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Sunset Beach - Vibrant Colorful Graffiti Gestural Painting Mixed Media Original
By Frankie Alfonso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cuban-American artist Frankie Alfonso creates interwoven paintings using lively colors and spontaneous, well-balanced compositions. His work is best described as a style of automatic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Ruz abstract acrylic painting
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Interior original abstract acrylic painting Ruz, Rafael (Barcelona 1956) While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodrama’, in the same sens...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Mid-Century Modern American Oil Painting Abstract cubist still life fruit
Located in Buffalo, NY
Anita Johnson Untitled (Still Life with Pitcher and Basket of Fruit), c. 1950s Oil on canvas Framed dimensions: 30 in. H × 27 in. W Original vintage frame in silver gilt In Still Li...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Neon Pastel - Colorful Abstract Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...
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2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Portrait of Don Nieves
By Pablo O'Higgins
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Pablo O’Higgins (1904-1983). Portrait of Don Nieves, 1960. Watercolor on paper, 18 x 24.5 inches; 19 x 25.5 inches in original frame. Signed lower righ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

the in-between, Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
acrylic, pastel and colored pencil on cradled wood panel. 8" x 8" raw and unframed. ready to hang. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of auth...
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2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Kamakura" Edward Zutrau, 1963 Abstract Expressionist Chromatic Composition
Located in New York, NY
Edward Zutrau Kamakura, 5/1963 Signed, dated and titled on verso Oil on linen 38 1/2 x 51 1/2 inches Edward Zutrau is among the American artists who worked within the whirlwind of ...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu, Underwater Spirt - Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu, Underwater Spirt - Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative Hawaiian symbolist nocturnal figurative of glowing whispy figure underwater with mountains and red coral garden by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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1940s Abstract Impressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Cheap Date - Abstract Large Organic Shape Pastel Original Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rue Bootay, a New York-born artist now rooted in the vibrant artistic landscape of Los Angeles, navigates the avant-garde realm of nonrepresentational surrealism with a style uniquel...
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2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Abstract horse, abstract horse oil painting, messenger series horse on road.
By KOKO HOVAGUIMIAN
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Messenger Series - Horse on Road" is a captivating oil painting by the renowned artist Koko, known for their unique abstract-impressionist style. This particular artwork is a strikin...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Pears and Salt Air" Abstract Figure Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted figure painting by Juniper Briggs is made with mixed media on cold pressed paper with deckle edges. It features a vibrant contrasting orange and blue palette with an ...
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2010s Cubist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Richard Anuszkiewicz 1963 Original Painting
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in San Francisco, CA
Richard Anuszkiewicz: 1930-2020. Very important and well listed American artist. He has auction results as high as $250,000. He was the leader of what would be called OP Art short fo...
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1960s Op Art USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Hunt Slonem "Toad Hall" Green Frogs on Guardian Textured Background
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Toad Hall" Green Frogs on Guardian Textured Background Multiple frogs in green with branches on a matching background Unframed Hunt Slonem is a well-renowned American ...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antoni Amat mixed media acrylic painting
By Toni Amat
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original abstract mixed media acrylic painting composition of the artist Spanish Toni MAT. Mixed technique on wood. Perfect state. Antonio Amat studies Art in Barcelona, ​​where he...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Duino Elegies study
By Richard Mann
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Richard Mann (1940-1990). Duino Elegies, 1981. Mixed media on rag paper, consisting of 3 sheets, each measuring 18 x 24 inches. Each vertical edge is hinged with mounting tape, resulting in a triptych presentation. Entire measurement: 24 x 54 inches w. Biography: Playwright, poet and visual artist, Rev. Richard Mann was born and educated in Melbourne Australia. At the height of America's counter-cultural revolution, Mann moved to New York City where he lived and worked in Harlem. He was influenced by surrealism, abstract expressionism, and calligraphy at the time of his arrival. Beginning in the mid-1970's, the extreme living conditions of Harlem and demands of his religious calling provided subject matter for his painting. Urban decay and ubiquitous public graffiti provide inspiration for compositions that include highly stylized writing. By the late 1970's many works incorporate writing exclusively, with areas of layered, obscured and illegible words, very much like repeatedly tagged walls. Education: Studied painting with Maurice Cantlon, Melbourne, Australia 1961-62. Liberal Arts Studies, Christ the King...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil

Life to the Full LA Blue 2 - Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sarah Johnson infuses passion, heart, and a lifetime of creative experience into each original painting. Her radial series exhibits both uninhibited freedom and methodical technique. Through colors, textures, and movement, Johnson’s acrylic paintings on canvas radiate joy with pleasing repetition and form. This 48-inch high by 30-inch wide one-of-a-kind painting is stretched, wired, and ready to hang. The sides of this original artwork are painted and it does not require framing. It is signed by the artist on the back. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and International shipping are available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the Los Angeles art gallery is included. Johnson says about her work: "I believe things that you bring into your home make a difference in the way you live and feel. My artwork is inspired by joy, purpose, and freedom. I hope my paintings are a source of inspiration for you and everyone who enters your home." Each series has a meaningful message, adding both truth and beauty to your walls. Johnson is based in Dallas, Texas, and has been a professional artist since 2012. Her abstract artworks are collected internationally. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California, USA EDUCATION 2010 The University of Texas at Austin EXHIBITIONS 2022 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2022 The Collective, Dallas, TX 2022 Mecox Gardens, Houston, TX 2022 The Arbors, Round Top, TX 2022 The Walking Man, Whitefish, MT 2022 BayHill Design Studio, Austin, TX 2022 Septemberfest Art Fair, Midland TX - Honorable Mention 2021 Olive & Home, Tyler TX...
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2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

After Party II - Original Blue Colorful Figurative Surrealist Painting
By Iqi Qoror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iqi Qoror's surreal figurative paintings are arresting in their earthy palettes offset by pops of fluorescent textile embroidery. His artworks revolve around questions of trust, inte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Untitled Concert Hall painting Mid Century Surrealistic spiritual unique signed
Located in New York, NY
Agatha Wojciechowsky Untitled Concert Hall Abstraction Watercolor, 1964 Watercolor on thick wove paper (with original label from Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery) Signed and dated by the artist on the lower-right front 19 3/4 × 15 inches Unframed Dazzling 1960s, modern abstraction watercolor piece. This work was acquired from the legendary Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery Agatha Wojciechowsky (1896 -1986) was recognized during her lifetime as a Surrealist. Although not following an art movement, her work reflected the sentiment of Art Informel of the 1950's. She had solo exhibitions from the 1960's to the present in New York, Cologne, Berlin, and Hamburg. Group exhibitions included shows with Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Dubuffet, Isamu Noguchi, Francis Picabia, Romare Bearden. Her artwork can be found in numerous public collections including Museum of Modern Art, the Prado, the Menil Collection, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Whitney Museum. Agatha lived her earlier years in Steinach de Saale, and then sailed to the United States in 1923 to be a German-speaking governess in a German baron...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor

GuoMin Zhong Abstract Original Mixed Media "Rhyme Series I"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Rhyme Series I Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 27 x 35 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This pain...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Distant Horizons 30 X 30 Deep Red Oil on Canvas
By Sebastian Spreng
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sebastian Spreng, is a Miami-based artist born in Argentina, who at the early age of 17, had his first solo show at a gallery in Buenos Aires which was sold out at opening night. When he moved to Miami in 1987, the excess of sunshine made him change his approach to painting and his career blossomed. Since then, Spreng has participated in solo and group exhibitions from Boston to Seattle to Munich, Essen to Tokyo. His work is inspired on observations of everyday moments. As a hunter or seeker of color he experiments with colors that vibrate with life. "If I see a photograph or if I watch a movie and I see a color that I like, from that color, I start a new set of paintings," said Sebastian Spreng in an exclusive 2011 WUM interview. "The meaning of my art is a bridge to entice contemplation." In 2009 his work Daphne was selected for the book “Speak for the Trees” along 70 other artists including David Hockney, Christo, April Gornik, Yoko Ono, Julie Heffernan, Robert Longo, Mark Ryden, the Starn...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Finding The Light II - Large Original Boho Minimalist Abstract Floral Artwork
By Peter Kuttner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The organic aesthetic and textures of Peter Kuttner’s original boho minimalist artworks are the result of patient layering and original uses of media. Through a combination of paint ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Tissue Paper

