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Dan Christensen Art

American, 1942-2007
Dan Christensen, (October 6, 1942 – January 20, 2007) was an American abstract painter He is best known for paintings that relate to Lyrical Abstraction, Color field painting and Abstract expressionism.Christensen was born in Cozad, Nebraska, and died in Easthampton, New York. His early work from 1965-1966 was related to Minimalism. A graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, class of 1964, Dan Christensen moved to New York City from the Mid-West during the late summer of 1965. Christensen was represented by several influential galleries including the Andre Emmerich Gallery, the Salander/O'Reilly Gallery and various others throughout the United States and Europe. He has had more than seventy-five solo exhibitions and his work has been included in hundreds of group exhibitions. His paintings are in important museum collections throughout the United States and Europe.
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Artist: Dan Christensen
"Malinke" Dan Christensen, Abstract Color Field Painting
By Dan Christensen
Located in Larchmont, NY
Dan Christensen Malinke, 1979 Acrylic on canvas 38 x 41 inches Provenance: The artist Salander O'Reilly Galleries, New York Private Collection, Scarsdale, New York Exhibited: New Y...
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1970s Abstract Dan Christensen Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Untitled" Dan Christensen, Geometric Plaid Series, Orange and Blue Abstract
By Dan Christensen
Located in Larchmont, NY
Dan Christensen Untitled, circa 1970-71 Acrylic and enamel on canvas 44 x 20 inches Provenance: The artist Sherron Francis (gift from the above) Dan Christensen was an American abs...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Dan Christensen Art

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Enamel

Java 1989 acrylic painting by Dan Christensen
By Dan Christensen
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed and dated "© D. Christensen 1989" with an orientation arrow verso. Medium "Acrylic on Canvas", title "Java", size "22 x 20" are all inscribed verso. Dimensions of this artwo...
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1980s Abstract Dan Christensen Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Tucanare
By Dan Christensen
Located in Lawrence, NY
Among America’s leading abstract artists, Dan Christensen (1942-2007) was devoted over the course of forty years to exploring the limits, range, and possibilities of paint and pictor...
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1970s Color-Field Dan Christensen Art

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Acrylic

Memphis
By Dan Christensen
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
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20th Century Contemporary Dan Christensen Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Dan Christensen "L. W." (Larry B. Wright) Limited Edition, Signed Abstract Print
By Dan Christensen
Located in San Rafael, CA
Dan Christensen (American, 1942-2007) L.W., 1978 ("Larry Wright") Color silkscreen Signed and numbered 77/170 (lower margin), stamped "1978 Lester Dembitzer" (verso) Sheet 30 x 22 inches. Unframed. This print was named after and dedicated to 'L.W.' , Larry B. Wright. Larry Wright is a master printer and former professor at the School of Visual Arts, New York. He is the principal of Larry B. Wright Art Productions, New York, a fine art printing and fabrication studio, which has worked with well-known artists and gallerists such as Leo Castelli, Larry Poons, Rauschenberg, Art Spiegelman...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Dan Christensen Art

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Screen

Untitled
By Dan Christensen
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
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20th Century Post-War Dan Christensen Art

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Acrylic

Spark
By Dan Christensen
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dan Christensen (1942-2007) is recognized as a leader in American experimental abstraction. After completing his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1964, he moved to New York C...
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1980s Abstract Dan Christensen Art

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Indian Summer
By Dan Christensen
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dan Christensen (1942-2007) is widely recognized as one of America’s foremost abstract artist. Over the course his lengthy career, Christensen was devoted to exploring and expanding the constantly shifting aesthetics of 20th century abstraction. Christensen established his reputation at the end of the 1960s, by using spray guns to create colorful stacks, loops, and lines in his artworks. This body of work was considered by the legendary art critic Clement Greenberg among the most original abstract paintings of the decade. Unlike many of his contemporaries who dedicated themselves to a signature style, Christensen was unrelentingly curious and allowed his dynamic version of abstraction to evolve as he tried new techniques and varied his aesthetic. During the 1980's in particular, Christensen focused on experimenting with different forms of washing, spraying, and layering colours over top of each other. The works from Christensen's late period combine the gestural drama of Abstract Expressionism with the stained surface look popularized by the color field artists. The aesthetic complexity he achieved with these combined techniques are perfectly demonstrated in this later untitled work (aka "Indian Summer...
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1980s Abstract Dan Christensen Art

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Push
By Dan Christensen
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dan Christensen (1942-2007) is widely recognized as one of America’s foremost abstract artists. Over the course his lengthy career, Christensen was devoted to exploring and expanding...
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Early 2000s Abstract Dan Christensen Art

