Michael Pauker Art
American, b. 1957
Inspired by Abstract Expressionism and driven by deep curiosity, artist Michael Pauker has created an expansive oeuvre that is inclusive of abstract and figurative paintings, landscapes, sculptures, prints and collages constructed with scraps of aging historical documents, watercolor paints and found objects.
“As an artist, I am not a one-trick pony,” he has said. “Some artists find success doing one thing and stick just with it. But my curiosity is omnivorous. I’m driven by images I’ve never seen before, both abstract and figurative.”
Born in 1957 in New York, Pauker knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned his BFA from the State University of New York (SUNY), then in 1989, completed his MFA at Mills College (now Mills College at Northeastern University) in Oakland where he was awarded the City of Oakland Fellowship in Painting.
Since 1988, Pauker has lived and worked in the Bay Area, teaching art in various venues such as schools, colleges and institutions including the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, the state’s prison hospital, for several years. When he isn’t teaching, Pauker focuses on creating art — the mediums of which can change by the moment.
While he works in oil on canvas for most of his paintings, Pauker is also known for his “Miniature Collage” series. He has worked on this series for more than a decade. Other works include abstract drawings and figurative watercolors blended with collages of vintage paper, stamps and found objects — his Oesterreich II is an example of the latter.
Pauker has exhibited widely across the United States, Japan and Costa Rica, and his works are held in the public collections of many institutions including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
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"Sacre Bleu", Red & Blue Contemporary Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Blue and red two-toned contemporary abstract expressionist oil painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). The left fourth of the canvas is dominated by a highly s...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,480 Sale Price
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A Winters Chill Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful Winter abstract expressionist oil painting illustrating small paint strokes of light blue over strokes of white and dark blue, with thin lines of red, orange, and yellow by...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,000 Sale Price
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Assemblage #2 (The Letter E, Glass Slides, and Stamps)
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist oil painting with assembled objects by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Black and bright red expressive brushstrokes are layered with glass ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Oil, Plastic, Paper
$880 Sale Price
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Garden of Eden, Surrealist Figurative Springtime Abstract with Flower
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay area figurative movement painting of the Archangel looking at Adam and Eve and the serpent standing near the Tree of Knowledge (Life), being expelled from the Garden of Eden; and...
Category
1970s Modern Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,120 Sale Price
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Calligraphy Abstract Panorama III - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Calligraphy Abstract Panorama III - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
Landscape and Calligraphy on rice paper by Michael Pauker (American, 20th c).
Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner in red pencil, "X - 40 (artist's signature) 2007."
Mat Size: 10"H x 20"W
Paper Size: 5.63"H x 14.38"W
“I’m driven by curiosity...where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century modernist art is the thing that I keep returning to.” - Michael Pauker
Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957, and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989, he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exhibitions include:
2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA
2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002 “40 by 40,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, N.Y., NY
2002 “Works on Paper,” Bryant St. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002 Dolby Chadwick Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper
Brainiac II Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale abstract of multicolor brains by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of his work. Unframed. Image size: 60"H x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,800 Sale Price
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Contemporary Large-Scale Cubist Earthtone Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary cubist abstract composition in warm neutral earth-tones including white, grey, black, and an earthy orange/tan by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957), c.2000s. This versa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,520 Sale Price
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"Cafe Society", Surreal Large-Scale Figurative Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"Cafe Society", a large-scale figurative abstract evoking the style of Basquiat, where many faces, figures, and a blue bust with glowing eyes are layered in a surreal, dream-like space by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Signed "Michael Paulker...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,416 Sale Price
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Brainiac Silkscreen Abstract -- "Sesos" - Rauschenberg Style
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique silkscreen of Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957) "brainiac" series titled "Sesos." Circa 2010. Upside down verbiage/script adds mystery to an already interesting piece. This piece is an artist's test, and is labeled "Trial Proof" and signed along the bottom edge. Piece was acquired with a collection of his work. Presented under plexiglass in light wood frame. Image size: 39"H x 29"W. born in New York in 1957 Michael Pauker studied at the New York Suny Purchase school of art and design, was working in the style of Robert Rauschenberg and other New York School Abstract Expressionists. "Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg was an American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop art movement. Rauschenberg is well known for his Combines, a group of artworks which incorporated everyday objects as art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
"The Red Studio" - Surreal Figurative Interior Scene
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Surreal large-scale figurative abstract depicting two nude female figures in a red interior space juxtaposed by a bearded man seated next to a sculptural bust of a man, with a white skeleton in the foreground by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Titled "The Red Studio...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,640 Sale Price
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"The Sea Beach at Ebb Tide", Contemporary Surreal Nude Figural Landscape
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary surreal figural abstract painting of three nude figures in various poses in an abstracted beach landscape with three faces in the foreground, one of which is red, by Bay...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,680 Sale Price
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Abstract Assemblage by Michael Pauker
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale abstracted assemblage/mixed media of the artist's materials and partially finished works by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
$3,600 Sale Price
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"The Artist's Floor" - Abstract Assemblage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist assemblage with found objects typical of an artist's studio floor by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Applied paint brushes, caps and tubes of paint, a few letters, putty knife, with splashes of color on wood. Unsigned. From the collection of the artist's work. Unframed. Image size: 11.25"H x 25.75"W
Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957 and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989 he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exhibitions include:
2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA
2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002 “40 by 40...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Glass, Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Wood Panel, Wood, Oil
"Just Passing Through" - Red Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold large-scale abstract with bright red geometries overlaying a linear patterned background by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Tit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,000 Sale Price
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Hivatalo - Chine Colle Monoprint with Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract monoprint by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). This piece is made from several layers of collage, including stamps and pages from old books and manuscripts. Atop the colla...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Figures on the Beach with Sculpture, Contemporary Surreal Figural Landscape
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Dark storm clouds loom over a surreal, desolate beach landscape, which is populated by several male figures in different states of being, in this contemplative symbolic contemporary painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957), circa 2013-2014. In the left foreground we see part of a bearded man's face, as if witnessing this scene with the viewer. Next a male figure in bright red bathing suit faces the ocean, his back to the viewer, while a more distant nude male at three quarter view points down at something in the sand. Finally, on the right appears the bearded man as a classical sculpture bust on a pedestal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,600 Sale Price
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"Flendon" Abstract Expressionist Figuration
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold large-scale abstract with organic forms evocative of wild animals, floating across a patterned canvas of bright red and purple by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,480 Sale Price
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Contemporary Geometric Abstract in Black & Beige
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling long horizontal black and beige abstract geometric composition by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957), 2013. This neutral contemporary abstract can be installed horizontall...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
$1,988 Sale Price
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Brainiac IX, Large-Scale Contemporary Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary large-scale abstract with multi-colored brains layered on a textured black background by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Unsigned, but was acquired wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$3,600 Sale Price
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"Sui Generis Redux" Contemporary Large-Scale Surreal Figurative Abstract w Face
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
A striking contemporary large-scale surreal figurative abstract, with a head of a man floating in a blue, yellow, and white space by Bay Area Figurative artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Titled "Sui Generis...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Assemblage #3 (Stamps, Glass Slide, and Gold Paint)
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist oil painting with assembled objects by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Against a gold background, the artist has attached several objects, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Glass, Plastic, Wood, Paper, Oil
$1,440 Sale Price
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Assemblage #1 (Porcelain, Glass Slide, and Tape)
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist oil painting with assembled objects by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of his work. Unframed. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Oil, Porcelain, Glass, Wood, Tape
$540 Sale Price
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Large-Scale Contemporary Abstract Geometric with Purple, Yellow & Gray
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Whimsical large-scale contemporary abstract by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Angular geometries in purple, yellow, light pink, gray, and dark blue converge on t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,400 Sale Price
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"Artist's Dream IV" Reclined Figure on Beach, Contemporary Surreal Self-Portrait
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic contemporary surreal figurative landscape featuring a self-portrait of the artist by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). The nude figure reclines in the fetal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Nikolausstaden", Abstract Mixed Media Collage with Watercolor & Found Objects
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Mixed media found object collage with watercolor by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957), 2008.
This unique piece creates an abstract composition by layering stamps, ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Newsprint
Artist's Dream - Nude Figure on Beach, Surreal Self-Portrait
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale surreal figurative landscape featuring a self-portrait of the artist dreaming on a beach with his palette, with a group of figures in the distance by Bay Area artist Mich...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,680 Sale Price
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"Lusitania", Contemporary Abstract Painting with Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary abstract painting with collage, featuring found object scraps of maps, old stamps, and papers with Asian characters on wood panel by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (Amer...
Category
2010s Assemblage Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Wood, Paper, Oil, Mixed Media
$920 Sale Price
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"Artist's Dream III", Surreal Figurative w Self-Portrait & Classical Sculpture
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary surreal figurative landscape featuring a self-portrait of the artist at work with his palette, beside a classical sculpture bust with column by Bay Area artist Michael P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"No. 3080" Miniature Collage Currency by Michael Pauker
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"No. 3080" Miniature Collage Currency by Michael Pauker
Miniature abstract paper collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). This pie...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Light Blue and Brown Chine Colle Watercolor with Found Object Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstract expressionist collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Composed of two contrasting sections of light blue and brown, this piece has layers of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Found Objects
$1,720 Sale Price
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Calligraphy Web Abstract on Reclaimed Copper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful abstract on reclaimed copper by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957), circa 2010. Signed on verso. Condition: Good; copper is reclaimed so has some minor disto...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Copper
$2,000 Sale Price
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Dracaena, Botanical Garden Plant Still-Life
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Fun and expressive botanical still-life painting of a Dracaena plant in front of a window by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957), 1976. The bright green leaves are depi...
