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Large Aboriginal-Inspired Abstract Oil on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large Aboriginal-inspired abstract oil on board. We have shown the painting hanging in 'portrait' form but it could also be hung 'landscape'. This painting shares some of the qualit...
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Mid-20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Hunt Slonem, "New Territory", 10x8 White Butterfly Oil Painting in Antique Frame
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "New Territory" is a 10x8 peachy orange and scored oil painting on wood board of contemporary abstract black and white butterflies in his choice of anti...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

#130, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request. Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Pigment

Artwork Geometry and Colors, Totem III by Spanish Artist Mariona Espinet 2023
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Painting allows Mariona Espinet to investigate the intangible part of architecture, which has to do with the emotion that shapes, volumes, and colors awaken. Abstract painting, like ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Your Majesty - Love Abstract Pop Artwork
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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2010s Street Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Latex, Mixed Media

ON THE WAY
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto. Acrylic on canvas. Painting rolled in a sturdy tube from Spain– safely and promptly.
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

On The Pink 3 - Series Blobs - Contemporary Oil Painting, Colourful Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grzegorz Radecki is a Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland. Artist about his work: BLOBS. THE CHARM OF DRIPPING PAINT Flowing peacefully in the slow current of...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Untitled #533 by Murray Duncan – Original Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #533 by Murray Duncan – Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper Size: 32" x 40" Unframed, signed on the back A striking exploration of form and movement, Untitled #527 by Murray ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Pencil

Vintage Mid Century Modern Large Geometric Abstract Framed Hard Edge Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted large geometric abstract painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 48 by 36 inches.
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Art New York "Noah s Ark"
Located in Portland, OR
Modern abstract painting acrylic and oil paint, by the celebrated New York artist, Jay Milder (B. 1934), Titled "Noah's Ark II", 1989. Milder is an abstract painter who made a signi...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Oil

Untitled #505, Mixed Media on Paper by Murray Duncan - Abstract Geometric Modern
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #505 by Murray Duncan, 2024 Mix media on paper Unframed Size: 32" x 40" Murray Duncan Studio: Murray Duncan, born in 1966, is a self-taught creative visionary celebrated f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Glaze, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

Untitled #535 by Murray Duncan – Original Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #535 by Murray Duncan – Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper Size: 32" x 40" Unframed, signed on the back A striking exploration of form and movement, Untitled #527 by Murray ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Pencil

Harmony of Stillness
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Lynn Sanders is an artist excited by beauty: architecture, foliage, landscapes, seascapes, interiors. She finds palettes and shapes in her environment and propels them into her work,...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic

"Abstract Landscape" - Original Oil and Pastel Painting on Canvas, Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Title: Abstract Landscape Artist: Marilina Marchica Made In Itlay Year: 2025 Technique: Oil and pastel on canvas Dimensions: 80x100x3.8 cm Original, one-of-a-kind artwork, accompani...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Pastel, Oil

#205, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request. Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Pigment

Christina Gschwantner New Vivid Gestures Contemporary Abstract Painting Bright
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
The work reflects the artist’s mastery of gesture and emotion, where each mark becomes a visual language. A striking piece that brings movement, depth, and intensity to any collectio...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Landscape 130 by Jean Krille - Oil on canvas 50x35 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...
Category

Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Elegant Portrait, Abstract Style, French Artist, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant Portrait, Abstract Style, French Artist, Signed By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century Signed by the artist on the lower left ha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

ABSTRACT Colors Raw Canvas Artwork Contemporary Artist Tete Alurralde
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