Etta James - At Last (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Music, Rock and Roll)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith Etta James - At Last Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 21x22in Framed Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1621 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss ...
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2010s Street Art USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board

Urban Street Jungle - Vibrant Colorful Abstract Street Art Graffiti on Canvas
By Amber Goldhammer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Latex, Spray Paint, Acrylic

country seaside
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is artist signed , very vibrant colors, and is a part of my private collection since the 1970's.
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20th Century Impressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

country seaside
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In The Season 2, Abstract Large Original Painting on Canvas, Ready to Hang
By Voskan Galstian
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Voskan Galstian Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on linen Year: 2013 Style: Abstract Art, Title: In The Season 2 Size: 47" x 62" x 1.5'...
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2010s Impressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

In The Stars - Modern Acrylic Striped Resin Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

av_758 - Magenta Textured Original Contemporary Abstract Painting on Canvas
By Alex Voinea
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The colorful abstract artworks of Romanian artist Alex Voinea are inspired by experiments with paint poured over vibrating surfaces, such as speakers at full volume. Alex Voinea coll...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

"Door #30 (Bright)" Oil & acrylic painting on panel, earth tones, architecture
By Francesca Reyes
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Door #30 (Bright)" (2018) by Francesca Reyes Original oil & acrylic wood panel; measures 8" H x 6" W x 1" D From the artist's door series, depicting doors that she has photographed ...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Panel

'Mid-century Abstract', NYMoMA, Paris, XXXII Venice Biennale, MALI, Lima, Peru
By Emilio Rodríguez Larraín
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Midcentury Biomorphic Abstract' by Emilio Rodríguez Larraín, 1964. NYMoMA, Paris, XXXII Venice Biennale, Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima, Peru ----- Signed, lower right, 'E.R. Larrain' for Emilio Rodríguez Larraín (Peruvian, 1928-2015), and inscribed 'Roma, Nov 1963, Enero 1964'. (Rome, Nov 1963-January 1964). Verso titled, "L'Homme C'est Sujet à Errer" (Man Tends to Wander), and bearing the artist's self-portrait in india ink and wash. Exhibited: XXXII Venice Biennale, 1964. (original exhibition label verso) Previously with Staempfli Galleries, New York. This painting is registered in the Archives of American Art as 'Staempfli Gallery, inventory #775'. A monumental and historically distinguished work by this groundbreaking Peruvian Modernist who drew inspiration from Peruvian indigenous and pre-colonial culture. The paintings of Emilio Rodríguez Larraín are held in the permanent collections of museums worldwide including the Musée de la Ville de Paris, Peru's Museo de Arte de Lima and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This painting was selected by the Peruvian Government for exhibition at the XXXII Venice Biennale in 1964 and is the largest single recorded work by the artist. Emilio Rodríguez Larraín received his Bachelors of Architecture in 1949 from Peru's Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería and held his first solo exhibition in Lima after visiting Europe in 1950. In 1951, he returned to Europe in the company of the artists Alfredo Ruiz Rosas and Joaquín Roca Rey...
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1960s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Fiberboard, Laid Paper, Oil

