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Item Ships From: Brooklyn
Large Finely Painted American School Abstract Coastal Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted American school abstract landscape painting. Framed in a period modernist wood molding. Oil on board. Image size, 24H by 29L.
Category
1940s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,820 Sale Price
20% Off
Red Swash (Abstract painting)
By Anne Russinof
Located in London, GB
Red Swash (Abstract painting)
Oil on gessoed Arches paper. Unframed.
For Russinof, everything begins with color. She begins a painting by applying color in lyrical, gestural marks....
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Event Horizon, acrylic bold color abstract
By Jeffrey Kurland
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Event Horizon
2018 acrylic on canvas unframed 72 x 96 x 2”
Bright orange ground, light orange, dark blue, light blue, red.
Unique abstract painting. Layered acrylic skins over s...
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"NO, GRIMACE, NO! 04082018 356pm", Abstract, Digital, Orange, Purple, Cat, 2018
By Justin Neely
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract print "NO, GRIMACE, NO! 04082018 356pm" is a digital artwork, created with the Brushes Redux iPhone app, and output at 36x36" on museum-quality Canson Platine Fibre Rag 310gsm archival paper. As the title indicates, the artwork was created on April 8, 2018 at 3:56 pm.
While Justin Neely...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Hit it (Abstract painting)
By Emily Berger
Located in London, GB
Hit it (Abstract painting)
Oil on wood panel - Unframed.
She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking the horizontal bands from top to bottom of the...
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Untitled 11 (Abstract painting)
By Marcy Rosenblat
Located in London, GB
Pigment, silica medium and gouache on paper - Unframed.
Marcy Rosenblat describes herself as having an affinity for process art, a method of art making in which predetermined system...
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pigment
Vintage American School Modernist Geometric Abstract New York School Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso.
Category
1980s Modern Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Hat Shop Brilliant Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist abstract hat shop painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 32L x 26H.
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
"CORNER POCKET", Abstract Painting, Naples Yellow, Green, Black, Dynamic Angle
By Jeffrey Kurland
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract painting "CORNER POCKET" by Jeffrey Kurland is a diptych of two panels measuring 24" tall by 15" wide, and 24" tall by 24" wide. Installed it measures 24" tall by 40" wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Red Dream (Abstract painting)
By Emily Berger
Located in London, GB
Red Dream (Abstract painting)
Oil on wood - Unframed.
She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking the horizontal bands from top to bottom of the surf...
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Calligraph (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Laura Newman
Located in London, GB
Calligraph (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Ink and acrylic on handmade wasli paper - Unframed
Laura Newman's paintings combine geometric delineations of space, ephemeral color fi...
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
"FOR YOUR SAFETY 04072018 458pm", Abstract, Digital Print, Green, Black, Yellow
By Justin Neely
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract print "FOR YOUR SAFETY 04072018 458pm" is a digital artwork, created with the Brushes Redux iPhone app, and printed at 36x36" on museum-quality Canson Platine Fibre Rag 310gsm archival paper. As the title indicates, the artwork was created on April 7, 2018 at 4:58 pm.
While Justin Neely...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
"INDIAN SUMMER", Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Orange, Rust
By Jeffrey Kurland
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The large abstract painting "INDIAN SUMMER" by Jeffrey Kurland, with acrylic paint on canvas measuring 44" high by 88" wide, is new work from the spring of 2019. Often employing pain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vintage Modernist Abstract Flower Field European Town Landscape Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique European flower field oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 24L x 18H.
Category
1950s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Three Muses & A Dream
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Natalie Alana Sturgis is an African American writer & painter born and raised in New York. In what she describes as her process, she attempts to capture her emotions onto surfaces, w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
$6,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Buffalo New York Regionalist Modern Landscape Signed Exhibited Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape painting signed "Welch '42". Oil on board, circa 1942. Signed. Image size, 16L x 14H. Housed in a modern frame.
Category
1940s Modern Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Mongol Painting – Contemporary Primitivism Style by Zura
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ZURA (Georgian-American, 1969)
Mongol, 2023
Acrylic on wood
49 x 24 in. (124 x 61 cm)
A powerful and evocative acrylic on wood by Zura, this 49×24 in work is a singular testament to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Antique Israeli American Modernist Cityscape Framed Flatiron Building Painting
By Abraham Pariente
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted view of the Flatiron building in New York City. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring 29 by 37 overall and 20 by 28 painting alone.
