American Contemporary Art

"La Ligne" is a limited edition fine art print that captivates the viewer with its gorgeous abstract linework, demonstrating the beauty of simplicity and the power of form. The prin...

Original 1970's Alexander Calder Asymetrie coloured lithograph. Foxing to the paper., which should be visible in the photos. Reframed.

This wall hanging is a one of a kind heirloom piece. Taking inspiration from brutalism, mid-century abstraction, and Joseph Albers studies on the interaction of color. The entire pr...

An acrylic painting on board by Italian artist Mauro Fornari. This layered abstract features turquoise, green, and blue hues with charcoal accents. Signed ‘Mauro Fornari MM 25’ on th...

Our first limited edition fine art print “Les Terrains” is an emotive abstract landscape translated in gouache, charcoal and pastel. Created by artist Christiane Lemieux. Item will...

Large abstract oil painting titled: "Connected Green Deal" Natural pigment on vintage Belgian linen canvas Textured green iguana abstract...

Print: Full color digital archival print on Somerset Photo 330g/m2 Size: 610 x 508 mm (24 x 20 in) Edition of 100 Signed, dated, and numbered by the artist (2016-2018) Produced with the support of Kering, a global luxury group committed to the empowerment of women, this charitable limited-edition print is part of a portfolio celebrating Phaidon's Great Women Artists, the most extensive illustrated book on women artists ever published. The book tells the stories of over 400 artists spanning 500 years and reveals a parallel yet equally engaging history of art for an age that champions a great diversity of voices. The Great Women Artists print portfolio offers collectors the opportunity to acquire affordable works by some of the most celebrated and sought-after women artists of our time, while contributing to a worthy cause. Jenny Saville...

"Vigne Fleurie" is an exquisite limited edition fine art print that offers a modernist interpretation of a flowering vine set against a lush green colorfield. Each print is a view of...

Find yourself in the organic rhythm of nature with our newest artwork, a modern ode to the timeless beauty of the earth's topography. Inspired by the undulating patterns of natural landscapes, this piece mirrors the interplay of movement, texture, and tone, creating both the serene and the dynamic elements of our environment. Subtle hues of navy, sienna, and olive combine with a delicately layered composition to create a visual space that feels both grounded and inspired. Printed on fine art German etching paper, this piece is created to bring a sense of artistic interplay to any space, with an invitation to reflect on the beauty of the world around us. Part of the Les Terrains...

Our new release, "Les Terrains - Londres," beautifully expands on the emotive abstract landscapes of the original "Les Terrains." This piece intricately ca...

Introducing "La Ligne" is a limited edition fine art print that captivates the viewer with its gorgeous abstract linework, demonstrating the beauty of simplicity and the power of for...

Introducing "Pétal De Kyoto," a captivating limited release fine art print that promises to inspire art enthusiasts. This piece is meticulously crafted ...

Who wants breakfast? Giant fried egg sculpture depicting a sunny side up egg. Sculpted out of foam, resin coated, and hand painted. Piece presents wonderfully and commands the room....

Our first limited edition fine art print “Les Terrains” is an emotive abstract landscape translated in gouache, charcoal and pastel. Created by artist Chri...

Dive into the gorgeous geometry of "L'Étang." This limited edition fine art print invites viewers into a palette of graphic blacks and blues. Each print captures the artistic nuances...

Modern art is wonderful for updating any decor! This is a large scale modern abstract signed oil painting completed by Scottish American born Ni...

Limited edition serigraph on wove paper (314 of 495) "Peter Max 2015" embossed seal in lower left Colors are very vibrant and bright Hand signed "Max" in pencil in lower right hand c...

A rare and iconic American contemporary pop art "Untitled" artwork by Keith Haring from the "The Blueprint Drawings" signed and dated, 3rd of February in 1981. In good original condi...

Nude painting by Jenna Snyder-Phillips. Black ink on hard paper. Art work is from 2012. Artist is educated in Italy. This nude painting is sold but we have another one very similar. ...

Find yourself in the organic rhythm of nature with our newest artwork, a modern ode to the timeless beauty of the earth's topography. Inspired by the undulating patterns of natural landscapes, this piece mirrors the interplay of movement, texture, and tone, creating both the serene and the dynamic elements of our environment. Subtle hues of navy, sienna, and olive combine with a delicately layered composition to create a visual space that feels both grounded and inspired. Printed on fine art German etching paper, this piece is created to bring a sense of artistic interplay to any space, with an invitation to reflect on the beauty of the world around us. Part of the Les Terrains...

Introducing "Brouillard 1" - Our newest limited-release art print series abstract fine art print that mesmerizes with its ethereal beauty. Layers of misty...