Abstract Composition Triptych
Located in Astoria, NY
Robert O'Meara (American, XX-XXI), Abstract Composition, Triptych in White and Blue, Oil on Canvas, unsigned, unframed. Each: 20" H x 16" W. Provenance: From a 333 East 75th Street E...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Open Spaces, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Soft whites and cool blues create a tranquil, expansive space. Accents of orange and fine linework bring contrast and gentle energy. Minimalist abstract forms i...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Mid Century Abstracted Figurative -- Downtown Couple Art Exhibit
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant mid century modern abstracted figurative in orange, red and black by Bay Area artist Paul Sheppard. Dated 1959 and signed "Sheppard." Presented i...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Abstract Painting on Canvas by Serg Graff, COA, Titled "Phoenix"
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This mesmerizing original painting by Boston-based artist Serg Graff invites the viewer into a swirling dreamscape of mystical symbols and mythic energy. Ti...
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2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Rustic Lakeside, Abstract Oil Painting
By Srinivas Kathoju
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Rustic grasses and a tranquil lakeside, set against distant skies, inspire this painting. Earthy browns, deep greens, and soft blues blend with warm golds to ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstraktes Bild 758-2
By Gerhard Richter
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Abstraktes Bild 758-2" is an oil on canvas painting by Gerhard Richter. The framed size is 28 1/4 x 36 x 2 1/2 inches. The work is signed verso, "Richter 1992". "Abstraktes Bilds" ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Medium Rare" 2024 oil on canvas
By Maeve D'Arcy
Located in New York, NY
Maeve D'Arcy Medium Rare, 2024 oil on canvas 54 x 60 in. (dar145)
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2010s Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Christopher Street (abstract Greenwich Village cityscape)
By De Hirsch Margules
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
De Hirsh Margules (1899-1965). Christopher Street, 1939. Watercolor on Arches wove paper. Signed and dated in pencil by artist lower margin. Sheet measures 15.5 x 20 inches. Window in matting measures 15 x 19 inches. Framed measurement: 23 x 30 inched. Bears fragment of original label affixed on verso. Incredibly vibrant and saturated color with no fading or toning of sheet. Provenance: Babcock Galleries, NYC Exhibited: The American Federation of Arts Traveling Exhibition. From the facade of The Waverly at Christopher is depicted One Christopher Street, the 16-story Art Deco residential building erected in 1931. It is not a casual coincidence that the structure appears in this cityscape: 1 Christopher Street is the subject. The original intention of this project was to transform the neighborhood, bring a bit of affluence and make a bid to rival the Upper West Side. Margules, a sensitive aesthete, understood how a massive piece of architecture such as One changes a neighborhood. Sound, scale and focal points are forever altered. A pedestrian's sense of depth and distance becomes pronounced. All of these factors contribute to the intent behind this image. Tall buildings disrupt the human scale, change the skyline and carve up space. In this piece, negative space conforms to the man-made geometries. Clouds become gems fixed in settings. De Hirsh Margules (1899–1965) was a Romanian-American "abstract realist" painter who crossed paths with many major American artistic and intellectual figures of the first half of the 20th century. Elaine de Kooning said that he was "[w]idely recognized as one of the most gifted and erudite watercolorists in the country". The New York Times critic Howard Devree stated in 1938 that "Margules uses color in a breath-taking manner. A keen observer, he eliminates scrupulously without distortion of his material." Devree later called Margules "one of our most daring experimentalists in the medium" Margules was also a well-known participant in the bohemian culture of New York City's Greenwich Village, where he was widely known as the "Baron" of Greenwich Village.