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Composition VII - XXI century, Mixed media abstract print, Colourful
By Sabine Pinkepank
Located in Warsaw, PL
Limited edition, one of 15 copies. Mixed media print by Sabine Pinkepank.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Color
Hommage à la Couleur - Lithograph by Bram Van Velde - 1970
By Bram Van Velde
Located in Roma, IT
Hommage à la Couleur is a contemporary artwork realized by Bram Van Velde.
Mixed colored lithograph on paper. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Numebered on the lower left corner (10/300).
Good condition.
Bram van Velde (1895–1981) was a Dutch painter known for his abstraction artworks. In 1907, Van Velde apprenticed in the interior decorating company Schaijk & Kramers in The Hague. Arriving in Paris in 1924, his art was encourage by the French painter André Lhote as well as the playwright Samuel Beckett...
Category
1970s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage Poster Galerie Louis Carré - Lithograph and offset by A. Lanskoy - 1957
By André Lanskoy
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Poster Galerie Louis Carré is a lithograph and offset print realized by André Lanskoy in 1957.
Good conditions except for slight cutting and foldi...
Category
1950s Modern Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Abstract Composition - Etching by Margherita Benetti - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an artwork realized by Margherita Benetti (1928-2014) in 1974.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Numbered on the left corner, 7/10.
Edition of 10 prints plus artis...
Category
1970s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Untitled - Etching by Johnny Friedlaender - 1970s
By Johnny Friedlaender
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an artwork realized by Johnny Friedlaender, 1970s.
Etching on wove paper.
Signed and numbered.
Edition of 135 copies.
Good conditions!
Category
1970s Surrealist Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Decorative Motifs German Renaissance - Lithograph - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decorative motifs of the German Renaissance is a vintage chromolithograph.
Good conditions.
The artwork represents Decorative motifs of the German...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
DAMIEN HIRST - KYNANCE COVE. Where the land meets the sea. Abstraction, British
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Damien Hirst - KYNANCE COVE
Date of creation: 2023
Medium: Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
Edition: 411
Size: 120 x 90 cm
Condition: Brand new and never framed
T...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Panel, Giclée
$10,229 Sale Price
20% Off
Invasion de l'Espace - Lithograph by Man Ray - 1975
By Man Ray
Located in Roma, IT
Invasion de l'espace is a color lithograph by the American artist and exponent of Dadaism and Surrealism Man Ray (Philadelphia, 1890 - Paris, 1976).
The workr was edited by the Fr...
Category
1970s Surrealist Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
No title
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, circa 1970.
Edition : 35/75
79.50 cm. x 60.00 cm. 31.3 in. x 23.62 in. (paper)
55.50 cm. x 47.00 cm. 21.85 in. x 18.5 in. (image)
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
Ce...
Category
1970s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
John Baldessari, Two Assemblages (with R, O, Y, G, B, V Opaque) - Signed Print
By John Baldessari
Located in Hamburg, DE
John Baldessari (American, 1931-2020)
Two Assemblages (with R, O, Y, G, B, V Opaque), 2003
Medium: Lithograph and screen print on vellum
Dimensions: 61.6 x 91.5 cm
Edition of 50: Han...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Untitled - Original Lithograph by Primo Conti - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an original colored lithograph on cream-colored paper realized by the Italian artist Primo Conti (1900-1988).
A beautiful original print, re...
Category
1970s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract Black Green
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró XI
Date of creation: 1975
Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper
Edition: 1500
Size: 49,5 x 71 cm
Observations: Lithograph on G...
Category
1970s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Visible of the Invisible - Red Composition - by I. Bressan - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
The visible of the invisible - Red composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Italo Bressan in 1989.
Mixed colored serigraph.
Hand signed and dated on the lower ma...
Category
1980s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Still life with flowers - XXI century, Contemporary Oil Painting, Cat, Colorful
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
MONIKA ROSSA
studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing and easel painting....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Canvas, Oil
East
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1957
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 87/100
Publisher : Editions le Musée de Poche, Paris
Printer : Jean Pons
Catalog : [Polieri 1747]
66.00 cm. x 50.00 c...
