$27,000
Medieval Heads, mid-century figural surrealist acrylic painting
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
Around 1964 Carter acknowledged a need to break from the confines of representational painting. Once Carter had found a potent symbol in the egg, he used it to create an astounding b...
Acrylic
"Pom Pom" girl with bright blue eyes wearing a turtleneck and tall blue hat
By Fred Calleri
Located in Edgartown, MA
While exploring the figure and representational painting in general, Calleri found that by adding a slight distortion he was free to let the image take him where it wanted to go.
Canvas, Oil
"Warm Cider" woman making something in the window on a snowy day
By Fred Calleri
Located in Edgartown, MA
While exploring the figure and representational painting in general, Calleri found that by adding a slight distortion he was free to let the image take him where it wanted to go.
Canvas, Oil
$2,800
Autumn Gathering Acrylic on Canvas Contemporary Abstract 36" x 24" Water
By Eleanor McCarthy
Located in Houston, TX
Eleanor has recently begun to pursue non-representational painting and has enjoyed exploring the process of abstraction in creating new works of art.
Canvas, Acrylic
Over and Above Surprise (Serpent), 1960s snake painting, Cleveland School
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
Around 1964 Carter acknowledged a need to break from the confines of representational painting. Once Carter had found a potent symbol in the egg, he used it to create an astounding b...
Casein
$3,120Sale Price|20% Off
Ovoid, geometrical figural surrealist acrylic painting, Cleveland School artist
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
Around 1964 Carter acknowledged a need to break from the confines of representational painting. Once Carter had found a potent symbol in the egg, he used it to create an astounding b...
Acrylic
$3,500
Eastern Glades Series 4 Acrylic on Canvas Contemporary Abstract 36" x 36"
By Eleanor McCarthy
Located in Houston, TX
Eleanor has recently begun to pursue non-representational painting and has enjoyed exploring the process of abstraction in creating new works of art.
Canvas, Acrylic
American Modernist Oil Painting Nude Male on Beach WPA Artist Group of 10
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
(Excerpt from Stephen Kayser, “Biblical Paintings,” The Jewish Museum Catalogue, 1952). Ben-Zion continued his style of representational painting based on the abstract, and is perha...
Oil, Board
Charming Belgian scene with canal frozen with boats industrial town
Located in GB
Joseph (Jef) Vermeiren was a Belgian painter active in the mid-twentieth century, part of a generation of artists who remained committed to representational painting at a time when a...
Canvas, Oil
$13,125
Two
By Akihiko Sugiura
Located in New Orleans, LA
AKIHIKO SUGIURA is a Japanese painter from Hyogo, Japan whose artistic style mixes purely physical non-representational art with a base of traditional representational painting.
Canvas, Oil
$13,750
Night
By Akihiko Sugiura
Located in New Orleans, LA
AKIHIKO SUGIURA is a Japanese painter from Hyogo, Japan whose artistic style mixes purely physical non-representational art with a base of traditional representational painting.
Canvas, Oil
The two
By Akihiko Sugiura
Located in New Orleans, LA
AKIHIKO SUGIURA is a Japanese painter from Hyogo, Japan whose artistic style mixes purely physical non-representational art with a base of traditional representational painting.
Canvas, Oil
Beard and fairy
By Akihiko Sugiura
Located in New Orleans, LA
AKIHIKO SUGIURA is a Japanese painter from Hyogo, Japan whose artistic style mixes purely physical non-representational art with a base of traditional representational painting.
Canvas, Oil
Pleasure Garden
By Akihiko Sugiura
Located in New Orleans, LA
AKIHIKO SUGIURA is a Japanese painter from Hyogo, Japan whose artistic style mixes purely physical non-representational art with a base of traditional representational painting.
Canvas, Oil
Silent Reflection Acrylic/Canvas Eastern Glades 36" x 36" Contemporary Abstract
By Eleanor McCarthy
Located in Houston, TX
Eleanor has recently begun to pursue non-representational painting and has enjoyed exploring the process of abstraction in creating new works of art.
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,900
Meditation on a Pond Acrylic/Canvas Eastern Glades 30"x36" Abstract Landscape
By Eleanor McCarthy
Located in Houston, TX
Eleanor has recently begun to pursue non-representational painting and has enjoyed exploring the process of abstraction in creating new works of art.
Canvas, Acrylic
Collage Assemblage with lace and Music Notes Abstract Composition
By Nissan Engel
Located in Surfside, FL
Five years later, he moved to New York City where he continued to produce figurative and representational paintings of landscapes, still lifes, and equestrian themes in a graphic and...
Mixed Media, Oil, Board
$3,000
American Modernist Oil Painting Expressionist Vase, Flowers WPA Artist Ben ZIon
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
(Excerpt from Stephen Kayser, “Biblical Paintings,” The Jewish Museum Catalogue, 1952). Ben-Zion continued his style of representational painting based on the abstract, and is perha...
Oil, Wood Panel
Mandala No. 15, Abstract Ovoid Geometrical Mid-Century Painting Cleveland School
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
Around 1964 Carter acknowledged a need to break from the confines of representational painting. Once Carter had found a potent symbol in the egg, he used it to create an astounding b...
