Abstract Art
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
Pacific Tide Pool
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower right: "Kupferman". Inscribed lower right: "2317". Titled, signed, dated, and inscribed verso: "GK:2,317.D / "Pacific Tide Pool" / Lawrence Kupf...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Yellow Dog
Located in London, GB
Always drawn from life and most often constructed in re-claimed steel, Iain Nutting’s sculptures reflect his belief in the importance of the conservation of animals and of the natura...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal, Steel
Original 1970'S French Abstract Composition with Thick Organic Lines
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor
Jasper Johns, Double Flag, 1980 (after)
By Jasper Johns
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Double Flags
Year: 1979-80
Medium: Lithograph exhibition poster on wove paper
Edition: 5,000
Size: 46 x 30 inches
Condition: Excellent
Notes: Co-published by the artist, and G...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Couple
Located in Vancouver, CA
Ron Stonier (1933-2001) was a dedicated Vancouver artist celebrated for his exploration of abstract painting, influenced by his mentors Gordon Smith and Jack Shadbolt, as well as by ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Elegant Portrait, Abstract Style, French Artist, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant Portrait, Abstract Style, French Artist, Signed
By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century
Signed by the artist on the lower left ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled: Still Life with Guitar and Wine
Located in New York, NY
Frits T. Maula, "Untitled: Still Life with Guitar and Wine", Signed Abstract Mixed Media Painting (Pen & Ink, Watercolor), 7.50 x 5.88, Late 20th Century
Colors: Red, Purple, Green,...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Pen
Basquiat Skateboard Decks (set of 3)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat Skateboard Decks:
Complete set of three limited edition Jean-Michel Basquiat Skateboard Decks licensed by the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat in conjunction with ...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Wood, Lithograph, Offset
Composition - French Abstract Oil Painting by Jacques Germain
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated abstract oil on canvas by French painter Jacques Germain. The piece is composed in swathes of thick impasto, particularly in red, blue, green and white. A truly interesting and unique work that would compliment a modern setting.
Signature:
Signed lower right/ further signed and dated verso
Dimensions:
Framed: 11"x16"
Unframed: 10"x15"
Provenance:
Private French collection
Jacques Germain was born in Paris in 1915. In 1931, on the advice of Blaise Cendrars, he became a pupil of Fernand Léger and Amédée Ozenfant at the Académie Moderne, Paris. He soon left for the Bauhaus in Dessau, where Jean...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Glow 2, fantasy landscape, pink, blue, luminous, sunset, waterfall
Located in Cumming, GA
"Glow 2" transports viewers into a mesmerizing fantasy landscape, where the boundaries of reality blur with the ethereal. Dominated by hues of pink ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary abstract impressionist acrylic painting of a woman on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant artwork, titled "Lonely seaside moment", by French artist Natalya Mougenot, captures the essence of a carefree summer day. The painting depicts a woman in a red dress si...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Ouverture, with Cypress Forms" Stephen Edlich, Abstract Geometric Painting
Located in New York, NY
Stephen Edlich
Ouverture, with Cypress Forms, 1982
Signed, dated and titled on the stretcher
Acrylic paint, mixed media, and burlap on canvas
60 x 40 inches
An artist who worked in the post-cubist and constructivist traditions, Stephen P. Edlich gained a considerable amount of acclaim in the 1970s and 1980s for his collages, sculpture, and paintings. His promising career was cut short due to his untimely death at age 45 in 1989.
Edlich was born in New York City. He received his undergraduate degree with a major in fine arts studies from New York University in 1967. During his college years, he traveled to London, where he met the art dealer Victor Waddington and created his first white on white collage. In that same year, he attended a major exhibition of the work of Ben Nicholson, which would be influential source in his art. Edlich returned to England in 1967, where he met Barbara Hepworth and Patrick Heron in London and traveled to St. Ives, Cornwall, long a favorite artists' haunt. Edlich began creating acrylic reliefs...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Burlap, Mixed Media, Acrylic
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on board
unframed: 7.75 x 7.75 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have fo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Set of 2 Acrylic on Paper. Abstract collage mixed media
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a search to leave aside the narrative figurative and reduce the image to shape and colour. Starts with both images found as well as her own images, previous ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Robert O'Meara Abstract Composition Oil
Located in Astoria, NY
Robert O'Meara (American, XX-XXI), Abstract Composition in green, blue, and orange, Oil on Canvas, apparently unsigned, wood frame. Image: 32" H x 27" W; frame: 32.75" H x 27.75" W. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas
Untitled
By Albert Irvin
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: irvin, Albert
Title: Untitled
Date: 2012
Medium: Screenprint with Woodblock Monoprint
Unframed Dimensions: 18.125" x 18.125"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Monoprint
III-8, Hand painted, signed Monoprint composition of two separate sheets, Framed
By Michael Heizer
Located in New York, NY
Michael Heizer
III-8 (two pages), 1983
Monoprint on two individual sheets of white handmade TGL paper, hand colored with colored pencils, paint sticks, and liquid and spray acrylic p...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Color Pencil, Monoprint, Mo...
