Ed Moses More Art

American, 1926-2018

Ed Moses was a prominent figure in the Los Angeles art scene and key promoter of Post-War, West Coast art for almost 60 years. Best known for his eclectic range, his canvases are formal abstractions that use a variety of processes to experiment with surface—creating striations, cracks, marks and blurs at times juxtaposed with hard-edge geometric abstraction. Following graduation, Moses moved to New York City where he became friends with Franz Kline, Milton Resnick, William de Kooning, and Mark Rothko, with whom he would exhibit in New York, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. In 1959, Moses married Avilda Peters and moved back to Los Angeles to start a family, travel, and continue his painting career. Always working with process and experimenting with materials as a painter, Moses was critically lauded for his bold composition and innovation. In 1968, he received a Tamarind Lithography Fellowship as well as the offer of a teaching position at the University of California, Los Angeles, his alma mater, where he would teach until 1972. After travels in Europe, he would return to UCLA to teach until 1976, the same year he was recognized with a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant and his first museum shows: a show of drawings from 1958-1970s at the Wight Gallery at UCLA, and a show of new abstract and cubist red paintings at LACMA curated by Stephanie Barron, the latter marking a transitional moment in his career. While drawing was prominent in his work in the 1960s and early 70s, by the mid-70s, Moses was turning increasingly to painting. By 1990, Moses—a spiritual descendant of the Abstract Expressionists and a dedicated student of Buddhism—was living in Venice, California, meditating daily and blazing his own trail to aesthetic truth. Working with unconventional materials and tools, including mops, hoses, and rubber scrapers, he painted behind his house in Venice, where he lived for more than 30 years. Here, influenced by the tenants of Buddhism, he was working in the moment, embracing and responding to elements of chance and circumstance. Endlessly intrigued with the metaphysical power of painting, he created works that embraced temporality, process, and presence, remarking that “the point is not to be in control, but to be in tune.” Moses’ works are held in the permanent collections of the Albright-Knox Gallery, NY; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Berkeley Art Museum at UC Berkeley; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Dallas Museum of Art, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Hammer Museum; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Cincinnati Museum of Art; Butler Art Institute of American Art, Ohio; Dallas Museum of Art; National Gallery of Art; Musee National d’art moderne – Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR; and many others.

Artist: Ed Moses

Ed MosesUntitled, 1958

$125,000

Untitled

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

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1950s Abstract Ed Moses More Art

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Acrylic

Ed MosesSigned, Dated, Original Ed Moses Painting, circa 2005

$58,000

Signed, Dated, Original Ed Moses Painting

By Ed Moses

Located in Los Angeles, CA

"Tibbar"- A dramatic, large abstract, acrylic-on-canvas painting by important, Los Angeles artist, Ed Moses (1926-2018) whose distinguished career earned him solo exhibitions at LACM...

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Early 2000s Abstract Ed Moses More Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Veranika Rokashevich"Stormy air" 100x120 cm, acrylic on canvas, gold leaf

$1,875Sale Price|25% Off

H 39.38 in W 47.25 in

"Stormy air" 100x120 cm, acrylic on canvas, gold leaf

By Veranika Rokashevich

Located in Yerevan, AM

"Stormy air" 100x120 cm, acrylic on canvas, gold leaf

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2010s Abstract Ed Moses More Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Veranika RokashevichHeterochromia , 80x80cm, acrylic, canvas, 2022

$1,275Sale Price|25% Off

H 31.5 in W 31.5 in

Heterochromia , 80x80cm, acrylic, canvas

By Veranika Rokashevich

Located in Yerevan, AM

Heterochromia, 80x80 cm

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2010s Abstract Ed Moses More Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Marco SchmidliA597 - Large Contemporary Colorful Modern Circles Abstract Painting (framed), 2023

$8,950

H 54 in W 44 in

A597 - Large Contemporary Colorful Modern Circles Abstract Painting (framed)

