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Upward movement, 110x80cm, acrylic on canvas
By Tatiana Levchenko
Located in Yerevan, AM
Upward movement, 110x80cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Dance, 100x100cm, acrylic, oil, canvas
By Tatiana Levchenko
Located in Yerevan, AM
Dance, 100x100cm, acrylic, oil, canvas
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Nuchal Chord
By Brian Jerome
Located in Philadelphia, PA
My mother recently reminded me that I was born with my umbilical cord wrapped around my neck. Even though I do not believe in destiny, it seemed to be a prologue of the struggles of ...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Nuchal Chord
Nuchal Chord
$1,600 Sale Price
72% Off
Hustler, Frida Kahlo inspired figurative abstract painting, bright color design
By Ramona Nordal
Located in Dallas, TX
“Hustler FK” is an amazing pop figurative painting inspired by the life and genius of artist Frida Kahlo. Bright and lively 60's design elements, stripes and a peaceful and penetrating gaze stand out on a rich blue background. Artist Ramona Nordal...
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mixed-Media Collage Painting on Canvas, New York City Dreamscapes
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
In an Art Brut style New York City Dreamscapes, 2020 by a.muse is defined by bold colors and experimentation. The mixed-media collage "patchwork" painting 19.5” x 15.75” acrylic, oi...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas, Oil Pastel

Commotion 2 - Oya Bolgun - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media
Located in Carmel, CA
Oya Bolgun is a visionary artist whose dynamic and ever-evolving abstract style captures the imagination and inspires the senses. Drawing on her deep passion for self-expression and ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Wildwood 2
By Thomas Slate
Located in Santa Fe, NM
acrylic, sumi ink on canvas black white red yellow Thomas Slate uses large gestural drawings to create energetic abstractions. The layered process of his pieces creates a rich textu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

Wildwood 2
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
1947 Modernist Family Portrait Gouache by Lewis Lee Tilley, Framed Artwork
Located in Denver, CO
Ortez (Modernist Family Portrait) is a vibrant 1947 abstract gouache on paper by American artist Lewis Lee Tilley (1921–2005). This dynamic composition captures a family of five seat...
Category

1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Communication contemporary abstract colorful
By Jean Adele Wolff
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This painting is inspired by my intuition, my imagination and meditative visions and show my fascination with the shape of the circle. In Indian religions, the mandala (circle) is a ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Cosmic Splash - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Cosmic Splash - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Vibrant and expressive composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Artis...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

"Unshackle" - Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Painting
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist's Statement: "I had been making some very colorful paintings based on rings or circles that have been very well received, but my forms and brushstrokes began to tighten and fe...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

House Paint, Acrylic

Ouroboros and Helmet Face
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 72 inches Signed on the reverse
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Maternity, Abstract Figurative Art, Original Oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahagn Ghaltaghchyan Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Style: Abstract Art Year: 2023 Ti...
Category

2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Color Pencil

Wind Impression, abstract landscape painting, contemporary oil on linen
By Maria Jose Concha
Located in Dallas, TX
Maria Jose Concha Impresiones, 2016 Oil and mixed media on linen 16h x 31.5w x 3d in 40h x 80w x 5d cm $1300.00 This is a beautiful simple and emblematic study of a Patagonian tree....
Category

2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Expressive impressionist painting of landscape "Close to nature"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
My artistic practice is guided by my intuitive approach and is based on the brush strokes of expressionism which are well reflected in this contemporary art piece featuring mountain...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Take Me to the Sea
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an abstract painting by Bianca Wellwood, an Irish American artist living in Los Angeles. It is not stretched so could be mailed in a tube. Further framing possible. Please c...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Semi Truck, David E. Peterson, Abstract & Modern Colorful Wooden Wall Sculpture
By David E. Peterson
Located in Dallas, TX
Semi Truck T10 by David E. Peterson features sculpture as abstract painting. This 3-dimensional wall sculpture looks bright, contemporary and amazing. Davi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Wood, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Paper Flower Assemblage Mirror 2012 Abstract Wall Sculpture
By Maurizio Donzelli
Located in Brescia, IT
This astonishing artwork is a paper flowers assemblage, put in a wood box framed and then mounted under a lenticular lense. Title Mirror 2012. The partic...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Unforgotten Series #6 - Handpainted photography, colorful abstract, graphic pink
By Alberto Sanchez
Located in Dallas, TX
"Unforgotten Series No 6" is an archival pigment print on fine art paper, mounted on birch panel and resin coated. This is a wonderful colorful abstract artwork with text and pink ba...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Resin, Birch, Wood Panel, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Green Blue Abstract Oil Painting 48 H X 72 W", Ode To Spring, Irena Orlov
By Irena Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Green Blue Abstract Oil Painting 48 H X 72 W", Ode To Spring, Irena Orlov SPECIFICATIONS: - Artist-grade canvas. - 1" deep wooden support bars - Gallery Stretching & Wrap Expressive ...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Miniature Abstract Landscape Art Study by Contemporary Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Miniature Abstract Landscape Art Study by Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield Art measures 7 x 5 inches Frame measures 13 x 11 inches Title: Artist: Angela Wakefield Medium: Acr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Board

