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"Akshobhyavajra" Painting by Liu Yi
By Liu Yi
Located in Chicago, IL
This work, which required months to complete, features the central figure of Akshobhyavajra, a Tibetan Buddha. Liu Yi, a Beijing-based painter and practicing Buddhist, paints each of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Tibetan Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Jewel Toned Abstract Water Color & Ink Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Reds, amethyst, emerald green and yellow water color with ink abstract painting on pressed water color paper and framed in silver leafed frame with black and rose matting. Signed and...
Category
1970s American Vintage Chicago - Contemporary Art
"Erie (Great Lakes)" by Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
This abstract work by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald belongs to a series of “track paintings” that materialize the imagined tracks navigated by his miniature soap-box car sculptur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Photograph by Michel Deverne
By Michel Deverne
Located in Chicago, IL
Deverne (1927-2012) was visual artist most interested in abstract geometric forms and textures. He was not known for photography and accordingly this surviving image is quite rare. T...
Category
1970s French Vintage Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Shu Takahashi Painting
By Shu Takahashi
Located in Chicago, IL
Artist and professor of Kurashiki University of Science and The Arts. Born 1930 in Fukuyama-city, Hiroshima Prefecture. Awarded the Yasui Prize for his work "Tsuki no Michi" (The Moo...
Category
1970s Japanese Modern Vintage Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
"Study for SWEEPS" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
The colorful paintings of Jan Pieter Fokkens transport us to distant worlds beyond our comprehension. Within seemingly infinite networks of lines, dots, and crosses, he decodes the r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
"Superior {Great Lakes)" by Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
This abstract work by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald belongs to a series of “track paintings” that materialize the imagined tracks navigated by his miniature soap-box car sculptures. Inspired by slot-car racetracks, each painting depicts a meandering, yet cyclical path that twists and turns upon itself in an endless loop. Isolated from time and place, the painting achieves a sense of timelessness and draws a through line linking the past, the present, and the future.
Entitled "Superior," this track painting is one of five compositions inspired by the Great Lakes. Like all of Fitzgerald's works, the paintings are deeply responsive to his surroundings and encapsulate the unique industrial histories and geologic wonders of the American midwest. Fitzgerald describes his Great Lakes series as "a contemplation of these wondrous bodies of water that have impressed and mystified me beyond words since childhood. My desire within each work is to create the timeless quality of a relic imbued with nostalgia and emotive power."
The focal point of "Superior" is a meandering loop of thin, colorful stripes, contrasted by a dark blue-black field that recalls the deep waters of Lake Superior. Like beams of light cutting through darkness, the rainbow track twists and turns to fill the surface, surrounded by round forms reminiscent of floating air bubbles. At once bright and colorful yet dark and mysterious, "Superior" evokes the sensation of being underwater, painted to resemble "a track that is submerged or beneath a surface, but illuminated and glowing." Fitzgerald's inspiration for this work comes from his formative memory of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
"Denizen No. 15" by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
This colorful painting by Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald belongs to a body of work he calls his “Neighborhood of Infinity.” Fitzgerald uses this borrowed term literally to r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Grant Newman "Two-Way"
By Grant Newman
Located in Chicago, IL
"Two-Way" SidebySide Series 2014
The works from the SidebySide series consist of sewn fabric arrangements exhibiting subtle, intimate material displays. The fabrics used in these ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric
"Study for Tarantula Nebula" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "Study for Tarantula Nebula," this painting by Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens offers a representation of the gigantic star-forming region of the same name. Located ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
"Drawing for the Sponsor" by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "Drawing for The Sponsor," this work by Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald envisions an advertisement by Southport Tool and Die, a Chicago company from the 1940s and th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"Tiananmen Lion" by Ren Hui
By Ren Hui
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting, like most of Ren Hui’s exquisite artworks, celebrates his subjects using a pointillist style that he calls “uncomplicated and honest.” The beautiful pattern of gold on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Aeriform" Kite by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera - including fragment...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric, Silk, Bamboo, Paper
"Great Wall" by Ren Hui
By Ren Hui
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite painting "Great Wall" was made by internationally renowned Chinese artisan Ren Hui. He expertly picks out the fine details of China's greatest landmark in his signatur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Grant Newman "Veil Between" 2014
By Grant Newman
Located in Chicago, IL
"Veil Between" SidebySide 2014
The works from the SidebySide series consist of sewn fabric arrangements exhibiting subtle, intimate material displays. The fabrics used in these wo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric
"Day Turns to Night" by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera-including fragments ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric, Bamboo, Paper
"Drawing for Allegheny + Ludlum Helmet & Jacket" by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "Drawing for Allegheny + Ludlum Helmet & Jacket," this work by Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald is a companion piece to his sculpture "A+L Helmet & Jacket." Worn by t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
"Ladies at Tea" Mixed-Media Tile by Pauline Hughes
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, combining aspects of painting, collage, and printmaking into her w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Paper
"Study for Caldwell 49" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
The colorful paintings of Jan Pieter Fokkens transport us to distant worlds beyond our comprehension. Within seemingly infinite networks of lines, dots, and crosses, he decodes the r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Canvas
Matthew Picton "Vienna" Pinned-Film Artwork
By Matthew Picton
Located in Chicago, IL
Artwork depicting city map of greater Vienna. Picton considers his work sculptural, "separating out the layers of communication, transportation and river systems."
