Modern Contemporary Art
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Wall Sculpture White Contemporary Geometric Totem Brutalist Wood organic plaster
By Las Animas
Located in Seville, ES
Territorio 2.3.74 - III
We discovered organic plaster stucco when we arrived at our workshop in Seville. Artisans dedicated to the world of Holy Week in Seville work in the same s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Composition
Modern Wall Art "Barbie World Eye" with Murano Kind Glass in Pink, Blue, Sliver
Located in Sopot, Pomorskie
Contemporary and modern wall art with Murano kind handmade glass colored using metal oxides in pink, blue and liquid metal in si;ver color. Limited collecti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass
Jennifer Printz "As in the Heavens" and "And on the Earth Below" Prints, 2013
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary artist Jennifer Printz "As In The Heavens and And On The Earth Below" hand-printed woodcut on Kozo paper prints are matted and framed in wood with anti-static, non-glare...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #73, 2021
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #73 is made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. This piece is part of his ongoing Painting of Nothing Series. Hirsch applies the waxy mix with a brush onto redwood plywood backed structures with two-inch wood strips all around and used various torches to layer, flux, bubble and blend. "Waxy and very tactile, they are probably the work Mark Rothko would have done had he spent most of his life in clay. Hirsch’s paintings have the nuance, subtle texture, and color shifts that become evident in blown-up photographs of his ceramic objects as well as a similar presence." Signed and dated en verso by the artist. This painting ship directly from the artist’s studio in Rochester, NY.
(Literature: "With Fire: Richard Hirsch, A Life Between Chance and Design", Scott Meyer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Jean-Marc Louis "Petit Zom, " 2017
Located in Hudson, NY
The abstract portrait from 2017, shown here, is by contemporary artist Jean-Marc Louis. Titled "Petit Zom (Ref #7968)," it is pastel on paper and, like all of Louis's works, finished...
Category
2010s Belgian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Contemporary Modern Abstract Acrylic Painting on Wood Framed White Black Red
Located in Berlin, DE
This painting has heavily textured acrylics in multicolored on wood.
The artist created the piece using multiple techniques like palet knife, brush and pencil.
The series is call...
Category
2010s German Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Plywood
Contemporary Modern Abstract Painting Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Berlin, DE
This painting has heavily textured acrylics in shades of greys and white on canvas. The artist created the piece using multiple techniques like palette knife, brush and chalk. The bl...
Category
2010s German Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Madonna Contemporary Ukrainian Artist Viktoriya Protsiv Lviv Academy of Arts
Located in Munich, DE
Viktoriya Protsiv was born in 1983 in Lviv, Ukaine.
She studied between 2000-2006 at the National Academy of Arts in Lviv and graduated with a Master in Graphics. After her graduatio...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Modern Abstract painting "Connect the Dots" by Jolijn de Veer, Dijkman
Located in Vinkel, NL
This beautiful work is a creation of Jolijn de Dijkman – de Veer. An artist from the Netherlands who is known for surprising works and different styles. She consciously does not opt ...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Paper, Acrylic
"Flower Face" Handcrafted Knit/Crochet Multicolored Vase Bouquet Wallhanging
By Paris Essex
Located in London, GB
Textile Art, Hand-crafted, Crochet Art Blanket, Knitted Tapestry, Wall hanging, Affordable Art.
Multi coloured surreal vase with highly textured flowers ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Textile, Wool, Thread, Yarn
Christmas Presents 2021 Ukrainien Artist Viktorija Protsiv Lviv Academy of Arts
Located in Munich, DE
A beautiful and cheerful angel is hovering acoss the roofs of Lviv in front of a changing purple night sky, surrounded by snow flakes and polar lights.
She is holding a bag full of ...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Anthony Stuart Robin Modern Abstract Screenprint
Located in New York, NY
Anthony Stuart Robin (American, born 1943) modern abstract screenprint on paper signed to lower right, numbered "34/60", unframed.
Dimensions: 20" H x 28" W.
