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1940's Abstract Composition Jazz Lithograph Pencil Signed and Dated WPA Artist
By Konrad Cramer
Located in Surfside, FL
both educator and artist. He ran a summer school for miniature camera photography in the 1930s and
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1940s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

American Artist Abstract Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
both of these artists, Berkman was introduced to Cubism and Expressionism and her work became more
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Paint

Modernist Mexican Artist "Porters Garden" Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Ernesto Linares
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Abstract Medium: Oil Surface: Board Dimensions: 16" x 19 3/4" x 1/4
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Forest, American Modernist Abstract Landscape Painting by Female Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Forest" is a 29 x 36 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist, female artist Peter
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1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Arthur Dove 1940 "Sun" Painting
By Arthur Dove
Located in San Francisco, CA
Arthur Dove: 1880-1946. One of the most important early American Modernists and Abstract
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1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Antique American Rare Alaskan Artist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Image size, 24H x 30L. Signed.
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Female Artist Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist abstract painting by Elsie Orfuss (Born 1913). Oil on canvas. Signed on verso
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Study for Ladders" Juanita Guccione, Abstract Surrealism, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
abstract geometric artist Irene Rice Pereira. The sisters were born in Chelsea, MA, but spent most of
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1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Concert (unique, signed Abstract Expressionist painting by celebrated artist)
By Ben Wilson
Located in New York, NY
second generation Abstract Expressionist artist Ben Wilson - one of the youngest artists to be given a
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Beulah Stevenson 1950s Abstract Expressionism American Woman Artist Oil Painting
By Beulah Stevenson
Located in Surfside, FL
included Ashcan artist John Sloan; in Provincetown, she worked and studied with Abstract Expressionist
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print
By Riva Helfond
Located in Surfside, FL
friends a wide circle of Abstract Expressionist artists and critics, including Willem DeKooning, Arshile
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

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Paper, Ink, Color

Wall Scrawls, 1940
By Edward Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Titled with artist's reference number on back of mount. Stamped, 'Edward Weston printed by' and
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20th Century Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Rolph Scarlett (Canadian/American, 1889 - 1984) “Abstract” Signed and dated 1947, lower right
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1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Abstract
Abstract
H 8.75 in W 11.5 in D 2 in
Large Scale Abstract Geometric Oil on Canvas, Artist's Lay Figures at Play.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large abstract geometric oil on canvas of artist's lay figures at play by British artist Derek
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Early 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th century abstract still life by Cleveland School artist
By Joseph O'Sickey
Located in Beachwood, OH
Cleveland Institute of Art, where he received a Bachelor's degree in 1940. He graduated from the Cleveland
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Graphite

RUNNING HORSE Signed Lithograph, Abstract Animal, CoBrA Artist
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
artist. Appel attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Amsterdam (1940–43), and helped found the “Reflex
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

DADA Artist Abstract Figures Silkscreen Lithograph Print Israeli Modernist
By Marcel Janco
Located in Surfside, FL
Marcel Janco, was a Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist. He was the co
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20th Century Modern Abstract Prints

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Screen, Lithograph

Mid-20th Century abstract geometric oil painting by Cleveland School artist
By Joseph O'Sickey
Located in Beachwood, OH
Institute of Art, where he received a Bachelor's degree in 1940. He graduated from the Cleveland School of
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1950s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

YELLOW PERSONAGE Signed Lithograph, Abstract Collage Portrait, CoBrA Artist
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
artist. Appel attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Amsterdam (1940–43), and helped found the “Reflex
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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

