John Saccaro Paintings

Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil, pastel, and paper collage on canvas. Signed and dated verso. 52.75 x 47.75 in. 54 x 49 in. (framed) Gilded floater frame. Provenance Compass Rose, Chicago Born Sylvan Irwin Goldberg in 1924 and raised in the Bronx, Michael Goldberg was an important figure in American Abstract Expressionism, who began taking art classes at the Art Students League in 1938. A gifted student, Goldberg finished high school at the age of 14 and enrolled in City College. He soon found New York’s jazz scene to be a more compelling environment, and he began skipping classes in favor of the Harlem jazz clubs near campus. Goldberg’s love of jazz would become a lifelong passion and a key component to his approach to composition in his paintings. From 1940 to 1942, like many of the leading artists of the New York School, Goldberg studied with Hans Hofmann. In 1943, he put his pursuit of painting on hold and enlisted in the U.S. Army. Serving in North Africa, Burma, and India, Goldberg received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star before being discharged in 1946. After his service, he traveled and worked in Venezuela before returning to the United States, settling back in New York and resuming studies with Hofmann and at the Art Students League. Living downtown and frequenting the Cedar Bar, Goldberg befriended many of the artists of the New York School. In 1951, his work was included in the groundbreaking Ninth Street Show, co-organized by Leo Castelli, Conrad Marca-Relli, and the Eighth Street Club, and featuring the work of - among others - Hofmann, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline. In 1953, the Tibor de Nagy...

Original signed painting by Andy Gradwell. circa 2017. Avon walk no 23 . mixed media on paper 23x 45 Mounted for framing options. A stretch of the river around the town of Bradfor...

Ravello , Italy . Evening Scape of sights and sounds. Painted plein air in the Piazza. His manner is about recording the dimensions of colour and form and their possibilities. Grad...

Ravello . Italy. circa 2005 . The Amalfi Coast. Gradwell paints in an abstracted manner with references to the place's topographic detail. A complex, multi layered composition beyon...

Fine mixed media original painting by Andy Gradwell 'The Forest's Gate' c2017. Mixed media on paper :24cmx 28cm Grey painted bespoke frame. (non reflective glass). : 45 x 54cm The ...

'Near Naples' , mixed media original painting by Andy Grdwell , circa 2023. mixed media on paper 41cmx 55cm Hardwood lime wax glazed frame: 63cm x 83cm. Plien aire study of dwellings...

Morning Haze , Amalfi' original mixed media painting . Signed 2017 mixed media on paper painting 41cm x 48cm Glazed oak frame 65cm x 72cm A fine study of morning summer light in It...

'Salisbury Plain .Ride no 3' .. Original painting in mixed media , signed circa 2017. Painting on paper : 28cm x 26cm Aluminium glazed frame : 49cm x 43.5 cm. Part of a series of...

In these abstract landscapes which reached a peak in the early 1980s, Pinajian appears to strive for visual and spiritual conclusions regarding flatness and color that parallel the goals of the Abstract Expressionsts.- Peter Falk...

'Glastonbury Nights' painted at Glastonbury Festival Mixed media signed original painting circa 2005. An amalgamation of experience in time and place. Painted in an Expressionist ...

Recent piece by Gradwell. Fine Minimal immediate reaction to his current philosophy. in paint. 'Excursions' circa 2020/21 . Original mixed media on paper. . Signed in pencil by ...

' Avon Walk . no 8 ; Avoncliff' ,mixed media original painting by Gradwell. circa 2009. signed and dated work by the artist.. Painting : 35cm x 48cm. Silver giltwood glazed frame: ...

'Salisbury Plain. Ride no 5 ' , mixed media circa 2017 signed original work. Painting 28cmx 26cm Glazed bespoke frame 48cm x 45cm Gradwell's paintings are a sense of time spent ...

'Avon Walk, no 27' signed original painting by Andy Gradwell circa 2019. mixed media on paper 25 x 35cm Oakwood glazed frame 46x 55cm. A chosen piece from extensive painting journe...

'Avon Walk , no45 Dawn Light. Mixed media circa 2022 . signed original painting painting 35cmx 45cm oak glazed frame 52m x64cm. A recent piece on Gradwell's painting journeys in Wi...