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Lyrical Abstraction
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Aziza' with monogram and dated 1990.
A fresh and vibrant oil abstract juxtaposing adjacent and overlaid organic forms in cerulean, crimson and yellow applied wi...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Geometric Polychrome Abstract'
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'P. Jean' and painted circa 1975; stamped verso with certification of authenticity from the Louvre/West Atelier.
A substantial linear abstract comprising contig...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstraction in Coral and Scarlet', American Abstract, 1970's
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'N. Flynn' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975.
A large and turbulent oil abstract showing a conflagration of hot colors contrasted against an auberg...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Organic Abstract', Milwaukee Institute of Art, Woman Artist
By Hilary Goldblatt
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Goldblatt' and dated 1990.
A dynamic, cabinet-size oil abstract comprising contiguous and overlapping areas of coral, jade, pink and slate-blue with additional ...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Sabrina's Wedding' Bay Area Abstract, Esalen, California, Santa Cruz Art League
By Anthony McNaught
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A lyrical, cabinet-size abstract comprising complex striated and overlapping pastel elements of aqua, chartreuse, saffron and jade applied with alla prima brushwork.
Signed lower ri...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
'Abstract in Jade and Light Green', Woman Artist
By Holly Blake
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, 'Holly Blake' (American, 20th century), dated 2016 and titled 'A Pattern of Chance'.
Holly Blake first attended Ohio's Columbus College of Art and Design and subseque...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Radiant Abstraction', Kinetogenics, AIC, SFMoMA, SFMA, São Paulo Biennial
By Richard Irving Bowman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'R. Bowman' for Richard Irving Bowman (American, 1918-2001), titled, 'Kg. 55' (Kinetogenics 55) and dated February 1962. Additionally titled, on stretcher bar vers...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Alkyd
'Consort', Modernist Equestrian Gouache, AIC, WPA artist, Benezit
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Buk' for Eduard Buk Ulreich (American, 1889-1966); additionally titled verso 'Consort' and dated 1954 with inscription, 'by the one and only buk, made for Ruth'....
Category
1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Gouache, Illustration Board
'Abstract in Coral and Scarlet', Woman Artist, Pacific Grove Art Association
By Dorothy Stonely
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Stonely" for Dorothy Stonely (American, 20th century), titled verso "Redolent" and painted circa 2005.
Abstract painting comprising interspersed with spiral clo...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Laid Paper
'Abstracted Sunset in Scarlet and Ochre', Woman Artist, California Modernist Oil
By Janice Haefner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Certification of authenticity stamped verso for Janice Haefner (American, 1919-2002) and painted circa 1965.
A substantial mid-century oil abstract comprising adjoining and overlapp...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Rose and Blue', Oregon Woman Artist, Portland State, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Gertrude Schoeler' (American, 1913-2007) and dated December, 1980. Additionally signed, verso, on stretcher bars and with artist address.
Gertrude Schoeler att...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Abstract in Magenta and Indigo', Geometric Abstraction, Modernism
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial oil abstract comprising a royal blue and citron triangle contained within receding rectangular elements on a scumbled pink and magenta background. American school, uns...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Saffron and Sage', NYU, National Association Women Artists, NYAE
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'M.S. Bremer' for Marlene Bremer (German-American, 1937-2018); additionally titled, verso, 'Spring Series 96 No. 3', signed and painted circa 1996.
Displayed in a...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
'Biomorphic Abstraction', Large Mid-Century American Abstract Leaf Form Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'E.B.S.' for E.B.Stetson (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1965; additionally signed, verso, 'E. B. Stetson'.
A substantial, mid-century American Sch...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Abstraction in Amethyst and Emerald', Large American School Abstract Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, mid-century American School oil abstract comprising adjacent and overlapping rectangular and geometric forms in shades of amethyst, emer...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract Landscape', California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, Thiebaud
By Don Clausen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Clausen' for Don Clausen (American, 1930-2020) and dated 1974.
A self-proclaimed "sculptor of paint," Donald Clausen used tools of his own invention to create co...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
'Organic Abstract', Santa Cruz, University of California, UCSC, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'D. R. A. Watson' for David R. A. Watson (American, born 1950) and painted in 2022.
"Born in Southern California, I was first introduced to the world of art by m...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
'Old Carmel Village', Woman Artist, San Francisco Art Association, Bay Area
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Dora Masters (American, 1913-2003) circa 1960. Stamped verso with certification of authenticity. Acquired from the artist's son.
Dora Masters exhibited widely and with su...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
'Abstract, Citron & Scarlet', American Abstraction, Pittsburgh, Freeman Center
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, 'Barr' for Charles Barr (American, 1929-2019); additionally inscribed and painted circa 1965.
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2019:
CHARLES "CHUCK" BARR
Age 89, of H...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Coral and Gold'
By John Franklin Sommers
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial oil abstract comprising overlapping squares and circles in spackled shades of crimson, ochre, cream, ivory, and black, accented by curved linear elements.
Attributed t...
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Coral and Ivory', Mid-century Modernist Abstraction in Warm Colors
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, 'M. Rosera' (American, 20th century) and dated 1963.