“Untitled Abstract”
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Southampton, NY
Original mid-century modern abstract oil on canvas painting by the well known Russian/American
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1940’s French Tonal Abstract Signed Oil Still Life Objects superb quality
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Pierre Georgeot, signed and dated 43' signed on back Title: still life of objects
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Abstraction I, " Rolph Scarlett, gouache, modernism, American art, ca 1940-50
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Wiscasset, ME
city his home for long periods during his lifetime. While beginning his career as an abstract artist
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Subjective Farm Landscape abstract oil painting by Ralph Rosenborg
By Ralph Rosenborg
Located in Hudson, NY
founding member of the American Abstract Artists, participating in the group’s annual exhibitions and
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Collage Painting Miami Outsider Artist Purvis Young Abstract Outsider Art
By Purvis Young
Located in Surfside, FL
, Philadelphia, PA “Passionate Visions of the American South: Self-Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present,” New
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1990s Outsider Art Abstract Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Cardboard

Early 1940s Abstract Pottery Vase #2 after George Ohr
By Hamilton Achille Wolf
Located in Soquel, CA
(American, 1883 - 1967). Size: 6" H x 4" W. A Post War California abstract expressionist artist, Hamilton
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

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Clay, Varnish

Abstract Landscape Red Green - Scottish Abstract Expressionist art oil painting
By William Gear
Located in London, GB
This stunning Scottish Abstract Expressionist oil painting is by noted Scottish artist William Gear
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Metropolis
By Miette Braive
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris
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1940s Abstract Paintings

Abstract
Located in Sheffield, MA
Jenner Augusto da Silveira Brazilian, 1924-2003 Abstract Oil on canvas 27 ½ by 35 ½ in. W/frame
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Untitled Abstract Composition signed Joe Stefanelli
Located in New York, NY
This Untitled Abstract Composition in Oil on Canvas signed Joe Stefanelli is a gem of Mid-Century
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1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paint

Figure Abstract
By Miette Braive
Located in West Hollywood, CA
’ Lhote. She arrived in Paris in the mid-late 1940’s and began a career as a modern artist working and
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1940s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Abstract Post War Still Life
Located in Greenwich, CT
abstract expressionist movement was in its earliest days at this time in the late 1940's. Surface and
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Composition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
artist/teacher Hans Hoffman. Vivian (Foster) De Pinna was a suffragist and an abstract artist, but
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Abstract
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. She also studied with Fernand Leger in NYC from 1940-1941. In 1948, she married Harvey Slatin, also
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract
Abstract
H 40 in W 46 in D 4 in
Hawaiian - Creation's Conception, Large Mid Century Modern Cosmic Abstract
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Hawaiian - Creation's Conception, Large Mid Century Modern Cosmic Abstract Stunning blue and green
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bulldog Cigar Ashtray, 1940, Chicago. Usa
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
are there so many antiques in Argentina? In the 1880 – 1940 there was a grate wave of immigration
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Abstract Sculptures

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Chrome

Eyes, Chicago by György Kepes, 1940, Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
By György Kepes
Located in Dallas, TX
to various mirrors, creating an abstract image. Gyorgy Kepes was a Hungarian-born American artist
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Abstract Landscape
By Richard Mann
Located in San Francisco, CA
Richard Mann (1940-1990) (Australia / America, 20th century) abstract expressionist acrylic
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Acrylic

'Central Railroad' — Mid-Century African-American Artist
By Charles Elmer Harris
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
condition. Image size 17 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THE ARTIST
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1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor, India Ink

Abstract Murano #1
By Miette Braive
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris
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1940s Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Mid-Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
abstract figurative painting and clothing design. The artist, whose name is commonly misspelt as Malcolm
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

City Scape Abstract Expressionist Composition -Jackson Pollack Friend
By Joseph Meert
Located in Miami, FL
by overlooked and underrated visionary modernist/abstract expressionist artist Joseph Meert a student
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Abstract Shapes
By Joseph Presser
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
- Travels through Europe 1931- Opens studio in Philadelphia 1940- First of three New York City studios 1941
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Abstract Shapes
Abstract Shapes
H 14.75 in W 19.75 in D 2 in
Geometric Abstract
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left. About the artist: Rolph Scarlett was a painter of geometric abstraction during
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Geometric Abstract
Geometric Abstract
H 39.5 in W 48 in D 2 in
Yellow Spike - British 60's Abstract art blue red grey COBRA Scottish artist
By William Gear
Located in London, GB
famous abstract artist, Gear was a member of the COBRA group which was famous in the fifties and sixties
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen

Lyric Abstract Watercolor
By June Felter
Located in San Francisco, CA
This abstract watercolor is by June Felter (1919-2019), noted San Francisco Bay Area artist. It
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

Rescue abstract figurative oil painting by Maurice Golubov
By Maurice Golubov
Located in Hudson, NY
, titled "Rescue" verso. About this artist: "If you can imagine a point moving, it becomes a line. A
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1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Panel

“Abstract Sailing, 1945”
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on academy board by the Russian/American artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed and dated lower left
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Fiberboard

Abstract Composition by Zoute (Leon Salter) Mid Century
Located in Rochester, NY
Abstract Modernist oil painting by Zoute. Oil on canvas mounted on board. Painted in circa 1940's
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Abstraction, " Rolph Scarlett, ca 1947, abstract expressionism, gouache
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Wiscasset, ME
city his home for long periods during his lifetime. While beginning his career as an abstract artist
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Abstract Composition II, Abstract Expressionist Painting by Jenik Cook
By Jenik Cook
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jenik Cook, American (1940 - ) Title: Abstract Composition II Year: 2011 Medium: Oil on
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract Composition I, Abstract Expressionist Painting by Jenik Cook
By Jenik Cook
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jenik Cook, American (1940 - ) Title: Abstract Composition I Year: 2012 Medium: Oil on
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

White Abstract Cubes -- San Francisco Abstract Expressionist School
By James McCray
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning white cubes, a substantial abstract expressionist oil painting by James McCray (American
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tavern, Abstract (1960)
By Chuck Close
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Close – (1940-2021) an American painter, artist and photographer born in Monroe, Washington. Early
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Important Early American School Abstract Geometric Precisionist Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Step into the enigmatic world of abstract art with this captivating original oil painting from 1945
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1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract and Drip
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
both the founding curator and director of the museum, as well as an abstract artist. She encouraged and
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract and Drip
Abstract and Drip
H 36 in W 24 in D 3 in
VENUS I by Auguste Herbin - Abstract, geometric painting
By Auguste Herbin
Located in London, GB
and white p. 429) Exhibition: Cannes, Galerie des Etats-Unis, 1965, no. 29 Artist biography: Auguste
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1940s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Non Objective Work on Paper Guggenheim Woman Artist Drawing 1940s w/c
By Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwiesen
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Non Objective Work on Paper Guggenheim Woman Artist 1940s Drawing w/c HILLA REBAY (1890
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Scottish 1949 Abstract - Interieur Forme Blanche - CoBrA art oil painting
By William Gear
Located in London, GB
This stunning Scottish Abstract oil painting is by much noted artist William Gear. It was painted
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1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Non Objective Work on Paper Guggenheim Woman Artist Drawing 1940s w/c
By Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwiesen
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Non Objective Work on Paper Guggenheim Woman Artist 1940s Drawing w/c HILLA REBAY (1890
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Abstract Mixed Media Painting
By Gustavo Ramos Rivera
Located in San Francisco, CA
This vibrant abstract work is by Gustavo Ramos Rivera (1940-) The work is a mixed media composition
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

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  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian and Willem de Kooning are among the most famous abstract artists.

  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    Yes, Victor Vasarely was an abstract artist. Specifically, he was a part of the Op art movement, which focused on depicting two-dimensional abstract images that appear three-dimensional. His best known works include Zebras, Tridim, Vega-Nor, Denfert and Cheyt-M. Find a collection of Victor Vasarely art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Yes, artist Paul Klee was considered an abstract artist but did not start working in abstract until a visit to Tunisia in 1914. Prior to 1914 and following it, he continued to experiment with different artistic moments including surrealism, expressionism and cubism. But it is through his abstract work that he is best known and he produced the largest number of works of art. Shop a selection of Paul Klee pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.