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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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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"Challenge to Surrender" Painting by Amy Yoes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil painting on canvas by German born artist, Amy Yoes. The painting, "Challenge to Surrender" c.1997, features colors ranging from bright pink and red tones to cool blues and green....
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Artistic Mosaic Handmade on Aluminum Panel Dimension and Colors Customizable
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing 'tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #63, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #63 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
Sea Shells in Violin Case, Original Oil on Panel with Silver Leaf, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
An antique violin case is open to expose its treasures - not only the rich orange lining, but the plethora of sea shells. Placed upon a gleaming ta...
Category
2010s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Leaf
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #75, 2021
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #75 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
"19 K Sustaining, " Limited Edition Print by Renée Rey from a Series of Four
Located in New York, NY
"19 K Sustaining," is a white, gray, pink, orange and green archival Fine Art print in a limited edition of 75 by Renée Rey. Each signed Archival Pigment numbered work is printed on ...
Category
2010s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Gilbert Swimberghe Oil on Canvas 'Grey'
By Gilbert Swimberghe
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Large oil on canvas by Belgian modernist painter Gilbert Swimberghe (1927-2015). Swimberghe was part of a Avant Garde movement in the 1950s called De Raaklijn. This group of painters...
Category
20th Century Belgian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
Giovannozzi Home, Partition Wall in Green Marble and Metal Brass Finish, Italy
Located in Tivoli Terme, Roma
Partition wall composed in green marble and metal brass finishing, created by Michele Arcarese Architect together with Giovannozzi.
- Slabs in marble ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble, Brass
André Derain Framed 'Hyde Park' Color Lithography, circa 1972
By André Derain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Original 'Hyde Park' color lithograph by André Derain.
Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France, circa 1906.
Published by Fernand Mourlot in Les Fa...
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Paula Murray Contemporary Wall Art, Porcelain, White, Abstract, 2021
Located in Manhasset, NY
Contemporary Porcelain Wall Art by World Renowned Ceramic Artist, Paula Murray
Contemporary Porcelain wall art from the 'Peace Study' series by world renowned ceramic artist, Paula ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Porcelain, Resin
By Suk Shuglie, Oil on Canvas, "Spring Trees"
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1999, Acrylic on "Canvas on board", by Suk Shuglie, Pennsylvania. Colorful and bright, this wooded scene leavens the moodiness of late Winter with th...
Category
1990s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Azulejos Portuguese Decorative Tiles "Ship" Hand Painted and Signed by Artist
Located in Baldock, GB
Beautiful tile mural with the "SHIP" motif finely painted.
Quantity: 24 tiles
Tile mural size: 23.6"H X 35.4"W (60cm X 90cm)
Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm)
Origin: Portug...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Confused Man Walking His Dogs by John Alexander
Located in Dallas, TX
Lithograph "Confused Man Walking His Dogs" by John Alexander, 1995 edition of 60.
59/60 Framed and signed lower right.
John Alexander (1945-) is an American artist form...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Portuguese Azulejo Tile Mural - Hand Painted Indoor/Outdoor Tiles "Harvest"
Located in Baldock, GB
Beautiful tile mural with the "HARVEST" motif finely painted.
Tile mural size: 53.1"H X 53.1"W (135cm X 135cm)
Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm)
Origin: Portugal
Production m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Paint
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
Frieze, Gladiator, Contemporary Art Decorative Sculpture by Eduard Locota
Located in Timisoara, RO
From extremely detailed 3D scans of the most important classical sculptures of all times, Eduard Locota has digitally sliced and extracted the essential portion of the artwork, then ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic, Fiberglass
Stump Speech, #4: Unique Wall-Mounted Sculpture in Copper by TJ Volonis
By TJ Volonis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Title: Stump Speech, #4
Year: 2013
A to-scale rendering of the cross section of a tree discovered in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, comprising hundreds of c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Copper
Red Moon Mirror, by Reda Amalou Design, 2018
Located in Paris, FR
The moon mirror is a color mirror disc, suspended in a frame. This defines the space of the object that is no longer constrained. Wood, lacquer and glass are superimposed to create an object on the border between art and design, both a plastic work and a design object, creating an ethereal reflection of reality through color.
