Richard Smith Abstract Paintings

English, 1931-2016

Charles Richard "Dick" Smith was an English printmaker and painter. He Attended St Albans School of Art followed by post-graduate studies at the Royal College of Art, London, from 1954-57. Smith shared a flat-cum-studio with Peter Blake in his second year at the RCA, and then again for two years after he left the college in 1957. When Terence Conran's Soup Kitchen opened on Fleet Street in the late 1950s, it featured a letter-collage mural by Smith and Blake. Michael Chow would later commission Smith to design installations for his restaurant in Los Angeles, and Chow and Conran have remained two of his biggest supporters. In 1959 he moved to New York to teach on a Harkness Fellowship, staying for two years, where he produced paintings combining the formal qualities of many of the American abstract painters which made references to American commercial culture. The artist's first solo exhibition was at the Green Gallery. As his work matured it tended to be more minimal, often painted using one colour with a second only as an accent. In trying to find ways of transposing ideas, Smith began to question the two-dimensional properties of art itself and to find ways by which a painting could express the shape of reality as he saw it. These principles he carried into his graphic work by introducing cut, folded and stapled elements into his prints; some works were multi-leaved screenprinting, and others printed onto three-dimensional fabricated metal. Smith returned to England in 1963 - specifically East Tytherton, Wiltshire where Howard Hodgkin was a neighbour - and gained critical acclaim for extending the boundaries of painting into three dimensions, creating sculptural shaped canvases with monumental presence, which literally protruded into the space of the gallery. Evocative titles such as Panatella and Revlon, and cosmetic, synthetic colours alluded to the consumer landscapes of urban America which had proved so influential. He showed at the Kasmin Gallery, a venture between Kas and the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava in New Bond Street, throughout the 60s, more-widely known as David Hockney's first gallery. Smith was invited to exhibit at the XXXV Venice Biennale as the official British artist in 1970. Smith taught with Richard Hamilton at Gateshead in 1965, where he met Mark Lancaster and Stephen Buckley, and again in 2000, becoming close to the artist and his wife, Terry. By the late 1960s Smith's ambition to produce paintings which shared a common sensibility with other media, such as film and photography, began to wane and he focused on the formal qualities of painting. First exhibited in New York in 1971, the traditional wooden supports of the canvases were replaced by aluminium rods and strings, allowing them to be hung freely in response to the surrounding architecture. Smith continued in the subsequent decades to construct site-specific works in public and private spaces often hanging from the ceilings or architectural supports. He resettled in Patchogue, New York in around 1977. Smith was awarded the CBE in 1971.

Artist: Richard Smith

Richard SmithWaveLength, 1987

$74,750

WaveLength

By Richard Smith

Located in London, GB

Richard Smith WaveLength , 1987 Acrylic on canvas 132.1 x 325.1 cm Richard Smith, CBE (27 October 1931 – 15 April 2016) was an English painter and printmaker. He produced work in a ...

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1980s Post-Modern Richard Smith Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Richard SmithOriginal Abstract Collage Painting British American Pop Artist Richard Smith, 1976

$3,800

Original Abstract Collage Painting British American Pop Artist Richard Smith

By Richard Smith

Located in Surfside, FL

Richard Smith, British (1931-2016) Untitled (Abstract Composition) (1976) Gouache, crayon, charcoal and metal staples on Arches paper Hand signed lower center sheet: 22 x 22 inches ...

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1970s Minimalist Richard Smith Abstract Paintings

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Metal

Marjorie CathcartAbstract Treescape Landscape Berkeley School Abstract Expressionist, 1978

$2,500

H 33.25 in W 31.25 in D 2 in

Abstract Treescape Landscape Berkeley School Abstract Expressionist

By Marjorie Cathcart

Located in Soquel, CA

Abstract Treescape Landscape Berkeley School Abstract Expressionist Substantial period Berkeley School abstract expressionist landscape titled "Treescape" by listed Berkeley artist...

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1970s Post-Modern Richard Smith Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Taylour MartinMr. Lawrence - Minimalist Abstract Neutral Painting on Natural Canvas, 2024

$2,300

H 36 in W 60 in

Mr. Lawrence - Minimalist Abstract Neutral Painting on Natural Canvas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles artist Taylour Martin creates captivating abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas, showcasing a dynamic interplay of emotions and colors. Martin's art is a reflection ...

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2010s Minimalist Richard Smith Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil

Taylour MartinPaper Thin - Large Minimalist Abstract Painting on Natural Canvas, 2024

$2,720

H 60 in W 42 in

Paper Thin - Large Minimalist Abstract Painting on Natural Canvas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles artist Taylour Martin creates captivating abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas, showcasing a dynamic interplay of emotions and colors. Martin's art is a reflection ...

