Laddie John Dill was born in Long Beach, California, in 1943. He graduated from the Chouinard Art Institute in 1968 with a BFA. After graduating, Dill became a printing apprentice and worked closely with established artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns.
A Los Angeles artist, Dill had his first solo exhibition in New York City with Sonnabend Gallery in 1971. He was one of the first Los Angeles artists to exhibit Light and Space work in New York. He exhibited the “Light Sentences” and “Light Plains” sculptures in institutions across the United States and globally, and has enjoyed a resurgence of interest in these pieces in the last decade as well, including an acquisition of a “Light Plains” sculpture by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is currently on view in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.
Dill has been crafting light and earthly materials like concrete, glass, sand, and metal into luminous sculptures, wall pieces, and installations since the 1970s. Referring to his choice of materials, Dill explains: “I was influenced by (Robert) Rauschenberg, Keith Sonnier, Robert Smithson, Dennis Oppenheim and Robert Irwin, who were working with earth materials, light and space as an alternative to easel painting.” When Dill does use canvas, he paints with pigments derived from cement and natural oxides.
Dill’s works are in the permanent collections of national and international institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; the Museum of Contemporary Art, California; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California; the High Museum, Atlanta; and elsewhere. He currently lives and works in Venice, California, where he maintains a studio.
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Large California Modernist Abstract Laddie John Dill Abstract Oil Painting Art
By Laddie John Dill
Located in Surfside, FL
Laddie John Dill (American, b. 1943) Untitled Oil painting on canvas mounted on panel Hand signed Laddie Dill (verso) 36 x 72 inches. (with frame 37 X 73) Laddie John Dill was born ...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Laddie John Dill, Robert Rauschenberg protege signed mixed media painting Unique
By Laddie John Dill
Located in New York, NY
Laddie John Dill Untitled Mixed Media painting, 2011 Cement, polymer, wood, mixed media on board 12 × 18 × 1 1/2 inches Signed and dated on the back Unique work This exquisite unique...
Wood, Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker
$750
H 44 in W 35 in D 3 in
Harriet Thorpe "Fire Bird" Original Abstract Oil Painting c.1960s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Harriet Thorpe "Fire Bird" Original Abstract Oil Painting c.1960s Excellent vintage abstract painting by California artist Harriet Thorpe. Created wit...
Canvas, Oil
Ensign No. 3
Located in Columbia, MO
A native of Upstate New York, Matt Ballou was educated at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago (BFA 2001) and Indiana University ( MFA 2005) before coming to The University of ...
Plastic, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker
Ensign No. 1
Located in Columbia, MO
A native of Upstate New York, Matt Ballou was educated at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago (BFA 2001) and Indiana University ( MFA 2005) before coming to The University of ...
Mixed Media, Plastic, Permanent Marker
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H 32.29 in W 31.89 in D 0.79 in
Contemporary Abstract Oriental Signed Painting
By Kozo Inoue
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful contemporary abstract signed painting Series of 4 canvas assembled to form a single painting signed Kozo Inoue dated 1974 This painting, never before on the market, comes f...
Canvas, Oil
Early Mid Century Modern Abstract Painting
By Tommie Olson
Located in Houston, TX
Mid century modern abstract by artist Tommie (Thomas) Olson a student of Robert Preusser, when he was 16 and attending John Deagan High School in Houst...
Oil, Cardboard
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H 66 in W 84 in D 2 in
Massive 7-Foot Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas by Ed Gilliam, Frameless Display
By Ed Gilliam
Located in Encino, CA
Untitled Abstract, an original oil on canvas by Edward Gilliam, is a piece for the true collector. Gilliam's use of color and paint thickness immediately captivates the viewer. It is...
Oil, Canvas
$766
H 24.02 in W 19.69 in
A composition. Geometrical Abstract Oil Painting, Polish artist
By Iwona Delińska
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary abstraction oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Iwona Delinska. Artwork is painted with different density paint which makes every layer of composition dynamic. Some ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,650
H 15.75 in W 29.53 in D 0.79 in
Modern Hiroshi Yasukawa Signed Abstract Painting
By Hiroshi Yasukawa
Located in Roma, IT
Important abstract painting by the great modern Japanese artist Depicts in the purest abstract-minimalist style an irregular rectangular geometric shape. The black and white chromati...
Canvas, Oil
$525
H 5 in W 7 in D 0.75 in
Wallflower - 5"x7", Green, Pink, Black, White, Floral Abstract Painting
By Andrea Stajan-Ferkul
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
In this small and delicate painting, the combination of paint, pastel and paper collage, create a strong, abstracted composition. Pink and black pop from a vibrant background of inte...
Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil, Oil Pastel, Oil, Magazine Paper
Tsiutsiu
By Donald Martiny
Located in Boca Raton, FL
To create the highly palpable textures, Martiny mixes polymers and pigments until he reaches a desirable viscosity and applies the mixture to sheets of aluminum. He once described hi...
Acrylic Polymer
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H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 0.79 in
1970s Modern Abstract Italian Painting by Claudio Cazzola
By Claudio Cazzola
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful modern painting from the 1970s by the artist Claudio Cazzola. An abstract motif of rare intensity and originality, this very elegant painting has two exhibition stamps on t...
Canvas, Oil
$17,090
H 60 in W 60 in D 2 in
River In The Sea-Monroe Hodder, American, Abstract, Bold, Modern, sea, Blue, Oil
By Monroe Hodder
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
River In The Sea is an oil on canvas painting by American artist Monroe Hodder. Hodder’s abstract paintings are gloriously bold. Inspired by the urban backdrops of her life in New Yo...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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H 38.5 in W 40 in
1970s California Artist Large Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Laddie John Dill
Located in Surfside, FL
Blue carpenters chalk and concrete on paper board. there is a label with artists name, date and materials verso. . Laddie John Dill was born in Long Beach, CA in 1943. He graduated ...
Mixed Media