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"Salvame" Blue, Pink, and Red Abstract Contemporary Seascape Painting with Texts
Located in Houston, TX
Blue and pink abstract contemporary seascape landscape by Houston, TX artist Moisés Villafuerte. This abstract painting features a large pink lifebo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Chubasco" Green, Red, and Blue Contemporary Stormy Seascape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Dark blue seascape landscape by Houston, TX artist Moisés Villafuerte. The painting depicts a stormy sea with a green small wooden boat with a red f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Contemporary Surrealist Three Dimensional Stormy Sea Landscape w/ Text
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract contemporary surrealist painting by Houston, TX artist Moisés Villafuerte. The painting depicts a stormy sea with two birds and a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Rotation" Colorful Abstract Contemporary Painting in a Grid
By Winifred Booth
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract contemporary painting by Houston, TX artist Winifred Booth. The painting depicts nine multicolored spirals in a grid against a plain b...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large Surreal Abstract by Richard Fluhr
By Richard E. Fluhr
Located in Houston, TX
"Texas Artist Richard E. Fluhr was born in New York City in 1955 and for the past forty years has been living the artists dream. He has refined his own visual and conceptual vocabul...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled (After Parker)" Colorful Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract contemporary mixed media painting by Houston, Texas artist David Hardaker. This painting features bright colorful abstracted shapes and various expressionist brushs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Untitled (After Art Blakey)" Colorful Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract contemporary mixed media painting by Houston, Texas artist David Hardaker. This painting features bright colorful abstracted shapes and various expressionist brushs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Jazz Study Volume Four" Colorful Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract contemporary mixed media painting by Houston, Texas artist David Hardaker. This painting features bright colorful abstracted shapes and various expressionist brushs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Jazz Study Volume One" Colorful Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract contemporary mixed media painting by Houston, Texas artist David Hardaker. This painting features bright colorful abstracted shapes and various expressionist brushs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Jazz Study Volume Three" Colorful Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract contemporary mixed media painting by Houston, Texas artist David Hardaker. This painting features bright colorful abstracted shapes and various expressionist brushs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Stalked 2" Contemporary Colorful Jewel Toned Abstract Geometric Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary colorful abstract painting by local Houston artist Peter Healy. Currently featured in the show "Septet" at Reeves Art + Design in Houston, TX. Signed, titled, and dated ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Bloody Money?” Orange, Green, and Brown Abstract Contemporary Painting
By Richard Fluhr
Located in Houston, TX
Green and red abstract contemporary painting by Houston, TX artist Richard Fluhr. This painting features abstract blue eyes against a background of abstracted orange and green shapes...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“Mumbo Jumbo” Neon Pink Biomorphic Painting
By Matthew Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract textured biomorphic shape painted with bright pink pigment by contemporary Houston, TX artist Matthew Reeves. The work is designed to hang away from the wall and cast a shad...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"Dance of the Daughters-One" Gray Modern Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Jules Olitski
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract modern expressionist painting by American modernist artist, Jules Olitski. This painting features heavy textures formed by multiple layers of paint. Framed in a modern float...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Study of Crickets" Green and Brown Abstract Watercolor Illustration of Crickets
Located in Houston, TX
Warm-toned abstract illustrations of a study of crickets by German artist, Fred Darge. This painting depicts three varieties of crickets. Signed (monogram) by the artist at the bottom right corner. Unframed but framing options are available.
Artist Biography: Friedrich Ernst (Fred) Darge was born in Rendsburg, Germany March 1, 1900, and died in Dallas, Texas April 10, 1978.
He entered the U.S. at Port Arthur, Texas in 1923. By 1924 he was in Chicago painting under the W.P.A. Artists policy and attending the Art Institute of Chicago (1925-27, 1929) and at the Arts Students League in New York. While in Chicago, Darge painted, made model sail boats...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
“Ants at Work” Blue, Orange, White, and Green Abstract Painting
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract geometric painting by Houston, TX artist and Reeves Art + Design owner Paul Reeves. This painting features irregular shapes divided into "zones" in the colors blue,...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Iceberg" Contemporary Colorful Blue Toned Geometric Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract painting by local Houston artist Max Kremer. Currently featured in the show "5 Artists 5 Rooms" at Reeves Art + Design in Houston, TX....
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Construct Sequence" Contemporary Colorful Geometric Hard-Edge Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract painting by local Houston artist Emmanuel Araujo. Currently featured in the show "5 Artists 5 Rooms" at Reeves Art + Design in Ho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Hycean Replicants" Contemporary Geometric Blue Tone Hard-Edge Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract painting by local Houston artist Emmanuel Araujo. Currently featured in the show "5 Artists 5 Rooms" at Reeves Art + Design in Houston, TX.
