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Melissa Meyer Figurative 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.
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Artist: Melissa Meyer
American Abstract Expressionist Artist Melissa Meyer Oil Painting Chance
American Abstract Expressionist Artist Melissa Meyer Oil Painting Chance

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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American Abstract Expressionist Artist Melissa Meyer Oil Painting Flaming Heart
American Abstract Expressionist Artist Melissa Meyer Oil Painting Flaming Heart

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 Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Wax, Oil

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American Abstract Expressionist Artist Melissa Meyer Oil Painting Flaming Heart

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, 1946) is an American artist and painter. The Wall Street Journal has referred to her as a "lighthearted Abstract Expressionist". She works in various formats, large abstract paintings, watercolors, prints, monotype, monoprint and drawings made up of fields of gestures. Selected solo shows: Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, NY; List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA; New York Studio School, New York, NY; Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH. Selected Group shows: “The Maslow Collection: Context and Content”, The Maslow Study Gallery for Contemporary Art, Scranton, PA; “Summer Reverie Invitational,” William Siegel Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.; "One of a Kind; Monoprints, Monotypes", The Gallery, Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown, NY. Awards and Grants: two National Endowment for the Arts grants, two New York Foundation for the Arts grants , Rome Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Rome, Yaddo Residency Grants. She is known for her calligraphic abstract paintings. Born on May 4, 1946 in Bronx, NY, she received both her BS and MA from New York University, where she came under the influence of Helen Frankenthaler. With her first solo exhibition taking place in 1976, over the decades that followed her paintings have been written about by a number of artists, including Stephen Westfall...

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Find a wide variety of authentic Melissa Meyer figurative paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of figurative paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of purple and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Melissa Meyer in canvas, fabric, oil paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 1980s and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Melissa Meyer figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 28 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Rocky Hawkins, KOKO HOVAGUIMIAN, and Mark Lavatelli. Melissa Meyer figurative paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $5,500 and tops out at $9,500, while the average work can sell for $7,500.