Introducing "Le Fourré" (The Thicket) - Our newest limited release art print series. Crafted with a meticulous blend of charcoal, oil stick, and graph...

Group of Eight Abstract Photolithographs on Vellum by Cy Twombly, from the limited edition "Gaeta" portfolio produced by Hine Editions, San Francisco, CA, circa 1987. They have been ...

Introducing "La Brume"mysterious and saturated, invites you into a world of ethereal beauty and imagination. This abstract limited edition artwork, crafted using gouache and oil stic...

Original Signed Carol Summers "Esperanza" Woodcut Framed. Carol Summers (1925-2016) Esperanza, ed. 96/100, 1978 Woodcut in colors on Japon paper 30 x 30 inches (76.2 x 76.2 cm) (shee...

This wall hanging is a one of a kind heirloom piece. Taking inspiration from brutalism, mid-century abstraction, and Joseph Albers studies on the interaction of color. The entire pr...

Vintage Color Lithograph by Patricia Jean Burg. Canadian artist and printmaker, active in the United States, born 1934. Very decorative work of ar...

Etching on wove paper, signed and numbered 7/40 by Beverly Pepper. This striking abstract composition reflects the artist’s sculptural sensibility through bold architectural forms, t...

Original artwork. Titled 'Gongshi' (scholar's stone). Acrylic on canvas with torn / sculpted canvas with thin wood frame. From his Easy Edges line. The continuum of form, space and ...

A wonderful and quite colorful oil on canvas painting by Swedish-American California artist Magnus Engstrom (1936- ). The painting features a futurist cityscape and is done in the neo-cubist abstract expressionist artistic painting style that Engstrom embraced. The painting is signed and dated (1970) by Engstrom. Would be a great addition to any Mid-Century Modern or California art painting collection...

"Chimes" by Harris Strong is a mixed media collage wall art in original frame with matting. Minimal color palette and strong color contrasts strengthen this rare, monumental piece w...

Abstract screen-print, by Josef Albers, from Formulation and Articulation, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, and Ives Sillman Inc., New Haven, circa 1972. This work is fro...

Large MCM abstract acrylic on panel original painting by listed artist Richard Mann, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and is presente...

Introducing "Le Havre", a limited edition, signed and numbered print that captures the renowned landscape of Le Havre bathed in the fiery hues of sunset. This geometric abstract, ali...

Eye catching elegant abstract original painting on canvas, signed lower right. Note: We are selling two pieces by this artist as shown in the photos. Request price for the other c...

Rare "Hi There" contemporary artwork / ink on paper by Wes Lang from the iconic Chateau Marmont series, 2009. In great condition. Professionally framed in oak and signed on the back....

Large Hand Painted Art Plate "Birds", 1990 Contemporary Art Piece in the style of Jeff Koons ( Banality Series ) "so bad it is so good" Artist and Description is listed on the back...

Transform any space with this one-of-a-kind Black and Gold Wood Framed Oval Lenticular Eye—a mesmerizing art piece that blinks as you move! Measuring 6 inches by 9 inches, the beauti...

Original framed Contemporary Art in Acrylic on Canvas in warm earth color palette. Executed in hard-edge technique with textured and raw surface. Has a wood Frame and it is Initiale...

Jennifer Gibbs draws artistic inspiration primarily from meditation and nature. Her extensive body of work ranges from abstract expressionism to delicate botanicals to her charcoal l...

Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures forme...

