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Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

American, b. 1961
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist is at home with a variety of media, including painting, drawing, monoprints, mixed media and collage. Her subjects include the female figure, cityscape, iconic Coke-Work, Portraits of Numbers, and other objects that attract her attention and which are most often autobiographical in nature. Frohsin began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De Staebler in an exhibit of 'Four Figures from the Bay.' With Wayne Thiebaud as the juror, she won the California Society of Printmakers' Award in 1996, and the following year exhibited at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in "Bay Area Art: The Morgan Flagg Collection. " Born: 1961, Atlanta, GA Moved to California: 1979
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Artist: Kim Frohsin
Mesh No. 1 / Cautionary Tales
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Important work from Kim Frohsin's Cautionary Tales series of 2015, that considers the price of progress in our rapidly changing world. Here in this compelling diptych "Mesh no. 1' we...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Boxstrip Monument
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Abstract expressionist landscape created with jewel tones portraying architectural elements is this early and important mixed media: acrylic, dry pigment, ink, pencil on archival boa...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil, Acrylic

Noonan Building Deco Fountain no. 1
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Deco Water Fountain featured in the historic San Francisco, Pier 70, mixed media painting with mainly acrylic paint. The 'Dog Patch' region in San Francisco is under mass changes in the name of progress. Soon, the area will be unrecognizable, as the old shipyard is being dismantled to make way for profitable new construction. While the artist captures scenes around her studio, we glimpse an earlier San...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Safety in Numbers: CT
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Safety in Numbers' is part of Frohsin's important and histoic 'Cautionary Tales' series that considers the true price of technology driven progress. Created with acrylic and mixed m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Mixed Media

Inversion Hula Hoop
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
California visual artist Kim Frohsin is unsurpassed in her depictions of figures, mostly female, usually in paintings that are intimate in size and scale. All of her work, whether re...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Pigment

West Bound
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin's original painting 'West Bound' is created with acrylic, ink, pencils on paper, mounted to archival board. It was created between 2005-2016. Signed front and verso. This...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Ink

CT: City Of Hope
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
"CT: City Of Hope', is a Frohsin imagined and abstracted aerial-map collage created in late 2015. The small-scale, dynamic, mixed-media work is among the last of Frohsin’s critically...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Mixed Media, Pigment

CT: Aerial Map, Zones / Ramps
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
An abstracted collage created in late 2015. The dynamic, mixed-media work is among the last of Frohsin’s critically acclaimed Cautionary Tales series, which considers the true price ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Gouache, Mixed Media, Pigment

CT: Compound Fissures
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Vibrant orange flourescent mixed media painting from Kim Frohsin, whose important and provocative Cautionary Tales series of 2015, considers the true price of progress and its reperc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Tapping Along the Faultline / mixed media: acrylic, assemblage
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Multidisciplinary visual artist Kim Frohsin created the series, 'Dancers and Athletes', from a variety of media—acrylic paint, glazes, ink, collage, pencils, and dry pigment—built up...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper

Noonan Toilet Portrait no. 2
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Noonan Toilet in greys, blues, plumb and cream, featured in the historic San Francisco, Pier 70, mixed media painting with mainly acrylic paint. The 'Dog Patch' region in San Francisco is under mass changes in the name of progress. Soon, the area will be unrecognizable, as the old shipyard is being dismantled to make way for profitable new construction. While the artist captures scenes around her studio, we glimpse an earlier San Francisco...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Noonan Junk Sink no. 1
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Noonan Junk Sink no. 1' featured in the historic San Francisco, Pier 70, mixed media painting with mainly acrylic paint. The 'Dog Patch' region in San Francisco is under mass change...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Parisian Flip / assemblage painting
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Woman with billowing skirt and french curls in red, blue and black, 'Parisian Fllip' from multidisciplinary visual artist Kim Frohsin, who created the series, 'Dancers and Athletes',...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper

Backflipping Stop / assemblage painting
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Diver diving, doing a backflip, in the blue and black, grey and green vertical work of original art, 'Backflipping Stop' from multidisciplinary visual artist Kim Frohsin, who created...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper

California Dreamin' Number 57 - important painting contemporary pop
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
"California Dreamin' No. 57" from Frohsin's Number's series 2010-2014. Painted in layers of mixed media: acrylic, gouache, pencils, ink on archival ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Swing Out Sister! / mixed media: acrylic, assemblage
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Swing Out Sister!' from multidisciplinary visual artist Kim Frohsin, who created the series, 'Dancers and Athletes', from a variety of media—acrylic ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper

Compression: Cautionary Tales
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Exquisite work from Frohsin's Cautionary Tales, with the appearance of a Navajo Blanket or three dimensional urban street signs that are bold, strong, colorful. The painting is mainl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Pigment

Danger Angel: Cautionary Tales
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Vibrant mixed media painting from Kim Frohsin, whose important and provocative Cautionary Tales series of 2015, considers the true price of progress and its repercussions on society ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Pencil

Toss Up / assemblage painting
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Ballet dancers in red with sky blue stripe in 'Toss Up' from multidisciplinary visual artist Kim Frohsin, who created the series, 'Dancers and Athletes', from a variety of media—acry...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper

Double-Ticket Silverscreen / mixed media: acrylic, assemblage
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
BAllet dancer in red featured in 'Double-Ticket Silverscreen' from multidisciplinary visual artist Kim Frohsin, who created the series, 'Dancers and Athletes', from a variety of medi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper

CT: On Navigating Life, Love, and Traffic
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
CT: Cautionary Tales series from 2015. This remarkable mixed media painting is one of three "cone-scapes' that consider the new American landscape dotted with construction cones. The...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Spade of Skies
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Frohsin began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De Staebler in an exhibit of "Four Fi...
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20th Century Abstract Geometric Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Ink, Mixed Media, Pigment

Deco Cola
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
One of the few remaining works from Frohsin's "Coke Work" series, where she incorporates found Coke cups into the her paintings that include mixed media and collage. Frohsin bega...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Color Pencil, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media, Paper, Pigment

Cautionary Tale: Big Meshscape
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Contemporary urbanscape as seen through orange construction mesh, created with acrylic paint and mixed media, including gouache, ink, pencils. Big Meshscape is the largest of Frohsin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media

CT: Mastaba and Sky
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Iconic painting from Kim Frohsin's Cautionary Tales series series of 2015. 'Mastaba and Sky' is a highly contemporary painting created from mixed media: acrylic, dry pigment, ink, pe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Gouache, Mixed Media, Pigment

Cautionary Tale: Pole + Circle
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Bright orange and colorful thoroughly unique urban city scape, as seen through the mesh of an urban construction site. Important work from Frohsin's Cautionary Tales series of 2015, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

DangeroUS: Cautionary Tales
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Vibrant mixed media painting from Kim Frohsin, whose important and provocative Cautionary Tales series of 2015, considers the true price of progress and its repercussions on society ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache

CT: Forked Crossings
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
"CT: Forked Crossings', is a Frohsin imagined and abstracted aerial-map collage created in late 2015. The small-scale, dynamic, mixed-media work is among the last of Frohsin’s critic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Ink, Mixed Media, Pigment

Number 5: For Coco Chanel & Joe Dimaggio / pop art collectable
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Number 5: For Coco Chanel & Joe Dimaggio'. As seen in Frohsin's Book, Portrait's of Numbers, 2010-2014. painted in 2011. Mixed media: acrylic, ink, dry p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

CT: International Orange
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
"CT: International Orange', is an abstracted collage created in late 2015. The small-scale, dynamic, mixed-media works are among the last of Frohs...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Kim Frohsin Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Kim Frohsin abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Kim Frohsin abstract paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of abstract paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of orange, red, blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Kim Frohsin in acrylic paint, paint, synthetic resin paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Kim Frohsin abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 6 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Deborah Bigeleisen, Jared Fitzgerald, and David Collins. Kim Frohsin abstract paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,500 and tops out at $15,000, while the average work can sell for $6,000.

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