"Clay" Contemporary Abstract Pink and Blue Western Cowboy Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract cowboy portrait painting by contemporary artist Ian Francis. The work features a western inspired figure with a shadowed face dressed in a yellow ochre coat with a ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Bird of soul"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Man is born free and always strives for freedom.! It's a maternal instinct. I think the main thing is not to lose this gift.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Black and Yellow, Abstract Fish Patterns, Modern Seascape on Paper, Gestual
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Contemporary Black and Blue Abstract Western Cowboy Silhouette Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract figure painting by Houston-based artist Ramon Severino. The work features a central black cowboy silhouette set against a blue background. Signed and dated on t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Bee (Lucio Fontana slash oil painting abstract contemporary impasto yellow art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; materiality, texture, oil painting, contemporary painting, ooze, perforation, Lucio Fontana, process-based, repetition, abstract painting, patterns, impasto, yellow, bee, p...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Singing The Jazz and Blues - Original Gary John Music Themed Artwork
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Mixed Media

Materials

Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

Cardinal red Mångata (grid painting minimal wood hard-edge dopamine vibrant)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Part of the Mångata series, "Cardinal Red" is an intimate, minimalist painting meticulously handcrafted on wood using diverse, layered techniques. This artwork combines the raw mark-...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Abstract 2411
Located in Zofingen, AG
""There’s something different about the homes of creative people. They like to surround themselves with inspiring things, from unique tablecloths to the incredible paintings on the w...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract 2411
Abstract 2411
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Bury by Sam Peacock Contemporary Oil Painting steel, abstract landscape painting
Located in DE
Artist: Sam Peacock Title: Bury Materials: Oil, Coffee and Parafin on steel Medium: Mild steel sheet Size: 85 x 35 cm Edition: Original Artwork Year: 2018 ____________________...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Steel

Huge French 20th Century Abstract Expression Painting 1980 s Blur of Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Marie Deloume (French born 1942) oil painting on paper stuck on canvas, unframed canvas size: 40 x 29 inches Signed verso condition: overall ver...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Oil

Untitled #507, Mixed Media on Paper by Murray Duncan - Abstract Geometric Modern
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #507 by Murray Duncan, 2024 Mix media on paper Unframed Size: 32" x 40" Murray Duncan Studio: Murray Duncan, born in 1966, is a self-taught creative visionary celebrated f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Glaze, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

Mist of thought - abstract painting, made in black, grey color, ink
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink in black and grey color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed 16 by 20 inches. Mila Akopova is New ...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, India Ink

PaperLandscape – Original Mixed Media Painting on Canvas, one of a kind
Located in Agrigento, AG
Description: PaperLandscape is an original mixed-media painting by Italian artist Marilina Marchica, created in 2025. Through the use of collage and layered paint, the work explores ...
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2010s Minimalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Enamel

The Cyan Dress 2 - Minimalist Feminine Figurative Original Ink Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses vitality and sensuality in her abstract and figurative paintings. “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, dancers and people ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Ink, Mixed Media, Graphite

"Good News" Three Colorful Butterflies on Gold Background with Scoring Framed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts three delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful golden landscape. Slone...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel, Mixed Media

Yellowstone - Colorful Abstract National Park Landscape on Canvas
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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 19 x 15.5 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we hav...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil

Colourful Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting "Discussion In A Landscape"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, abstracted figurative oil painting on stretched Belgian linen canvas, ready to hang. Framing options available on request.
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Corner Street No. 2" by Hiroshi Sato, Original Painting, Abstract Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Hiroshi Sato's "Corner Street No. 2" (2024) is an original oil on canvas artwork, measuring 36 x 28 inches. "Corner Street #2" is sold unframed but is ready to hang. This unique art...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paisajes interiores. Verdes y Rosas
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, AR
Artwork Details Title: Paisajes Interiores. Verdes y Rosas. Dimensions: 113 × 103 cm (44.5 × 40.5 in) Medium: Oil on canvas Support: Stretched canvas (ships rolled in a protective t...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Off-White Figurative Painting on Large-Scale Canvas, 2025 - Pugnator 065
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Chidy Wayne (b. 1981, Spain) is an artist based in Barcelona. Over the years, he has established himself as a recognized figure in the art world, developing a personal artistic langu...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Original-Sunset Song II-British Awarded Artist-Impressionism-Plein Air evening
Located in London, GB
Sunset Song Series was created entirely en plein air, painted directly under the dimming light of late-summer and autumn sunsets and moonlight, with no artificial light to guide her...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Frammento – Original Abstract Wall Art, Charcoal Pure Pigment on Canvas, large
Located in Agrigento, AG
Artist: Marilina Marchica (b. 1984, Italy) Title: Frammento Year: 2024 Medium: Charcoal and pure mineral pigment on cotton canvas Size: 60 × 130 cm (23.6 × 51.2 in) Signature: Signed...
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2010s Abstract Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Canvas, Pigment, Carbon Pigment

