Letty Oratowski Mixed Media

This abstract artwork is one of a group of over 100 pieces personally selected by the artist, and gifted to a close personal friend in 1969. Please note that this painting was never ...

This abstract artwork is one of a group of over 100 pieces personally selected by the artist, and gifted to a close personal friend in 1969. Please note that this painting was never ...

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...

This abstract artwork is one of a group of over 100 pieces personally selected by the artist, and gifted to a close personal friend in 1969. Please note this painting was never matte...

deluxe limited edition of 25 medium: etching, aquatint, with carborundum, collage on paper year: 1980 paper size: 58" x 38" image size: 58" x 38" (145 x 98 cm.) frame size: 65.5" x...

Fantastic mixed media collage, created by Fred Martin as a thank you to gallery owners for their interest and support of his work. Untitled (2014) Mixed m...

City Dweller is a mixed-media print created by Bik Chuen Ha in 1994. Using geometric and abstract forms, Ha portrays a modern figure wearing a hat, composed of triangles, circles, an...

'Dawn on Silk' Original Artwork, Unframed _________________ Capturing the pulse and flush of fleeting youth. Sap rising through branches, buds, blossoms; like blood through the vein...

Floating is a mixed-media print created by Bik Chuen Ha in 1991. The composition features a geometric, mountain-like triangular form beneath a few drifting white clouds, evoking a se...

This abstract painting by Genichiro Inokuma measures 18" x 24" and framed 22 ⅝" x 28 ¾" x 1 ¾". Frame is original and all original labels are intact....

Cultivating the Mind by Bik Chuen Ha features an abstract human figure and symbolic text arranged in harmonious balance. At the center, a dark brown figure with hands joined in praye...

Pink Flowers is a vibrant contemporary mixed media painting by Boston-based artist Sharin Schober. Created on canvas, this striking 16 x 16-inch piece features bold, saturated layers...