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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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Style: Abstract
Seeking Truth, Abstract Painting
Seeking Truth, Abstract Painting

Seeking Truth, Abstract Painting

By Terri Bell

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This contemporary abstract combines paint and paper collage to create a textured linear pattern in the lower portion of the artwork. The top section features ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

“So Plant, So Animal” (Animalia, Fuana, Bold Graphic, Abstract, Neutral, Framed)
“So Plant, So Animal” (Animalia, Fuana, Bold Graphic, Abstract, Neutral, Framed)

“So Plant, So Animal” (Animalia, Fuana, Bold Graphic, Abstract, Neutral, Framed)

By Nicholas Evans

Located in Paris, IDF

Bold yet delicately portrayed, "So Plant, So Animal I" is an abstract piece framed to perfection, offering a timeless neutral color palette. The central theme captures the essence of...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Linen, Wood, India Ink

Where it is quiet, No.6
Where it is quiet, No.6

Where it is quiet, No.6

By Aliona Koroliova

Located in Zofingen, AG

There are moments when the world no longer asks for explanations. When nothing needs to be named in order to be felt. Silence is not the absence of sound — it emerges where inner ten...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"Racine" Abstract landscape painting
"Racine" Abstract landscape painting

"Racine" Abstract landscape painting

By Wafaa Mezouar

Located in East Quogue, NY

Textural abstract landscape painting by Moroccan artist Wafaa Mezouar. Earth tones, Acrylic, mixed media on linen. Size: 40 x 40 inches. Offered unframed. Exhibitions include: Co...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Linen, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Magical Night  -  Large Oversized Colorful Blue Red Yellow Abstract Painting
Magical Night  -  Large Oversized Colorful Blue Red Yellow Abstract Painting

Magical Night - Large Oversized Colorful Blue Red Yellow Abstract Painting

By Clara Berta

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Clara Berta’s acrylic and mixed-media paintings blend texture and color to create harmony, mystery, and depth on the painted surface. Her paintings transform spaces into Zen environm...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Three Sisters: large abstract expressionist figural painting & breast feeding
Three Sisters: large abstract expressionist figural painting & breast feeding

Three Sisters: large abstract expressionist figural painting & breast feeding

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

FREE DELIVERY to certain areas along the Mid-Atlantic corridor between NJ and VA -- contact me to ask if your area qualifies. Ellen Powell Tiberino, matriarch of the Tiberino artist dynasty that includes her artist-husband Joseph and three artist-children (Raphael, Gabriel, and Ellen), often looked to Black women and girls as subjects, in the contexts of motherhood, pregnancy, and childhood, as well as subjects drawn from her neighborhood communities. Her work is expressionistic and passionate with dramatic gestures and dark colorism in her figures, but it is also intimate and highly personal. At this point in her career, Tiberino had been struggling with cancer, and as a result, her palette became brighter and more colorful than her former dark palette. "Three Sisters" includes Ellen Powell Tiberino’s self-portrait in the front of the composition, nursing an infant. Tiberino’s two sisters, Joyce and Anne, sit behind her. Tiberino likely paints from memory or imagination here, since her four children were well beyond nursing age when she created this painting. "Three Sisters" is likely among the last large-scale canvases Tiberino completed, opting to work on a smaller scale and while seated as her illness progressed. Tiberino ultimately lost her battle in 1992. "Three Sisters" comes from a private Main Line, PA collection, acquired directly from the artist immediately upon its completion. Framed in original wood strip frame. It is in excellent condition. Tiberino graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1959, where she was awarded a prestigious Cresson scholarship to study in Europe. After returning to the US, she lived and worked in New York until she married fellow artist (Joseph) and returned to her hometown of Philadelphia where she continued to create oil paintings, oil pastels drawings, sculptures, murals, and mosaics. In Philadelphia, she was part of social and professional circles that included Moe Brooker, Barbara Bullock, Walter Edmonds, Charles Pridgen, Leroy Johnson, John Simpson, James Dupree...

Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Geometric Abstract Surrealist Composition Oil Painting
20th Century French Geometric Abstract Surrealist Composition Oil Painting

20th Century French Geometric Abstract Surrealist Composition Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Abstract Composition by Serge Guerin (b. 1916), French oil painting on board, framed framed: 24 x 30 inches board: 19 x 25.5 inches provenance: private collection, Paris, France con...

Category

20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Composition (Edition 209/220)
Composition (Edition 209/220)

Composition (Edition 209/220)

By Maurice Élie Sarthou

Located in New York, NY

Maurice Élie Sarthou (French, 1911-1999) "Composition" Edition 209/220, Abstract Lithograph signed and numbered in Pencil, 18.50 x 24.63, Late 20th Century, ca. 1960s Colors: Green, Black, Yellow, Purple, Orange Sarthou was born in Bayonne on January 15, 1911; an orphan following the death of his father during the First World War, he was raised by his mother and grandfather in Montpellier. After high school, in 1927, he obtained the authorization to enter the Beaux-Arts of the city provided he prepared architecture. After a year, he persuades his family to let him study at the painting studio. He first attended a training at the School of Fine Arts in Montpellier; Then in 1930, a fellow of the city of Montpellier as the ward of the nation, he entered the Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1934, birth of Francine, his daughter. To make a living, he introduces himself to the drawing faculty. He was appointed to Bastia, then in 1937 to Bordeaux. In 1939, 1940 and 1941, he made war in the transmissions. In 1943, he became a member of the Société des Artistes Indépendants Bordelais, which regularly organizes exhibitions of Parisian artists (Bissière, Lhote, Walch, etc.); this has a positive influence on him; Artistic emulation allows him to assert his style even more intensely. In 1948 he met the writer Raymond Guérin who introduced him to Maurice Toesca, Marcel Arland and, later, Jean Paulhan. In 1950, he illustrated Raymond Guérin's book "Testamentary fragment". In 1949 he was chosen by Jacques Lassaigne, who came to Bordeaux to preside over the regional selection of the Prix de la Jeune Peinture. He won the price Drouant, the first mention of the price (fourth prize on more than 90 competitors, including Lagrange, Lapoujade, Rebeyrolle, also mentioned). In the jury, Gaston Diehl noticed him and invited him to the Salon de Mai of which he is the founder. It is the first manifestation of Sarthou with the Parisian public with two paintings: "Still life" and "Open window". He will participate in this show until 1963. He moved to Paris in 1950, where he was appointed professor of drawing at Lycée Henri IV, which allowed him to exhibit in the salons of the capital and to be more recognized. From 1950, around Jean Paulhan, meet at the arena of Lutetia, on Sunday morning, to play bowls: Maurice Toesca, Jerome Lindon, Yves Berger...

Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Abstract Mezzotint Print, Signed Edition #5/40, 2000s
Abstract Mezzotint Print, Signed Edition #5/40, 2000s

Abstract Mezzotint Print, Signed Edition #5/40, 2000s

By Anne Dykmans

Located in New Orleans, LA

This impression is #5 out of 40 Anne Dykmans was born in Verviers, Belgium, in 1952. She is a graduate of l’École Nationale d’Architecture et des Arts Visuels de La Cambre in Brussels, where she studied printmaking. Specialist of the Mezzotint (mezzotinto) technique, she is especially known for her prints of interior scenes, where light and dark come together in amazing chiaroscuro effects. She has presented her work in solo and group shows in Belgium and in many countries including; among others: France, Germany, Spain, Canada, Japan, China, and the USA. She was awarded in 1983 the Prix de la Jeune Gravure Belge in Antwerp. In 1986 she received the Prize of the 8th Biennale of Engraving of Fredrikstad, Norway. She won in 1988 the Gold Medal at the 2nd Triennial of Mezzotint Engraving of Sopot, Poland. Her prints are included in many private and public collections around the world. Anne Dykmans taught engraving from 1984 to 2017 at the Constantin Meunier...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Mezzotint

Vase, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Vase, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century

