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
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
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
$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
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
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
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
Blue
By Toby Zallman
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Made with plastic bags, beeswax, oil paint and graphite Keywords: abstract, calm Artist Biography: Toby Zallman has always combined ...
Plastic, Wax, Oil, Graphite
$1,800
H 24 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
Dredging Up Memories, Original Contemporary Aquamarine and Red Abstract Painting
By Denise Presnell
Located in Boston, MA
Dredging Up Memories, Original Contemporary Aquamarine and Red Abstract Painting 24" x 24" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Oil and Cold Wax on Panel This square-format work by artist Denise Presnell...
Wax, Oil, Panel
$9,000
H 40 in W 40 in
BLUE 1051 Abstract Painting, Oil and Wax on Canvas, Signed, 2010+by Linda Touby
By Linda Touby
Located in White Plains, NY
Oil and wax on canvas painting from the BLUE series. Linda Touby pairs intuitive brushstrokes with bold, horizontal bands of vibrant blue, black, red, and yellow, offering a sense of...
Canvas, Oil, Wax
$2,900
H 29 in W 29 in D 3 in
abstract 29/29, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Abstract Encaustic Painting
By Michele Renée Ledoux
Located in Boston, MA
abstract 29/29, Original Signed Contemporary Neutral Abstract Encaustic Painting 29" x 29" x 3" Beeswax, Resin, Pigment, and Oil on Wood Panel Hand-signed by the artist in verso. A contemporary minimalist encaustic work by artist Michele Renée Ledoux...
Resin, Wax, Oil, Pigment, Encaustic
$10,000
H 27.5 in W 75 in
Hansa Echo - Abstract Acrylic Painting, 1980s, Large, Signed, 27.5x75
By Charles Robb
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This large abstract acrylic painting is by Charles Robb, son of the famous Canadian artist Jack Bush. Charles Robb’s lyrical, expressive paintings are highly regarded by critics an...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,500
H 24 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
Variation 4, orange, blue, nature inspired, abstract Impressionism, contemporary
By Juanita Bellavance
Located in Cumming, GA
Orange and blue contemporary landscape original wall art.
Canvas, Acrylic
$850
H 16.15 in W 13 in D 0.79 in
"Many For The Empath" (abstract, flora, fauna, roses, oil painting, green, pink)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
MANY FOR THE EMPATH 2026 Paris, France This complex and layered floral painting of an abundant, overflowing bouquet presents an energetic and mesmerizing subject. This original mixe...
Oil Crayon, Dye, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Oil, Acrylic
$35,000
H 69.5 in W 43 in
"Pete's Neck" Sherron Francis, Female Abstract Expressionist, Color Field
By Sherron Francis
Located in New York, NY
Sherron Francis Pete's Neck, 1979 Signed, titled and dated on the reverse Acrylic and mixed media on canvas 69 1/2 x 43 inches Provenance Houston, Texas, Watson/de Nagy & Company ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,374
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in D 0.79 in
Holy Split I Mixed Media Original Painting on Canvas, Abstract Landscape, 2026
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
HOLY SPLIT I 2026 Paris, France HOLY SPLIT I is an ethereal mixed medium painting on canvas depicting a surreal dreamlike rift in a serene landscape. Abstract fuchsia forms suggesti...
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Pencil
$3,995
H 52 in W 66 in D 0.75 in
Large-Scale Multicolored Gestural Abstraction with Circle in Acrylic on Canvas
By Ellis Hopkins
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-Scale Multicolored Gestural Abstraction with Circle in Acrylic on Canvas Abstract composition by Ellis Hopkins (American, b. 1952). This bold abstraction explores spatial tens...
Canvas, Acrylic
$40,000
H 54 in W 66 in D 1 in
Trock-2 - Signed Acrylic on Canvas Color-Field Abstract Painting, 1982
By Jack Roth
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“Trock-2” (1982) is an acrylic on canvas painting by American artist, Jack Roth. Roth, best known as an Abstract Expressionist and Color Field painter, studied under Mark Rothko, Cly...
Canvas, Acrylic
16
Located in Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, VN
Every work by Ignacio de Grado begins without a preconceived idea. The composition emerges and evolves during the process itself, layer by layer, until the painting finds its own res...
Gesso, Plaster, Acrylic Polymer, Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor
Abstract B3
By Carlos Mercado
Located in San Juan, PR
CARLOS MERCADO ABSTRACT Inspired in the work of Franz and Ives Klein This body of work was produced during the initial months of the lock down due to the pandemic. This tragedy crea...
Canvas, Acrylic
Phenomena Dervish Spell
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Paul Jenkins Phenomena Dervish Spell, 1974 Acrylic on canvas Signed lower right 65 x 63 in. 66.5 x 64.5 in....
Canvas, Acrylic
$40,000
H 36 in W 42 in
"Larry Beans" Kikuo Saito, Color Field, Lyrical Abstraction, Stain Painting
By Kikuo Saito
Located in New York, NY
Kikuo Saito Larry Beans, 1976 Signed and titled on the reverse Acrylic on canvas 36 x 42 inches Provenance The artist Gifted by the artist Private collection, New York Kikuo Saito...
Canvas, Acrylic
1972 (15)
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
1978 (black)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
Wax, Oil
As Good As Gold (7.16.83)
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 the...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
12.83
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 th...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
3.25.96 (2)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic, oil, and wax 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 att...
Linen, Wax, Oil, Acrylic
1977 (3)
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
Web (11.82)
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 the...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Fire (9.19.83)
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
1975 (maroon, deep plum, lavender grey)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas b. 1927 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
1973 (1)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas b. 1927 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...
Acrylic
1976 (5)
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...
Acrylic
7.77
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...
Acrylic
Untitled Black (1979)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil 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, now, ...
2.79
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil 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, now,...
Canvas, Oil
As Good As Gold (7.16.83)
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 ...