Abstract Expressionist Art

This painting, titled "Finding Serenity in Nature," is part of the Nature series by artist Natalya Mougenot, who uniquely celebrates the beauty of the natural world through her free,...

Dynamic, colorful painting of a man floating in a pool by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947). Signed, titled and dated, "Monster Five," and "Grant...

Substantial California School large abstracted landscape painting of a small fishing village in Northern California, with boats along the shore by Da...

Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Some scratched out, illegible writing in paint and graphite verso, which may ha...

This painting features a faceless portrait of a woman wearing a head green covering and pink dangle earrings. I wanted to explore the theme “Freedom of Choice”: I believe every woman has the right to decide what she wants to wear. Some women cover their heads for their own religious or spiritual reasons assuming that the crown of the head...

A painting in abstract enamel is an explosion of shapes, textures, and colors that invite personal interpretation. Across the canvas, dynamic and free brushstrokes intertwine, creati...

A pair of original hand printed screen prints on paper by American contemporary female artist Kari Achatz.

"Dawn Holding Off the Sky" by Tania Rutland captures the ethereal beauty of a misty, foggy countryside landscape at the break of dawn. In this abstract masterpiece, Rutland skillfull...

This artwork titled "Desert Series B" c.1990, is an original colors monoprint aquatint on Wove paper by noted American artist Ruth Leaf, 1923-2015. It is hand signed, titled and numb...

An impressive abstract expressionist painting by Christophe measuring 54"x38" framed.. There is an excitement in the art world when you find the artist that is going to be the next ...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 110, published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Éditions...

Contemporary yelolw orange pink abstract oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Piotr Butkiewicz. Composition consists of dynamic shapes. Title of this painting is 'Road to you'. ...

Abstract Expressionist Composition signed by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) oil painting on canvas, unframed Inscribed verso canvas size: 46 x 35 inches condition: overall very...

Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in orange, yellow, red, blue, pink and green color on Yupo paper. The work is 20 by 26 inches in size, framed in fine-qu...

This abstract painting is like a plexus in a dance, of 2 different color energies:orange-red, blue-violet, like yin yang energy . And in result of this plexus, there is something new...

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...

Dimanche Cote d'Azur, Sunday on the French Riviera, is forever bathing in glowing sunlight, reflecting the sun's golden rays throughout her storied landscape and azure blue waters. It is indeed one of Europe's most adored waterfronts. Artist Dmitri Wright, Director of the Weir Farm National Historic Site Art Academy, where he teaches art in addition to teaching painting at the venerable Florence Griswold Museum, both of Connecticut, punctuates this contemporary oil painting with impasto paint, highlighting the joy to behold relaxing along the renowned French coastline. Wright studied art at Cooper Union, the Brooklyn Museum Art School and the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art. His work has been exhibited at three museums among other notable venues. In 2008 Wright taught a series of painting classes at a private estate in Cap d'Antibes, one of the most exclusive spots on the Riviera...

Nautical abstract expressionist painting that is signed by the artist, but spelling of name is unclear: either Palermo or Palmaro? Signed in bottom right corner. Bottom Left co...

Robert Natkin (American, 1930-2010) Untitled, 1978 From the Intimate Lighting series Color lithograph on wove paper Signed, dated and numbered in pencil lower left Edition 47/75 Prin...

Lady with a Hat Abstract Expressionist Heavy Impasto Figurative Original Oil Abstract Expressionist painting of a close-up, expressive portrait of a woman by an unknow artist, rende...

Roger Cecil. Welsh ( b.1942 - d.2015 ). Llangorse, Brecon Beacons. Watercolor & Pastel Mixed Media On Paper. Signed Lower Left. Image size 19.5 inches x 29.5 inches ( 49.5cm x 75cm...

This painting makes part of my series dedicated to the scenes of a summer period. This abstract vibrant floral painting called "Floral radiance" is done in a modern contemporary exp...

The light of lifeis very philosophical and deep painting. I have put there lots of senses and meanings about our inner light which is leading us through the life difficulties and ma...

Sand Dunes is a serene abstract mixed media painting by contemporary artist Sharin Schober, known for her evocative use of texture and organic color palettes. Measuring 20 x 16 inche...