Vase, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century

By Manu Jorquera

Located in Mexico City, MX

Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting Mixed Media on Canvas 100 x 80 cm Signed About the artist Manu Jorquera (1986) is a Chilean visual artist whose work explores the mestizo popular...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Whispers of You in My Thoughts
Whispers of You in My Thoughts

Whispers of You in My Thoughts

By Oksana Reva

Located in Zofingen, AG

A contemplative abstract composition rendered in delicate layers of pearl gray, powder beige, and muted lavender tones. Soft horizontal gestures evoke the meeting line of sky and wat...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Wonderland' by Doug Bauer, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
'Wonderland' by Doug Bauer, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

'Wonderland' by Doug Bauer, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

This 36" x 48" acrylic on canvas painting by artist, Doug Bauer, is a dynamic composition of interlocking geometric and organic forms rendered in a vibrant palette of blues, greens, ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Moody Blues in Bloom: Large Abstract, Floral, Painting, 101x76 cm
Moody Blues in Bloom: Large Abstract, Floral, Painting, 101x76 cm

Moody Blues in Bloom: Large Abstract, Floral, Painting, 101x76 cm

By Karnish Art

Located in Pretoria, Gauteng

Title: Moody Blues in Bloom Painting Floral Abstract Bold Freedom Contrast Statement Splashes In this piece, I abundantly layered vibrant blues, peaceful greens and passionate pink...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Composition, Basket Series, Dale Chihuly
Composition, Basket Series, Dale Chihuly

Composition, Basket Series, Dale Chihuly

By Dale Chihuly

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Dale Chihuly (1941) Title: Composition, Basket Series Year: 2015 Medium: Intaglio and acrylic on Waterford paper Edition: 43/175 Size: 37 x 25 inches Inscription: Signed and ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Intaglio

Huge Contemporary Spanish Signed Oil Painting Picasso Style Horse Abstract Paint
Huge Contemporary Spanish Signed Oil Painting Picasso Style Horse Abstract Paint

Huge Contemporary Spanish Signed Oil Painting Picasso Style Horse Abstract Paint

By Spanish artist

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Abstract Horses Spanish School, signed 'Santos' early 21st century acrylic painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 32 x 48 inches condition: very good provenance: private collection, So...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Vintage Lascaux Caves Abstract Watercolor
Vintage Lascaux Caves Abstract Watercolor

Vintage Lascaux Caves Abstract Watercolor

By Les Anderson

Located in Soquel, CA

Abstracted composition inspired by prehistoric paintings in the caves of Lascaux, France by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Signed "Les Anderson" lower right. Fr...

Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Untitled

Untitled

Located in Phoenix, AZ

ceramic and wood Tetsuya Yamada (b. 1968, Tokyo) studied traditional Japanese ceramics before moving to the USA in 1994. He received his MFA from Alfred University in 1997 and is cu...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Essence of Bloom — Rising Roses
Essence of Bloom — Rising Roses

Essence of Bloom — Rising Roses

By Tetiana Pchelnykova

Located in Zofingen, AG

In this abstract floral composition, three roses rise from the darkness toward the light — a visual metaphor for resilience, hope, and transformation. Rich textures and expressive la...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

ABSTRACT Contemporary Artist French Rose Madone New Artwork Nature earth colors
ABSTRACT Contemporary Artist French Rose Madone New Artwork Nature earth colors

ABSTRACT Contemporary Artist French Rose Madone New Artwork Nature earth colors

By Rose Madone

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

At Escat Gallery, we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of A...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media

Power Grab in Primary Colors
Power Grab in Primary Colors

Power Grab in Primary Colors

Located in San Francisco, CA

Locked in an embrace, two of the three primary colors set against a yellow background might represent the contentment of enduring intimacy, or the grip technology has on all of us, o...

Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Reclining Figure (woman)
Reclining Figure (woman)

Reclining Figure (woman)

By William King (b.1925)

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

William King (1925-2015). Reclining figure, ca. 1965. Cast and welded bronze, 7 x 9.5 x 5 inches. Unsigned. William King, a sculptor in a variety of materials whose human figures traced social attitudes through the last half of the 20th century, often poking sly and poignant fun at human follies and foibles, died on March 4 at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 90. His death was confirmed by Scott Chaskey, who is married to Mr. King's stepdaughter, Megan Chaskey. Mr. King worked in clay, wood, bronze, vinyl, burlap and aluminum. He worked both big and small, from busts and toylike figures to large public art pieces depicting familiar human poses -- a seated, cross-legged man reading; a Western couple (he in a cowboy hat, she in a long dress) holding hands; a tall man reaching down to tug along a recalcitrant little boy; a crowd of robotic-looking men walking in lock step. But for all its variation, what unified his work was a wry observer's arched eyebrow, the pointed humor and witty rue of a fatalist. His figurative sculptures, often with long, spidery legs and an outlandishly skewed ratio of torso to appendages, use gestures and posture to suggest attitude and illustrate his own amusement with the unwieldiness of human physical equipment. His subjects included tennis players and gymnasts, dancers and musicians, and he managed to show appreciation of their physical gifts and comic delight at their contortions and costumery. His suit-wearing businessmen often appeared haughty or pompous; his other men could seem timid or perplexed or awkward. Oddly, or perhaps tellingly, he tended to depict women more reverentially, though in his portrayals of couples the fragility and tender comedy inherent in couplehood settled equally on both partners. Mr. King's work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, among other places, and he had dozens of solo gallery shows in New York and elsewhere. But the comic element of his work probably caused his reputation to suffer. Reviews of his exhibitions frequently began with the caveat that even though the work was funny, it was also serious, displaying superior technical skills, imaginative vision and the bolstering weight of a range of influences, from the ancient Etruscans to American folk art to 20th-century artists including Giacometti, Calder. and Elie Nadelman. The critic Hilton Kramer, one of Mr. King's most ardent advocates, wrote in a 1970 essay accompanying a New York gallery exhibit that he was, "among other things, an amusing artist, and nowadays this can, at times, be almost as much a liability as an asset." A "preoccupation with gesture is the focus of King's sculptural imagination," Mr. Kramer wrote. "Everything that one admires in his work - the virtuoso carving, the deft handling of a wide variety of materials, the shrewd observation and resourceful invention - all this is secondary to the concentration on gesture. The physical stance of the human animal as it negotiates the social arena, the unconscious gait that the body assumes in making its way in the social medium, the emotion traced by the course of a limb, a torso, a head, the features of a face, a coiffure or a costume - from a keen observation of these materials King has garnered a large stock of sculptural images notable for their wit, empathy, simplicity and psychological precision." William Dickey King...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Bronze

The Camper
The Camper

The Camper

By Fernand Léger

Located in Paris, FR

Wood engraving, 1976 Edition : 38/50 Publisher : Éditions Théo Schmied (Paris) Printer : Théo Schmied (Paris) Catalog : [Saphire E 18, p. 290-291] 90.00 cm. x 65.50 cm. 35.43 in. x ...

Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Engraving

Untitled (Organic abstract bronze sculpture)
Untitled (Organic abstract bronze sculpture)

Untitled (Organic abstract bronze sculpture)