[1] The New York Times described him as "one of Greenwich Village's best-known personalities" and "one of the best known and most buoyant characters about Greenwich Village. Early Life De Hirsh Margules was born in 1899 in the Romanian city of Iași (also known as Iasse, Jassy, or Jasse). When Margules was 10 weeks old, his family immigrated to New York City. Both of his parents were active in the Yiddish theater, His father was Yekutiel "Edward" Margules, a "renowned Jewish actor-impresario and founder of the Yiddish stage." Margules' mother, Rosa, thirty-nine years younger than his father, was an actress in the Yiddish theater and later in vaudeville. Although Margules appeared as a child actor with the Adler Family[11] and Bertha Kalich, his sister, Annette Margules, somewhat dubiously continued in family theater and vaudeville tradition, creating the blackface role of the lightly-clad Tondelayo (a part later played on film Hedy Lamarr) in Earl Carroll's 1924 Broadway exoticist hit, White Cargo. Annette herself faced stereotyping as an exotic flower: writing about her publicist Charles Bouchert stated that "Romania produces a stormy, temperamental type of woman---a type admirably fitted to portray emotion." His brother Samuel became a noted magician who appeared under the name "Rami-Sami." Samuel later became a lawyer, representing magician Horace Goldin, among others. A family portrait including a young De Hirsh, a portrait of Rosa and Annette together, and individual photos of Rosa and Edward can be found on the Museum of the City of New York website. At around age 9 or 10, Margules took art classes with the Boys Club on East Tenth Street, and his first taste of exhibition was at a student art show presented by the club. By age 11, he had won a city-wide prize (a box camera) at a children's art show presented by the department store Wanamakers. As a young teenager, Margules was already displaying a characteristic kindness and loyalty. Upon hearing that two friends (one of them was author Alexander King), were in trouble for breaking a school microscope, the nearly broke Margules gave them five dollars to repair the microscope . Margules had to approach a wealthy man that Margules had once saved on the subway from a heart attack. Margules didn't reveal the source of the five dollars to King until twenty-five years later. In his late teens, Margules studied for a couple of months in Pittsburgh with Edwin Randby, a follower of Western painter Frederic Remington. Thereafter he pursued a two-year course of studies in architecture, design and decoration at the New York Evening School of Art and Design, while working as a clerk during the day at Stern's Department Store. He was encouraged in these artistic pursuits by his neighbor, the painter Benno Greenstein (who later went by the name of Benjamin Benno). Artistic career In 1922, Margules began work as a police reporter for the City News Association of New York .Margules then considered himself something of an expert on art, and the painter Myron Lechay is said to have responded to some unsolicited analysis of his work with the remark "Since you seem to know so much about it, why don't you paint yourself?" This led to study with Lechay and a flurry of painting. Margules' first show was in 1922 at Jane Heap's Little Review Gallery. Thereafter Margules began to participate in shows with a group including Stuart Davis, Jan Matulka, Buckminster Fuller (exhibiting depictions of his "Dymaxion house") in a gallery run by art-lover and restaurateur Romany Marie on the floor above her cafe. Jane Heap, left, with Mina Loy and Ezra Pound During the 1920s, Margules traveled outside of the country a number of times. In 1922, with the intent of reaching Bali, he took a job as a "'wiper on a tramp steamer where [he] played nursemaid to the engine." He reached Rotterdam before he turned back. He would return to Rotterdam shortly thereafter. In 1927, Margules took a lengthy leave of absence from his day job as a police reporter in order to travel to Paris, where he "set up a studio in Montmartre's Place du Tertre, on the top floor of an almost deserted hotel, a shabby establishment, lacking both heat and running water." He studied at the Louvre and traveled to paint landscapes in provincial France and North Africa. Margules also joined the "Noctambulist" movement and experimented with painting and showing his artwork in low light.Jonathan Cott wrote that: the painter De Hirsch Margulies sat on the quays of the Seine and painted pictures in the dark. In fact, the first exhibition of these paintings, which could be seen only in a darkened room, took place in [ Walter Lowenfels'] Paris apartment. Elaine de Kooning remarked that studying the works of the Noctambulists confirmed Margules' "direction toward the use of primary colors for perverse effects of heavy shadow." It was also in Paris that Margules initially conceived his idea of "Time Painting", where a painting is divided into sectors, each representing a different time of day, with color choices meant to evoke that time of day. In Paris, his social circle included Lowenfels, photographer Berenice Abbott, publisher Jane Heap, composer George Anthiel, sculptor Thelma Wood, painter André Favory, writer Norman Douglas, writer and editor George Davis, composer and writer Max Ewing, and writer Michael Fraenkel. Upon his return to New York in 1929, Margules attended an exhibition of John Marin's paintings. While at the exhibition, he "launched into an eloquent explanation of Marin to two nearby women", and was overheard by