By Rainy Night
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting 'By Rainy Night' captures the moody beauty of a rainy night in the city. The reflections dance on the slick pavement, and the blurred lights glow like distant stars. Sha...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

JEAN MARC (1949-2019) 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - PORTRAIT OF FACE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait" by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019) watercolour on artist paper signed and dated 97' double sided painting: 12.5 x 9.5 inches provenance: private collection, South of Fran...
Category

20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled IV by Alex Kuznetsov, Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Untitled V by Alex Kuznetsov 2024 Acrylic on canvas 51.25" x 43.25" In a time when everything is loud, fast, and endlessly refreshed, Alex Kuznetsov makes paintings that do not w...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Clarity 2
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Encaustic on panel. It's simple; I create art because it makes me happy. I try not to overthink the process of what I’m painting and let my intuition be my guide. I love laying do...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Encaustic

Energy Without End
Located in Dallas, TX
68 x 39 inches
Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Encaustic, Mulberry Paper

Abstraction. Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Abstract painting by Polish artist living in USA Monika Rossa. Painting in style of gestural abstraction with dynamic brush strokes and shapes. Do to the composition, the artwork can...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

It s all true. From Abstraction Experiments Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
​Whether they are symbols, dreams or marks of the life of each of us. The artist's work often features heads, floating bodies, trees, dollar signs, cars, laurel branches, and symboli...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Leather, Acrylic

"ṭāhēr 2891", Gold Painting, 2025
Located in Delaware , OH
"ṭāhēr 2891", Gold Painting, 2025 This is a highly textured, multi-media abstract in gold and has a dark patina around the edges. All of Addison's text in her paintings are her jour...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gold

"The Clock" Abstract Painting 72 x 48 inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Clock" Abstract Painting 72 x 48 inch by Yoram Katz Medium: Acrylic and Enamel on Canvas ABOUT THE ARTIST: Born in Israel. Graduated from the Bazelel Art Academy in Jerusalem...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

My thoughts flood back to you - warm pink and gold abstract painting
Located in Silverthorne, CO
A warm, enveloping ethereal painting, made for contemplation and wonder. A story that never ends, is never the same. A romance. A dreamscape. That is "My thoughts flood back to you",...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Sunlit" (2023) By John McCaw, Original Expressionist Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John McCaw's (US based) "Sunlit" (2023) is a beautiful original expressionist painting, which depicts a park pathway during the sunset. A park bench rests along the path which leads...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Neo-Expressionist Green Red Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive late 1970's green and red abstract on rough plywood, with scribbled linear forms in the style of Basquiat, by Bay Area artist Micha...
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1970s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Plywood, Oil Pastel

ABSTRACT Contemporary Artwork White Brown Earth Minimal Texture On Hansen
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Ruz Vertical Big Yellow Interior - Abstract Acrylic on canvas Painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
RUZ, Rafael (Barcelona 1956) While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodrama’, in the same sense that Julius Bissier referred to some of the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Huge French Cubist Abstract Oil Painting Greens Blacks and Reds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Composition by Armand Rottenberg (French 1903-2000) signed lower corner, dated 1988 oil painting on board, framed Framed 47 x 30 inches Stunning original Cubist painting by ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Red Earth - Contemporary Abstract Landscape Pattern Stripes Leaves Peach, 2023
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary abstract landscape painting in oil on linen mounted on panel with carefully ordered patterns, geometric shapes and delicate lines in bright prismatic colors against a li...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

