Milly Ristvedt Art
Canadian, b. 1942
Milly Ristvedt, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964, after studies with Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of Art.
In Toronto, during the 1960s and 1970s, Ristvedt was making and exhibiting large-scale paintings alongside a small but defined group of non-figurative painters who, like Ristvedt, had planted roots in modernism. These roots continue to run deep for Ristvedt, who completed her MA in Art History at Queen's University in 2011 with a thesis that explored color in the grid of contemporary painting.
Ristvedt's paintings are part of private and public collections, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Vancouver Art Gallery. She has had over 50 solo exhibitions. In 2012, Ristvedt received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for her service as an advocate for artists.
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(Biography provided by OENO Gallery)
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Artist: Milly Ristvedt
Sweet Earth - bold, modern, colorful, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Jack Bush had told Milly Ristvedt that she was ahead of her time. The Canadian modernist’s deep dive into the world of colour and its potential continued in the seventies. Sweet Eart...
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1970s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled, Magenta, Sienna and Turquoise - expressive, abstract, acrylic on paper
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This ethereal abstract pastel on paper is an early work by Milly Ritsvedt known as one of Canada’s foremost abstract artists. Soft clouds of magenta, sienna and turquoise float acros...
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1970s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Paper, Acrylic
Blue Lagoon - large, colourful, modernist, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ristvedt has captured, in vivid colour, and expressive form the wonders of the ‘deep’ in this gorgeous abstract painting. Against a rich blue colour field, ethereal forms and g...
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1980s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Tia Maria - large, colourful, modernist, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ristvedt has captured, in vivid colour, and expressive form the wonders of the ‘deep’ in this gorgeous abstract painting. Against a rich blue colour field, ethereal forms and g...
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1970s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Water to Land
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This intimately scaled watercolour grid is a quiet contemplation of color: washed charcoal, blue, cyan, kelp green, lime and white. The poetic title may hint at the literal ratio of water to land in the world that is represented through color in this elegant artwork.
Milly Ristvedt, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of Art. At 24, her work was included in the Centennial Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario...
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1990s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Watercolor, Crayon, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Universal Order - colourful, diptych, squares, dots, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian painter Milly Ristvedt’s masterful exploration of colour and abstract form continues with this diptych (two panels create a singular piece of art) in a classic grid pattern....
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor
7 Pieces for Arvo Part - light, colourful, multiples, squares, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ristvedt named this lyrical abstract piece for Avro Part, the famous Estonian composer of classical and religious music. On seven panels precise geometric shapes in pastel colo...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Acrylic, Canvas
Colour Form 18 - large, yellow, green, pink, minimal abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The power of pure colour and minimal form on raw canvas. This is Milly Ristvedt.
Three rows of gently curved horizontal bands of colour—golden yellow, hot pink and green create a str...
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1960s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
August Yellow Picture - large, colourful, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A tapestry of glorious colour meets the viewer’s eye in this gorgeous abstract work by Milly Ristvedt. The master colourist uses bright yellow as a brilliant backdrop to a cloud of g...
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1970s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Jazz Piano - tall, green, gestural, colourist, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ristvedt loves jazz. Several of her paintings have been created to the beat of a jazz tune. In this abstract piece, on a vertical velvet green backdrop, expansive gestural brus...
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1980s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Crickets, Frogs and Mephistopheles - large, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Inspired by nature’s palette and form, Milly Ristvedt continued her exploration of colour. In this lyrical abstract piece, colour continues to dominate as a rich green covers the can...
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1970s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Mandarin Jazz - large, orange, blue, teal, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Capturing the energy and innovation of a jazz tune, this vividly coloured abstract painting is by Milly Ristvedt. Swatches of orange, violet, turquoise and black appear in a rhythmic...