Medium: Duralar...
Category
Early 2000s American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Enamel
Fraser Taylor, Bulk Green
By Fraser Taylor
Located in Chicago, IL
Fraser Taylor, Bulk Green 2008
Oil on canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
"E0102-72.3" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
The colorful paintings of Jan Pieter Fokkens transport us to distant worlds beyond our comprehension. Within his seemingly infinite networks of lines, dots, and crosses, he decodes t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"Victorian Soiree" Mixed-Media Tile by Pauline Hughes
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, combining aspects of painting, collage, and printmaking into her w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Paper
“Weird Adventure” by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qualities of pattern and color, Fokkens meditates on how we as viewers negotiate our realities. Entitled "Weird Adventure," this diptych depicts a still from the Italian Classic film...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
"Family Reunion 1" by Travis Somerville
By Travis Somerville
Located in Chicago, IL
Deeply familiar yet nonetheless confrontational, Travis Somerville’s “Family Renuion” series disrupts nostalgia and memory, insisting on the idea that images and material objects are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"The People People 4" by Tracy Crump
By Tracy Crump
Located in Chicago, IL
Tracy Crump uses washes of grey, white and aqua to both conceal and reveal sensitively drawn figures. Each figure stands alone as an individual, possessing unique features and hairst...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
"Great Wall II" by Ren Hui
By Ren Hui
Located in Chicago, IL
This woodcut, entitled “Great Wall II,” was made by renowned artist Ren Hui. His career has been an evolution across material and method. He began as a poet and photographer, but soo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Wood
"Sailing Boat" Woodcut by Ren Hui
Located in Chicago, IL
This woodcut, entitled “Sailing Boat,” was made by renowned artist Ren Hui. His materials and forms of expression have evolved. He began as a poet and photographer, but soon began wo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
Artist Derek Christensen Original License Plate Popscicle Pop Art, Signed
Located in Chicago, IL
rtist Derek Christensen Original License Plate Popscicle Pop Art, Wall Art Signed
Derek Christensen, an award winning artist from Chicago, is known for his hand-made metal work and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Enjambment by Marc Ross, 2018
By Marc Ross
Located in Chicago, IL
A monumental acrylic painting on canvas by American artist Marc Ross, 2018. This minimal abstract painting features an impressive gradation of blue hues, giv...
Category
2010s American Minimalist Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paint
Framed Abstract Mixed Media Collage Painting by Gisèle Lacroix, Paris 1990s
Located in Chicago, IL
An original mixed media on paper collage painting by French sculptor Gisèle Lacroix. This layered abstract features blue and grey hues with ochre accents applied over newspaper. Unsi...
Category
1990s French Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Dry Feet in the Ocean by Amela Rasi, Germany 2022
Located in Chicago, IL
A large scale abstract mixed media painting by German artist Amela Rasi. This piece is presented on a cotton canvas + was created using pigments and oil pas...
Category
2010s German Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Artist Derek Christensen Original License Plate Coca Cola Pop Art
Located in Chicago, IL
Artist Derek Christensen Original License Plate Coca Cola Pop Art, Wall Art
Derek Christensen, an award winning artist from Chicago, is known for his hand-made metal work and found ...
Category
2010s Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautiful painting is from Italy and made circa 1950s-1960s. Made from paint on canvas the painting features a gold wooden frame; artist unknown. Great piece to add color to you...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Italian Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautiful painting is from Italy and made circa 1950s-1960s. Made from paint on canvas the painting features a gold wooden frame; artist unknown. Great piece to add color to you...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Artist Derek Christensen Original License Plate French Fries Pop Art, Signed
Located in Chicago, IL
Artist Derek Christensen Original License Plate French Fries Pop Art, Wall Art Signed
Derek Christensen, an award winning artist from Chicago, is known for his hand-made metal work ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
21st Century Painting Gathering Storm by English Artist Corrina Button
By Corinna Button
Located in Chicago, IL
21st century painting gathering storm by English artist Corrina button
one of two hooks or clasp in back of painting.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Reverse Painted Glass Wall Art w/ Female Figure by Mark Narens
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Reverse Painted Glass Hanging Wall Art with Female Figure Signed by Mark Narens
Featuring a stunning piece of vintage wall art, ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Paint
Study in Blue Painting by Yvette Kaiser Smith
Located in Chicago, IL
Abstract acrylic and graphite painting study in Blue on board. Signed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Reverse Painted Glass Wall Art w/ Male Figure signed by Mark Narens
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Reverse Painted Glass Hanging Wall Art with Male Figure Signed by Mark Narens
Introducing a stunning piece of vintage wall art, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Paint
'Balance of Opposites' by Karen Parisian
By Karen Parisian
Located in Chicago, IL
Acrylic on canvas.
