Sidney Jonas Budnick was born and raised in New York and earned his bachelor of arts degree at the IIT Institute of Design. While there, he studied under László Moholy-Nagy, the founding director of the New Bauhaus and head of the School of Design (renamed the Institute of Design in 1944). In 1952, he completed his master of architecture degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, studying under Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus school in Germany.
While living in New York, Budnick met the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. He was greatly influenced by Mondrian's work and the De Stijl art movement. Budnick studied under Hans Hofmann, an Abstract Expressionist artist and teacher, and was friends with Harry Holtzman and Carl Holty, founders of the American Abstract Artists group. He also was encouraged by Hilla von Rebay, the artistic advisor for Solomon R. Guggenheim. In 1939, Guggenheim and Rebay opened the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, later named the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Rebay supported many artists, including Sidney Budnick, by hiring them as support staff at the museum. Some of Budnick's early work is classified with other works of the Museum of Non-Objective Painting. His work was included in an exhibition organized by Katharine Kuh at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1948, entitled "American Abstract and Surrealist Art." His work is included in the collections of the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the J. Donald Nichols collection. Although Sidney Budnick earned his living as an architect in California, supporting his wife and three children, he painted throughout his life until he died in 1994 in Oregon.
"Hill Top" Screenprint in Ink on Paper
By Sidney Jonas Budnick
Located in Soquel, CA
"Hill Top" Screenprint in Ink on Paper Dramatic abstracted landscape screen print by Sidney Jonas Budnick (American, 1921-1994), C. 1980. Procured as part of larger collection. Cond...
Laid Paper, Screen
$520Sale Price|20% Off
Botanical Still-Life with House Plants & Red Roses
By Sidney Jonas Budnick
Located in Soquel, CA
Botanical Still-Life with House Plants & Red Roses Dramatic abstracted botanical still life of house plants and red roses Lithograph by Sidney Jonas Budnick (American, 1921-1994), 19...
Ink, Laid Paper, Lithograph
$12,000
H 52.5 in W 48 in D 1 in
"The Collector" Surreal Abstract Geometric Pointillist Oil Painting
By Ron Hoover
Located in Houston, TX
Ron Hoover surrealist painting titled "The Collector" done in a pointillism style in 1987. This work was exhibited at the Palm Spring Desert Museum in 1990. Signed and dated by artis...
Oil, Canvas
$379Sale Price|20% Off
H 16 in W 10 in
Vintage French Post-Impressionist Pointillist Oil Painting Woodland Trees Light
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Woodland Light French School, circa 1960's Post Impressionist/ Pointillist style oil on board, unframed board: 16 x 10 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very g...
Oil
$716Sale Price|57% Off
H 15 in W 33 in
Tàpies, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Antoni Tàpies
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 253, 1982. Published by Aim...
Lithograph
$866Sale Price|20% Off
H 18 in W 24 in
Boats at Sea, Pointillist Oil Painting on Board, Mid-20th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Boats at Sea, Pointillist School British School, mid, 20th Century The artist signed the lower right hand corner, and signed it verso Oil painting on board...
Oil
A Pointillist View of a Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
The artist had a lot to say. Why else spend the intense focus and time on rendering such a luminous work brought to completion literally point by point in tiny dots? Ask yourself: Ar...
Canvas, Oil
$677Sale Price|32% Off
H 24.61 in W 20.08 in D 0.99 in
'Spirit of Ecstasy', French Mid Century Pointillist Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid Century pointillist painting on canvas of the Spirit of Ecstasy. Artist unknown. Colourful and full of energy, the large application of dots in this pointillist work both mesmer...
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
$862Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.75 in W 6 in
French Neo-Impressionist Pointillist Abstract Mid 20th Century Painting
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pointillist Abstract Design by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) initialled lower right gouache painting on paper, unframed measurements: 8.75 x 6 inches (overall the sheet measures 11...
Watercolor, Gouache
$2,000
H 32 in W 26.75 in
Israeli KIbbutz Artist Toddler, Swim Tube Pointilist Oil Painting Bezalel School
By Arie Kaplun
Located in Surfside, FL
Belarusian born Israeli artist. lived in germany studied at the Bezalel School. Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design is Israel's national school of art. Established in 1906 by Jewish...
