Charles Hinman (born 1932) is an American artist renowned for pioneering the use of three-dimensional shaped canvases. Born in Syracuse, New York, Hinman attended Syracuse University, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1955. He initially pursued a career as a professional baseball player before an arm injury led him to focus fully on art. Hinman gained recognition in the mid-1960s for his innovative use of shaped canvases, which explore the interplay between real and illusory space. His works, often characterized by their geometric, sculptural forms, project from the wall and create a dynamic interaction between light, color, and shadow. This fusion of painting and sculpture places him at the forefront of Minimalism and shaped-canvas art movements. His early exhibitions at the Sidney Janis Gallery and his first solo show at Richard Feigen Gallery in 1964 helped establish his reputation. Throughout his career, Hinman’s works have been included in prominent exhibitions and acquired by major institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He has also been the recipient of prestigious awards, such as a Guggenheim Fellowship and multiple Pollock-Krasner Foundation grants. In recent years, his works continue to be celebrated for their exploration of dimensionality and form, with exhibitions like "The Shaped Canvas Revisited" in 2014 reaffirming his influence on modern art
$10,000
Charles Hinman, Minimalist Drawing, Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstract Signed
By Charles Hinman
Located in New York, NY
Charles Hinman Untitled Minimalist Drawing (Mid-Century Modern), 1980 Pastel on off-white wove paper Signed in pencil and dated by the artist on the lower-right front. Jeffrey Fuller...
Pastel
$2,500
"Alizarin Orionids" Charles Hinman, Work on Paper, Red Geometric Abstraction
By Charles Hinman
Located in New York, NY
Charles Hinman Alizarin Orionids, 2003 Signed and dated lower right Watercolor on paper 12 x 12 inches Throughout his long career, Charles Hinman has collapsed the divide between p...
Paper, Watercolor
$37,500
Winged City, Huge Original Painting on Shaped Canvas, Signed, 1983, 54x81x6 in.
By Charles Hinman
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed, dated and titled on verso by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers w...
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,888
H 48 in W 60 in D 1.5 in
Infinite Harmonies - Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Abstract, 48in x 60in
By Mario Angel
Located in Mississauga, CA
This large-format acrylic on canvas masterpiece, titled "Infinite Harmonies", represents a stunning breakthrough in modern abstract surrealism. Moving completely away from convention...
Canvas, Acrylic
Polyptych from the Paper Series. Abstract painting
By On Hansen
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Repetition, The temptation is always to believe in the stability, Consistency and existence and Faintly falling On Hansen bears the traces of lived experiences, exploring the possib...
Paper, Crayon, Ink, Wax, Acrylic, Graphite
$2,400
H 35 in W 51 in D 0.1 in
Repetition and Faintly falling. Abstract mixed media paintings
By On Hansen
Located in Miami Beach, FL
On Hansen bears the traces of lived experiences, exploring the possibilities of formal abstraction, seeking an organic experience between space and time through painting and photogra...
Crayon, Ink, Wax, Acrylic, Graphite, Paper
$643
H 23.63 in W 23.63 in D 0.79 in
Pink Mood I - rose impasto colorful painting on linen canvas with 3d flowers
By Anastassia Skopp
Located in Zofingen, AG
In 1757, the Sèvres porcelain manufactory created a pink so particular it needed her name: rose Pompadour. Madame de Pompadour hadn’t asked for restraint. She wanted a colour dense e...
Canvas, Linen, Acrylic
Blue Mask
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Petrick Blue Mask East Village Abstraction
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,200
H 35.03 in W 25.59 in D 0.1 in
Consistency and existence. Abstract mixed media painting
By On Hansen
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Traces of lived experiences appear in On Hansen's works, exploring the possibilities of formal abstraction and seeking an organic experience between space and time through painting a...
Crayon, Ink, Wax, Acrylic, Graphite
$2,250
H 24 in W 24 in D 1 in
"Beautiful Chaos" Figurative Painting 24" x 24" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
""Beautiful Chaos" Figurative Painting 24" x 24" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course com...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,200
H 35.03 in W 25.59 in D 0.1 in
The temptation is always to believe in the stability. Abstract mixed media
By On Hansen
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Traces of lived experiences appear in On Hansen's works, exploring the possibilities of formal abstraction and seeking an organic experience between space and time through painting a...
Crayon, Ink, Wax, Acrylic, Graphite
$3,600
H 35 in W 76.5 in D 0.1 in
Abstract Triptych Painting, Minimalist, 2010, Unframed
By On Hansen
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Repetition, The temptation is always to believe in the stability and Faintly falling On Hansen bears the traces of lived experiences, exploring the possibilities of formal abstracti...
Paper, Crayon, Ink, Wax, Acrylic, Graphite
$435
H 14 in W 20 in D 0.03 in
Blue, Pink & Red Abstract in Watercolor on Paper
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Blue, Pink & Red Abstract in Watercolor on Paper A bold abstract expressionist watercolor by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Bright sections of yellow, pink, orange, and red are divided by dark blue lines. Although some shapes are repeated, there is not a definitive pattern, which creates a dynamic composition. Signed "Les Anderson" on verso. From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Unframed. Paper size: 14"H x 20"W. Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson(American, 1928-2009) owned and operated the Bear Flag Gallery in San Juan Bautista...
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Paysage renversé (Abstract Painting)
By Jérémie Iordanoff
Located in London, GB
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. French abstract artist Jérémie Iordanoff blends the visual languages of Western Modernist Abstraction with earlier, global aesthetic traditions, such ...
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled 2305 (Abstract Drawing)
By Fieroza Doorsen
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2305 (Abstract Drawing) Gouache and paper on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies ...
Paper, Gouache
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H 12 in W 12 in
"Alizarin Orionids" Charles Hinman, Work on Paper, Abstract forms
By Charles Hinman
Located in New York, NY
Charles Hinman Alizarin Orionids, 2003 Signed and dated lower right Watercolor on paper 12 x 12 inches Throughout his long career, Charles Hinman has collapsed the divide between p...
Paper, Watercolor
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H 15 in W 15 in
"Red Orionids, " Charles Hinman, Abstract Red Orange Color Field, Contemporary
By Charles Hinman
Located in New York, NY
Charles Hinman Red Orionids, 2003 Signed and dated lower right Watercolor on paper 12 x 12 inches Charles Hinman’s paintings are explorations into the boundaries of abstraction through elaborate three-dimensional wood structures created with mathematical precision. Challenging his abstract expressionist predecessors, Hinman spearheaded the development of 1960s and 70s Abstract Minimal art by utilizing hard-edged canvases to move painting from a two-dimensional illusory space to a three-dimensional real space. What set Hinman apart from other contemporaries was his use of color, light, and time as his paintings reflect their hue onto the surrounding surface across varying levels of light. This juxtaposition places Hinman’s work at the intersection of the ideas explored by artists Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly, Barnett Newman, Al Loving, Dan Flavin, and James Turrell. The New American Abstraction 1950-1970, Claudine Humblet states about Hinman's work: "From the very beginning of Hinman's adventure of construction […] the aim of the first structures was to address the challenge of inertia and the force of gravity, sometimes connected with the interpretation of the aesthetics of "primary structures" (structures by Donald Judd, Soll LeWitt, Robert Morris, and Robert Smithson were included alongside shaped works by Hinman, Insley and Sven Lukin in Art In Process. The Visual Development of a Structure, organized by the Finch...
Paper, Watercolor