Artist Biography: ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Modern Abstract Cubist Inspired Landscape Painting of an Oceanside Boat Dock
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract landscape painting by Houston, TX artist Margaret Nobler. The work features a boat floating near an oceanside dock with the sun setting...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Abstract Three Dimensional Bright Blue Geometric Wall Sculpture
By Matthew Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract wall sculpture featuring three dimensional geometric shapes painted with bright blue paint. The uniqueness of this blue does not derive from the ultra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Pigment
"Tense" Contemporary Modern Monochromatic Blue Abstract Color Field Painting
By Cheryl Kelley
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary modern monochromatic painting by American artist Cheryl Kelley. The work features a blue toned, color field inspired set of abstract forms, ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern Abstract Figure Painting Featuring the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
By Adorno Bonciani
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract painting by Italian artist Adorno Bonciani. The work features two abstract figures on horseback playing musical instruments set against the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Conocimientos" Unframed Contemporary Surrealist Desert Landscape with Cacti
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful whimsical abstract contemporary painting by Houston, TX artist Moisés Villafuerte. The work features a surreal collection of items including a large sculpture of a head, an ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"La Proclamacion" Whimsical Blue and Green-Toned Abstract Contemporary Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful whimsical abstract contemporary painting by Houston, TX artist Moisés Villafuerte. This painting depicts a dark-themed evening scene featuring a man in a baby blue ruffled cloak holding a skull. The figure is accompanied by several visual elements such as a bull's head, some fruits, flowers, candles, and a cauldron on the side. This scene is set against a dark ocean...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Small Blue and Bright Orange Abstract Contemporary Lifeboat Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue, yellow, and orange abstract contemporary painting by Houston, TX artist Moisés Villafuerte. The painting depicts a floating blue and bright orange beside what appears to be a s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Balance - God, Family, Work, (Self?)" Vibrant and Colorful Abstract Painting
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Vibrant and colorful abstract painting by Reeves Art + Design owner and Houston, TX artist Paul Reeves. This piece features various patterns and colorful shapes all over the canvas. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Ramshackle" Green, Red, Turquoise, and Orange Abstract with Pebbles
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Textured colorful abstract painting by Reeves Art + Design owner and Houston TX artist Paul Reeves. This piece features abstract brushstrokes that form various forms and shapes and a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Kaleidoscope" Vibrant Multi-colored Abstract Geometric Painting
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Turquoise, red, green, yellow, and pink abstract geometric painting by Reeves Art + Design owner and Houston, TX artist Paul Reeves. This painting features vibrant colored shapes tha...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Hollywood" Blonde Woman Behind a Stage with Red Curtains and Two Candles
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Red, blue, and yellow abstract figurative painting by Reeves Art + Design owner and Houston, TX artist Paul Reeves. This horizontal painting depicts a blonde woman with red-painted lips...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Put Candy on There" Colorful Geometric Abstract Painting
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract geometric painting by Reeves Art + Design owner and Houston, TX artist Paul Reeves. This painting depicts geometric triangular shapes with shapes that resemble cand...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Desert" Pastel Peach, Blue, and Gray Abstract Geometric Patterned Painting
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel-toned abstract geometric painting by Reeves Art + Design owner and Houston, TX artist Paul Reeves. This painting features various pastel peach, gray, and blue-green shapes wit...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Night Sounds" Light Blue, Red, and Orange Abstract Painting w/ Colorful Swirls
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Light blue, pink, red, and purple abstract painting by Reeves Art + Design owner and Houston, TX artist Paul Reeves. This painting features colorful abstract brushstrokes that form c...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Security" Colorful Geometric Abstract Painting with Small Red and Black Pattern
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract geometric painting by Houston, TX artist and Reeves Art + Design owner Paul Reeves. This painting features colorful gray-toned geometric shapes divided by angular lines. This piece is accentuated by the multiple small red and black strokes...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Luck of the Draw" Gray and Red Abstract Figurative Painting
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Gray, red, yellow, and black abstract figurative painting by Houston, TX artist and Reeves Art + Design owner Paul Reeves. This painting depicts multiple faces against a background o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Andy Resurrecting" Red and Brown Abstract Contemporary Painting of Andy Warhol
Located in Houston, TX
Red and brown abstract contemporary painting by Houston, TX artist Clementa Garcia-Lassaulx. This painting depicts pop artist Andy Warhol rising from underneath the Earth covered by ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“Sticky Tack” Black Biomorphic Sawdust Shape with Pink Back Painting
By Matthew Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract textured biomorphic shape painted with dark gray by contemporary Houston, TX artist Matthew Reeves. The work is designed to hang away from the wall and cast a bright pink sh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
“Plein Air” Bright Green Biomorphic Sawdust Shape with Pink Back Painting
By Matthew Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract textured biomorphic shape painted with bright green pigment by contemporary Houston, TX artist Matthew Reeves. The work is designed to hang awa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"Headache" Contemporary Abstract Biomorphic Blue Textured Sculptural Painting
By Matthew Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract textured biomorphic shape painted with bright blue pigment by contemporary Houston, TX artist Matthew Reeves. The work is designed to hang away from the wall and cast a shad...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Pigment
"MIA Vietnam" Red, Blue, and Black Figurative Geometric Abstract Painting
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Red, blue, and black abstract figurative painting by Texas artist Paul Reeves. The work features a central figure with the text "NAM.MIA RA16Q42081" set about an abstract background of red, blue, and black rectangles. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: Paul Reeves is the owner of Reeves Antiques...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Static Conundrum" Contemporary Teal, Green, & Pink Abstract Cubist Painting
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Teal, green, and pink abstract Cubist style painting by Texas artist Paul Reeves. The work features the geometric structure of traditional Cubism, combined with the brushwork of abstract expressionism. Currently hung in a black wood floating frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 42 in. x W 35.13 in.