Dealer: S138XX
Sku: 9...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Charcoal Drawing by Rosanne Sniderman
Located in New York, NY
Ash wood frame, glass, charcoal on paper. Charcoal study of sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Ash, Paper
Self-Portrait with Salvator Rosa, Albano Alonso, Ed 1/3. 2002
Located in Madrid, ES
Alfonso Albano, Self-portrait with Salvator Rosa. Ed 1/3, 2002. Perforated RC paper.
São Paulo, Brasil, 1964.
In his photographs, installations, projections and objects, Albano Afo...
Category
Early 2000s Brazilian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper
Lucky Bamboo Path Photo Taken by Peter Lik in Maui Hawaii, Green Bamboo, Framed
By Peter Lik
Located in Port Washington, NY
"Bamboo Path". Photograph / paper. Signed and numbered 229 of 950, Matte Black Frame
Dimensions: 25" h x 39" w. including Frame
Quote From The Artist?:
Maui, Hawaii
"The bamboo forest drew me in like a magnet. Walking through the forest paths was a totally Zen experience and I wanted to capture this feeling through my lens. I needed soft light for my delicate exposure - and total calm. My hike started out at first light — I knew finding the perfect section of the mile-long path would be challenging. There is never enough time in the day to get everything perfect — as composition is always critical. As the sun rose high, winds chimed throughout the forest. Although this sounded amazing, it created drama for shooting as I needed the forest to be perfectly still. I reached the falls at the end of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Alban Alleegro Abstract Painting
Located in Highland, IN
This sophisticated abstraction by Columbian artist Alban Alleegro (b. 1957) is enigmatic and ethereal as it shifts from non-objective abstract passages to fleeting hints of vague ima...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Colombian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"Red Eyes" Pair Handcrafted Knit/Crochet Multicoloured Wall Hanging
By Paris Essex
Located in London, GB
Textile Art, handcrafted, Knit and Crochet Art Blanket, Knitted Tapestry, Wall Hanging, Affordable Art.
A pair of non identical multicoloured Pinkish red P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Textile, Wool, Thread, Yarn
Tag Wall Tile Composition by Mydriaz
By Mydriaz
Located in Geneve, CH
Tag wall tile composition by Mydriaz
Dimensions: D 2 x W 75 x H 150 cm (15 x 15 cm each tile)
Materials: Glazed porcelain tile.
Our products are handmade in our workshop. Dimens...
Category
2010s French Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Porcelain
"Storm Sunset" Handcrafted Knit / Crochet Clouds Wallhanging Blanket
By Paris Essex
Located in London, GB
Textile Art, Hand-crafted, Knit and Crochet Art Blanket, Knitted Tapestry, Wall hanging, Affordable Art.
Small billow of clouds inspired by the weather, ya...
Category
2010s English Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Textile, Wool, Thread, Yarn
"Harlequin" Handcrafted Knit/Crochet, Multicolored Geometric Face, Wallhanging
By Paris Essex
Located in London, GB
Textile Art, Hand-crafted, Knit and Crochet Art Blanket, Knitted Tapestry, Wall hanging, Affordable Art.
Multicoloured, abstracted, geometric face revealed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Textile, Wool, Thread, Yarn
Wall Sculpture Black Contemporary Geometric Totem Brutalist Wood Paper Pulp
By Las Animas
Located in Seville, ES
TERRITORIO 2.3.74 - V
We worked with paper pulp for the first time a few years ago. We were testing ways of optimising the recycled paper until we achieved an almost clay-like pulp t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Composition
"Hurdy Gurdy Man" Handcrafted Crochet Knit Mask Face Blanket Wall Hanging Throw
By Paris Essex
Located in London, GB
Handcrafted crochet and knit Mask Face Blanket inspired by psychedelic poster art.
Textile Art, Hand-crafted, Knit and Crochet Art Blanket, Knitted Tapes...
Category
2010s English Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Textile, Wool, Thread, Yarn
"Single" Abstract Gelatin Print on Paper Signed
Located in New York, NY
"Single" New York Studio abstract gelatin print on paper, illegibly signed to lower right under mat, numbered "1/7", housed in a white lacquered wood frame.
