$1,600
H 20.13 in W 22 in
Handmade Paper Collage Sculpture Art Assemblage with String Nancy Genn Modernist
By Nancy Genn
Located in Surfside, FL
, Santa Cruz, CA 1963: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA 1961: San Francisco Museum of
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper
1900's Horses at the Trough
By William Lemos
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century oil painting of two horses at watering trough by William M. Lemos, Santa Cruz
Oil, Cardboard
Spring 69
By Nancy Genn
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gallery, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA • 1963: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA • 1961
Lithograph
Germination
By Craig Schaffer
Located in Washington, DC
University of California, Santa Cruz and his M.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, Craig
Bronze, Steel
Firework
By Craig Schaffer
Located in Washington, DC
the University of California, Santa Cruz and his M.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Currently
Steel
Open/Close
By Craig Schaffer
Located in Washington, DC
University of California, Santa Cruz and his M.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, Craig
Bronze
Getting the Yang of It
By Craig Schaffer
Located in Washington, DC
B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz and his M.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania
Steel
Firebird
By Craig Schaffer
Located in Washington, DC
the University of California, Santa Cruz and his M.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Currently
Steel
Dance of Shiva
By Craig Schaffer
Located in Washington, DC
received his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz and his M.F.A. from the University of
Steel
Starry Evening
By Craig Schaffer
Located in Washington, DC
received his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz and his M.F.A. from the University of
Bronze
Expanding Galaxy
By Craig Schaffer
Located in Washington, DC
received his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz and his M.F.A. from the University of
Stainless Steel
Spiral Squares
By Craig Schaffer
Located in Washington, DC
received his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz and his M.F.A. from the University of
Bronze
High Gear
By Craig Schaffer
Located in Washington, DC
received his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz and his M.F.A. from the University of
Marble, Steel
Double Helix Genesis
By Craig Schaffer
Located in Washington, DC
, Santa Cruz and his M.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, Craig maintains two studios
Marble
Appoximations
By Craig Schaffer
Located in Washington, DC
Cruz and his M.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, Craig maintains two studios: one in
Steel
Redwood Groves, Santa Cruz County 1924
By Leonora M. Naylor Penniman
Located in Soquel, CA
Exceptional rendition of the California Redwoods by Leonora M. Naylor Penniman. Signed lower right
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 16 in W 10 in D 1 in
Redwood Groves - II, Santa Cruz County 1924
By Leonora M. Naylor Penniman
Located in Soquel, CA
Exceptional (second of two), rendition of the California Redwoods II by Leonora M. Naylor Penniman
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 20.13 in W 22 in
Handmade Paper Collage Sculpture Art Assemblage with String Nancy Genn Modernist
By Nancy Genn
Located in Surfside, FL
, Santa Cruz, CA 1963: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA 1961: San Francisco Museum of
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper
Sold
H 16 in W 12 in
I'm So Tired, Contemporary Figurative Painting, Oil on Canvas Portrait
By Cruz Ortiz
Located in Austin, TX
A 2022 contemporary self-portrait painting by Cruz Ortiz created using oil, wax, and house paint on
Canvas, Wax, House Paint, Oil
Fractal Hourglass
By Craig Schaffer
Located in Washington, DC
Craig Schaffer (American, b. 1949) received his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz
Marble
$390
H 16.5 in W 13.5 in
Vintage Post-Impressionist French landscape oil painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage Post Impressionist framed oil painting on board by French artist Georges Marcel Renard (1899-1964). This attractive landscape oil painting is signed in the lower right. A f...
Oil
Tiffany Studios Bronze and Favrile Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Bronze and favrile Desk lamp Damascene iridescent glass with greens, blues, goals and silver. Fine reticulated and patinated bronze base. Original favrile pearl heat...
Bronze
$10,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 40 in W 27 in D 2 in
Antique American Impressionist Signed Borzoi Dog Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist dog portrait landscape painting by James Henry Hagaman (1866 - 1946). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Image size, 35 by 22 inches.
