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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$9,500
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 ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$30,000
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...
Canvas, Acrylic
$14,000
Orange Blue Yellow Purple Grid Play - abstract, multiples, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This series of four abstract paintings in orange, blue, yellow and purple is by Milly Ristvedt. Master colourist Milly Ristvedt continues her exploration of form and colour in this ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Choice of Reality - Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, 1980s
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary colourful abstract painting is by Milly Ristvedt. Early in her artistic career, the ‘magic’ of colour and its potential power to evoke emotion seduced Milly Ristve...
Canvas, Acrylic
Barrage - Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, 2014, Signed, 60x60
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary colourful abstract painting is by Milly Ristvedt. The bold and vivid colourful imagery of Milly Ristvedt has secured her rightful status as one of Canada’s finest...
Canvas, Acrylic
June #1 Abstract Acrylic Painting on Paper, 1980s, Signed, 22.5x30.25
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract acrylic painting on paper is by Milly Ristvedt. Few artists ever attain the kind of notoriety and accolades that Milly Ristvedt has rightly achieved. Sin...
Paper, Acrylic
Melba - Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, 1970s, New, 42x60 in
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This abstract contemporary painting by Milly Ristvedt is all about colour. Early in her career, Milly Ristvedt had already been singled out as an exceptional artist by Canada’s Jack...
Canvas, Acrylic
P.E.I. Red - Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Circa 1970s
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This abstract contemporary painting by Milly Ristvedt is all about colour. Framed Dimensions = 49.5 × 49.5 in (125.73 × 125.73 cm) Several paintings of this masterful abstract arti...
Canvas, Acrylic
Winter Green - Contemporary Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, 1969
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This large contemporary abstract painting by Milly Ristvedt is one of her colourful ribbons series. Painted in 1969, Winter Green is one of a series of compositions created when th...
Canvas, Acrylic
$17,000
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...
Canvas, Acrylic
Dissolve - Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, 1970s, Vibrant Colors
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
It is a lyrical and beautifully expressive painting. This is ‘Dissolve’ by abstract artist Milly Ristvedt. Known as a master colourist, this piece was painted in the 1970’s when the ...
Canvas, Acrylic
July Grid - modern, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting by Milly Ristvedt features a colourful grid pattern. The powerful visual language of colour has seduced Milly Ristvedt, one of Canada’s important...
Canvas, Acrylic
Inside Out - Abstract Painting, Framed, Contemporary, 61.5 x 61.5 in
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This large contemporary abstract painting is by the highly collectable artist Milly Ristvedt. Highly regarded as a masterful artist, Milly Ristvedt's work now hangs in the National ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$14,000
Landscape #3 (earth + cloud) - modern, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This colourful contemporary abstract landscape painting is by Milly Ristvedt. In this dynamic new work by Milly Ritsvedt, several bold vertical bands of pure colour in various width...
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...
Canvas, Acrylic
$11,000
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...
Canvas, Acrylic
$34,500
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...
Canvas, Acrylic
$19,000
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...
Canvas, Acrylic
$16,500
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...
Canvas, Acrylic
$35,000
Colour Form 18 - yellow, green, pink, minimalist, 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. Three rows of gently curved horizontal bands ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$13,000
What You See - large, soft, blue, pink, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This large colourful acrylic abstract painting is by Milly Ristvedt. Early in her impressive decades-long career, Milly Ristvedt understood the transformational power of colour to ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Evening Light - soft, colourful, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The stunning subtlety of evening light is captured in the wash of colours that flow across the canvas in this contemporary abstract by Milly Ristvedt. The Canadian artist is renowned...
Canvas, Acrylic
$7,000
Verticality #2 - modern, contemporary, 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. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in A...
Canvas, Acrylic
$11,500
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...
Canvas, Acrylic
$25,000
Everything and Nothing - monochromatic, contemporary abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ristvedt is regarded as one of Canada’s finest abstract artists. A masterful colourist, this piece is rendered in subtle monochromatic tones—vertical bars of gray--dove to lig...
Canvas, Acrylic
$36,000
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...
Canvas, Acrylic
The Dilemma - modern, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This modern abstract painting is by Milly Ristvedt. For sixty years Canada’s Milly Ristvedt has been on an artistic journey that has explored the visual language of color and abstra...
Canvas, Acrylic
$15,000
Indivisible - pink, purple, blue, abstract, contemporary, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Modern, grid, abstract. In the hands of master colourist Milly Ristvedt, the classic grid pattern becomes more than a ‘container’ for colour. Hailed by critics and collectors as one ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,800
Untitled, Magenta, Sienna and Turquoise - expressive, abstract, pastel 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...
Paper, Pastel
$4,500
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 th...
Acrylic, Paper
$16,500
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...
Canvas, Acrylic
$26,000
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 ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$11,000
Winter Solstice - purple and green grid, geometric abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A Canadian artist created this abstract painting, its geometric pattern in green and indigo blue. Milly Ristvedt’s masterful and intuitive use of color and geometric form are evide...
Canvas, Acrylic