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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
That Golden Hour-modern art impressionist seascape vivid colour-contemprary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "That Golden Hour" by Nick Vivian is a breathtaking depiction o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Linen, Oil

Nuvu Blue - modern, contemporary, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This colourful abstract expressionist painting is by the award-winning artist Milly Ristvedt. For decades, Milly Ristvedt has explored the unlimited potential and power of colour to...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Engaging the Flow Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Acrylic on paper, abstract study in color by listed California artist Doris Sherwyn (American, 1927-2015). Signed, "Doris Sherwyn" lower left. Displayed in a metal frame. Image, 20....
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Acrylic, Paper

Two People Looking at a Piece of Paper, Abstract Screenprint by Peter Young
By Peter Young
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Young Title: Two People Looking at a Piece of Paper from New York 10 Year: 1969 Medium: Screenprint and pochoir, signed, numbered, and dated in pencil Edition: 67/100 ...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Screen

Long Distance Ocean 1980 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Arthur Secunda Long Distance Ocean - 1980 Print - Serigraph   40'' x 23'' inches Edition: signed and numbered in pencil 215/250 Secunda's exploration into printmaking has very ofte...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Altitudes /// Abstract Expressionism Helen Frankenthaler Female Post-War Modern
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011) Title: "Altitudes" *Signed, dated, and numbered by Frankenthaler in pencil lower right Year: 1978 Medium: Original Lithograph on light yellow-pink J.B. Green Hayle Mill Bodleian handmade paper Limited edition: 29/42 Printer: Bill Goldston and John A. Lund of Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, NY Publisher: Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, NY Reference: "Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné - Prints 1961-1994" - Harrison No. 72, page 264, 268-270; "ULAE" - Sparks No. 33, page 88, 323; Clark No. 67; Williams No. 67 Sheet size (irregular margins): 22.25" x 30.88" Condition: Remnants of previous mounting tape on verso. In excellent condition with strong colors Very rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - New York, NY; private collection - notable fashion illustrator Jay Hyde, Crawford, New York, NY; acquired from an art gallery in New York, NY; likely acquired directly from the publisher Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, NY. Lithograph drawn with tusche wash. Printed in two colors from two stones: red and green. Universal Limited Art Editions chop mark/blind stamp lower right. "Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné - Prints 1961-1994" - Harrison - "Frankenthaler carefully chose a European handmade paper that would add another color and texture to the print" ... "By contrast, in "Altitudes", the artist created a bleed image so that the sheet of paper is smaller than the stone's image and the large red tusche wash sweeps across the surface of the yellow-pink J.B. Green Hayle Mill Bodleian paper, becoming warmed and enhanced by its color and texture." "Universal Limited Art Editions - A History and Catalogue: The First Twenty-Five Years" - Sparks - "In "Bronze Smoke" (cat. no. 32), "Altitudes" (cat. no. 33), and "Door" (cat. no. 34), minimal compositions were replaced by fields of drifting, multilayered color, as rich and satisfying as her work on a much grander scale." Biography: Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Handmade Paper, Lithograph

1960's French Expressionist Oil Painting Very Thick Impasto Oil Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionism French School, circa 1960's period oil painting on board, unframed board: 13.75 x 16.5 inches provenance: private collection, Brittany, France condition: very ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Yaacov Agam Untitled Vertical Orchestration
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Untitled Portfolio: Vertical Orchestration Medium: Silkscreen Year: 1980s Edition: 23/54 Sheet Size: 29 5/8" x 8 3/4"...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Screen

Why Can't I Cry
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is part of a series that is influenced by trying to find simplicity and beauty in todays chaotic world. I start each painting with a feeling; be it hope, despair, happi...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Linen, Charcoal, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil

Original-LargeCanvas-Summer Bloom-Tree-UK Awarded Artist-Exhibition Collection
Located in London, GB
Summer Bloom series began in 2022, which Shizico Yi celebrates the season by painting en plein air in her garden and locations. 2024, she embarks on a fresh chapter with her new cott...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Original Modern Contemporary painting on canvas, Abstract, Fantasy style, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale Original Abstract Acrylic Painting on canvas in a fantasy abstract style. A unique technique, very colorful. An unusual combination of colors, a flow from sharp to soft s...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Kansas City, MO
“Untitled” 2018-2019 Porcelain, Paper Clay Cone 6 Size: 54 in. x 54 in. COA provided Danielle Weigandt explores the construct of events in time and their role in our lives. Time can...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Clay, Porcelain