Ugo La Pietra Black Bronze Abstract Ad Arte
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork is a multiples limited not numbered specimens created by the Italian artist Ugo La Pietra, a well known Internationally artist.
Ugo La Pietra was born in Bussi Sul Tiri...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Bronze
"Papeles de Salazar" Modern Figurative Surrealist Abstract Lithograph Ed. 95/100
Located in Houston, TX
Modern figurative surrealist lithograph by Mexican artist José Luis Cuevas. The work features two central seated figures with papers laid out on a table in front of them. The title r...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Blue & Red II Abstract Expressionist Painting by Leading British Urban Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Blue & Red II Abstract Expressionist Painting - a rare early work from Leading British Urban Artist, Angela Wakefield. Entitled 'Tropical City #2', this moody and atmospheric artwork...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Gesso, Acrylic, Oil, Mixed Media, Cotton Canvas, Varnish, Paint, Cotton,...
SHARKS. original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I've unleashed a tumultuous sea of emotions on canvas through acrylic and oil, blending expressionism with hints of impressionism.
Each stroke embodies vitality, w...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
City of Angels - Colorful Abstract Urban Landscape on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C Bernhardsson's original artworks are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Born in Sweden, Bernhardsson travels the world photographing and sketching houses ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Relief Blue 18 - Large Blue Abstract Relief Pallet Knife Texture Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
READY TO HANG with the edges painted! Original abstract painting
The technique: stretched heavy canvas on wooden reinforced chassis and professional acrylic pigments layered by palle...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Varnish, Spray Paint, Acrylic
YVETTE DUBOIS-HABASQUE (1929-2016) FRENCH CUBIST ABSTRACT PAINTING
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Abstract Composition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aaron Levy was born in New York City in 1899. After retiring in 1951 from a career as president of E. Milius & Company, a textile company, Levy began a new career as a fine artist. ...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sharpesville, from Multicolored Squares I (Axsom 79)
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella
Sharpesville, from Multicolored Squares I (Axsom 79), 1972
Lithograph on J. Green mould-made paper
Signed in graphite pencil, dated and numbered 31/100 (there were also ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Huge French Modernist Signed Oil Abstract Painting of City Scape Orange & Blue
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French City
French School, circa 1970's, signed lower corner
oil painting on canvas: 31 x 38.5 inches
framed: 23.5 x 32 inches
condition: sound condition though with minor crack...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jam Spread
By Ella Freire
Located in Deddington, GB
Jam Spread [2021]
original
Acrylic on board
Image size: H:40cm cm x W:40cm cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:2cm cm x W:40cm cm x D:2cmcm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Warm pinks and orange with a shot of blue, evocative of my sunny morning walks along my favourite beach in Santa Teresa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Board
A View to Remember
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition, new gallery arrival.
Cortes is a Spanish artist born in Valencia in 1963.
He began law studies in his hometown, which he abandoned to devote...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Group of 4 lithographs
Located in New York, NY
Group contains "Untitled #2," "Untitled #4", "Untitled #5" and "Untitled #6." Each printed on Hahnemühle German etching paper. One initialed, dated and numbered 37/42 in pencil and t...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Underwater Temple 10 - 40x40" Large Abstract Yellow Pink and Green Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Inspired by the colorful, beautiful, full of life underwater world, I am creating my visions of this fascinating diving experiences. The ocean is spectacular, inspirational and part ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
New Mexico Landscape, Large Abstract Landscape Oil Painting by Suzanne Martyl
Located in Long Island City, NY
Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Martyl was active/lived in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas. Suzanne Martyl is known for abstract western landscape, magazine cover illustration, murals, botanics. Illustrator of the Doomsday Clock.