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Shanidar
By Dan Christensen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dan Christensen, American (1942 - 2007) Title: Shanidar Year: circa 1980 Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in Pencil Edition: 46/175 Size: 29.5 x 43 in. (74.93 x 109.22...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Screen

Delta Leader, Abstract Silkscreen by Dan Christensen
By Dan Christensen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dan Christensen, American (1942 - 2007) Title: Delta Leader Year: circa 1980 Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in Pencil Edition: 145 Size: 43 in. x 29.5 in. (109.22 cm...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Screen

Untitled
By Dan Christensen
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Monotype printed in colors, c. 1980 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Condition: Excellent Sheet size: 42 x 30 inches Provenance: Distinguished Midwest Private Collec...
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1980s Abstract Dan Christensen Art

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Monotype

Graysland
By Dan Christensen
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Autumn Park I
By Dan Christensen
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
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20th Century Contemporary Dan Christensen Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Untitled" Blue and Orange Color Field Abstract Monotype on a Grey Background
By Dan Christensen
Located in Houston, TX
A blue and orange abstract color field abstract monotype on a soft grey background. Includes a label from the gallery it was once sold from that includes the artist's name, title, si...
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Late 20th Century Color-Field Dan Christensen Art

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Monotype

Striker
By Dan Christensen
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Blue Splash
By Dan Christensen
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dan Christensen (1942-2007) is widely recognized as one of America’s foremost color abstractionists. Over the course of forty years as an artist, Christensen was devoted to exploring...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Acrylic, Watercolor

Untitled 488S5
By Dan Christensen
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Ice Rider
By Dan Christensen
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
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20th Century Contemporary Dan Christensen Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Kula Sunrise
By Dan Christensen
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
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20th Century Contemporary Dan Christensen Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Dan Christensen "Pistachio", 1979
By Dan Christensen
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dan Christensen (1942-2007) is widely recognized as one of America’s foremost color abstractionists. Over the course his lengthy career, Christensen was devoted to exploring and expa...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Acrylic

Ice Rider 2
By Dan Christensen
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
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20th Century Contemporary Dan Christensen Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Dan Christensen "Blush", 1981
By Dan Christensen
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dan Christensen (1942-2007) is widely recognized as one of America’s foremost color abstractionists. Over the course his lengthy career, Christensen was devoted to exploring and expa...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Acrylic

Chwana
By Dan Christensen
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
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20th Century Contemporary Dan Christensen Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Dan Christensen "Mango Fizz", 2002
By Dan Christensen
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dan Christensen (1942-2007) is widely recognized as one of America’s foremost color abstractionists. Over the course his lengthy career, Christensen was devoted to exploring and expa...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Dan Christensen "Igloo", 1984
By Dan Christensen
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dan Christensen (1942-2007) is widely recognized as one of America’s foremost color abstractionists. Over the course his lengthy career, Christensen was devoted to exploring and expa...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Dan Christensen "Sweaty", 2005
By Dan Christensen
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dan Christensen (1942-2007) is widely recognized as one of America’s foremost abstract artists. Over the course of his career, Christensen was devoted to exploring and expanding the ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Mojo
By Dan Christensen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dan Christensen, American (1942 - 2007) Title: Mojo Year: circa 1980 Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in Pencil Edition: 11/175 Size: 43 in. x 29.5 in. (109.22 cm x 74...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Screen

Eve's Garden
By Dan Christensen
Located in New York, NY
UNIQUE - this is not a print Hand-signed "Studio inventory # 029-05 © D. Christensen 2005" in pencil on verso Study for the painting of the same name included in the Kemper Museum ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Dan Christensen Art

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Archival Paper, Acrylic Polymer

Untitled 296L7
By Dan Christensen
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Following the dominant Abstract Expressionist wave of post-WWII, which decried realism in favor of non-representational forms, the second-generation Abstract Expressionists pointed t...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Armistice
By Dan Christensen
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Acrylic

Toro
By Dan Christensen
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Acrylic

Cry Red
By Dan Christensen
Located in Boca Raton, FL
From the Target Series
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Acrylic

Sola
By Dan Christensen
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Dan Christensen Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Liberty
By Dan Christensen
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on Canvas
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1980s Post-War Dan Christensen Art

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Acrylic

Untitled
By Dan Christensen
Located in New York, NY
Unique Watercolor, gouache, crayon and graphite on archival paper Hand-signed and dated "D. Christensen 1988" verso Registered in the Dan Christensen Estate archives Custom frame di...
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1980s Contemporary Dan Christensen Art

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Mixed Media, Archival Paper

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