Stamford / Westport - Art

A favorite amongst collectors to bring a contemporary and playful feel to a room. Very hard to get white with a Phillips and it lends a cool and elegant feel to these playful and in...

This expressive Head of a Woman which Cottavoz called "Portrait Jaune" - is very strongly in the tradition of both Picasso and some of the British artists like Frank Auerbach. It ha...

These sculptures are automatic room changers. They bring playfulness, sophistication and a slightly more structured "Calder type" Contemporary classiness to an environment. Kinetic ...

Forgotten Memories weaves landscape, history, and symbolism into a richly layered visual narrative. Merging impasto brushwork with intricate collage, the artist creates a textured su...

This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil paint on canvas and features a warm, earth-toned palette. A warm yellow organic rectangular shape is at t...

This small abstract collage painting by Deborah T. Colter is made with mixed media on panel. It features found paper and paint, with subtle text elements, texture, geometric shapes, ...

This is an abstract encaustic painting by Linda Bigness. It features a vibrant multicolored yellow and turquoise palette with warm grey and silver leaf accents and neutral sides. Org...

A visually interesting and expressive work done in thick impastic paint and expressive brushwork. Artist is internationally collected, especially in Japan! Cottavoz painted lively s...

This is an abstract encaustic painting by Linda Bigness with silver leaf accents and neutral sides. It features a light blue and turquoise palette, with layered dabs of paint and org...

This Modern painting by Abstract Expressionist Stanley Bate was made with oil on canvas circa 1960. It features a cool blue and grey palette along the perimeter, with warmer muted gr...

This impressionistic winter landscape painting by Molly Doe Wensberg features a cool blue, green, and white palette. The artist captures a s...

Pristine and purely American in its aesthetic due to the fact that the artist concentrates on one type of fruit. Europeans were much more opulent in their approach to still lifes an...

These two small framed abstract paintings by Julia Contacessi feature a cool blue-grey palette with a wash of a white accent that flows horizontally through the center of each compos...

This contemporary abstract painting by Sofie Swann features a contrasting palette, with two simple house shapes situated side-by-side over a pale yellow background. A black and white...

This traditional landscape painting by Molly Doe Wensberg features a cool palette and a loose, impressionistic style, capturing a forest scene with the white trunks of birch trees at the center of the composition. Yellow and orange dabs of paint create foliage in the trees and forest...

This abstract sculpture by Joe Sorge is made with steel and blue wax. A single strip of steel extends up from a small steel base, spiraling several times and then extending out strai...

This abstract floral encaustic painting by Linda Bigness features a cool green and blue palette, with subtle warm muted orange accents and large organic botanical forms and line work...

This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil paint and 3-dimensional wooden shapes on canvas. The warm metal grey paint is highly textured, while the ...

This glazed porcelain vase sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli features a burnt umber and white body and a wide neck finished with 18K gold luster. The artist's stamp is located at the base of...

This contemporary abstract painting by Sofie Swann features a bold palette, with two simple house shapes situated side-by-side at the center of the composition over a black backgroun...

In Marguerite the white peonies are a symbol of riches and honor used in Chinese art that profoundly influenced Pushman. This painting is in an originally chosen "Pushman" frame acquired from Barcelona, Spain. There is incredible color in this work and exciting brushwork. It is a true example of Impressionist technique, perhaps some of the finest technically of all American painters at this time. At this time Pushman painted all ethnicities and here we see the unusual subject of a younger sitter. Thus Pushman has emphasized purity and innocence. Panel inside frame measures 32 x 23 and it is signed lower left. As well as it bears the Pushman cataloguing number #47 on verso which attests to its early date in his career. Against these stark white symbols, Pushman paints in sharp contrast a dark backdrop reminiscent of an Oriental tapestry...

This abstract painting by Sofie Swann features a light neutral background with a simple, deep midnight blue outline of a house shape in the center of the composition. This painting i...

Mixed Media artist Amy Genser makes dimensional paper collages. These colorful, textural, one-of-a-kind wall pieces embody movement and processes. She masterfully manipulates paper -...

