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A wonderful, museum caliber painting by Craig Kauffman. Initialed "CK" and dated "82" in the lower right corner. PROVENANCE: Asher Faure Gallery Luther Vandross Luther Vandross Estate Private Collection, New York Private Collection, San Diego, CA EXHIBITED: Asher Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, California, CRAIG KAUFFMAN: NEW PAINTINGS April 23 through May 21,1983 CATALOGUE: Craig Kauffman Estate Archive Number CR No: P.1982.2 The following is from The New York Times, May 15, 2010, By Douglas Martin Craig Kauffman, who in the 1960s helped put Los Angeles on the art map with audacious experiments in molding industrial plastic to create ethereal wall-mounted sculptures — some resembling giant pieces of jelly candy — died Sunday in Angeles City in the Philippines. He was 78. The cause was complications of pneumonia following a recent stroke, said Frank Lloyd, his friend and dealer. Mr. Kauffman was eminent in an eclectic group of artists who reveled in the light, space and energy of postwar Southern California to forge new Minimalist, often glossy artistic approaches. Richard Armstrong, director of the Guggenheim Museum said that these Californians, sometimes called the Cool School — along with Chicago Imagists and Washington, D.C., painters called the Color School — were counterpoints to the Abstract Expressionists who ruled New York. "California was never ashamed of being a new society," Mr. Armstrong said in an interview on Thursday, "it all fit together nicely." Los Angeles was then ascending to the status of a metropolis, with a growing number of major-league sports teams, fresh industries and a surging population. There were new quarters for public galleries and the burgeoning of commercial ones. At the center of the action was the Ferus Gallery, which staged the first solo exhibition of Andy's Warhol's pop art and the first American retrospective of Marcel Duchamp. Mr. Kauffman was a featured artist at the gallery's inaugural exhibition in 1957, "Objects on the New Landscape Demanding of the Eye." Peter Plagens, in his book Sunshine Muse: Art on the West Coast, 1945-1970, (1974, 1999), wrote, "'Culture' meant 'art' and 'art' implied 'new,' and 'new,' as everybody was informed, meant California — particularly Los Angeles." The artists who seized this historic opportunity included Billy Al Bengston, Ken Price and Robert Irwin, among others. In an interview on Wednesday, Arne Glimcher, founder and chairman of Pace Gallery, which had Mr. Kauffman's first New York show in 1967, called the California scene in the late '50s and early '60s "a pressure cooker of ideas." Referring to artistic styles, he said, "It was California perfection against New York messiness." Mr. Kauffman's early paintings were critical in defining this new style. Mr. Plagens called them "the first evidence of a Los Angeles sensibility." Mr. Kauffman's later work blazed splashier trails, as he experimented with the effects of light on works that were painterly yet three-dimensional. "The true power of what he did was his incorporation and then redirection of light inside sculpture," said Mr. Armstrong, who was the curator of a show of Mr. Kauffman's work at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1987. "Many of them glowed," he said. "Others were translucent. Even the supposedly opaque had a noteworthy shimmering quality to them." What Mr. Kauffman made reflected a wide range of inspirations. In a 2008 video interview in conjunction with a show at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena California, he said that the famed lingerie store Frederick's of Hollywood provided artistic nurture. With a smile, he confessed to a "shoe fetish" that had influenced some of his art. Robert Craig Kauffman was born on March 31, 1932, in Los Angeles. He started painting regularly at age 7 and went to theUniversity of Southern California to study architecture in 1950. But art soon won out over architecture, and he transferred to the University of California Los Angeles, to study painting. He earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees there. A breakthrough came in the early 1960s when he experimented with painting on glass, but found it too fragile. He then painted on flat acrylic plastic. His next inspiration came from the plastic packaging increasingly used to wrap merchandise. He sought out craftsmen at commercial factories to learn the technique, Time magazine reported in 1968. The results were several series of three-dimensional wall hangings. Some were inspired by large plastic fruit clusters on the wall of a doughnut shop he frequented in Los Angeles. These lozenge-shaped reliefs were sometimes called "bubbles." Barbara Rose, in a catalog essay for an exhibition at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art in 1967, wrote, "Shaping the brittle sheet plastic into a series of voluptuous curves, Kauffman achieves a kind of abstract eroticism that is purely visual." Mr. Kauffman's work was shown in countless exhibitions and many one-man shows. It has been acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others. In 2006, one of Mr. Kauffman's reliefs fell from a wall of the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, where it was part of an exhibition titled "Los Angeles: Birth of an Art Capital, 1955-1985." It shattered. After storms of publicity, the Pompidou provided technical help and money to make a new version. Mr. Kauffman was married several times. He is survived by his daughters from his marriage to Dana Kauffman, from whom he was separated: Wilhelmina, Vida Rose and Georgia Kauffman. When they started in the 1960s, Mr. Kauffman and his artistic compatriots did not foresee a legacy, much less earning an income, Larry Bell, a prominent artist in the group, said in an interview on Wednesday. "The troops sort of banded together to be our own audience," he said. "Every once in a while, we'd sell...

