Nancy Baker Abstract Paintings

Bold and balanced abstract composition by Russell Green (American, 1910-1986). Completed in Green's characteristic style, this piece has a balanced interplay of shapes and colors. Blocks of black, reds, blues, and greys create a strong background. Over the top, lines of black, red, and white outline and divide the background shapes. Signed "Russell Green" in the lower left corner. Presented in a wood frame with a double mat. Frame size: 23.5"H x 30"W Image size: 14.5"H x 22.5"W Russell Davis Green (American, 1910-1986) painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Traer, Iowa on December 29, 1910. He studied art at Iowa State College and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Green worked in the Illinois and New York Works Progress Administration-Federal Art Projects in the 1930s and two of his woodcuts are listed in the General Services Administration’s book WPA Artwork in Non-Federal Repositories. Green was also a painter and lithographer, and he was included in the Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1934. His work was also included in exhibitions at the Philadelphia Art Alliance; Museum of Modern Art and the Grand Central Galleries in New York; and the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, 1935. Green began his long teaching career at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri in 1940 and eventually headed the art department. He is represented in the collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Newark Museum; and the St. Louis Art Museum. [After graduating from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1933, he returned to Iowa to begin teaching. In 1935, approximately the time he completed Thanksgiving, he served as a private art teacher in Sioux City. He also had a one-person exhibition of his work at the Sioux City School of Music, Dramatic Art and Dancing, which was located in the Commerce Building. The exhibition included 81 oil paintings, watercolors and prints.] Russell Green 1910 - 1986 A FINE SENSE OF BALANCE — Russell Green started attending college in small town Iowa during an era of unparalleled prosperity in the United States. Yet by the time Green graduated five years later from the Art Institute of Chicago, the Depression had brought the country to its knees economically. In those few years, ending with his Bachelor of Arts, Green had also undergone a personal transformation from a farm boy...

In WARM CIRCLE QUILT, Natalie Harrison draws on the historically domestic crafts of molding and quilting to create a new work of collage. Shaping yell...

Abstract Geometric Composition with Handmade Paper, Fibers and Acrylic on Canvas (Red) Whimsical abstract composition by an unknown artist (20th Century). Red acrylic paint makes up...

MULTICOLORED TAPESTRY 5 is an acrylic sculptural painting on panel that is created from various types of molds. Artist Statement: I am drawn to the aesthetic qualities of jewelry...

Acrylic on 3 wood panels Each panel is 36 x 18 x 1 inches Suggested installation is 1-2 inches between panels, which can be oriented in any direction Overall dimensions: 36 x 56 x 1...

Abstract geometric three-dimensional wood wall sculpture in pale grey, light blue, light taupe, and beige, with accents of stormy blue "In, Out, Over, and About", hand-carved woode...

GEO, Original Framed Contemporary Blue and White Abstract Painting, 2022 10" x 11" Acrylic on Paper 12" x 12" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Framed and matted with a plexiglass front. Hand-signed by the artist. A modern and minimalist blue and white painting by artist KR Moehr...

Abstract geometric three-dimensional wood wall sculpture in bright pastel hues of sage green, light grey, and beige "Turnabout", hand-carved wooden wall sculpture by Hudson Valley ar...

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"Sargasso" hand-carved wooden New Brutalism wall sculpture by Hudson Valley artist, Stephen Walling, made in 2013 36 x 40 x 2.5 inches Carved wood and ac...

Abstract geometric three-dimensional wood wall sculpture in shades of blue, green, teal, with contrasts of white "Peekin", made by Hudson Valley artist, Stephen Walling, in 2020 35 x...