This abstract collage painting by Deborah T. Colter is made with acrylic paint and mixed media collage elements on panel. It features a grey and green palette with warm yellow gold a...

Alley, arch, Italy, Italian, flowers, shadows, buildings, green, red, beige ABOUT ALTINO VILLASANTE Born in Puno, Peru, 1966, Altino Villasante is a young master of the watercolor. At the age of 20, he conquered the two highest Peruvian awards by winning the Michell Watercolor Contest and the Annual Exhibition of Watercolor. Mr. Villasante is a self-taught watercolorist. By 1988 he was one of Latin Americas rising stars in the art world. His subject matter varies from figurative and landscape art to architectural and abstract work. Always, his subject is characterized by a dedication to portraying the accuracy of the homeland that nurtured his artistic visions. He was born in a small village on the shores of Lake Titicaca at the southern tip of the Peruvian Mountains...

Sophie is an expressive and highly individualistic Post Impressionist work reminiscent of Chaim Soutine. Cottavoz isn known and celebrated for using incredibly thick paint that is a...

This mid-sized abstract contemporary sculpture by artist Joe Sorge is made with stainless steel. The strips of steel that compose this piece have a curved, concave shape and a beautiful texture. The piece casts unique shadows on its surroundings. Please note that the white pedestal base pictured is not included. Connecticut-based sculptor Joe Sorge studied at the School of Visual Art (SVA) in New York City. While Joe's body of work is most often made with stainless steel which he sometimes dyes to give the forms bold, solid colors, he also experiments with stone carving, genesa crystals, tiger eye alabaster and others. He works with a variety of colors, finishes, and textures, to create the final piece. Joe's sculptures express the fluidity and tension inherent in the material he uses. His work draws on a modernist vocabulary to create abstract, often whimsical objects...

This large abstract collage statement painting by Deborah Colter is made with mixed media on on panel. It features a blue palette with warm yellow accents. Collage elements like pape...

This traditional seascape painting by Molly Doe Wensberg features a cool blue palette, and captures a coastal seascape scene with a small white sailboat sail...

This contemporary realistic landscape painting by Carol Young captures a barn in a rural setting. It features a vibrant palette, with ...

An incredible presence and painted thickly, this is an early work by French Abstractionist Francois Aubrun. It is framed in a white contemporary float...

This abstract landscape limited edition print by Elwood Howell features a warm, yellow and orange-hued landscape with a high horizon line and warm undertones. What appears to be a sm...

This glazed porcelain vase sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli features a burnt umber and white body and a wide neck finished with 18K gold luster. The artist's stamp is located at the base of...

This small abstract collage painting by Deborah T. Colter is made with mixed media on panel. It features found paper and paint, with subtle text elements, texture, geometric shapes, ...

This small abstract collage painting by Deborah T. Colter is made with mixed media on panel. In it, layers of highly textured found paper are collaged with paint and circle outlines ...

This small free-standing sculpture of a vibrant red abstracted cardinal bird by Jeffie Brewer is made with powder coated steal. Two cut-out circular...

Barrett is one of our great American sculptors who worked in large scale outdoor formats and more intimate indoor maquette sizes. This abstraction by him is a very fine composition ...

This original Modern abstract painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil paint on canvas, and was painted circa 1960. It features a bold, vibrant red hue, with dark shapes lining the ...

