Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts.
After high school Breuer attended what is now San Francisco Art Institute, where she studied under many notable artists, including Richard Diebenkorn, Clyfford Still, David Park, and Mark Rothko.
Breuer matured as an artist in, and was profoundly affected by, the era of Abstract Expressionism, focusing more on material and application than representation. By the late 1960s, she was pouring water-thinned washes of acrylic paint onto large, wet, stretched, vertical canvases. During an exhibition of those works, a San Francisco gallerist suggested that she head to New York, where abstraction, Minimalism, and Conceptual art were continuing to gain traction. Breuer listened to this advice and set out for New York with intentions of staying only one year — she stayed for eight.
In New York, Breuer began working with a palette knife, making direct, abstract marks with dark colors and with great density. She gained recognition as a significant painter during her time there. In 1984 Breuer moved to northern New Mexico, a landscape that influenced her use of color, light, and more minimal compositions.
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Untitled (Blue 1969) Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, now, San...
Canvas, Acrylic
9.22.98, Abstract Oil and Wax on Canvas, Signed, 72 x 48 Inches
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended ...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
4.84, Abstract Oil and Wax Painting, 71.25 x 48 Canvas, Signed 1980s
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas, signed, dated, with size on verso 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Art...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
1978 (Red) Abstract Painting, Oil and Wax on Linen, Unframed, 20x36
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on linen 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she ...
Wax, Oil
$11,000
3.10.99, Color-Field Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, 60 x 59.75, signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she att...
Canvas, Acrylic
1975 Abstract Color-Field Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, now, San Francisco A...
Canvas, Acrylic
4.20.07 Abstract Painting, Oil and Wax on Canvas, 2000-2009, signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended t...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Water Street: 1970s Color-Field Abstract Painting in Oil and Wax, signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
6.20.95, Abstract Oil and Wax on Canvas, Unframed 60 x 60, signed on verso
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended ...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
$11,000
12.1.98, Color-Field Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, 60 x 59.75, signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, no...
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled Red (1979) Abstract Color-Field Oil Painting, Unframed, Signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil on linen 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended...
Linen, Oil
7.79 (White) Abstract Expressionist Oil on Canvas, 1970s, signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended ...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
1.13.96 Abstract Painting, Color-Field Style, Oil and Wax on Canvas, Signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
$21,500
3.21.94, Color-Field Abstract Painting, Oil and Wax on Canvas, 72x72, signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
7.10.83 (Olympics) Abstract Painting, Oil and Wax on Canvas, 1980s, Signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended ...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
$4,200
1978 (White) Abstract Painting, Oil and Wax on Linen, Unframed, 36x20, signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on linen 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she ...
Wax, Oil
2.3.98 (1) Watercolor on Paper, Minimalist Style, Circa 1990-1999, Framed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
watercolor on Arches, framed Throughout Mala Breuer’s career she completed well over 400 watercolors and works on paper that preceded each and every one of her large works on canv...
Paper, Watercolor
1976 (7) Color-Field Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Unframed, signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she att...
Canvas, Acrylic
1.4.96 Acrylic on Gessoed Linen, Minimalist Abstract, 1990s, Signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on gessoed linen Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attende...
Gesso, Linen, Acrylic
$11,000
4.4.99, Color-Field Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, 60 x 59.75, signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she att...
Canvas, Acrylic
9.77 Color-Field Abstract Painting on Canvas, Acrylic, 1970s, signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, now, San Francisco A...
Canvas, Acrylic
10.15.95 Acrylic on Gessoed Canvas, Color-Field, 1990s, Signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on gessoed canvas 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high schoo...
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic
1975 (6) Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Unframed, 50.5x75.75, signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
poured acrylic on canvas 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts ...
Acrylic
11.12.95 Acrylic on Canvas, Color-Field Style, 1990s, Signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she at...
Canvas, Acrylic
7.79 (Grey) Abstract Oil and Wax Painting on Canvas, 1970s, signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school sh...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
6.15.96: Color-Field Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Linen, 30x30, signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on gessoed linen Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attende...
Gesso, Canvas, Linen, Acrylic
Lao (1.22.98) Watercolor on Paper, Color-Field Style, 1990s, Framed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
watercolor on Arches, framed Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she att...
Paper, Watercolor
Line Up (7.23.83) Color-Field Oil and Wax on Canvas, 1980s, Signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended ...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
2.23.96 Acrylic on Linen Abstract Painting, Expressionist, 1990s, signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on linen Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, n...
Linen, Acrylic
1.16.98 Watercolor on Paper, Minimalist Style, Framed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
watercolor on Arches, framed Throughout Mala Breuer’s career she completed well over 400 watercolors and works on paper that preceded each and every one of her large works on canv...
Paper, Watercolor
Lao (1.23.98) Watercolor on Paper, Abstract, Circa 1990, Framed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
watercolor on Arches, framed Throughout Mala Breuer’s career she completed well over 400 watercolors and works on paper that preceded each and every one of her large works on canv...
Paper, Watercolor
1.30.98 Watercolor on Paper, Minimalist Style, Circa 1990-1999, Framed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
watercolor on Arches, framed Throughout Mala Breuer’s career she completed well over 400 watercolors and works on paper that preceded each and every one of her large works on canv...
Paper, Watercolor
1979 Abstract Painting on Canvas, Minimalist Style, Unframed, 70x40 signed
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
painting on canvas Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the...
Canvas, Paint