Elise Ansel Art

American, b. 1961

Elise Ansel’s work references historical masterpieces, transforming their visual language into a fresh iteration of Abstract Expressionist sensibility. Her physically charged paintings, at once forceful and lyrical, recapture the spontaneity of Franz Kline, the vivid palette of de Kooning and Richter, the intense often disquieting visual poetry of Joan Mitchell and Frank Auerbach. For Ansel, "the act of painting represents an alternative way of seeing, allowing her to engage in an intimate dialogue with her source and to comprehend it on a more profound level. By translating her discoveries of spiritual intentions, psychological and emotional impact into abstraction, Ansel’s paintings succeed in capturing glimpses of the original content. As a result, her works not only serve as a point of departure from the Old Master context, but also as a celebration of [its] values, knowledge and techniques…." [Buhmann, Stephanie, “Dissecting the Familiar,” 2018.] Born in New York City, Elise Ansel received her BA from Brown University and her MFA from Southern Methodist University, Dallas. Ansel was included in the 2018 Portland Biennial, and featured in an exhibition at the David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University in 2018. In 2016, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art presented Distant Mirrors, an exhibition of her paintings and drawings. Ansel has exhibited widely in the United States and England. Her work is in the permanent collections of Brown University, Bowdoin College, the Museum of Contemporary Art Kraków, MOCAK, Poland, the Eli Lilly Foundation and Sopwell House, St. Albans. Elise Ansel lives and works in Portland, Maine.

Europe

2010s

21st Century and Contemporary

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Elise AnselElise Ansel, Study for After Fools Rush In, Oil on Canvas, 2015

$6,143

Elise Ansel, Study for After Fools Rush In, Oil on Canvas

By Elise Ansel

Located in London, GB

Oil on Canvas 30.5 x 40.6 cm 12 x 16 in ---- Ansel deconstructs pictorial language and authorial agency in order to excavate and liberate meanings buried beneath the surface of the works from which her paintings spring. Old Master paintings were, for the most part, created by men for men. Abstraction allows her to interrupt this one sided narrative and transform it into a sensually capacious non-narrative form of visual communication that embraces multiple points of view. The title of the exhibition yes I said Yes is carved from the last line...

Category

2010s Old Masters Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Elise AnselStudy for After Fools Rush, Elise Ansel, 2015, Oil on Canvas, 2015

$6,143

Study for After Fools Rush, Elise Ansel, 2015, Oil on Canvas

By Elise Ansel

Located in London, GB

Oil on Canvas.

Category

2010s Contemporary Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Elise AnselSamson and Delilah, Elise Ansel, 2012, Watercolour on Arches Paper, 2012

$3,412

Samson and Delilah, Elise Ansel, 2012, Watercolour on Arches Paper

By Elise Ansel

Located in London, GB

Watercolour. on Arches Paper

Category

2010s Contemporary Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Xenia GrayI Used to Dream - Original Figurative Vibrant Mixed Media Painting on Canvas, 2025

$2,775

H 40 in W 30 in

I Used to Dream - Original Figurative Vibrant Mixed Media Painting on Canvas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Rooted in introspection and emotional nuance, Xenia Gray’s figurative mixed media works capture the quiet tension between solitude and connection. Her paintings often depict the huma...

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2010s Contemporary Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic

Yuriy DemiyanovRussian Contemporary Art by Yuriy Demiyanov - Chrysanthemum, 2012

$1,500

H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 1.58 in

Russian Contemporary Art by Yuriy Demiyanov - Chrysanthemum

By Yuriy Demiyanov

Located in Paris, IDF

Oil on canvas Yuriy Demiyanov is a Russian Impressionist painter born in 1964 in Zadonsk, Lipetsk Oblast. A graduate of the Lipetsk State Pedagogical Institute, he specialized in oi...

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2010s Contemporary Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Russian Orthodox Church, Middle 19th Century, c. 1840s

$950

H 13.5 in W 8.5 in D 0.75 in

Russian Orthodox Church, Middle 19th Century

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Unknown Russian Artist Russian Orthodox Church, Middle 19th century Unsigned Illuminated in red, yellow blue and green pigments and gold leaf on paper An Illuminated manuscript folio...

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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Pigment

Marilina Marchica“Blue Landscape – Original Abstract Painting on Paper by Marilina Marchica, 2025

$1,548

H 21.26 in W 19.69 in D 0.79 in

“Blue Landscape – Original Abstract Painting on Paper by Marilina Marchica

By Marilina Marchica

Located in Agrigento, AG

Description: Blue Landscape is an original abstract painting by Italian artist Marilina Marchica, created in 2025 using pure pigment on Paper. The artwork measures 54x 50 cm . This p...