Dimensions: Image: 24"...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
William Betts 'Am., 21st C.' Acrylic On Canvas, "Copenhagen"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fresh Optic Stripe painting by Contemporary Artist William Betts. Signed, dated 2007 and titled on verso. Margaret Thatcher Projects, NYC label on vers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood
"Medicine Man" Handcrafted Crochet Knit Face Mask Blanket Wall Hanging/ Throw
By Paris Essex
Located in London, GB
Handcrafted Wall-hanging /Blanket in the form of a giant mask-like face with graphic geometric patterning.
Knit and Crochet Art Blanket, Textile Art, Hand-crafted, Knitted Tapestry,...
Category
2010s English Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Textile, Wool, Thread, Yarn
Walljewel White Onyx by Lisette Rützou
Located in Geneve, CH
Walljewel white onyx by Lisette Rützou
Dimensions: 15 x H 42 cm
Materials: Rose, Green and White Onyx
Lisette Rützou’s design is motivated by an urge to articulate a story. Ins...
Category
2010s Danish Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Onyx
Nancy Billings American Textile Art "Democracy II- Hanging on by a Thread" 2022
Located in Miami, FL
Nancy Billings American Textile Art "Democracy II- Hanging on by a Thread" 2022
Offered for sale is an original textile art wall tapestry by Nancy Bi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric, Acrylic
Hand Tufted Pastel Tropical Collage Rug
By Fem World
Located in Oaklyn, NJ
The Tropical Collage Rug is inspired by the sunrise, palm trees, and squiggly succulents.
I design & hand tuft all of my pieces, it is truly art for your floor. It can also be us...
Category
2010s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Tribute to "Pac Man" Wall Sculpture
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
This wall sculpture was made from a can lid. The Pacman is embossed and sculpted from welded metal parts.
Can be placed on a piece of furniture or hung on the wall.
Very cool !
Category
2010s Indonesian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Maria Olivieri Quinn, Oil on Canvas, "Knot Finite", 2003
By Maria Olivieri Quinn
Located in Dallas, TX
Large artwork on canvas. 60" x 60". Beautiful vibrant colors.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Canvas, Wood
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #76, 2021
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #76 is made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. This piece is part of his ongoing Painting of Nothing Series. Hirsch applies the waxy mix with a brush onto redwood plywood backed structures with two-inch wood strips all around and used various torches to layer, flux, bubble and blend. "Waxy and very tactile, they are probably the work Mark Rothko would have done had he spent most of his life in clay. Hirsch’s paintings have the nuance, subtle texture, and color shifts that become evident in blown-up photographs of his ceramic objects as well as a similar presence." Signed and dated en verso by the artist. This painting ship directly from the artist’s studio in Rochester, NY.
(Literature: "With Fire: Richard Hirsch, A Life Between Chance and Design", Scott Meyer (Author), RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press 2012 - "The Paintings" pgs. 102 - 105)
Richard Hirsch brief bio:
In the field of contemporary ceramic, Rick Hirsch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Heart Shaped Kintsugi White, 2022, Handmade in Italy, Anatomical Heart, Design
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Celebrating the human body by dissecting it. The human body as a great system of signs and symbols. We are expression, beyond words and gestures.
A perspective of the flesh in which certain parts become containers.
Here then are hearts made into porcelain powders...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
Heart Shaped Emerald Green, 2022, Handmade in Italy, Anatomical Heart, Design
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Celebrating the human body by dissecting it. The human body as a great system of signs and symbols. We are expression, beyond words and gestures.
A perspective of the flesh in wh...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
Still Life with Sailboat, Nautilus and Nike, Oil and Silver Leaf on Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
Gorgeous hand applied silver leaf warms the background of this still life. A toy boat, a nautilus shell and a replica of Nike - the Winged Victory Sculpture...