This piece from the "Inner Landscapes" series features a soothing palette of cool blues, teals, and soft whites, evoking a sense of tranquility and depth. The fluid shapes interlock ...

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...

Bold shapes and colorful style of abstraction by NYC based designer/artist Fredda Tone.

Helen’s Hope No2 (Abstract painting) (Abstract painting) Earth, oil and Acrylic on canvas — Unframed This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. This artwork will be shipped rolled in a ...

Artist: Gustavo Schmidt Title: Presence Year: 2016 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and titled verso Size: 34 x 26 inches

John Pearson (American born 1940) "Study for Circus" 1985 Acrylic on canvas painting Hand signed verso, hangs from corner of canvas. Provenance: The New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio. Bearing label verso: Dimensions: 19 x 19 in (it hangs in diamond shape which measures point to point 26.87 X 26.87 inches) Red, White, Blue, and Yellow abstract geometric painting. Circle and ellipse. John Pearson (British, 1940-was born in Yorkshire, England, and studied at the Harrogate School of Art, Yorkshire (National Diploma of Design, 1960), the Royal Academy Schools, London (Certificate, R.A.S 1963), the Akademie der Bildenden Kunst, Munich (1963–64, research fellow), and Northern Illinois University (M.F.A. 1966). He is known for hard edged, mod abstract oil painting on shaped canvas in geometric, curvilinear forms. For many years, Pearson has made paintings and low-relief sculpture, predominantly wall pieces, which use color, form, and various degrees of abstraction to modify the space of entire rooms. With work exhibited nationally and internationally in both solo and group shows, Pearson has also been sought for many site-specific commissions, both public and private. These are typically highly abstract, simplified, and nuanced; they’re often witty, too. Pearson early on became a devotee of the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian, a chief proponent of De Stijl (The Style), Pearson’s style has evolved from intense system-based abstract compositions to one more attuned to the spiritual influences of the natural environment. Pearson’s early style reflects the European reaction to expressionism and artistic emotionalism in the form of a rational, systematic approach to art (often called the “New Tendency”). An heir to the tenets of Constructivism, he investigated color within a predetermined linear or grid system that eliminated options after the artist’s initial choices. He was drawn to Cleveland in 1970 because of its reputation at the time for having a rich environment for abstract art, as two of the chief proponents of Kinetic art and op art, Julian Stanczak and Richard Anuszkeiwicz, worked there. Students of Josef Albers, the grand master of color theory who taught these two primary practitioners of the “Color Function” school of abstract art at Yale in the 1950s. Pearson’s early style reflects a European reaction to abstract expressionism that manifested itself in a rational, systematic approach to art.Since his emergence in 1960s London, John Pearson has been using mathematical systems and computer programs to generate hard-edged geometric compositions. His work is of the same genre as the artists of the Denise Rene Gallery in Paris, similar to Vasarely, Agam, Cruz Diez and Soto. His most recent work, with its circles and ellipses superimposed on patterns of wavy lines, brings a more easygoing approach to his particular breed of rule-based art. Pearson has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Canada Council, and has had solo exhibitions at institutions including the Akron Art Museum, the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, and the Museum of Modern Art in Rijeka, Croatia. Pearson was born in Yorkshire (Britain) and studied art at the Royal Academy Schools in London, did advanced work in Munich (Germany), and earned the M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts) degree from Northern Illinois University. Before arriving to teach at Oberlin College in 1972, he taught at the University of New Mexico, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and the Cleveland Institute of Art. At Oberlin, he served as the Young-Hunter Professor of Art. John retired from teaching in 2014 but still occasionally works with students and lives in Oberlin where he educated several generations of appreciative liberal arts students. He also served as department chair and held the Young-Hunter endowed professorship from 1987 onward, until his retirement. Pearson travelled widely to paint, exhibit, and teach and received support from the Ohio Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, among others. His career received recognition via the Cleveland Arts Prize in 1975, while most recently he was recognized as a Special Honoree by the same organization. His paintings and sculptures are held in many public and private collections in the U.S., Canada, Europe, China, and Japan, as well as by museums, such as the Allen Art Museum (Oberlin), the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art (New York), and the Art Institute of Chicago. Hard-Edged Select Group Exhibitions Abstract, Constructive, Concrete Mondrian huis, Amersfoort, Holland Chronologic Planet Art...

Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...

