Influential contemporary artist Ross Bleckner is renowned for his large-scale abstract and figurative paintings that convey themes of change, loss and memory. Using recurring symbolism such as flowers, birds, urns and candelabras, along with patterns like stripes and dots, Bleckner’s immersive works elicit a hypnotic effect while suggesting ideas related to the body, health and disease.
Born in 1949 in New York City, Bleckner later studied at New York University alongside artists such as Chuck Close and Sol LeWitt. He went on to study at the California Institute of the Arts, graduating with a Master of Fine Arts in 1973.
In 1979, he began exhibiting with Mary Boone Gallery. During the 1980s, Bleckner became one of New York’s most prominent emerging artists through paintings that tackled the emotional toll of the AIDS crisis, particularly on the gay community. Bleckner’s powerful works depicting multicolored volumetric circles, or “cells as seen under a microscope,” garnered acclaim from art critics and collectors. In 1995, he became the youngest artist to have a retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
In recent years, Bleckner’s paintings, watercolors and abstract, landscape and still-life prints have continued to capture international attention. His works have been exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, Kunstmuseum Luzern in Lucerne, the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern and the Gropius Bau in Berlin.
Bleckner’s art is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of Ross Bleckner’s prints, paintings and drawings and watercolor paintings.
Ross Bleckner "Selection Sequence" Etching
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Astoria, NY
Ross Bleckner (American, b. 1949), "Selection Sequence", Etching and Aquatint in Colors, 2002, marked "TPA" lower left, signed in pencil and dated lower right, unframed. Image: 26.75...
Etching, Aquatint
$40,000
H 11.42 in W 15.36 in
Le Cocu Magnifique -- complete with 12 original etchings
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
About In-folio Oblong Dimensions : 29x39 cm. Paris Atelier Crommelynck 1968 Edition #41 of 200 copies including 12 original out-of-text etchings (7 etchings, 4 etchings and aquatint...
Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
Sainte Anne
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
Drypoint, aquatint and heliogravure, 1965. Signed by the artist and dated in pencil, lower right margin. Numbered 42/150 in pencil, lower left margin. Printed by Robbe, Paris. Pub...
Drypoint, Aquatint
$51,704
H 11.42 in W 15.36 in D 2.17 in
Le Cocu Magnifique - Complete Suite of Etchings by Pablo Picasso - 1968
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
In-folio Oblong Dimensions : 29x39 cm. Paris Atelier Crommelynck 1968 Edition of 200 copies including 12 original out-of-text etchings (7 etchings, 4 etchings and acquatint and 1 e...
Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
Gran Cavaliere
By Marino Marini
Located in New York, NY
Color etching and aquatint, 1978. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right margin. Numbered XXVII/L in pencil, lower left margin. Published by ZWR, London. Sheet size: 46.38 x...
Etching, Aquatint, Color
Le Poeme (The Poem)
By Louis Icart
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928 Medium: Etching and aquatint on wove paper Framed Dimensions: 28.00" x 31.50" Signature: Signed in pencil at lower right, with the artist’s blindstamp at lower left. “C...
Etching, Aquatint
Ballerino
By Marino Marini
Located in New York, NY
Color etching and aquatint, 1974. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right margin. Numbered 51/75 in pencil, lower left margin. Printed by Il Cigno, Rome. Published by Albra, T...
Etching, Aquatint
Le Baie de Trespasses
By Georges Rouault
Located in New York, NY
Color aquatint , 1939 Signed and dated in lower right of image. Numbered 99/175 in pencil, lower right margin. Printed by Lacouriere, Paris. Published by Vollard, Paris. Sheet s...
Aquatint, Color
Night Moth
Located in New York, NY
Color etching and aquatint, 1946. Third state (of 3). Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right margin, and numbered 199/300 in pencil, lower left margin. Published by Laurel Ga...
Etching, Aquatint
$17,391Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.36 in W 20.28 in D 0.04 in
Peintre et sa toile avec modèle assis
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Peintre et sa toile avec modèle assis Etching and aquatint from 1965. The edition of 33/50. Dimensions of work: 39 x 51.5 cm. Hand signed. Publisher:...
Etching, Aquatint
Teseo
By Giorgio De Chirico
Located in New York, NY
Color etching and aquatint, 1970. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Numbered 2/50 in pencil, lower left. Titled in pencil, lower central. With the artist's blind stamp, l...
Etching, Aquatint
Face of the Poet
By Alex Katz
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Adored by collectors and art lovers the world over, Alex Katz is renowned for his elegant and distinctive version of figuration. Born in 1927, Katz has been dedicated to art-making ...
Aquatint
$3,125
H 18.51 in W 13.78 in D 0.04 in
Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire, Planche VI
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire, Planche VI Etching and aquatint from 1976. The edition of 225. Dimensions of sheet: 47 x 35 cm Dimensions in f...
Etching, Aquatint