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1980s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Pink Zinger - large, colourful, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Lyrical and expressive in both colour and form, this compelling abstract work is by Milly Ristvedt. The Canadian artist is known for her masterful use of colour. The palette of this ...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Extension - large, bright, colourful, geometric abstract acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this dynamic new work by Milly Ritsvedt, bold vertical bands of pure colour run the length of the painting. As always, Ristvedt’s choice of colours in this hard-edged piece is masterful—turquoise, deep pink, blue and bright yellow. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings were ‘more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’
“The paintings of the past two or three years explore questions of form, colour and process that arise out of earlier works.” Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Daisy - bright, colourful, expressive, gestural abstract, acrylic on paper
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this expressive, colourful abstract by Milly Ristvedt a melange of complementary colours appear to dance across the paper. Ristvedt is a master colourist and this painting from the seventies shows her early skills at juxtaposing colour—generous brush strokes of pink, turquoise, green, blue, red, orange and burgundy. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings ‘were more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’
“(I have an) enduring belief in colour in painting as a language that can speak to mind, body, and soul.” Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski and Frank Stella. Her work has been included in many publications. She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2004 and honoured with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. She has won seven Canada Council awards and two Ontario Arts Council awards and had over 50 solo exhibitions and been part of countless group shows.
Ristvedt's work can be found in major public collections throughout North America.
Milly Ristvedt is represented exclusively by the Oeno Gallery.
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1970s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Acrylic, Paper
Totem/Pink - bright, colourful, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian artist Milly Ristvedt has been exploring the power of both colour and form for more than four decades. She is considered a master colourist. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings were ‘more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’
In this gorgeous abstract piece, sky blue, orange-red, yellow, black, white and green markings form an engaging vertical composition. Blush pink provides a fresh, modern backdrop.
“Colour is the philosopher’s stone that for me represents hope in a time of great challenge for us all.” Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...
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1980s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Time and Motion - rich, dark, colourful, geometric abstract acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ristvedt continues her exciting exploration of colour and form in this stunning new work. Hard-edged geometric shapes—rectangles and squares almost appear to be dancing around the canvas. The colour palette is bright—yellows, red, blues, purples which play off the darker, fluid burgundy/black backdrop. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings were ‘more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’
“Colour has been central to my explorations in painting from the beginning.” Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Intervals - large, black, blue, pink, contemporary abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this bold new abstract painting by Milly Ristvedt vertical lines of colour in various widths pop against a soft, fluid burgundy canvas. As always, the colour palette—bright pink, and turquoise is fresh and modern—a brilliant contrast to the darker background. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings were ‘more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’
“(Colour) has a dual (and magical) identity as elusive, optical sensation and physical, material substance that compels me to explore its expressive possibilities.”
Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
What We Need - large, bright, colourful, geometric abstract acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Abstract artist Milly Ristvedt uses colour as a language to express her thoughts and emotions. When the master colourist created this painting, she was reminded of tumultuous world events including concerns around climate change. The title refers to those thoughts. Clean, vertical ‘bands’ in bright orange, yellow, lime green, and black appear to express hope. A single, narrow horizontal...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fire Yellow Grid - rich, warm, colourful, geometric abstract acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A checkerboard of dynamic colour—this abstract work by master colourist Milly Ristvedt immediately engages the viewer. A classic grid pattern accentuates the interplay of light and dark colours—black, navy, red, aubergine and white highlighted by a sunny yellow.
Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s abstract paintings were ‘more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’
“Colour has been central to my explorations in painting from the beginning.” Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Procession - large, red, blue, pink, contemporary abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Swipes and shapes in rust orange, bubble gum pink, aqua, ultramarine and black move in an orchestrated procession across a soaked charcoal ground in this acrylic by Milly Ristvedt. This large, square acrylic canvas is a poetic narrative of space, light, texture and movement through the application of color.
Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe...
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1980s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Constant Change - large, bright, colourful, geometric abstract acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Master Colourist Milly Ristvedt is playing with the classic grid pattern in this fun abstract painting. Geometric shapes—squares, rectangles, and fine lines in fresh, modern colours—orange, yellow, turquoise, green, purple, and royal blue appear to float against the celery green backdrop. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings ‘were more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.