A handsome and sophisticated mixed media on canvas by American artist John Rigsby. Found in a original state of preservation. His works are few and far between. The following biography was submitted by John David Rigsby, Jr., son of the artist. The author is Lisa Rigsby Peterson, daughter of the artist, and owner of the copyright of the biography. John David Rigsby was born on October 10, 1934, the seventh child of an Alabama Depression-era sharecropper's son. He and his family moved frequently, from one one-room structure to another, often with no running water, no plumbing, no heat but the stove. His father was killed in a car accident when Rigsby was just 9 years old. Life for the remaining eight family members proved tumultuous and difficult -- food wasn't plentiful, nor money. The family moved from place to place, following work -- Rigsby attended 30 different schools before graduating from high school. Despite living in poverty, Rigsby demonstrated academic and artistic aptitude at a young age. Two oil paintings on covers ripped off of old books that he painted when he was eight years old show the promise of an imaginative and gifted eye. Rigsby was drafted by the U.S. Army in 1953. As he later wrote, "When basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, was over, I was told to go out and find a job. Jasper Johns was painting visual aids for the 28th Regimental Headquarters. He suggested the Band Training Unit." Rigsby played the clarinet in that unit, and after 2 years of service, he enrolled at the University of Alabama on the G.I. Bill to study art. After just two years, he left school and followed his mentor (and one of the greatest and longest-lasting influences on his art), Japanese artist and U of A art instructor Tatsu Heima, to New York City. Heima introduced him to Isamu Noguchi and suggested that Rigsby work as Noguchi's assistant. Instead, Rigsby chose a job as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, since "the notion of seeing all of that art appealed more to me than the boring task of studio assistant." The opportunity was a rich one for Rigsby. He had a chance to study the masters, and cited Rembrandt with his simplicity and elegance as another of the most important influences on his work. In the years between 1957 and 1963, when Rigsby eventually earned his BFA in sculpture, the artist traveled back and forth between New York and Tuscaloosa, alternating study with forays into the fertile New York art scene. Rigsby exhibited some of his early sculpture work in 1958 at a small New York gallery, which was also exhibiting the work of Willem and Elaine de Kooning and Theodore Stamos. Shortly thereafter, searching for an educational venue closer to New York City, Rigsby visited New Haven, Connecticut, and spent an afternoon speaking with Josef Albers at Yale. Albers agreed to accept Rigsby into the Yale program on the condition that he take freshman drawing all over again. A brilliant opportunity, but, in Rigsby's words, "When it was time to register, I was hitchhiking back to Alabama, looking for food and shelter." Rigsby had his first one-man show at the University of Alabama in 1959. A visiting critic from New York, J.F. Goosen, reviewed the show and wrote "here is a talent which produces art because that is the thing for a gifted person to do. In his effortless ease of conception and execution, he has already achieved a goal that eludes many artists for a lifetime." Finally, in 1963, Rigsby received his degree in sculpture, dissolved a short-lived marriage, visited his family, packed up his car and headed permanently for New York. That year, his work was included in a group show at the Delgado Museum in New Orleans - which led to a one-man exhibit at the Delgado in 1964. During 1964, Rigsby took drawing classes at Columbia University, and worked at the General Post Office at night. He met his future wife, Linda Palmieri, and married. In 1965, his daughter Lisa was born, followed in 1966 by the birth of his son, John David Jr. In 1966, Rigsby had a successful one-man show at the Pietrantonio Gallery in New York. Shortly thereafter, he and the family moved to Tunis, Tunisia at the suggestion of a colleague, who urged him to "come paint by the light of Klee." Rigsby worked for the United States Information Agency as a teacher, and he spent the next year and a half painting over ninety paintings inspired by the smells, light, and Phoenician and Roman art surrounding him. He also executed a number of character and landscape drawings, capturing the Tunisian way of life. During his time in Tunisia, Rigsby's work was shown there in two major exhibits. Upon the family's return to the U.S. in 1968, Rigsby once again exhibited at the Pietrantonio Gallery. Later that year, Rigsby enrolled in Southern Connecticut State College's Urban Studies program, earning a master's degree in 1970. During his time at SCSU, Rigsby worked as the city of Bridgeport's Curator of Exhibits, driving a mobile art gallery from schools to neighborhood fairs and housing projects. After completing his degree, Rigsby had an exhibit at the Telfair Museum in Savannah, Georgia. This exhibit caught the attention of a member of the search committee looking to hire an artist for a newly-developed program in neighboring South Carolina. In 1970, Rigsby was selected as the first Artist-in-Residence in the state of South Carolina for the National Endowment for the Arts Artists in Schools program. His work with the newly-integrated students at Beaufort (SC) High School over the term of his residency precluded substantial work on his own art. He did, however, set up a studio in downtown Beaufort, and was able to create a modest number of paintings, which were included in exhibits at the Columbia Museum in South Carolina in 1971 and Yale University in 1973. At the end of his residency in 1974, Rigsby was named the National Visual Arts Coordinator of the Artists in Schools program for the NEA, a post he held for two years. In this position, Rigsby traveled the country, reviewing grant applications, meeting with state leaders in government, education and the arts to promote program concepts and explore local opportunities. The message he repeated over and over again echoed that of one of the other major influences on Rigsby as an artist - Ruth Asawa Lanier, whose words taught him that all of the work that the artist does is the artist's work, not simply the paintings he creates. In his capacity as National Coordinator, as well as many times in the future, Rigsby stressed that artists function in the same way as any other person in society, and deserved the same respect and place for their work as did all other professions. After two years traveling the country, Rigsby was ready for a change, saying "for the first time in my adult life, there was not a body of paintings to show for the years put into my work." In 1976, a summer retreat to the mountain community of Central City, Colorado, led to a permanent relocation. Eventually settling in the small town of Evergreen, Rigsby followed his own advice about artists becoming actively involved in their communities, and he established the Evergreen Visual Arts Center. The Center provided working space for artists, classes for adults and children, and, most importantly, a place for Rigsby to create his own work. Buoyed by the opportunity to concentrate once again on his art, and inspired by his new surroundings, Rigsby entered an extremely prolific period in his career. In 1977, he organized a traveling exhibition of his paintings, which showed at the Kimball Arts Center in Utah, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the Arvada Center in Colorado. 