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2010s Contemporary Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Willard DixonLuminous Beach, 2025

$10,000

H 48 in W 48 in

Luminous Beach

By Willard Dixon

Located in Burlingame, CA

Willard Dixon is widely recognized for his calm, contemplative landscapes and skyscapes, paintings that hold stillness, clarity, and a quiet reverence for nature. In this exhibition,...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

William Louis Sonntag Sr. 1Classical Ruins, circa 1875

$12,800Sale Price|20% Off

H 10 in W 12.25 in

Classical Ruins

By William Louis Sonntag Sr. 1

Located in Miami, FL

William Louis Sonntag Sr. was an American Landscape painter and a member of the Hudson River School movement. He was an Academician of the National Academy of Design. His work is in ...

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1870s Old Masters Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Oil

Antonio MinopoliCLOTO TESSE IL FILO DELLA VITA - Oil on canvas painting, Antonio Minopoli, 2009

$595

H 27.56 in W 39.38 in

CLOTO TESSE IL FILO DELLA VITA - Oil on canvas painting, Antonio Minopoli

By Antonio Minopoli

Located in Napoli, IT

CLOTO TESSE IL FILO DELLA VITA - Oil on canvas painting cm.70x100, Antonio Minopoli Italia 2009 Frame available on request from our workshop.

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Early 2000s Modern Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Willy Bo RichardsonColophon 12, Contemporary Abstract Painting, 2017

$3,800

H 26 in W 40 in

Colophon 12, Contemporary Abstract Painting

By Willy Bo Richardson

Located in New York, NY

Willy Bo Richardson married himself to a single mode of working as a formal recognition of the power of remaining in one place and as a way to honor consistency and quietude. Viewing...

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2010s Contemporary Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Urszula WilkUntitled - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art, 2021

$2,621

H 43.71 in W 30.32 in

Untitled - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art

Located in Salzburg, AT

The artwork is signed (see last photo) and will be shipped rolled in a tube. Urszula Wilk – artist statment: I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting...

Category

2010s Contemporary Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Urszula WilkUntitled - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art, 2015/16

$2,621

H 42.13 in W 30.71 in

Untitled - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art

Located in Salzburg, AT

The artwork is signed (see last photo) and will be shipped rolled in a tube. Urszula Wilk – artist statment: I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting...

Category

2010s Contemporary Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Urszula WilkUntitled - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art, 2023

$2,621

H 30.71 in W 43.71 in

Untitled - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art

Located in Salzburg, AT

The artwork is signed (see last photo) and will be shipped rolled in a tube. Urszula Wilk – artist statment: I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting...

Category

2010s Contemporary Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Ramon SantiagoUntitled (Original Painting), 1968

$9,375Sale Price|25% Off

H 36 in W 24 in D 1 in

Untitled (Original Painting)

By Ramon Santiago

Located in Aventura, FL

Original oil painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on front by Ramon Santiago. Canvas is framed. Frame size approx 36.75 x 24.75 inches. Canvas size 36 x 24 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered. About the Artist: Ramon Santiago (American, b. 1943- 2001) began painting in 1961 while attending Mt. San Antonio College in California. Two years later he returned to Rochester to study art at Rochester Institute of Technology. He served with the United States Marine Corps...

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1960s Contemporary Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Previously Available Items

Elise AnselElise Ansel, Revelations II, Oil on Linen, 2016

Sold

H 24 in W 18 in

Elise Ansel, Revelations II, Oil on Linen

By Elise Ansel

Located in London, GB

Oil on Linen 61 x 45.7 cm 24 x 18 in. ----- Ansel deconstructs pictorial language and authorial agency in order to excavate and liberate meanings buried beneath the surface of the works from which her paintings spring. Old Master paintings were, for the most part, created by men for men. Abstraction allows her to interrupt this one sided narrative and transform it into a sensually capacious non-narrative form of visual communication that embraces multiple points of view. The title of the exhibition yes I said Yes is carved from the last line...

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2010s Old Masters Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Elise AnselElise Ansel, Revelations IX, Oil on Linen, 2016

Sold

H 18 in W 14.02 in

Elise Ansel, Revelations IX, Oil on Linen

By Elise Ansel

Located in London, GB

Oil on Linen 45.7 x 35.6 cm 18 x 14 in. ---- Ansel deconstructs pictorial language and authorial agency in order to excavate and liberate meanings buried beneath the surface of the works from which her paintings spring. Old Master paintings were, for the most part, created by men for men. Abstraction allows her to interrupt this one sided narrative and transform it into a sensually capacious non-narrative form of visual communication that embraces multiple points of view. The title of the exhibition yes I said Yes is carved from the last line...

Category

2010s Old Masters Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Elise AnselElise Ansel, Infidelity V, Oil on Canvas, 2015

Sold

H 12.01 in W 12.01 in

Elise Ansel, Infidelity V, Oil on Canvas

By Elise Ansel

Located in London, GB

Oil on Canvas Framed 37 x 37 cm 14.5 x 14.5 in ------ Ansel deconstructs pictorial language and authorial agency in order to excavate and liberate meanings buried beneath the surface...

Category

2010s Old Masters Elise Ansel Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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