Pierre Courtin Art

Italian Modern Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century - "Gonage" Dorazio completed "Gonage" in 1949 when just after the artist had been awarded a stipend by the French government and admission to the Academy Beaux Arts. There he met George Braque who became great friends but also an influence on Dorazio, of which "Gonage" is a living testament. "Gonage" actual size of the drawing measures 12 x 9 1/2 inches. It is signed on the lower right. The work is affixed to a 19 x 15 inch board which includes the artist's signature and date. There is a torn table on the lower left entitling the piece "Gonage". Provenance follows this piece as a gift in 1950 to the artist-colleague Luigi Lucioni, who then gifted it in 1955 to his friend, the uncle of the current owner who has owned the work since 1988. Bio Born in Italy, Piero Dorazio studied architecture in Rome. At the same time his first abstract works were executed. In 1947 he received a scholarship from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris, where he contacted Modern artists, who lived in Paris. He founded the galleries "Age d'Or" in Florence and Rome to represent avant-garde arts in Italy. During a one year stay in the USA he got acquainted with leading artists of Abstract Expressionism such as Marc Rothko...

Unique historic work Hand signed and dated on the front An exceptionally early gouache from 1957, executed on the verso of a Wells Street Gallery invitation card - one of the first c...

Jardin Sur L'eau (Abstract painting) Collage, watercolor paper and gouache — Unframed Marie de Lignerolles is an artist, designer, illustrator an...

Charmion von Wiegand Intersecting Magic Square, ca. 1963 Gouache on paperboard Signed and titled on the back of the artwork. The signature shown on the frame back is a photo of the a...

Gouache on Japanese paper. Unframed. This gouache paint on Japanese paper is a result of working with the accidental arrangements of found colored papers that are in piles all over ...

This bold contemporary composition by Yvonne Lammerich is an intriguing exploration of colour and form. Origami-like folded shapes inter-connected by fine lines dance across this col...

Abstract geometric mixed media collage in black, white, and grey with details of bright red "Layered Plan #6", made by Hudson Valley artist, Donise English, in 2009 15 x 12 inches, 2...

Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard e...

P3.15 (Abstract Painting) Gouache and collage on Japanese paper. Unframed. This gouache paint with collage on Japanese paper is a result of working with the accidental arrangements...

This is a framed, abstract gouache and ink painting on paper reminiscent of sea life by contemporary Pennsylvania artist Paula Cahill. Paula Cahill's linear abstract compositions are...

This is an abstract framed work on paper with blue and white gestural, expressive lines. The work itself measures 10" x 13" and is framed with white mat and simple, contemporary whit...

"Untitled 12" is a gouache on paper by contemporary Russian artist Dmitry Samygin. Minimalist and geometric drawings.

James Balla Untitled gouache painting, 1992 Mixed Media Oil on Linen Signed and dated on the front of the work; the verso of the frame bears the UFO (Albert Merola) gallery label. F...

This is an unframed, contemporary abstract gouache painting on artist's paper by Pennsylvania artist Paula Cahill. Cahill's linear abstract compositions are often comprised of a sing...

Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed. Test Pattern series sets up a generic template as a poetic prompt to consider how behavioural responses to color and form stim...