Rizaldy Celi Jr. (American, Filipino-Vietnamese, born 1983) "Anatomy of a Secret" 2024 Oil paint and acrylic paint on canvas, stretcher bars The artist signed the back of the paintin...

Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...

We can see a small landscape of nature, overflowing with a wave of the sea, which can transport us to that moment.

Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...

Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...

From a fabric of lines, surfaces, shapes and structures, balanced by matte and bright colors, the artist creates landscapes, fauna and flora, motifs of animate and inanimate nature. ...

"Landscape 4" is a painting by the Bulgarian abstract artist Nina Ruseva. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: Oil painting STYLE: Abstract, Contemporary Edition : Unique, signed Weight:...

Claire Chandler Feeling the Love Original Abstract Painting Image Size: H 95cm x W 85cm Sold Unframed (Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may loo...

TN 831 D is a diptych painting by Japanese contemporary artist Hachiro Kanno, composed of two panels of equal size (146 cm x 89 cm). It is sold unframed. The painter draws its resour...

Fels und Fluss (Strömung) (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on canvas - Framed Canvas size: 120 x 200 x 2 cm / 47.2 x 78.7 x 0.7 inch Andreas Durrer is a S...

Jon Rowland Coast – The River Bank Original Abstract Landscape Painting Acrylic Paint on Canvas Canvas Size: H 50cm x W 76cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely a...

Arezzo [2018] Original Abstract Oil Paint on Canvas Image size: H:61 cm x W:51 cm Framed Size: H:66 cm x W:56 cm x D:3.5cm Sold Framed Please note that insitu images are purely an in...

"Falling Sunset Horizons" is an abstract expressionist painting of falling flowers onto a colorful plane of yellow, pink, and green, Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 197...

Record of Undefined Color 28 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on canvas - Unframed. "This series, started in 2016 conveys a color and emotional language and is inspired by the series Co...

Reconstruction Of A Memory II (Abstract painting) Mixed media on canvas — Unframed This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tub...

Sound of the Wind by Maria Pierides [2020] Original Oil, pastel, collage and wax on deep edge canvas Image size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm Complete Size of Unfr...

Motion (Abstract painting) Acrylic on canvas — Unframed This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. This method is especially safe for large works, and provides lo...

Surreal Paths (Abstract painting) Acrylic on canvas — Unframed This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. This method is especially safe for large works, and prov...

LOOK FOR FREE SHIPPING AT CHECKOUT Late Summer Celebration Creation Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on linen Size: 30 x 30 x 1.5 in Framed Size: 31 x 31 x 2.5 in All the botanicals in this ...

Ice Cream Shop by Rosie Shorrock [2019] original Acrylic painting Image size: H:24 cm x W:30 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:24 cm x W:30 cm x D:5.5c...

Square, abstract expressionist oil painting on canvas in aqua, teal, blue, and green against pale grey with accents of yellow, peach, and mauve 'Delta' by Jenny Nelson Oil on linen, ...

Exhibited at the Jose Luis Cuevas Museum in Mexico City in September 2016 and at the National Arts Club in Manhattan NY in October 2016. This piece is part of the Collection Paisaje ...

Geometric Abstract American Oil Painting WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective. August Mosca (Italian/American, 1909 – 2002) Abstract 17 x 13 inches Oil on canvas Signed ...

An original oil on linen mounted to board by American modern female artist Harriet Holden Nash. The piece will come with custom framing either black or natural wood based on the buy...

Pensativa [2019] Original Abstract Oil Paint on Canvas Image size: H:76 cm x W:61 cm Framed Size: H:81 cm x W:66 cm x D:3.5cm Sold Framed Please note that insitu images are purely an...

Abstract Expressionist Composition by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed inscribed verso dated 68' canvas size: 35 x 46 inches condition: ov...

Evergreen (Abstract painting) Mixed media on raw canvas - Unframed This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. "This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. This method is especially safe for large works, and provides lower shipping costs as well. Rolled works can be easily stretched (for canvas works, i.e. placed onto wooden stretcher bars) and/or framed by a local framer upon arrival. " Basterra's abstract expressionist approach to painting is a response to her environment, nature, and gestural movement. A text-based practice of journaling and communing with nature provides a foundation for her empathy and biophilia. Always researching her interests, she does not premeditate a composition. She starts working on a painting and thoughts come to her during and after the work is completed. She absorbs her environment and works from an internal subconscious. Clarice Lispector, the novelist and painter, opened a new path for Basterra; she made her realize she could find her voice. Colour for Basterra is an emotional response related to mood with the intention of self-expression. She is fascinated with the egocentric nature and motives of humankind. Through painting, she searches for what it means to be free. Born in Barcelona, Laura Basterra Sanz...