Acrylic
Cicada, Mid-century Figural Surrealist Cleveland School Painting, 1960s
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
Around 1964 Carter acknowledged a need to break from the confines of representational painting. Once Carter had found a potent symbol in the egg, he used it to create an astounding b...
Watercolor
$2,800
Eastern Glades #7 Acrylic on Canvas Contemporary Abstract 36" x 24" Water
By Eleanor McCarthy
Located in Houston, TX
Eleanor has recently begun to pursue non-representational painting and has enjoyed exploring the process of abstraction in creating new works of art.
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,800
Eastern Glades #6 Acrylic on Canvas Contemporary Abstract 36" x 24" Water
By Eleanor McCarthy
Located in Houston, TX
Eleanor has recently begun to pursue non-representational painting and has enjoyed exploring the process of abstraction in creating new works of art.
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,200
Eastern Glades VIII Acrylic on Canvas Contemporary Abstract 30" x 30" Water
By Eleanor McCarthy
Located in Houston, TX
Eleanor has recently begun to pursue non-representational painting and has enjoyed exploring the process of abstraction in creating new works of art.
Canvas, Acrylic
$8,400Sale Price|20% Off
Night Garden, mid-century figural surrealist acrylic painting, Cleveland School
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
Around 1964 Carter acknowledged a need to break from the confines of representational painting. Once Carter had found a potent symbol in the egg, he used it to create an astounding b...
Acrylic
Arkadien, Abend am See (Evening at the Lake)
By Markus Lüpertz
Located in Wien, 9
Painting is his central area of creativity, in that from 1960 he introduced abstraction into his representational painting.
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Expressionist Judaica Havdalah Oil Painting Jewish American Modernist Ben Zion
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Ben-Zion continued his style of representational painting based on the abstract, and is perhaps best known for his Biblical paintings, iron sculpture and etchings.
Oil, Wood Panel
$4,000Sale Price|32% Off
Robert K. White "Study of Otaho by Paul Gauguin, 1893" 2004 Oil on Canvas
By Robert Kenneth White
Located in Miami, FL
Collectors drawn to representational painting with modern awareness often place White in conversation with the broader lineage of artists who prioritized structure, light, and compos...
Canvas, Oil
'L'Obscurité', Trompe L'oeil, Newport Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, Yale, Zillman
By Richard Whitten
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Whitten is also known for his toy-like sculptures. His paintings and drawings are essentially representational but have strong ties to geometric abstraction.
Gold Leaf
Modernist Judaica Jewish Ink Drawing Painting "New Immigrant" Off the Boat WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
(Excerpt from Stephen Kayser, “Biblical Paintings,” The Jewish Museum Catalogue, 1952). Ben-Zion continued his style of representational painting based on the abstract, and is perha...
Watercolor, Gouache
$5,500
"Atlantic Blue 2025" a blonde woman with a fishing rod stands next to swordfish
By Fred Calleri
Located in Edgartown, MA
While exploring the figure and representational painting in general, Calleri found that by adding a slight distortion he was free to let the image take him where it wanted to go.
Canvas, Oil
$2,900
"To The Point" acrylic/canvas 36" x 36" Pointillism Gallery Wrapped Dots
By Eleanor McCarthy
Located in Houston, TX
Eleanor has recently begun to pursue non-representational painting and has enjoyed exploring the process of abstraction in creating new works of art.
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Philosopher
By Akihiko Sugiura
Located in New Orleans, LA
AKIHIKO SUGIURA (b. 1979) is a Japanese painter from Hyogo, Japan whose artistic style mixes purely physical non-representational art with a base of traditional representational pain...
Canvas, Oil
The Room
By Akihiko Sugiura
Located in New Orleans, LA
AKIHIKO SUGIURA (b. 1979) is a Japanese painter from Hyogo, Japan whose artistic style mixes purely physical non-representational art with a base of traditional representational pain...
Canvas, Oil
No Title
By Akihiko Sugiura
Located in New Orleans, LA
AKIHIKO SUGIURA (b. 1979) is a Japanese painter from Hyogo, Japan whose artistic style mixes purely physical non-representational art with a base of traditional representational pain...
Canvas, Oil
Tengu-Zaru
By Akihiko Sugiura
Located in New Orleans, LA
AKIHIKO SUGIURA (b. 1979) is a Japanese painter from Hyogo, Japan whose artistic style mixes purely physical non-representational art with a base of traditional representational pain...
Canvas, Oil
Beard II
By Akihiko Sugiura
Located in New Orleans, LA
AKIHIKO SUGIURA (b. 1979) is a Japanese painter from Hyogo, Japan whose artistic style mixes purely physical non-representational art with a base of traditional representational pain...
Canvas, Oil
Kronen-Narr by Paul Klee
By Paul Klee
Located in New Orleans, LA
By 1915 he had abandoned representational painting, choosing instead to create compositions from imagination, memory and musical rhythm.
Ink, Gouache, Cardboard, Newsprint
"Uomo e Donna (Lynton G24)" by Victor Pasmore
By Victor Pasmore 1
Located in Chicago, IL
Following social upheaval as a conscientious objector during WWII, Pasmore eschewed the representational painting of his training in favor of abstraction and constructivism.
