William Sharp Abstract Paintings

1900-1961

William Sharp was born on June 13, 1900, in Lemberg, Austria, where he attended college and the Academy for Arts and Industry. He later studied in Kraków, Poland, Berlin and Munich. Sharp began his career as a designer of stained-glass windows and as a painter of murals. He served in the German army during World War I. After the war, he became a newspaper artist in Berlin and a well-known etcher. Sharp drew political cartoons that were bitterly critical of the growing Nazi movement. As the influence of National Socialism intensified, he began to contribute drawings, under a pseudonym, to publications that were hostile to Hitler. After Hitler assumed power, Sharp was confronted with these drawings and told that he would be sent to a concentration camp. However, in 1934, he escaped to the United States. His first newspaper assignment in America was making courtroom sketches for The New York Mirror at the trial of Bruno R. Hauptmann for the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby. As a staff artist at Esquire, where he continued to produce political cartoons, Sharp also illustrated stories by Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Mann. He was a longtime contributor to The New York Times magazine and also worked for LIFE magazine, Collier's magazine, Coronet and The New York Post. Sharp also did book illustrations for several leading publishers, with Dickens’s, The Old Curiosity Shop for Heritage Press being his first assignment. He illustrated several books for limited editions, including The Diary of Samuel Pepys in 10 volumes. Sharp published several portfolios of etchings and lithographs about the legal and medical professions. Sharp's precisionist work is represented in many museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Queens Museum, the Library of Congress, the Carnegie Institute and the New York Public Library. William Sharp died in New York City on April 1, 1961.

Artist: William Sharp

William Sharp"Colonial Sand and Stone Company, New York, " Industrial WPA Scene, Precisionist

$19,500

"Colonial Sand and Stone Company, New York, " Industrial WPA Scene, Precisionist

By William Sharp

Located in New York, NY

William Sharp (1900 - 1961) Factory on the River Oil on canvas 20 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches Initialed lower left: WS Provenance: Estate of the artist Private Collection, New York Swann Auction Galleries, American Art, June 13, 2019, Lot 178 Private Collection, New York Colonial Sand and Stone Co., founded by Generoso Pope, was once the country’s largest sand and gravel business, providing the concrete for much of New York City’s skyline, including the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall, airports and subways. William Sharp was born on June 13, 1900, in Lemberg, Austria, where he attended college and the Academy for Arts and Industry. He later studied in Kraków, Poland, and in Berlin and Munich, Germany. Sharp began his career as a designer of stained-glass windows and as a painter of murals. He served in the German army during World War I. After the war he became a newspaper artist in Berlin and a well-known etcher. Sharp drew political cartoons that were bitterly critical of the growing Nazi movement. As the influence of National Socialism intensified, he began to contribute drawings, under a pseudonym, to publications that were hostile to Hitler. After Hitler assumed power, Sharp was confronted with these drawings and told that he would be sent to a concentration camp. However, in 1934, he escaped to the United States. His first newspaper assignment in America was making courtroom sketches for The New York Mirror...

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Mid-20th Century American Realist William Sharp Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

William Sharp"Factory on the River" Modernist and Precisionist WPA Industrial New York Scene

$7,000

"Factory on the River" Modernist and Precisionist WPA Industrial New York Scene

By William Sharp

Located in New York, NY

William Sharp (1900 - 1961) Factory on the River Oil on canvas 17 1/2 x 23 1/4 inches Initialed lower right: WS Provenance: Estate of the artist Private Collection, New York Swann Auction Galleries, American Art, June 13, 2019, Lot 178 William Sharp was born on June 13, 1900, in Lemberg, Austria, where he attended college and the Academy for Arts and Industry. He later studied in Kraków, Poland, and in Berlin and Munich, Germany. Sharp began his career as a designer of stained-glass windows and as a painter of murals. He served in the German army during World War I. After the war he became a newspaper artist in Berlin and a well-known etcher. Sharp drew political cartoons that were bitterly critical of the growing Nazi movement. As the influence of National Socialism intensified, he began to contribute drawings, under a pseudonym, to publications that were hostile to Hitler. After Hitler assumed power, Sharp was confronted with these drawings and told that he would be sent to a concentration camp. However, in 1934, he escaped to the United States. His first newspaper assignment in America was making courtroom sketches for The New York Mirror...

