Stamford / Westport - Art

This abstracted painting of a dog by Russell Miyaki features a loose, energetic style and a warm neutral palette. The artist layers wide brush strokes and thin, swirling lines to create the dog's form in warm tones, with contrasting accents. The dog's paws rest on a lavender-grey surface in the foreground, with a light beige background. The painting is made with acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. It has painted sides and is signed by the artist in the lower right-hand corner of the painting. It is wired and ready to hang. Russell Miyaki is a contemporary artist and creative director in New York City. His studio is at Metro Art Studios in Bridgeport, CT, which is a renovated historic 1800s corset...

This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil paint and and lacquer on board. It features light textured and a light blue-grey and yellow palette contrasted by the almost black focal point of the composition. The painting is 14.5" x 19" and measures 16.25" x 20.5" x 2" framed. Signed by the artist in the lower left-hand corner of the painting, it is framed in a floater frame with warm silver face and black sides and is 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...

Maura Segal’s abstract works conjure a delicate simplicity. Blocks of color languidly splay behind thin meandering lines and freeform fluid curves. Yet upon closer investigation, the...

This large abstract statement painting by Kelly Rossetti is made with acrylic paint and raw canvas pieces assembled on gallery wrapped canvas. It features a light pink and deep blue ...

This is an abstract encaustic painting by Linda Bigness. It features multicolored palette with silver leaf accents and neutral sides. Dabs of paint and organic shapes and linework ar...

This is an abstract encaustic painting by Linda Bigness. It features a green, blue, and grey multicolored palette with gold leaf accents and neutral sides. Dabs of paint and organic ...

This original abstracted landscape statement oil painting by artist Bri Custer features a warm, earth-toned palette and thick, loose paint strokes over the surface of the canvas, cre...

This 5" hand-painted sculptural cube by Sofie Swann is made with acrylic paint and gesso on wood. It features a cool palette with a turquoise-green background and painted teal circul...

Antoine-Louis Barye was acclaimed as the finest sculptor of the French Animaliers School. As a 19th century sculptor he was an advocate for both naturalism and romanticism. This rear...

This beautiful black work by Maura Segal pairs well with the white piece entitled, "Cream Puff." Maura Segal’s abstract works conjure a delicate simplicity. Blocks of color languidly...

Barrett is one of America's outstanding living sculptors. A sculptor who works on large scale and major commission and outdoor works, his smaller indoor maquettes have been avidly c...

This still life of Plums is a top notch example of 19th century still life painting! Beautiful quality and striking but also spare and honest in nature which is what typified Americ...

This abstract painting by artist Ned Martin features an eagle in flight, with the background and subject abstracted into small, geometric shapes and sections, with an almost pixelate...

Before the Party is an intriguing abstraction that speaks to fantasy and imagination. Wemaere is known as part of the CoBrA group in Europe and his works are sought after and distin...

This original abstracted coastal landscape oil painting by artist Bri Custer features a vibrant blue and yellow palette. It captures an abstracted view of a shoreline, with thick layers of paint, loosely applied on the surface of the canvas. The painting is made on gallery wrapped canvas and has clean white sides. It is wired and ready to hang. "A memory of the Freeport, Maine coastline...

This abstract painting by Teodora Guererra features a deep green and light pink palette. The artist layers thick strokes of paint using a palette knife in broad, horizontal sweeping ...

This pair of textured abstract paintings by Teodora Guererra features a light, greyscale palette with subtle warm accents throughout the composition. The artist layers thick strokes ...

This abstracted painting of a dog by Russell Miyaki features a colorful palette and loose, expressive, and playful brush strokes. The artist applies var...

This pair of abstract paintings by Teodora Guererra features a metallic gold palette. The paint is layered on canvas in thick strokes for a highly textured surface. These two paintin...

This vintage and lovely landscape of women out in the park in Greenwich, Connecticut was done by a Russian/ American artist, very famous back in his time. Signed lower right: Simkhov...

This abstract oil painting by Tony Iadicicco features a blue monochromatic palette. The painting has an abstracted landscape composition, with three...

This textured abstract painting by Teodora Guererra features a deep, royal violet palette with subtle white and magenta accents. The artist applies paint in thick layers and wide, en...

This large abstract statement painting by Julia Contacessi features a cool palette with deep blue on the bottom half of the composition, and white and neutral tones layered in stroke...

This abstracted landscape painting by Molly Doe Wensberg features a cool blue and green palette and captures a landscape scene with lush foliage and...

This contemporary abstract painting by Teodora Guererra features a light, coastal palette of blue, light grey and off-white. The artist applies thick layers of oil paint in sweeping, horizontal gestures to create a thick, textured surface. The painting is made on gallery wrapped canvas and is wired and ready to hang. Signed by the artist on the back of the canvas. Teodora Guererra’s abstract artistic vision has evolved throughout her years spent painting and teaching in Fairfield County, Connecticut; Tucson, Arizona, and upstate New York. Arizona’s naturally radiant landscape and arid climate led her to experiment with rich under-painting and vivid color; while the shifting seasons of the East Coast inspired Guererra to pursue dripping and staining techniques. Her focus has always been pushing the limits through experimentation with new materials. “As an artist, painting can be tormenting and sublime at the same time," the artist says of her work. "I'm a big risk taker, experimenting with different materials to layer, stain and saturate color on large canvases. My most successful work looks as if it happened all at once. It sometimes takes 7 or more paintings to produce a successful one and then it's a beautiful thing." Guererra received her undergraduate and graduate Art degrees from Southern Connecticut University, The College of Saint Rose and Skidmore College. Guererra’s paintings can be found in public and private collections across the U.S., including the Allmen Health and Wellness Center for Women in New York and SUNY Brockport, NY, William & Sonoma, San Francisco, CA. Her influences are Pat Steir, John McCracken, Helen Frankenthaler, Donald Jud, Bernar Venet, Agnes Martin and Brian Rutenberg...

