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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Line Up (7.23.83)
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 ...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
$2,600
H 24 in W 24 in D 1 in
American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Blue Copper
By Scott Troxel
Located in Paris, IDF
Blue Copper – 24" x 24” x 1” Wood, paint, lacquer on MDF- Wood, paint, wax on MDF Blue Copper is a discreet and elegant minimalist contemporary wall sculp...
Wax, Birch, Acrylic
Aperture 27
By Kevin Kegler
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind wooden board painting by wood artist Kevin Kegler.
Wax, Oil, Board
$4,807
H 10.24 in W 10.83 in D 10.04 in
Kora by Richard Perry - Geometric abstract sculpture, Carrara marble
By Richard Perry 1
Located in Paris, FR
Kora is a unique oil, acrylic and wax on Carrara marble sculpture by contemporary artist Richard Perry, dimensions are 26 × 27.5 × 25.5 cm (10.2 × 10.8 × 10 in). The sculpture is si...
Marble
Wall Sculpture: 'Swoosh'
By Eileen Braun
Located in New York, NY
My art mirrors natural forms with biomorphic dystopian edges. In the viewer’s mind the shapes are familiarly organic yet there is a tension as one struggles to comprehend the life cy...
Fabric, Paint, Mixed Media, Wax
$1,000
H 14 in W 11 in D 0.75 in
Small Abstracted Color Field Painting -- Matchsticks
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful abstracted color field painting of matchsticks by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957), circa 2000. Unsigned, but was acqui...
Glass, Plastic, Wood, Paper, Oil
$18,771
H 45.28 in W 45.28 in D 3.94 in
Alexandra Bernardini, Chromatik Pulse, Sculptural Light Art, Mixed Media, 2022
By Alexandra Bernardini
Located in Pegeia, Pafos
Alexandra Bernardini – Soul Field No. 5 — Chromatik Pulse is an original contemporary sculptural light artwork created as a three-dimensional mixed-media composition with integrated ...
Epoxy Resin, Plexiglass, LED Light
$3,400
H 28 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - King
By Scott Troxel
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork made by Suede Venetian paint , latex, birch, MDF & wax Scott Troxel has exhibited his work at numerous fairs and exhibitions across the United States, including The Other Ar...
Latex, Birch, Paint, Wax
$780Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 12 in
Carmen (Quadryptich Wood Panel Framed Contemporary Abstract Painting)
By Armand Delatour
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist's Statement: "Around 30 years ago, not long after I had started painting seriously, I was at a one-man exhibition of the great Brice Marden at the Fort Worth Museum of Modern...
Wax, Oil, Wood Panel
$3,400
H 28 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - King
By Scott Troxel
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork made with Suede Venetian paint, latex, birch, MDF & wax Scott Troxel has exhibited his work at numerous fairs and exhibitions across the United States, including The Other A...
Wood, Paint, Latex, Birch, Wax
$2,437Sale Price|20% Off
H 23.23 in W 11.42 in D 8.27 in
Expressive Male Head on Moving Spring, Carved and Polychromed Wood Sculpture
By Joan Priego
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This expressive carved wood sculpture presents a polychromed male head mounted on a visible steel spring, allowing the portrait to move and gently oscillate. Created by Spanish arti...
Wood, Pigment, Wax, Oil
$780Sale Price|20% Off
H 17 in W 11 in
Balance of Power (Quadriptych Wood Panel Contemporary Abstract Painting)
By Armand Delatour
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist's Statement: "Around 30 years ago, not long after I had started painting seriously, I was at a one-man exhibition of the great Brice Marden at the Fort Worth Museum of Modern...
Wax, Oil, Wood Panel
$2,200
H 14.5 in W 13 in D 2.25 in
"CloudHawk" Wall Sculpture- mid century modern, mcm, blue, orange, red, white
By Scott Troxel
Located in Marmora, NJ
"CloudHawk" is a minimalist and modernist wood wall sculpture reminiscent of mid century modern, art nouveau and bold graphic design. It is part of my "Small Pops" Series wood wall s...
Wood, Paint, Wax