Category
2010s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Leaf
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #72, 2021
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #72 is made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. This piece is part of his ongoing Painting of Nothing Series. Hirsch applies the waxy mix with a brush onto redwood plywood backed structures with two-inch wood strips all around and used various torches to layer, flux, bubble and blend. "Waxy and very tactile, they are probably the work Mark Rothko would have done had he spent most of his life in clay. Hirsch’s paintings have the nuance, subtle texture, and color shifts that become evident in blown-up photographs of his ceramic objects as well as a similar presence." Signed and dated en verso by the artist. This painting ship directly from the artist’s studio in Rochester, NY.
(Literature: "With Fire: Richard Hirsch, A Life Between Chance and Design", Scott Meyer (Author), RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press 2012 - "The Paintings" pgs. 102 - 105)
Richard Hirsch brief bio:
In the field of contemporary ceramic, Rick Hirsch has earned an international reputation. He has achieved this recognition by engaging in numerous diversified professional activities. Through efforts in university teaching, exhibits, writing, lecturing and researching he has risen to worldwide prominence.
In 1975, Hirsch co-authored a book entitled Raku, published by Watson-Guptill. This was the first comprehensive text to address the new innovations developing in the west that were transforming traditional Japanese Raku. Also, in the same year, Hirsch became a founding faculty member of The Program in Artistry at Boston University. Currently, Hirsch is a Professor Emeritus at The School for American Crafts which is a part of Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. His university teaching career now spans well over four decades.
Repeatedly, Hirsch has participated in several milestone exhibitions and publications. Significant shows include; The Evolution of American Art in Craft Media Since 1945; Echoes: Historical References in Contemporary Ceramics; American Ceramics Now; Raku: Origins, Impact and Contemporary Expression; and Convergences: The Presence of the Past in Contemporary American Ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Carolanna Parlato 'Am., 20th-21st C.' Contemporary Large Scale Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A striking Painting with vivid color and movement. Signed and dated 2012 on the stretcher. A noted abstract artist, here her composition is in bright pink tones with swaths of blue a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Contemporary Hand Made Paper Print Abstract Helicopters
Located in Seguin, TX
Contemporary print on handmade paper of helicopters. Produced through the Peace Paper Project by Drew Matott and Margaret Mahan. Unsigned. Displayed under plexiglass in narrow black ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #79, 2021
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #79 is made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. This piece is part of his ongoing Paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Douglas Perez Castro Cuban Latin American Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original oil painting on canvas by Douglas Perez Castro, Cuban, circa 2005. Castro’s works often focus on controversial issues within the Latin Am...
Category
Early 2000s Cuban Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Feather. a Piece of 3d Sculptural Olive Green Leather Wall Art
Located in Margate, GB
Feather
A piece of 3D sculptural wall art designed and made from two layers of olive leather, woven together by Louise Heighes.
Measurements are 45 x 29 inches or 114 x 74 cm.
...
Category
2010s British Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Leather
Photograph Self-Portrait by Sam Taylor-Wood
Located in Atlanta, GA
A framed C-print photography by British artist Sam Taylor-Wood (1967-). Entitled "Self-Portrait in a Single-Breasted Suit with Hare", the print was made in 2001 and its unique in this size at 9" h x 6" w. Presented in a wood frame.
Provenance: Matthew Marks Gallery, NYC (label verso).