“Colour is the philosopher’s stone that for me represents hope in a time of great challenge for us all.” Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Proposition (Set of Four) - large, colourful, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ristvedt is making a bold proposition in this dramatic series of four large paintings designed to be displayed together. Each of the four canvases offers a stunning visual dialogue in blocks of colour—reds, purples, orange, greens, blues, black and white for contrast. Ristvedt is known as a master colourist who uses colour to express thought and emotion. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings were ‘more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’
“They are meant to be ‘read’ together in the same viewing space. The conversations between them are intense.” Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Sky for a Roof - large, soft, orange, blue, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Comprised of an ethereal band of tangerine orange, turquoise, deep blue, and green, Sky for a Roof is a notable example of Ristvedt's ability to return to an earlier methodology unde...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Orange Blue Yellow Purple Grid Play - colourful, multiples, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Master colourist Milly Ristvedt continues her exploration of form and colour in this expressive four panel abstract composition. Against vivid colours of purple, yellow, orange and b...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Summer Window - large, bright, colourful, yellow, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Washes of sun yellow are edged in dashes of bright colors - mauve, cerise, lime and rust -- in this monumental color-field canvas by Milly Ristvedt. "Summer Window" from 1973 was cr...
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1970s Color-Field Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Verticality #3 - black, yellow, red, geometric abstract acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A bold eggplant shade of purple meets a field of amber yellow in this playful acrylic by Milly Ristvedt. A thin linear oblong of red pierces the center, anchoring the geometric paint...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
The Colour of Light - large, yellow, purple, gestural abstract acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ristvedt approaches colour in her work with sincere consideration and expertise, her palettes contain a subtle complexity that is striking. The background of this painting is b...
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1980s Contemporary Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
What You See - large, soft, blue, pink, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A flurry of washed passages in a sky blue and rose pink mixed with passages of brilliant yellow, black, turquoise and cherise with curved strands of fixed pastel. These fine lines in bright green, electric blue, pink, cherise and black create spatial tension and depth within the large picture plane. This painting from 1980 is an early example of Ristvedt's ability to create a poetic narrative of space, light, texture and movement through color.
Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of Art. At 24, her work was included in the Centennial Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario...
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1980s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Verticality #2 - blue, yellow, orange, geometric abstract acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Juxtaposed blocks of navy, orange and canary held by a bar of sky blue create a subtle optical effect in this masterful composition by Milly Ristvedt.
Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimbe...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
A Deep Breath - large, soft, green, grey, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Lime green washes bleed into soft yellow, pink, grey, and baby blue in this wet-in-wet painting by Milly Ristvedt.
Action Painting, a term coined by the art critic Harold Rosenberg...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Uncertain Terms - crisp, black, grey, red, geometric abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Created in a neutral palette apart from a crisp red descending line, Uncertain Terms encapsulates Ristvedt's response to the pandemic: cautious optimism. This hard-edge painting demo...
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2010s Hard-Edge Milly Ristvedt Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Always There - Yellow, blue, green and cream lyrical and light acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Spheres of lemon yellow intersect with dashes of lime and sky blue in this masterful composition by Milly Ristvedt. The square format of the canvas washed in light yellow and the restrained palette highlight the lyrical movement of form.
Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) MA, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe...
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2010s Contemporary Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Phoenix - large, colorful, contemporary, abstract, diptych, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Horizontal bars of blue, maroon, cherry red, pink, lemon yellow, burnt orange and green communicate on a soaked sand-coloured ground in the two panels that form this 9-foot square acrylic diptych painting on canvas. The rhythm of the spaces between the short lengths of colour creates a dialogue of movement that leads the eye upwards through the large picture plane. About the inspiration for the work, the artist wrote:
"This is one of the rare paintings that I saw clearly in a dream and painted almost exactly as I saw it. It relates back to the four-panel work, Lock-Up (1972), done a couple of months earlier, where I used the physical break between panels as an edge to anchor some colour bars. In Phoenix, some bars are anchored while others float within the larger ground colour."