1978 brought more exhibits, notably in Aspen and Denver, as Rigsby's work continued. He took an extended trip to visit his mentor, Tatsu Heima, in Japan, where he climbed Mt. Fuji, followed by travels to Tehran, Delhi, and several European countries. He chronicled his impressions from his travels in a small collection of paintings upon his return to the U.S. - the beginning of a practice which would continue through the rest of his life. In 1979, Rigsby's marriage failed, and at the same time he lost the lease to his Evergreen studio to redevelopment plans. In response to the personal chaos around him, Rigsby began a series of what he called "hard-nosed process paintings," the watercolor paintings of dots which marked his work from this period. The paintings gained him an NEA Individual Artist grant in 1980, as well as a Yaddo fellowship in 1981. The polka dot paintings were followed by a series of cupcake-like images, again examining space and color. During the early 1980s, Rigsby lived in a suite of old dentists' offices in a rundown part of Denver, with a studio in an area that reminded him of the Bowery in New York. In 1984, Rigsby founded the Progreso Gallery in the building where he lived, using the space both to show his own work and also to mount shows of the work of many Colorado artists. The gallery also served as a focal point for Denver's local arts community, hosting weekly discussion groups and classes. In 1984, Rigsby traveled to the Baja Peninsula and then in 1985 to Yugoslavia. After each sojourn, Rigsby returned to create vibrant and explosive paintings based on his experiences, showing them at his Progreso gallery and another alternative gallery in Denver, the Edge Gallery. The economic recession of the mid-eighties hit the art market and Rigsby hard, however, and although he continued to create new works of art, major exhibitions were difficult to come by. In 1987, Rigsby decided to leave Denver and spent six months in Barcelona, Spain. It was an electrifying trip for him. Rigsby wrote of that time: "The streets alone are a visual feast, and the additions of museums from Saarinen, Picasso and Miro to 12th century icons produced artistic indigestion. My paintings are always about the way things look and feel. Barcelona was a time machine extending those sensory and emotional concerns back to the Middle Ages. I felt the need to reduce my work to essential elements of color, scale, drawing and format. The [resulting] color studies speak eloquently for themselves, and in doing so, redefine all of the work I've done in the past 35 years of painting." Rigsby completed over a hundred paintings while in Barcelona - color studies, street portraits of the characters he encountered on a daily basis, and a number of dark landscape paintings. He found time to run with the bulls in Pamplona, and began writing stories about his adventures that were later published. Upon his return to Denver in 1988, Rigsby continued to explore the alter egos of the color studies - he concentrated on a series of dark paintings, all prominently featuring back. He commented about these black paintings that he " decided it was time to explore the perception of the eye and physical space as defined by low -light conditions…I find these paintings elegant, joyous and light-filled, with no feeling of heaviness at all." In mid-1988, Rigsby moved permanently to Houston, Texas, where he would spend the last five years of his life. Once in Houston, Rigsby made a discovery that would serve as the inspiration and material for some of the last works of his career. In 1989, he discovered a salvage yard filled with scrap rubber, and he began working on black rubber sculptures, as well as paintings with rubber elements incorporated. He made strong connections in the Houston alternative arts scene, and became a regular contributor and art critic for a local weekly newspaper, The Public News. From 1989 through 1992, he exhibited his sculptures and paintings at Houston's Brent Gallery, Fountainhead Gallery, and Blaffer Gallery. He also produced an installation of his rubber sculptures on the roof of the Diverse Works Gallery in Houston. 1992 also marked Rigsby's return to Denver when he exhibited his sculptures at the Payton-Rule Gallery in Denver, leading to an Absolut Rigsby commission by Carillon Importers. The 1990s were a tremendous struggle for Rigsby, with financial crises compounded by physical trauma (he accidentally sawed off the top joint of the index finger of his left hand while working in his studio). Although his work was being shown, it wasn't selling, and the tremendous financial pressure he felt weighed heavily upon him. He spent an increasing proportion of his time going to flea markets and garage sales, rehabilitating and repairing the things he bought there, and then re-selling them simply to raise enough money to keep a roof over his head. He had little time to paint or sculpt, the things in life that had always, no matter what the circumstances, brought him joy. Rigsby's final works were a series of intricate paintings and drawings on used books that he purchased at the flea market. Most of these drawings, which he referred to as sculptural form drawings, were executed on page after page of science texts, music books, and a Korean bible and fill hundreds of pages. Additionally, Rigsby created an exquisite book he titled 28 de los Angeles, in which his twenty-eight simple and elegant drawings of angels resonated with the influence of Rembrandt he had so admired in his early days. In a sense, Rigsby's final works, art created on used books which were the only materials he could afford, brought his work and life full circle from his childhood days. Rigsby's life, though begun and ended in adversity, was nonetheless illuminated and enriched by the irresistible impulse he had to create art and beauty. John David Rigsby was killed in a one-car accident in Colorado in August, 1993. Biography from the Archives of askART Following is a review by Michael Paglia of the artist's July 2004 retrospective at the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art. It was submitted by John Rigsby, Jr., son of the artist. There's a magnificent retrospective at Denver's Museum of Contemporary Art devoted to the work of the late John David Rigsby, who was a major powerhouse in Colorado's art scene. "Dots, Blobs and Angels" surveys more than forty years' worth of the remarkable artist's paintings and sculptures. The year 1993 was strange, and by that I mean terrible. Many of the city's galleries closed because of bad economic times, and then the artists started dying. In a matter of a few months, Denver lost three significant artists: Rigsby, experimental photographer Wes Kennedy...