Large contemporary abstract expressive floral spring painting oil on canvas
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This abstract expressive floral artwork, titled "The Emergence of Spring," is part of my new small collection called "Primavera", dedicated to the vibrant and rejuvenating season of ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Oil Pastel

Panama Garden, Mid-century abstract expressionist modern work
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres (American, 1927-2013) Panama Garden, c. 1964 acrylic on canvas signed lower right, signed and titled verso 46 x 38 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1950, he was immediately drafted and served for two years in the army as a mural painter. He received his Master of Arts from Kent State in 1961. A frequent exhibitor at galleries and museums and winner of multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Western Reserve University. Very little in Richard Andres’ childhood would have predicted his love of classical music, mid-century-modern architecture and certainly not his lifelong passion for art and in particular abstract art. Richard’s father, Raymond, had no more than a third-grade education, and his mother, Clara, was one of thirteen children – only three of whom lived into adulthood and none of whom attended high school. They lived, when Richard was a boy, in a dingy area of Buffalo, NY in a walk-up apartment situated above a tavern. Raymond and Clara supplemented the income from their factory jobs in the bar downstairs with Raymond playing ragtime on the piano and Clara serving drinks. This often left Richard and his two older brothers at home alone to fend for themselves. The two older boys, Raymond and Russell, were - unlike Richard- rather rough and tumble and entertained themselves with stickball, boxing and the like. Richard, on the other hand, from a very young age liked to draw, or better yet even, to paint with the small set of watercolors he received for Christmas one year. Paper, however, at the height of the depression, was hard to come by. Luckily, Clara used paper doilies as decoration for the apartment and Richard would contentedly paint and then cut up doilies, gluing the pieces together to create collages. At eight-years-old, he discovered the Albright-Knox Museum (then known as the Albright Art Gallery) and spent several hours a week there studying the paintings. He was particularly fond of Charles Burchfield‘s landscapes, enamored with their ‘messiness’ and thinking that they somehow captured more ‘feeling’ than works he was previously familiar with. For his tenth Christmas, he asked for and received a ‘how-to’ paint book by Elliot O’Hare. Through this self-teaching, he assembled the portfolio needed for acceptance to Buffalo Technical High School where he studied Advertising Arts. In his Junior year, he was encouraged to enter a watercolor painting, “Two Barns,” in the national 1944-45 Ingersoll Art Award Contest and was one of twelve grand prize winners – each one winning one hundred dollars. More importantly the painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute Galleries, which resulted in his winning a national scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art (The Cleveland Art Institute). He flourished at the art school under the tutelage of faculty members such as Carl Gaertner, as well as that of visiting artists such as William Sommer and Henry George Keller. He would say in later years that Gaertner, in particular, influenced his attitude toward life as well as art. “Gaertner,” Andres said, “believed that there was no need to be a ‘tortured artist’, that an artist should rather enjoy beauty, family, and life in general.” Free to spend his days as he chose, he wandered the Cleveland Art Museum for most of the hours he was not attending classes or painting; the remaining time was spent drinking coffee at a local hangout with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy, it took him the entire summer of 1948 to build up his courage to ask her out. Over that summer he ‘thought about Avis’ and worked in a diner to save money. He also used the hundred-dollar prize money won in High School to visit the first Max Beckmann retrospective in the United States at the City Art Museum in St. Louis. Over a half century later he spoke of that exhibit with a reverence usually reserved for spiritual matters, “I walked in and it was like nothing I had ever seen before... the color...It just glowed.” Returning to campus in the Fall, the first thing he did was go to the coffee shop in hopes of finding Avis. He did, and she, upon seeing him, realized that she was also smitten with him. They quickly became known as ‘the couple’ on campus, and a year later, with Richard being drafted for the Korean war, they were quickly married by a Justice of the Peace, celebrating after with family at Avis’s Cleveland home. As a gift, faculty member John Paul Miller...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

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