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Mid-20th Century American Realist William Sharp Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

Monika RossaFishtank - XXI century, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Bright Colors, 2013

$1,017

H 15.75 in W 15.75 in

Fishtank - XXI century, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Bright Colors

By Monika Rossa

Located in Warsaw, PL

MONIKA ROSSA studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing and easel painting....

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary William Sharp Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

John KochVermont Barns - Neutral Monochromatic Study in Grays, Circa 1940

$22,000

H 16 in W 12 in

Vermont Barns - Neutral Monochromatic Study in Grays

By John Koch

Located in Miami, FL

Understated town-scape in grays and muted blues. It's a painting that looks better as you get closer to it. Koch brings the same serene intimacy to an outdoor scene as his interiors....

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1950s American Realist William Sharp Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Roger MühlCampagne de Grasse, 1988

$50,000

H 44.75 in W 48.5 in

Campagne de Grasse

By Roger Mühl

Located in Austin, TX

Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil on canvas. Signed lower right, titled and inventoried verso. 43.25 x 47.25 in. 44.75 x 48.5 in. (framed...

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1980s Abstract William Sharp Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ralph Rosenborg"Night Mountain Landscape, 1974" – Signed Abstract Oil by Ralph Rosenborg, 1974

$8,000

H 30 in W 35.75 in D 1.5 in

"Night Mountain Landscape, 1974" – Signed Abstract Oil by Ralph Rosenborg

By Ralph Rosenborg

Located in Miami, FL

RALPH ROSENBORG – "NIGHT MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE, 1974" Oil on Canvas ⚜ Signed Lower Left and on Verso ⚜ Custom Conservation Frame A VIVID ABSTRACT VISION OF MOUNTAINOUS NIGHTSCAPE In "N...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist William Sharp Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Andrew WyethQuart and a Half, 1961

$295,000

H 21 in W 29.25 in

Quart and a Half

By Andrew Wyeth

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Quart and a Half" is an American Realist abstract landscape watercolor on paper painting by Andrew Wyeth in 1961. The artwork is 21 x 29 1/4 inches and is 33 3/4 x 42 1/4 x 1 inches...

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20th Century American Realist William Sharp Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Nicholas Evans"An Impulse Budding" (abstract, flora, energetic, calm, rose, blush, pink), 2024

$650

H 17.43 in W 17.43 in D 1.38 in

"An Impulse Budding" (abstract, flora, energetic, calm, rose, blush, pink)

By Nicholas Evans

Located in Paris, IDF

AN IMPULSE BUDDING 2024 Paris, France This piece is formed first with a pink dye underpainting on canvas, with white acrylic and green oil painted on top. The notion of the title, "...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract William Sharp Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Dye, Oil

Claus BertermannGERANIUM (XL-format) Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas by Claus Bertermann, 2026

$4,900

H 51.19 in W 51.19 in D 0.04 in

GERANIUM (XL-format) Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas by Claus Bertermann

By Claus Bertermann

Located in OVIEDO, ES

## 1. About this piece *Geranium* (2026) is a 130 × 130 cm oil on canvas from Claus Bertermann's ongoing series of sedimentary abstracts. The composition is built from layer upon lay...

