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Period: 20th Century
Artist: Dan Christensen
Chwana
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Graysland
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Malinke
Located in Lawrence, NY
Among America’s leading abstract artists, Dan Christensen (1942-2007) was devoted over the course of forty years to exploring the limits, range, and possibilities of paint and pictor...
Category
Color-Field 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Memphis
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled by Dan Christensen (silver and purple abstract)
Located in New York, NY
This large, abstract image celebrates the 13th Annual Community Holiday Festival, 1983 at Lincoln Center. It is signed and numbered by the artist from the edition of 144 (plus 18 APs) and was printed at Fine Creations, NY. This print comes directly from the publisher, Lincoln Center Editions...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Illinois /// Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Minimalism Screenprint Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan Christensen (American, 1942-2007)
Title: "Illinois"
*Signed by Christensen in pencil lower right
Year: 1979
Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded heavy cream wove pap...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
"Untitled" Dan Christensen, Geometric Plaid Series, Orange and Blue Abstract
Located in New York, NY
Dan Christensen
Untitled, circa 1970-71
Acrylic and enamel on canvas
44 x 20 inches
Provenance:
The artist
Sherron Francis (gift from the above)
Dan Christensen was an American abs...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Art
Materials
Enamel
Java 1989 acrylic painting by Dan Christensen
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed and dated "© D. Christensen 1989" with an orientation arrow verso. Medium "Acrylic on Canvas", title "Java", size "22 x 20" are all inscribed verso.
Dimensions of this artwo...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Indian Summer
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dan Christensen (1942-2007) is widely recognized as one of America’s foremost abstract artist. Over the course his lengthy career, Christensen was devoted to exploring and expanding the constantly shifting aesthetics of 20th century abstraction.
Christensen established his reputation at the end of the 1960s, by using spray guns to create colorful stacks, loops, and lines in his artworks. This body of work was considered by the legendary art critic Clement Greenberg among the most original abstract paintings of the decade.
Unlike many of his contemporaries who dedicated themselves to a signature style, Christensen was unrelentingly curious and allowed his dynamic version of abstraction to evolve as he tried new techniques and varied his aesthetic.
During the 1980's in particular, Christensen focused on experimenting with different forms of washing, spraying, and layering colours over top of each other. The works from Christensen's late period combine the gestural drama of Abstract Expressionism with the stained surface look popularized by the color field artists.
The aesthetic complexity he achieved with these combined techniques are perfectly demonstrated in this later untitled work (aka "Indian Summer...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Spark
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dan Christensen (1942-2007) is recognized as a leader in American experimental abstraction.
After completing his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1964, he moved to New York C...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Art
Materials
Acrylic
Shanidar
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dan Christensen, American (1942 - 2007)
Title: Shanidar
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in Pencil
Edition: 46/175
Size: 29.5 x 43 in. (74.93 x 109.22...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled
Monotype printed in colors, c. 1980
Signed in pencil lower right (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Sheet size: 42 x 30 inches
Provenance: Distinguished Midwest Private Collec...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Art
Materials
Monotype
Delta Leader, Abstract Silkscreen by Dan Christensen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dan Christensen, American (1942 - 2007)
Title: Delta Leader
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in Pencil
Edition: 145
Size: 43 in. x 29.5 in. (109.22 cm...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Ice Rider
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Striker
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Untitled" Blue and Orange Color Field Abstract Monotype on a Grey Background
Located in Houston, TX
A blue and orange abstract color field abstract monotype on a soft grey background. Includes a label from the gallery it was once sold from that includes the artist's name, title, size, and medium.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 29.5 in. x W 22 in.
Artist Biography:
Born in Cozad, Nebraska, in 1942, the son of a farmer and truck driver, Dan Christensen chose to become an artist when, as a teenager, he saw the work of Jackson Pollock on a trip to Denver. After receiving his B.F.A. from the Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri, in 1964, he moved to New York City. His “spray loop” paintings, produced by using a spray paint gun...
Category
Color-Field 20th Century Art
Materials
Monotype
Untitled 488S5
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Autumn Park I
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue Splash
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dan Christensen (1942-2007) is widely recognized as one of America’s foremost color abstractionists. Over the course of forty years as an artist, Christensen was devoted to exploring...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
Dan Christensen "Blush", 1981
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dan Christensen (1942-2007) is widely recognized as one of America’s foremost color abstractionists. Over the course his lengthy career, Christensen was devoted to exploring and expa...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Acrylic
Dan Christensen "Pistachio", 1979
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dan Christensen (1942-2007) is widely recognized as one of America’s foremost color abstractionists. Over the course his lengthy career, Christensen was devoted to exploring and expa...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Acrylic
Mojo, Abstract Screenprint by Dan Christensen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dan Christensen, American (1942 - 2007)
Title: Mojo
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in Pencil
Edition: 11/175
Size: 43 in. x 29.5 in. (109.22 cm x 74...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Ice Rider 2
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Kula Sunrise
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled 296L7
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Following the dominant Abstract Expressionist wave of post-WWII, which decried realism in favor of non-representational forms, the second-generation Abstract Expressionists pointed t...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Armistice
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Acrylic
Toro
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Acrylic
Cry Red
Located in Boca Raton, FL
From the Target Series
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Acrylic
Sola
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Liberty
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on Canvas
Category
Post-War 20th Century Art
Materials
Acrylic