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Klaus Ihlenfeld (b.1934) Untitled (Flower Form), sculpted phosphor bronze-coated copper sounding sculpture, early 1970s. Exhibited: Klaus Ihlenfeld - Recent Sculpture at Albright College - Campus Center Gallery from Feb. 18 - March 18, 1973.. Welded bronze. 15 h x 12.5 inches w. Signed with initial on base. Provenance: Albright College Museum collection. Excellent condition. Klaus Karl Otto Ihlenfeld. He was born in Berlin, Germany in 1934. He studied art at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste and completed graduate work with the metal sculptor Hans Uhlmann. He visited the US in 1957 for the first time living in Durham, NC, where he befriended Dr. W. R. Valentiner, the Rembrandt authority and Director of the Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. Through this friendship in 1960 he met and worked with the metal sculptor Harry Bertoia in Barto, PA. He joined the Staempfli Gallery in NYC and entered in many group and one-man shows. He has been an Artist-in-Residence in Ogden, Utah; Huntington Museum of Art in West Virginia, Penn State University at University Park; the Colorado State University in Denver; and Shippensburg University. He has large commissions at Kutztown University, Pottstown Hospital, and a monumental relief sculpture at the Emigrant Savings Bank in NYC. He has traveled extensively in Spain, Greece, and Mexico. He is living and working on a farm in Barto, PA welding bronze and forged iron metal sculptures and painting watercolors. Group Shows: North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC - 1957 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City - 1962 Staempfli Gallery in New York City - 1962, 1964 and 1965 Gallery Ludwig Lange in West Berlin, Germany - 1977 Gallery Herbert Remmert and Dr. Barth in Dusseldorf in West Germany - 1981 Jack Savitt Gallery in Macungie, PA - 1981 and 1984 Heinz Ortleb Gallery, West Berlin, Germany - 1992 Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce Show at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, PA - 1997 Berks Art Alliance Show at the Reading Art Museum in Reading, PA - 1997 Mayfair Festival of the Arts at the Allentown Art Museum - 1998 Baum School of Art in Allentown, PA - 1997 Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center Art Show in Pennsburg, PA - 2001 Reading Public Museum in Reading PA, 2014 Solo Shows: Kutztown University in Kutztown, PA - 1960 and 1965 Allentown Art Museum in Allentown, PA - 1960 and 1961 Staempfli Gallery in New York City - 1962 Penn State University in University Park, PA - 1964 and 1972 Berks Art Alliance in Wyomissing, PA - 1966 Bertha Eccles Art Center in Ogden, Utah - 1967 Mansfield University in Mansfield, PA - 1967 Huntington Museum of Art in Huntington, WV - 1971 Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, PA - 1972 Albright College in Reading, PA - 1973 Ianuzzi Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ - 1974 Gallery Heimat 85 in West Berlin, Germany - 1977 Jack Savitt Gallery in Macungie, PA - 1981 College Misericordia in Dallas, PA - 1983 Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center in Pennsburg, PA, 2013 Periodical Reference: Kaye, Ellen "The Obsessive Collector," Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine Sptember 21, 1986 pp. 32-33. Chronology: 1-30-1934 Born in Berlin, Germany. Father, Kurt Ihlenfeld, Lutheran pastor, novelist, critic and publisher was born in 1901 in Colmar, Alsace Lorain. Mother, Annie Stuhlmann, was born in 1905 in Breslau, Lower Silesia. 1940 - 1950 Public schools in Berlin; Löwen, Lower Silesia; Coswig, Radebeul, Glaubitz, Saxony. Königin Luise-Gymnasium in Dahlem, Berlin. First artworks, drawings and paintings; few sculptures. 1950 - 1956 Studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in West Berlin, Germany. Graduate work with metal sculptor Hans Uhlmann. For 2 years maintained own studio at the Academy. Friendship with writer Günter Grass, and painter F. S. Sonnenstern. Met painters: Max Pechstein, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Carl Hofer, Max Kaus, and sculptors: Bernhard Heiliger, Renee Sintenis, and Richard Scheibe. Opened own gallery in the Kurfürstendam area of Berlin. 1954 Traveled to West Germany, France, Barcelona, Spain (Balearic Islands), and Menorca for 3 months. 1957 First visit to the United States in Durham, NC. Participated in a group show at the Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. Friendship with Dr. W. R. Valentiner, the Rembrandt authority and Director of the Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. Work with metal sculptor Harry Bertoia in Bally, PA. Started own metal sculptures in Bertoia Studio. Traveled to Mexico and throughout the US. Visited Monte Alban, and Mitla-Oaxaca. Started collecting works of pre-Columbian art. Also African and South Pacific works of art and the works of children. 