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2010s Contemporary William Sharp Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Willard DixonStorm Source / lightning sky, 2020

$12,000

H 58 in W 60 in D 2.5 in

Storm Source / lightning sky

By Willard Dixon

Located in Burlingame, CA

Contemporary 'Storm Source' depicts severe weather at the center of a storm. An intense and electrically radiant sky, ocean, sunset painting from American Realist, Willard Dixon. The unique sky-scape is a birds-eye view to the dramatic and unfolding scene. Framed in dark ebony wood, and ready to hang and enjoy. The original painting is 58 x 60 inches. Signed and dated by the artist. Condition is excellelnt. One of our finest American contemporary realist painters, Willard Dixon has painted Northern California and western landscapes for over 35 years. His work captures the undeniable beauty of the West with its grand and humble spirit. The same sensitivity can be found in Dixon’s urban street scenes that offer viewers a resting place to contemplate our rapidly changing world, and his portraiture, which largely focuses on his artist friends and illustrious colleagues. Willard Dixon’s art has been shown extensively in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York, He has had over 40 one-man shows and numerous group shows. His work is in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, The SFMOMA, and the Oakland Museum of California Art. He has executed large-scale commissions for The California Supreme Court, The Oakland Museum and The Las Vegas Federal Courthouse. He received an NEA Fellowship Grant in 1989. In 2013, one of his portraits was included in The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. Dixon’s works are included in prominent private and museum collections worldwide. Born: Kansas City MO, 1942 Education: Art Students League, New York, NY Cornell University Brooklyn Museum School San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969 Awards and Commissions N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989 California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998 Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998 Teaching 1989-90: San Francisco State University 1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar 1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA One Man Exhibitions 2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield 2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY 2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY. 2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA 2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY 2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA 1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA 1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery) 1994: Fischbach Gallery 1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery 1992: Fischbach Gallery 1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1990: Fischbach Gallery 1989: William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1988: Gallery 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1987: Fischbach Gallery 1987: Gallery 454 North 1986: William Sawyer Gallery 1985: Fischbach Gallery 1984: Harris Gallery, Houston, Tx 1984: William Sawyer Gallery 1983, 1982: Fischbach Gallery 1981: William Sawyer Gallery 1980,1979: Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1976, 1975: William Sawyer Gallery 1973, 1972: William Sawyer Gallery Selected Group Exhibitions 2017: SHIFT / with Elizabeth Barlow, Kim Frohsin, Erin Parrish...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist William Sharp Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Willard DixonLush Sky - circular painting, 2021

$12,000

H 60 in Dm 60 in

Lush Sky - circular painting

By Willard Dixon

Located in Burlingame, CA

"Lush Sky" is a luminous cloud painting with a warm sunlit hue over clear blue indicating sunlight through clouds. created with a calm and etherial palette of natural blues, and gold...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist William Sharp Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Alyson KinkadeVast no.9, Restore, 2020

$4,200

H 37 in W 37 in D 2 in

Vast no.9, Restore

By Alyson Kinkade

Located in Loveland, CO

"Vast no.9, Restore" by Alyson Kinkade Abstract Landscape Oil on Linen 36x36" image Black Metal cradle styled Frame, 37x37" After a year of storms, light...

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2010s Contemporary William Sharp Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

Betty EffersonForever Florals, Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas, 24x36 inches, 2025

$1,850

H 24 in W 36 in

Forever Florals, Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas, 24x36 inches

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

I intuitively paint each of my paintings based on my mood of the day or at that moment. I never know what I am going to create until I see the end result. Sometimes it is a colorful,...

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2010s Abstract William Sharp Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Maryann Lucas"Liquid and Solid" oil painting of ocean seascape, Montauk, The Hamptons, Framed, 2018

$2,560Sale Price|20% Off

H 17 in W 26.75 in

"Liquid and Solid" oil painting of ocean seascape, Montauk, The Hamptons, Framed

By Maryann Lucas

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

An oil painting of a rocky shoreline in Montauk, New York. Painted from life, on site. Framed dimensions: 22 x 31.75 inches Maryann Lucas lives and works in Sag Harbor. She is pri...

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2010s American Realist William Sharp Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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