1980
The name of painter, printmaker and writer Robert Motherwell (1915–91) is often taken as synonymous with the New York School, whose name he coined. Motherwell was the youngest of this group of Abstract Expressionists working in art, dance, poetry and music in 1950s and '60s New York City, which included Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, Helen Frankenthaler and Mark Rothko.
Born in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1915, Motherwell had perhaps the broadest and best education of any of the New York School coterie, with an extensive background in philosophy, literature and art history. He earned a BA in philosophy in 1937 from Stanford University and was working toward a PhD in the subject at Harvard when he interrupted his studies for a yearlong trip to Europe, where he fell in love with European modernism.
After returning, in 1940 he enrolled Columbia to study art history. It was there that he met a group of exiled Parisian Surrealists, and encounter that proved influential on his style. Motherwell began to integrate the idea of “automatism” — unmediated gestures that reflect deeper psychological impulses — into his work, pioneering a new form of Abstract Expressionism that came to characterize the New York School.
Works like the 1967 Beside the Sea no. 45, an acrylic on canvas, and the 1966 lithograph New York International epitomize Motherwell’s use of simple shapes in boldly contrasting colors, executed in quick, gestural strokes that occasionally evoke figures, suggesting a latent narrative despite their obvious abstraction.
Throughout his career, Motherwell taught painting at Hunter College, in New York, and at Black Mountain College, in North Carolina, where his work influenced the likes of Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg and Kenneth Noland. His influence as one of the founding fathers of American Abstract Expressionism remains profound.
Saratopia
By Adrienne French
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Exhibited in Chronos Chrysalis at the Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery, January 18th, 2013 - March 9th, 2013. Print: 30 x 20" Frame: 37 3/4 x 28 5/8" Signed by artist in ink lower right...
Archival Pigment
$450
H 24 in W 36 in
Black and White Seascape of Los Angeles Crashing Wave, Contemporary Photograph
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive limited edition black and white giclée print, on 100% cotton Hahnemühle Photo Rag Fine Art matte paper. This series of black and white photographs captures the ...
Archival Pigment, Paper
$1,380
H 40 in W 55.2 in
Tulip Breezeblocks, Bauhaus Diptych, Modern Modular Grid, Red and Blue on Paper
By Natalia Roman
Located in Barcelona, ES
This beautiful geometric painting draws from the visual language of the Bauhaus, where clarity of form and disciplined color relationships generate rhythm and balance. Interlocking a...
Paper, Acrylic
$1,500
H 12 in W 12 in D 0.5 in
Baggage Claim (Bags #1) Watercolor Drawing, Contemporary, Signed, 2017
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Baggage Claim (Bags) #1 Watercolor on Yupo paper, mounted to board, 2017 Signed "Rhonda V" in memory of the artist's mother (see photo) Created in 2017 this series, Baggage Claim, speaks to the symbolic emotional weight one accumulates through life and how the accumulations weigh down the spirit. The artist used handbags...
Watercolor
$4,000
H 30.19 in W 22.19 in
French Stacks Linocut Print, Abstract Expressionist, Unsigned, 1980s
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairlawn, OH
French Stacks Linocut printed in color Unsigned Stamped verso “Imprimerie Arnera Archives/Non Signe” Printer: Jaime Arnera, Vallarius, France (their stamp verso) Condition: Printed ...
Linocut
$790
H 40 in W 28 in D 0.1 in
Wild Blooming Lavender, Abstract Expressionist Landscape, Wild Flowers Prairie
By Albert Ducet
Located in Barcelona, ES
In "Wild Blooming Lavender" Ducet reconsiders impressionist landscape paintings through a contemporary and gestual lens. Natural elements are translated into simplified forms and ene...
Paper, Acrylic
untitled (brothel scene)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (brothel scene) Lithograph on wove paper, c. 1925 Signed in the stone lower left (see photo) From the portfolio: "12 Lithos de Vertes" Depicts Parisian brothel scenes Editio...
Lithograph
Le Vieux Saltimbanque (The Old Acrobat)
By Jean-Louis Boussingault
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Le Vieux Saltimbanque (The Old Acrobat) drypoint on wove Van Gelder Zonen paper, 1933 Unsigned as issued Condition: Excellent Image size: 5 x 4 3/4 inches Sheet size: 10 1/2 x 7 15/1...
Drypoint
Cheetah
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cheetah (Rock Concert) Etching, 1966 Signed in pencil lower right Numbered lower left Titled lower left Published by Associated American Artists Illustrated: AAA Cats. 1967.01, 1968....
Etching
Maternite Au Jardin
By Maurice Denis
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Maternite Au Jardin Lithograph, 1926 Signed lower right in pencil (see photo) Publisher: Edmund Frapier, Paris Blindstamp lower right: Galeries des Peintres-Gravures, Paris Blindstam...
Lithograph