Serigraph from the Iconic Marilyn series by Andy Warhol. A wonderful example with a vibrant hot pink background in a wood frame.

The ecstasy of Saint Teresa. An original painting by Lynn Curlee, after a statue by Bernini Mr Curlee is a fine artist, and author illustrator of many award winning books for older ...

Cool Los Angeles freeway sign retired from the 101 freeway. Made in the the 1980s. This freeway takes you north/ south along the entire west coast of the United States from San Diego...

Batter Up At Fenway. Original painting by Lynn Curlee Acrylic on stretched canvas. Gallery wrapped with painted edges. This painting was used as an illustration in Ballpark — The...

Stunning framed taxidermy alligator with great coloring and very well preserved details. Hues of the scales range from a beige color on the outer edge...

Dive into the gorgeous geometry of "L'Étang." This limited edition fine art print invites viewers into a palette of graphic blacks and blues. Each print captures the artistic nuances...

Nara is a limited edition fine art print that merges the precision of photography with the intimacy of hand-applied detail. Created as a quiet tribute to the wabi-sabi traditions of ...

Great wooden trade sign from a California farm. Giant peach with graphics on both sides. Sign reads 'Hamilton's Tree Ripened Peaches 1/2 Mile' on on...

Jennifer Gibbs draws artistic inspiration primarily from meditation and nature. Her extensive body of work ranges from abstract expressionism to delicate botanicals to her charcoal l...

Jennifer Gibbs draws artistic inspiration primarily from meditation and nature. Her extensive body of work ranges from abstract expressionism to delicate botanicals to her charcoal l...

The "Forêt de Lune" limited edition fine art print series marries the beauty of the art of chinoiserie with the lush forests of South East Asia. Each print features stylized scenes o...

On hold for exhibition. Available for shipment after May 20, 2026. Wall Sculpture #850 An organically shaped mixed medium wall sculpture with glazed ceramic panels woven together us...

Contemporary artist Bonnie Edelman's "Lavender Weeds in Sweden" was photographed in 2014 and is part of the Land Scapes Series. As her most recognized collection "Scapes" consists of...

An interesting collection of five (5) drawings by Richard (Rich) Jacobs, circa 2001-2005. A note about the artist: "Rich Jacobs (born 1972 in Long Beach, CA) is an American artist and curator who currently lives and works in Oakland, CA. Jacobs has exhibited in the United States,[1] Europe,[2] Australia, New Zealand and Japan. In 2008 his work Minor Threat...

Contemporary New York artist Peter Buchman's "How to Disappear" white neon offers customizable settings: blink fast, blink slow, or remain static—the choice is yours. Every few years...

Large Curtis Jere wall sculpture of a peacock / swan. Completely original in very good to excellent condition metal sculpture with a brass finish and applied patina creating the dark...

A vintage gelatin silver print photograph by celebrated Hungarian-born photographer André Kertész (1894-1985). Entitled "Martinique", printed in 1972, this is an iconic image by the ...

Connection, blue #26" is a meta-modernistic sculpture on canvas, measuring 36" x 36" x 4". This work redefines the traditional boundary between painting and three-dimensional form, ...