Artist Biography: Paul Reeves is the owner of Reeves Antiques...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Over and Under" Soft Blue Toned Portrait of a Lady Wearing a Victorian Dress
Located in Houston, TX
Sky blue-toned abstract portrait of a Victorian woman attributed to American Modernist artist, John O'Neil. This painting depicts a pale white woman with rosy cheeks wearing a sky blue Victorian garment, sitting against an abstract light blue background. The canvas used for this piece was originally painted with an abstracted landscape and was painted over for this work. This piece has not been authenticated. Signed, dated, and titled at the back. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: John O'Neil (1915-2004) was a painter, educator, and writer best known for his Abstract Imagery and Early Modern (before 1950) styles.
O'Neil was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1915. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Oklahoma in 1936 and his Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Oklahoma in 1939. He studied at the Colorado Springs Arts Center, with Boardman Robinson, Paul Burlin, and Henry Varnum Poor; Taos School...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“Tectonic” Contemporary Red and Yellow Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Winifred Booth
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract expressionist painting by contemporary Texas artist Winifred Booth. The work features a red and yellow field bisected with blue and green accents. Signed by artist ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"What the Judd?" Blue & Pink Contemporary Abstract Chinati Foundation Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract contemporary landscape diptych painting by Texas artist, Nathan Sing. This piece features a colorful, abstracted view of the outdoor concrete scul...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Displaced Succulents" Blue and Green Contemporary Abstract Still Life Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract contemporary still life painting by Texas artist, Nathaniel Sing. This piece features a hanging succulent wall blending with a colorful blue and g...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Napa Underground" Red and Blue Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract contemporary landscape painting by Texas artist, Nathaniel Sing. This piece features a door to Napa Underground winery in California blending with a red and blue gradient background. Signed and dated by the artist at the back. Unframed but framing options are available.
Artist Statement: What is color to you? Really think about it for a second. Go past the everyday backdrops, items, clothing, spaces, etc. in your life. Perhaps think about your favorite color. A memory of an unforgettable sunset, or even a specific moment in your life. I have found especially with memories and emotions, that colors provide a base for those things to exist in our minds. Memories and emotions are inherently fading or fleeting as our lives move forward. My question and focus are how we preserve them for our own personal reasons, growth, or perhaps a way to humble ourselves.
Through the use of acrylic paints, graphic design, and color relationships I aim to capture the essence of emotions and memories. Although each of these paintings is from my own personal experiences and memories my intent is to capture and express them through the lens of color and their relationships with each other and ourselves.
Artist Biography: Nathan Sing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Lost in L.A." Orange and Blue Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract contemporary landscape painting by Texas artist, Nathaniel Sing. This piece features an L.A. side street blending with an orange and blue gradient background. Signed and dated by the artist at the back. Unframed but framing options are available.
Artist Statement: What is color to you? Really think about it for a second. Go past the everyday backdrops, items, clothing, spaces, etc. in your life. Perhaps think about your favorite color. A memory of an unforgettable sunset, or even a specific moment in your life. I have found especially with memories and emotions, that colors provide a base for those things to exist in our minds. Memories and emotions are inherently fading or fleeting as our lives move forward. My question and focus are how we preserve them for our own personal reasons, growth, or perhaps a way to humble ourselves.
Through the use of acrylic paints, graphic design, and color relationships I aim to capture the essence of emotions and memories. Although each of these paintings is from my own personal experiences and memories my intent is to capture and express them through the lens of color and their relationships with each other and ourselves.
