Aaron Bohrod Abstract Paintings

American, 1907-1992

Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized as a regionalist painter of American scenes, particularly of his native Chicago, Bohrod later devoted himself to detailed still-life paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book on pottery. Born in 1907, Bohrod began his studies at Chicago's Crane Junior College in 1925, and two years later enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago. But it was at the Art Students League in New York City, from 1930 to 1932, that he studied under the man believed to be his most significant early influence, John Sloan. Sloan's romantic realism is reflected in the many depictions of Chicago life, which comprised most of Bohrod's early work. Under Sloan's tutelage, Bohrod came to subscribe to the belief that painters should find the subjects of their art in the immediate world around them. These paintings emphasized architecture unique to north Chicago and featured Chicagoans engaged in such everyday activities as working, playing or going to the theatre. The romantic aspect was conveyed by the use of misty colors, and the realism by attention to detail. In 1936, Bohrod won the Guggenheim Fellowship award in creative painting. It enabled him to travel the United States, producing similar regionalist paintings on a much broader range of subjects. Nevertheless, most of his early work centered on Chicago and the urban Midwest. In 1943, Bohrod was commissioned by editors of Life magazine to cover the battlefronts as a war correspondent and artist. Three years later, Bohrod was invited to become the Artist in Residence at the University of Wisconsin, a position that became vacant with the unexpected death of John Steuart Curry. He would remain at the University from 1948 to his retirement in 1973. Then, quite atypically, fantasy started to appear in his work. Elements of Surrealism, supposedly inspired by his concurrent involvement in ceramics with F. Carlton Ball, began influencing his landscapes. By 1953, Bohrod had completely ceased painting landscapes, turning instead to often symbolic still-life subjects. He abandoned his earlier romantic realism to paint in the luminous trompe l'oeil tradition of William Harnett. Bohrod continued to produce these meticulously crafted fantasies exclusively. While in his position at the University of Wisconsin, Bohrod painted covers for Time magazine and authored two books, A Pottery Sketch-book (1959) and A Decade of Still Life (1966), in which are produced many of his trompe l'oeil paintings.

Artist: Aaron Bohrod

Aaron BohrodChicago/Wisconsin Artist Aaron Bohrod Oil Painting, circa 1940s, Shop Windows, circa 1946

$8,500

Chicago/Wisconsin Artist Aaron Bohrod Oil Painting, circa 1940s, Shop Windows

By Aaron Bohrod

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Aaron Bohrod (1907-1992) oil on gesso panel. In excellent condition. Titled: “Shop Windows,” circa 1946. Measures: 16" H x 20" W. Frame measures: 23" H x 27" W. Signed by the artist ...

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Mid-20th Century Aaron Bohrod Abstract Paintings

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Paint

Irena OrlovAbstract Landscape Mixed Media Canvas Painting 45x45" The clarity of a shore, 2019

$7,800

H 45 in W 45 in D 1.5 in

Abstract Landscape Mixed Media Canvas Painting 45x45" The clarity of a shore

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

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2010s Contemporary Aaron Bohrod Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Irena OrlovAbstract Painting Mixed Media Canvas 40x60" Turbulent Dream, 2020

$8,500

H 40 in W 60 in D 1.5 in

Abstract Painting Mixed Media Canvas 40x60" Turbulent Dream

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

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2010s Contemporary Aaron Bohrod Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Irena OrlovGreen Abstract Painting Mixed Media on Canvas 45x45" Freedom of Expression 6, 2019

$7,800

H 45 in W 45 in D 1.5 in

Green Abstract Painting Mixed Media on Canvas 45x45" Freedom of Expression 6

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

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2010s Contemporary Aaron Bohrod Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Irena OrlovAbstract Aqua Painting Mixed Media Canvas 40x60" Formless and Wordless, 2019

$8,500

H 40 in W 60 in D 1.5 in

Abstract Aqua Painting Mixed Media Canvas 40x60" Formless and Wordless

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

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2010s Contemporary Aaron Bohrod Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Irena OrlovAbstract Flow Colorful Painting Mixed Media 40x60" Another Self, 2020

$8,500

H 40 in W 60 in D 1.5 in

Abstract Flow Colorful Painting Mixed Media 40x60" Another Self

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

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2010s Contemporary Aaron Bohrod Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Irena OrlovAbstract Painting Mixed Media Canvas 40x60" Colors on the blue side 2, 2020

$8,500

H 60 in W 40 in D 1.5 in

Abstract Painting Mixed Media Canvas 40x60" Colors on the blue side 2

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

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2010s Contemporary Aaron Bohrod Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Irena OrlovThe Blue Sea Wave, Coastal Contemporary Painting Mixed Media Canvas 45x45", 2020

$7,800

H 45 in W 45 in D 1.5 in

The Blue Sea Wave, Coastal Contemporary Painting Mixed Media Canvas 45x45"

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

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2010s Contemporary Aaron Bohrod Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Irena OrlovAbstract Blue Brown Original Acrylic Painting 42 H X 68"W, Expression of Balance, 2018

$14,500

H 42 in W 68 in D 1 in

Abstract Blue Brown Original Acrylic Painting 42 H X 68"W, Expression of Balance

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Abstract Blue Brown Original Acrylic Painting 42 H X 68"W, Expression of Balance SPECIFICATIONS: - Artist-grade canvas. - 1" deep wooden support bars - Gallery Stretching & Wrap Exp...

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2010s Abstract Aaron Bohrod Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Irena OrlovAbstract Flow Pink Purple Painting Mixed Media Canvas 40x60" The birth, 2019

$8,500

H 40 in W 60 in D 1.5 in

Abstract Flow Pink Purple Painting Mixed Media Canvas 40x60" The birth

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

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2010s Contemporary Aaron Bohrod Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Irena OrlovAbstract Painting Mixed Media Canvas 40x60" Secret from the Common, 2020

$8,500

H 40 in W 60 in D 1.5 in

Abstract Painting Mixed Media Canvas 40x60" Secret from the Common

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

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2010s Contemporary Aaron Bohrod Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Irena OrlovAbstract Pink Contemporary Art Mixed Media Canvas 48x48" Lines of Life 1, 2020

$8,200

H 48 in W 48 in D 1.5 in

Abstract Pink Contemporary Art Mixed Media Canvas 48x48" Lines of Life 1

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

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2010s Contemporary Aaron Bohrod Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Irena OrlovAbstract Flow Red Blue Acrylic Painting 42 H X 68"W, Balance of Independence, 2018

$14,500

H 42 in W 68 in D 1 in

Abstract Flow Red Blue Acrylic Painting 42 H X 68"W, Balance of Independence

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Abstract Red Blue Original Acrylic Painting 42 H X 68"W, Balance of Independence SPECIFICATIONS: - Artist-grade canvas. - 1" deep wooden support bars - Gallery Stretching & Wrap Expr...

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2010s Abstract Aaron Bohrod Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

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