Category
1950s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Composition - Lithograph by Antoni Tàpies - 1968
By Antoni Tàpies
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original lithograph realized by Antoni Tapies for the Art Magazine "Derrière Le Mioir" no.175 in 1968.
Printed by Ateliers de Maeght, Paris, 1968.
Good conditions...
Category
1960s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Amas - Lithograph by Jean Dubuffet - 1959
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Roma, IT
Amas is an artwork realized by Jean Dubuffet (Le Havre 1888 - 1985 Paris), 1959.
Sheet 17 for the portfolio Eaux, Pierres, Sable.
Lithograph.
Artist Proof. Signed, dated and tit...
Category
1950s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Composition - Woodcut by Luigi Spacal - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Luigi Spacal (Trieste, 1907 - Trieste, 2000) in the 1970s.
Original Colored woodcut on cardboard. Image Dimensions: 18 x 14 cm
Good conditions.
Lojze Spacal, also known as Luigi Spacal, was born on the Trieste Karst, at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, from a family of Slovenian nationality.In 1930 he was arrested on charges of anti-fascism and confined for some time to Accettura, in Basilicata. Here he discovered his artistic vocation. In 1934 he graduated in Venice. He began to exhibit his first works in 1937. In 1942 he was again sent to confinement, this time in Abruzzo and, later, assigned to a special working battalion in Forte dei Marmi. Nevertheless, he managed to continue to exhibit his works so much that, in 1944, he set up his first solo show. In 1948 he participated for the first time in the Venice biennial. In 1958 he won the International Grand Prix "for a draftsman and engraver" at the Venice Biennale. In 1959 he received the 2nd prize at the International Biennial of Graphic Art in Ljubljana. In 1974 he was awarded the Prešeren prize, the highest Slovenian artistic recognition, and the “San Giusto d'Oro” in 1977. In 1998 a museum was dedicated to him in the castle of San Daniele...
Category
1970s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Balance is Possible, Blue and White, Handmade Cyanotype, Organic Modern on Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This one-of-a-kind cyanotype monotype layers soft, sinuous bands of blue to create a serene, wave-like field of motion. The artist shapes light-sensitive chemistry directly on waterc...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph, Monotype
Thomas Struth, Wall Detail, James Simon Galerie, Signed Photograph, Architecture
By Thomas Struth
Located in Hamburg, DE
Thomas Struth (German, born 1954)
Wall Detail, James Simon Galerie, Berlin, 2019
Medium: Inkjet print back-mounted on Alu-Dibond, set in archival cardboard (as issued)
Print dimensio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Cardboard, Inkjet
Bagnanti
By Fausto Pirandello
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed, titled and numbered. Edition of 50 prints. Excellent condition.
Colored Lithograph, representing a group of bathers in abstract shapes.
Image Dimensions : 59 x 45 cm
Category
1960s Modern Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Matiere et Graffiti - Aquatinta etching modern abstract artwork by Antoni Tàpies
By Antoni Tàpies
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Matiére et Graffiti" is an original etching with aquatintin black adn whtie from 1969 by renowned Spanish artist Antoni Tàpies. It is an edition of 75 (67/75) on Guarro handmade pa...
Category
1960s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Abstact Composition - Original Screen Print by Mario Padovan - 1977
By Mario Padovan
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a beautiful colored screen print realized by Mario Padovan in 1977.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered, on the lower left, the edition of 10...
Category
1970s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Aquatint Engraving
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Rare Original Aquatint Engraving
Title: Abstract Composition
Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm
Jean Miotte, 1926 - 2016
Miotte came of artistic age in the decade after World War...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Abstract Composition - Drawing - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is an original modern artwork realized by Artist of the mid-20th century.
Mixed colored drawing on paper.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Ekstatisches Blau - Ernst Wilhelm Nay
By Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Art Print on heavy Paper
Original from 1961
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Pigment
Conrad Marca-Relli - Composition XIV Etching American Abstract Expressionism
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Conrad Marca-Relli - Composition XIV
Date of creation: 1977
Medium: Etching and aquatint on Gvarro paper
Edition number: 51/75
Size: 56 x 76 cm
Condition: In very good conditions and...