Ioan, 100x100cm, acrylic, oil, canvas
By Tatiana Levchenko
Located in Yerevan, AM
Ioan, 100x100cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Black
By Enrico Benetta
Located in Miami, FL
"Black" is a painting created by Enrico Benetta in 2012. The artwork is the first of a series of monochromatic square canvasses created each in one of the primary colors. The paintin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Black
Black
$11,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Mircea Marosin (1921-2007) - 20th Century Oil, Abstraction in Blue
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. On card.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

C.E. Ross, "Vibrant Day", Colorful Orange Purple Abstract Forest Landscape
By Charles Emery Ross
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This colorful and bold landscape, "Vibrant Day", by artist Charles Emery Ross is a 36x36 acrylic painting on canvas featuring trees catching the yellow-orange light of day with a vie...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Everything is Early (Colorful Autumn colors Large Abstract Oil painting, Nature)
By Richmond Burton
Located in Cody, WY
Richmond Burton’s works are known for their kaleidoscopic color, undulating patterns, and lyrical handling of expressionistic mark making. His Visceral, seductive, and organic compositions play with decorative patterning without compromising a conceptual backbone. Their intensity of vision allows for transcendent thought, experience, and connection while challenging any preconceived norms or rules defining abstract painting. “Structure is never absent; it’s just uninsistent, even accidental. The paintings are built up in stages, but never give the impression of being hard-worked. They have a fluid, textural presence, like luxury fabrics printed with overlapping, off-register layers of patterning.” — Holland Cotter, The New York Times (1999). Richmond Burton (b. 1960, Talladega, AL) obtained a BA in architecture from Rice University Houston, TX (1984). He lives and works in Woodstock, NY. Burton has shown extensively both domestically and internationally and has work in the collections of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; The Broad, Los Angeles, CA; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Fogg Museum at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY; and National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, among others. Recent solo exhibitions include venues such as Sarah Moody Gallery of Art at University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (2015); Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY (2014); Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO (2013); and George Lawson...
Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

1950s Framed Abstract Still Life Oil Painting, Blue Green Black Orange White
Located in Denver, CO
This vibrant and expressive 1959 oil on canvas painting by Bernard Arnest (1917–1986), titled Untitled (Fruit, Leaves, Spotted Cloth), presents an abstracted still life rich in form ...
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract expressive floral painting on canvas "Floral symphony in color""
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Floral Symphony in Color" is a vivid, expressive contemporary painting created by French artist Natalya Mougenot, and it forms part of her Floral series. In this series, Natalya ble...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Fire and Water - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Fire and Water - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Vibrant and expressive composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). At fir...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

"The Stoic’s Shield", Oil on canvas, whimsical pop art portrait master, round
By Michele Mikesell
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL b. 1973, Alabama, USA In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesel...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

T. Buchanan - 2011 Oil, My Box Of Dreams
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking contemporary abstract with organic forms contrasting with severe geometric shapes. The artist has signed and dated to the lower right and inscribed the title at the revers...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Inundated Pestilence
By Brian Jerome
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Three years. Inundated Pestilence. Three years. Inundated Pestilence. Three years. Inundated Pestilence. Three years. Inundated Pestilence. Three years. Inundated Pestilence.
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Christian Gardair Monumental Painting "Oceano Graphie", 1983
Located in Washington, DC
Exceptional and large painting by French artist Christian Gardair (French, b.1938). Painting is acrylic on polyester paper. Signed and titled "Oceano Graphie" dated 1983. Painting me...
Category