Artist Biography: Nathan Sing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Causeway Getaway" Light Blue and Teal Abstract Contemporary Pop Art Painting
By Scott Woodard
Located in Houston, TX
Light blue and teal toned abstract contemporary painting by Houston, TX artist, Scott Woodard. This painting depicting authorities chasing a robber on a black getaway vehicle has a few surrealistic and dream-like elements to it such as the paper planes with boat motors...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue, Green, and White Abstract Contemporary Two-Dimensional Wall Sculpture
By McKay Otto
Located in Houston, TX
Yellow and green two-dimensions wall sculpture by Houston, TX artist, McKay Otto. What makes this sculptural painting unique is its two-dimensionality that is achieved through nylon'...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Nylon, Mixed Media
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden Reimagined in Jacmel, Haiti Folk Art Painting
By Dieudonne Vital
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful, tropical interpretation of the Garden of Eden in Jacmel, Haiti by Haitian artist Dieudonne Vital. The work features a pair of central figures...
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dos Épocos" Modern Abstract Red, Teal, and Orange European Townscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful red, teal, and orange modern abstract impressionist landscape painting by Cuban artist Illeana Mulet Batista. The work features multiple buildings in a town center rendered ...
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Four Winds" Blue House with White Roof in Yellow Field Abstract Landscape
By Wolf Kahn
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract drawing of a blue house in a yellow field by German-American painter, Wolf Kahn. Signed and dated by the artist in the lower right corner. Framed and matted in a silver wood...
Category
1980s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
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Red, Green, and Blue Modern Abstract Figurative Female Nude Painting
By Ben Benn
Located in Houston, TX
Red, blue, and green modern abstract female nude by Russian artist, Ben Benn. This painting depicts a nude woman with her lower body wrapped in a...
Category
20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Falls: Mayfield Lake” Black, White, & Gray Modern Abstract Waterfall Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract black, white, and gray landscape painting by American artist Jane Tate. The work features a central waterfall cascading down to the pools bel...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Ink, Watercolor
“Near and Far Dancers” Modern Abstract Blue and Green Toned River Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract blue and green toned landscape painting by American artist Jane Tate. The work features an open field dotted with tranquil rivers and birds f...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
“Sunrise- Mountain Pools” Modern Abstract Blue and Yellow Toned Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract blue and yellow toned landscape painting by American artist Jane Tate. The work features an open field dotted with tranquil ponds and the sun...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Modern Abstract Green and Purple Wild Brush Landscape Painting of Sun and Trees
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract green and purple toned landscape painting by American artist Jane Tate. The work features a wild grove of trees and brush with the sun framed...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Colorful Purple, Pink, & Green Modern Portrait of Man Playing Billiards or Pool
By Gerald Garston
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful modern figurative portrait of a man playing billiards or pool by Connecticut artist Gerald Garston. The work features a man in a blue bowler ha...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Outdoor Interior" Donald Judd's Marfa, TX Installation Contemporary Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Red and blue-toned abstract contemporary painting by Houston, TX artist, Nathan Sing. This painting depicts Donald Judd's 100 untitled works in mill alumin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Modern Grey and Orange Geometric Abstract Leaf Pattern Painting
By John Little
Located in Houston, TX
Modern grey and white geometric abstract leaf pattern composition with orange accents by textile designer John Little. The work was created as a proposed design for a wallpaper and features the original color codes in the front lower left corner. Currently hung in a solid black frame with a large white margin.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 27.13 in. x W 31.5 in.
Artist Biography: A painter and textile designer, John Little is best known for gestural works filled with boldly explosive color that reflect the influences of his teacher Hans Hofmann and for his involvement in the Abstract Expressionist movement in East Hampton, where he moved in the late 1940s. In East Hampton Little congregated with Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and the other artists who were the leading innovators in the New York School.
John Little was born in Sanford, Alabama. He left home at the age of fourteen to become an artist, and moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1923. After spending a year working as a stevedore on the docks to save money, he enrolled at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and developed an interest in singing. In 1927 he moved to New York City where he continued his vocal work and studied operatic literature. He also became involved in textile design, opening his own store in 1920, called John Little Studios: Fabric and Wallpaper Design. He ran the store until 1950.
In 1933 John Little resumed his painting studies at the Art Students League in New York under the guidance of George Grosz (1893-1959). The following year he made his first visit to East Hampton, Long Island, which he would eventually call home. Later in the decade, he traveled to Paris where he became familiar with European modernism. On his return to America, he taught textile design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He hired Josephine Watkins to work for him; she later became his wife. Little's textile store and teaching job gave him a financial security that was rare during the Depression, and he never found it necessary to find employment with the Works Progress Administration. At the end of the decade, John Little studied with Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) in New York and Provincetown. Little was greatly influenced by Hofmann, particularly by his views on color theory.
In 1942 John Little joined the Navy as an aerial photographer. In the late 1940s he purchased a rundown house on Three Mile Harbor...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