Martyl exhibited infrequently but five one-man shows in Saint Louis since 1936 kept her in the public. She was also represented in many of the National exhibitions. In 1940 she was awarded the first prize in the Midwestern Show at the Kansas City Art Institute and won the hundred dollar purchase prize at the Y.M.H.A., Saint Louis. The following year she was awarded first prize in the annual exhibition of Missouri artists at the Saint Louis City...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
French 20th Century Vibrant Geometric Abstract Multicolored Stripes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 8 x 16 inches
condition: overall very good, a few minor surf...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sylvan Bridget Riley Abstract bright pattern fragment screenprint signed
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint in 4 colours plus white under print on paper
Edition of 75
88.8 x 61 cm (35 x 24 in)
Frame: 94.7 x 66.5 x 3.7 cm, 37.3 x 26.2 x 1.5 in
Signed, numbered, dated and titled ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
Paper collage Abstract Expressionist painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful collage painting by unknown artist. Acrylic on torn paper segments, reassembled as collage.
Art object assempled on rectangular sheet of hand made rag paper measures 12.5...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Untitled, paint and collage on treated paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tasmanian-born artist Shane Drinkwater harnesses his interest in ancient manuscripts, cartography and astronomy to produce abstract artworks of mystery and beauty. All of his artworks are Untitled and measure approximately 20x20" (50x50 cm). Most are unframed and ship carefully rolled in a tube.
Using acrylic paint on reclaimed paper – dressmaker’s pattern sheets or dyed parchments – his visual vocabulary of dots and dashes, spheres and numbers render his vision as highly coded maps of cosmic systems, secret alphabets...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Dye, Acrylic
A young girl's dream
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1972
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 243/300
Publisher : Galerie Putman
Printer : Clot, Bramsen & Georges (Paris)
Catalog : [Chenivesse n°9]
48.00 cm. x 6...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (Geometric Abstraction Minimalism)
By Max Bill
Located in Kansas City, MO
Max Bill
Composition with white center
Color silkscreen
Year: 1972
Edition: Edition for "Look at"
Size: 23.3 × 23.3 inches
Unsigned, unknown edition size (pres. ~2,000) - sometimes an edition of 2,000 is mentioned - this is not verified.
COA provided
*Framing options available. Please inquire.
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(Geometric Abstraction, Minimalism, Constructivism)
Max Bill (22 December 1908 – 9 December 1994) was a Swiss architect, artist, painter, typeface designer, industrial designer and graphic designer.
Bill is widely considered the single most decisive influence on Swiss graphic design beginning in the 1950s with his theoretical writing and progressive work.[3] His connection to the days of the Modern Movement gave him special authority. As an industrial designer, his work is characterized by a clarity of design and precise proportions.[4] Examples are the elegant clocks and watches designed for Junghans, a long-term client. Among Bill's most notable product designs is the "Ulmer Hocker" of 1954, a stool that can also be used as a shelf element, a speaker's desk, a tablet or a side table. Although the stool was a creation of Bill and Ulm school...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
M. A. Carter - Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour, Preparing Boats at Newlyn
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine late 19th century watercolour depicting fishing boats near the slip at Newlyn. Signed 'M. A. Carter' and dated 1881 to the lower left. Presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame...
Category
Late 19th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor
A Ray of Light Acrylic Abstract Plethora of Colors Emotions Contemporary Art
Located in Houston, TX
A Ray of Light is a new painting by Marthann Masterton completed in her Houston studio. It is 48" x 36" , acrylic on canvas.
They say that if you do what you love, you’ll never work...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Antique American Modernist Large Abstract Expressionist Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso.
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century French Geometric Abstract Composition Ink Drawing 1970's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
signed by Serge Guerin (b. 1916), French
dated 1970 verso
ink painting on artist paper, unframed
size: 20 x 26 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris, Fran...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Ink
Primordial: Origin Story, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A creation story of sorts. The artist explores memory, history and the things that make one who they are. This piece asks the question, "What things have formed us and shaped our liv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract in Black, Yellow, Orange, Pink, and Teal
Located in Austin, TX
By 2nd generation abstract expressionist Jack Nichols. Executed in oil on canvas. Measures 48" x 60" with a 49.25" x 61.25" frame.
About the Artist:
Jack Nichols, based in Texas, bo...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Composition1 - Paint by Antonio Sanfilippo - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on on cardboard, realized by Antonio Sanfilippo in 1971.
Not signed.