1980s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Synthetic Paper

Modern Abstract Red, Orange and White Collage by Paul Showalter
Located in Pasadena, CA
White, brown, red, and orange lines shape an abstract maze in this signed painting by Paul Showalter. October 10, 1940 - May 24, 2019 Artist, Designer, Painter, Poet, Sculptor Paul Showalter was born in Pasadena, California in 1940. Paul studied art and design at Pasadena City College, and later received a full scholarship to study at the renowned Chouinard Art Institute (now CalArts) and Otis Art Institute (now Otis-Parson) in Los Angeles, majoring in Advertising Design and Illustration. In 1966, Paul Showalter founded the Graphics and Communication Department at the new Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the first major art museum in Los Angeles, setting high standards of museum graphics throughout Southern California. At the 1970 World's Fair in Osaka, Japan, Paul was nominated for Best Animated Short Film for his film titled "The Moon Step." In 1974, Paul founded his own commercial graphic design firm, which specialized in the design of corporate identity programs, exhibition graphics, illustration, and print communications. He also designed floats for the Pasadena Tournament of Roses parade...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Waterlily angel - Vibrant blue and pink abstract waterlily painting
By Jennifer L. Baker
Located in Silverthorne, CO
A painting from my Angel Collection, inspired by a season of challenge and overcoming cancer, a journey marked by many angels along the way. A brilliant palette of ultramarine blue a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sunset at Brora Golf Course in the Scottish Highlands by Contemporary Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Sunset at Brora Golf Course in the Scottish Highlands by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. This unique original depicts a pink & blue sky with purple hills at sunset on ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Board

"Abstract Landscape"Oil Painting , Original art on. Canvas Made in Italy
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape oil on canvas 60x80 cm original art Ready to hang certificate of authenticity included White Landscape is an original artwork by Marilina Marchica, created in 2025. This ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Colorful Abstracted Landscape in the Style of Diebenkorn
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful Abstracted Landscape in the Style of Diebenkorn by Ellis Hopkins (American, b. 1952). This dynamic piece features textured blocks of color which resemble an abstracted lan...
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Stretcher Bars, Oil

Contemporary abstract acrylic painting of a woman on canvas "With my lemons"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
French contemporary artist Natalya Mougenot captures the quiet poetry of daily life through an abstract portrait of a woman done in a figurative manner with a touch of art naïf, th...
Category

2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Essence - Abstract Expressionist Landscape Painting on Silk, 2024
Located in London, GB
The Essence is a unique modern abstract expressionist painting in subtle tones of acrylic wash on silk satin by British contemporary artist Rose Fulbright. The artwork is signed, a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Silk, Canvas, Acrylic

'Good Vibes Only' - Vibrant Serene Circles - Blue and White Oil Painting
By Sveta Hessler
Located in Carmel, CA
Sveta Hessler (Russian, born 1973) "Good Vibes Only" 2024 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the bottom right and back of the painting. Sveta Hessler's piece is an ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Large-Scale Multicolored Gestural Abstraction with Circle in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-Scale Multicolored Gestural Abstraction with Circle in Acrylic on Canvas Abstract composition by Ellis Hopkins (American, b. 1952). This bold abstraction explores spatial tens...
Category

Late 20th Century Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sunflowers, Abstract Impressionism, Figurative, Mixed-Media, Spring
Located in Sungai Petani, Kedah
Abstract: Lamella IV, Abstract Impressionism, Figurative, Mixed-Media, Spring, Textured Lamella IV has a pair sister piece - Lamella III. The pair are abstractive impressions of the...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Arboretum I
Located in Fairfield, CT
Adam Collier Noel is an American photographer and collage artist who currently resides in South Florida. He graduated in 2002 with a BFA in photography from Herron School of Art and ...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Arboretum I
$3,312 Sale Price
20% Off
Black on White
By Enrico Benetta
Located in Miami, FL
"Black on White" is a painting created by Enrico Benetta in 2010. This piece can be hung by itself, or be considered as part of a diptych with "White on Black". The painting comes unframed, with a total dimension of 28" x 59" x 5". This piece was made with acrylic paint, gesso, and corten steel - the signature materials that Benetta has become known for. Thanks to his excellent skills, the artist uses unconventional media to create truly unique artworks, that take the viewer to an aerial, restless dimension - despite the opposite nature of those materials. Benetta's work takes the heritage of Italian industrial design and fuses it with contemporary art, giving life to unique abstract pieces that spark the attention of art lovers worldwide. He studied Fine Arts in Venice, and his work has been featured in more than 25 exhibitions in the recent years, in addition to his collaboration with brands like Hermes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Paper, Ink

Black on White
Black on White
$5,680 Sale Price
20% Off
Modernist 1945 Abstract Waterfall Watercolor Landscape Painting by Eve Drewelowe
By Eve Drewelowe
Located in Denver, CO
This striking 1945 abstract landscape watercolor by pioneering modernist artist Eve (Van Ek) Drewelowe, titled "The Champagne Cascades, Crescendos, Crashes," is a bold interpretation...
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

