Carl Holty Paintings
American, 1900-1973
Born in Freiburg, Germany, Carl Holty moved with his parents to a Germain community in Milwaukee when he was an infant. He began studying art at the Milwaukee Normal School under instructors who had trained in Europe and later continued his studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1919, following a summer at an artists' colony in Saugatuck, Michigan, Holty enrolled at Parsons School of Design and the National Academy of Design, both in New York. He briefly considering entering medical school, his father’s profession, though with the help of his grandfather, returned to Germany to continue his art education.
It was at Hans Hofman’s school that Holty would be introduced to the principles of modernist composition and ideas in painting and drawing, an influence he would consider his main focus throughout his career. Hofmann "first opened my eyes to the plastic nature of drawing." Holty once recalled. Displaying no interest in the predominant style of expressionism, popular in Germany at the time, Holty focused on the tenants of Cubism, Fauvism, and Futurism which lead him, in 1928, to relocate to Paris. Holty quickly became part of the active artistic community in the nation’s capital associating with many of the major figures of international avant-garde art including Miro, Mondrian, Arp, and Delaunay, the latter of which sponsored Holty to become one of only two American members of the Abstraction-Creation group founded by Theo Van Doesburg.
Holty returned to America in 1936 becoming a significant figure in the development of abstract art. He reconnected with his old mentor Hans Hofmann and developed friendships with many of the City’s rising artist’s including Vaclav Vytlacil whom he had known in Paris. It was this group that formed the American Abstract Artists association, where Holty would serve as chairman in 1938 and with whom he’d exhibit with through 1944. It was during this period Holty abandoned Cubism for Biomorphism, leaving behind edges to explore shapes and forms that ultimately lead to his color field paintings of the mid 1950s and through the remainder of his career.to
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Artist: Carl Holty
Blue and Green Summer Abstract
By Carl Holty
Located in Greenwich, CT
A fresh and intriguing composition that keeps you looking at it. The composition is composed of summer greens, whites, blues and lavenders and also conveys figures and movement. Ho...
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1950s Abstract Carl Holty Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Mosaic II
By Carl Holty
Located in Greenwich, CT
Appropriately called the "Mosaic" period for important historical artist Carl Holty, this is a super example! His color use during this time frame was lively as he always used sky b...
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1940s Abstract Carl Holty Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Bold German American Abstract Expressionist Color Field Oil Painting Carl Holty
By Carl Holty
Located in Surfside, FL
Carl Robert Holty (American 1900-1973)
Abstract Expressionism Oil on Masonite board.
Abstract with greens blues and red,
Dimensions 12 x 9-1/2 inches. Framed 17 X 14 inches
Hand...
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Twelfth Night Blue, Contemporary Color Field painting
By Carl Holty
Located in Greenwich, CT
Conceived of as one half of a diptych, together with Twelfth Night Red, the title of this painting suggest a reference to William Shakespeare’s play Twel...
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Late 20th Century Color-Field Carl Holty Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Blue with Green and Grey Spots
By Carl Holty
Located in Missouri, MO
Blue with Green and Grey Spots
By Carl Holty (1900-1973)
Signed Lower Right
Unframed: 16" x 20"
Framed: 17" x 21"
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20th Century Abstract Carl Holty Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Red Gray #5
By Carl Holty
Located in Greenwich, CT
Holty did a series of works that explored the use of varying tones of Gray with other colors. This was done during his Colorfield foray as he pioneered this movement along with such...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Carl Holty Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Abstracted pair of oil paintings by Carl Holty
By Carl Holty
Located in Hudson, NY
These artworks by Carl Holty are only sold as a pair. Each painting measures 9" x 11" and framed 18" x 20.25" x 2.5"
The red and gold work is signed "Carl Holty" in the lower right.
About this artists: Carl Holty was awakened to his interest in art as a child through visits to the Layton Art Gallery of Milwaukee, and began painting lessons with Friedrich Wilhelm Heine at a young age. Though born in Freiburg, Germany, in 1900, he was raised in Wisconsin and enrolled at Marquette University. Before long, Holty abandoned his pre-medical studies in order to pursue art. He spent a summer at the School of the Chicago Art Institute in Saugatuck, Michigan, and set off for New York in 1920. He then studied at the National Academy of Design under Francis Coates Jones...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Carl Holty Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Mountain Wall
By Carl Holty
Located in Missouri, MO
Carl Holty (1900-1973)
"Mountain Wall" 1962
Unframed: 12" x 9"
Framed: 19.5" x 16.5"
Signed Lower Left
Known for his floating, luminous, highly-colorful forms, Carl Holty belongs to...
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20th Century Abstract Carl Holty Paintings
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Oil, Panel
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