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Jim Thompson Hand-Woven Silk Textile, Thailand, Circa 1988
Jim Thompson Hand-Woven Silk Textile, Thailand, Circa 1988

Jim Thompson Hand-Woven Silk Textile, Thailand, Circa 1988

By Jim Thompson

Located in Alessandria, Piemonte

What to say? Just say Jim Thompson and imagine a beautiful and lightly valuable fabric. Never used. It is a handmade silk on a loom, very light and elegant, which can be placed anywh...

Category

Late 20th Century Thai Other Curtains and Valances

Materials

Silk

A Vintage 1990s silk floral printed scarf by Jim Thompson
A Vintage 1990s silk floral printed scarf by Jim Thompson

A Vintage 1990s silk floral printed scarf by Jim Thompson

Located in London, GB

A great silk scarf by Jim Thompson. The scarf is in a heavy raw silk and hand rolled, with a floral and butterfly design.

Category

1990s Thai Scarves

Hand rolled Jim Thompson Silk Scarf
Hand rolled Jim Thompson Silk Scarf

Hand rolled Jim Thompson Silk Scarf

Located in London, GB

A wonderful silk scarf by Jim Thompson. In a super quality silk, the scarf has an orange background with elephant design. Measurements: 35'' x 35''

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2010s Thai Scarves

Mid-Century Banquette Bench in Teal Vegan Leather and Jim Thompson
Mid-Century Banquette Bench in Teal Vegan Leather and Jim Thompson

Mid-Century Banquette Bench in Teal Vegan Leather and Jim Thompson

By The Tailored Home, Jhon Ortiz

Located in Greenwich, CT

Pricing reflects COM (Customer's Own Material); fabric shown for inspiration only. This petite banquette bench draws on Mid-Century Modern lines with a tight seat cushion set atop an 8-way hand-tied spring base over a solid hardwood core. The curved back is shown in teal vegan leather set against a Jim Thompson printed...

Category

2010s American Mid-Century Modern Benches

Materials

Upholstery

6 x Art Deco 1940s Oak Dining Chairs with Jim Thompson Pierre Frey Animal Velvet
6 x Art Deco 1940s Oak Dining Chairs with Jim Thompson Pierre Frey Animal Velvet

6 x Art Deco 1940s Oak Dining Chairs with Jim Thompson Pierre Frey Animal Velvet

Located in London, GB

An exceptional set of six 1940s oak wood dining chairs with a fresh luxurious upholstery job by GROUND ONE SIX. With a luxurious silk velvet fabric by Jim Thompson for Pierre Frey wi...

Category

Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Silk, Velvet, Oak

1950s Italian Ebonized Stool in Jim Thompson Silk Velvet Animal MidCentury Buffa
1950s Italian Ebonized Stool in Jim Thompson Silk Velvet Animal MidCentury Buffa

1950s Italian Ebonized Stool in Jim Thompson Silk Velvet Animal MidCentury Buffa

By Paolo Buffa

Located in London, GB

A wild italian stool with four ebonised bullet shaped feet and upholstered in Jim Thompson silk mix animal velvet fabric. The base has four strict elegant bullet shaped legs that s...

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Tiger Morse in Yellow, Tea with Jim Thompson 01, 1962 - Mark Shaw Edition

Tiger Morse in Yellow, Tea with Jim Thompson 01, 1962 - Mark Shaw Edition

By Mark Shaw

Located in New York, NY

Tiger Morse in Yellow, Tea with Jim Thompson 01, 1962. Image size is 40" x 59" (for 44" x 63" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. A photograph in color of Tiger Morse having tea with Jim Thompson and two other people. Tiger Morse is wearing a yellow dress with red jewelry...

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1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

Tiger Morse in Yellow, Tea with Jim Thompson 01, 1962 - Mark Shaw Edition

Tiger Morse in Yellow, Tea with Jim Thompson 01, 1962 - Mark Shaw Edition

By Mark Shaw

Located in New York, NY

Tiger Morse in Yellow, Tea with Jim Thompson 01, 1962. Image size is 22" x 32" (for 24" x 36" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper. Each print is Estate stamped on the back and signed and numbered by David Shaw, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Lead time is four to six weeks, but we often receive them sooner. *Please note this image is available in several sizes. Prices increase as editions sell out. A photograph in color of Tiger Morse having tea with Jim Thompson and two other people. Tiger Morse is wearing a yellow dress with red jewelry...

Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

Tiger Morse in Yellow, Tea with Jim Thompson 01, 1962 - Mark Shaw Edition

Tiger Morse in Yellow, Tea with Jim Thompson 01, 1962 - Mark Shaw Edition

By Mark Shaw

Located in New York, NY

Tiger Morse in Yellow, Tea with Jim Thompson 01, 1962. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle...

Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

Tiger Morse in Yellow, Tea with Jim Thompson 01, 1962 - Mark Shaw Edition

Tiger Morse in Yellow, Tea with Jim Thompson 01, 1962 - Mark Shaw Edition

By Mark Shaw

Located in New York, NY

Tiger Morse in Yellow, Tea with Jim Thompson 01, 1962. Image size is 32" x 48" (for 36" x 52" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle ph...

Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

Tiger Morse in Yellow, Tea with Jim Thompson 01, 1962 - Mark Shaw Edition

Tiger Morse in Yellow, Tea with Jim Thompson 01, 1962 - Mark Shaw Edition

By Mark Shaw

Located in New York, NY

Tiger Morse in Yellow, Tea with Jim Thompson 01, 1962. Image size is 10" x 15" (for 11" x 17" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints are made to order in limited editions on Hahnemuhle ph...

Category

1960s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Giclée

Leopard Cheetah Signed Silk Scarf Pillow
Leopard Cheetah Signed Silk Scarf Pillow

Leopard Cheetah Signed Silk Scarf Pillow

Located in Boca Raton, FL

Signed Jim Thompson silk scarf pillow with leopard cheetah. Custom made.

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Vintage 1960s American Hollywood Regency Pillows and Throws

Materials

Silk

Indonesian Carved Teak Wood Farmhouse Hall Entry Bench 65"
Indonesian Carved Teak Wood Farmhouse Hall Entry Bench 65"

Indonesian Carved Teak Wood Farmhouse Hall Entry Bench 65"

Located in Dayton, OH

Early 20th century Indonesian / Indian country / farmhouse / colonial bench seat or settee. Made of teak featuring ladderback design with carved floral acanthus paneled back and Jim...

Category

Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Settees

Materials

Upholstery, Teak

Set of Six Gothic Polished Cast Nickel and Upholstered Chairs
Set of Six Gothic Polished Cast Nickel and Upholstered Chairs

Set of Six Gothic Polished Cast Nickel and Upholstered Chairs

Located in New York, NY

Comprising two armchairs and four side chairs, the fronts are upholstered in Turban moiré in Coffee and the reverse in Nuance ombré linen in Coral, both from Jim Thompson’s new Flair...

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21st Century and Contemporary French Gothic Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Nickel

Sterling Silver and 14K Gold Bracelet by Lyle Secatero (J1696)
Sterling Silver and 14K Gold Bracelet by Lyle Secatero (J1696)

Sterling Silver and 14K Gold Bracelet by Lyle Secatero (J1696)

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

This sterling silver hand-stamped cuff by Navajo silversmith Lyle Secatero showcases a refined balance of traditional design and contemporary detail. Crafted in solid sterling silver...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Native American Cuff Bracelets

Materials

14k Gold, Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver and 14K Gold Bracelet by Lyle Secatero (J1695)
Sterling Silver and 14K Gold Bracelet by Lyle Secatero (J1695)

Sterling Silver and 14K Gold Bracelet by Lyle Secatero (J1695)

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

This sterling silver hand-stamped cuff by Navajo silversmith Lyle Secatero reflects a refined balance of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary design. Formed from solid sterling...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Native American Cuff Bracelets

Materials

14k Gold, Sterling Silver

Contemporary Eto Dining Chair in burnished gold fabric with Solid Walnut Legs
Contemporary Eto Dining Chair in burnished gold fabric with Solid Walnut Legs

