record from 1928 to 1930 in the company of other illustrator/artists who had founded the Ashcan School, the beginnings of modern American art. From 1930 to 1935, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under Henry McCarter, who was a pupil of Toulouse-Lautrec, Puvis de Chavanne, and Thomas Eakins. Arthur Carles, especially with his sense of color, and the architect John Harbison also provided tutelage and inspiration. Following his time at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton studied at the Barnes Foundation from 1935 to 1936 where he was influenced by an intellectual climate led by visiting lecturers John Dewey and Bertrand Russell as well as daily access to Albert C. Barnes and his art collection.
Carton was awarded the Cresson Traveling Scholarship in 1934 which allowed him to travel through Europe and study in Paris. There he expanded his artistic horizons with influences stemming from Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Chaim Soutine, and Wassily Kandinsky. While at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton was also awarded the Toppan Prize for figure painting as well as the Thouron Composition Prize. He received numerous commissions as a portrait artist, social realist, sculptor, and theatrical stage designer as well as academic scholarships. During this time, Carton worked as a scenery designer at Sparks Scenic Studios, a drafter at the Philadelphia Enameling Works, and a fine art lithographer.
From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe. The WPA commissioned Carton to paint major murals at the Helen Fleischer Vocational School for Girls in Philadelphia, the Officers’ Club at Camp Meade Army Base in Maryland, and in the city of Hidalgo, Mexico. Throughout the 1940s, Carton exhibited and won prizes for his semi-abstract Expressionist and Surrealist paintings. He socialized with and was inspired by Émile Gauguin and Fernand Leger. During World War II, Carton was a naval structural designer and draftsman at the Cramps...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lucy Moore, Abstract Synapses – Dance Of The Bumble Bee #3, Abstract Art
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Abstract Synapses – Dance Of The Bumble Bee #3 by Lucy Moore – Wychwood Exclusive [2021]
Original
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:60 cm x W:60 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Impressionist inspired abstract modern landscape painting w/ flowers, landscape
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a signed, original, mid-century modern abstract landscape oil painting with white flowers (roses) in an Henri Matisse / Pablo Picasso aesthetic by listed WPA artist, G. Ralph...
Category
1970s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Gemma Bedford, Summer Dreams, Original landscape painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Summer Dreams Original Landscape painting by Gemma Bedford [2021]
original
Oil paint on canvas
Image size: H:49.5 cm x W:49.5 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:49.5 cm x W:49.5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Bold One, Original contemporary art, Abstract art, Picasso style art
Located in Deddington, GB
The Bold One by Harriet Chomley [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:100 cm x W:100 cm
Complete Size of Unfra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Rosemary Farrer, Yellow Maple, Maple Tree Painting, Original Impressionist Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Rosemary Farrer
Yellow Maple
Original Landscape Painting
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Canvas Size: H 30cm x W 30cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu ima...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Dreaming Of Cherry Blossoms, Sarah Berger, Abstract Floral Art, Affordable Art
By Sarah Berger
Located in Deddington, GB
Dreaming Of Cherry Blossoms by Sarah Berger [2021]
original
Acrylic on stretched canvas
Image size: H:60 cm x W:90 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:90 cm x D:4cm
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Arrangement" (2023) By John McCaw, Mixed Media on Canvas Painting
By John McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
John McCaw's (US based) "Arrangement" is an abstract mixed media painting that depicts a chair facing a wall.
John McCaw (b. 1967), the eldest son of American expressionist Dan McC...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
"Flowers" Mary Abbott, Colorful Floral Still Life, Female Abstract Expressionism
By Mary Abbott
Located in New York, NY
Mary Abbott
Flowers, circa 1950
Signed lower left
Pastel on paper
30 x 22 1/4 inches
Provenance:
Aaron Galleries, Glenview, Illinois
Among the early exponents of Abstract Expressio...
Category
1950s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Fruit Cluster
By James Koenig
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original modern abstract by American artist James Koenig. This work created in 1954 is featured in the Draw Near exhibition currently on view at Benjaman Gallery.
Category
1950s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eggs and pans I
By Max Andrews
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Max Andrews (British, b. 1969)
Eggs and pans I
Signed and dated ‘Max Andrews 19’ (lower right)
Oil on board
11.3/4 x 11.3/4in. (30 x 30 cm.)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
City Block Series #4, East Village New York (Geometric Abstract)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert W. Petrick - City Block Series #4
2021
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 28 x 1.5 inches
East Village New York Geometric Abstract Stretched Painting
Robert Petrick's paintings create ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract still-life paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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