Category
1970s Modern Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled
By Bill Max
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1982
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
Edition : 2/100
64.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.2 in. x 19.69 in. (paper)
47.00 cm. x 47.00 cm. 18.5 in. x 18.5 in. (image)
Max Bill co...
Category
1980s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,137
Sculptor working on a female bust II
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, FR
Etching and aquatint, 1965
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 23/50
Publisher : Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Printer : Crommelynck
Catalog : [Baer n°1179 Bb1 T. V p. 201...
Category
1960s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Parallel Roads - Lithograph by Mario Padovan - 1970s
By Mario Padovan
Located in Roma, IT
Parallel Roads is a beautiful colored lithograph realized by Mario Padovan in the 1970s .
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered in pencil on the lower left.
Edition...
Category
1970s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Paper and Silver by El Anatsui hand-sculpted aluminium sculpture African Art
By El Anatsui
Located in Zug, CH
El Anatsui uses typically discarded resources such as liquor bottle caps, cassava graters and newspaper printing plates, to create both floor-based sculptures and shimmering wall pie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Metal, Copper, Wire
Untitled - Original Lithograph by Vasco Bendini - 1961
By Vasco Bendini
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 49 x 38 cm.
Interesting b/w lithograph representing a abstract composition. Dated, numbered and hand-signed with pencil on lower margin by the Italian artist, Vasc...
Category
1960s Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ghost, etching/aquatint, 18.5x13.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Juris Putrāms graphics artists, works in book and advertising graphics, poster art, creates installations, organizes campaigns, decorates interiors and exhibitions. The artist's work...
Category
2010s Surrealist Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Peter Doig, Canoe: Signed Print, British Contemporary Art
By Peter Doig
Located in Hamburg, DE
Peter Doig (born 1959 in Edinburgh)
Canoe, 2008
Medium: Aquatint on wove paper
Dimensions: 59 x 75 cm (23.23 x 29.33 in)
Edition of 500: Hand signed and numbered on recto
Condition: ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Untitled - Etching and Aquatint by Carla Accardi - 1990s
By Carla Accardi
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and Aquatint made on zinc plate on Magnani-Pescia paper 310 gr/m2, paper size 75cm x 55cm, work size 55cm x 40.5 cm. Excellent condition, slight signs of use, no defects.
Gra...
Category
1990s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Billiard - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Billiard is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1982.
Mixed colored aquatint and etching.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin....
Category
1980s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
The Night - Etching by Jean Fautrier - Mid-20th Century
By Jean Fautrier
Located in Roma, IT
The Night is original etching realized by Jean Fautrier.
Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. Numbered on the lower left, edition of 22/50 prints.
This formidable print repre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
No title
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, FR
Silksreen
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
After a gouache.
Edition : 113/200
Printer : Jean Bruller (Paris)
Catalog : Saphire E10
56.00 cm. x 38.00 cm. 22.05 in. x 14.96 in. (pa...
Category
1950s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Silk
Soeur de la Gazelle - from the suite "Pleni Luna"
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Edition of 262 prints.
Wifredo Lam was a Cuban artist inspired by and in contact with some of the most important artists of the 20th century. He was influenced by the S...
Category
1970s Surrealist Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Günther Förg, Untitled (Portfolio Pi) - Signed Woodcut Print, Abstract Art
By Günther Förg
Located in Hamburg, DE
Günther Förg (German, 1952-2013)
Untitled (from Portfolio Pi), 1995
Medium: Woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions: 80 x 60 cm
Edition of 98: Hand-signed and numbered
Condition: Excellent ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
no title '60s - litograph, 50x35 cm., framed.
By Joan Miró
Located in Nice, FR
Original lithograph by Miro', printed signature without numbering.