A substantial mid-century abstract comprising contiguous and overlapping forms in variegated tones of coral, purp...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Reclining Nude', Fauve Figural, SFAA, Carmel, LACMA, Louvre, Paris
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) circa 1955, and with Di Gesu estate stamp verso.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art C...
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Sabrina's Wedding' California Post-Impressionist, Esalen, Santa Cruz Art League
By Anthony McNaught
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, "Anthony McNaught" (American, b.1952), titled and dated verso, 2014.
A cabinet-size abstract comprising complex striated and overlapping elements of aqua, viole...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
'Action Abstract in Saffron and Ruby', Texas Artist, Large Abstract
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Charles Seligman' (American, 20th century) and created circa 2000.
Texas abstract artist Charles Seligman boldly interweaves pointillist color to create his vib...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Wax Crayon, Acrylic
'Abstract #7', Architectural Abstraction, American Modernist, Maine, Santa Cruz
By Jonathan Taylor
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Taylor'; for Jonathan Taylor (American, born 1968); additionally signed verso, titled 'Composition #7' and painted in 2015.
A substantial oil abstract comprisin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Coral and Indigo', American Action Painting
By Russa Graeme
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Russa Graeme' (American, 1919-1995) and painted circa 1975.
A substantial, semi-abstracted landscape in shades of turquoise, indigo and royal blue on an ochre an...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Abstract in Coral and Jade', Large Mid-century American Biomorphic Abstraction
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, mid-century American Abstract oil comprising biomorphic and dimensional forms in shades of coral, jade and straw, shown gathered around a central, rectangular element ...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstracted Landscape', Abstract, Mills College, Whitney Museum, CCAC, ASL
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Schoener' for Jason Schoener (American, 1919-1997) and painted circa 1970. Titled 'Choruscating Landscape' (labels, verso). Accompanied with artist card on origi...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Village in Provence', Large French Geometric Abstract Oil, Palo Alto Gallery
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'S. Aron' (French, 20th century) and dated 1970; additionally signed, verso, on canvas with old label verso.
Provenance: Los Robles Gallery, Palo Alto, California.
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Man Playing a Banjo', American Mid-Century Cubist-Derived Figural Oil, Fifties
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Paula Melcher' (American, 20th century) and dated 1956.
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Aurora Abstract', Sunnyvale, California Woman artist, Mid-Century Modernist oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Shaha' and dated, '69'; additionally signed and dated upper right.
A large and bright, mid-century abstract oil by this French-born California artist. Giselle S...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Floral Abstract, Blue and Coral', Post-Impressionist Still Life
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Nira Moblad' ( American, 1920-1993) and dated 1964; additionally signed verso.
A substantial and dynamic, semi-abstract still-life of Lilies and Honeysuckle by ...
Category
1960s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract in Saffron and Jade
By Nancy Shafsky
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Shafsky' and painted circa 1960.
A kinetic, mid-century oil abstract comprising a structurally inter-related field of jade and saffron contrasted against second...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Pair of Perroquets', Large, Expressionist Oil, Parrots, Detroit Woman artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'R. Hornak' for Rosemary Hornak (American, born 1951); additionally signed verso, titled 'Perroquets Impasto, Variation 2' and dated 1992.
Rosemary Hornak receiv...
Category
1990s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
'Geometric II', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Art Institute, Woman Artist
By Renee Harwin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, on stretcher bar, 'Renee Harwin' (Austrian-American, born 1924) and painted circa 1975.
A dramatically balanced abstract comprising adjacent and overlapping geometric...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Abstract, Coral and Blue', Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Design Institute
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Fink' for Ray Fink (American, 1922-1998) and painted circa 1985.
A substantial oil by this well-listed American Abstractionist who studied at the Art Institute ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Oil
'Ocean View, California', Pasadena Art Institute, Hollywood, Urban Modernist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, on canvas, 'Sean Sult' for Sean Gilbert Sult (American, born 1949) and dated 'Spring, 1980'.
A substantial oil showing an ocean view looking across a park toward the ...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract', New York Art Students League, Boulder, Bay Area Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Wood' for Virginia Wood (American, 1938-2019), additionally signed, verso, and dated 1968.
Virginia Wood studied at the University of South Carolina and, subsequ...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Oil, Acrylic
'Abstract in Ultramarine and Pearl', Large 1970's American Action Abstract Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Jasper Jackson' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975. Titled, verso, 'Opus 8'.
A substantial and period, American mid-century abstract showing areas ...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Gouache
'Abstract', Santa Cruz, UCSC, LACMA, Bay Area Abstraction, Large Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, 'D Robert A Watson' for David R. A. Watson (American, born 1950), dated 2021 and titled, 'Abstract #5'.
"Born in Southern California, I was first introduced to the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Forms in Blue & Gray', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Gilberg" for Robert Gilberg (American, 1911-1970) and dated 1954.
A substantial, mid-century gouache abstract comprising pendant geometric forms in pastel tone...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
'Abstract in Chestnut and Blue', Florence, Accademia delle Arti, Oil Triptych
By Gregory Deane
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Gregory Deane' (American, born 1938) and painted circa 1985.