Reda Amalou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Mirror
Bob Matheny Abstract Painting with Pencil
By Bob Matheny
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Acrylic painting on hardwood by San Diego artist, Bob Matheny. The textured painting ranges in pastel colors of blue pink and green with a slight iridescence.
The San Diego conceptual artist and educator helped define the San Diego art scene in the 1960s and ’70s alongside other artist such as Richard Allen Morris...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Oxy Oyster Minimalistic Round by Corine Vanvoorbergen
Located in Geneve, CH
Oxy oyster minimalistic round by Corine Vanvoorbergen
Unique Piece
Dimensions: diameter 110 cm
Materials: Brass, wood, natural pigments, metal and epoxy
The power of change is Corin...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal, Brass
Large Moon Wall Mounted Sculpture by Michel Pichard
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
White Patina on resin moon wall-mounted sculpture by the French artist Michel Pichard
Edition 4/20
Measures: larger dimensions 150 cm diameter for 20 cm depth.
Category
2010s European Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Resin, Wood
21st Century Italy, Light Pink Panel, Ceramica Gatti, Designer A. Anastasio
Located in Faenza, IT
The public buildings, the noble ones but also the more modest residences, have been decorated for centuries with decorative panels cemented on the facades. Bottega Gatti archive on i...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
"Mountain Lake I" by Anne Raymond
By Anne Raymond
Located in Littleton, CO
This rare and beautiful 2-panel mono-print is signed, numbered and hand-titled by the artist.
Anne Raymond's work is in the permanent collections of major museums including the Mu...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Oil Painting on Canvas by Yang Qian
Located in Atlanta, GA
Title: Hiding in The Jungle
Artist: Yang Qian (Chinese; B. 1959)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Years: purchased circa 1990
A Palm Beach, FL collection
An early work by Yang Qian during his sojourn in Florida, USA. The series delved into art history with reinterpretation and overlaying symbolism. The painting is set in a moody tropical jungle at night and is a clear reinterpretation and a dialogue between Henri Rousseau's The Dream and Paul Gauguin's La Femme du Roi. Although the two French artists were contemporaries, they may have not intersected in their personal lives. Pioneering and ground-breaking for their time, their work were celebrated posthumously and served as inspiration for later artists.
For a similar painting Odalisque Now (c.1990) see lot 135 of Sotheby's Contemporary Art Asia sale...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Blush Minimalist Round by Corine Vanvoorbergen
Located in Geneve, CH
Blush minimalist round by Corine Vanvoorbergen
Dimensions: diameter 140 cm
Materials: Brass, wood, natural pigments, epoxy and acrylics
Love, Anger, Shame, Frustration, Passion.
It comes and it goes.
Think about it.
Corine van Voorbergen...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Brass
Funny Comedienne Phyllis Diller Original Oil Painting on Canvas with 2 Titles
Located in Tustin, CA
Humorous original oil on canvas with black ink, painting by deceased American comedienne, Phyllis Diller (1917-2012), which she titled, “Two Idiots On A...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Books And Topographies N55, Javier Velarde Mauleón 2025
Located in Madrid, ES
Books And Topographies N55 Belongs To The New Collection By Javier Velarde. This Collection Explores The Relationship Between Domestic And Natural Spaces, Symbolizing A Damaged Domes...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Kintsugi Study Triptych: Ceramic Panels Repaired with Silver by TJ Volonis
By TJ Volonis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Title: Kintsugi Study, #12 (Kazan - volcano), Kintsugi Study, #13 (Fields and Valley), Kinstugi Study, #11 (Crossroads)
Year: 2015
Each 23.5-inch square reclaimed ceramic panel has...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
Artistic Mosaic Handmade Gold & Platinum Leaf Mother of Pearl
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Marble, Aluminum, Gold Leaf, Platinum
Black and white wall sculpture panel handmade in Italy by Cupioli
Located in Rimini, IT
Black and white wall sculpture panel handmade in Italy by Cupioli.
