Calvin Anderson Art
b. 1925
Calvin Anderson studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s and worked as a commercial art director in San Francisco for 40 years. Anderson created graphics for the SF Ballet for 20 years, and two of his poster designs are in the permanent collection at SFMOMA. Anderson taught Design at SFAI in the 1960s. Anderson was a prolific printmaker in the 1990s–2000s, creating hundreds of minimal, abstract compositions drawing from his love of Modernism and design.
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Artist: Calvin Anderson
Curvilinear Warm-Toned Abstract 20th Century Painting
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s mixed-media on paper board abstract is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (1925-2023). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s an...
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1950s Abstract Calvin Anderson Art
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Oil, Graphite
Cool Toned Whimsical Abstract Mid Century Monotype
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This mid 20th century abstract print is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (1925-2023). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s and worked as a commercial art...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Calvin Anderson Art
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Monotype
Minimal Portrait of a Gentleman 20th Cnetury Ink Wash
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1940-50s ink on paper male portrait study is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s and ...
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20th Century Modern Calvin Anderson Art
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Ink
"Step out in Levi's" 20th Century Pastel
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Mid 20th Century pastel on paper vintage advertising illustration for Levi's is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Calvin Anderson Art
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Pastel
Abstracted Cityscape Sketch 20th Century Graphite
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 20th century graphite on paper city scene is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s and...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Calvin Anderson Art
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Graphite
Vintage Industrial Cityscape 1946 Watercolor
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1946 watercolor on paper scene is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s and worked as a...
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1940s Modern Calvin Anderson Art
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Watercolor
Whimsical Figure Playing the Banjo 20th Century Etching
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 20th century playful figurative etching is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s a...
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1990s Modern Calvin Anderson Art
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Etching
Vintage Street Corner Scene Mid 1940s Watercolor
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This mid 1940s watercolor on paper scene is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s and worked...
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1940s Modern Calvin Anderson Art
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Watercolor
Man in His Workshop, Modernist Drawing Mid Century Ink
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This mid 20th century ink on paper drawing of a man at a work bench is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center Coll...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Calvin Anderson Art
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Ink
Gentleman Reading 20th Century Gouache on Paper Board
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950-60s gouache on paper monochromatic figurative study is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College i...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Calvin Anderson Art
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Gouache
Abstracted Inflexible Forms 20th Century Monotype
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 20th-early 21st century abstract print with bold rock-like shapes is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Cen...
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1990s Abstract Calvin Anderson Art
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Monotype
"Typhoon" 20th Century Monotype
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 20th-early 21st century abstract print with bold monochromatic strokes entitled Typhoon is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studi...
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1990s Abstract Calvin Anderson Art
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Monotype
Abstract Print in Black Blue and Yellow 1990-2000s Monotype
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 20th century monotype on paper abstract is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s a...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Calvin Anderson Art
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Monotype
Vibrant Brushstroke Abstract 20th Century Abstract
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 20th-early 21st century warm-toned brushstroke abstract monotype is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Cent...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Calvin Anderson Art
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Monotype
Geometric Abstract Deconstruction 20th Century Monotype
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 20th-early 21st century grid-like abstract monotype on paper is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center C...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Calvin Anderson Art
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Monotype
Vibrant Abstracted Forms 20th Century Monotype
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 20th-early 21st century abstract monotype on paper is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Calvin Anderson Art
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Monotype
Loose & Geometric Abstract
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 20th-early 21st century monotype on paper is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s...
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Late 20th Century Modern Calvin Anderson Art
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Monotype
1940-50s Graphite on Paper Portrait Study
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1940-50s graphite on paper male portrait study is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s...
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1950s Modern Calvin Anderson Art
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Graphite
Gestural Monochrome Abstract 1940-50s Oil & Graphite
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1940-50s oil and graphite on paperboard abstract is by Bay Area painter, print maker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 19...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Calvin Anderson Art
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Oil, Paper, Board, Graphite
Original Vintage Plymouth Cars Advertising Drawing 1950-60s Gouache & Pastel
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950-60s gouache and pastel on paper vintage advertising illustration for Plymouth cars is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied a...
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1950s American Modern Calvin Anderson Art
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Paper, Gouache
Bold Abstract Painting 1950s Acrylic
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 1950s acrylic on paper board abstract is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s and...
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1950s American Modern Calvin Anderson Art
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Paper, Acrylic, Board
"She must be wearing her" 1950's-60's Mixed Media Collage
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950's-60's mixed media and collage on board is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s a...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Calvin Anderson Art
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Mixed Media, Board
Seated Modernist Female Nude Mid 20th Century Ink
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This mid 20th century nude figure in black ink on paper is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Calvin Anderson Art
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Paper, Ink
Bold Red & Black Abstract 1950s Acrylic
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 1950s acrylic on paper board abstract is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s and...
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1950s American Modern Calvin Anderson Art
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Paper, Acrylic, Board
Abstracted Portrait Monotype and Collage on Paper
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Robert Motherwell inspired print circa late 1990s-early 2000s monotype and collage of a mans face on paper is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Calvin Anderson Art
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Mixed Media, Monotype, Paper
Abstract Expressionist Monotype on Paper
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Robert Motherwell inspired print circa late 1990s-early 2000s monotype on paper is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC a...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Calvin Anderson Art
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Paper, Monotype
Black & White Abstract Expressionist Etching
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Robert Motherwell inspired print circa late 1990s-early 2000s etching on paper is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC an...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Calvin Anderson Art
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Paper, Etching
Movement & Color Study 20th Century Monotype
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 20th century abstracted gestural monotype on paper print is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center Colle...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Calvin Anderson Art
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Monotype
Modernist Geometric Abstract 1950 Oil
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s oil on board abstract is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s and worked as a c...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Calvin Anderson Art
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Oil
"Art Center School - Faculty" 1950-60s Mixed Media Collage
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950-60s mixed media and collage on board original vintage advertising sample is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and ...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Calvin Anderson Art
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Mixed Media, Board
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