This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil paint on canvas. It features a muted, earth-toned palette with contrasting warm yellow, orange, and red accents throughout. The painting is framed in a floater frame with gold face and black sides. It is 22" x 36" and measures 24" x 38" x 2" framed. This painting is not signed by the artist, but has been authenticated by his estate. It is stamped with the estate seal on the back of the painting, and on the back of the frame. Ready to hang. Stanley Bate was born on March 26, 1903 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Bates were an established Tennessee family, in fact, Henry’s brother William Bate was the governor of Tennessee from 1883-1887 and a United States Senator from 1887-1905. Stanley studied art at the Watkins Institute in Nashville. In the 1920’s Bate moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League under Frederick Bridgman. He soon landed a job with Encyclopedia Britannica, and from 1927-1929 served as art editor. From 1929 until his death in 1972, Stanley was a self-employed artist. He taught art classes at both the Art Students League and the Albany Institute of History and Art and brought in extra income by making illustrations for magazines such as “Outdoor Life” and “Popular Science”. On January 27, 1934 Stanley married Emilie Rossel. Emilie had emigrated from Switzerland to New York in 1923. She found work as a governess to Alfred Vanderbilt and later as an executive secretary for Wall Street investment brokers Kahn, Loeb and Co. Emilie met Stanley in New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend. The couple, who had no children, lived on 34th Street in Manhattan. During this period, Bate was producing and exhibiting his art and joined several artists groups. Stanley and Emilie became part of the New York art scene, dining weekly at the Society of Illustrators Clubhouse. Stanley Bate’s time in New York was pivotal in the formation of his painting style. He lived in New York during the inception of one of the most important Modern Art movements, one that helped New York replace Paris as the center of avant-garde art. This movement, which was called the New York School of artists, was later known as Abstract Expressionism. It was comprised of a loosely associated group of vanguard artists working in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s. The New York School was not defined by a specific style, but instead reflected a fusion of European Modernism and American social relevancy that was depicted in many individual styles. Influences of Surrealism, Cubism, and Modernism can be found in their work, along with an interest in experimenting with non-traditional materials and methods. American art was in the forefront of international avant-garde for the first time. Stanley Bate was undoubtedly exposed to the varied styles and techniques that were emerging during the formative years of the New York School. Mark Rothko and Robert Motherwell were formulating their versions of color field paintings. Joseph Cornell was experimenting with assemblages, collage and the use of different types of textured paints. Jackson Pollock was adhering objects such as buttons and coins into his early works, while Louise Nevelson was using found objects. Helen Frankenthaler added sand to her early paintings. The New York School artists were undermining traditional fine art by using mixed media and non-traditional methods. Stanley Bate absorbed these varied influences and soon his early realistic landscapes and still-lifes were replaced with something entirely new. The influence of Cubism, notably the flat shallow space of the picture plane, is obvious in many of Bate’s paintings. Surrealism is evident in Bate’s use of subjects from myth, primitive art and antiquity, along with the Automatism-like line work in his more linear images. The unfettered experimentation of the New York School is everywhere in Stanley Bate’s work. We see nods to color field, collage, the mixing of textures into paint, mixed media, the inclusion of found objects and thick, luscious impasto. Bate was prolific and experimented in various media including oil, watercolor, lithography, silk screen, wood cut, drawing, collage, ceramics and sculpture. Bate is considered a true Modernist. His work is largely abstract, but sometimes figures and buildings are discernable. He frequently mixed paint, sand and glue together to achieve a textured surface, and then scraped and scratched through this layer to expose some of the underpainting below. His sculpture, which is often whimsical, also reflects the non-traditional methods of the New York School. Bate pioneered the use of enamel and copper in his work. The sculptures are not carved or modeled as was done in the past, but instead are built using mixed media and new materials. In addition to the New York School influence, many of Bate’s works exhibit a strong connection to the Spanish school, especially the work of Antonio Tapies and Modesto Cuixart. These artists were both part of an avant-garde group known as Art Informel, the Spanish equivalent of Abstract Expressionism. These artists likewise worked in mixed media and introduced objects and texture into their work. Many of Bate’s subjects and titles relate to Spanish locations and words. It is likely that Stanley spent time in Spain and found inspiration there. By the early 1940s, Stanley and Emilie had started spending weekends in a barn they purchased in Craryville, New York, a few hours north of Manhattan. The barn had no electricity or plumbing, but when the Bates eventually decided to leave New York and live full time in Craryville, they remodeled the barn, putting a gallery downstairs and a studio and living quarters upstairs. Although the Bates moved out of New York City, Stanley remained part of the New York art scene, exhibiting in New York and elsewhere throughout the 50s and 60s. During his lifetime he was represented by the New York galleries Knoedler and Company, Kennedy Galleries, Rose Fried Gallery and Key Gallery, along with Tyringham Gallery located in Tyringham, Massachusetts. Craryville was Stanley’s home until his death on August 21, 1972. Emilie died 1984...

