Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
American, b. 1933
Dick Wray was born at Heights Hospital in 1933 and primarily educated in Houston, Texas. He took free art lessons at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts in his early teens, graduated from Lamar High School (Houston, Texas) and, following military service in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955, enrolled in the School of Architecture of the University of Houston from 1955 to 1958. He finished his studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany in 1959. Wray took off for Europe in 1958 to discover for himself the center of the art world, starting his journey in Paris. Wray’s first competitive show was at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont in 1959. In 1962 he was awarded the Ford Foundation Purchase Prize. Wray has had a number of solo exhibitions at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston and his works are continuing to be shown at William Reaves Gallery.
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Artist: Dick Wray
Untitled #1494 - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
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Laid Paper, Canvas, Oil
Untitled - Dick Wray, Abstract Oil Paint, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Untitled #1206 - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled - Framed Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled - Framed Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled" - FramedAbstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Untitled - Framed Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Untitled" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Untitled - Framed Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
"Untitled" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Canvas, Oil
Untitled #1082 - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Untitled - Framed Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled - Framed Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Canvas, Oil
Untitled - Dick Wray, Abstract Oil Paint, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This monumental abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray exhibits a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick ...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled #1076 - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray exhibits a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s artw...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Untitled #1494 - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled #1927 - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This monumental abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray exhibits a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick ...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
"Untitled" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Canvas, Oil
"Untitled #1902" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
"Untitled #1422" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Untitled #1473 - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Untitled
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
"Untitled" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
"Untitled #1500" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray exhibits a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s artw...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Untitled" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper, Photographic Paper
"Untitled #1024" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
Blue, Orange, and Green Abstract Geometric Figurative Collage
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful mixed media drawing of an abstract mixed media collage by Texas Artist, Dick Wray. The work depicts colorful shapes and geometric birds. Signed and dated by the artist at the top of the work. Framed and matted in a simple wooden frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 16.88 in. W 13.88 in.
Artist Biography: Dick Wray, a native Houstonian, born in Heights Hospital in 1933 was primarily educated in Houston, Texas. He took free art lessons at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts...
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1980s Abstract Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Small Dark Grey Abstract Expressionist Figurative Portrait Painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Small dark grey abstract expressionist painting of a figure's face by Dick Wray. The painting is currently unframed.
Artist Biography: Dick Wray, a native Houstonian, born in Heigh...
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1990s Modern Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This work, although understated in comparison to other works of Wrays, reflects the abstract expressionist’s devotion to freedom of expression, both in form and color, and his intere...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract Impressionist painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Here the boundary between line and form seems blurred. While still spontaneous in application, Wray’s treatment of the paint suggests an oscillation between sudden and more deliberat...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Thick layers of paint foster an unctuousness commonly found in Dick Wray’s work. The treatment of the medium reflects a tendency toward impulse, whimsy, and vigorous expression.
I...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract painting, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Thick layers of paint foster an unctuousness commonly found in Dick Wray’s work. The treatment of the medium reflects a tendency toward impulse, whimsy, and vigorous expression.
I...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract Impressionist painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Encouraged by spontaneity, this work uses texture and saturated color to invigorate the painting’s picture plane in a way that is rugged and playful.
Born in Houston, Texas in 1933...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Wood - Abstract painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Thick layers of paint foster an unctuousness commonly found in Dick Wray’s work. The treatment of the medium reflects a tendency toward impulse, whimsy, and vigorous expression, whil...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Oil
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract Impressionist painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
While this work may stray from the diverse range of color and textures that usually dominate Wray’s canvases, one can see how the quick and emotive treatment of the paint still captu...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Thick layers of paint foster an unctuousness commonly found in Dick Wray’s work. The treatment of the medium reflects a tendency toward impulse, whimsy, and vigorous expression.
I...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Untitled, " Mixed Media on Canvas - Figurative Collage painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
While this work may stray from the diverse range of color and textures that usually dominate Wray’s canvases, one can see how Wray’s compulsion towards exploration drives him to inco...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Thick layers of paint foster an unctuousness commonly found in Dick Wray’s work. The treatment of the medium reflects a tendency toward impulse, whimsy, and vigorous expression.
I...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract Impressionist painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
While this work may stray from the diverse range of color and textures that usually dominate Wray’s canvases, one can see how the quick and emotive treatment of the paint still captu...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood, Mixed Media
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract Impressionist painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Encouraged by spontaneity, this work uses texture and saturated color to invigorate the painting’s picture plane in a way that is rugged and playful.
Born in Houston, Texas in 193...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract Impressionist painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Thick layers of paint foster an unctuousness commonly found in Dick Wray’s work. The treatment of the medium reflects a tendency toward impulse, whimsy, and vigorous expression, whil...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract Impressionist painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Encouraged by spontaneity, this work uses line and texture to invigorate the painting’s picture plane in a way that is sudden and playful.
In 1958, Wray embarked on a trip to Europe...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Abstract Mixed Media Painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Mixed media work with various animals and the phrase, "very restful here...".
Artist Biography: Dick Wray, a native Houstonian,born in Heights Hospital in 1933 was primarily educat...
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1990s Modern Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Modern Early Texas Rainbow Colored Abstract Linear Textured Oil Painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract painting by early Texas artist Dick Wray. The work features thick, textured lines of oil painting in a variety of colors that reference Wray's iconic crow shape. Curr...
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1970s Abstract Dick Wray Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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