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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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Period: 1960s
Period: 1950s
Style: Abstract
City 9. 1964, monotype, 44.5x64.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
City 9. 1964, monotype, 44.5x64.4cm Soikans Nikolay, pseudonym Niklo de Martell (till 1953.) 1926. 9 IX Ludza – 1980. 21 II Lester, Great Britain – graphic artist. He was born a...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Monotype

Antique American School Signed Framed Abstract Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Les Competiteurs, American Modernist, Abstract Figurative Oil on Canvas, 1952
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Les Competiteurs" by American modernist painter Leonard Nelson is a 36" x 26" oil on canvas abstract figurative painting, created in 1952. The work is framed in classic black and si...
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1950s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1950s Original Signed Abstract Expressionist Watercolor in Soft Pastel Colors
Located in Denver, CO
This soft toned abstract expressionist watercolor painting, created by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968), is an exceptional example of his evolution as an artist. Featuring bold sw...
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1950s Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

Metallurgy, Pop Art Painting by Jack Brusca
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jack Brusca, American (1939 - 1993) Title: Metallurgy Year: 1968 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, dated and titled verso Size: 20 x 20 in. (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Modernist Large Abstract New York Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso. Dated 1950.
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1950s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Village Scene, Oil Painting on Masonite by Emil Rizek
By Emil Rizek
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Emil Rizek, Austrian (1901 - 1988) Title: Village Scene Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Masonite, Signed l.r. Size: 20 in. x 24 in. (50.8 cm x 60.96 cm)
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1950s Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Composition 56
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by American female painter Irene Zevon.
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1950s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large American Modernist Abstract Framed New York School Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1950s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pink and Red Abstraction
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist oil painting by American modern artist James Koenig. This work is currently on view at the Draw Near exhibition at Benjaman Gallery.
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled Figure (c. 1950s)
Located in Summit, NJ
Gorgeous oil and watercolor on paper by abstract expressionist artist Adine Stix. Beautiful shades of pink, purples, cobalt blue with s hint of orange cover the paper to create the h...
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1950s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Watercolor

Large Antique American Abstract Expressionist Modernist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 50H by 40L.
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Paraguas", 20th Century Paint and Pencil on Paper by Antoni Tàpies
Located in Madrid, ES
ANTONI TÀPIES Spanish, 1923 - 2012 PARAGUAS signed "Tàpies" (lower right) paint and pencil on paper 22-1/2 x 15-1/6 inches (57 x 38.5 cm.) framed: 38-1/5 x 30-1/3 inches (97 x 77 cm....
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Paint, Paper, Pencil

City 14. 1964, paper, monotype, 47x62 cm
Located in Riga, LV
City 14. 1964, monotype, 47x62 cm Soikans Nikolay, pseudonym Niklo de Martell (till 1953.) 1926. 9 IX Ludza – 1980. 21 II Lester, Great Britain – graphic artist. He was born at ...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Monotype

Wall Jumping
Located in Vancouver, CA
Experience the vibrant artistry of Harold Town with "Wall Jumping," a striking piece offered from the artist's estate. As a co-founder of Painters Eleven, Town was instrumental in br...
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1950s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Signed Mid Century Modern abstract painting, de-accessioned from Oakland Museum
Located in New York, NY
TOM HOLLAND Untitled Mid Century Modern painting (Oakland Museum De-Accession), 1963 Oil on Canvas 16 1/2 × 20 1/2 x .5 inches Unique Signed and dated on the back of the frame Frame...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Permanent Marker

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Gouache, watercolor and crayon on paper. Signed in white gouache, lower right recto by Dobashi.
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache

Mod Abstract Expressionist Modernist Oil Painting Edward Avedisian Color Circles
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Avedisian ( 1936-2007 ) 17.5 X 8.75 Oil paint on wood panel This is not signed on front. It bears his name verso. Provenance: Hudson, N.Y. estate of noted Art Collector Alber...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Abstract Expressionist Painting 'The Crimson Flare' 1961
Located in Surfside, FL
From the estate of the artist William Littlefield Seymour Franks 1916-1981 American painter and designer, Seymour Franks, was born in New York City in 1916.He studied at the National Academy of Design. Franks, exhibited at: the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in1944, 1954; The Whitney Museum of American Art, from 1946-48, 1950, 1952; the Brooklyn Museum, 1949, 1951; Art Institute of Chicago in 1947; Peridot Gallery, 1948, 1950-55; University of Nebraska, 1951; and had a solo show at the University of Illinois in 1952. Established in 1948 on N.Y.’s thriving 9th ST., the Peridot Gallery was an early supporter of American avant-garde art. It staged both Louise Bourgeois & Philip Guston’s first one-person shows as well as the American premiere exhibition of Medardo Rosso...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Untitled (six vignettes)
By Pierre Courtin
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed lower center edge Annotated verso: “5 Juin 1966 _____ et de soleil, de et d’oseille” Image: 6 3/4 x 4 5/8" Frame: 14 1/2 x 12 3/4" Finishe...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
Source: Succession T'ang Haywen (French State - Direction Nationale d'Interventions Domaniales) Bibliography: The painting by T'ang Haywen, 2024, Galerie Hervé Courtaigne, reproduc...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Cardboard

Mid Century Modern Oil Painting Abstract Expressionist Forms Purple Green purple
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid-century modern abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich. This work comes housed in an original artist made frame. The painting is signed,...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Summer Joy" Diana Kurz, circa 1960 Abstract Expressionist Colorist Composition
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Summer Joy, circa 1960 Signed and titled on verso Oil on canvas 70 1/2 x 66 1/4 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Vancouver, CA
Ron Stonier (1933-2001) was a dedicated Vancouver artist celebrated for his exploration of abstract painting, influenced by his mentors Gordon Smith and Jack Shadbolt, as well as by ...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Portrait of a Man Original Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American school abstract painting. Watercolor on paper, circa 1970. Signed. Image size, 5.5"L x 8.5"H.
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache

Brisbane Bay, Australia
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signedlower right
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bicyclists, Framed Abstract Expressionist Painting by John Uht
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Uht, American (1924 - 2010) Title: Bicyclists Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.l. Size: 36 in. x 24 in. (91.44 cm x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 44 x 32 inches
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Deauville
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lou Fink, American (1925 - 1980) Title: Deauville Year: 1968 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 48 x 36 inches
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Rush Hour - Mid 20th Century Abstract Piece by John Bolam
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
John Bolam was born in 1922 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. He originally studied painting at Hornsey School of Art and furniture design at High Wycombe School of Art. He subsequently ...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

abstract 3, 1954 - Oil on canvas, 92x65 cm.
By François Jousselin
Located in Nice, FR
Abstract oil painting on canvas by the french painter François Jousselin. Not framed. Signed and dated 1954 François Jousselin, né à Laval le 27 octobre 1926 ...
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1950s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