Category
1960s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Composition 2 - 21st century, Mixed media abstract print, Colourful, Geometric
By Sabine Pinkepank
Located in Warsaw, PL
Limited edition, one of 15 copies. Mixed media print by Sabine Pinkepank.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Color
Abstract Composition - Lithograph by Renato Livi - 1971
By Renato Livi
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a lithograph realized by Renato Livi in 1971.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower right margin.
Numbered on the lower left margin. Edition of 100 prints
Goo...
Category
1970s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$215 Sale Price
40% Off
Chaque chose en son temps I
By Pierre Marie Brisson
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1999
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annoted EA VII/XV
Printer : Clot, Bramsen & Georges
65.00 cm. x 48.00 cm. 25.59 in. x 18.9 in. (paper)
39.00 cm. x 39.00 cm. ...
Category
1990s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Set of 4 abstract prints, Abstrakte Bilder
By Gerhard Richter
Located in Hamburg, DE
Gerhard Richter
Abstrakte Bilder, 2024
Medium: Set of 4 hybrid prints on handmade paper
Dimensions: 39 2/5 × 27 3/5 in 100 × 70 cm
Edition of 500: Not signed, hand-numbered
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
Abstract Composition in Purple - Screen Print by V. Debach - 1970s
By Victor Debach
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition in purple is an screen print realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
50x70 cm.
Edition 14/100
Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin.
Excellent conditions.
Category
1970s Op Art Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$172 Sale Price
40% Off
Green Shapes - Original Screen Print by Renato Barisani - 1983
By Renato Barisani
Located in Roma, IT
Green Shapes is an original colored screen print realized by Renato Barisani in 1983.
Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right. Numbered in pencil on the lower left. Editi...
Category
1980s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
The Black Birds - Lithograph After Georges Braque - 1958
By (after) Georges Braque
Located in Roma, IT
The Black Birds is a lithograph published by Maeght after an original composition by Georges Braque in 1958. Braque authorized and selected certain works to be reproduced by his tru...
Category
1950s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage Poster Exhibition Galerie Maeght after Joan Mirò - 1978
By (after) Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a vintage Lithograph and Offset poster realized after Joan Mirò (1893-1983) in 1978.
Good conditions.
Joan Miró i Ferrà (20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) w...
Category
1970s Surrealist Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Brown bug
By Bernard Buffet
Located in Paris, FR
Engraving, 1964
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated EA
Catalog : [Rheims 44, p. 44]
76.00 cm. x 56.00 cm. 29.92 in. x 22.05 in. (paper)
46.00 cm. x 60.00 cm. 18.11 in...
Category
1960s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Engraving
Abstract Composition - Original Etching by Antonio Corpora - 1977
By Antonio Corpora
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original etching realized by by Antonio Corpora in 1977.
Hand signed and dated on the lower right margin.
The colored beautiful print is from an edition...
Category
1970s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
CONRAD MARCA-RELLI Limited ed. Etching & Aquatint American Modern, Contemporary
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Conrad Marca-Relli - COMPOSITION IV
Date of creation: 1977
Medium: Etching and aquatint on Gvarro paper
Edition: 75 + AP + HC
Size: 56 x 76 cm
Observations: Etching and aquatint on G...
Category
1970s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Dalliance - XXI Century, Figurative & abstract drypoint print, Black & white
By Leszek Rózga
Located in Warsaw, PL
LESZEK RÓZGA (1924-2015)
He studied painting at Maria Skarbek-Kruszewska private atelier in 1945-46. In 1948, he began studies at the art school in Łódź (later: Academy of Fine Arts)...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Drypoint
The better curtain - XX century, Mixed media print, Abstract, Black Red & Yellow
By Jacek Sowicki
Located in Warsaw, PL
JACEK SOWICKI (born in 1948)
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and graduated from the Academy Of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1973. In 1984-89 he run the graphics atelier at...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Etching
Almelo
By Bertrand Dorny
Located in Paris, FR
Etching and aquatint, 1969
Edition : 2/40
Catalog : n° 53
76.00 cm. x 56.00 cm. 29.92 in. x 22.05 in. (paper)
64.00 cm. x 49.00 cm. 25.2 in. x 19.29 in. (image)
Handsigned by the a...
