Robert Natkin Art
American, 1930-2010
Robert Natkin was born in Chicago on November 7, 1930 into a large family of Russian Jewish immigrants. In 1945 the family moved to Tennessee though soon returned to Chicago where Natkin would attend the Art Institute of Chicago (1948-1952). The museum’s collection of Post-Impressionist paintings, especially those of Pierre Bonnard and Henri Matisse and the whimsical abstractions of Paul Klee, were significant influences on the young artist. Natkin’s influences outside the art world included frequent trips to the Field Museum of Natural History where he was exposed to stylized Native American and Peruvian textiles.
Introduced to Abstract-Expressionism in New York in 1952, Natkin was especially drawn to the works of Willem de Kooning who’s agitated marks he began to emulate though after returning to Chicago in 1953 he abandoned ties to action painting and began to form what would become his familiar color field abstraction motif. In 1957 Natkin, now married to fellow artist Judith Dolnick, opened the Wells Street Gallery which showed the works of like-minded Chicago artists including sculptor John Chamberlain and photographer Aaron Siskind as well as New York artists they admired. Due to limited patronage however this was a short-lived venture and, seeking greater opportunities, the couple moved to New York in 1959. Natkin continued to develop bold bright fields of color and texture in his paintings finding success among the Poindexter Galleries stable of up-and-coming artists. Immersed in New York’s dynamic art scene through the 1960s and 70s, Natkin continued to evolve his style through his Apollo series, Field Mouse series, and Intimate Lighting series which includes Remembrance is the Secret of Redemption, Forgetfulness Leads to Exile. Other series followed in a long and successful career. Natkin died in Danbury, Connecticut, on April 20, 2010.
Robert Natkin has been the subject of numerous one-man exhibitions and has been included in many more group exhibitions. His work is in the permanent collections of dozens of national and international museums including New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Australia, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Additionally Natkin’s colossal 20 x 42 foot mural, executed in 1992, can be seen in the lobby of New York’s Rockefeller Center.to
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Robert Natkin Untitled Limited Edition Signed Abstract Print
By Robert Natkin
Located in San Rafael, CA
Robert Natkin (American, 1930-2010)
Untitled, 1978
From the Intimate Lighting series
Color lithograph on wove paper
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil lower left
Edition 47/75
Prin...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Lithograph
Untitled - III, Signed Colorful Abstract Lithograph by Robert Natkin
By Robert Natkin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Natkin, American (1930 - 2010)
Title: Untitled - III
Year: circa 1977
Medium: Lithograph, Signed in Pencil
Size: 31 in. x 24 in. (78.74 cm x 60.96 cm)
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Lithograph
Untitled Colorful Abstract Screenprint by Robert Natkin
By Robert Natkin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Natkin, American (1930 - 2010)
Title: Untitled
Year: 1985
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 22/26
Image Size: 30 x 42 inches
Size: 36 x 48 inches
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Screen
Robert Natkin Oil Painting -exceptional example of a rare type. Good size.
By Robert Natkin
Located in Ukiah, CA
Exceptional 1986 Robert Natkin oil painting. Canvas size is 36“ x 48“. Image is painted around the canvas on the sides of the stretchers. This is an uncommon style for Natkin, thoug...
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1980s American Other Vintage Robert Natkin Art
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Canvas, Paint
Untitled in original brass frame with catalog for 1976 exhibitions
By Robert Natkin
Located in Charleston, US
A member of the original abstract expressionists, Robert Natkin's "Untitled" (1978) is a stunning acrylic painting, showcasing pastel colors in a minimalist, color field style. This ...
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1970s Minimalist Robert Natkin Art
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Acrylic
Robert Natkin, Intimate Lighting (Pink) Signed Abstract Expressionist silkscreen
By Robert Natkin
Located in New York, NY
Robert Natkin
Intimate Lighting, 1974
Silkscreen on Arches paper
27 × 38 inches
Pencil signed, dated and numbered from the limited edition of 150 on the front
Published by Chromacomp...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Screen
Untitled Original Artwork by Robert Natkin 1969
By Robert Natkin
Located in San Diego, CA
Celebrated as an unsurpassed colorist and for the beauty of his large-scale abstract works, Robert Natkin was a Chicago-born artist associated with the Color Field and Lyrical Abstra...
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1960s American Expressionist Vintage Robert Natkin Art
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Canvas, Paint
Untitled Original Artwork by Robert Natkin 1969
By Robert Natkin
Located in San Diego, CA
Celebrated as an unsurpassed colorist and for the beauty of his large-scale abstract works, Robert Natkin was a Chicago-born artist associated with the Color Field and Lyrical Abstra...
