Modern Paintings
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
OTR Plate 008 A Fecund Moment Printed On Aluminum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Plate comes from the book On The Rock Published by Montez press in 2016. The plates are a collaboration between the founders of Figure Ground on how to interrogate text into image.
16 plates traveled through Europe as part of a book tour. We are offering them in a limited edition printed on Aluminum in large format. This one is called A Fecund Moment showing the tie of Marcus Garvey...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
OTR Plate 004 Printed on Aluminum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Plate comes from the book On The Rock Published by Montez press in 2016. The plates are a collaboration between the founders of Figure Ground on how to interrogate text into ima...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
"Concept, " a Large Multi-Colored Abstract Painting by Kathi Robinson Frank
Located in New York, NY
"Concept," 2022 is a large abstract acrylic, oil featuring deep violets, yellow ochres, and metallic gold on a white ground tinged with pale blue. In addition, the artist incorporated touches of orange, forest green and maroon together with web-like ink drawn forms to achieve light and dark and depth.
New York City born Kathi Robinson Frank...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paint
Framed Oil Painting on Board by Sara Skaaning
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on board by Sara Skaaning.
Based in the Island Mon, Denmark, the visual artist Sara Skaaning starts from her surroundings that twists and transforms until completely di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
MICHAEL BLAZEK - #15 - Floral Still Life Acrylic Painting - Canada - Circa 2015
Located in Chatham, ON
MICHAEL BLAZEK - #15 - Expressionist floral still life acrylic painting on canvas - featuring areas of heavy impasto - signed on the side - Canada (Chatham, Ontario) - circa 2015.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Canvas
Framed Oil Painting on Board by Sara Skaaning
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on board by Sara Skaaning.
Based in the Island Mon, Denmark, the visual artist Sara Skaaning starts from her surroundings that twists and transforms until completely di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
OTR Plate 015 Symmetry Printed on Aluminum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Plate comes from the book On The Rock Published by Montez press in 2016. The plates are a collaboration between the founders of Figure Ground on how to interrogate text into image.
16 plates...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
OTR Plate 003 Swaying in Developer Chemicals Printed on Aluminum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Plate comes from the book On The Rock Published by Montez press in 2016. The plates are a collaboration between the founders of Figure Ground on how to interrogate text into image.
16 plates traveled through Europe as part of a book tour. We are offering them in a limited edition printed on Aluminum in large format. This one is called Swaying In Developer Chemicals showing an overlay of all the design proposals for St. Peters Cathedral.
Each plate is related to a scene and some lines from the book.
Plate 003: SWAYING IN DEVELOPER CHEMICALS "At the end of the ambulatory, his vision is an unfinished photograph swaying in developer chemicals, still blurry and out of focus...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
OTR Plate 006 Floats Like An Obelisk Printed on Aluminum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Plate comes from the book On The Rock Published by Montez press in 2016. The plates are a collaboration between the founders of Figure Ground on how to interrogate text into image.
16 plates...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
Framed Oil Painting on Board by Sara Skaaning
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on board by Sara Skaaning.
Based in the Island Mon, Denmark, the visual artist Sara Skaaning starts from her surroundings that twists and transforms until completely di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #77, 2021
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #77 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 Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #53, 2017
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #53 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 Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #28, 2012
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #28 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 Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
OTR Plate 014 Maelstrom Printed on Aluminum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Plate comes from the book On The Rock Published by Montez press in 2016. The plates are a collaboration between the founders of Figure Ground on how to interrogate text into image.
16 plates...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
OTR Plate 010 French Inhale Printed on Aluminum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Plate comes from the book On The Rock Published by Montez press in 2016. The plates are a collaboration between the founders of Figure Ground on how to interrogate text into ima...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
OTR Plate 009 Weapons Deep in the Vaccum Printed on Aluminum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This plate comes from the book on the rock published by Montez press in 2016. The plates are a collaboration between the founders of Figure Ground on how to interrogate text into ima...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
OTR Plate 002 Grey Targets Printed on Aluminum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Plate comes from the book On The Rock Published by Montez press in 2016. The plates are a collaboration between the founders of Figure Ground on how to interrogate text into ima...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #78, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #78 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
OTR Plate 001 Classic Black Printed on Aluminum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Plate comes from the book On The Rock Published by Montez press in 2016. The plates are a collaboration between the founders of Figure Ground on how to interrogate text into image.
16 plates traveled through Europe as part of a book tour. We are offering them in a limited edition printed on Aluminum in large format. This one is called Classic Black showing a collage of the interior of
the Seagram's build in the perspective style of Mies Van Der Rohe. Each plate is related to a scene and some lines from the book.