Category
1970s Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$760 Sale Price
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"No. 2710" Small Collage Currency by Michael Pauker
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Small abstract paper collage in teal and white by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). This piece is created from a few pieces of antique...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Printer's Ink
Grayscale Cubist Abstract with Brown Accents
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
A contemporary industrial grayscale geometric abstract with brown accents by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Evoking a highly abstracted urban cityscape from abov...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,600 Sale Price
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Blue Cosmic
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful teal and lavender toned abstract expressionist painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Hues of blue and green take up most of the canvas, with light ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,520 Sale Price
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"Moulin Rouge", Contemporary Aquamarine & Grey Two-Toned Colorfield Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking abstract colorfield oil painting on wood panel by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). This uniquely textured two-toned abstract is divided into color-fields of super vivid a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Color-Field Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,520 Sale Price
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Contemporary Abstract Painting with Chine Colle and Watercolor, Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful contemporary painting (Monotype) in primarily grey and black, with found object collage composition of stamps, money, various types of paper, and watercolor by Michael Pauk...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$2,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary Two-Part Abstract: Blue and Red
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning contemporary patterned abstract composition on two joined canvases by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). The left canvas, which makes up one fourth of the co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,520 Sale Price
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Calligraphy Abstract Panorama I - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Calligraphy Abstract Panorama I - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
Landscape and Calligraphy on rice paper by Michael Pauker (American, 20th c).
Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner in red pencil, "XXVII - 40 (artist's signature) 2007."
Mat Size: 10"H x 20"W
Paper Size: 5.63"H x 14.38"W
“I’m driven by curiosity...where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century modernist art is the thing that I keep returning to.” - Michael Pauker
Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957, and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989, he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exhibitions include:
2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA
2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002 “40 by 40,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, N.Y., NY
2002 “Works on Paper,” Bryant St. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002 Dolby Chadwick Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper
"Herculaneum" - Contemporary Figurative Abstract Assemblage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
A seated redheaded figure is the focal point of "Herculaneum", a unique assemblage painting composed of three canvases with abstract and figurative paintings, attached to a wood panel painted with black text by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Plywood
$1,320 Sale Price
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"Mischen Bin Wohl" - Chine Colle Monoprint with Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"Mischen Bin Wohl" - Chine Colle Monoprint with Collage
Abstract monoprint by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). This piece is made from several layers of collage, including stamps and pages from old books and manuscripts. Atop the collage is a chine colle monoprint, adding a laver of depth.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Titled and dated on verso.
Presented in a new cream mat with foam core backing.
Paper size: 14.44"H x 10.32"
“I’m driven by curiosity...where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century modernist art is the thing that I keep returning to.” - Michael Pauker
Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957 and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989 he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exhibitions include:
2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA
2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002 “40 by 40,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, N.Y., NY
2002 “Works on Paper,” Bryant St. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002 Dolby Chadwick Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Artist's Dream VIII - Waking Up, Contemporary Surreal Self-Portrait on Beach
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary surreal figurative landscape featuring a self-portrait of the artist by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). The reclining nude male...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"State 2B", Artist in the Studio Figural Etching, 1974
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
A wonderful small-scale etching of an artist in the studio by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). The artist uses fine line work to highlight this finely detailed interior figural sc...
Category
1970s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
$440 Sale Price
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"Telephone Doodles" Large Scale Contemporary Geometric Abstract Oil Painting
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
A large-scale contemporary abstract geometric painting on canvas by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957), 2011. Detailed geometric forms, resembling fantastical constru...
Category
2010s Post-War Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
"Codicis Liber", Contemporary Monotype with Chine Colle and Watercolor
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary abstract painting and collage composition of stamps, various types of paper, and watercolor by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957), 2009. Titled "Codicis Liber", which is...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"No. 602" Miniature Collage by Michael Pauker Period Typography
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"No. 602" Miniature Collage by Michael Pauker Period Typography
Miniature abstract paper collage in teal and white by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (Am...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Calligraphy Abstract Panorama II - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Calligraphy Abstract Panorama II - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
Landscape and Calligraphy on rice paper by Michael Pauker (American, 20th c).
Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner in red pencil, "XXXIX - 40 (artist's signature) 2007."
Mat Size: 10"H x 20"W
Paper Size: 5.63"H x 14.38"W
“I’m driven by curiosity...where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century modernist art is the thing that I keep returning to.” - Michael Pauker
Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957, and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989, he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exhibitions include:
2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA
2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002 “40 by 40,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, N.Y., NY
2002 “Works on Paper,” Bryant St. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002 Dolby Chadwick Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper
Brainiac VIII Abstract - Large Scale Abstract with Blue, White, & Black
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale abstract with cyan, blue, & white brains layered on a black background by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,880 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Temptation of St. Anthony", Contemporary Surreal Figurative Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
A contemporary take on The Temptation of St. Anthony, a subject often depicted in a surreal style bordering on the bizarre by masters from the Renaissance to Mid-Century Modernism, by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Titled "The Temptation of St. Anthony" on verso. Signed "Michael Pauker" and dated 2007 on verso. Acquired with a collection of his work.
Canvas size: 67"H x 54"W.
Notable versions of The Temptation of St. Anthony include:
Saint Anthony Abbot Tempted by a Heap of Gold - Sienese, 15th-century
The Temptation of St Anthony - a widely-circulated engraving by Martin Schongauer
The Temptation of Saint Anthony...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Red, Black and Blue Abstract Expressionism
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous abstract expressionist painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957), circa 1970. Can be installed either vertically or horizontally. Unsigned. Purchased as ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Oil, Wood
Assemblage with Cigar Box and the Letter P
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist oil painting with assembled objects by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Against a yellow and black background, the artist has attached several objects, including plastic letters, cigar boxes, and glass slides.
Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of his work.
Unframed.
Image size: 20"H x 24"W
Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957 and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989 he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exhibitions include:
2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA
2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002 “40 by 40...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Plastic, Paper, Oil, Found Objects
"A Disturbance in the Force" Contemporary Large-Scale Surreal Figural Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
A striking, large-scale contemporary surreal figurative abstract by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Titled "A Disturbance in the Force" on verso. Signed "Michael ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Carrigan", Modern Harvest Still-Life with Autumn Squash
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern expressionist autumn still-life of winter squash harvest by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957), c.1970s. Despite the more traditional subject matter, the artis...
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1970s Modern Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,720 Sale Price
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"Selfie in Hell" Figurative Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"Selfie in Hell", a large-scale figurative abstract evoking the style of Basquiat, where many faces and figures are layered in the chaotic space that is Paulker's hell, by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Signed "Michael Paulker...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,320 Sale Price
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"No. 3993" Miniature Painting with Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Miniature abstract contemporary painting with paper collage in blue and white by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957), 2012.
Titled/numbered, signed, and dated 2012 o...
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2010s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$316 Sale Price
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"The Cognoscenti", Contemporary Symbolist Figurative
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Cognoscenti", a large-scale contemporary charcoal on canvas figurative scene by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957), 2008. A group of bearded men, whom the title ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal
$2,120 Sale Price
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"Taahhutlu" Monotype with Chine Colle and Watercolor, Found Object Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary abstract painting and found object collage composition with stamps, money, various types of paper, and watercolor by Michael Pauker (...
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2010s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Found Objects
$2,520 Sale Price
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"Rahway III" Small Collage by Michael Pauker
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Small abstract paper collage in chalkboard black by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). This piece is created from a few pieces of antique paper, assembled in an aesthetically pleasing ratio, with a stark contrast between codex marks on a black background. These are all numbered sequentially, into the thousands - Pauker created a series of these pieces over the course of a decade.
Numbered and titled, "Rahway," on verso .
Acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Presented in a new mat with foamcore backing.
Paper size: 7.75"H x 4.75"W
Mat size: 13"H x10"W
“I’m driven by curiosity...where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century modernist art is the thing that I keep returning to.” - Michael Pauker
Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957 and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989 he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exhibitions include:
2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA
2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002 “40 by 40,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, N.Y., NY
2002 “Works on Paper,” Bryant St. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002 Dolby Chadwick Gallery...
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1990s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Printer's Ink
"Grindelwald" Small Collage by Michael Pauker
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"Grindelwa" Small Collage by Michael Pauker
Small abstract paper collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). This piece is created from a few pieces of antique pa...
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1990s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
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Gold Leaf
"Goodbye to All That" - Contemporary Surreal Figurative Abstract Landscape
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary large-scale surreal figurative abstract depicting a Miro-esque red form at the focal point, surrounded by limb-like shapes, knives, and a looming blue face set in a drea...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,920 Sale Price
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