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Peter Michael Adams

Archangel Michael and the Serpent; Sacred Heart Academy
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
“Peter Adams: Inspirations for the Fourteen Stations of the Cross and Sacred Themes” on Youtube
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Interior abstract 1973 lithograph by Duncan Grant
By Duncan Grant
Located in London, GB
Nicholson, Robert Adams, Bernard Leach, Michael Rothenstein, and F E McWilliam. An excellent example of
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Contact Painting Twins Abstract Expressionist Diptych OIl Painting Rainer Gross
By Rainer Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Klimczak, Germany; Galerie Graf und Schelble, Basel, Switzerland; Michael Schneider Zeitgenössische Kunst
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Nell Sinton Abstract Expressionist Landscape San Francisco California Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
Altoon and Peter Voulkos). Besides painting, Sinton served for several years on the San Francisco Art
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jim Shaw - Stocks Painting - Signed and Dated Oil on Canvas
By Jim Shaw
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA, US 2014-2015 Jim Shaw. Oeuvres choisies : dessins – peintures – sculptures
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Fedorov Oleg (b.1959) - Signed 1996 Watercolour, Archangel Province Peasants
Located in Corsham, GB
Inscription on the reverse reads 'Peasant girl and boy in 'hay-moving' costumes. Archangel Province, northern Russia, late 19th century.' The artwork is also neatly monogrammed, sign...
Category

20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Claire Chandler, Beyond the Shadows, Contemporary Art, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Beyond The Shadows [2020-21] Original Abstract Oil on canvas Size: H:95 cm x W:85 cm x D:3cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Caret MF1 Dark Burgundy Portable Table Lamp, by Matteo Fogale for &Tradition
By Matteo Fogale
Located in Dubai, AE
A practical solution to the increasingly blurred boundaries between work and home, the portable Caret reimagines the linear silhouettes of the classic, green-shaded designs – known a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Annunciation Flemish Paint Oil on canvas Old master 16/17th Century Religious
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Flemish painter of the 16th-17th century The Annunciation Oil on canvas 844 x 33 cm./ in frame 63 x 52 cm.) The work presents itself with a canonical iconographic and stylistic sch...
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16th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique Spanish Colonial Archangel Polychrome Wood Santo Carving
Located in Forney, TX
Antique religious Spanish Colonial hand carved and painted archangel santo altar figure. circa 1800 Hand-crafted by Spanish settlers in North America (likely Southwestern United Sta...
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Antique Early 19th Century North American Spanish Colonial Sculptures an...

Materials

Wood, Paint

Vintage Bay Area Figurative Movement -- "Napoleon's Ambition"
By Katherine Barieau
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning abstract Bay Area Figurative Movement piece titled "Napoleon's Ambition" by Katherine Barieu (American, 1917-2010), 1982. Signed and dated lower right corner. Presented in g...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Composition in Red and Blue - Abstract Expressionist 1950s Oil Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
'Composition in Red and Blue' is a vintage abstract expressionist original oil painting on board by Charles Bunnell (1897-1968) from 1951. Signed and dated by the artist in the lower...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Earthenware Studio Pottery Willow Plate or Bowl After David Leach 1970s
By David Leach
Located in Melbourne, AU
A very attractive bowl, plate or platter, dating to the 1970s. It has all the elements of a David Leach work - the willow motif, high quality earthenware, decorated using the wax res...
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Vintage 1970s Unknown Organic Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Earthenware

1950s Abstract Expressionist Composition, Mid Century Oil Painting, Blue Yellow
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Original 1958 mid-century modern oil painting by Charles Bunnell (1897-1968), abstract expressionist composition in colors of Yellow, Blue, Teal, Green, Gray, Orange, Red & White, si...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

IMPORTANT PORTUGUESE ORATORY WITH CALVARY 18th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPORTANT PORTUGUESE ORATORY WITH CALVARY 18th Century Portuguese, from the 18th century in carved Brazilian rosewood. Decoration with interrupted pediments, volutes, floral motifs...
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Antique Early 18th Century Portuguese Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Silver

Vibrato, blue landscape, oil on canvas, expressionism, contempory, textured
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
The tangle of plots of fields in Normandy translated by Sophie Dumont. The palette remains in a dominant of blue, green, greige and ocher with always a multitude of layers which give...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th Century Cuzco School Oil On Canvas Archangel Michael
Located in Hastings, GB
Peruvian Cuzo School Oil on Canvas of the Archangel Michael. Canvas has been remounted on new stretchers, a few small marks to the edge of the frame. The Cuzco or Cusco school was...
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Antique Early 19th Century Peruvian Rococo Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Venice, original 30x47 abstract expressionist marine landscape
By Sonia Grineva
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Excitement abounds in this original abstract expressionist marine landscape about the timeless, sinking, celebrated city universally known as Venice! The shades of blue of the sea i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Belisama
By Oswaldo Vigas
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Predominantly recognized as a self-taught painter, he also worked in architectural murals, sculptures, ceramics, prints and drawings. Vigas is one of Venezuela’s best-known painters...
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1960s Cubist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Gouache, Board

