Transition oil painting by Joseph Meert
By Joseph Meert
Located in Hudson, NY
He and his wife, painter Margaret Mullin, joined an experimental artists group, and this became a new direction for his career.
Canvas, Oil
Abstract #11A
By Joseph Meert
Located in Glenview, IL
He married Surreal artist, Margaret Mullin.
Paper, Ink, Gouache, Ballpoint Pen
Abstract No. 5
By Joseph Meert
Located in Glenview, IL
He married the Surreal artist, Margaret Mullin. This beautiful abstract watercolor would be a great addition to any room!
Watercolor
Imagination Landscape
By Joseph Meert
Located in Glenview, IL
He married the Surreal artist, Margaret Mullin. This beautiful horizontal abstract would be a feature piece in any room!
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Joseph Meert
Located in Glenview, IL
He married the Surreal artist, Margaret Mullin. This beautiful and vibrant watercolor is a unique size.
Watercolor
Figurative Abstract
By Joseph Meert
Located in Glenview, IL
He married the Surreal artist, Margaret Mullin. This beautiful abstract expressionist watercolor is a unique size.
Ink, Watercolor, Pen
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H 43.25 in W 37.25 in
"Totem #3" Joseph Meert circa 1950 Gestural Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Joseph Meert
Located in New York, NY
In 1935, Joseph Meert met Margaret Mullin, a New York artist and painter, and they soon married.
Canvas, Oil
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H 10.75 in W 8.25 in
Surrealist Art Deco Figurative Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Woman Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Margaret Mullin married Joseph Meert (a good friend of Colorado artist Charles Bunnell) in New York City, 1935.
Oil, Board
Goldmine, Central City, Colorado
By Joseph Meert
Located in Los Angeles, CA
By 1934, Meert was part of the Public Works of Art Project when he met his wife, Margaret Mullin, a fellow artist who was introduced to him by Pollock.
Canvas, Oil
$1,020Sale Price|20% Off
H 27 in W 33 in D 2 in
Antique American School Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school abstract expressionist painting. Oil on board. Signed. In excellent original condition. Nicely framed in a period wood molding. Excellent condition, read...
Canvas, Oil
$795
H 32 in W 24 in D 2 in
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist New York School Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso.
Canvas, Oil
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 30 in D 2 in
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Period New York Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive and amazing mid 1900s abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. No signature found. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$2,475
H 31 in W 42 in D 2 in
"Metropolitan Abstraction" Signed Mid Century Cubist Architectural Abstraction
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract cubist street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 31 by 42 inches overall, and 25 by 36 painting alone. In excellent original con...
Oil, Board
Untitled Abstraction
By E. Oscar Thalinger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Untitled Abstraction, 1958, oil on board, signed and dated lower left, 24 x 35 inches, presented in a newer frame Oscar Edmund Thalinger was an American painter, draftsman, printma...
Masonite, Oil
Large Abstract Expressionist painting by Oskar D'Amico
By Oskar D'Amico
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Oskar Maria D'Amico, Italian (1923 - 2003) Title: Untitled Year: 1967 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 66 x 48 in. (167.64 x 121.92 cm)
Oil
$2,925Sale Price|20% Off
H 26.38 in W 21.26 in D 1.38 in
Abstract Composition, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
By Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Pierre Coquet – Abstract Composition Reference number A217 Framed with a natural oak floated frame 67 x 54 cm frame included (62 x 49 cm without frame) This work is painted with oil...
Oil
$6,500
H 37 in W 49 in
Large Rigoberto Mena Contemporary Cuban Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Rigoberto Mena
Located in Surfside, FL
"Yellow/Green" 2004. Oil/Acrylic on Canvas. Signed lower right Image: 34.5" x 47". Framed: 49" x 37". Rigoberto Mena Santana (Cuban, born 1961) was born in Artemisia, Havana in 1...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$2,046
H 25.75 in W 32 in D 1 in
Mid Century French abstract oil on canvas by Jean Maurice Lasnier
By Jean Maurice Lasnier
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jean Maurice Lasnier (French, 1922 – 2006) Tempete Industrielle Signed ‘LASNIER’ (lower left) Oil on canvas 25.3/4 x 32 in. (65.4 x 81cm.) Provenance: From the artist’s studio
Canvas, Oil
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 17 in W 15 in D 2 in
Late 20th Century Cubist Style Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board, Late 20th Century. Illegibly signed verso. Image size 12"L x 15"H.
Canvas, Oil
Italian mid-20th century oil painting, signed
By Charlotte Park
Located in New York, NY
Charlotte Park (Italian, 19th Century) Untitled Materials: gouache and oil on canvas Size: 15 x 22 inches / 30 x 36 inches framed Markings: Signed lower right Signed and dated ...
Canvas, Oil, Gouache
Abstract Composition JI
By Jan Van Hal
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on Canvas, signed lower Right.
$6,000
H 19.375 in W 16.5 in
"Abstract Composition" Joseph Meierhans, AAA, American Abstraction, Mid-Century
By Joseph Meierhans
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Meierhans Abstract Composition Signed lower right Oil on board 11 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches Born in Aargau, Switzerland, Joseph Meierhans came to America in 1917 and lived in Allen...
Oil, Board
Composition Abstraite
By François Arnal
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This evocative abstract composition by François Arnal demonstrates the artist’s refined balance between structure and spontaneity during the height of postwar European abstraction. E...
Oil, Cardboard
$2,925Sale Price|20% Off
H 21.66 in W 27.56 in D 1.38 in
Abstract Composition, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
By Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Pierre Coquet – Abstract Composition Reference number A85 Framed with a natural oak floated frame 55 x 70 cm frame included (50 x 65 cm without frame) This work is painted with oil ...
Oil
$3,433
H 19.69 in W 24.02 in D 0.79 in
Abstract Composition – Original Oil on Canvas – 19.7 x 24 in
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
"A bold orchestration of textured forms and earthy tones, capturing the raw elegance of French mid-century abstraction." Pierre Coquet (1926–2021) Abstract Composition Oil on canvas...
Oil, Canvas
$9,500
H 20 in W 24 in D 1 in
City Scape Abstract Expressionist Composition -Jackson Pollack Friend
By Joseph Meert
Located in Miami, FL
The fame, notoriety, and monetary value of an artist's work in today's market are not based on one's talent and vision. Factors such as marketing and media momentum play a defining r...
Gouache, Board
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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