Herbert Ferber Untitled, 1968 Unique Ink and color wash on paper Hand signed and dated by the artist on the front Framed with original Knoedler Gallery label (under the respected dir...

Black Yellow & Red Abstract Expressionist Painting by Leading Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield Art measures 36 x 36 inches This original marks a return to Wakefield’s ...

This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...

Ana Hefco's (US based) "Ocean Waves #12" is an original, hand made mixed media painting that depicts an abstracted color field of blue, teal and beige, that is reminiscent of an aerial/satellite image of a coastal beach where the waves crash on shore. Artist Bio and Statement: Born and raised in Bucharest Romania, I am a self-taught dreamer and artist. To dream is my path and to paint is my dream. Lack of control is not my strong suit, but in the painting process things are different. The resin (also known as liquid glass) has a mind of its own and I learn to mindfully let go every time I paint. I allow those liquid color induced emotions I feel to drive me and take lead of my hands and at the end of the process, it’s just music and bliss. My inspiration is always nature's force, balance, perfection in purpose and beauty. It can be a place I travelled or sailed to or just a feeling floating on our boat docked in a Turkish marina or just on anchor nearby a Greek taverna on a remote tiny island in the Mediterranean or Aegean Sea. It can be this artist as a little girl reading...

one-of-a-kind painting on canvas XXL EXTRA Large size 140x180cm (145x187cm full size) the painting will be shipped rolled, without stretcher bars Collections: Vatican Museums, N...

Nancy Graves Nancy Graves: A Survey 1969/1980 (Hand signed and inscribed to Dick Polich of Tallix), 1980 Offset lithograph poster (hand signed, dated and inscribed) signed, dated and...

88.3 x 69.9 cms (34.7 x 27.51 ins) Edition of 100

A cosmic abstract lithograph by Mexican artist, Leonardo Nierman. The print is hand-signed and numbered in pencil. Nicely framed. Abstraction 1 Leonardo Nierman, Mexican (1932) Lit...

Contemporary pruple abstract oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Piotr Butkiewicz. Composition consists of dynamic rounded shapes. Title of this painting is 'Silent stars'. Artwo...

"Abstract Composition" original Oil Painting on board by Yvette Dubois Habasque (1929-2016) signed bottom right Dated: 2004 card: 18 x 21.5 inches Fine original abstract painting b...

Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in green, gold, black, olive color on Yupo paper. The work is 20 by 26 inches in size, framed in fine-quality solid wood...

Mid Century Abstract in polymerised macro-molecular paint on canvas applied to a painted wooden board by Belgian artist Paul H Saffre. Signed and dated {1963) on the board below the ...

Vintage Abstract Composition - San Francisco School in Oil on Canvas A bold San Francisco School abstract expressionist painting by artist Kristin Cohen (American, b. 1963). Bright ...

Artist/ School: Jostne Gallet, dated 1965 Title: Expressionist abstract blur of orange, brown and green colors. Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed and inscribed verso. ...

'Le Loubinou III ' is a stunning and sophisticated artwork in blue, violet, grey, purple and silver. Inspired by the moving moving tide on an island in the west side of France. The a...

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...

This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...

Abstract Expressionist Collage in Acrylic on Paper Bright, saturated abstract painting with collage by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Bold red,...

Stephanie Visser, a native of southwestern Michigan, was educated at Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids Michigan. She continued her education in fine arts and painting...

This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...

Contemporary blue abstract oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Piotr Butkiewicz. Composition consists of dynamic rounded shapes. Title of this painting is 'Silent stars'. Artwork...