an impressed Alfred Stieglitz. The famous photographer and art promoter invited Margules to dine with his wife, the artist Georgia O'Keeffe, and his assistant, painter Emil Zoler. Stieglitz thereafter became a friend and mentor to Margules, becoming for him "what Socrates was to his friends." Alfred Stieglitz Stieglitz introduced Margules to John Marin, who quickly became the most important painterly influence upon Margules. Elaine de Kooning later noted that Margules was "indebted to Marin and through Marin to Cézanne for his initial conceptual approach - for his constructions of scenes with no negative elements, for skies that loom with the impact of mountains." Margules himself said that Marin was his "father and ... academy." The admiration was by no means unreciprocated: Marin said that Margules was "an art lover with abounding faith and sincerity, with much intelligence and quick seeing." Stieglitz also introduced Margules to many other artistic and intellectual figures in New York. With the encouragement of Alfred Stieglitz, Margules in 1936 opened a two-room gallery at 43 West 8th Street called "Another Place." Over the following two years there were fourteen solo exhibitions by Margules and others, and the gallery was well-respected by the press. It was in this gallery that the painter James Lechay, Myron's brother, exhibited his first painting. In 1936, Margules first saw recognition by major art museums when both the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston purchased his works. In 1942, Margules gave up working as a police reporter, and apparently dedicated himself thereafter solely to an artistic vocation. "The Baron of Greenwich Village"[edit] Margules made his mark not only as an artist, but also as an outsized personality known throughout Greenwich Village and beyond. To local residents, Margules was known as the "Baron", after Baron Maurice de Hirsch, a prominent German Jewish philanthropist. Margules was easily recognizable by the beret he routinely wore over his long hair. Writer Charles Norman said that he "dressed with a flair for sloppiness." He was said to "know everybody" in Greenwich Village, to the extent that when the novelist and poet Maxwell Bodenheim was murdered, Margules was the first one the police sought to identify the body. Margules' letters show him interacting with art world figures such as Sacha Kolin, John Marin and Alfred Stieglitz, as well as with prominent figures outside the art world such as polymath Buckminster Fuller and writer Henry Miller. Most of his friends and acquaintances found Margules a generous and voluble man, given to broadly emotionally expressive gestures and acts of kindness and loyalty. In 1929, he exhibited an example of this loyalty and fellow-feeling when he appeared in court to fight what the wrongful commitment of his friend, writer and sculptor Alfred Dreyfuss, who appeared to have been a victim of an illicit attempt to block an inheritance. The Greenwich Village chronicler Charles Norman described the bone-crushing hugs that Margules would routinely bestow on his friends and acquaintances, and speaks of the "persuasive theatricality" that Margules seemed to have inherited from his actor parents. Norman also wrote about Margules' routine acts of kindness, taking in homeless artists, constantly feeding his friends and providing the salvatory loan where needed. Norman also notes that Margules was blessed with a loud and good voice, and was apt to sing an operatic air without provocation. The writer and television personality Alexander King said I think the outstanding characteristics of my friend's personality are affirmation, emphasis, and overemphasis. He chooses to express himself predominantly in superlatives and the gestures which accompany his utterances are sometimes dangerous to life and limb. Of the bystanders, I mean. King also spoke with affectionate amusement about Margules' pride in his cooking, speaking of how "if he should ever invite you to dinner, he may serve you a hamburger with onions, in his kitchen-living room, with such an air of gastronomic protocol, such mysterious hints and ogliing innuendoes, as if César Ritz and Brillat-Savarin had sneaked out, only a moment before, with his secret recipe in their pockets." Margules was such a memorable New York personality that comic book writer Alvin Schwartz imagined him at the Sixth Avenue Cafeteria in a risible yet poignant debate with Clark Kent about whether Superman had the ability to stop Hitler. Margules' entrenchment in the Greenwich Village milieu can be seen in a photograph from Fred McDarrah's "Beat Generation Album" of a January 13, 1961 writers' and poets' meeting to discuss "The Funeral of the Beat Generation", in Robert Cordier [fr]'s railroad flat at 85 Christopher Street. Among the people in the same photograph are Shel Silverstein...
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1930s American Modern USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

