Melissa Meyer Abstract Paintings
American, b. 1947
Melissa Meyer is an American abstract painter and printmaker who is associated with the third generation of Abstract Expressionists. Her energetic, colorful compositions express emotion and the transitory essence of reality. She lives and works in New York.
Melissa Meyer has created a diverse oeuvre that includes oil paintings, drawings, watercolors, prints and large-scale public commissions. Her work is strongly influenced by color and line. Her brushstrokes and patterns possess a glyph-like quality, conveying a vibrant and deeply personal aesthetic language. Meyer is skilled in a range of different printing techniques, including lithography, etching, monotype, silkscreen, and spit bite aquatint.
The work Meyer makes begins and ends with looking. Her inspiration could be spurred by seeing a color or a mark or a gesture, sometimes in a dream, sometimes in another one of her works.She works instinctively, and follows her personal intuition in the studio. In addition to her aesthetic influences Meyer is also inspired by dance, architectural forms, letterforms and handwriting, classic jazz and classic blues, film noir, and a multitude of specific characters, songs and places, which often find their way into her titles and concepts.
Melissa Meyer has exhibited extensively throughout the United States, as well as internationally. She has completed public commissions around the world, including in Kyrgyzstan, Shanghai, Tokyo, Miami and Queens.
Work by Meyer is included in the permanent collections of some of the most prestigious institutions in the world, including the New York MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Brooklyn Museum, The Jewish Museum in New York, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.to
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Artist: Melissa Meyer
American Abstract Expressionist Artist Melissa Meyer Oil Painting Chance
By Melissa Meyer
Located in Surfside, FL
MELISSA MEYER (American, b. 1946),
'Chance' Oil on Canvas
2006
Hand signed, dated and titled, verso
Height: 30 inches, Width: 28 inches
Provenance: Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columb...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Melissa Meyer Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
American Abstract Expressionist Artist Melissa Meyer Oil Painting Flaming Heart
By Melissa Meyer
Located in Surfside, FL
MELISSA MEYER (American, b. 1946),
''Bleeding Heart'', 1982,
Oil and wax (encaustic) on canvas,
Signed to canvas verso.
Canvas 39-1/4''h, 31-3/4''w.
Melissa Meyer (born May 4,...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Melissa Meyer Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Wax, Oil
Vernal (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Melissa Meyer
Located in London, GB
Vernal (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
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Yaddo B (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Melissa Meyer
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on 100% rag hot press paper. Unframed.
Melissa Meyer has created a diverse oeuvre that includes oil paintings, drawings, watercolors, prints and large-scale public commi...
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Ambassade 47 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Melissa Meyer
Located in London, GB
Ambassade 47 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Watercolor on hot press paper - Unframed
This work is part of the watercolour series titled Ambassade which was named after a visit a...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Melissa Meyer Abstract Paintings
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Ambassade 44 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Melissa Meyer
Located in London, GB
Ambassade 44 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Watercolour on hot press paper - Unframed
This work is part of the watercolour series titled Ambassade which was named after a visit ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Melissa Meyer Abstract Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
Ambassade 44 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Melissa Meyer
Located in London, GB
Ambassade 44 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Watercolour on hot press paper - Unframed
This work is part of the watercolour series titled Ambassade which was named after a visit ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Melissa Meyer Abstract Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
Ambassade 44 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Melissa Meyer
Located in London, GB
Ambassade 44 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Watercolour on hot press paper - Unframed
This work is part of the watercolour series titled Ambassade which was named after a visit ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Melissa Meyer Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Yaddo A (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Melissa Meyer
Located in London, GB
Yaddo A (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Watercolour on 100% rag hot press paper. Unframed.
Melissa Meyer is an American abstract painter and printmaker. Her energetic, colorful c...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Melissa Meyer Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Yaddo A (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Melissa Meyer
Located in London, GB
Yaddo A (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Watercolour on 100% rag hot press paper. Unframed.
Melissa Meyer is an American abstract painter and printmaker. Her energetic, colorful c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Melissa Meyer Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ambassade 47 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Melissa Meyer
Located in London, GB
Ambassade 47 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Watercolor on hot press paper - Unframed
This work is part of the watercolour series titled Ambassade which was named after a visit a...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Melissa Meyer Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ambassade 47 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Melissa Meyer
Located in London, GB
Watercolor on hot press paper - Unframed
This work is part of the watercolour series titled Ambassade which was named after a visit at Meyer's favorite hotel in Amsterdam.
Melissa...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Melissa Meyer Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Yaddo B (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Melissa Meyer
Located in London, GB
Yaddo B (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Watercolour on 100% rag hot press paper. Unframed.
Melissa Meyer has created a diverse oeuvre that includes oil paintings, drawings, water...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Melissa Meyer Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Ambassade 47 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Melissa Meyer
Located in London, GB
Ambassade 47 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Watercolor on hot press paper - Unframed
This work is part of the watercolour series titled Ambassade which was named after a visit a...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Melissa Meyer Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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