1958 Returned to West Berlin, Germany to open own workshop and gallery. Cooperation with his brother Bertram Ihlenfeld and brother-in-law, violinist Heinz Ortleb. Precise metal sculptures in various medias. 1959: Motion picture of the development of sculptures: Spiel in Stahl (Play in Steel), filmed by Dr. Hans Cürlis shown at the Bergamo Film Festival in Italy, in West Germany, and German Embassies in South America. 1960 Second visit to the United States. Cooperation with sculptor Harry Bertoia in Bally, PA. Friendship with Brigitta Valentiner Bertoia. Worked on large commissions. Met painter Willem DeKoonig, gallerist Georg W. Staempfli in New York City, and furniture maker George Nakashima in New Hope, PA. First one-man show of sculptures at Kutztown State College, Kutztown, PA. One-man show of sculptures at the Allentown Museum of Art under Director Hirsch. 1961 Traveled and studied archeological sites in Mexico (Monte Alban, Mitla-Oaxaca; Colima, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Patzcuaro, etc.). Collected pre-Columbian art in Mexico and New York City. Second one-man show at the Allentown Museum of Art (sculptures) under Director Caldwell. 1962 One-man show at Staempfli Gallery in New York City. Participated in various group shows at the gallery: "Twenty Sculptors" and "Recent Acquisitions". Met artists Marcel Duchamp and Salvador Dali; sculptors Alexander Calder and Alexander Lieberman. Participated in a major exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City entitled "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection". 1963 Married Patricia A. Lambert of Springfield, PA. Harry Bertoia was their best man. 1964 One-man show at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and a group show "Stone, Wood and Metal" at Staemplfi Gallery in New York City. First child, Paul Vincent born. 1965 Entered group show at Staempfli Gallery "Stone and Crystal". One-man show of graphics at Kutztown State Teachers College in Kutztown, PA. One-man show at Wyomissing Art Alliance, Reading, PA. 1966 Commissioned for a fountain sculpture at Kutztown State Teachers College, Kutztown, PA. Birth of twins, Phillip Sydney and Naomi Andrea. 1967 Artist-in-Residence at the Bertha Eccles Art Center, Ogden, Utah (received a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts). Met sculptor Larry Elsner. One-man show at Mansfield State College, Mansfield, PA. Fourth child born, Douglas Robinson. 1968 - 1969 Commissioned to create a large relief sculpture for the Emigrant Savings Bank at 5 East 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City entitled: Heavenly Bodies, 250 ft. X 32 ft. (weighing 8 tons). Moved to the estate "Iron Masters Mansion", Barto, PA. 1970 - 1971 Artist-in-Residence at the Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV (received a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts). One-man show at the Huntington Museum of Art. A movie was made of the exhibition by the Huntington Television Station. Met A. Moretti, sculptor of glass figures. One-man show at the old Sears and Roebuck mansion in Haverford, PA. 1971 - 1972 Artist-in-Residence at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (received a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts). Classes for drawing and experimental sculpture. One-man show at the Chambers Building and the Hetzel Union Building. Also Artist-in-Residence at Shippensburg State College, Shippensburg, PA. Commissioned to execute a sculpture for the new Library at the Shippensburg State College. Death of father, Kurt Ihlenfeld. 1973 Invitation to lecture and work with sculpture classes at Colorado State University, Denver, Colorado. One-man show at Albright College, Reading, PA. 1974 - 1976 Years of increased studies and work. Acquisition of a farm in Barto, PA. Built a new workshop. Works and lives with his wife and four children at the Barto, PA farm. New sculptures in iron, bronze, brass and wood. Traveled to Belgium, West Germany and Switzerland. One-man show at Gallery Heimat 85, West Berlin, Germany. One-man show at the Ianuzzi Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona. Friendship with sculptor Tom Althouse and paintress Jane Mitchell. 