Jane Wilson Art

American, b. 1967

Born on her family’s farm in Seymour, Iowa, in 1924, she had recently graduated from the University of Iowa and spent two years teaching art history there. Arriving in New York City in 1949, she and her husband, John Gruen, settled in Greenwich Village and soon immersed themselves in the downtown art scene. One day in 1952 at the Cedar Tavern, the bar made famous by the abstract expressionists who frequented it, Wilson was approached to be a co-founder of the legendary Hansa Gallery, an artists’ cooperative that was first on East 12th Street and later moved to Central Park South. Among the other original members were Jan Müller, Richard Stankiewicz, Wolf Kahn, Allan Kaprow, and Felix Pasilis. In all, Wilson had three solo shows at Hansa, in 1953, 1955, and 1957. She also participated in important group shows during these years, such as one in late 1952 at Tanager Gallery, another of the most active artists’ cooperatives, and in three annual exhibitions from 1953 to 1955 at the Stable Gallery on West 58th Street. In the mid-1950s, the Stable Annuals were major events that featured the work of both well-known and emerging artists, from Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning to Robert Rauschenberg and Helen Frankenthaler. At that time, Wilson was working in an abstract expressionist mode, creating work that resonated with the energy of the moment. Later in the decade, she shifted to expressionist landscapes. Among the many artists whom she met at the time, Fairfield Porter, older and more established, became especially important to her, as his commitment to modernist representational painting supported her return to landscape painting Wilson’s career as an artist began to take off in the early 1960s. The Museum of Modern Art acquired a large landscape, The Open Scene, in 1960, and Andy Warhol commissioned her to paint his portrait, which he subsequently donated to the Whitney Museum of American Art. That year she also joined Tibor de Nagy Gallery, which represented several of her friends and other, mainly young painters, including Frankenthaler, Porter, Larry Rivers, Grace Hartigan, Jane Freilicher, and Nell Blaine. By then, Wilson, Gruen, and their daughter, were living on East 10th Street, across from Tompkins Square Park, which led her to create atmospheric cityscapes of the park and surrounding neighborhood. She also painted the area around Water Mill, New York, on the East End of Long Island, where she and her husband purchased an old shingled carriage house in 1960. From the late 1960s through the late 1970s, Wilson focused on still lifes set in her apartment and studio. She moved to the Upper West Side in 1968 and has lived there ever since. In the early 1980s, Wilson returned to painting landscapes, and developed the distinctive approach for which she is best-known today – luminous works that hover between abstraction and representation, inspired by the sky, sea, and land around Water Mill.

Artist: Jane Wilson

Jane WilsonNEW YORK Broadway Street Scene FEMALE American Modernist Impressionist Painter, 1964

$12,200

NEW YORK Broadway Street Scene FEMALE American Modernist Impressionist Painter

By Jane Wilson

Located in New York, NY

Up for sale is a New York City Street, Broadway by Jane Wilson (1924-2015). Jane wilson was an important female Abstract Expressionists painter. She has been exhibited in many museum...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Art

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Antonio GritónEl Faro del Fin del Mundo, 2017

$2,900

H 47.25 in W 59.07 in

El Faro del Fin del Mundo

By Antonio Gritón

Located in Mexico City, CDMX

Antonio Gritón (Mexico City, 1953) Lives and works in Mexico City. Antonio Griton is a visual artist and tireless promoter of Mexican culture. He captures a visual discourse that r...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Art

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Oil

Antique American School Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting, 1960

$475

H 9 in W 12 in D 2 in

Antique American School Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American school abstract expressionist painting. Oil on board. Signed. In excellent original condition. Nicely framed in a period wood molding. Excellent condition, read...

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1940s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Art

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Oil

Edward BealeLondon Tower Blocks in the Sunshine, 2001

$5,826

H 17.72 in W 24.02 in D 4.73 in

London Tower Blocks in the Sunshine

By Edward Beale

Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares

Edward Beale was a London painter born and bred. His paintings of London were worked from locations near his studio in Lambeth and along the Thames river to the Royal Docks. He works in situ and subjects for his landscapes include the Western Isles...

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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Art

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Oil

$5,600

H 19.7 in W 19.7 in

"Fade into Night" (2025) Original Abstract Expressionist Cityscape Oil Painting

Located in Denver, CO

Tibor Nagy's "Fade into Night" (2025) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted scene of a view down a rainy highway. About the Arti...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Art

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Oil, Linen

Marjorie Cathcart"Crusader Wall"

$2,450

H 43.5 in W 33.5 in D 1.5 in

"Crusader Wall"

By Marjorie Cathcart

Located in San Francisco, CA

By naming her work “Crusader Wall,” Berkeley, California painter Marjorie Cathcart (1918-2014) was sharing the location of her inspiration with posterity. However, there are at least...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Art

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Canvas, Oil

Ann ShogrenTimeless Adventures 4, 2022

$8,500

H 48 in W 60 in D 1.5 in

Timeless Adventures 4

By Ann Shogren

Located in Napa, CA

Abstract expressionist Ann Shogren depicts vivid landscapes and paints tapestries of colors that have simultaneously calming and rejuvenating effects on her audiences. Having lived in Iowa, Utah, and the California Wine...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Art

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Canvas, Oil

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Jane WilsonFAUVIST Still Life Flowers Fruits FEMALE American Modernist Post Impressionist, 1940’s

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H 26 in W 20 in

FAUVIST Still Life Flowers Fruits FEMALE American Modernist Post Impressionist

By Jane Wilson

Located in New York, NY

Up for sale is a Post Impressionist , Still life by Jane Wilson (1924-2015). Jane wilson was an important female Abstract Expressionists painter. She has been exhibited in many museu...

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1940s Post-Impressionist Jane Wilson Art

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Jane Wilson"Grey Skyline, " Jane Wilson, Female Abstract Expressionist Landscape Cityscape, 1964

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"Grey Skyline, " Jane Wilson, Female Abstract Expressionist Landscape Cityscape

By Jane Wilson

Located in New York, NY

Jane Wilson (1924 - 2015) Grey Skyline, 1964 Acrylic on canvas 11 x 13 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Graham Gallery, New York Private Collection, ...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Art

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