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.
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Falling Birds, 1
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
This is a hand-painted digital inkjet print by the artist Ross Bleckner. The piece presents the blurred image of a falling blue bird. "Falling Birds, 1,...
Paint, Archival Pigment
$2,000
H 16 in W 16 in
Tell Me A Story I, Contemporary Mixed Media Art, Books, Hahnemuhle Paper, 2025
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
The contemporary work on paper is both art and photography, highlighting color fields. Tell Me A Story I, 2025 by Roberta Fineberg (RF) is 16 x 16in on Hahnemuhle paper, an original ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Archival Pigment, Oil Pastel, M...
$2,000
H 16 in W 16 in
Tell Me A Story II, Contemporary Mixed Media Art, Hahnemuhle Rag Paper, 2025
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
The contemporary work on paper is both art and photography, highlighting color fields. 16 x 16in photography and oil pastels on Hahnemuhle paper Tell Me a Story II, 2025 by Roberta F...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Archival Pigment, Oil Pastel, Oil
$6,500
H 51.19 in W 78.75 in D 0.12 in
0946 and 0971, Diptych. From The ONE Series
By Salvatore Arnone
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Although photography remains Arnone's primary form of expression, the artist begins to see certain limitations in this medium when it comes to adequately depicting his altered and of...
Fabric, Mixed Media, Archival Pigment, Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil
Jack
By Rachel Phillips
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 8 Fixed is a series of photographs made by Rachel Phillips' alter-ego Madge Cameron: Until this project, Madge Cameron (b. 1935) had always seen photography as a sep...
Archival Pigment, Encaustic, Wood Panel
Jill
By Rachel Phillips
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 8 Fixed is a series of photographs made by Rachel Phillips' alter-ego Madge Cameron: Until this project, Madge Cameron (b. 1935) had always seen photography as a sep...
Archival Pigment, Encaustic, Wood Panel
Four Hats
By Rachel Phillips
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Edition of 8 Fixed is a series of photographs made by Rachel Phillips' alter-ego Madge Cameron: Until this project, Madge Cameron (b. 1935) had always seen photography as a sep...
Archival Pigment, Encaustic, Wood Panel
$6,500
H 51.19 in W 78.75 in D 0.12 in
1909 and 1785, Diptych. From The ONE Series
By Salvatore Arnone
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Although photography remains Arnone's primary form of expression, the artist begins to see certain limitations in this medium when it comes to adequately depicting his altered and of...
Fabric, Mixed Media, Archival Pigment, Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil
$12,000
H 33.8 in W 73.5 in D 0.1 in
Jamie Dornan, Toni Garn and Pharrell Triptych. Photo intervened by the artists.
By Cristian Hunter
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This artwork was created by the artistic duo Hunter & Gatti (2010–2023). These works are part of the archive managed and exhibited by Cristian Hunter. The artist's technique cons...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment
$5,000
H 50 in W 70 in D 0.1 in
Untitled IV and III, Diptych. From The Balance Series
By Salvatore Arnone
Located in Miami Beach, FL
With Balance the artist starts exploring more deeply the boundaries of the photographic media by mixing it with different techniques on a very traditional subject (classic sculptures...
Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Pigment
$30,000
H 74 in W 156 in D 1 in
Antonio Banderas, Pharrell Williams II and Jon Kortajarena Triptych. Intervened
By Cristian Hunter
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This artwork was created by the artistic duo Hunter & Gatti (2010–2023). These works are part of the archive managed and exhibited by Cristian Hunter. The artist's technique cons...
Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment
$1,080
H 11.62 in W 8.55 in D 0.04 in
Rossy de Palma. Paris Alone, Portrait. Intervened by the artists.
By Cristian Hunter
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This artwork was created by the artistic duo Hunter & Gatti (2010–2023). These works are part of the archive managed and exhibited by Cristian Hunter. The artist's technique consists...
Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment
$1,080
H 11.62 in W 8.55 in D 0.12 in
Maiol Nymphs, Portrait Intervened by the artists. Nothing Stays Still series
By Cristian Hunter
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This artwork was created by the artistic duo Hunter & Gatti (2010–2023). These works are part of the archive managed and exhibited by Cristian Hunter. The artist's technique consists...
Acrylic, Black and White, Archival Pigment