Paper
"Uomo e Donna (Lynton G24)" Etching and Aquatint on Paper
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Chicago, IL
Following social upheaval as a conscientious objector during WWII, Pasmore eschewed the representational painting of his training in favor of abstraction and constructivism.
Ink, Pigment, Aquatint
Selfportrait
By Akihiko Sugiura
Located in New Orleans, LA
That is the sadness of humans. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ AKIHIKO SUGIURA (b. 1979) is a Japanese painter from Hyogo, Japan whose artistic style mixes purely physical non-representational art with a ba...
Oil, Canvas
A person who used to be an enemy
By Akihiko Sugiura
Located in New Orleans, LA
That is the sadness of humans. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ AKIHIKO SUGIURA (b. 1979) is a Japanese painter from Hyogo, Japan whose artistic style mixes purely physical non-representational art with a ba...
Oil, Glass
A person who used to be an enemy
By Akihiko Sugiura
Located in New Orleans, LA
That is the sadness of humans. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ AKIHIKO SUGIURA (b. 1979) is a Japanese painter from Hyogo, Japan whose artistic style mixes purely physical non-representational art with a ba...
Canvas, Oil
Elite
By Akihiko Sugiura
Located in New Orleans, LA
That is the sadness of humans. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ AKIHIKO SUGIURA (b. 1979) is a Japanese painter from Hyogo, Japan whose artistic style mixes purely physical non-representational art with a ba...
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Color Field Painting Indian Artist Sangeeta Reddy
Located in Surfside, FL
STEVEN ROSEN Denver Post: “Laying pieces of canvas atop her paper collage-style and painting with a sometimes-thick, sometimes smooth style, Sangeeta Reddy makes attractive, non-r...
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media
Abstract Expressionist Color Field Painting Indian Artist Sangeeta Reddy
Located in Surfside, FL
STEVEN ROSEN Denver Post: “Laying pieces of canvas atop her paper collage-style and painting with a sometimes-thick, sometimes smooth style, Sangeeta Reddy makes attractive, non-r...
Paper, Paint, Mixed Media
$2,358
Australian River Landscape Painting by 20th Century English Australian Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Artistic Style and Known Works: Howard Barron’s artistic style was rooted in traditional representational painting, with a focus on landscapes and portraits.
Canvas, Linen, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
“Abstract Spiral”
By Theodore Hios
Located in Southampton, NY
Since 1979, after a trip to Yellowstone Park and, in 1981, following another trip to Greece, he turned again to representational painting. In 1998, he held his last retrospective exh...
Gouache, Archival Paper
Sigrid Kopfermann, Abstract 1993, Mixed Media, German Female Artist
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
Artistic career: The path to abstraction Kopfermann began her artistic career in representational painting. However, influenced by trips to Paris, Ibiza and later New York, she incr...
Oil, Mixed Media
Sigrid Kopfermann, Abstract 2000, Oil on Canvas, German Female Artist
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
Artistic career: The path to abstraction Kopfermann began her artistic career in representational painting. However, influenced by trips to Paris, Ibiza and later New York, she incr...
Oil
Sigrid Kopfermann Abstract 1998, Oil on Canvas, German Female Artist
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
Artistic career: The path to abstraction Kopfermann began her artistic career in representational painting. However, influenced by trips to Paris, Ibiza and later New York, she incr...
Oil
WILLIAM C GRAUER "Oriental Hints" 1970s Cleveland School acrylic/panel ABSTRACT
By William C. Grauer
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Ultimately, Oriental Hints reveals Grauer as an artist willing to push beyond his established strengths in representational painting. By layering acrylic into a richly textured abstr...
Acrylic, Panel
Abstract Expressionist Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish American Modernist WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Ben-Zion continued his style of representational painting based on the abstract, and is perhaps best known for his Biblical paintings and etchings.
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Drawing Watercolor Painting Totem Column Jewish American Modernist WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
(Excerpt from Stephen Kayser, “Biblical Paintings,” The Jewish Museum Catalogue, 1952). Ben-Zion continued his style of representational painting based on the abstract, and is perha...
Ink, Watercolor
Modernist Rabbi Judaica Bold Color "School of 10"
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
(Excerpt from Stephen Kayser, “Biblical Paintings,” The Jewish Museum Catalogue, 1952). Ben-Zion continued his style of representational painting based on the abstract, and is perha...
Coating, Oil, Board
Ben ZIon Expressionist Judaica Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish Modernist WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Ben-Zion continued his style of representational painting based on the abstract, and is perhaps best known for his Biblical paintings and etchings.
Paper, Watercolor
Ben ZIon Expressionist Judaica Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish Modernist WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Ben-Zion continued his style of representational painting based on the abstract, and is perhaps best known for his Biblical paintings and etchings.
Paper, Watercolor
Nicola Simbari Sailboats in Venice Signed Original Painting
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Minneapolis, MN
While his subject matter is often representational, Simbari infused his paintings with a modern, almost abstract sensibility.
Canvas, Oil
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Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.
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