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2010s Minimalist Richard Smith Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil

Lawrence Philp"Untitled" Lawrence Philp, Abstracted Surrealist Forms by Afro-American Artist, circa 1970s

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H 75.5 in W 79 in

"Untitled" Lawrence Philp, Abstracted Surrealist Forms by Afro-American Artist

Located in New York, NY

Lawrence Philp Untitled Oil and acrylic on canvas 75 1/2 x 79 inches Lawrence Philp, the son of Jamaican immigrants, studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and was included i...

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1970s Post-Modern Richard Smith Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Taylour MartinI'm Not Perfect But I'm Trying - Abstract Painting on Raw Natural Canvas, 2023

$675

H 20 in W 24 in

I'm Not Perfect But I'm Trying - Abstract Painting on Raw Natural Canvas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles artist Taylour Martin creates captivating abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas, showcasing a dynamic interplay of emotions and colors. Martin's art is a reflection ...

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2010s Minimalist Richard Smith Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil

Taylour MartinDarling - Minimalist Abstract Painting on Natural Canvas, 2023

$595

H 18 in W 24 in

Darling - Minimalist Abstract Painting on Natural Canvas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles artist Taylour Martin creates captivating abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas, showcasing a dynamic interplay of emotions and colors....

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2010s Minimalist Richard Smith Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil

Molly DilworthContemporary Painting "Contagian" by Molly Dilworth, Acrylic on Canvas, 2009, Circa 2009

$8,475

H 60.25 in W 35.5 in D 1 in

Contemporary Painting "Contagian" by Molly Dilworth, Acrylic on Canvas, 2009

By Molly Dilworth

Located in New York, NY

Molly Dilworth "Contagian". Acrylic on canvas created in 2009. Measures: 35.5" W X 60.25" H. Signed on revers "Molly Dilworth/2009". This striking painting depicts what first appe...

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Early 2000s Post-Modern Richard Smith Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Ceri RichardsCeri Richards - Lyre Bird (Design for cover of Poetry London), 1943 mixed media, 1943

$15,000

H 17.5 in W 15 in D 2 in

Ceri Richards - Lyre Bird (Design for cover of Poetry London), 1943 mixed media

Located in New York, NY

Ceri Richards Lyre Bird (Design for the cover of Poetry London), 1943 Ink, gouache and pastel on paper Bears original Jonathan Clark & Co. label on the back of the frame Unique Fram...

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1940s Modern Richard Smith Abstract Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Ink, Gouache, Mixed Media

Xavi CarbonellXavi Carbonell, Untitled, 2012, Mixed media on paper, 2012

$2,050

H 26 in W 40 in

Xavi Carbonell, Untitled, 2012, Mixed media on paper

By Xavi Carbonell

Located in New York, NY

Spanish artist Xavi Carbonell born 1971, actively paints like a child as an adult, and leaves all of his pieces "untitled" so that each viewer can create their own story. The resulti...

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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Richard Smith Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Paper, Oil Crayon, Oil, Permanent Marker, Graphite

Daniela MarinCreation II (Abstract painting), 2022

$3,816

H 39.38 in W 39.38 in

Creation II (Abstract painting)

Located in London, GB

Creation II (Abstract painting) Mixed media - acrylic, oil pastels, gouache on cotton canvas - Unframed. Artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. Daniela Marin stands as a pioneering figur...

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2010s Abstract Richard Smith Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Gouache

Howard MehringHoward Mehring - Study for Spring Sweep, Signed painting Washington Color School, 1964

$18,000

H 13.1 in W 11.75 in D 0.5 in

Howard Mehring - Study for Spring Sweep, Signed painting Washington Color School

By Howard Mehring

Located in New York, NY

HOWARD MEHRING Study for Spring Sweep, 1964 Oil, oil stick, charcoal, gouache painting on paper Hand signed, dated and annotated with the names of the colors in graphite pencil on the front This is a unique work Frame included: elegantly matted and framed in a museum quality dark blue wood frame with UV plexiglass This 1964 hard edge painting on paper...

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1960s Abstract Richard Smith Abstract Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Oil, Gouache, Mixed Media

Peter Kramer"365 Vessels", Mixed technique on tissue white paper, Minimalist, 50 x 33 cm, 2021 - 2022

$497

H 19.69 in W 13 in D 0.08 in

"365 Vessels", Mixed technique on tissue white paper, Minimalist, 50 x 33 cm

Located in Carballo, ES

This series of works by the Danish artist Peter Kramer (Roskilde, 1959) with numerous exhibitions between Spain and Denmark are entitled "365 urns", in which the artist works with ti...

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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Richard Smith Abstract Paintings

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Organic Material, Adhesive, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Handmade Paper, T...

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Richard SmithOriginal Abstract Collage Painting British American Pop Artist Richard Smith, 1976

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Located in Los Angeles, CA

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