This large, abstract sculpture by Joe Sorge is made with steel and black dye. Two strips of steel curl upward from a round, circular base, twisting through and around one another. The sculpture casts unique and intricate shadows on its surrounding environment. The white pedestal pictured is not included. Connecticut-based sculptor Joe Sorge studied at the School of Visual Art (SVA) in New York City. While Joe's body of work is most often made with stainless steel which he sometimes dyes to give the forms bold, solid colors, he also experiments with stone carving, genesa crystals, tiger eye alabaster and others. He works with a variety of colors, finishes, and textures, to create the final piece. Joe's sculptures express the fluidity and tension inherent in the material he uses. His work draws on a modernist vocabulary to create abstract, often whimsical objects...

DAVID DUNLOP is a modern-day old master whose luminous paintings draw from both Renaissance techniques and contemporary science. His paintings have been shown internationally and a...

This contemporary landscape painting by Carol Young features a cool, vibrant painting and a horizontal format. It depicts small cottages with light, warm purple roof tops under a pin...

Relationships III is part of a series of three sculptures inspired by my personal experiences. When my two sons were growing up I told them the most difficult thing in life are you...

This textured abstract diptych by Teodora Guererra features a light blue, grey, and white palette. The artist layers thick strokes of paint using a palette knife over board, creating...

These two small framed abstract paintings by Julia Contacessi are sold together. They feature a cool blue palette with washes of white and grey that flow horizontally through the cen...

This original architectural illustration by Laerta Premto is made with watercolor and ink on paper. It captures a building structure with warm orange and yellow hues, inspired by the artist's time in Nice, France. The painting itself is 10" x 8" and measures 15.25" x 12" x 1" framed. It is professionally matted and framed in a white frame, and is embossed with a stamp and signed by the artist in the lower right-hand corner of the painting. It is wired and ready to hang. Laerta Premto is a multidisciplinary artist who inspires others to push their boundaries by embarking on travel adventures and self development through her whimsical illustrations...

This abstract painting by Kelly Rossetti is made with acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. It features light gestural brush strokes in deep blue, green, and grey tones on a white...

John Koch is a beloved American realist painter who depicted people in their everyday lives. Here we see a slightly different approach where he has put a painter out in a rural town...

This abstract statement painting by Kelly Rossetti features a cool palette. Tones of muted blue are layered and washed together in large, expressive strokes, with accents of black, w...

This marvelous photograph taken by Eleanor Park Custis is an iconic nude reflecting trends in the late 1920's and 1930's with the female form in art. In dance and the applied arts -...

This contemporary abstract painting by Sofie Swann features a light neutral palette, with white circular shapes encompassed within an organic beige shape over a light grey background...

This abstract bright colorful painting is by Brooklyn artist, John Platt who studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and has exhibited exten...

Prussian Blue Water is painted on special Japanese paper I purchased in Tokyo on a trip last year sponsored by The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. From that t...

This work can be purchased individually or as part of a triptych. Maura Segal’s abstract works conjure a delicate simplicity. Blocks of color languidly splay behind thin meandering l...

This large abstract statement painting by Teodora Guererra features a light, coastal palette of blue, light grey and white. The artist applies thick layers of paint in wide horizonta...

Donald Martiny’s signature work is composed of dispersed pigment on aluminum. He creates immediately frozen brushstrokes that are made from his own movements. They are defined by the...

This glazed porcelain vessel by Jon Puzzuoli features blue, cream and white palette. The crystalline glaze applied over the ceramic creates small, organic, crystal-like elements in t...

This Modern abstract piece by Stanley Bate is a wood panel sculpture that has been painted white. Three-dimensional that are reminiscent of architectural pieces are tightly stacked w...