By Marco Schmidli

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Swiss-born artist Marco Schmidli creates minimalist paintings with a contemporary edge. Placing emphasis on process, he lets the mediums naturally manifest within his artwork. “An im...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Ed Moses More Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Alex Voineaav_825 - Colorful Textured Original Contemporary Abstract Painting on Canvas, 2022

$7,100

H 38 in W 51 in

av_825 - Colorful Textured Original Contemporary Abstract Painting on Canvas

By Alex Voinea

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The colorful abstract artworks of Romanian artist Alex Voinea are inspired by experiments with paint poured over vibrating surfaces, such as speakers at full volume. Alex Voinea coll...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Ed Moses More Art

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Acrylic, Canvas

Olga Rikunlabyrinths, 100x100cm, acrylic on canvas

$1,725Sale Price|25% Off

H 39.38 in W 39.38 in

labyrinths, 100x100cm, acrylic on canvas

By Olga Rikun

Located in Yerevan, AM

labyrinths, 100x100cm

Category

2010s Abstract Ed Moses More Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Veranika RokashevichBUDAPEST , 100x100 cm, acrylic, canvas, 2023

$1,275Sale Price|25% Off

H 39.38 in Dm 39.38 in

BUDAPEST , 100x100 cm, acrylic, canvas

By Veranika Rokashevich

Located in Yerevan, AM

BUDAPEST , 100x100 cm

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2010s Abstract Ed Moses More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Veranika Rokashevichoxygen , 250x170 cm, acrylic, canvas, 2023

$3,000Sale Price|25% Off

H 98.43 in W 66.93 in

oxygen , 250x170 cm, acrylic, canvas

By Veranika Rokashevich

Located in Yerevan, AM

oxygen, 250x170 cm

Category

2010s Abstract Ed Moses More Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Nasim Nekubakht"Birth of Venus" by Nasim Nekubakht; 48" x 36" Acrylic on Canvas, 2025, 2025

$2,800

H 48 in W 36 in D 1.5 in

"Birth of Venus" by Nasim Nekubakht; 48" x 36" Acrylic on Canvas, 2025

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

This 48" x 36" x 1.5" acrylic on canvas artwork by Iranian-born, Oklahoma-based artist Nasim Nekubakht is part of a wider series where the artist simplifies iconic historical paintin...

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2010s Abstract Ed Moses More Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Veranika Rokashevich"Arch" 100x120 cm, acrylic on canvas, gold leaf

$1,875Sale Price|25% Off

H 39.38 in W 47.25 in

"Arch" 100x120 cm, acrylic on canvas, gold leaf

By Veranika Rokashevich

Located in Yerevan, AM

"Arch" 100x120 cm, acrylic on canvas, gold leaf

Category

2010s Abstract Ed Moses More Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Veranika RokashevichPower 1, 100x120 cm, acrylic on canvas

$1,875Sale Price|25% Off

H 39.38 in W 47.25 in

Power 1, 100x120 cm, acrylic on canvas

By Veranika Rokashevich

Located in Yerevan, AM

100x120 cm, acrylic on canvas

Category

2010s Abstract Ed Moses More Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Monroe HodderRiver In The Sea-Monroe Hodder, American, Abstract, Bold, Modern, sea, Blue, Oil, 2023

$17,161

H 60 in W 60 in D 2 in

River In The Sea-Monroe Hodder, American, Abstract, Bold, Modern, sea, Blue, Oil

By Monroe Hodder

Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh

River In The Sea is an oil on canvas painting by American artist Monroe Hodder. Hodder’s abstract paintings are gloriously bold. Inspired by the urban backdrops of her life in New Yo...

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2010s Abstract Ed Moses More Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

William Theophilus BrownBay Area Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Collage Painting Theophilus Brown, 2001

$3,200

H 12 in W 10 in

Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Collage Painting Theophilus Brown

By William Theophilus Brown

Located in Surfside, FL

WILLIAM THEOPHILUS BROWN (American, 1919-2012), "For Steve," Hand signed, dated, and titled at lower margin. Abstract Composition, 2001, Acrylic on paper collage, Dimensions - Sh...

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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Ed Moses More Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

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