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California Abstract Expressionist Art

Spring in California Abstract by Joy W.
Spring in California Abstract by Joy W.

Spring in California Abstract by Joy W., 2002

$2,250

H 37.57 in W 43.5 in D 2 in

Spring in California Abstract by Joy W.

Located in Soquel, CA

Dynamic, heavy impasto abstract expressionist scene by unknown artist Joy W. (American, 20th

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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Memoria Erotica Abstract
Vintage Memoria Erotica Abstract

Vintage Memoria Erotica Abstract

Located in Soquel, CA

)" lower left. Titled and signed on verso. Unframed. Image size, 11"H x 13.75"W. California abstract

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pencil

Brutalist Ceramic Sculpture Vase Bronze Lustre FInish California Expressionist
Brutalist Ceramic Sculpture Vase Bronze Lustre FInish California Expressionist

Brutalist Ceramic Sculpture Vase Bronze Lustre FInish California Expressionist

By Jenik Cook

Located in Surfside, FL

renowned as an abstract-expressionist with an oeuvre that consists of figurative and abstract nude

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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Luster, Paint

Mid Century California School Cove Landscape
Mid Century California School Cove Landscape

David H. GrannoMid Century California School Cove Landscape, 1960s

$2,800Sale Price|20% Off

H 33 in W 41 in D 1 in

Mid Century California School Cove Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Substantial California School large abstracted landscape painting of a small fishing village in

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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California Dreaming
California Dreaming

J. Steven ManolisCalifornia Dreaming, 2014

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H 60 in W 90 in D 1.38 in

California Dreaming

By J. Steven Manolis

Located in Miami, FL

J. Steven Manolis (b. 1948–) J. Steven Manolis is an American abstract expressionist artist who

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Linen

Untitled Plate (Gas-Fired Ceramic California Clay Sculpture)
Untitled Plate (Gas-Fired Ceramic California Clay Sculpture)

Untitled Plate (Gas-Fired Ceramic California Clay Sculpture)

By Peter Voulkos

Located in New York, NY

of Art and Design), where he taught from 1954 to 1959, and at the University of California, Berkeley

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

A Walk on the Beach in Carmel, California

A Walk on the Beach in Carmel, California

By Pam Smilow

Located in New York, NY

, California. Not a very typical painting of hers, she was very fascinated with the different types of seaweed

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

California Wild Fire Abstract
California Wild Fire Abstract

California Wild Fire Abstract

By Daniel David Fuentes

Located in Soquel, CA

. San Francisco bay area abstract expressionist and landscape artist during the 1990s - 2000's. Intern

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Abstract Expressionist California Artist Portrait Signed Oil Painting
Vintage Abstract Expressionist California Artist Portrait Signed Oil Painting

Vintage Abstract Expressionist California Artist Portrait Signed Oil Painting

By Rex Ashlock

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist portrait oil painting by Rex Jesse Ashlock (1918 - 1999). Oil on board, circa 1956. Signed. Image size, 18L x 24H. Housed in a period wood frame.

Category

1930s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Midnight Bloom" Abstract Frankie Romero Aromas, California
"Midnight Bloom" Abstract Frankie Romero Aromas, California

"Midnight Bloom" Abstract Frankie Romero Aromas, California

By Frank Romero

Located in Soquel, CA

Bright and colorful abstract composition by Aromas artist Frank "Frankie" Romero (American, b. 1985

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Erle Loran Modernist Abstract Colorful Gouache Painting California Artist
Erle Loran Modernist Abstract Colorful Gouache Painting California Artist

Erle Loran Modernist Abstract Colorful Gouache Painting California Artist

By Erle Loran

Located in Surfside, FL

career in the art department of the University of California Berkeley. Worth Ryder invited Loran to join

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Erle Loran Modernist Abstract Colorful Pastel Drawing California Artist
Erle Loran Modernist Abstract Colorful Pastel Drawing California Artist

Erle Loran Modernist Abstract Colorful Pastel Drawing California Artist

By Erle Loran

Located in Surfside, FL

career in the art department of the University of California Berkeley. Worth Ryder invited Loran to join

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Abstracted California Coast Landscape
Abstracted California Coast Landscape

Abstracted California Coast Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Gorgeous abstracted landscape of California coast by California Bay Area artist E. Turner-Hoeffner

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

1940's Berkeley Street Scene, California
1940's Berkeley Street Scene, California

1940's Berkeley Street Scene, California

By Virginia Gould

Located in Soquel, CA

and design classes at the University of California, Davis, and in the 1940s was active in the art

Category

1940s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Egg Tempera

The artists eye, The Gorge, California.
The artists eye, The Gorge, California.

The artists eye, The Gorge, California.

By Dorothy Marootian

Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA

". This painting was displayed in Dorothy Marootian's art exhibition "The artist's eye" exhibition 1995

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

California Expressionist Abstract
California Expressionist Abstract

California Expressionist Abstract

Located in San Francisco, CA

Expressionist Abstract only. Please contact us directly or visit our website for specific details regarding the

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20th Century Paintings

California Expressionist Abstract Landscape
California Expressionist Abstract Landscape

California Expressionist Abstract Landscape

Located in San Francisco, CA

Expressionist Abstract Landscape only. Please contact us directly or visit our website for specific details

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Vintage 1960s Paintings

"Look to Southern California" 1950-60s Mixed Media and Collage
"Look to Southern California" 1950-60s Mixed Media and Collage

"Look to Southern California" 1950-60s Mixed Media and Collage

By Calvin Anderson

Located in San Francisco, CA

Southern California is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

"California Highway" 1950-60s Graphite, Charcoal, and Pastel
"California Highway" 1950-60s Graphite, Charcoal, and Pastel

"California Highway" 1950-60s Graphite, Charcoal, and Pastel

By Calvin Anderson

Located in San Francisco, CA

This 1950-60s graphite, charcoal, and pastel on paper drawing of a California highway is by Bay

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Graphite

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A Close Look at Abstract Art

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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