Published in the Catalogue Raisonné, no. 913
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
10' Changes Everything, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"My work is completely in the direction of abstract, but many viewers experience other views," says Patricia. "In this piece, the name tells the story that wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Mimulus by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas 50x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Red Poppies, Sept 7, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is particularly well-known for large-scale still life paintings, and one of the first to employ a wide range of ind...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
In octavo, Abstract, Minimalism, Textured, Expressionism, Oil, Books, Library
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont is a French artist whose work is recognized internationally. She works on several themes such as books here or landscapes and artists' studios
Table of red, white and g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Laura Bidwa "I Can Hear the Key" oil and latex paints on panel
Located in New York, NY
Laura Bidwa
I Can Hear the Key, 2020
oil and latex paints on panel
22 x 17 in
(Bid009)
Bidwa’s recent paintings are composed of layers of oil, latex, and spray paints on panels that...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Panel, Latex
Butterfly Spin Painting, acrylic on paper by Damien Hirst (2009)
By Damien Hirst
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Damien Hirst (1965)
Butterfly Spin Painting (2009)
acrylic and metallic paint on paper
21 h × 27 w in (53 × 69 cm)
Signed and stamped with Damien Hirst's studio's blindstamp; stampe...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Anna Golovanova - "Composition No. 5" - Digital Art Photography
Located in Winterswijk, NL
"Composition No. 5", photography by the artist Anna Golovanova.
Abstract digital compositions.
Composition with Silver and Red.
Country of Origin: Russia.
Signed: Signed, numbered ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital
Lithograph VIII (Cover), Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) - Lithograph VIII (Cover), Year: 1972, Medium: Lithograph, Size: 12.75 x 19.5 in. (32.39 x 49.53 cm), Printer: Mourlot, Paris, Publisher: A.C. Mazo, ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Abstract expressive floral acrylic painting on paper "Floral Vitality""
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
The vibrant artwork "Floral Vitality" by French artist Natalya Mougenot bursts with color, featuring dynamic vertical strokes that evoke the sensation of a wild, abstract field in mo...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Surrealist Sunset - Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
André MARCHAND (1907-1997)
Sunset, 1965
Original lithograph (Mourlot workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum 30 x 24 cm (c. 11.8 x 9.4 in)
INFORMATION : Lithograph crea...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Orange dreams, Modern Colorful Abstract Painting 100x100cm by Anna Selina
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork is full of air and joy in bright, positive colors. The main colors hear are blue- color of deepness and intuition and orange- the color of happiness, joy, and life ener...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Colourful Expressive Abstract Landscape Painting by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Colourful & Expressive Abstract Landscape Painting using muted pinks, blues & yellows by leading Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. This unique original forms part of a n...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Spanish Catalan Oil Painting Josep Guinovart from Joan Prats Gallery
Located in Surfside, FL
Josep Guinovart (1927 –2007) was a Spanish Catalan painter most famous for his informalist or abstract expressionist work.
In 1941, he began to work as a decorator. Three years later, he started his studies at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios de la Llotja (Art School of La Llotja) where he stayed until 1946.
He first exhibited his work in 1948 in Galerías Syla in Barcelona. In 1951, he produced his first engravings entitled 'Homage to Federico García Lorca'. Two years later, he was awarded a grant from the French Institute to study in Paris for nine months. Here he discovered the cubist works of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso and travelled to Belgium, Holland and Germany.
On his return to Barcelona and after a period working as an illustrator and set designer, around 1957 he began moving towards abstract art. His work is highly unconventional and usually on a large scale, using a wide range of materials, three-dimensional objects and organic substances such as eggshell, earth and straw.
In 1962, he illustrated a book of poetry entitled Posies by Joan Salvat-Papasseit for the Ariel Editorial. He won many accolades for his work throughout the 1970s and 80s, including Spain's National Award for Plastic Arts in 1982. In 1994, a museum foundation dedicated to his art was inaugurated in Agramunt, his mother's birthplace to which he always felt a special attachment.
In 2006 he designed the winery Mas Blanch i Jové in La Pobla de Cérvoles (Lleida) and created The Artists' Vineyard, a project intended to mix sculptures and other art works from different artists in the middle of a vineyard. The Artists' Vineyard was inaugurated after his death in 2010 with the unveiling of his sculpture The Countryside Organ: a music instrument, 6 meters height, for the wind to sing the vines. This winery also displays the 10.5 meters work In Vino Veritas...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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