Belisama
Belisama
H 44 in W 42 in D 1 in
1940s American Abstract Expressionism Painting
By Richard Pousette-Dart
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1940s American abstract expressionism painting on board in the style of Richard Poussette-Dart.
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Vintage 1940s American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Board

OIL PAINTING Antique 19thCentury By E.Horton British old master Gold Gilt Frame
By Etty Horton
Located in Ferndown, GB
FINE ORIGINAL ARTIST E . Horton 19th CENTURY BRITISH OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING Fine Medium Size Original Antique 19th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING Romantic Scene GOLD G...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Portrait (Grisaille 19th-century woman)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
, Washington, D.C. Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Dallas, TX 1986 New Works on Paper, Adams-Middleton Gallery
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1970s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Shiffman Twins" Diptych
By Rainer Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
lower Gallery, Southampton The XMAS Project Artists Kent Gallery Dennis Adams, Images
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Gus
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
privilege of working with artists Jun Kaneko, Don Reitz and Peter Voulkos. While at Bowling Green, he
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Cedar

Gus
H 85 in W 23 in
Home
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
Artist. Peter Voulkos. Made and prepared clay for Peter Voulkos and participated in the firing of his
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Home
H 8 in W 3.5 in
Gus
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
to Artist. Peter Voulkos. Made and prepared clay for Peter Voulkos and participated in the firing of
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Birch

Gus
H 85 in W 23 in
Horizon
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
. PROFESSIONAL APPRENTICESHIPS 1999 Assistant to Artist. Peter Voulkos. Made and prepared clay for Peter Voulkos
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Cedar

Horizon
Horizon
H 62 in W 26 in D 11 in
Constellation
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
APPRENTICESHIPS 1999 Assistant to Artist. Peter Voulkos. Made and prepared clay for Peter Voulkos and
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Birch, Mixed Media

Hoop on Birch
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
to Artist. Peter Voulkos. Made and prepared clay for Peter Voulkos and participated in the firing of
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Birch

PORCELAIN & GRAY
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
. PROFESSIONAL APPRENTICESHIPS 1999 Assistant to Artist. Peter Voulkos. Made and prepared clay for Peter Voulkos
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Glaze

Jed Johnson
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
to Artist. Peter Voulkos. Made and prepared clay for Peter Voulkos and participated in the firing of
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Jed Johnson
Jed Johnson
H 36 in W 27 in D 7 in
Hoop on Birch
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
to Artist. Peter Voulkos. Made and prepared clay for Peter Voulkos and participated in the firing of
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Birch

Ship Wreck Hoop
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
to Artist. Peter Voulkos. Made and prepared clay for Peter Voulkos and participated in the firing of
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Jeremiah
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
to Artist. Peter Voulkos. Made and prepared clay for Peter Voulkos and participated in the firing of
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Birch, Ceramic

Jeremiah
H 44 in W 23 in
Sleigh
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
APPRENTICESHIPS 1999 Assistant to Artist. Peter Voulkos. Made and prepared clay for Peter Voulkos and
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Birch

Sleigh
H 12 in W 10.5 in
Hoop on Birch
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
to Artist. Peter Voulkos. Made and prepared clay for Peter Voulkos and participated in the firing of
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Birch

Hoop on Birch
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
to Artist. Peter Voulkos. Made and prepared clay for Peter Voulkos and participated in the firing of
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Birch

Hoop on Birch
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
to Artist. Peter Voulkos. Made and prepared clay for Peter Voulkos and participated in the firing of
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Birch

Home
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
Artist. Peter Voulkos. Made and prepared clay for Peter Voulkos and participated in the firing of his
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Home
Home
H 7 in W 3 in
Hoop on Birch
By Brandon Reese
Located in Tulsa, OK
to Artist. Peter Voulkos. Made and prepared clay for Peter Voulkos and participated in the firing of
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Birch

Large Format Polaroid Photograph Still Life Color Photo Dye Print Robert Cumming
Located in Surfside, FL
century, among them Peter Beard, Chuck Close, David Levinthal, Robert Frank, David Hockney, Lucas Samaras
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color, Polaroid

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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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