North on West Street (West Side Highway NYC Cityscape)
By De Hirsch Margules
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
De Hirsh Margules (1899-1965). North on West Street , 1939. Watercolor on Arches wove paper. Signed and dated in pencil by artist lower margin. Sheet measures 15 x 22 inches. Framed measurement: 27 x 34 inched. Incredibly vibrant and saturated color with no fading or toning of sheet. Provenance: Babcock Galleries, NYC 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 Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

"Untitled (Modern Woman), " Juliette Gordon, New York Feminist Collage Art WAR
By Juliette Gordon
Located in New York, NY
Juliette Gordon (American, b. 1934) Untitled (Modern Woman), circa 1973 Collage on board 30 x 20 inches Provenance: Allan Stone Gallery, New York (ASG-JuG8) Sold with certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. Juliette Gordon is a witty, perceptive, and highly intelligent artist. Her most iconic works are wickedly funny and sometimes highly political photocollages that were inspired by her involvement in the women’s movement of the early 1970s. At the time, she was exhibiting with the likes of Nancy Spero and May Stevens...
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1970s Feminist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

Untitled
By Anthony Benjamin
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Anthony Benjamin was born in England on 29 March 1931. He began his study at Southall Technical College in 1947 as an engineering draughtsman and was accepted into Regent Street Poly...
Category

1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Untitled
Untitled
$466 Sale Price
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"Eleven Thirteen, (Dancing Line Series)" Elliott Thompson, Color Field Work
Located in New York, NY
Elliott Thompson Eleven Thirteen, (Dancing Line Series), 1972 Signed, Elliott Thompson, dated, 2/72, and inscribed, Eleven Thirteen, on verso and agai...
Category

1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Tape, Acrylic

Red #2, Floating Noise Series
Located in Miami, FL
"Red #2" is an artwork created by Gianluca Patti in 2019. This piece is the part of the Floating Series, which Patti created in 2019. Made using natural...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Plastic, Synthetic Resin, Acrylic, Pigment, Mesh

Blueberry pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Blueberry Pill" is part of Dopamine Mosaic, a series of 30 tondos created by Melisa Taylor Metzger in the winter of 2024. This layered piece blends pyrography, airbrushing, and grid...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint

Foot of Mountain - Landscape Contemporary Mixed Media Abstraction, Purple
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Foot of Mountain," is an abstract expressionist landscape painting on paper. This piece is created with mixed media of paint and fabric to create the impression of a landscape. Lidd...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Spray Paint, Monotype, Fabric

Untitled
Located in Vancouver, CA
Jesse Ross's paintings explore the complexities of identity and transformation, blending his mixed settler and Stó:lō Nation heritage with contemporary artistic expression. He uses f...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Untitled
Untitled
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"Marginal Madonna" Abstract Relief with Rorschach Patterns Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
"Marginal Madonna" Abstract Relief Sculpture Carved sculpture and painting by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This large-scale relief sculpture features The central fig...
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1990s Other Art Style Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Found Objects, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Handmade Paper

Original Painting on Canvas in a Fantasy Abstract Style by Serg Graff "LOOP" COA
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This vibrant and dynamic painting by Serg Graff, titled “Loop,” bursts with bold colors, energetic brushstrokes, and richly textured layers. The composition is alive with swirling or...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Surrealist Landscape of Appian Way, Una Via Romana Antica - Monochromatic
By Eugene Berman
Located in Miami, FL
Surrealist Landscape the Appian Way - One of the earliest Roman Roads. Rich textual surface with impasto paint application. The artist depicts a wide angle and lower angle view and...
Category

1960s Surrealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Frammento" - Abstract Paint on cotton Canvas- Large Size- Made in Italy
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Fragments Family House this drawing is part of a series of artworks, tell and trace the evolution and changes of a 70s house of a typical Italian fam...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Pastel, Cotton Canvas

Intersect I
By Jodi Fuchs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jodi Fuchs is a contemporary abstract artist whose vibrant and expressive artworks exude a palpable energy that captivates viewers. Her signature style combines elements of abstract ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Intersect I
Intersect I
$796 Sale Price
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Atmospheric Abstract Landscape Painting of British Moorland with Earthy Tones
By Paul Denham
Located in Preston, GB
Atmospheric Abstract Landscape Painting of British Moorland with Earthy Tones, entitled 'The Oldest Hill', by English Artist Paul Denham. Paul sta...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Board

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