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1960s American Expressionist Vintage Robert Natkin Art
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Canvas, Paint
Mid-Century Modernist Watercolor & Gouache Painting by Robert Natkin
By Robert Natkin
Located in New York, NY
This ethereal and beautifully colored Mid-Century Modernist Watercolor & Gouache Painting by Robert Natkin originates from the United States, C.1963. A significant figure in abstract...
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1960s Robert Natkin Art
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Watercolor, Gouache
Bath Apollo Series "Blue Gaze"
By Robert Natkin
Located in New York, NY
Blue Gaze, 1977, by Robert Natkin (1930-2010)
Acrylic on canvas
66 x 66 inches framed 25.98 x 25.98 cm)
Signed on bottom right
Exhibitions:
In 1957, Momentum, Chicago, IL
In 1968, Pointdexter Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
In 1969, San Francisco Museum of Art (retrospective 1952-1969), San Francisco, CA (solo)
In 1974, Within the Decade: Selections from the Guggenheim Museum Permanent Collection, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
In 1980, Masters of American Watercolor, The Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
In 1992, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, UK (solo)
In 2007, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Robert Natkin Untitled Limited Edition Signed Abstract Print
By Robert Natkin
Located in San Rafael, CA
Robert Natkin (American, 1930-2010)
Untitled, 1978
From the Intimate Lighting series
Color lithograph on wove paper
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil lower left
Edition 47/75
Prin...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Lithograph
Robert Natkin, Untitled Abstract Limited Edition Signed Print
By Robert Natkin
Located in San Rafael, CA
Robert Natkin (1930 - 2010)
Untitled, 1979
From the Intimate Light series
Color lithograph on wove paper
Edition 12/75
Signed and numbered to lower left margin
Published and printed...
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1970s Abstract Impressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Lithograph
Robert Natkin Acrylic on Canvas Mixed-Media Painting
By Robert Natkin
Located in Westport, CT
Robert Natkin acrylic painting on canvas with paper feather's and mixed-media.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Robert Natkin Art
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Wood, Canvas, Acrylic, Paper, Feathers
Pastel Abstract Lithograph by Robert Natkin
By Robert Natkin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Natkin, American (1930 - 2010)
Title: Untitled - IV
Year: circa 1977
Medium: Lithograph, Signed in Pencil
Size: 31 in. x 24 in. (78.74 cm x 60.96 cm)
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Lithograph
Pastel Abstract Silkscreen by Robert Natkin
By Robert Natkin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Natkin, American (1930 - 2010)
Title: Intimate Lighting I
Year: 1972
Medium: Screenprint on Cream Arches Paper, signed, dated and numbered in pencil
Edition: 42/150
Si...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Screen
Untitled
By Robert Natkin
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this large screenprint with strong colors on heavy wove paper. Signed, dated and numbered 90/100 in pencil by Natkin.
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1970s Abstract Robert Natkin Art
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Color, Screen
Robert Natkin Abstract Lithograph Signed Numbered
By Robert Natkin
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
Soft pastel colors in floating smudges lay between and around lyrical abstract geometric and organic forms giving a diaphanous color and shape harmony to the work...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Lithograph
Untitled - III, Signed Colorful Abstract Lithograph by Robert Natkin
By Robert Natkin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Natkin, American (1930 - 2010)
Title: Untitled - III
Year: circa 1977
Medium: Lithograph, Signed in Pencil
Size: 31 in. x 24 in. (78.74 cm x 60.96 cm)
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Lithograph
Untitled Colorful Abstract Screenprint by Robert Natkin
By Robert Natkin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Natkin, American (1930 - 2010)
Title: Untitled
Year: 1985
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 22/26
Image Size: 30 x 42 inches
Size: 36 x 48 inches
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Screen
Large 1960s Abstract Lithograph Field Mouse II Robert Natkin
By Robert Natkin
Located in Surfside, FL
Large "Field Mouse II (1969) Lithograph
Robert Natkin (1930-2010) was a New York artist known for his abstract expressionist paintings.
Born in 1930 in Chicago, Robert Natkin grew up in an extended Russian-Jewish immigrant family. In 1948 he began studies at the Art School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was strongly influenced by the Post-Impressionists and Abstract Expressionism, the latter through an article in Life magazine. In 1952 he lived, briefly, in New York where he came under the influence of Willem de Kooning.