René Romero Schuler’s expressionistic paintings depict delicate female figures that she paints using a dry-brushed, minimalist hand, leaving her subjects mostly featureless but nonet...

This abstract painting by Roger Mudre is made with acrylic paint on gesso paper. It features a cool palette, with wash layers of circular shapes that are overlapped over one another,...

This is a triptych, but each part is also available to purchase individually. Maura Segal’s abstract works conjure a delicate simplicity. Blocks of color languidly splay behind thi...

This abstract painting by Teodora Guererra features a light, cool palette of green and blue contrasted by a warm pink tone layered over the top of the composition. The artist layers ...

This abstract painting by Ned Martin is made with oil paint and aluminum on board. It features two blue and green birds, one at the top right-hand corner and one at the bottom left, ...

This abstract painting by Teodora Guererra features a light palette with light, muted green at the top and bottom, and other accent colors toward the center of the composition includ...

Pierre Wemaere was part of the prestigious and rare movement of CoBrA and created fantasy oriented, dream like compositions that keep the viewer visually guessing at what they see. ...

This abstract painting by Sue De Chiara is made with acrylic paint on panel. It features a light blue palette, with pastel pink, orange, and green accents and a layered, minimalist c...

This traditional landscape painting by Molly Doe Wensberg features a cool palette, and captures a scene of lush green, rolling hills under a pale sky. It is very mildly abstracted, w...

To Celebrate A Childhood-The Rains pulses with rhythmic movement. There are faint suggestions of dancing figures or forms that have been blended into a vibrantly textured haze, remin...

This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with gouache on paper and features a cool, muted palette and light texture. The painting itself is 13" x 22" and measures 21.25" x 29.25" x 1" framed. It is signed by the artist in the lower left-hand corner of the painting and is framed in a black frame with an acid-free mat. It is 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 abstract painting by Kelly Rossetti is made with acrylic paint and raw canvas pieces assembled on gallery wrapped canvas. It features a pink, blue, and dark green palette with g...

This abstract collage painting is made with mixed media on canvas over panel. It features a cool palette, with varying cool blue tones and contrasting yellow and pink accents. The ar...

This abstract collage painting is made with mixed media on panel. It features a multicolored palette, with geometric and abstract shapes collaged and painted together in varying tone...

This original abstracted landscape oil painting by artist Bri Custer features a palette of muted orange and earth tones contrasted by vibrant yellow, and thick, loose paint strokes a...

In this Modern abstract painting by Stanley Bate, a bold palette is married with imperfect shapes and large brush strokes. Sandy beige rectangles blend with yellow and deep blue, on ...

This original abstract watercolor painting by Nealy Hauschildt features a dark blue palette and washy layers of paint. "In this deep blue piece," the ...

This contemporary abstract painting by Kelly Rossetti is made with acrylic paint on canvas. It features a cool palette, with light blue, grey, white, charcoal black accents and contr...

This abstract painting by Teodora Guererra features a light, cool palette of blue and white with subtle orange accents at the top of the composition. The artist applies thick layers ...

This abstract painting by Teodora Guererra features a metallic silver palette. The paint is layered thickly on canvas in wide, gestural strokes, creating a highly textured surface. I...

This original nautical illustration by Laerta Premto is made with watercolor and ink on paper. It captures small boats of varying colors docked together in a marina, with one sailer ...

This mid-sized abstract sculpture by artist Joe Sorge is made with stainless steep, orange dye, and a clear coat. It features a thin strip of steel that appears to curl upwards, looping around itself in loose knots. This flowing form creates unique shadows in its environment. 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 abstract painting by Julia Contacessi features a cool greyscale palette and minimalistic composition. The artist describes this piece, saying, "Bathed in a warm neutral color pa...

This small abstract painting by Sue De Chiara is made with acrylic paint on board. It features a blue, teal, and green palette and a layered, minimalist composition. The painting is ...

Ray Parker is a well recognized and highly collected Post War artist. This work done in oil but on paper is under glass and has a wonderful presence and vitality! A great addition t...

This abstract statement painting by Tony Iadicicco is made with oil paint on canvas and features a blue monochromatic palette. The painting has an a...

This Modern abstract painting Stanley Bate is highly textured and features a warm, vibrant palette. Thick layers of red, orange, and blue paint appear to have been scraped back to c...

This abstract, contemporary painting by Ned Martin features a light, metallic gold palette. Light rectangles are assembled side-by-side in a grid-like pattern, with textured metallic...

This stunning study of George Washington's hands is a unique and remarkable drawing pair. Mora was noted as an exceptional draftsman and actually traveled america giving lectures ab...

This abstract painting by Roger Mudre features a cool blue and silver palette, with light circular shapes layered over one another and a horizontal texture. It transforms and shimmer...

This gem of a set design or theatre design was possibly done prior to the artist coming to the United States from Russia. Born in Kiev, this artist was talented and given the distin...

This Limited Edition print titled, "Into the Light," by Daniel Pollera. It is printed on canvas and ships rolled with natural edges. It can be stretched upon arrival - please see ima...

This large abstract painting by Teodora Guererra features a blue and white palette. Paint appears to drip over a textured under layer of the painting. It is created with oil paint on...