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Michael Forster

Abstract In Blue and Green. Abstract Painting.
Located in Brecon, Powys
Michael Forster (bn. India, 1907-2002) Abstract in blues and greens signed, Polymer medium
Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Flowers In Vase An Impression. Still Life Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Michael Forster (bn. India, 1907-2002) Flowers in a vase, earthy tones signed, Polymer medium
Category

1980s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Flowers In Vase. Still Life Floral Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Michael Forster (bn. India, 1907-2002) Vase of flowers, an impression, signed, dated 1984, Polymer
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1980s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Full Moon Rising.
Located in Brecon, Powys
Michael Forster (bn. India, 1907-2002) Full Moon Rising signed, dated 1980, Polymer medium
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1980s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Mexico-Curandero, Surrealist painting
Located in New York, NY
the Michael Forster Estate and provenance of Messums, England who has the estate of the artist. The
Category

1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Patterns and Reverberatons Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
texture to a room. Its color palette is very attractive. Michael Forster was trailblazing and exploring
Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Woodpecker's Joy, Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
Long before astronauts ventured into space Michael Forster captured the shifting face of the
Category

1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Woodpecker's Joy, Abstraction
Woodpecker's Joy, Abstraction
$14,000
H 27.75 in W 38.1 in D 3 in
Emerging Sun, Celestial Sky
Located in New York, NY
Michael Forster has a unique blend of Mexican symbolism and an approach to universal themes such as
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1990s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Emerging Sun, Celestial Sky
Emerging Sun, Celestial Sky
$19,000
H 39.75 in W 48.5 in D 2 in
Surrealist Moon, Evening
Located in New York, NY
paintings in the country’s major museum collections by the 1940’s, Michael Forster was captivated by
Category

1980s Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Surrealist Moon, Evening
Surrealist Moon, Evening
$14,000
H 24.75 in W 41.5 in D 3 in
Sunrise Dance, Celestial Sky
Located in New York, NY
experimenting and initiating fresh use of paint, Michael Forster ever the world traveler can not be attached to
Category

1990s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sunrise Dance, Celestial Sky
Sunrise Dance, Celestial Sky
$24,000
H 39.5 in W 53.5 in D 3 in
Celestial Sky in Reds
Located in New York, NY
This Celestial Sky painting is what Michael Forster is most celebrated for in his highly
Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Celestial Sky in Reds
Celestial Sky in Reds
$28,000
H 43 in W 54.5 in D 3 in
To Celebrate Childhood - Entally, Yellow Light
Located in New York, NY
, 1985 another of Michael Forster’s works executed upon his return to Canada, represents like his other
Category

1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

To Celebrate a Childhood - The Rains, abstract
Located in New York, NY
Surrealist works of his close friend Rufino Tamayo from the years Forster spent in Mexico. The painting is
Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Abstraction, Mauves
Located in New York, NY
a dynamic work that would bring movement to any room. Forster was a Canadian artist who went to
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Abstraction, Mauves
Abstraction, Mauves
$18,000
H 29.5 in W 37 in D 3 in
Celestial Sky
Located in New York, NY
brush work and lovely color palette. Forster who was Canadian, in his earlier years spent an extended
Category

1990s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Celestial Sky
Celestial Sky
$20,000 Sale Price
28% Off
H 42 in W 52 in D 3 in
Large Canadian Mexican Modernist Figurative Abstract Collage Painting Landscape
By Leonard Brooks
Located in Surfside, FL
Canadian artists such as York Wilson, Fred Taylor, Michael Forster and Fred Powell followed him there. He
Category

1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Laid Paper

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Surrealist Painting - Nude Figures On A Beach
By Benton Spruance
Located in Rochester, NY
original period pale gray washed wood frame. Pencil signed on back stretcher - Francis Michael Forster
Category

20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Large Canadian Mexican Modernist Figurative Abstract Collage Painting Landscape
By Leonard Brooks
Located in Surfside, FL
Canadian artists such as York Wilson, Fred Taylor, Michael Forster and Fred Powell followed him there. He
Category

1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Laid Paper

Michael Forster Painting
By Michael Forster
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Michael Forster abstract oil ppainting (1907-2002). Provenance: Originally purchased at the Monyo
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Michael Forster Painting
Michael Forster Painting
H 29 in W 36 in D 1 in
Wall Chart, Mushroom, Part 1 - 3, Three Lithographs, Edmund Michael, 1903
By Edmund Michael
Located in St. Margarethen, AT
This three antique lithographs, chart 1-3, were designed by Edmund Michael and printed by Förster
Category

Antique Early 1900s German Prints

Materials

Paper

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