"Sycamores" Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Sycamores" Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper Bold and expressive composition by Ellen Marie Jones (American, b. 1961). Several botanical shapes resembling tree...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Paper, Glue, Acrylic

Series 6, De Stijl Silkscreen by Bolotowsky
Located in Long Island City, NY
A silkscreen print by Ilya Bolotowsky circa 1970. A retro modern piece with an abstract geometric design. Artist: Ilya Bolotowsky, Russian/American (1907 - 1981) Title: Series 6 Yea...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Screen

blue abstract painting landscape sea Pristine water
Located in Roma, GB
90x110cm (95x1115 cm full size) original painting on canvas hand signed one-of-a-kind the item will be shipped rolled
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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

A Paintings Retrospective: vintage LACMA Museum poster depicting her 1963 work
Located in New York, NY
Helen Frankenthaler A Paintings Retrospective: vintage LACMA Museum poster, 1990 Offset lithograph museum poster (Unsigned & Unnumbered) Limited Edition - though exact number produced unknown 37 × 25 inches Unframed This was printed in the artists lifetime - making it more collectible - on the occasion of the exhibition, "Helen Frankenthaler: A Paintings Retrospective from February to April, 1990 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Print is published by Editions Limited Galleries, San Francisco for Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), LA, CA The work depicted is Helen Frankenthaler, The Bay, 1963, acrylic on canvas, Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan (Incidentally, this beautiful work is featured on the cover of the book Water and Art' by David Clarke.) Accompanied by gallery issued Certificate of Guarantee “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 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...
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1990s Abstract Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Toothpicks III - 3D wood color contemporary abstract mural sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Erin Vincent is a Toronto based-artist whose work draws on a variety of repetitive and labor intensive processes and materials. Things and common objects have always fascinated Vinc...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Wood

Bonfire Minor 5/30 - contemporary, abstract, polished, stainless steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This elegant and dynamic contemporary stainless steel sculpture was created by Ulysses Veloso to emulate the warmth and shape of a bonfire. The Toronto-based artist has hand-forged t...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Stainless Steel

"Black Gouache" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the gouache). Printed in 1992 by l'Imprimerie Karcher and published by Nouvelles Editions Seguier in an edition of 1000 for the Sol LeWitt "Black Gouaches" ...
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1990s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Wandering Backwards I Reach The End - Large Blue Figurative Abstract Original
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Fabric

Ezust
Located in Paris, FR
Silksreen, 1966 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 147/150 Publisher : Denise Renè, Paris Printer : Ateliers Arcay Catalog : [Benavides 57] 83.00 cm. x 75.00 cm. 32.68 ...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Silk

Large Outdoor Vessel No 1 - glazed, outdoor, ceramic, snake and vessel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A decade ago, Bill Greaves took his niece to participate in a clay class at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto. He was entranced and soon afterwards began his...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Ceramic

Les Banderilles (IV), from A Los Toros Avec Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Les Banderilles (IV) Portfolio: A Los Toros Avec Picasso Medium: Transfer lithograph Date: 1961 Edition: Unnumbered Frame ...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Joan Miro, "Le Pitre Rose", etching, aquatint, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Joan Miró "Le Pitre Rose", 1974 Original etching and aquatint From the edition of 50 on arches paper, hand signed and numbered 9/50. Sheet measures: 55 x...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Etching, Aquatint

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1965 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 151-152) and published in Paris by Maeght. Size: 15 x 11 inches (378 x 277 mm). There ...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

"Doves for the Dorians II" (pink, green, white, Greek warrior. sword, painting)
Located in Paris, IDF
The Dorians played a significant role in the development of the Greek city-states during the Bronze Age -- and Doves are widely recognized as symbols of peace, primarily in the story...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Canvas, Dye, Oil, Acrylic

Squeezed Blue Fiddle Signed Limited Edition Screen Print
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Pierre Fernandez Arman Year: 1978 Squeezed Blue Fiddle Medium Type: Screen print on Arches Paper Size-Width Size-Height: 22'' x 30'' Edition Size: Signed in pencil and marked 121/...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Screen

Dorothy Dehner, Mid Century Modern signed abstract sculptural drawing, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Dorothy Dehner Untitled Mid Century Modern abstract sculptural drawing, 1955 Marker and graphite on paper Signed and dated by Dorothy Dehner in black felt tip pen on the front Frame ...
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1950s Abstract Art