Contemporary Eto Dining Chair in burnished gold fabric with Solid Walnut Legs

By Stuart Scott

Located in Trowbridge, Wiltshire

The Eto Dining Chair is a simple, elegant and beautifully detailed dining or occasional chair with a legs made entirely from solid walnut. Shown here upholstered in Jim Thompson Ga...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wool, Walnut

Pair of Billy Haines Style Hollywood Regency Armchairs in Tony Duquette Fabric
Pair of Billy Haines Style Hollywood Regency Armchairs in Tony Duquette Fabric

Pair of Billy Haines Style Hollywood Regency Armchairs in Tony Duquette Fabric

By William Billy Haines

Located in Saint Louis, MO

Sourced from a Beverly Hills estate and chic to the nines, this pair of 1960s Billy Haines style Hollywood Regency armchairs feature heavy duty solid brass frames with natural patina, walnut arm rests, and were professionally reupholstered in a Tony Duquette silk satin fabric from Jim Thompson. The iconic Tony Duquette pattern - with its elegant grid work - compliments the chairs' brass curves and angles, while the deep green color contrasts the patinated brass beautifully. The overall look is of affluence, of Hollywood Regency old money...

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Vintage 1960s American Hollywood Regency Armchairs

Materials

Brass

1970's Marcel Bruer Style Chrome Bar Stools by Chromcraft - A Pair
1970's Marcel Bruer Style Chrome Bar Stools by Chromcraft - A Pair

1970's Marcel Bruer Style Chrome Bar Stools by Chromcraft - A Pair

By Chromcraft, Marcel Breuer, Eileen Gray, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Located in Burbank, CA

Pair of vintage Mid Century Modern barstools for sale. They were designed by Marcel Bruer during the 1920's Bauhaus era of design, and were manufactured by Chromcraft. They are desig...

Category

Vintage 1970s American Bauhaus Stools

Materials

Chrome

Small Scale Winged Club Chair Featuring Orange Dragon Print Silk and Blue Mohair
Small Scale Winged Club Chair Featuring Orange Dragon Print Silk and Blue Mohair

Small Scale Winged Club Chair Featuring Orange Dragon Print Silk and Blue Mohair

By The Tailored Home, Jhon Ortiz

Located in Greenwich, CT

Small scale club or arm chair with walnut arms and legs. Subtly winged barrel back and tight seat. Frame built with solid hard maple and eight-way hand-tied springs plus high-density...

Category

2010s American Club Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Wood, Mohair, Silk, Walnut

Set of Three Italian Footstools, Upholstered in Green & Gold Fabric, 19th C.
Set of Three Italian Footstools, Upholstered in Green & Gold Fabric, 19th C.

Set of Three Italian Footstools, Upholstered in Green & Gold Fabric, 19th C.

Located in Atlanta, GA

A charming set of three 19th Century matching Italian footstools of walnut. Each square stool is finished with gold tape trim at the base of the plush upholstered body, providing a c...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Rustic Footstools

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

Floor Pouf or Ottoman
Floor Pouf or Ottoman

Floor Pouf or Ottoman

Located in Greenwich, CT

Our Pumpkin pouf is a handmade pouf floor cushion shown in Jim Thompson Wild Thing a red animal print cut velvet. Made in our studio in Norwalk, CT. Customizable upon request. Measu...

Category

2010s American Modern Ottomans and Poufs

Materials

Velvet

Peacock Color Ikat Inspired Throw Pillows
Peacock Color Ikat Inspired Throw Pillows

Peacock Color Ikat Inspired Throw Pillows

By Jhon Ortiz, The Tailored Home

Located in Greenwich, CT

Handmade throw pillows with Jim Thompson peacock color fabric on face and deep green blue velvet back. Down/feather insert and invisible zipper. Measurements: Overall: 18”W x 18”...

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2010s American Modern Pillows and Throws

Materials

Velvet, Down, Feathers

Antique Thai Buddhist Narrative Painting, “Return to the Capital”
Antique Thai Buddhist Narrative Painting, “Return to the Capital”

Antique Thai Buddhist Narrative Painting, “Return to the Capital”

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Antique Thai Buddhist Narrative Painting, “Return to the Capital”. Chapter 13 of the Vessantara Jataka, the penultimate tale from the previous lives of the Buddha, representing the ...