This painting was included in the exhibition catalogue Milly Ristvedt-Handerek: Paintings of a Decade (1979).
Milly Ristvedt, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of Art. In Toronto, during the 1960s and 1970s, she was making and exhibiting large-scale paintings alongside a small but defined group of non-figurative painters who, like Ristvedt, had planted...
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1970s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Evening Light - Twinned vertical bands in lilac and golden yellow
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Twinned vertical bands in lilac and golden yellow are rhythmically sequenced across a field of lilac purple. The soft pigments are stained into the canvas and breath in and out with ...
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2010s Contemporary Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fire (Paradise Paintings) - large, geometric, abstract, group series, acrylic
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A dark, forest green square is flanked by smaller squares of indigo, red and pale yellow on a hot ground of brushed red, orange and yellow in this bold acrylic on canvas. Aptly titled "Fire" this powerful image is part of the Paradise group of paintings. The eight canvases in this group are titled after the Paradise Papers, reflecting narratives of wealth, the ways in which it is made and inequality.
Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of Art. At 24, her work was included in the Centennial Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Judd - large, blue, green, abstract, geometric composition, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Two columns of horizontal rectangles in alternating colours of forest green and warm white frame a third, central column of warm white and sapphire blue rectangles in this 7.5 foot tall canvas...
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1990s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Summering - Expressive strokes of red, blue, yellow and mauve
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Expressive strokes of red, blue, yellow, and mauve float on a soft pink colorfield. And dotted within the colorfield are subtle pea green stains that gently guide the eye through the...
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2010s Contemporary Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Head Spin - Dark shades with accents of bright blue, green, turquoise, and pink
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A dark, ethereal, plum purple field hosts accents of bright blue, green, turquoise, and pink in this large-scale abstract painting by Milly Ristvedt. Thinly threaded above the field ...
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1980s Contemporary Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Verticality #4 - orange, grey, green, geometric abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A bold horizon of burnt orange meets a field of chartreuse green in this playful acrylic by Milly Ristvedt. A vertical oblong of grey is placed underneath a thin pink line anchoring the geometric painting suggesting an abstract landscape.
Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) MA, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pearl - large, soft, bright, peach, pink, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A ballet of intersecting brushed swipes in indigo, verdant green, mauve and cerise emerges from a soaked peach ground in this classic 1988 painting by Milly Ristvedt. Colour and the ...
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2010s Contemporary Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Yellow Grid Play - orange, grey, green, geometric abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Precise squares in orange, rust red, green, grey, maroon and white dance, overlap and swirl on a washed canary yellow ground in this intimate canvas by Milly Ristvedt. Color and the grid are the focus of Ristvedt's paintings that through one's lens of experience will reveal a narrative.
"Painting is my freedom 'to be' in the world, to transform what I think and feel about life, to express the essence of things that matter. Colour is the magical sensation and substance, the 'philosopher's stone,' that for me represents hope in a time of great challenge for us all." Milly Ristvedt
Early in her career in Toronto in the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski and Frank Stella. Ristvedt's work can be found in major public collections including the Art Gallery...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Glide - large, purple, pink, hues, striped, abstract, acrylic on shaped canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Gradient bands of washed violet turn to dust rose in this shaped canvas from 1968 by Milly Ristvedt. From the first part of her career, this powerful painting is rooted in the tenets...
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1960s Color-Field Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mott Composition - large, bright, blue, geometric abstraction, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This masterful canvas demonstrates Ristvedt's elegant aesthetic control and points to the emotional potential of color. Strong rounds of sun yellow, turquoise, sapphire and sienna hover over a ground of cerulean.
Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) MA, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe...