Stanley William Hayter, 'Feu sous L'eau (Fire Under Water)', color engraving, soft-ground etching and scorper with yellow silkscreen, 1955, edition 50 plus 10 artist proofs, Black & Moorhead 221. Signed, titled 'Fire Under Water', dated and annotated 'Essai' in pencil. Dedicated in the artist’s hand 'for Adja & Dove WH Bill 17–5–55' in the top margin. A superb, richly inked impression with fresh colors, on heavy, cream wove paper; wide margins (2 1/2 to 3 7/8 inches), in excellent condition. One of 10 artist’s proofs. Image size 10 3/16 x 7 inches; sheet size 18 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THIS WORK In 1950 Hayter returned to Paris and reopened Atelier 17. Works such as 'Fire Under Water' reveal newfound influences, such as that of the Ardèche area of southern France, where he acquired a house in 1951 and frequently visited. Hayter took great interest in the flowing Escoutay River, an experience that parallels the artist and co-director of Atelier 17 Krishna Reddy’s interest in depicting water. While some forms in this print evoke the natural world, the palette of contrasting tones of purple, yellow, black, and white reflects Hayter’s belief in using color intuitively to express emotions and evoke feelings. The sharp white relief lines from the paper and the textural effects realized through soft-ground etching operate in tandem with the sweeping curves and bold colors to give the composition a sense of vitality and dynamism. —edited from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Published by 'La Jeune Gravure Contemporaine', Paris. Impressions of this work are in the following collections: British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST Stanley William Hayter (1901-1988) was a British painter and printmaker associated in the 1930s with Surrealism and from 1940 onward with Abstract Expressionism. Regarded as one of the most significant printmakers of the 20th century, Hayter founded the legendary Atelier 17 studio in Paris, now known as Atelier Contrepoint. Among the artists he is credited with influencing are Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, and Marc Chagall. The hallmark of the workshop was its egalitarian structure, breaking sharply with the traditional French engraving studios by insisting on a cooperative approach to labor and technical discoveries. In 1929 Hayter was introduced to Surrealism by Yves Tanguy and André Masson, who, with other Surrealists, worked with Hayter at Atelier 17. The often violent imagery of Hayter’s Surrealist period was stimulated in part by his passionate response to the Spanish Civil War and the rise of Fascism. He organized portfolios of graphic works to raise funds for the Spanish cause, including Solidarité (Paris, 1938), a portfolio of seven prints, one of them by Picasso. Hayter frequently exhibited with the Surrealists during the 1930s but left the movement when Paul Eluard was expelled. Eluard’s poem Facile Proie (1939) was written in response to a set of Hayter’s engravings. Other writers with whom Hayter collaborated included Samuel Beckett and Georges Hugnet. Hayter joined the exile of the Parisian avant-garde in 1939, moving with his second wife, the American sculptor Helen Phillips...

This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...

Mid century modern abstract expressionist oil on canvas in rusty earth tones blending with subdued dark blues and whites by S. Palmer (American, 20th Century), c.1960. Signed lower r...