Artist Biography (courtesy of Guggenheim Musuem Collection)
Sam Taylor-Wood
B. 1967, LONDON
Sam Taylor-Wood was born in London in 1967. At the age of sixteen, she enrolled in an art school in Hastings, later moving back to London to attend Goldsmiths College. After graduating in 1990, she worked as a bartender and as a dresser at the Royal Opera House; the latter experience would influence her work’s unabashed theatricality. Originally a sculptor, she began working in photography, film, and video in the early 1990s. Her first film, 16mm (1993), consists of an isolated female figure gyrating to a steady beat. She explored similar intersections between video, dance, theater, music, film, and video in subsequent works, including Killing Time (1994), in which seemingly bored actors wait their turn to lip-synch the lines of different characters from Richard Strauss’s Electra. Her photographic work also finds points of intersection with other mediums. The title of Five Revolutionary Seconds (1995–98), for example, refers to her creation of a panoramic image by rotating her camera around a room over that period of time; the resulting image has a narrative quality despite being a static image. In recent years, Taylor-Wood has engaged ideas of celebrity culture in her work. Third Party (1999–2000), a seven-screen video installation at the Hayward Gallery in London, featured pop singer Marianne Faithful and actor Ray Winstone in different one- and two-person scenes of flirtation and ennui, creating a party-like environment in the gallery where the viewer is privy to these personal exchanges. Equal parts pathos and humor, the two-minute film Pietà (2001), in which the artist attempts to suspend the Hollywood actor and hard-living icon Robert Downey, Jr. in her arms, also evokes the well-known art historical subject. Her video David (2004) evokes similar connotations and intimately unveils the much-photographed dynamic soccer icon David Beckham in deep sleep. Time and speed are often centerpieces of her videos, whether the rapid acceleration of a bowl of fruit’s decay process in Still Life (2001) or the illusion of frozen time in The Last Century (2006), for which the actors are in fact filmed in real time but remain impossibly still. Taylor-Wood’s first narrative film, Love You More (2008), borrows its title from a song by the 70s punk band Buzzcocks and chronicles the story of two teenagers who hear the recently released song together in a record store.
Since her first show, Killing Time at the Showroom in London in 1994, Taylor-Wood has had solo exhibitions at White Cube in London (1995, 2001, 2004, and 2008), Kunsthalle Zürich (1997), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. (1999), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid (2000), Centre National de la Photographie in Paris (2001), Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal (2002), Russian Museum in St. Petersburg (2004), Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney (2006), Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland (2007), and Museum of Contemporary Art in Houston...
Category
Early 2000s English Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Laurel Sparks 'Am., 21st C.' Contemporary Mixed Media on Canvas, Abstract
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A colorful and dynamic artwork by Laurel Sparks. Signed, dated 2008 and titled "Christmas in July" on the stretcher. A large canvas with large sections in textured white, pale blue a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Textile, Canvas, Wood, Beads
‘the Pose’ Pastel and Watercolor Male Nude Fiona Macpherson
By Fiona MacPherson
Located in Montreal, QC
Pastel and watercolor on paper male nude; titled: “The Pose” signed by the artist lower right corner: Fiona MacPherson. Measure: Approximate 40” H x 30” W x 1.5” D.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Contemporary Art
Monumental Abstract Painting by Brazilian Artist Bb Schmitt, Signed Rio 2014-15
Located in Miami, FL
Monumental Abstract Painting by Brazilian Artist BB Schmitt, Signed Rio 2014-2015
Offered for sale is a mixed-media abstract painting o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Numbered Etching on Paper - Australian Aboriginal Art by Betsy Lewis Napang
By Betsy Lewis Napangardi
Located in Morristown, NJ
2006, Australian, Betsy Lewis Napangardi (1940-2008), Framed Mina Mina Dreaming, etching on paper. Number 5 of 60 and pencil signed Betsy Lewis with embossed seal. Information on the back of the work from the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association and dated 1/11/2007, describes the story behind the work authenticates it.
Dimensions:
17.5"w x 23.5"h x 1.5"d (framed)
7.5"w x 13"h (sight)
Condition:
Good. Not examined out of frame. Shows well. Ready to hang.
Biography:
Betsy Lewis Napangardi was a traditional Warlpiri woman from the Yuendumu Community region. Betsy was born in the bush just west of Yuendumu in the 1940’s, this was before hospitals and health clinics were available and accessible in the area. Betsy moved to Mount Doreen Station with her family at a young age. She was raised by Paddy Japanangka Lewis and attended the Yuendumu School. She spent her life living in Yuendumu.
Betsy began painting full time in 1999 however she had been painting for Warlukurlangu Artists for some time before then. She was considered at the forefront of the move towards more abstract depictions of Aboriginal art however did maintain a strong connection to her Kurruwarri heritage. Her art is bright and textured with thick layers of paint. Some of her family members are also artists such as Margaret Lewis.