Canvas, Oil
$1,669Sale Price|30% Off
H 21 in W 25 in D 3 in
Vintage Oil Painting of the Cullin Hills on Isle of Skye in Scottish Highlands
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Oil Painting of the Cullin Hills - the iconic Mountain Range on Isle of Skye in the Scottish Highlands, by 20th Century Artist, Roger Gallaher Art measures 20 x 16 inches ...
Oil, Board
$716Sale Price|34% Off
H 15 in W 11 in
Steinberg, Illustration, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 157, 1966. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; pr...
Lithograph
Carmel's Romantic Mission San Carlos Borromeo Del Rio Carmelo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Without a doubt California's charming coastal village of Carmel compels one to romance. But this location, the 1797 Mission San Carlos Borromeo Del Rio Carmelo, with its lovely, foun...
Masonite, Oil
$14,500
H 28 in W 42 in
H.M. Saffer II, "Calm Ocean Night", 28x42 Pointillist Blue Seascape Oil Painting
By H.M. Saffer II
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Landscape painting "Calm Ocean Night" 28x42 by artist H.M. Saffer II. Painted in the style of pointillism, a series of tiny painted brushstrokes, this colorful oil painting depicts ...
Oil, Board
Sidney J. Budnick Modernist Abstract Oil "Field of Flags", Dated 1963
By Sidney Jonas Budnick
Located in Peabody, MA
A modernist abstract oil painting by important listed artist Sidney J. Budnick, titled “Field of Flags”, dated 1963. Oil on incised Masonite, 16” square. As a young man in New York i...
Masonite, Paint
Duet in Flight Abstracted Figurative
By Sidney Jonas Budnick
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic abstracted figurative silkscreen of two dancers titled "Duet in Flight" by Sidney Jonas Budnick (American, 1921-1994), 1978. Signed and dated, titled and numbered (31/104) o...
Ink, Laid Paper, Screen
"Touch Duet" - Abstract Geometric Figurative
By Sidney Jonas Budnick
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic abstracted geometric figurative silkscreen titled "Touch Duet" by Sidney Jonas Budnick (American, 1921-1994), 1978. Signed and dated, titled and numbered (38/87) on lower ed...
Ink, Laid Paper
Calla Lilies - Botanical Abstract Still Life
By Sidney Jonas Budnick
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic abstracted floral still life titled "Calla Lillies" (sic) by Sidney Jonas Budnick (American, 1921-1994), 1979. Signed, dated and numbered (#62/100) lower edge. Condition: Ex...
Ink, Laid Paper, Screen
Calla Lilies - Botanical Abstract Still-Life
By Sidney Jonas Budnick
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic abstracted floral still life screen print titled "Calla Lillies" (sic) by Sidney Jonas Budnick (American, 1921-1994), 1979. Signed, dated and numbered (#89/100) lower edge. ...
Ink, Laid Paper, Screen
Hill Top
By Sidney Jonas Budnick
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic abstracted landscape screen print by Sidney Jonas Budnick (American, 1921-1994), C. 1980. Procured as part of larger collection. Condition: Excellent. Unframed, unsigned and...
Ink, Laid Paper, Screen
Dance of Life Abstracted Figurative
By Sidney Jonas Budnick
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic abstracted figurative of dancers screen print by Sidney Jonas Budnick (American, 1921-1994), 1980. Signed, titled and numbered (89/104) lower ed...
Ink, Laid Paper, Screen
The Awakening (#1)
By Sidney Jonas Budnick
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic abstracted screen print titled “Resurrection” figurative by Sidney Jonas Budnick (American, 1921-1994), 1980. Signed and dated lower left with graphite on the black. Condit...
Ink, Laid Paper, Screen
The Awakening (#2) - Abstract Figurative
By Sidney Jonas Budnick
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic abstracted resurrection figurative screenprint by Sidney Jonas Budnick (American, 1921-1994), 1980. Signed and dated lower left with graphite on the black. Unframed. Image s...
Ink, Laid Paper, Screen