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Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Graphite

Diptych 1 & 2 - acrylic on canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Nina is an artist, ceramist and colorist with 20 years of professional experience and a lifetime of art appreciation. Originally from Virginia and having traveled and lived extensive...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract Geometric Composition
Located in Kansas City, MO
Roland Martin Abstract Geometric Composition Medium: Color Silkscreen Year: 1972 Signed, numbered and dated by hand Edition: 15 Condition: Minor Defects Size: 23.2 × 16.4 inches COA provided Roland Martin (born July 29, 1927 in Tuttlingen ) is a German sculptor . As a 16-year-old Martin was used in 1943 as a Luftwaffenhelfer, towards the end of the war he was taken prisoner. From 1946 to 1951 he studied at the Bernstein School in Glatt with Hans Ludwig Pfeiffer and Paul Kälberer In 1950 he was for a short time at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, Field Office Freiburg in Freiburg im Breisgau with Wilhelm Gerstel, from 1951 to 1952 he was a student of Fritz Nuss. Since 1952 Martin works as a freelance sculptor in Tuttlingen. Among his students is Jörg Bach...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Screen

Tide Goes Out: Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting in Blue, Grey, Green, Beige
Located in Hudson, NY
Vertical abstract expressionist oil painting on canvas in earthy shades of sky blue and Payne's grey, with accents of green and peach against an off-white foreground 'When the Tide Goes Out' painted by Hudson Valley artist, Jenny Nelson, in 2022 Oil on canvas 60 x 54 x 1.5 inches, with white painted sides Excellent condition, ready to hang Signed, verso This abstract expressionist oil painting was painted by Woodstock, NY based artist, Jenny Nelson, in 2022. The colorful abstract composition is completed in an expressionist style with loose and gestural brushstrokes in calming tones of dusty blue, stone blue, and green. The contrasting patches of pale pink and peach pop against the subtle pale beige and light blue background. Color is applied in light layers which is noticeable in the faint yet visible under tones of the painting. The oil painting is unframed, with white painted sides, so framing is optional. The artist's signature is located on the back of the painting. Artist Statement: My work has always been anchored in drawing. I spent years drawing and painting from life. This instilled a strong sense of space and structure. At some point I became more interested in the negative space surrounding the objects I was observing and modifying the objects themselves. I began to organically develop an abstract language, but the sense of structure and organization remained constant in the painting. I apply paint in layers using palette knives, brushes and oil sticks. I initially draw loose gestures and a variety of spontaneous marks. Often traces of previous layers remain visible, allowing colors to interact in ways I could not have anticipated. This process leaves me feeling quite lost a lot of the time, and I have had to learn to become comfortable with that feeling. This sometimes builds to frustration, and I will scrape off much of what was applied, but the result of doing this is often something wonderful that moves the painting forward. I view the painting process as a collaboration between myself and the materials. A conversation starts that has a beginning and an end, but everything in between is unpredictable. It seems at first some exciting things may show up but it’s important to disregard these first, too beautiful bursts, work over them, and develop something deeper from them. As the painting evolves, shapes and lines solidify, and I begin to see how the parts affect the whole. This way of layering, adding and subtracting, creates a history on the canvas. Shapes have a story to tell. Lines that have been obliterated and resurrected over and over again have an emotional charge. This process that started as a wild party ends up as a contemplative carefully edited composition, involving precise modifications, while hopefully leaving the life force in tact. About the artist: Jenny Nelson attended Maine College of Art in Portland Maine, and is a graduate of Bard College, where she received a scholarship to the Lacoste School of the Arts in France. She has been living in Woodstock, New York for nearly two decades, including a Residency at the Byrdcliffe Art Colony from November 2004-08. Jenny has been exhibiting for many years nationally and regionally. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: Solo Shows: 2019 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2019 Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte NC 2018 Light Waves, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte NC 2017 New Works, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2016 Sailing in Place, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte NC 2013 Traveling Light, Tria Gallery, Manhattan NY 2012 New Work, Smink Modern, Dallas TX 2012 New Work, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2011 Awakenings (Duo with Keun Young Park) Tria Gallery, Manhattan NY 2010 New Paintings, Chace-Randall Gallery, Andes NY 2008 Autumn Elegance, Asher Neiman Gallery, Red Bank NJ 2008 The Light Between, Chace-Randall Gallery, Andes NY 2007 New Work, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2006 Of Line and Light, Chace-Randall Gallery, Andes NY 2006 Abstractions, Gallery 100, Saratoga NY 2005 Spring Collection, Coffey Gallery, Kingston NY 2005 New Work, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2004 Summer, Omega Institute, Rhinebeck NY 2004 New Work, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2003 Paintings from Shady, Coffey Gallery, Kingston NY 2001 Fisher Studio Art Gallery, Annandale-on-Hudson Group Exhibitions: 2018 20th Anniversary Show, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2017 Due East: Woodstock Artists in Nantucket, Nantucket Arts Center, Nantucket, MA 2017 Composition: The Abstract Landscape, Kleinert/James Gallery, Woodstock NY 2014 Women in Abstract, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte NC 2013 Hidell Brooks Anniversary Show, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2013 AD Boston Art Fair, Gold Gallery, Boston 2012 Contemporary Painters, Carrie Haddad Gallery Hudson, NY 2012 Featured Artist, Dragonfly Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA 2012 Tria Gallery Summer Exhibition, Manhattan, NY 2012 AAF NYC, Tria Gallery, Manhattan, NY 2011 Featured Artist, Dragonfly Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA 2011 AAF NYC, Tria Gallery, Manhattan, NY 2011 Figures and Abstractions, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2010 Art Hamptons, Tria Gallery, Manhattan NY 2010 Featured Artist, Dragonfly Gallery, Martha's Vineyard MA 2009 LA Art Fair, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto CA 2009 Curators Choice, Chace-Randall Gallery, Andes NY 2009 Instructors Exhibition, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock NY 2009 Group Exhibition, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto CA 2009 Small Works, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta GA 2009 Winter White, Tria Gallery, Manhattan NY 2009 Contrasts, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta GA 2009 AAF NYC Tria Gallery, Manhattan NY 2008 Summer Cocktail, Tria Gallery, Manhattan NY 2008 5"x7" Show, Kleinart-James Gallery, Woodstock NY 2007 Faculty Plus One, Columbia Greene Community College, Hudson NY 2007 Art Basel Miami, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2007 One New Work, Chace-Randall Gallery, Andes NY 2007 5"x7" Show, Kleinart-James Gallery, Woodstock, NY 2006 Beach, Gallery Yellow, Cross River NY 2006 Flow, Kleinart/James Gallery, Woodstock, NY 2006 Group Exhibition, James Cox...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Antique French Avante Garde Abstract Expressionist Surreal Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and finely painted French modernist abstract painting by Jacques Doucet (1924 - 1994) . Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Artist Bio: Jacques Doucet's work is inextricably bo...
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1950s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beach Scene (Coney Island)
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Beach Scene (Coney Island) is a fine example of Martha Walter’s light-hearted, colorful harbor and beach scenes, for which she became best known. Her ability to capture the animation...
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Early 20th Century Abstract Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Loving Life Lilly Muth - Contemporary geometric abstraction - Oil Painting
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's geometric abstractions are colourful works full figures that of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. Her use of colour is bold yet ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Opus 92 by Gilbert Pauli - Acryl on paper 31x40 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper with frame in wood and glass sizes: 48x57x2 cm
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Acrylic

Untitled abstract painting mixed media on canvas
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Artist: Deyan Valkov Title: Untitled Year: 2002 (based on the signature) Technique: Mixed media on canvas (oil and material) Dimensions: 25.6 x 21.3 inches Condition: Unframed This ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

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Mixed Media

"girlfriends in the rain " RK42, Abstract, Painting, 21st Century, Acrylic
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way, h...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Clay, Acrylic