Plate 001: CLASSIC BLACK "The floor is smooth as a Japanese sharpening rock, a composite of volcanic ash...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
Contemporary Fine Art
Located in Clermont, FL
Contemporary Fine Art
Tittle - Movement
Executed in 2021. original - only one - No Reproductions.
signed by artist, dated 2021 on the reverse
oil on canvas - 40 x 30 in.
ABOUT A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Framed Oil Painting on Board by Sara Skaaning
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on board by Sara Skaaning.
Based in the Island Mon, Denmark, the visual artist Sara Skaaning starts from her surroundings that twists and transforms until completely di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Framed Oil Painting on Board by Sara Skaaning
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on board by Sara Skaaning.
Based in the Island Mon, Denmark, the visual artist Sara Skaaning starts from her surroundings that twists and transforms until completely di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
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 Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Craig Allen Abstract Nude Figurative Painting Titled "Echo"
By Craig Alan
Located in Miami, FL
Craig Allen Abstract Nude Figurative Painting Titled "Echo"
Offered for sale is an abstract nude figurative painting on canvas titled "Echo. The painting ...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood
Framed Oil Painting on Board by Sara Skaaning
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on board by Sara Skaaning.
Based in the Island Mon, Denmark, the visual artist Sara Skaaning starts from her surroundings that twists and transforms until completely di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Framed Oil Painting on Board by Sara Skaaning
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on board by Sara Skaaning.
Based in the Island Mon, Denmark, the visual artist Sara Skaaning starts from her surroundings that twists and transforms until completely di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Framed Oil Painting on Board by Sara Skaaning
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on board by Sara Skaaning.
Based in the Island Mon, Denmark, the visual artist Sara Skaaning starts from her surroundings that twists and transforms until completely di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Framed Oil Painting on Board by Sara Skaaning
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on board by Sara Skaaning.
Based in the Island Mon, Denmark, the visual artist Sara Skaaning starts from her surroundings that twists and transforms until completely di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #50, 2017
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #50 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 Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #62, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #62 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #55, 2017
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #55 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #60, 2020
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #60 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 Paintings
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 Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
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 Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Plywood
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 Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #26, 2012
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #28 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 Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #54, 2017
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #54 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 Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
21st Century Abstract Painting ”Lusso”
Located in Los Angeles, CA
About the artist: Dor Saraf is an international abstract artist known for the unconventional style and technique that he has developed. He is known for combining special materials with touches of metallic colors, and mixed textures. Saraf is an autodidact artist with a B.A degree in social sciences and special-needs education. His artworks are inspired and motivated by optimistic energies, positive natural colors, and the artist's emotional connection to the human soul. As an artist, he is committed to creating powerful paintings that bring style, optimism, and character to any space.
-Size:
200/80
180/65
150/50
-condition: new, excellent quality.
-Style: modern, abstract, Design
- texture original artwork Hand-Painted acrylic Paintings of the Artist.
-Each piece comes signed by the artist.
-Framed in an internal wooden frame, ready to hang
Choice:
Hanging horizontally / hanging vertically.
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #44, 2015
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #44 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 Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Richard Hirsch Encaustic Painting of Nothing #40, 2014
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's encaustic Painting of Nothing #40 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Clay, Organic Material
Jason Woodside Large Acrylic & Aerosol on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Jason Woodside (American, b. 1982) acrylic and aerosol on canvas abstract trompe l'oeil painting of colorful contrasting patterns within concentric circ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Sail and Nike, Still Life with Toy Boat and Winged Victory, Silver Leaf and Oil
Located in Chicago, IL
Gorgeous hand applied silver leaf warms the background of this still life. A toy boat and a replica of Nike - the Winged Victory Sculpture in ...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Silver Leaf
"Wilder Ranch" by Nancy Leigh Hillis, 2009
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
"Wilder Ranch" by Nancy Leigh Hillis, 2009 custom gold frame.
Category
Early 2000s North American Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Original Acrylic Abstract Painting by Rick Orr
By Rick Orr
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Original acrylic on board abstract paint by American listed artist Rick Orr.
Framed in a gilded wood frame.
Measurements: 54” Wide, 30” High, 2” Deep.
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Aythamy Armas Painting, circa 2022, Spain
Located in Girona, Spain
Aythamy Armas painting.
Vertical Format.
Mixed technic on canvas.
Signed by the artist.
Circa 2022, Spain.
Very good condition.
Bachelor of fine ar...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Nude Painting by Jenna Snyder-Phillips, 2012, Sumi Ink on Paper, Gold Frame, Art
Located in New York, NY
Frontal nude painting by Jenna Snyder-Phillips, 2012, ink on paper framed with a wide gold frame.