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Antique 19th Century Thai Other Paintings and Screens

Materials

Cotton

American Midcentury Highback Slipper Chairs, c. 1960's, Tomlinson Furniture
American Midcentury Highback Slipper Chairs, c. 1960's, Tomlinson Furniture

American Midcentury Highback Slipper Chairs, c. 1960's, Tomlinson Furniture

By John Lubberts and Lambert Mulder, Tomlinson/Erwin-Lambeth Furniture Company

Located in Atlanta, GA

Wonderful pair of American Midcentury highback slipper chairs newly recovered in Jim Thompson silk with button tufted details. The elegant lines and low slung arms are iconic of this...

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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Slipper Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Silk, Upholstery

Round Table Cloth with Lemon Pattern and Blue Fringe
Round Table Cloth with Lemon Pattern and Blue Fringe

Round Table Cloth with Lemon Pattern and Blue Fringe

By Jhon Ortiz, The Tailored Home

Located in Greenwich, CT

A vibrant botanical tablecloth defined by its cheerful lemon garden pattern and bold color palette. Hand sewn in designer Jim Thompson fabric, the piece i...

Category

2010s American Organic Modern Tableware

Materials

Linen

Vintage Thai Thon Table Lamp
Vintage Thai Thon Table Lamp

Vintage Thai Thon Table Lamp

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Vintage Thai Thon Table Lamp. Crafted from an antique thrown open ended ceramic pot specifically made as a traditional Thai Thon (goblet drum) base of ear...

Category

Mid-20th Century Thai Other Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

"Theresa Thompson"
"Theresa Thompson"

"Theresa Thompson"

By Gershon Benjamin

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...

Category

1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Customizable Modern Donut Stool by The Tailored Home in Velvet Wool
Customizable Modern Donut Stool by The Tailored Home in Velvet Wool

Customizable Modern Donut Stool by The Tailored Home in Velvet Wool

By Jhon Ortiz, The Tailored Home

Located in Greenwich, CT

Round upholstered accent stool featuring a bold geometric velvet by Jim Thompson with contrasting hot pink vinyl trim. The layered cylindrical seat creates a playful graphic profile,...

Category

2010s North American Modern Ottomans and Poufs

Materials

Maple, Velvet, Lacquer

Antique Baroque Revival Armchair in Carved Oak with Scrolled Arms and Carved Str
Antique Baroque Revival Armchair in Carved Oak with Scrolled Arms and Carved Str

Antique Baroque Revival Armchair in Carved Oak with Scrolled Arms and Carved Str

Located in Rolling Hills Estates, CA

This antique Baroque Revival armchair is carved from solid oak, with scrolled arms ending in rosette paterae and turned baluster legs joined by a box stretcher whose flat front membe...

Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Baroque Revival Armchairs

Materials

Oak, Upholstery

Tropical Swivel Dining Chair with Wenge Wood Accents
Tropical Swivel Dining Chair with Wenge Wood Accents

Tropical Swivel Dining Chair with Wenge Wood Accents

By Jhon Ortiz, The Tailored Home

Located in Greenwich, CT

A symphony of texture, pattern and color make this Swivel dining chair a show stopping focal point. It is both supportive and comfortable, made fro...

Category

2010s American Modern Swivel Chairs

Materials

Rosewood, Paper, Faux Leather

Antique Baroque Revival Armchair in Carved Oak with Scrolled Arms & Shell Apron
Antique Baroque Revival Armchair in Carved Oak with Scrolled Arms & Shell Apron

Antique Baroque Revival Armchair in Carved Oak with Scrolled Arms & Shell Apron

Located in Rolling Hills Estates, CA

This antique Baroque Revival armchair is carved from solid oak, with scrolled arms ending in rosette paterae and a deep apron of C-scrolls and acanthus centered on a shell; the cabri...

Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Baroque Revival Armchairs

Materials

Oak, Upholstery

Japanese Inspired Bench with Wild Cat Print and Faux Fur
Japanese Inspired Bench with Wild Cat Print and Faux Fur

Japanese Inspired Bench with Wild Cat Print and Faux Fur

By Jhon Ortiz, The Tailored Home

Located in Greenwich, CT

Japanese inspired bench in supple maple frame with matte finish is adorned with an unexpected mix of fabrics giving it a vibrant pop. Sink into...

Category

2010s American Modern Benches

Materials

Velvet, Faux Fur

Rhino Horn Artist Space Dreams 1973 Figurative Abstract Expressionist Jay Milder
Rhino Horn Artist Space Dreams 1973 Figurative Abstract Expressionist Jay Milder

Rhino Horn Artist Space Dreams 1973 Figurative Abstract Expressionist Jay Milder

By Jay Milder

Located in Surfside, FL

Hand signed, dated and titled verso Jay Milder (born 1934) is an American artist and a figurative expressionist painter of the second generation New York School. Old Testament themes such as Jacob's Ladder and Noah’s Ark, and the Jewish mystical beliefs of the Kabbalah, are recurring themes in Milder’s paintings which are presented as archetypal images that recur in the basic karma, make-up and need of human nature. Internationally exhibited, Milder is included in the collections of many national and international museums. He has been the subject of two, recent retrospectives in Brazil in 2007 at the National Museum Brasilia and, in 2006, at the Museum of Modern Art, in Rio de Janeiro. He is renowned in Sao Paulo, one of the major international centers for street and public art, as a seminal influence on graffiti artists. Jay Milder was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1934. His grandparents, who came from the Ukraine, were descendants of the Hasidic mystic, Rabbi Nachman. As he listened to family stories his interest in spiritualism and mysticism increased, and became an important influence on his philosophy of life and art. Later, when he arrived in New York, he was drawn to the Theosophical Society and the teaching of Helena Blavatsky. In 1954 Milder visited Europe where he studied painting with André L’Hote, and sculpture with Ossip Zadkine. He spent much time studying at the Louvre Museum, and at the studio of Stanley Hayter. During his Paris years the paintings of the Jewish painter Chaim Soutine, primarily influenced him. Milder returned to the United States in 1956, and he began studying painting at the Chicago Art Institute. He exhibited with the Momentum Group, an alliance of artists who were particularly dedicated to the progression of figurative art and its global origins. In 1957, Milder spent the summer in Mexico for a summer where he exhibited in Puebla. That year he received the Mexican Government’s Honor Award for artists. In the summer of 1958, Milder studied with Hans Hofmann in Provincetown, Massachusetts. He exhibited his work at the Sun Gallery, with his contemporaries, including Mary Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson, Lester Johnson, Emilio Cruz and Alex Katz, among others. During this period his painting began to incorporate iconography of birds, animals, humans and animal/human hybrids. In 1958, Milder, Bob Thompson and Red Grooms, founded the City Gallery in the Chelsea section of New York City. The gallery moved downtown and became the Delancey Street Museum and an early site for ‘Happenings’,which Milder participated in. He showed his first major series called Subway Runners in 1960 at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York City. Milder began a group of smaller paintings, entitled “Messiah Series”, in the late 1960s. These were fully expressionistic earth toned pictures, and he completed around 250 paintings in the series, based on biblical themes from the Old Testament. When 40 of these paintings were shown in a traveling exhibition premiering at the Richard Green Gallery in New York City, in 1987, art critic Donald Kuspit wrote in ArtForum Magazine: “after Nolde’s biblical pictures, these are the best and most integral group of biblical pictures in the 20th century.” During the 1970s, Milder co-founded a collective group called Rhino Horn with Peter Passuntino, Peter Dean, Benny Andrews, Nicholas Sperakis, Michael Fauerbach, Ken Bowman, Leonel Gongora, and Bill Barrell. Rhino Horn continued a style promoting politically and socially driven American Figurative Expressionism, when many people in the art world and society were focused on Pop Art and Minimalism. From the 1970s to today, much of Milder's artworks have been centered around interpretations and the visual energy of the Kabbalah. Milder's