Canvas, Oil
$8,500
H 31 in W 41 in D 3.25 in
Antique French War Oil Painting Napoleon With His Army Generals Horse & Carriage
By Raymond Desvarreux
Located in Portland, OR
A fine and important French oil painting of Napoleon & his army, by the French-American artist Raymond Desvarreux (1876-1963), the painting signed & dated 1906. The painting depicts ...
Oil, Canvas
$38,435
H 31.34 in W 26.38 in D 1.97 in
Male and female portrait, both in silk kimono, possibly textile dealers
By Christoffel Lubieniecki
Located in Amsterdam, NL
CHRISTOFFEL LUBIENIECKI (1659-1729) Pair of portraits of a gentleman and a lady, both in silk kimono, before a country house (circa 1680) Indistinctly signed “C.......” on a box u...
Canvas, Oil
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
H 34 in W 29 in D 2 in
Antique American School Impressionist WPA Woman Ballerina Portrait Oil Painting
By Richard Hook
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted early 1900's oil painting. by Richard Hook. Great color and composition. Nicely framed.
Canvas, Oil
$2,680Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.75 in W 36.75 in D 1.5 in
"Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock" Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock, "Fischerschoner und Segelboote an einem Dock" by Rudolph Guba (German/American, 1884-1950) Impasto work which depicts several sailing ves...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
H 49 in W 32 in
Frankenthaler, Mary Mary 1991, New York City, Lincoln Center
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: After Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) Title: Mary Mary (Lincoln Center Honorary) Year: 1991 Medium: Offset lithograph poster on extra thick Somerset paper Edition: 2000 Size...
Lithograph, Offset
$292,310Sale Price|20% Off
H 113 in W 92 in
C19th Portrait Princesse de Joinville of Brazil - Spectacular fit for a palace
By Henri d'Ainecy Montpezat
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Princess de Joinville riding a Bay Horse Henri d’Aincy, Le Comte Monpezat (French 1817-1859) Painted circa 1837-9 oil on canvas 113 x 92 inches (including frame) 92 x 70 ...
Oil
Portrait of a Nobleman, French School 17th Century
Located in New York, NY
French portrait of a nobleman, 17th Century, great condition. With a beautiful carved wooden frame.
Canvas, Oil
$25,000
H 49 in W 38.75 in D 2 in
Turn of Century English Portrait of Mrs. Rogerson
By John Charlton
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant Victorian original oil portrait of Mrs. Rogerson by John Charlton Robert Azensky Fine Art is pleased to offer this fine example of Victorian portraiture of Mrs. Frances Mary...
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$20,406Sale Price|20% Off
H 33 in W 27 in D 2 in
Portrait of Madam van Robais - French Old Master oil painting 18th century art
Located in Hagley, England
This fine French Old Master portrait oil painting on canvas dates to circa 1770 and is attributed to the circle of Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun. The sitter is Madam van Robais. The van R...
Oil
$14,000
H 10 in W 19 in
Horse Playing with a Dog (The Good Companions) Pierre-Jules Mene (1810-1879)
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Bronze "Horse in the Stable Playing with a Dog (The Good Companions)" Jument à l'écurie jouant avec un chien Pierre-Jules Mene (French, 1810-1879) Bronze 19 x 10 inc...
Bronze
$88,165Sale Price|20% Off
H 66.93 in W 57.88 in
Double Portrait Oil Painting Brothers George, 2nd Duke Buckingham & Lord Francis
By (After) Anthony Van Dyck
Located in London, GB
Aftrer Anthony VAN DYCK - maybe Studio (1599, Antwerp – 1641, London) Flemish Double Portrait of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628-1687) & Lord Francis Villiers (1629-164...
Oil
Autumn Garden Walk
By John Atkinson Grimshaw
Located in New Orleans, LA
The golden-red glow of the autumnal sun illuminates this countryside scene by British painter John Atkinson Grimshaw. Showcasing the celebrated painter’s mastery of light and atmosph...
Canvas, Oil
$1,800,000
H 27 in W 24 in D 2.5 in
Pierre Auguste Renoir Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret bears signature (lower left) oil on canvas 17 15/16 x 14 3/4 in (45.5 x 37.4 cm) Painted between 1862-1863 Footn...
Canvas, Oil
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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