Jane Wilson Paintings

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 Paintings

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Oil

Stanley SmithLarge 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Oil circa 1975, 1975

$2,210Sale Price|34% Off

H 25.6 in W 49.61 in D 1.97 in

Large 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Oil circa 1975

Located in Frome, Somerset

A very good large 20th century Abstract Expressionist oil circa 1975. Stanley Smith (b. 1923) British. oil on board 61cmx 122cm. Gallery frame 65cmx 126c...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Paintings

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Oil

Alex K. MasonJoy Bomb Triptych, Colorful Abstract Landscape, Oil on Boards Ready to Hang

$5,625

H 24 in W 54 in D 1.5 in

Joy Bomb Triptych, Colorful Abstract Landscape, Oil on Boards Ready to Hang

By Alex K. Mason

Located in Versailles, KY

Three colorful oil paintings on finished boards and ready to hang by Alex K. Mason. Lush foliage, vivid sky, bees circling flowers "Joy Bomb Tripytch" is painted in vivid pinks, blu...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Paintings

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Oil, Board

Mid Century Modernist American Industrial Landscape Oil Painting - Expressionist, ca 1950

$795

H 23 in W 25 in D 3 in

Mid Century Modernist American Industrial Landscape Oil Painting - Expressionist

Located in Baltimore, MD

Although unsigned, this colorful painting is a wonderful example of mid century style. It portrays what is likely a rural farming scene that features different buildings and forms th...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Paintings

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Oil

Paul WadsworthDreams Of Love. Contemporart Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting, 2023

$4,250

H 30.32 in W 24.81 in

Dreams Of Love. Contemporart Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting

By Paul Wadsworth

Located in Brecon, Powys

A leading exponent of contemporary art in Europe, Paul Wadsworth utilises a palette of vibrant colours to achieve his signature paintings redolent of people and place. Expressionism ...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Paintings

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Oil

Beach mediterranean seascape oil on canvas painting, 2012

$598Sale Price|37% Off

H 55.12 in W 31.89 in

Beach mediterranean seascape oil on canvas painting

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Frameless

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)City , oil/canvas, 65x74 cm

$1,052

H 25.6 in W 29.14 in D 0.79 in

City , oil/canvas, 65x74 cm

Located in Riga, LV

Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001) Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Saratov Art School, graduated from the Depar...

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hans EckertAntediluvien by Hans Eckert - Oil on canvas 45x65 cm

$1,016Sale Price|73% Off

H 17.72 in W 25.6 in D 0.79 in

Antediluvien by Hans Eckert - Oil on canvas 45x65 cm

By Hans Eckert

Located in Geneva, CH

Work on canvas Gold flush frame 47,5 x 67 x 2,5 cm

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Paintings

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Oil

KOKO HOVAGUIMIANBig size oil painting, Contemporary art on canvas, Water Lillis oil painting., 2026

$22,000

H 54 in W 84 in D 1 in

Big size oil painting, Contemporary art on canvas, Water Lillis oil painting.

By KOKO HOVAGUIMIAN

Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA

No description provided

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Paintings

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Oil

Giovanni BartolomucciSkyline (New York), 1960

$2,500

H 35.25 in W 30.25 in

Skyline (New York)

Located in New York, NY

Oil on canvas. Signed, titled on stretcher on recto. Bartolomucci was an Italian painter who became one of the founders of Astralism. He moved to New York in 1960 where he remain...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Paul ResikaSkowhegan-Wesserunsett, signed, framed oil painting by protege of Hans Hofmann, 1976

$10,000

H 8.25 in W 11.75 in D 2.25 in

Skowhegan-Wesserunsett, signed, framed oil painting by protege of Hans Hofmann

By Paul Resika

Located in New York, NY

Paul Resika Skowhegan-Wesserunsett, 1976 Oil on board painting: Abstract Expressionist landscape Signed 'Resika' lower left, also signed, titled and dated on the reverse; verso also ...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Paintings

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Oil, Board

Arthur PinajianAbstract Overlook Mountain, Woodstock NY. Contemporary Abstract Painting., 1960

$88,000Sale Price|20% Off

H 29.25 in W 38.25 in D 1.75 in

Abstract Overlook Mountain, Woodstock NY. Contemporary Abstract Painting.

By Arthur Pinajian

Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA

Title: Overlook Mountain, Woodstock Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 24 x 33 inches Date: c. 1960 Archive No.: 382 The painting is signed 'Pinajian' in the lower right corner and dated b...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Paintings

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Oil

Arthur PinajianWoodstock Mountains and landscape., 1960

$36,000Sale Price|20% Off

H 22.5 in W 28 in D 1.5 in

Woodstock Mountains and landscape.

By Arthur Pinajian

Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA

"One of Pinajian's early works, 'Overlook Mountain, Woodstock, 1974' is a vibrant depiction of the Woodstock mountains. The abstract composition was create...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Jane Wilson Paintings

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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 Paintings

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Oil

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

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H 12 in W 14 in

"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 Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

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