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2010s Contemporary Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ambient - tall, narrow, dark, bold strokes of colour, abstract acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Brushed passages and swipes of sharp yellow, sunset orange, kelly green and sky blue, move in a ballet of color through the soaked charcoal ground of this towering acrylic painting b...
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1980s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
In Other Worlds - pink, navy blue and turquoise abstraction, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ristvedt explores the emotional potential of color and form -- spheres of turquoise and sapphire blue float in a sea of vibrant mauve. A band of light pink divides...
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2010s Contemporary Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Living Things - large, bright, colourful, yellow, abstraction, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Drops of violet balance the movement of luminous yellow orbs in this elegant chartreuse composition by Milly Ristvedt.
"Color is the magical sensation and substance, the 'philosopher's stone,' that for me represents hope in a time of great challenge for us all." Milly Ristvedt
Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) MA, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Increments - colourful large scale arrangement, small squares, acrylic on panels
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A monumental work, comprised of 66 small square panels, each painted with a single orthogonal, are installed in a precise grid: six high and ten across. The orthogonal panels are pai...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Mott Continuum - large, bright, orange, geometric abstraction, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Spheres of burnt orange, turquoise and sapphire blue move in a lyrical and jazzy dance across a hot orange ground in this masterful canvas by Milly Ristvedt. The painting demonstrate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Spring - large, bright, yellow, orange, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Passages of butter yellow, rose and light green float on a washed spring yellow ground in this elegant abstract painting by Milly Ristvedt.
Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) MA, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe...
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1980s Contemporary Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sizzle Yellow - bright, colorful, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The power of pure colour and minimal form on raw canvas is masterfully displayed in this abstract painting by Canada’s Milly Ristvedt. A light canary yellow-soaked ground, swipes and...
Category
1980s Contemporary Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Float - elegant soft pink with yellow and maroon floating squares
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Bright rectangles float on a dust rose ground in this elegant composition by Milly Ristvedt.
"Painting is my freedom 'to be' in the world, to transform what I think and feel about ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Green Grid Play - bright, colourful, geometric abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Precisely painted squares and rectangles in orange, rust red, green, yellow, light green, sapphire blue, black and pink dance, overlap and swirl on a washed green-blue ground in this...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Breathing Space for Agnes - large, bright, yellow, stripes, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Vertical stripes of buttercup yellow and cloud blue are each separated from the other by a mere whisper of white canvas. The verticals appear to breathe rhythmically against the picture plane in this homage to American painter Agnes Martin. They evoke Martin's delicate, meticulously penciled grid works and her pursuit of inner peace.
Milly Ristvedt, MA, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of Art. At 24, her work was included in the Centennial Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario...
Category
2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Spray - large, soft, bright, blue, pink, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Large scale, colorful abstract painting, with pink, orange and purple against a pale blue ground. Milly Ristvedt approaches color in her work with sincere consideration and expertise...
Category
1980s Contemporary Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Act of Silence - grids of black, white, orange, red, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A grid of painterly black and white is balanced with large squares of fiery orange and gold each in this bold canvas by Milly Ristvedt. The edges of the squares pulse back and forth ...
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1990s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Rising Water (Paradise Paintings) - large, abstract, series, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A ballet of colorful squares and rectangles float on a wash of turquoise streaked through with mauve. A conversation about visual balance emerges from this bold acrylic painting titl...
Category
2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Real and Imagined - large, orange, blue, gestural abstraction, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Across the panels of this large diptych by Milly Ristvedt, passages of crimson, indigo, orange and burnt umber move and vibrate in a contemplative narrative. The piece is made more p...
Category
1980s Abstract Milly Ristvedt Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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Find a wide variety of authentic Milly Ristvedt art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of orange, yellow, blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Milly Ristvedt in acrylic paint, paint, synthetic resin paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Milly Ristvedt art, so small editions measuring 12 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Judith Berry, Aron Hill, and Pat Service. Milly Ristvedt art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,200 and tops out at $69,000, while the average work can sell for $16,500.