Paul Shapiro Art

Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957) "Friendship Garden" 2021 Acrylic Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Canvas The artist signed the back of the painting. Friendship Garden by Lesley ...

Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil, pastel, and paper collage on canvas. Signed and dated verso. 52.75 x 47.75 in. 54 x 49 in. (framed) Gilded floater frame. Provenance Compass Rose, Chicago Born Sylvan Irwin Goldberg in 1924 and raised in the Bronx, Michael Goldberg was an important figure in American Abstract Expressionism, who began taking art classes at the Art Students League in 1938. A gifted student, Goldberg finished high school at the age of 14 and enrolled in City College. He soon found New York’s jazz scene to be a more compelling environment, and he began skipping classes in favor of the Harlem jazz clubs near campus. Goldberg’s love of jazz would become a lifelong passion and a key component to his approach to composition in his paintings. From 1940 to 1942, like many of the leading artists of the New York School, Goldberg studied with Hans Hofmann. In 1943, he put his pursuit of painting on hold and enlisted in the U.S. Army. Serving in North Africa, Burma, and India, Goldberg received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star before being discharged in 1946. After his service, he traveled and worked in Venezuela before returning to the United States, settling back in New York and resuming studies with Hofmann and at the Art Students League. Living downtown and frequenting the Cedar Bar, Goldberg befriended many of the artists of the New York School. In 1951, his work was included in the groundbreaking Ninth Street Show, co-organized by Leo Castelli, Conrad Marca-Relli, and the Eighth Street Club, and featuring the work of - among others - Hofmann, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline. In 1953, the Tibor de Nagy...

Steven H. Rehfeld (American, born 1954) "Flow" 2022 Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Varnish, Glue, Paper, Newsprint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. In "F...

Original abstract texture painting titled "Desert Floor" by the late Svetlana Shalygina. This piece is an expression of artist’s ability to highlight beauty in the simplicity. Stunni...

One of a kind original triptych painting by the late Svetlana Shalygina. It is a testament to artist’s unique and masterful way of incorporating multiple complex textures using mixed...

John Chang’s work is about childhood memory, cultural identity, and distance. “A Chinese student has to learn a few thousand words in order to write and rea...

Steven H. Rehfeld (American, born 1954) "Rifts" 2022 Oil Paint, Paper, Glue, Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. “Rifts” is a powerful, k...

An original painting and collage on board by American artist James Koenig. This collage is part of the Draw Near exhibition currently on view at Benjaman Gallery.

"Black" is a painting created by Enrico Benetta in 2012. The artwork is the first of a series of monochromatic square canvasses created each in one of the primary colors. The paintin...

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

"Blue" is a painting created by Enrico Benetta in 2014. The artwork is part of a series of monochromatic square canvasses created each in one of the primary colors. The painting come...

"Red" is a painting created by Enrico Benetta in 2014. The artwork is part of a series of monochromatic square canvasses created each in one of the primary colors. The painting comes...