art has been the subject of two retrospectives in Brazil in 2007 at the National Museum Brasilia and, in 2006, at the Museum of Modern Art, in Rio de Janeiro. In Summer of 2009 he was in Brazil where at this time he painted a commissioned mural alongside Brazilian street artist, Eduardo Kobra in Sao Paulo. Jay Milder’s paintings have undergone various stylistic changes since the 1950s. However the most common and important consistency has been his organic form of Expressionism. Biblical references have always played an important role in Milder’s work. For Milder the Kabbalah underlies all aspects of reality including not only the way a painting is conceived and executed, but also its impact on the visual environment around us. Jay Milder's work is in the permanent collection of many galleries and museums throughout the world, including The Tel-Aviv Museum of Art in Tel-Aviv, Israel, The Provincetown Art Association and Museum in Provincetown, Massachusetts, The Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia, and the Dayton Art Institute in Dayton, Ohio. He has been awarded the Mexican Government’s Honor Award for artists in 1957, a Rainbow Arts Foundation Award at Exhibition Museum, Guadalajara, Mexico in 1965, he was honored as Professor Emeritus at City College of New York in 1991, and in 1999 he was the Cultural Exchange representative between America and Brazil at Belles Artes Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jay Milder American Figurative Expressionist Painter of the Second Generation New York School Jay Milder (1934–2026) was an American figurative expressionist painter associated with the second generation of the New York School. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Milder drew on a deep well of influences — from Hasidic mysticism and the Kabbalah to the jazz clubs of North Omaha and the painterly traditions of European modernism — to forge a body of work centered on archetypal, biblically rooted imagery, most notably Jacob's Ladder and Noah's Ark. Early Training and European Influence In the early 1950s, Milder traveled to Paris to study at La Grande Chaumière and the Sorbonne, taking painting classes with André Lhote and sculpture instruction with Ossip Zadkine. There he encountered the work of Chaim Soutine, whose expressive, gestural approach to form left a lasting imprint on Milder's painterly style. He returned to the United States in 1956 and continued his studies at the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was introduced to Hans Hofmann's push/pull compositional theory — a foundational concept of Abstract Expressionism. New York School and the City Gallery In 1958, Milder co-founded the artist-run City Gallery in a shared Flatiron District loft with Red Grooms, giving early exhibition space to artists including Claes Oldenburg and Jim Dine. Alongside contemporaries Bob Thompson, Lester Johnson, Emilio Cruz, and Alex Katz, Milder exhibited at the influential Sun Gallery, developing a figurative vocabulary populated by birds, animals, and human/animal hybrid forms. His breakthrough "Subway Runners" series debuted at Martha Jackson Gallery in New York in 1964 — dense, impasto oil paintings depicting commuters in motion through the city's transit system. Rhino Horn and Mature Style During the 1970s, Milder co-founded the Rhino Horn collective alongside Peter Passuntino, Peter Dean, Benny Andrews, and others, furthering a commitment to figurative expressionism against the prevailing tides of Minimalism and Pop Art. Throughout his career, biblical and Kabbalistic themes remained central to his practice, which art historian George Nelson Preston described as "trance-like" in a 1976 Arts magazine profile. Museum Collections and Legacy Milder's work is held in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the New Museum, the Chrysler Museum of Art, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, among others. He was the subject of major retrospectives in Brazil, including at the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro (2006) and the National Museum, Brasília (2007), and in 2009 painted a commissioned mural in São Paulo alongside Brazilian street artist Eduardo Kobra. He is represented by Eric Firestone Gallery, which mounted the solo exhibition Jay Milder: Broadway Nonstop, Subway Paintings from the 1950s and '60s in 2022. Milder died on May 27, 2026, at the age of 92, leaving behind a singular body of work bridging Abstract Expressionism, Jewish mysticism, and the raw energy of postwar New York City. Keywords: Jay Milder, figurative expressionism, second generation New York School, Subway Runners series, Kabbalah painting...

