Donald Sultan is a distinguished painter, sculptor, and printmaker who rose to prominence in the late 1970s as part of the “New Image” movement in New York City.
Sultan has a unique artistic method and innovative approach to traditional subject matter. Known as Abstract Representation, Sultan’s paintings, prints and other art are characterized by the use of geometric black forms set against organic areas of bright color, thus bringing an abstract sensibility to his iconographic images of still life. Throughout his career he has revisited and reinvented still life, using images of lemons, poppies, playing cards, fruits, flowers, and other objects. Sultan’s lemons, a recurrent theme in his artworks, have in fact become an iconic image all over the world.
“All of the images of those dark pictures are really about the architecture in the paintings; they seem so massive and strong and permanent, but nothing is permanent,” Sultan has said. “The image in the front is very fragile, but it conveys the loaded meaning of everything that is contained in the painting.”
Sultan is considered to be at the forefront of contemporary art. Although his paintings are often classified as landscapes and still lifes, Sultan states that they are first and foremost abstracts. Besides paintings, drawings, and sculptures, he has created many editions. Sultan’s prints are unique: he uses specific materials like “flocking” to create expressive and powerful prints that are reminiscent of his forceful paintings. Since his first solo exhibition in 1977, Sultan’s artistic career has progressed rapidly; his works are part of the most prominent public and private collections to be found across the globe.
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White and Silver Poppies Sculpture, Abstract Metal, 20th Century
By Donald Sultan
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Donald Sultan (1952) White and Silver Poppies (2021) Shaped aluminum, polished and with white powder coat, on polished aluminum base Size: 24.5 x 24 x 3.5 in (62 x 61 x 9 cm) Base: ...
Metal
Blue Lantern Flowers
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Shaped aluminum with blue powder coat on polished aluminum base Edition of 3
Metal
Big Yellow Poppies, 2015
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Donald Sultan (born 1951), is one of the leading American contemporary still life artists. He currently lives and works in New York. Sultan has been given numerous exhibitions dedica...
Steel
White Lantern Flowers
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Shaped aluminum with white powder coat on polished aluminum base Edition of 3
Metal
Red Lantern Flowers
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Shaped aluminum with red powder coat on polished aluminum base Edition of 3
Metal
$2,800
H 17 in W 16 in D 11 in
Raspberry 2 - Red Abstract Circles Contemporary Metal Free Standing Sculpture
By Granville Beals
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by dance and weightlessness, Granville Beals' industrial metal sculptures are primarily about relationships. Concerned with form and abstraction, he does not merely manipula...
Metal, Steel
$2,500
H 5.5 in W 3 in D 2.25 in
The Lady maquette, replica of Chicago Picasso sculpture, American Bridge Company
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
(After) Pablo Picasso The Lady (Maquette), ca. 1967 Mixed Media Sculpture edition Cor-ten Steel This maquette is based upon the original Chicago Picasso-a monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Chicago, Illinois. The sculpture, dedicated on August 15, 1967, in Daley Plaza in the Chicago Loop...
Stone, Steel
$2,400
H 22 in W 6 in D 10 in
Hi-Beam 1 - Modern Steel Geometric Sculpture, Abstract, Signed Art
By Granville Beals
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by dance and weightlessness, Granville Beals' industrial metal sculptures are primarily about relationships. Concerned with form and abstraction, he does not merely manipula...
Metal, Steel
Green Feather Beads Mesa
By Christopher Thomson
Located in Santa Fe, NM
It was the tumult of the sixties that compelled me to drop out of Swarthmore College, move “back to the land” and become an intuitive artist. I believed that if we were to survive a...
Steel
"Spray"
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A sculptor of kinetic objects, many of them with mazes of thin rods that appear brush like, Harry Bertoia was born in San Lorenzo, Italy, and came to America in 1930. In 1936, he stu...
Steel
$80,000
H 94 in W 49 in D 44 in
"Ristra", Large-Scale Abstract Metal Sculpture, Red, Outdoor, Contemporary
By Alex Barrett
Located in New York, NY
"Ristra" by Alex Barrett Large-scale, organic abstract metal sculpture in powder-coated aluminum Alex Barrett's monumental abstract sculptures are built with aluminum, and are powde...
Metal
Inclusion
By Mark Leichliter
Located in Loveland, CO
"Inclusion" by Mark Leichliter Abstract Sculpture 24x11x7" Stainless Steel Brushed and Powder Coated 1/10 ABOUT THE ARTIST: I was born in Loveland, Colorado and now reside in near...
Stainless Steel
$3,717
H 70.87 in W 31.5 in D 9.85 in
Large Limited Edition Powder Coated Mild Steel Sculpture "Split Walker"
By Uwe Pfaff
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A life size, two-piece powder coated mild steel sculpture on steel footings. Edition of 7. Available in different colours or finishes on request.
Steel
$1,452
H 66.93 in W 43.31 in D 1.19 in
Large Limited Edition Rusted Steel Wall Mounted Sculpture "Female Flasher"
By Uwe Pfaff
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A life size, wall-mounted rusted steel sculpture, edition 3/5. The artwork is hung on a wall with wire string at the back, and stands approximately 30mm away from the wall. It can b...
Steel
$1,125
H 17 in W 6 in D 5 in
Cs The Moment - Abstract Contemporary Steel Metal Sculpture for Table or Desk
By Granville Beals
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by dance and weightlessness, Granville Beals' industrial metal sculptures are primarily about relationships. Concerned with form and abstraction, he does not merely manipula...
Metal, Steel
Duet, 6-ft tall sculpture
By Mark Leichliter
Located in Loveland, CO
"Duet" by Mark Leichliter Abstract Sculpture 6ft high" Powdercoated Steel 2/10 Shipping price includes the custom packing necessary for safe transport of fine art. ABOUT THE ARTIST...
Stainless Steel
"Tube Shape Array with Steel Spokes"
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Val Bertoia was born in Santa Monica, California in 1949. In the 1950s, his family moved from California to Pennsylvania where he has lived and worked here ever since. In the1960s, V...
Brass, Steel
Black Lantern Flowers
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Donald Sultan (born 1951), is one of the leading American contemporary still life artists. He currently lives and works in New York. Sultan has been given numerous exhibitions dedica...
Yellow Lantern Flowers
By Donald Sultan
Located in Fairfield, CT
Donald Sultan (born 1951), is one of the leading American contemporary still life artists. He currently lives and works in New York. Sultan has been given numerous exhibitions dedic...
Aluminum