Category
1990s Modern Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"QUID PRO QUO", Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Blue, Orange
By Jeffrey Kurland
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The large abstract painting "QUID PRO QUO" by Jeffrey Kurland, with acrylic paint on canvas measuring 54" high by 54" wide, is new work from the summer of 2019. Often employing paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
All Smiles
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This acrylic portrait painting is inspired by the mid-century masters.
Framed in a vintage black frame, can be hung up or stand, 10 in. wide x 12 in. high
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique American Modernist European Street Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 29L x 20H.
Category
1960s Realist Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Tropical Coastal Seascape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive impressionist coastal scene. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1920s Impressionist Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
Manifest 2 (Abstract Painting)
By Margaret Neill
Located in London, GB
Manifest 2 (Abstract Painting)
Charcoal and water on paper. Unframed.
Margaret Neill works for a time on a group of pieces in a series, using classic almost primal materials such a...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Antique Signed American School Modernist Landscape Framed Starlit Night Harbor
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nocturnal starlit harbor painting. Watercolor on paper. Signed. Framed.
Category
1950s Modern Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
"BROKEN MIRROR 03242018 607pm", Primitive, Digital Print, Flag, Purple, Red
By Justin Neely
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract print "BROKEN MIRROR 03242018 607pm" is a digital artwork, created with the Brushes Redux iPhone app, and printed at 36x36" on museum-quality Canson Platine Fibre Rag 310gsm archival paper. As the title indicates, the artwork was created on March 24, 2018 at 6:07 pm.
While Justin Neely...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Here to There (present tense) (Abstract Painting)
By Macyn Bolt
Located in London, GB
Here to There (present tense) (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed
Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension...
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"ON THIN ICE", Abstract Painting, Ultramarine Blue, Frozen, Crystalline, Glass
By Jeffrey Kurland
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract painting "ON THIN ICE" by Jeffrey Kurland is an acrylic on canvas measuring 50" tall by 60" wide. ON THIN ICE is new work from the long ho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Figurative Painting NY Gallery Label Mystery Painting Colorful 1940
Located in Buffalo, NY
Abstract figurative painting on board. Carl Bredemier label on the reverse. Framed. Oil on board
Category
1940s Modern Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
$791 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American School New York Minimalist Abstract Splatter Oil Painting MCM
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school abstract expressionist action painting. Oil on paper, circa 1960.
Unsigned. Image size, 15"L x 11"H.
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"MANHATTAN BRIDGE", Abstract Painting, Yellow, Ultramarine, Structure, New York
By Jeffrey Kurland
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract painting "MANHATTAN BRIDGE" by Jeffrey Kurland is acrylic on canvas measuring 24" tall by 24" wide. MANHATTAN BRIDGE is new work from the long summer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
By Emily Berger
Located in London, GB
Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
Ink, watercolor, gouache on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed.
Image size: 12” x 8.25” - 30,5 x 21 cm.
She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths ...
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Large Mid Century Modern Texas Artist Abstract Expressionist Action Painting
By Duanye Hatchett
Located in Buffalo, NY
An abstract expressionist painting by Duayne Hatchett . Oil on canvas, circa 1990. Signed verso. Framed. I
Duayne Hatchett was a visual artist whose work included prints, pain...
Category
1990s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"ALIZARIN GARDENS", Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Red Rose Yellow Green
By Jeffrey Kurland
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The large abstract painting "ALIZARIN GARDENS" by Jeffrey Kurland, with acrylic paint on canvas measuring 30" high by 48" wide, is new work from the su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"IF A TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST", Abstract Paint, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Orange
By Jeffrey Kurland
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The large abstract painting "IF A TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST" by Jeffrey Kurland, with acrylic paint on canvas measuring 76" high by 96" wide, is new work from the spring of 2019. Ofte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"WHAT COLOR IS GOOD NIGHT? 07292018 1256am", Abstract, Digital, Black, Cream
By Justin Neely
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract print "WHAT COLOR IS GOOD NIGHT? 07292018 1256am" is a digital artwork, created with the Brushes Redux iPhone app, and output at 36x36" on museum-quality Canson Platine ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Night Shade
By Vicki Sher
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Red Swash (Abstract painting)
By Anne Russinof
Located in London, GB
Red Swash (Abstract painting)
Oil on gessoed Arches paper. Unframed.
For Russinof, everything begins with color. She begins a painting by applying color in lyrical, gestural marks....
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Tightrope (Abstract painting)
By Macyn Bolt
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on canvas. Unframed.
Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and background, center and edge, inside and out. The dual spatial identities that the myriad forms have with one another create a visual riddle.
His goal as a painter is not to solve the riddle as much as pose it as a unique perceptual challenge. And it is that challenge that fulfils the experience one has with the painting.
Macyn Bolt is an American abstract painter. Using a visual language informed by geometric abstraction, he creates artworks that examine how color and form create shifts in visual perception. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, and upstate Pennsylvania.
Bolt works with acrylic paint on a variety of surfaces including canvas, wood panel, vinyl and paper. Using scrapers...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vintage Signed Texas Female Modernist Abstract Cow Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist cow abstract still life oil painting by Jeanette Welty Chelf (1929 - 2021). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 20L x 16H.
Category
1970s Modern Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Landscape Morris Shulman Signed Painting
By Morris M. Shulman
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract Maine landscape painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1960. Signed on verso. Image size, 30...
Category
1950s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Interior with Paint Chips (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Laura Newman
Located in London, GB
Interior with Paint Chips (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Oil and acrylic on canvas. Unframed.
'Interior with Paint Chips' explores the idea of an interior as a container. Under...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Monogrammed 1935 Rare Tropical Paradise Exotic Animal Surreal Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape signed painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Signed. Framed.
Category
1930s Modern Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Destination (Abstract drawing)
By Margaret Neill
Located in London, GB
Destination (Abstract drawing)
Pastel on paper - Unframed.
Margaret Neill works for a time on a group of pieces in a series, using classic almost primal materials such as graphite,...
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Antique Signed European Framed Village Signed Orientalist Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist abstract village painting. Oil on board. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 24L x 12H. Signed.
Category
1920s Modern Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Crop (Abstract Painting)
By Marcy Rosenblat
Located in London, GB
Crop (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas. Unframed.
The textured appearance of her paintings emanates from the intervention of common household products such as paper towels duri...
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Breather
By Anne Russinof
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas - Unframed
For Russinof, everything begins with color. She begins a painting by applying color in lyrical, gestural marks. The marks coalesce into a structure, a loose...
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Impressionist Cityscape Framed Signed Central Park Castle Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century impressionist cityscape oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
Category
1960s Cubist Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Slow Turn (Abstract painting)
By Macyn Bolt
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed
Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and background, center and edg...
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vintage Signed American Surreal Exhibited Beach Scene "Femininity" Oil Painting
By Harry Long
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting by Harry Lane. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Exhibited. Framed. Image size, 20L x 16H.
Category
1940s Modern Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Color Stain Signed Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Majorie Shaw Kubach. Oil on canvas. Framed in a minimal white wood frame.
Category
1950s Modern Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stormy seas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Frank Chiodo is a contemporary painter whose dynamic work centers on organic abstraction. Through the interplay of color and gesture on the canvas, he cre...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Signed Surreal Street Scene Skeleton Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed illegibly.
Category
1930s Surrealist Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Manifest 2 (Abstract Painting)
By Margaret Neill
Located in London, GB
Manifest 2 (Abstract Painting)
Charcoal and water on paper. Unframed.
Margaret Neill works for a time on a group of pieces in a series, using classic almost primal materials such a...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Signed R Kelly Listed American Modernist Interior Pink Couch Abstract Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 30L x 24H. Great color and a nice period modern wood frame. Ready to hang.
Category
1950s Impressionist Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist in Paris Signed Street Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist in Paris oil painting by Harold T. Bowler (1903 - 1965). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
1920s Impressionist Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shift 3 (Abstract Painting)
By Holly Miller
Located in London, GB
Shift 3 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed
The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connectin...
Category
2010s Minimalist Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Acrylic, Graphite
Vintage American School Modernist Geometric Abstract New York School Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed.
Category
1960s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Gerome Kamrowski Abstract Pop Art Minimalist Street Scene Signed Oil Painting
By Gerome Kamrowski
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist street scene painting by Gerome L. Kamrowski (1914 - 2004). Oil on canvas, circa 1985. Signed.
Framing is available. Image size 39.25L x 26H.
Category
1980s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Annular - Solar Eclipse Painting Celestial Contemporary Art, Black Purple Orange
By Axel Getz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This striking circular canvas captures the celestial phenomenon of an annular solar eclipse. Dominated by a deep, textured blue field evoking the daytime sky during an eclipse, the w...
Category
2010s Abstract Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Italian Impressionist Venice Trompe L'Oeil Flower Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very well done and interesting vintage Italian impressionist painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1940s Modern Brooklyn - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
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