Ilana Greenberg

Shifting Planes

2025

This black and white abstract acrylic painting is inspired by the mid-century masters. Framed in a vintage gold frame, wired and ready to hang, 9.5 in. wide x 15 in. high

This black and white abstract acrylic painting is inspired by the mid-century masters like Franz Kline. Framed in a vintage wood frame, wired and ready to hang, 20 in. wide x 24 in. ...

This abstract acrylic portrait painting is inspired by the mid-century masters. Framed in a vintage black wood frame, wired and ready to hang, 11 in. wide x 14 in. high

There's a quiet tension in this piece, a rhythm of forms that feel both steady and suspended. The balance of negative space and layered color creates a stillness that speaks in its o...

This painting has a wonderfully loose, luminous, and instinctive energy. The composition is built from flowing washes of yellow, green and aqua, punctuated by strokes of deep blue a...

New Wave (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on canvas The textured appearance of her paintings emanates from the intervention of common household products such as paper towels during the ...

Finding Resolution uses organic and geometric shapes rendered with broad sweeping motions. The overall color is white and black with traces of color. :: Painting :: Abstract :: Thi...

Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil, pastel, and paper collage on canvas. Signed and dated verso. 52.75 x 47.75 in. 54 x 49 in. (framed) Gilded floater frame. Provenance Compass Rose, Chicago Born Sylvan Irwin Goldberg in 1924 and raised in the Bronx, Michael Goldberg was an important figure in American Abstract Expressionism, who began taking art classes at the Art Students League in 1938. A gifted student, Goldberg finished high school at the age of 14 and enrolled in City College. He soon found New York’s jazz scene to be a more compelling environment, and he began skipping classes in favor of the Harlem jazz clubs near campus. Goldberg’s love of jazz would become a lifelong passion and a key component to his approach to composition in his paintings. From 1940 to 1942, like many of the leading artists of the New York School, Goldberg studied with Hans Hofmann. In 1943, he put his pursuit of painting on hold and enlisted in the U.S. Army. Serving in North Africa, Burma, and India, Goldberg received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star before being discharged in 1946. After his service, he traveled and worked in Venezuela before returning to the United States, settling back in New York and resuming studies with Hofmann and at the Art Students League. Living downtown and frequenting the Cedar Bar, Goldberg befriended many of the artists of the New York School. In 1951, his work was included in the groundbreaking Ninth Street Show, co-organized by Leo Castelli, Conrad Marca-Relli, and the Eighth Street Club, and featuring the work of - among others - Hofmann, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline. In 1953, the Tibor de Nagy...