Karen Parisian is a Chicago based artist. Her work can be thought of as Spiritual Modernism as she has found inspiration in the modern masters as well as her o...
Category
2010s North American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Grant Newman "Stacked Fields" 2014
By Grant Newman
Located in Chicago, IL
"Stacked Fields" SidebySide 2014
The works from the SidebySide series consist of sewn fabric arrangements exhibiting subtle, intimate material displays. The fabrics used in these ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Fabric
"Denizen No. 21" by Patrick Fitzgerald
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
This colorful painting by Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald belongs to a body of work he calls his “Neighborhood of Infinity.” Fitzgerald uses this borrowed term literally to r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"Yellow Stag" by Gordon Chandler
By Gordon Chandler
Located in Chicago, IL
Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures forme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Steel
‘Walking in Wonder’ by Karen Parisian
By Karen Parisian
Located in Chicago, IL
‘Walking in Wonder’ by Chicago Artist, Karen Parisian. Acrylic on Canvas. Signed lower right.
Karen Parisian is a Chicago based artist. Her work can be thought of as Spiritual Moder...
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Study for Messier 17" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "Study for Messier 17," this painting by Chicago-artist Jan Pieter Fokkens offers a representation of the spectacular star-forming region Messier 17, also known as the Omega...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"Study for SWEEPS" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Inspired by images of deep space, computer compression algorithms, and early non-representational art, Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses the tangible qualities of pattern and color to interpret unimaginable sights.
Entitled "Study for SWEEPS," this work offers a representation of the Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search, Hubble’s seven-day-long survey of 180,000 stars in order to detect extrasolar planets. Using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"Family Reunion 3" by Travis Somerville
Located in Chicago, IL
Deeply familiar yet nonetheless confrontational, Travis Somerville’s “Family Renuion” series disrupts nostalgia and memory, insisting on the idea that images and material objects are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"NGC-3201" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qualities of pattern and color, Fokkens meditates on how reality is mediated by digital image. Entitled "NGC-3201," this vibrant drawing offers a representation of the globular cluster NGC-3201. Using an image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"Family Reunion 2" by Travis Somerville
By Travis Somerville
Located in Chicago, IL
Deeply familiar yet nonetheless confrontational, Travis Somerville’s “Family Renuion” series disrupts nostalgia and memory, insisting on the idea that images and material objects are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Parachute Print I by Brooke Vandever
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating still life print photographed by Brooke Vandever and styled by Kimberly Swedelius. This photograph is printed on archival matte paper + available in a variety of sizes....
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
"Xi Shitoupo Xiang, Pingyao, Shanxi Province" Photograph by Sze Tsung Leong
By Sze Tsung Leong
Located in Chicago, IL
This evocative photograph is part of a series created by artist Sze Tsung Nicolas Leong that explore China’s complicated relationship with its ancient past and anticipated future. In this 2004 photograph, 100-year-old buildings line a vacant street in the old walled city...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Abstract Painting by Ginny Sykes
Located in Chicago, IL
Contemporary abstract painting on paper “ Blue Black Rose Series” by Ginny Sykes. 5 paintings available in this series. Signed. Framed professionally. Due to large size they need to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Parachute Print II by Brooke Vandever
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating still life print photographed by Brooke Vandever and styled by Kimberly Swedelius. This photograph is printed on archival matte paper + available in a variety of sizes....
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
'Snake River' by Karen Parisian
By Karen Parisian
Located in Chicago, IL
‘Snake River ’ by Chicago Artist, Karen Parisian. Acrylic + mixed media on canvas.
Karen Parisian is a Chicago based artist. Her work can be thought of ...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Contemporary Hand Dye Painting by Sandra Leonard
Located in Chicago, IL
Contemporary hand dye painting on cotton, framed in custom pine frame. Please contact 1stdibs for international shipping.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Cotton, Pine
21st Century Painting "When the Moon Hits Your Eye" Painting by Corrina Button
Located in Chicago, IL
21st century painting "When the Moon Hits Your Eye" by Corrina Button
British Artist Corrina has been painting in Europe as well as the United States f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
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