Subject: "Capricci Musicanti"
This exquisite bas-relief panel is part of our exclusive collection of six unique ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Resin, Scagliola
James Strombotne painting "Two Women" Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Camden, ME
James S. Strombotne is an American painter and renowned contemporary artist. He was born in 1934 in Watertown, South Dakota, but was raised and educated in Southern California, rece...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Jennifer Printz "Without Ceasing" Prints, Depth and Entirety Series, 2021
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary artist Jennifer Printz "Without Ceasing l, ll and lll" is part of a series of three monoprints that blend photography, relief print with chine colle (epson ultrachrome i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
Lyle Braden Abstract Painting, 1980s
Located in Raleigh, NC
An incredible original oil on canvas. This piece realized in the early 80s and shows wonderful contrast and movement. A study of light and color with a unique composition. Piece is m...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Untitled ‘Intellectual’ by Hans Speidel
By Hans Speidel
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas, painting by Hans Speidel (1895-1976): Germany, Signed.
Speidel, opposed the Hitlerian racial laws, and was a proponent of the German mo...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Turquoise Abstract Acrylic Painting by Alessandro Bonato, 1970s
Located in Chicago, IL
An acrylic painting on wood by Italian artist Alessandro Bonato, 1970s. This richly textured painting features hues of turquoise, off-white, and soft aqua in an abstract geometric de...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Serigraph IMP Print Titled Distant Land New Skies #19/150 by Janice Wetzel
Located in Topeka, KS
Gorgeous 1980’s Modern Abstract serigraph IMP print titled “Distant Land, New Skies” #19/150 signed by artist Janice Wetzel with a plexiglass front & aluminum frame. Beautiful condit...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Aluminum
"Buddha's Breakfast, " 2021 Large Abstract Oil on Canvas by Kathi Robinson Frank
Located in New York, NY
"Buddha's Breakfast," is a large abstract, contemporary oil on canvas by Kathi Robinson Frank with the addition of oil stick, charcoal, graphite and ink. The artist drew inspiration ...
Category
2010s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Other
21st Century Italy, Red Reindeer Panel, Ceramica Gatti, Designer A. Anastasio
Located in Faenza, IT
The public buildings, the noble ones but also the more modest residences, have been decorated for centuries with decorative panels cemented on the facades. Bottega Gatti archive on i...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Oil Painting by William Stebbins
By William Stebbins
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil painting on canvas by Chicago artist, William Stebbins. The painting features bright blues and purple tones alongside warm yellow and orange tones. Signed by the artist.
Dimensi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
21st Century Italy, Flowers Purple Panel, Ceramica Gatti, Designer A. Anastasio
Located in Faenza, IT
The public buildings, the noble ones but also the more modest residences, have been decorated for centuries with decorative panels cemented on the facades. Bottega Gatti...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing Series, circa 2010 - 2012
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic "Paintings of Nothing Series" #14, #16, #22 and #23 are made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. Hirsch app...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Stylish Wall Art Work Polished or Matt Ebony Mosaic Insert Liquid Metal
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Making Artistic Mosaic, design of unparalleled beauty, inventing ' tromp l'oeil' thanks to the endless colors of the glass mosaic collections, all this allowed us to produce and divu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #52, 2017
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #52 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
Decorative artwork in Murano glass, limited edition, Wall Decoration Sculpture
Located in Milano, IT
Glass Sculpture in Murano Glass - Wall Decoration
"Eterna" is an arwork concept that celebrates the beauty of art glass, its vivid colours and its upcycling possibilities, that all...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Murano Glass
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
Masami Teraoka Signed Limited Print New Views of Mt. Fuji, Sinking Pleasure Boat
Located in Studio City, CA
A very large and wonderfully detailed screen print by Asian/ Japanese American artist Masami Teraoka titled "New Views of Mt. Fuji: Sinking Pleasure Boat" is based on his original 1976-77 painting by the same name.