Framed dimensions: 15 H x 31.5 W x 1.5 D inches
This contemporary California Expressionist incorpora...
Category
1930s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Modernist Equestrian', WPA Murals, Kansas City Art Institute, PAFA, Horses
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Buk' for Eduard Buk Ulreich (American, 1889-1966), dedicated lower right, 'Made for Ruth M.' and painted circa 1945. Titled verso 'Birds in Flight', additionally...
Category
1940s Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Illustration Board
'Abstract, Lilac and Rose', American Watercolor Society, National WC Society
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Betsy Dillard Stroud' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 2000.
Betsy Dillard Stroud, AWS, NWS, grew up in Rocky Mount, Virginia with a family straight f...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
'Ocean Breakers at Sunset', Copenhagen Royal Academy, Charlottenborg Institute
By Mogens Valeur
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Valeur" for Mogens Valeur (Danish, 1927-1999) and dated 1963.
A vibrant, Post-Impressionist seascape showing green breakers rolling in towards a sandy shore ben...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Turquoise and Rose', Large American School Oil Abstraction
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'C. Maxwell' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975.
A very substantial, American School oil abstract comprising contiguous and overlapping curvilinear ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Winter Landscape', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Wayne Thiebaud
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Robert Gilberg (American, 1911-1970) circa 1950.
Unsigned and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Born in Oakland, Robert George Gilberg first studied at the O...
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Fireflies', Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Art Association, Seattle
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Laisner' for George Laisner (American, 1914-1984), titled, verso, 'Fireflies', and painted circa 1955.
Born in Czechoslovakia, Laisner first studied at the Uni...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Encaustic, Board
'Abstract in Jade', Bay Area Abstraction, Woman artist, SFMOMA, Oakland Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right in pencil, 'B.R.' for Barbara Rainforth (American, 20th century) and dated 1989. Additionally signed in pencil, verso, 'Barbara Hayer Rainforth', dated '4/89' a...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper, Graphite
'Abstract Landscape', California WPA, Corcoran, Whitney, AIC, GGIE, SFAA, LACMA
By Ellwood Graham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Graham' for Ellwood Graham (American, 1911-2007) and painted circa 1985; additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'View Study'.
This early California Modernist ...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
'Modernist Figural', California, New Mexico, Oakland Museum, SFAA, SFMA, GGIE
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Z. Kavin' for Zena Kavin (American, 1912-2003) and dated 1966.
Born in Berkeley, California, Zena Kavin studied at the California School of Fine Arts in San Fra...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
'California Landscape', Abstract in Coral and Blue, Davis
By Ted Fontaine
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, 'T. Fontaine' for Ted Fontaine (American, born 1952) and dated 2007.
A substantial, Post-Impressionist landscape comprising overlaid and interlaced rectangular elemen...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Fishing Boats', Sausalito, North Beach, San Francisco Bay Area Expressionist
By Pascal Cucaro, 1915-2003
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Cucaro" for Pascal Cucaro (American, 1915-2003).
An icon of the Beat years in San Francisco's North Beach, Pascal Cucaro was the winner of numerous medals and a...
Category
1950s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
'The Soul is Music' France, Provence, California, Post Impressionist Figural Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'J.da Silveira' for Jose Da Silveira (French-American, born 1965), titled, 'The Soul is Music' and painted circa 2002.
Additionally signed and titled, and with fig...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Sunset over Velden, Holland', French Expressionist Landscape, Benezit
By Henri Plas
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "H. Plas" (French, born 1933) and dated 1971; inscribed verso "Champs de Velden" (Fields of Velden).
A substantial Expressionist oil landscape showing a lyrical vi...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Coral and Jade', Painters Eleven, Ontario, Canadian Modernist Oil
By Hortense Mattice Gordon
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Hortense M. Gordon' for Hortense Crompton Mattice Gordon (Canadian, 1886-1961) and dated 1949.
Previously with: Dominion Gallery of Montreal (stamp, verso).
Phot...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Abstract in Coral and Turquoise', Woman Artist, Pasadena
By Pearl Took
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Oil abstract comprising interconnected organic shapes in variegated shades of turquoise, vermilion, coral, and lime, outlined in deep ebony.
Signed with monogram lower right, 'P.T.'...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Board
'Flag Medley', American School Pop Art, Red White and Blue, Stars and Stripes
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
American School, Pop Art oil on canvas, unsigned and painted circa 1970.
A substantial and period, geometric Pop-Art abstract comprising red, white, and navy linear elements contras...
Category
1970s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Forms in Charcoal and Jade', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, SFMFA, CWS
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Gilberg' for Robert George Gilberg (American, 1911-1970) and dated '58'.
Born in Oakland, Robert George Gilberg first studied at the Oakland Art Center during t...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Laid Paper, Encaustic
'Still Life', Bay Area Abstraction, Metropolitan Museum, SFMOMA, LACMA, Abstract
By Douglas Mcclellan
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'DMc', for Douglas McCellan (American, 1921-2016) and painted circa 1975. Additionally signed, verso, titled, 'Still Life' and bearing old rental reference label....
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic Polymer, Oil, Board