Warm-toned abstract figurative painting by an unknown artist. The painting depicts Galveston, TX boxer John Arthur Johnson in profile view. Unsigned. Unframed but framing options are...

Valerie Beller’s abstract paintings encourage visual exploration. Organic forms are both revealed and concealed amidst layers of paint. The streaked and stained surfaces of the canva...

Artist: Nick Wallis Title: More Afterthoughts 14 Year: circa 1980 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 36 x 48 inches (91.44 x 121.92 cm)

Bettina Mauel expresses dynamism and sensuality in her paintings: “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, flowers, and people in motion, capturing th...

Magic realism 24/73. 1973., oil on canvas, 100x140 cm JURIS SOIKANS (1920-1995) 1990. Member of the Artists’ Union, Latvia 1989. Visiting lecturer at...

Entre el odio y el amor, 2022 Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting Acrylic on canvas 115x100cm Signed and dated on the back About the artist Alexa Perez Rea...

This painting is me admitting that I’ve lived in the space between growth and sorrow. That I can bloom and break at the same time. That I’ve felt fragile, small, hidden, but still, I...

Untitled 03, 2015-2016 Oil on canvas (signed on reverse) 13.77 H x 9.84 W in. 35 H x 25 W cm The notion of “abjection”, which at the beginnings referred to the idea of spirit degrad...

Alfred Cohen (American, 1920 - 2001) Signed: A. Cohen (Lower, Right) Stamped: Atelier Alfred Cohen (on Canvas Verso) " Off Boulogne ", circa 1950s Oi...

Amongst the sparkling waters, tranquility by Maria Pierides [2020] original Oil, oil stick, pastel and wax on deep edge canvas Image size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm Complete Size of Unfra...

Nude Lipstick 2 by Maria Pierides [2021] original Oil and oil stick on deep edge cradled panel Image size: H:30 cm x W:30 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:30 cm x D:...

Artist Commentary: Brilliant oranges, violets and greens make a bold, dynamic statement that will add flair to any room or office. Colors shoot diagonally upward, suggesting movement and the setting of lofty goals. A bold splash of color for any room. Believe it or not, this piece was inspired by a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans! Words that describe this piece: green, orange, red, abstract, bold, colorful, dynamic Details about the piece: This is a hand-painted, original acrylic painting. Professional grade acrylic paints on canvas. Wired and ready to hang. Signed on the back. Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Artist Biography: Evan Stuart Marshall is an award-winning contemporary abstract painter based in Roseland, New Jersey. Born in Boston and raised in Sharon, Massachusetts, he lives and works in Roseland, New Jersey. Largely self-taught, Evan has received numerous awards for his work, including the Mary Koether Merit Award from the West Essex (New Jersey) Art Association. His work has been featured in many juried exhibitions, both solo and group, and is held in many private collections around the world. His artwork is carried by major online retailers including Homesquare, Houzz, Kmart, Pier 1, Walmart and Wayfair. One of Evan’s paintings was recently selected by the renowned curator and art consultant Paige Powell...

Beeswax, resin and pigment on canvas mounted on panel. Unframed. This work is from a series of formal trifold compositions of quiet horizontal abstraction, based in the Venetian tra...

Street Art, graffiti, contemporary, esoteric, mystical, Patterns, Gestural Abstraction

Abstract Composition signed by Jacqueline VERDET (French, 1931-2023) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 39 x 31.5 inches condition: the work is in overall very sound and good c...

Maggie LaPorte Banks. Pen y fan, December. Acrylic and carborundum on linen. Size: H. 53 cm x W. 53 cm x D. 5 cm. White wood frame. Please note that in situ images are purely an indi...

"Untitled 4" Abstract Acrylic on linen Painting 32'x46' inch by Hossam Dirar Acrylic on linen canvas CHAOS This project is a representation of the life around me right now. All t...

Maggie LaPorte Banks. Breakfast at Tiffanys [2021] original Acrylic and mixed medium on canvas Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Un...

Dennis Alter's layered and textured oil on canvas paintings are rich with painterly activity in the abstract expressionism style of Hans Hofmann, Willem de Kooning, and Jasper Johns....

Being Free II [2022] original Mixed media on canvas Image size: H:91 cm x W:76 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:91 cm x W:76 cm x D:3.5cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu i...

This work will be shipped rolled. Emotional Color Change series combines colour and language to visually represent the external environment. The process involves mixing two or three...

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...

The Forest Talks [2022] original Acrylics on canvas Image size: H:70 cm x W:70 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:70 cm x W:70 cm x D:3.5cm Sold Unframed...

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...

Paolo Minoli (1942-2004) ...On Stage... 1987 Acrylic on Canvas Size 70x70 cm - thickness 3 cm Bibliography: Pirovano, Paolo Minoli, General Catalog, volume 2...