Category

1970s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vibrant Abstract Rhino Horn Jay Milder Figurative Expressionist Art Oil Painting
Vibrant Abstract Rhino Horn Jay Milder Figurative Expressionist Art Oil Painting

Vibrant Abstract Rhino Horn Jay Milder Figurative Expressionist Art Oil Painting

By Jay Milder

Located in Surfside, FL

Jay Milder (1934-2026) Genre: Modern Subject: Abstract Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Dimensions: 30 X 24 Dimensions with Frame: 31 X 25 Hand signed lower right and hand signed and dated verso Jay Milder (born 1934) is an American artist and a figurative expressionist painter of the second generation New York School. Old Testament themes such as Jacob's Ladder and Noah’s Ark, and the Jewish mystical beliefs of the Kabbalah, are recurring themes in Milder’s paintings which are presented as archetypal images that recur in the basic karma, make-up and need of human nature. Internationally exhibited, Milder is included in the collections of many national and international museums. He has been the subject of two, recent retrospectives in Brazil in 2007 at the National Museum Brasilia and, in 2006, at the Museum of Modern Art, in Rio de Janeiro. He is renowned in Sao Paulo, one of the major international centers for street and public art, as a seminal influence on graffiti artists. Jay Milder was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1934. His grandparents, who came from the Ukraine, were descendants of the Hasidic mystic, Rabbi Nachman. As he listened to family stories his interest in spiritualism and mysticism increased, and became an important influence on his philosophy of life and art. Later, when he arrived in New York, he was drawn to the Theosophical Society and the teaching of Helena Blavatsky. In 1954 Milder visited Europe where he studied painting with André L’Hote, and sculpture with Ossip Zadkine. He spent much time studying at the Louvre Museum, and at the studio of Stanley Hayter. During his Paris years the paintings of the Jewish painter Chaim Soutine, primarily influenced him. Milder returned to the United States in 1956, and he began studying painting at the Chicago Art Institute. He exhibited with the Momentum Group, an alliance of artists who were particularly dedicated to the progression of figurative art and its global origins. In 1957, Milder spent the summer in Mexico for a summer where he exhibited in Puebla. That year he received the Mexican Government’s Honor Award for artists. In the summer of 1958, Milder studied with Hans Hofmann in Provincetown, Massachusetts. He exhibited his work at the Sun Gallery, with his contemporaries, including Mary Frank, Red Grooms, Bob Thompson, Lester Johnson, Emilio Cruz and Alex Katz, among others. During this period his painting began to incorporate iconography of birds, animals, humans and animal/human hybrids. In 1958, Milder, Bob Thompson and Red Grooms, founded the City Gallery in the Chelsea section of New York City. The gallery moved downtown and became the Delancey Street Museum and an early site for ‘Happenings’,which Milder participated in. He showed his first major series called Subway Runners in 1960 at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York City. Milder began a group of smaller paintings, entitled “Messiah Series”, in the late 1960s. These were fully expressionistic earth toned pictures, and he completed around 250 paintings in the series, based on biblical themes from the Old Testament. When 40 of these paintings were shown in a traveling exhibition premiering at the Richard Green Gallery in New York City, in 1987, art critic Donald Kuspit wrote in ArtForum Magazine: “after Nolde’s biblical pictures, these are the best and most integral group of biblical pictures in the 20th century.” During the 1970s, Milder co-founded a collective group called Rhino Horn with Peter Passuntino, Peter Dean, Benny Andrews, Nicholas Sperakis, Michael Fauerbach, Ken Bowman, Leonel Gongora, and Bill Barrell. Rhino Horn continued a style promoting politically and socially driven American Figurative Expressionism, when many people in the art world and society were focused on Pop Art and Minimalism. From the 1970s to today, much of Milder's artworks have been centered around interpretations and the visual energy of the Kabbalah. Milder's art has been the subject of two retrospectives in Brazil in 2007 at the National Museum Brasilia and, in 2006, at the Museum of Modern Art, in Rio de Janeiro. In Summer of 2009 he was in Brazil where at this time he painted a commissioned mural alongside Brazilian street artist, Eduardo Kobra in Sao Paulo. Jay Milder’s paintings have undergone various stylistic changes since the 1950s. However the most common and important consistency has been his organic form of Expressionism. Biblical references have always played