City on Fire, Abstract Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Unknown Title: City on Fire Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed lower right (Anderson?) Size: 14 x 18 inches Frame Size: 20 x 24 inches
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life
Located in New Orleans, LA
Frederick Conway (1900-1973) was a painter, educator, and lecturer. From 1929 to 1970, Conway was a member of the faculty of the Washington University Art School. When Max Beckmann was in residence at Washington University, he and Conway became close associates. Conway was one of the first to realize the importance and seriousness of Beckmann's teaching. In 1949, Beckmann painted Conway's portrait. Conway was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, and studied at the Saint Louis School of Fine Arts and in Paris at the Academie Julian, the Academy Moderne, and the Academy Grande Chaumiere. He painted murals for the WPA (Works Progress Administration...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Composition by ANDRÉ LANSKOY - Abstract painting, colourful art
Located in London, GB
Composition by ANDRÉ LANSKOY (1902-1976) Oil on canvas 81 x 54 cm (31 ⅞ x 21 ¼ inches) Signed lower right, LANSKOY This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued and signed by the artist, and by a certificate of authenticity dated 15th April 2015 from the Comité Lanskoy, confirming its inclusion in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by the Comité Lanskoy. Artist biography: André Lanskoy was born Andrei Michailovich Lanskoy in Moscow in 1902, the son of Count Lanskoy. The family moved to St. Petersburg in 1909 and in 1918 he moved to Kiev, where he made his first paintings. During the Russian Civil War Lanskoy fought in the Tsarist White Army but after an injury moved to Constantinople and in 1921 arrived in Paris where he stayed for the rest of his life. Recalling his arrival in the French capital, Lanskoy said: "Literally in the first night...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Sienna Abstraction
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist painting created in 1962 by American artist James Koenig. This work will be featured in our exhibition "Draw Near" which will run from March 11...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right. Paul Burlin's abstract works are celebrated for their dynamic use of color and form, often exploring themes of spatial infinity and emotional expression. You will see in this painting a showcase of harmonious blend of angular forms and pure colors, creating a sense of openness and serenity Born in New York City, Paul Berlin...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Inside Blue" Gene Hedge, Abstract Color Field, Bauhaus Midcentury Painting
Located in New York, NY
Gene Hedge Inside Blue, 1966 Acrylic on canvas 61 1/4 x 43 3/4 inches (P124) Gene Hedge was born (1928) and raised in rural Indiana. After military service, he briefly attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. There he encountered the writing of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and the following year (1949) went to study at the Institute of Design in Chicago. He received a B.S. degree in Visual Design from the Institute of Design (1953), and he also took courses at the Art Institute of Chicago and began working in collage. During this period, the influence of Eugene Dana...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Rough Seas"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed and dated 1958 lower right. Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984) He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicago as a youth, he took classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, returning to New York when he was 20. From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent), and Anders Zorn. He accepted a teaching position at the Minneapolis School of Art in 1916, remaining there until 1921. This enabled him to travel to Europe to study Cézanne’s paintings and works of the Old Masters. He traveled to Paris, Prague, Dresden, Berlin, and Munich seeking the works of Titian, Cranach, Rembrandt, Veronese, and Holbein, which gave him new perspective. Vytlacil studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Munich, settling there in 1921. Fellow students were Ernest Thurn and Worth Ryder, who introduced him to famous abstractionist Hans Hofmann. He worked with Hofmann from about 1922 to 1926, as a student and teaching assistant. During the summer of 1928, after returning to the United States, Vytlacil gave lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, on modern European art. Soon thereafter, he became a member of the Art Students League faculty. After one year, he returned to Europe and successfully persuaded Hofmann to teach at the League as well. He spent about six years in Europe, studying the works of Matisse, Picasso, and Dufy. In 1935, he returned to New York and became a co-founder of the American Abstract Artists group in 1936. He later had teaching posts at Queens College in New York; the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California; Black Mountain College in North Carolina; and the Art Students League. His paintings exhibit a clear inclination toward modernism. His still lives and interiors from the 1920s indicate an understanding of the art of Cézanne. In the 1930s, his works displayed two very different kinds of art at the same time. His cityscapes and landscapes combine Cubist-inspired spatial concerns with an expressionistic approach to line and color. Vytlacil also used old wood, metal, cork, and string in constructions, influenced by his friend and former student, Rupert Turnbull. He eventually ceased creating constructions as he considered them too limiting. The spatial challenges of painting were still his preference. During the 1940s and 1950s, his works indicated a sense of spontaneity not felt in his earlier work. He married Elizabeth Foster in Florence, Italy, in 1927 and they lived and worked in Positano, Italy for extended periods of time. Later on, they divided their time between homes in Sparkill, New York and Chilmark, Massachusetts, where Vyt, as he was affectionately called, taught at the Martha's Vineyard Art...
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1950s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Board

