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Bay Area Abstract Expressionism

Abstract Expressionist Bay Area Hills Landscape
Abstract Expressionist Bay Area Hills Landscape

Honora BergAbstract Expressionist Bay Area Hills Landscape, 1955

$920Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.5 in W 20.5 in D 0.01 in

Abstract Expressionist Bay Area Hills Landscape

By Honora Berg

Located in Soquel, CA

Abstract Expressionist painting of Bay Area Hills by Honora Berg Berkeley San Francisco Bay Area

Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Archival Paper, Gouache

South Cascade
South Cascade

Tom IdeSouth Cascade, circa 1962

$4,500

H 31 in W 45 in D 1 in

South Cascade

Located in San Francisco, CA

condition. Tom Ide is one of the artists in the important book about San Francisco Bay Area abstract

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bay Area 6, neutral green, abstract, expressionism water
Bay Area 6, neutral green, abstract, expressionism water

Bay Area 6, neutral green, abstract, expressionism water

By Juanita Bellavance

Located in Cumming, GA

“Bay Area 6” 24 x 24 inches is a one-of-a-kind original, modern seascape impressionist painting by

Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Believe, Abstract Painting
Believe, Abstract Painting

Believe, Abstract Painting

By Gena Brodie Robbins

Located in San Francisco, CA

: abstract, figure, bay area figurative painting, german expressionism, abstract, people, non

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Low Fog
Low Fog

Ruth ArmerLow Fog, 1939

$1,200

H 24 in W 20 in D 0.1 in

Low Fog

By Ruth Armer

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artists 2004 Landauer, Susan. San Francisco and Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Recent Sales

Untitled

Ernest BriggsUntitled, December 1958

Unavailable

H 31 in W 25 in

Untitled

By Ernest Briggs

Located in New York, NY

Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism

Category

Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled

Ernest BriggsUntitled, December 1958

Unavailable

H 30 in W 25 in

Untitled

By Ernest Briggs

Located in New York, NY

Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism

Category

Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled

Ernest BriggsUntitled, November 1959

Unavailable

H 89 in W 70 in

Untitled

By Ernest Briggs

Located in New York, NY

Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism

Category

Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled

Ernest BriggsUntitled, 1974

Unavailable

H 35 in W 36 in

Untitled

By Ernest Briggs

Located in New York, NY

Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled, Diptych

Ernest BriggsUntitled, Diptych, 1-15-1953

Unavailable

H 69.25 in W 53.25 in

Untitled, Diptych

By Ernest Briggs

Located in New York, NY

Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism -Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA -Ciba-Geigy Corporation

Category

Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled

Ernest BriggsUntitled, 1950

Unavailable

H 72 in W 68 in

Untitled

By Ernest Briggs

Located in New York, NY

Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism

Category

Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled

Ernest BriggsUntitled, 1951

Unavailable

H 64 in W 72 in

Untitled

By Ernest Briggs

Located in New York, NY

Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism

Category

Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled

Ernest BriggsUntitled, 1982

Unavailable

H 16 in W 18.5 in

Untitled

By Ernest Briggs

Located in New York, NY

Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism

Category

Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled

Ernest BriggsUntitled, 1982

Unavailable

H 16 in W 18 in

Untitled

By Ernest Briggs

Located in New York, NY

Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism

Category

Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled

Ernest BriggsUntitled, 1960's

Unavailable

H 69 in W 52 in

Untitled

By Ernest Briggs

Located in New York, NY

Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism

Category

Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled

Ernest BriggsUntitled, 1984

Unavailable

H 21 in W 17 in

Untitled

By Ernest Briggs

Located in New York, NY

Acrylic on paper Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area

Category

Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Mask

Ernest BriggsMask, 1965

Unavailable

H 22.5 in W 20 in

Mask

By Ernest Briggs

Located in New York, NY

SELECTED COLLECTIONS San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA (2007) Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract

Category

Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled

Ernest BriggsUntitled, 1940's

Unavailable

H 19 in W 22 in

Untitled

By Ernest Briggs

Located in New York, NY

Gouache on Paper Collections: -San Jose Museum, San Jose, CA -Blair Collection of Bay Area

Materials

Gouache

Monochromatic Hillside Landscape 20th Century Graphite
Monochromatic Hillside Landscape 20th Century Graphite

Monochromatic Hillside Landscape 20th Century Graphite

By Jack Freeman

Located in San Francisco, CA

Institute in the late 1960s. Freeman's style varied between Abstract Expressionism, the Bay Area Figurative

Category

1970s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Outing

Ian KimmerlyOuting, 2014

Unavailable

H 48 in W 62 in

Outing

By Ian Kimmerly

Located in San Francisco, CA

the tensions generated between nonobjective and illusory space, notes of Abstract Expressionism, Bay

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Paintings

John Grillo 1947 Surrealist Gouache, Ink and Pencil Abstract
John Grillo 1947 Surrealist Gouache, Ink and Pencil Abstract

John Grillo 1947 Surrealist Gouache, Ink and Pencil Abstract

By John Grillo

Located in Arp, TX

dated in ink lower left John Grillo 1917–2014 A leading exponent of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism

Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Hesperides
Hesperides

Karl KastenHesperides, 1967

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H 25.25 in W 21.5 in D 1.25 in

Hesperides

Located in San Francisco, CA

and the Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay Area of Abstract Expressionism writes that Kasten was

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Display

Ian KimmerlyDisplay, 2012

Sold

H 60 in W 72 in D 2 in

Display

By Ian Kimmerly

Located in San Francisco, CA

the tensions generated between nonobjective and illusory space, notes of Abstract Expressionism, Bay

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Canvas

A Good Strong Wind Will Keep You Honest

A Good Strong Wind Will Keep You Honest

By Ian Kimmerly

Located in San Francisco, CA

the tensions generated between nonobjective and illusory space, notes of Abstract Expressionism, Bay

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Canvas, Oil

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