an important role in Milder’s work. For Milder the Kabbalah underlies all aspects of reality including not only the way a painting is conceived and executed, but also its impact on the visual environment around us. Jay Milder's work is in the permanent collection of many galleries and museums throughout the world, including The Tel-Aviv Museum of Art in Tel-Aviv, Israel, The Provincetown Art Association and Museum in Provincetown, Massachusetts, The Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia, and the Dayton Art Institute in Dayton, Ohio. He has been awarded the Mexican Government’s Honor Award for artists in 1957, a Rainbow Arts Foundation Award at Exhibition Museum, Guadalajara, Mexico in 1965, he was honored as Professor Emeritus at City College of New York in 1991, and in 1999 he was the Cultural Exchange representative between America and Brazil at Belles Artes Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jay Milder American Figurative Expressionist Painter of the Second Generation New York School Jay Milder (1934–2026) was an American figurative expressionist painter associated with the second generation of the New York School. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Milder drew on a deep well of influences — from Hasidic mysticism and the Kabbalah to the jazz clubs of North Omaha and the painterly traditions of European modernism — to forge a body of work centered on archetypal, biblically rooted imagery, most notably Jacob's Ladder and Noah's Ark. Early Training and European Influence In the early 1950s, Milder traveled to Paris to study at La Grande Chaumière and the Sorbonne, taking painting classes with André Lhote and sculpture instruction with Ossip Zadkine. There he encountered the work of Chaim Soutine, whose expressive, gestural approach to form left a lasting imprint on Milder's painterly style. He returned to the United States in 1956 and continued his studies at the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was introduced to Hans Hofmann's push/pull compositional theory — a foundational concept of Abstract Expressionism. New York School and the City Gallery In 1958, Milder co-founded the artist-run City Gallery in a shared Flatiron District loft with Red Grooms, giving early exhibition space to artists including Claes Oldenburg and Jim Dine. Alongside contemporaries Bob Thompson, Lester Johnson, Emilio Cruz, and Alex Katz, Milder exhibited at the influential Sun Gallery, developing a figurative vocabulary populated by birds, animals, and human/animal hybrid forms. His breakthrough "Subway Runners" series debuted at Martha Jackson Gallery in New York in 1964 — dense, impasto oil paintings depicting commuters in motion through the city's transit system. Rhino Horn and Mature Style During the 1970s, Milder co-founded the Rhino Horn collective alongside Peter Passuntino, Peter Dean, Benny Andrews, and others, furthering a commitment to figurative expressionism against the prevailing tides of Minimalism and Pop Art. Throughout his career, biblical and Kabbalistic themes remained central to his practice, which art historian George Nelson Preston described as "trance-like" in a 1976 Arts magazine profile. Museum Collections and Legacy Milder's work is held in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the New Museum, the Chrysler Museum of Art, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, among others. He was the subject of major retrospectives in Brazil, including at the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro (2006) and the National Museum, Brasília (2007), and in 2009 painted a commissioned mural in São Paulo alongside Brazilian street artist Eduardo Kobra. He is represented by Eric Firestone Gallery, which mounted the solo exhibition Jay Milder: Broadway Nonstop, Subway Paintings from the 1950s and '60s in 2022. Milder died on May 27, 2026, at the age of 92, leaving behind a singular body of work bridging Abstract Expressionism, Jewish mysticism, and the raw energy of postwar New York City. Keywords: Jay Milder, figurative expressionism, second generation New York School, Subway Runners series, Kabbalah painting...

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1970s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Doris Leslie Blau Vintage 1940s Indian Cotton Double-Sided Runner
Doris Leslie Blau Vintage 1940s Indian Cotton Double-Sided Runner

Doris Leslie Blau Vintage 1940s Indian Cotton Double-Sided Runner

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Vintage 1940s Indian Cotton Double-Sided Runner Size: 3'5" × 19'6" (104 × 594 cm) A striking example of mid-20th century Indian textile craftsmanship, this vintage cotton runner from...

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Mid-20th Century Indian Indian Rugs

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Cotton