Icon Mandala, Mid-Century Figural Abstract Black, Red & White Oval Face Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Icon Mandala, 1967 Acrylic on paper Signed and dated lower right 30 x 22 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national ...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Sun
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original hard edge abstraction by American artist James Koenig. This work titled "Sun" is part of the Draw Near exhibition currently on view at Benjaman Gallery.
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Mid Century Modern Oil Painting Abstract Expressionist Forms Purple Green purple
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid-century modern abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich. This work comes housed in an original artist made frame. The painting is signed ...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Expressionist Figure
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern abstract expressionist oil painting signed illegibly and dated 1956.
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1950s Abstract Paintings

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Board, Oil

Overlook Mountain, archived no. 4206, 12x16 inches, oil on canvas.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Arthur Pinajian (1914-1999) Woodstock NY, Overlook Mountain, archived no. 4206, 12x16 inches, oil on canvas. THE PINAJIAN DISCOVERY: AN ARTIST’S LIFE REVEALED At one time destined ...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Peinture 5, 1961 - Oil on canvas, 65x92 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on Canvas by Carlos Carnero. He was friend and pupil of Fernard Léger and friend of the most important artist of his time, such as Picasso and Matisse. This is from his abstract ...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Spring Fever
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid century modern abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich. Toma Yovanovich (1931-2016) was a painter/printmaker whose work is in collect...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Mid-Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting "Window"
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich. Toma Yovanovich (1931-2016) Yovanovich was a painter/printmaker whose work is in collections a...
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1950s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Vancouver, CA
Ron Stonier (1933-2001) was a dedicated Vancouver artist celebrated for his exploration of abstract painting, influenced by his mentors Gordon Smith and Jack Shadbolt, as well as by ...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Board

Composition by Aika Brown - Abstract, Mixed media, Modern, Black, Large-scale
Located in London, GB
Composition by Aika Brown (1937-1964) Mixed media on canvas 130 x 89cm (51 ¹/₈ x 35 inches) Signed and dated on the reverse, B. AIKA Paris 1961 Executed in 1961
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Canvas

"Composition with Figure, " Irene Rice Pereira
Located in New York, NY
Irene Rice Pereira Composition with Figure, 1951 Inscribed, signed and dated Salford/Pereira 2/51 (lr); inscribed I Rice Pereira/2669 Great Clowes St/Sa...
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1950s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, India Ink, Casein

1960’s French Abstract Expressionist painting “CABANNES SUR LETANG”
Located in New York, NY
I have 5 paintings I purchased recently for sale by this artist. They are all beautiful and colorful with gallery labels as pictured. They all come From the estate of Guy Joseph Émile Nairay…. Famous French Diplomat who owned many major artists in his collection. Sarthou is a famous French abstract painter whose colors are very vibrant. Here for sale: MAURICE ELIE SARTHOU...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Abstract Color Field Female Artist Bright Signed Post-Painterly Abstraction 1960
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Orange Composition" is a painting with stain acrylic dye by Faith Taylor-Lund. The painting is orange with a fluid pink stain on the left. Artwork Size: 72" x 66" Artist's Statem...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Circle Composition Abstract
Located in Greenwich, CT
A vibrant and fun work by the celebrated and beloved Sir Terry Frost - British artist. Framed in clean and contemporary white matting and lacquered frame this is an attention gettin...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Landscape, Woodstock painting, contemporary art.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Untitled Landscape, Woodstock, 1969 Oil on canvas, signed by Arthur Pinajian on the lower right. Includes a certificate of authenticity from the Estate of Arthur Pinajian. Arthur Pin...
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1950s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

South Cascade
Located in San Francisco, CA
This bold abstract painting has the strong gestures one associates with the best of Abstract Expressionist painting. It is a mid century work, done by Tom Ide ...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Boxing Scene. Vanquished Boxer in his Corner. Sports Illustrated Boxing Story
Located in Miami, FL
There are a lot of people in the art world today who dismiss illustrators are being commercial solely because the artists identified as being commercial artists and that the work was done on assignment. Sadly these art world people have limited imagination and a restricted sense of curiosity. This boxing illustration/painting was done for Sports Illustrated...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

