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Loyalty (from the Virtues series) Cherry Blossom
Loyalty (from the Virtues series) Cherry Blossom

Loyalty (from the Virtues series) Cherry Blossom

By Damien Hirst

Located in Manchester, GB

. Referencing Impressionism, Pointillism and Action Painting, the Cherry Blossoms are about the spontaneous joy

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Giclée

Hush - Le Buste II - Silver Edition - Urban Graffiti Street Art
Hush - Le Buste II - Silver Edition - Urban Graffiti Street Art

Hush - Le Buste II - Silver Edition - Urban Graffiti Street Art

By HUSH

Located in Asheville, NC

, influenced by Western traditions of action painting and graffiti, culminating in a harmony that feels

Category

2010s Street Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Silver

Hush - Le Buste II - Gold Edition - Urban Graffiti Street Art
Hush - Le Buste II - Gold Edition - Urban Graffiti Street Art

Hush - Le Buste II - Gold Edition - Urban Graffiti Street Art

By HUSH

Located in Asheville, NC

, influenced by Western traditions of action painting and graffiti, culminating in a harmony that feels

Category

2010s Street Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Silver, Gold, Gold Leaf

Study: Ochre, Black
Study: Ochre, Black

Cleve GrayStudy: Ochre, Black, 1976

$9,800

H 40.5 in W 33 in D 2 in

Study: Ochre, Black

By Cleve Gray

Located in New York, NY

translate very well as he carefully chose his papers and combined ab-ex action painting with Asian

Category

1970s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Hush - Le Buste 3 - Gold Edition - Urban Graffiti Street Art
Hush - Le Buste 3 - Gold Edition - Urban Graffiti Street Art

Hush - Le Buste 3 - Gold Edition - Urban Graffiti Street Art

By HUSH

Located in Asheville, NC

traditions of action painting and graffiti, culminating in a harmony that feels surprisingly natural.

Category

2010s Street Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Gold

Damien Hirst - Honesty (from The Virtues series)
Damien Hirst - Honesty (from The Virtues series)

Damien Hirst - Honesty (from The Virtues series)

By Damien Hirst

Located in London, GB

ancient code, Hirst draws on the Western stylistic movements of Impressionism, Pointillism and Action

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Giclée

Ouvrage du vent I
Ouvrage du vent I

Joan MiróOuvrage du vent I, 1962

$6,512

H 20.48 in W 31.7 in

Ouvrage du vent I

By Joan Miró

Located in Paris, FR

action painting, which Miró discovered in New York in the works of Janet Sobel and Jackson Pollock. These

Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Red Ears
Red Ears

Margo MargolisRed Ears, 2014

$14,000

H 72 in W 60 in

Red Ears

By Margo Margolis

Located in Wellesley, MA

, part of a highly sophisticated series of paintings, drawings and monoprints in their approach to mark

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Other Medium

Casino, 1972
Casino, 1972

LeRoy NeimanCasino, 1972, 1972

$4,875Sale Price|35% Off

H 31.75 in W 26 in D 1 in

Casino, 1972

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Rochester Hills, MI

Impressionistic style and continues with a process that looks very similar to the action paintings of the Abstract

Category

1970s Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Early 19th Century Fox Hunt Painting, Oil on Canvas, Regency Style
Early 19th Century Fox Hunt Painting, Oil on Canvas, Regency Style

Early 19th Century Fox Hunt Painting, Oil on Canvas, Regency Style

By Dean Wolstenholme

Located in Seaford, GB

corner. This compositional approach enhances the sense of action and urgency, making the painting a

Category

Antique 1810s English Regency Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Circus Is in Town, " Social Realist Painting with Elephants and Giraffe
"Circus Is in Town, " Social Realist Painting with Elephants and Giraffe

"Circus Is in Town, " Social Realist Painting with Elephants and Giraffe

By Anne Walker

Located in Philadelphia, PA

the action. The painting is by Anne Walker, a Maryland artist who was part of the Snallygaster School

Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

MOONLIGHT SONATA

Arica HiltonMOONLIGHT SONATA, 2020

Price Upon Request

H 44 in W 38 in D 2 in

MOONLIGHT SONATA

By Arica Hilton

Located in Chicago, IL

was the equivalent of an action painting. Wet on wet, the oil on acrylic transformed the clear canvas

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Eyes and Ears" Black, White, Olive Green Abstraction

"Eyes and Ears" Black, White, Olive Green Abstraction

By Margo Margolis

Located in Wellesley, MA

create an identity distinctly different from action painting, gestural painting or any notion that the

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Other Medium, Mixed Media

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