1977 - 1981 Traveled to West Berlin. Works exhibited at Gallery Heimat 85, West Berlin. Also exhibited at Gallery Ludwig Lange. New workshop opened at parent's house in West Berlin. Many sculptures in steel, iron and bronze, some are represented at the Gallery Herbert Remmert and Dr. Barth, Düsseldorf, West Germany. Visited the Island of Korfu in Greece. New graphics. First visit to Italy. A fire at the farm destroyed two buildings, also 38 sculptures (created from 1950 to 1979), reliefs, graphics, correspondences, and various art collections. 1981 - 1984 One-man show and group shows at the Jack Savitt Gallery, Macungie, PA. One-man show at Misericordia College, Dallas, PA. 1984 - 1985 Change of direction. Painting in watercolor dominates sculptural work. Also greater interest in collecting other artists' work. One-man show at the James A. Caplan estate in Villanova, PA. 1989 Represented in the June 1989 Colonial Homes magazine. The article and photographs described the artist's life and his collections. 1992 Traveled to Europe, mainly living and working in Germany and Belgium. One-man show in Liegé, Belgium. Sculptures, drawings and paintings shown at the Heinz Ortleb Gallery, Berlin. Death of mother, Annie Ihlenfeld, in Berlin. 1994 - 1996 Restored a large barn at the farm with his son Phillip for extensive art collections and completed sculptures. Created sculpture garden at farm. 1996 Created many new bronze and brass sculptures during the winter months. Participated in the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce Sculpture Show. Study tour to Bermuda with his wife. The semi-tropical plants and landscapes inspired new works. 1997: Traveled, study-tour, to St. Lucia, near Martinique, in the West Indies with his wife. This tropical environment was most inspiring. Participated in the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce Sculpture Show at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown from June 13 to September 7, 1997. 1998 Entered the Berks County Art Alliance juried art show in the fall at the Reading Art Museum, Reading, PA. 1999 Travels and studies with family members of ruins near Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico (Monte Alban, Mitla, Dainzu, Teotitlan del Valle, Lambityeco, San Jose El Mogote, Yagul), the Rufino Tamayo Museum of Pre-Columbian Art, and the Regional Museum of Anthropology in Oaxaca City, in May. This is one of the most productive years in metal sculpting - forged iron and steel (many large scale works) all welded, new watercolors and art acquisitions. 2000 Sculptures entered in the Baum School Art Auction, Allentown, PA. 2001 Entered a group show of sculpture and paintings at the Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, Pennsburg, PA. Continues to create new sculptures in iron, bronze, brass and wood. Also has continued to produce a wide variety of watercolor & other graphics large and small. 2002 Study tour to the Key West, Cozumel, Tulum, Belize and Nassau. Continues to produce many sculptures in bronze and iron. 2003 - 2004 Visited Niagara Falls, the Finger Lakes, Thousand Islands, Rockport, Maine and Concord, Massachusetts. Many inspirations for water colors and sculptures. 2005 - Exploring Maryland during the summer. First grandchild born in July, which was an extraordinary event. Painting many watercolors and continuing to work in forged iron. 2006 Sculptures entered in the PA Sinfonia Orchestra Art Auction, Allentown, PA. Continues to produce a wide variety of watercolors and bronze sculptures. Acquired over 200 African artifacts. Sculptures sold at David Rago Auctions...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Bronze

Stillness in Bloom- original abstract impressionism landscape oil - contemporary
Stillness in Bloom- original abstract impressionism landscape oil - contemporary

Stillness in Bloom- original abstract impressionism landscape oil - contemporary

By Louise Fairchild

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

French Abstract Red Black Expressionist Oil Painting Gabriel Jenny
French Abstract Red Black Expressionist Oil Painting Gabriel Jenny

French Abstract Red Black Expressionist Oil Painting Gabriel Jenny

By Gabriel Jenny

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist: Gabriel Jenny (French, 20th century) Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 25.5 x 32 inches Frame: Unframed Signature: Signed lower right Condition: Good condition Description An expr...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

“Let’s Play”
“Let’s Play”

“Let’s Play”

Located in Zofingen, AG

The painting "Let’s Play" immerses the viewer in a playful world, inviting them into a fairy tale reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland. The girl holds a small rabbit tightly in her arm...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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