“Woman in Black”
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984) He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicago as a youth, he took classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, returning to New York when he was 20. From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent), and Anders Zorn. He accepted a teaching position at the Minneapolis School of Art in 1916, remaining there until 1921. This enabled him to travel to Europe to study Cézanne’s paintings and works of the Old Masters. He traveled to Paris, Prague, Dresden, Berlin, and Munich seeking the works of Titian, Cranach, Rembrandt, Veronese, and Holbein, which gave him new perspective. Vytlacil studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Munich, settling there in 1921. Fellow students were Ernest Thurn and Worth Ryder, who introduced him to famous abstractionist Hans Hofmann. He worked with Hofmann from about 1922 to 1926, as a student and teaching assistant. During the summer of 1928, after returning to the United States, Vytlacil gave lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, on modern European art. Soon thereafter, he became a member of the Art Students League faculty. After one year, he returned to Europe and successfully persuaded Hofmann to teach at the League as well. He spent about six years in Europe, studying the works of Matisse, Picasso, and Dufy. In 1935, he returned to New York and became a co-founder of the American Abstract Artists group in 1936. He later had teaching posts at Queens College in New York; the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California; Black Mountain College in North Carolina; and the Art Students League. His paintings exhibit a clear inclination toward modernism. His still lives and interiors from the 1920s indicate an understanding of the art of Cézanne. In the 1930s, his works displayed two very different kinds of art at the same time. His cityscapes and landscapes combine Cubist-inspired spatial concerns with an expressionistic approach to line and color. Vytlacil also used old wood, metal, cork, and string in constructions, influenced by his friend and former student, Rupert Turnbull. He eventually ceased creating constructions as he considered them too limiting. The spatial challenges of painting were still his preference. During the 1940s and 1950s, his works indicated a sense of spontaneity not felt in his earlier work. He married Elizabeth Foster in Florence, Italy, in 1927 and they lived and worked in Positano, Italy for extended periods of time. Later on, they divided their time between homes in Sparkill, New York and Chilmark, Massachusetts, where Vyt, as he was affectionately called, taught at the Martha's Vineyard Art...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Asphalt, Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas by Lou Fink
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lou Fink, American (1925 - 1980) Title: Asphalt Year: 1967 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed verso Size: 40 x 48 in. (101.6 x 121.92 cm)
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Cepheus B" Yeffe Kimball, Orange, Female Native American Abstract Expressionist
Located in New York, NY
Yeffe Kimball (c. 1905 - 1978) Cepheus B, 1963 Signed, titled, and dated on the reverse Acrylic on canvas 34 x 40 inches Provenance: Private Collection, New York Estate of the above, 2022 Born in Mountain Park, Oklahoma, in 1914, Effie Y. Goodman subsequently spent her early years on her grandfather’s farm in Missouri. She attended college in Ada and the University of Oklahoma in Norman from 1931-1935. After college, she went to New York where she worked under distinguished artists such as George Bridgman and John Corbin at The Art Students League in New York in the early 1940s. She adopted the name Yeffe Kimball, adapting her first husband's surname of Campbell to form Kimball, and never returned to her small-town roots. She became a world traveler and student, studying intermittently with Fernand Léger in Paris from 1940-1941. In 1948, she married Harvey L. Stalin, an atomic scientist. Her art was influenced by Stalin’s work and she entered a new era, focusing on burning planets, atmospheric gases, and flashing comets. Her work was also inspired by American Indian spiritual...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Composition
Located in PARIS, FR
Important work by the artist, were exhibited at Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Radical Innovations, 2024-25. Natalia Dumitresco (or Dumitrescu) was born in Bucharest in 1915 and died i...
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1950s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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