Category
1960s Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Abstract Composition in Purple - Screen Print by V. Debach - 1970s
By Victor Debach
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition in purple in an original screenprint realized by Victor Debach in 1970s.
50x70 cm.
Numbered edition.
Handsigned in pencil on the right lower margin.
Excelle...
Category
1970s Op Art Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$107 Sale Price
40% Off
Tea time - XXI century, Mixed media print, Bright colours, Fantasy, Abstraction
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
One of 50 copies
MONIKA ROSSA
studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing a...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
The pot of begonias
By Bernard Buffet
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 56/150
Catalog : [Sorlier 364]
76.00 cm. x 54.00 cm. 29.92 in. x 21.26 in. (paper)
67.50 cm. x 47.00 cm. 26.57 in. x 18.5...
Category
1970s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Adoration of the Magi / - The Rider of the Sun -
Located in Berlin, DE
Walter Helbig (1878 Falkenstein - 1968 Ascona), Adoration of the Magi, 1918. Hand-colored linocut, 30 cm x 22.5 cm (depiction), 50 cm x 35 cm (sheet size), signed “W.[alter] Helbig” in pencil lower right, inscribed “Adoration of the Magi” lower left and dated “1918”. Below this a handwritten dedication “with heartfelt Christmas greetings”.
- Paper somewhat darkened and with slight creases, thumbtack holes in the corners
- The Rider of the Sun -
The 'apocalypse' of World War I brought about a return to sacred art. Walter Helbig belonged to the circle of the 'Brücke' and the 'Blauer Reiter'. With his reinterpretation of religious themes in an expressionist formal language, Helbig shaped an avant-garde neo-sacred art. This is symbolically expressed in the silhouette of the rider against the sun-like yellow background. It refers to the awakening initiated by the Blue Riding, which is now linked back to the sacred.
The rider and horse "look" at Mary and the Christ Child, who occupy the entire field. Opposite them are the three kings, the eldest of whom kneels before Christ and offers him a gold-filled casket. The expressionist lines give rise to a tower that rises into the "sun", so that the gift has become a Gothic church, expressing the hope that the fallen world will be resurrected in the name of Christ. This dimension of meaning is emphasized by the magical effect of the color scheme.
About the artist
In 1895, Walter Helbig began studying at the Dresden Academy of Art, where he became friends with the future Brücke artist Otto Müller, with whom he lived in Dresden from 1903 to 1905. While studying in Italy from 1897 to 1899, he met Arnold Böcklin and Adolf von Hildebrand. After completing his studies, he first worked for Otto Gussmann, painting churches. From 1905 to 1909 he worked as a freelance painter in Hamburg. In 1909, through the mediation of Otto Müller, Helbig made the acquaintance of artists from the 'Brücke'. In 1910 he exhibited at the founding exhibition of the Berlin 'Neue Sezession'. In the same year, he moved to Switzerland, where, together with Hans Arp and Oscar Lüthy, he founded the 'Moderne Bund' in Weggis, to which Cuno Amiet and Giovanni Giacometti also belonged. At the second exhibition of the 'Moderne Bund' in Zurich in 1911, Henri Matisse and Robert Delaunay were represented alongside artists from the 'Blauer Reiter'. In 1913, Helbig traveled to Paris with Arp and Lüthy. After the dissolution of the 'Moderne Bund', Helbig was represented at the first Dada exhibition in Zurich in 1914. In 1919, he joined the Berlin 'Novembergruppe'. After the devastation of World War I, Helbig turned increasingly to religious themes in his work. In 1924, like many other artists of his time, he moved to Ascona for financial reasons, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1938. There he founded the artists' association "The Great Bear", to which Marianne von Werefkin...
Category
1910s Expressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper
The Pond - Lithograph by Le Oben - 1970s
By Le Oben
Located in Roma, IT
The Pond is a contemporary artwork realized by Le Pond in 1970s.
Mixed colored lithograph.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Numbered on the lower margin.
Edition of 57/95.
Category
1970s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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