In 1953, Natkin returned to Chicago and began exhibiting, occasionally, in shows and exhibitions. He became closely associated with other Chicago artists, such as Stanley Sourelis, Ronald Slowinski, Richard Bogart and Judith Dolnick...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Lithograph
84"x48” Robert Natkin 1970s Painting
By Robert Natkin
Located in Water Mill, NY
1970s 84x48" abstract painting by Robert Natkin Intimate lighting series from a
Prominent Hampton Estate Signed Bottom Center .in Custom
wood f...
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1970s American Vintage Robert Natkin Art
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Canvas, Acrylic, Paint
Colorful Abstract Lithograph by Robert Natkin
By Robert Natkin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Natkin, American (1930 - 2010)
Title: Untitled - V
Year: circa 1977
Medium: Lithograph, Signed in Pencil
Size: 31 in. x 24 in. (78.74 cm x 60.96 cm)
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Lithograph
Robert Natkin- Rare Original 1966 Work in Charcoal 9657
By Robert Natkin
Located in Ukiah, CA
Robert Natkin- Rare Original 1966 Work in Charcoal 9657 ( 21"W x 26"H - Art: 12.75"W x 17.75"H ) There were a number of Works done in this style in the mid-60s, but this is the only...
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1960s American Modern Vintage Robert Natkin Art
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Abalone, Acrylic
Pastel Abstract Silkscreen by Robert Natkin
By Robert Natkin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Natkin, American (1930 - 2010)
Title: Intimate Lighting II
Year: 1972
Medium: Screenprint on Cream Arches Paper, signed, dated and numbered in pencil
Edition: 36/150
S...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Screen
Vertical Abstract Expressionist Pink and Yellow Painting, Modern Art
By Robert Natkin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Robert Natkin
Singing and Dancing, 2003
Acrylic on canvas
72 x 60 inches
RNa069
Celebrated as an unsurpassed colorist and for the beauty of his large-scale abstract works, Robert Na...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Horizontal Abstract Expressionist Blue and Orange Painting, Modern Art
By Robert Natkin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Robert Natkin
The Cross and the Star, 2000
Acrylic on canvas
54.5 x 96.25 inches
RNa070
Celebrated as an unsurpassed colorist and for the beauty of his large-scale abstract works, R...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Horizontal Abstract Expressionist Red and Blue Painting, Modern Art
By Robert Natkin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Robert Natkin
Untitled (Hitchcock), 1988
Acrylic on canvas
61.25 x 70 inches
155.6 x 177.8 cm
RNa068
Celebrated as an unsurpassed colorist and for the beauty of his large-scale abst...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Horizontal Abstract Expressionist Painting with Multicolor Stripes, Modern Art
By Robert Natkin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Robert Natkin
Apollo, 617, 1982
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 55 inches
RNa085
Celebrated as an unsurpassed colorist and for the beauty of his large-scale abstract works, Robert Natkin was...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (from Bern Series)
By Robert Natkin
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Robert Natkin's "Untitled (from Bern Series)" (1980) is an acrylic on canvas work that measures 37 x 49 inches. Signed at the lower center, this painting showcases Natkin's mastery i...
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1980s Abstract Robert Natkin Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract expressionist, blue, pink, red, acrylic on paper mounted on canvas
By Robert Natkin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Robert Natkin
Night Goings On, 2005
Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas
41 x 54 inches
104 x 137 cm
RNa047
Celebrated as an unsurpassed colorist and for the beauty of his large-scale...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Canvas, Acrylic, Paper
Abstract expressionist, geometric, small, pink, blue, red, acrylic on canvas
By Robert Natkin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Robert Natkin
Hitchcock Series
Acrylic on canvas
14 x 12 inches
35.6 x 30.5 cm
RNa056
Celebrated as an unsurpassed colorist and for the beauty of his large-scale abstract works, Rob...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract expressionist, geometric, multicolor stripes, acrylic on canvas
By Robert Natkin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Robert Natkin
Untitled, 1963
Acrylic on canvas
62.75 x 38 inches
159.4 x 96.5 cm
RNa031
Celebrated as an unsurpassed colorist and for the beauty of his large-scale abstract works, R...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Abstract expressionist, geometric, large, pink, orange, blue, acrylic on canvas
By Robert Natkin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Robert Natkin
The Stranger, 1984
Acrylic on canvas
84 x 72 inches
213.4 x 183 cm
RNa026
Celebrated as an unsurpassed colorist and for the beauty of his large-scale abstract works, R...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled. Very large original screen print
By Robert Natkin
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled" 1986 is a large original color screen print on Wove paper by noted American abstract expressionist artist Robert Natkin, 1930-2010. IOt is hand signed, dated ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Natkin Art
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Screen
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