The print is numbered in pencil at the lower edge (63/75), blind-stamped and dated (1977) at the upper right, sealed by Teraoka with his personal stamps/seals within the image, and likely hand-signed on verso (we have not removed the artwork from the frame but this is most likely the case). The work was printed on Rives BFK paper by Ron McPherson and Julie McPherson, and published by Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Masami Teraoka has had over 70 solo exhibitions and he has twice been honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York. He has also received two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. His works can be found in collections and museums around the world including:
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco; the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D. C.; the Honolulu Museum of Art, Hawaii; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the National Portrait Gallery, Washington D. C.; Tate Modern, London, England; the Queensland Art Gallery/GOMA, Brisbane, Australia; the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland and the Singapore Art...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Super Model #1 & #2 by KAWS
By KAWS
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of early prints by KAWS being sold together.
Supermodel #1 1999
Supermodel #2, 1999
Screen prints signed in pencil, numbered and dated 99. The prints are matched numbered ...
Category
1990s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Blossom, a Piece of 3D Sculptural Grey Leather Wall Art
Located in Margate, GB
Blossom:
A piece of 3D sculptural wall art designed and made from two layers of grey leather, woven together by Louise Heighes.
Measurements are 50 x 30 inches or 127 x 77 cm.
...
Category
2010s British Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Leather
"Landscape From An Airplane, " 2021 Abstract Painting by Kathi Robinson Frank
Located in New York, NY
"Landscape From An Airplane" 2021 is large framed abstract mixed media oil painting by Kathi Robinson Frank with pastel, graphite and oil stick in sunny shades of pale yellow, tan, r...
Category
2010s American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
Art Wall Panel Scagliola Relief Decor Handmade in Italy by Cupioli available
Located in Rimini, IT
The title of this work is "Evolution" in this panel the artist Lodovico Cupioli represented a river in his particular vision.
From the primordial Era after the game of time, the orig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Scagliola
Abstract #3 Mixed Medium Painting on Canvas by Luigi Cosentino
Located in Montreal, QC
Abstract mixed medium painting, signed: Luigi Cosentino, titled “Abstract #03” and dated 2017, backside of the canvas, canvas size 48" x 60" x 1.5" pro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
Hard Around the Edges Minimalistic Round by Corine Vanvoorbergen
Located in Geneve, CH
Hard around the edges minimalistic round by Corine Vanvoorbergen
Dimensions: diameter 70 cm
Materials: Brass, wood, natural pigments, epoxy, acrylics
You can still embrace me, I am ...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Brass
Original Lee Hafer Acrylic Abstract Painting 3
Located in Wichita, KS
An original acrylic painting on canvas by contemporary American artist Lee Hafer (Ohio/California). The colorful abstract painting features a background of a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Luciano Palmieri: Memphis style metal sculpture, italy 1983
Located in Zemst, BE
Metal sculpture by Luciano Palmieri (°1951-)
Memphis style : italian 1980's art collective with some other great names such as Ettore Sottsass, Michael Graeves and Hans Hollein
W...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Selenoglyph, #2: Wall-Mounted Sculpture in Copper by TJ Volonis
By TJ Volonis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Title: Selenoglyph, #2
Year: 2015
Selenoglyph, #2 (“written upon the moon”) is a large-scale, wall-mounted sculpture executed entirely in half-inch copper tubing. Its inspiration...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Copper
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #5, 2010
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #5 is made of ceramic raw materials, dry pigment and wax. This piece is part of his ongoing Painti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #61, 2021
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #61 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
Wildflower: A Piece of 3D Sculptural Cream Leather Wall Art
Located in Margate, GB
Wild flower:
A piece of 3D sculptural wall art designed and made from two layers of cream leather woven together by Louise Heighes.
Measurements are 19.5 x 19.5 inches or 49 x 49...
Category
2010s British Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Leather
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