Detail Sketch from January 1986, Pure pigment collage, acrylic painting; Signed
Located in New York, NY
Robert Petersen Detail Sketch from January 1986, 1991 Pure pigment collage, acrylic painting and drawing Hand-signed by artist, Hand signed, hand initialed, annotated, dated by hand and with date stamp and stamped by artist and inscribed to Dr. Joseph and Mary Bottino Provenance: Bottino family 16 1/2 × 21 inches Unframed Unique Robert Petersen is a longtime collaborator, friend and protege of Robert Rauschenberg. Detail Sketch from January 1986, dated by the artist April 20, 1991, as well as April 1, 1991 and April 19, 1991, hand signed, as well as stamped RP several times, inscribed, and bears instructions"can paint over pink and blues and whites", and initialed. More about Robert Petersen: Robert Petersen was born in 1945 in the small farm town of Le Mars, Iowa and was raised there until 1952 when he moved with his family to Whittier, California. His education as an artist began in 1963 at Fullerton Community College where his interest in architectural drafting led him to develop a passion for drawing, painting, and printmaking. In 1966, he pursued his love for printmaking further at California State University, Long Beach under the former Tamarind Lithography Workshop printer, Robert Evermon. In 1969, Petersen went on to work as an assistant printer at Gemini G.E.L. where he printed editions for Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg. Most notably, Petersen served as one of the head printers for Rauschenberg's Stoned Moon series, during which the two formed a close friendship. In late 1970, Rauschenberg invited Petersen to live and work with him on Captiva Island, Florida, which had recently become the artist's permanent residence and studio. In 1971, Rauschenberg and Petersen...
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1990s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite

Judith Brenner, Solfrid Dancing 2, Original Contemporary Figurative Nude Sketch
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner Solfrid Dancing 2 Original Figurative Drawing Acrylic Paint, Pan Pastel, Ink and Watercolour Pencil on Paper Sheet Size: 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm Sold Unframed Plea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

1958 Mid Century Modern Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Geometric Pathway
Located in Bristol, GB
GEOMETRIC PATHWAY Size: 64 x 81 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A bold and striking mid-century abstract landscape composition, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1958. The pa...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Talk. 110x90cm, acrylic on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Talk. 110x90cm
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Bacon, Le Boeuf, 1986
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: After Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Title: Le Boeuf, exhibition poster Year: 1986 Medium: Offset Lithograph on premium paper Size: 30.75 x 18 inches Condition: Excellent Notes: Published by Foundation Maeght FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992) Francis Bacon has a distinctive style as a figure painter. In his mature style, developed in the 1950s, the paintings include images of either friends or lovers, or images of people found in movie stills...
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1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

I am yours freely and entirely - K Husslein Botanical Hyperrealistic Still life
Located in DE
This is a beautiful oil painting of an array of flowers in a vase in front of a dark background. Reminding us of old master paintings, this is a brand new painting full elegance and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstracted River Canyon Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted River Canyon Landscape in Oil on Canvas Dramatic landscape by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Three large cliffs tower over a river, creating a massive canyon. The landscape is represented in colors reminiscent of fauvism - greens, yellows, and magentas. Signed "Honora Berg" at the bottom edge. Acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Initialed and numbered "HB 103" on verso Unframed. This piece is on canvas that has been stretched over cardstock by the artist. Board size: 20.5"H x 25.75"W Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985) was an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist who studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff and James Budd Dixon. Berg's friend Edith Truesdell — David Park's aunt — suggested a move to California in 1951 to study under Park. She exhibited at the 25th Annual Drawing, Print and Sculpture Exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1961. Provenance, Estate of Honora Berg - David Carlson Gallery, Larry Miller...
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1950s Abstract Art

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Oil, Cardboard, Canvas

VILLA NEUVE Signed Lithograph, Modernist Abstract, City Landscape, Collage, Flag
Located in Union City, NJ
VILLA NEUVE is an original limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper 100% acid free. VILLA NEUVE is an imaginative modernist ...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

"Crescent Rose" Mixed Media Handmade Paper Watercolor Abstract by Bruce Weinberg
Located in Soquel, CA
"Crescent Rose" Mixed Media Handmade Paper Watercolor Abstract by Bruce Weinberg Soft lavenders, magentas and gray tones highlighted with purple thread and sheets of gold leaf mingle to create a soft and lovely abstract on handmade paper by California artist Bruce Weinberg (American, 1942-1994). Image is floated on a silk background. Pencil signed and dated "Bruce Weinberg 1980" lower right. Pencil signed title "Crescent Rose" lower left. Displayed in a giltwood frame with spacer. Image size: 24"H x 35"L. Framed size: 31"H x 43"W x 2"D. Bruce Weinberg was a long time resident of the San Francisco Bay Area. He studied Interior Design at the Philadelphia College of Art and Architectural Space Planning at Temple University. During the 1970s he studied printmaking and drawing at San Francisco's Fort Mason...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Mixed Media, Handmade Paper