Helen Frankenthaler Air Frame, from the New York Ten portfolio (Harrison 6), 1965 Color silkscreen on Arches double-weight watercolor paper Signed and annotated AP in graphite on the front; this is an Artist's Proof, aside from the regular edition of 200 “What concerns me when I work is not whether a picture is a landscape… or whether somebody will see a sunset in it. What concerns me is, did I make a beautiful picture?” - - Helen Frankenthaler Pencil signed AP, one of 25 proofs aside from the regular edition of 200 Catalogue Raisonne: Harrison 6, Berggruen 7, Clark 6 Printed by Chiron Press, New York. Published by Tanglewood Press, New York. This work has been newly framed in a museum quality wood frame under UV plexiglass. The original label from the famed John Berggruen Gallery in California has been affixed to the back to preserve provenance. Other examples of this coveted 1965 work can be found in major institutional and museum collections worldwide. Measurements: Framed 29 inches vertical by 24 inches (horizontal) by 1.5 inches Artwork: 22 inches vertical x 17 inches horizontal This is Frankenthaler's first silkscreen, produced for the portfolio New York Ten, which includes works by other New York-based artists at the time such as Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Dine, Tom Wesselmann and Claes Oldenburg. (She created her first lithograph in 1961) Other examples of this edition are found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, MOCA Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum, the Philadelphia Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and numerous regional museums and institutions in the United States and worldwide. Helen Frankenthaler, A Brief Biography Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), whose career spanned six decades, has long been recognized as one of the great American artists of the twentieth century. She was eminent among the second generation of postwar American abstract painters and is widely credited for playing a pivotal role in the transition from Abstract Expressionism to Color Field painting. Through her invention of the soak-stain technique, she expanded the possibilities of abstract painting, while at times referencing figuration and landscape in unique ways. She produced a body of work whose impact on contemporary art has been profound and continues to grow. Frankenthaler was born on December 12, 1928, and raised in New York City. She attended the Dalton School, where she received her earliest art instruction from Rufino Tamayo. In 1949 she graduated from Bennington College, Vermont, where she was a student of Paul Feeley. She later studied briefly with Hans Hofmann. Frankenthaler’s professional exhibition career began in 1950, when Adolph Gottlieb selected her painting Beach (1950) for inclusion in the exhibition titled Fifteen Unknowns: Selected by Artists of the Kootz Gallery. Her first solo exhibition was presented in 1951, at New York’s Tibor de Nagy Gallery, and that year she was also included in the landmark exhibition 9th St. Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture. In 1952 Frankenthaler created Mountains and Sea, a breakthrough painting of American abstraction for which she poured thinned paint directly onto raw, unprimed canvas laid on the studio floor, working from all sides to create floating fields of translucent color. Mountains and Sea was immediately influential for the artists who formed the Color Field school of painting, notable among them Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland. As early as 1959, Frankenthaler began to be a regular presence in major international exhibitions. She won first prize at the Premiere Biennale de Paris that year, and in 1966 she represented the United States in the 33rd Venice Biennale, alongside Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jules Olitski. She had her first major museum exhibition in 1960, at New York’s Jewish Museum, and her second, in 1969, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, followed by an international tour. Frankenthaler experimented tirelessly throughout her long career. In addition to producing unique paintings on canvas and paper, she worked in a wide range of media, including ceramics, sculpture, tapestry, and especially printmaking. Hers was a significant voice in the mid-century “print renaissance” among American abstract painters, and she is particularly renowned for her woodcuts. She continued working productively through the opening years of this century. Frankenthaler’s distinguished, prolific career has been the subject of numerous monographic museum exhibitions. The Jewish Museum and Whitney Museum shows were succeeded by a major retrospective initiated by the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth that traveled to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI (1989); and those devoted to works on paper and prints organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1993), among others. Select recent important exhibitions have included Painted on 21st Street: Helen Frankenthaler from 1950 to 1959 (Gagosian, NY, 2013); Making Painting: Helen Frankenthaler and JMW Turner (Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK, 2014); Giving Up One’s Mark: Helen Frankenthaler in the 1960s and 1970s (Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 2014–15); Pretty Raw: After and Around Helen Frankenthaler (Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 2015); As in Nature: Helen Frankenthaler, Paintings and No Rules: Helen Frankenthaler Woodcuts...

Kader Boly is known for painting pastoral and communal scenes from his life as a nomadic herder in the Fulani tribe, on the plains of West Africa. Kader’s w...

Pulses Between Shadows and Light A diptych painting in the style of Jackson Pollock can be described as a canvas divided into two panels, united by a vibrant and chaotic dynamism ch...

"In My Dreams" is an original, handmade mixed media painting, by Jennifer Bobola, that depicts a colorful abstract cityscape. Artist Statement: Let’s be honest, understanding abstra...

Simone Theelen, a dynamic and exploratory artist born in 1963. embarks on a continuous journey of creativity and discovery in her studio, where chaos an...

This paintig is pure energy of deep color vibrations and radiance of pigment, which makes it very mystic and unusulal. The light is very important for this painting, because it can l...

Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 Summer Idyl, c. 1985 acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas signed lower right, signed and titled verso 44.75 x 62.75 inches Richard Andres wa...

This lithograph is a piece of my private collection from artists of the 20th Century. It is original, signed by artist and numbered 217/220. It is vibrant in color and in very good...

"Breakfasts In Paradise" is an abstract style painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi. Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style of bright and colorful...

Mark Tobey, American (1890 -1976) - Leaves, Year: 1965, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil lower right, and numbered on cover page in ink, Edition: 372/380, Image Size: 6.25 x ...

"Carnival" Heavily Textured Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil on Canvas Bold, textured, Figurative, abstract composition by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American...