Artist educated in Italy.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Helen Allois Signed Original Oil on Canvas Painting Disappearances 8, 2015
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful original oil on canvas painting by German-born American artist Helen Allois (who artistically simply goes by Allois). This work titled "Disapp...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Painting by Kenny Williams Tjampitjinpa
Located in Atlanta, GA
Entitled "Two Kuniya (Pythons) During Tingari Cycle", this mesmerizing painting was painted by Australian aboriginal artist Kenny Williams Tjampitjinpa (1950-2020) in 2004. The image...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Modern Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Original Modern Contemporary Pink and White Painting in Antique Gilt Frame
Located in Houston, TX
Original Modern Contemporary Acrylic Painting in antique frame by Shannon Weir. Signed in bottom right. This beautiful original art was made in 2022, but ...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Original Painting by Listed Cuban Artist, Ahmed Gomez, "Relics"
Located in East Hampton, NY
This wonderful early painting in acrylic on canvas by Listed and famed Cuban artist, Ahmed Gomez from 2015. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR MI...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Large Oil/Acrylic Painting Titled "Out of the Blue" by Rebecca Ruoff, 2021
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Beautiful oil/acrylic on canvas painting by American artist Rebecca Ruoff, titled "Out of the Blue", 2021.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Woman Pastel Portrait by Gillian Lefkowitz
Located in Pasadena, CA
Pastel portrait of a woman by Gillian Lefkowitz. Her portraits are known to convey the mood of the person she painted.
After her career as a professional photographer and Fine Art painter, Gillian became a Los Angeles-based interior decorator.
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Large Red & Yellow Abstract Painting Titled "Geranium" by Rebecca Ruoff, 2021
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Beautiful large oi/acrylic painting titled "Geranium" by American artist Rebecca Ruoff, 2021.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
‘Holistic’ Linen Wall Tapestry Handmade by Lawrence Kwakye
Located in Voorburg, NL
‘Holistic’, a handmade painting by Lawrence Kwakye consisting of Acrylic on Linen with a beech wooden frame. The holistic painting represents the abstract world of the unknown. A place of dematerialisation and dehumanisation where life is redefined in the eye of the beholder. The viewer is challenged to see the position of humanity from another perspective. Transhumanism and the concept of an uploaded human life form was the inspiration behind this work. An imagination of a science-fiction plot. A distinctive painting with an authentic layered effect; a unique aesthetic experience. Powerful and exclusive, only one of has been made.
About the artist
Lawrence Kwakye (1972, Utrecht) painted his first painting when he was thirteen and with it, unknowingly opened the door to his artistic career. The famous writer and illustrator Tomi Ungerer called him an ‘undeniable talent’ at the time and compared him to the main character in Albert Camus’ novel ‘The Stranger’. As the son of a Ghanaian father and Hungarian mother, raised in the Netherlands, he was constantly exposed to surprises and changes in life and as such automatically developed a ‘contrasting’ view of the world, essential for the magical layering in his later work. Nothing is what you think it is.
After secondary school, Lawrence completed his study ‘Man and Leisure time’ at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, where Lidewij Edelkoort was a guiding force. Unmistakable heritage from that time is the functional and conceptual impact of the many paintings he continued to create alongside his job as designer. Until 2010 when he changed course, established himself as an independent artist and his artistic career gained momentum.
Kwakye’s cultural diversity, his sense of aesthetics, his technical innovative drive and his fascination for transition, or in other words the process of change are clearly reflected in his current work. The result is accessible, the viewer picks it up straight away, but then seduces him into a discussion about what you actually see; it is what it is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic, Beech
James Siena Etching 'Fletxes Rodones', 2011
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
James Siena etching made 'Fletxes Rodones'.
Made in Spain, circa 2011.
Unique edition, 1/1
Hand signed.
About the artist:
Responding to a set of parameters, what the ar...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Painting "Winter Flower" 2008 Geometric Acrylic on Canvas by Cecilia Setterdahl
Located in Dubai, Dubai
About the painting “Winter Flower” 2008
"Three season colorful flowers faded to winter mood"
About the artist:
Cecilia’s is working with all geometrical forms, lines and shadows.
Her style developed to be clean and sharp forms in different combinations.
Often they are in juxtaposition to create a three dimensional effect.
Since two decades she has only painted in acrylic on canvas.
Her art characteristics are uniform geometrical shapes with pristine borders,
often in bold colours.
Born in Sweden in 1954, Cecilia Setterdahl has always been painting from Swedish
inspiration. Studied ascetics in High School and then went on to the Technical University of Lulea and graduated as a teacher. Moved to Stockholm and studied
at the “Konstskolan” First exhibition 1988. Through a move to Neuchatel, Switzerland Cecilia continued her studies at the M-Art and Accademie Maximilien de Meuron...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Emirian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Painting Composition Black Orange " 2010 Geometric 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 wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Emirian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mixed Media Abstract Figure Painting Collage
Located in Seguin, TX
Mixed media abstract flaming figural painting cut and reassembled by artist George Turner ( 1943-2014) Illinois. Signed dated 2001 in pencil lower right corner.
Category
Early 2000s North American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
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