Abstract Composition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ms De Pinna was part of the Provincetown modernist art movement and was a student of legendary artist/teacher Hans Hoffman. Vivian (Foster) De Pinna was a suffragist and an abstract...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Oil

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) – Quevedos Visiones – Drypoint with hand-colouring
Located in Varese, IT
Drypoint with hand-colouring , on Arches paper limited edition, numbered as 245/300 signed in pencil by artist paper size: 66 x 50,2 cm framed size: 84 x 65 m excellent conditions A...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Drypoint

Greenwich Arts Council Poster /// Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell NY
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1992) Title: "Greenwich Arts Council" *Issued unsigned, though signed by Motherwell in the plate (printed signature) center right Year: 1976 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on Strathmore paper Limited edition: 700. (There was also a signed and numbered edition of 42) Printer: Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Mount Kisco, NY Publisher: Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich, CT Reference: "The Prints of Robert Motherwell - A Catalogue Raisonné 1943-1984" - Belknap Appendix: No. 28, page 282; "Robert Motherwell - The Complete Prints 1940-1991" - Engberg No. 202 Sheet size: 37.25" x 23" Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. Some minor edge wear. In excellent condition Rare Notes: Printed in three colors: black, green, and cream. Poster produced for a special exhibition "Sculpture 76" at The Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich, CT from June - October, 1976. The image featured on this poster is Motherwell's 1972 acrylic painting on paper "Greenwich Sculpture". Artist's copyright lower left and printer's imprint lower right. GIA Gallery Poster Disclaimer: Not to be confused with thousands of contemporary inkjet/giclée/digital reproductions ignorantly or deliberately passed off as originals on the market today. The examples we offer here are the original period vintage (exhibition) posters, created and designed by, or under the supervision and authorization of the artist or their respective estate (posthumously), for various exhibitions and events in which they participated. If applicable, this poster is also fully documented within its respective artists' official catalogue raisonné of authentic graphic works, prints, and or posters. Biography: Robert Motherwell was born January 24, 1915, in Aberdeen, Washington. He was awarded a fellowship to the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles at age 11, and in 1932 studied painting briefly at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Motherwell received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1937 and enrolled for graduate work later that year in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He traveled to Europe in 1938 for a year of study abroad. His first solo show was presented at the Raymond Duncan...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

1970's Multicolor Psychedelic Figurative Abstract, Limited Edition Silkscreen
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and colorful early 1970's limited edition screen print by J. Harrison, 1971. This intricately detailed abstract pattern undulates across the orange background with psychedelic...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Paper, Printer's Ink, Screen

Female control - line drawing figure with red gloves
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artwork was done with watercolor on watercolor paper 300g. The works are 15 by 11 inches in size, framed (black) with a styrene face on a mat board in ...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Italy 1980 Bruno Chersicla Black Painted Metal Sculpture Egitto
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is a multiple 1 piece of 50 realized in 1980 by the well known artist Bruno Chersicla. All the pieces are numbered and signed by the artist and completed by the Certif...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

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Metal

Large Signed Vintage American Modernist Abstract Southwest Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Image size, 32H by 38L.
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1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

City of Hope - British Abstract oil painting cityscape mapping green
Located in London, GB
To celebrate Stanza's three recent solo exhibitions at HNF in Paderborn Germany 2023, Deutsches Museum 2023 and Samek Art Museum USA we are pleased to present thirty of his works for...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Oil, Canvas

"Black Mountains Landscape" Original Mid Century Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Edith Isaac-Rose "Black Mountain Landscape c.1960 Gouache on paper 8.5"x10.5" unframed Unsigned Born in Chicago in 1929, and neé Ganansky-Teitelbaum, she graduated from The Art Inst...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

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Paper, Gouache

Fil du Temps
Located in London, GB
Etel Adnan "Fil du Temps" 2021. Etching on wove paper. Edition of 100. A critical work by Adnan, the final etching in this series. Etel was unable to put pencil to paper due to her ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Etching

Vintage Huge American Abstract Expressionist "Kaleidoscope" Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso.
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1950s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Nitibos, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Omar Rayo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Omar Rayo, Colombian (1928 - 2010) Title: Nitibos Year: 1968 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 75 Image Size: 17 x 17 inches Size: 24 x 20 i...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Screen

Abstract art for sale on 1stDibs.

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