Betsy is known best for five Dreamtime depictions - Snake Vine, Women’s Dreaming, Edible Fungus, Dreaming Site and Dogwood. The story of Jintiparnta is of the Napangardi and Napanangka women who collect Jintiparnta or Edible Fungus at Karnakarlangu. The area is also known as Mina Mina. The ancestral women would travel from here heading north and east toward Janyinki and Alcoota country. The Mina Mina is a ceremonial place which belongs to the Japanangka and Japangardi men and the Napanangka and Napangardi women. Water soakages, sand hills...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Butterfly Spin Painting 2009 Framed on 18k Gold Leaf, Damien Hirst, Artwork
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, ES
"Butterfly Painting" by Damien Hirst, 2009
Work in acrylic, framed in a methacrylate case with transparent sides and a wooden background in gold leaf with 18k that reveals the artis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Framed Mixed Media Abstract on Paper #24 by Alessandra Chiffi
Located in Chicago, IL
A contemporary abstract mixed media painting on paper by Italian artist Alessandra Chiffi. This piece was professionally framed in a black wood frame with a white mat. Signed lower r...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Donald Sultan Black on Orange, 2018
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Beautiful large Donald Sultan print expertly and tastefully framed.
Signed, titled and dated and numbered to recto ‘Black and Orange 2018 DS 11/12’. This work is number 11 from ...
Category
2010s North American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Wall Sculpture Black Contemporary Geometric Totem Brutalist Wood Paper Pulp
By Las Animas
Located in Seville, ES
TERRITORIO 2.3.74 - IV
We worked with paper pulp for the first time a few years ago. We were testing ways of optimising the recycled paper until we achieved an almost clay-like pulp ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Composition
Sky above Us by Flora Temnouche
Located in Geneve, CH
The Sky Above Us by Flora Temnouche
2023
Dimensions: D 125 x H 158 cm
Materials: Oil on canvas.
Flora Temnouche lives and works in Brüssels.
...
Category
2010s Belgian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #70, 2021
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #70 is made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. This piece is part of his ongoing Paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
James Strombotne, Acrylic on Canvas Painting, Title "still life with Oranges”
Located in Camden, ME
James Strombotne is a contemporary artist who has had a successful career, since 1956. His artwork is held in many prestigious museums and private collections, including those of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Hirschhorn Museum of the Smithsonian Institute.
According to Strombotne, "Any subject is fair game...
Category
2010s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Painting Green Red Contemporary Geometric Futuristic Acrylic Spray on Wood A-10
By Las Animas
Located in Seville, ES
"ATLAS 10"
"Atlas" proposes a disruptive vision of the space-time concept, as a reflection between the ancestral and the comic, making us wander about the connection between both ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Painting Yellow Blue Contemporary Geometric Futuristic Acrylic Spray on Wood A17
By Las Animas
Located in Seville, ES
"ATLAS 17"
"Atlas" proposes a disruptive vision of the space-time concept, as a reflection between the ancestral and the comic, making us wander about the connection between both ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Painting Blue Red Contemporary Geometric Futuristic Acrylic Spray on Wood A-9
By Las Animas
Located in Seville, ES
"ATLAS 09"
"Atlas" proposes a disruptive vision of the space-time concept, as a reflection between the ancestral and the comic, making us wander about the connection between both ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Painting Blue Black Contemporary Geometric Futuristic Acrylic Spray on Wood A-12
By Las Animas
Located in Seville, ES
"ATLAS 12"
"Atlas" proposes a disruptive vision of the space-time concept, as a reflection between the ancestral and the comic, making us wander about the connection between both ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Painting Green Black Contemporary Geometric Futuristic Acrylic Spray on Wood A14
By Las Animas
Located in Seville, ES
"ATLAS 14"
"Atlas" proposes a disruptive vision of the space-time concept, as a reflection between the ancestral and the comic, making us wander about the connection between both ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Painting "Composition Green" 2010 Geometric Modern Canvas by Cecilia Setterdahl
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Acrylic on Canvas by Cecilia Setterdahl
Title: "Composition Green"
Year: 2010
Size: 30 x 30cm
Living with geometric shapes
About the artist:
Cecilia’s is working with all geome...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Emirian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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