INDIVISIBLE Unique Hand-finished Mixed Media Print
By Saber
Located in Palm Desert, CA
„Indivisible“ by Saber, 2017 Mixed Media Print, Hand finished with Spray paint and Pencil Embellishments Each Print Is Unique Numbered (28/68) In Bottom Left Corner, Signed in Penci...
Category

2010s Street Art USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Summer Rain
By Katherine Bello
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katherine Bello Summer Rain Year: 2018 Acrylic, mixed media on canvas Size: 12 x 12 x 1.25 inches Signed, titled and dated by hand COA provided *Ready to h...
Category

2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

Love Jewel - Original Graffiti Painting on Canvas
By Amber Goldhammer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Desert Colors Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Striking abstract on board utilizing fiery colors by Berlin artist Michael S. Keifers, circa 1980. Signed lower left. Archival plastic sleeve and Certifica...
Category

1980s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"Clouds Come Rambling" Abstract Figure Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted figure painting by Juniper Briggs is made with mixed media on unstretched (rolled) canvas. It features a vibrant blue palette and captur...
Category

2010s Cubist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Canvas

The Great Sword Fight
By Macauley Norman
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Oil, acrylic, and mixed media on canvas
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Vintage American School Signed Modernist Minimalist Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Step into the serene world of American minimalism with this exquisite 1980 signed original oil painting. Created by a talented American artist, this work invites you to explore the c...
Category

1980s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early Morning in Summer, original 24x30 abstract marine landscape
By Bart DeCeglie
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
How wonder filled it is to witness the natural beauty of a sunrise over the ocean on one of those blessed early summer mornings. You feel the ocean amidst while luxuriating in the d...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Remnants of a Dream
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elizabeth Geisler’s dazzling contemporary water reflection acrylic paintings bridge realism with abstraction. Up close, the paintings appear ambiguous and loose, yet with a little di...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Keep Moving Forward
By Bisco Smith
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Smith, Bisco Title: Keep Moving Forward Date: 2022 Medium: Latex and Spray Paint on Canvas Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 48" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique
Category

2010s Street Art USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Latex, Spray Paint

untitled in the manner of Gaetano Pesce
By Sky Jones (Michael Whipple)
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract conceptual painting. it has a lacquer resin like finish to it. it is not framed. Siren Bliss was born Michael Whipple in Salt Lake City in 1947. He attended the University o...
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer

GEO, Original Framed Contemporary Blue and White Abstract Painting on Paper
Located in Boston, MA
GEO, Original Framed Contemporary Blue and White Abstract Painting, 2022 10" x 11" Acrylic on Paper 12" x 12" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Framed and matted with a plexiglass front. Hand-signed by the artist. A modern and minimalist blue and white painting by artist KR Moehr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Shadow Boxer (D.1)
By Macyn Bolt
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed The Shadow Boxer and skipstep paintings grow out of an interest in the paradox of spatial comprehension found in abstract painting. As with the shadow ...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Shadow Boxer (D.1)
Shadow Boxer (D.1)
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Singing The Jazz and Blues - Original Gary John Music Themed Artwork
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

BIRD'S OF PARADISE
By Jim Waid
Located in Phoenix, AZ
signature and title on verso b. 1942, Elgin, OK Jim Waid creates abstract worlds saturated with color, layered with mark, filled with rhythm and movement, and intricately textured....
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Omens
By Lucio Pozzi
Located in New York, NY
Omens is a watercolor painting on Fabriano paper by Italian-born multidisciplinary artist Lucio Pozzi. It is currently housed at Hal Bromm Gallery.
Category

1980s USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Dripping Dots - Ne m’oublie Pas" Blue Gradient Abstract Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses thick textured oils and hand embellished piece...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Heart of the sea - Blue abstract seascape painting
By Jennifer L. Baker
Located in Silverthorne, CO
"Heart of the sea" is a large blue abstract landscape painting, depicting the grandeur of the sea. It is made in a stunning palette of blues, with a bright yellow light at its center...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

My Lenten Roses by Sharon Hockfield, Oil on Canvas Contemporary Floral
By Sharon Hockfield
Located in Atlanta, GA
A North Carolina native, Sharon Hockfield has always viewed life through a painter’s lens. She took art lessons at the Mint Museum as a young child, won numerous high school art awar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fire Escapes
Located in Greenville, DE
Edward L. Loper Jr. was a self-taught artist, while being strongly influenced by his father's later work. 34 1/2" x 45 1/2" Framed. Signed lower left.
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Impressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Andrea Bonfils - Windswept, Painting 2022
By Andrea Bonfils
Located in Greenwich, CT
Encaustic and oil with acrylic frame 24x79.5 each, $6500 each (2 panels) This Painting will be shipped directly from the artist's studio.
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Encaustic, Oil

7.10.24 #2 - Jewel Tone Emerald Watercolor Minimalist Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Delicate strokes and natural hues shape Shiri Phillips' watercolor, ink, and colored pencil artworks, showcasing her exploration of minimalism and organic forms. Departing from her u...
Category

2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil

City of Angels - Colorful Abstract Urban Landscape on Canvas
By Maria C. Bernhardsson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C Bernhardsson's original artworks are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Born in Sweden, Bernhardsson travels the world photographing and sketching houses ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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