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Period: 1980s
Vintage Signed Israeli American Modernist Beach Scene Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract landscape painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 1990. Signed. Displayed in a giltwood impressionist frame.
Category

Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Crescent Rose" Mixed Media Handmade Paper Watercolor Abstract by Bruce Weinberg
Located in Soquel, CA
"Crescent Rose" Mixed Media Handmade Paper Watercolor Abstract by Bruce Weinberg Soft lavenders, magentas and gray tones highlighted with purple thread and sheets of gold leaf mingle to create a soft and lovely abstract on handmade paper by California artist Bruce Weinberg (American, 1942-1994). Image is floated on a silk background. Pencil signed and dated "Bruce Weinberg 1980" lower right. Pencil signed title "Crescent Rose" lower left. Displayed in a giltwood frame with spacer. Image size: 24"H x 35"L. Framed size: 31"H x 43"W x 2"D. Bruce Weinberg was a long time resident of the San Francisco Bay Area. He studied Interior Design at the Philadelphia College of Art and Architectural Space Planning at Temple University. During the 1970s he studied printmaking and drawing at San Francisco's Fort Mason...
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Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Handmade Paper

Infinity Field (Jerusalem Series)
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Acrylic on canvas. Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed verso. 68 x 50 in. 69.5 x 51.75 in. (framed) Custom framed in a maple floater with a matte white finish. Provenance Camillos Kouros Gallery, New York Private Collection, New York Theodoros Stamos is heralded as one of the few abstract painters who bridged the New York School’s first and second generations. His age, in particular, afforded him this unique position, as he was the youngest member of the “Irascibles,” the core group of fifteen New York School painters publicized by Nina Leen...
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Post-War 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Yellow, Purple Red Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
A bold abstract expressionist watercolor with yellow and purple, contrasted with dynamic red linear accents, by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Signed "Les Ander...
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Post-Impressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

"The Gold Witch" – Colorado Modernist Semi-Abstract Oil by Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
“The Gold Witch” is a striking original semi-abstract oil painting by mid-20th century Denver artist Edward Marecak. The composition features an abstracted female figure, rendered in...
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Folk Art 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Seymour Boardman Abstract Expressionist Painting Bold Modernist Composition
By Seymour Boardman
Located in Surfside, FL
10 X 17 without frame. Seymour Boardman (1921–2005) was a New York abstract expressionist. Since his first solo exhibition in Paris in 1951, Boardman developed a personal vision and style of his own, following his own path of abstraction. As a painter he sought to reduce the image to its bare essence. Initially working in the freely brushed manner of Abstract Expressionism, Boardman gradually eliminated the arbitrary aspects of his work until only straight lines and two or three areas of flat, sometimes somber, tones remained. He could hardly have achieved more with less. In a career that was steady and determined, Seymour Boardman created paintings that are unique, while avoiding fashion and trends. His work stands alone because it derives from the Romantic landscape previously articulated by Milton Avery and early Mark Rothko (who was a friend) and later developed into almost hard edged painting. Seymour Boardman majored in art at City College of New York in 1938-1942. He served in the United States Air Force from 1942–1946, during which he was hospitalized for over a year due to a wound to his left shoulder, which resulted in partial paralysis of the arm and hand. After a full medical discharge from the service in 1946, he left for Paris to continue his art education at the École des Beaux-Arts, Académie de la Grande Chaumière, and Atelier Fernand Léger. Boardman's work became more abstract but still based on figure and landscape. He returned to New York in 1949 and went to the Art Students League. Boardman continued to paint dark, moody paintings using a limited palette of black, white, grey, and an occasional additional color. Departed Le Havre France on the Liberte, arriving with his wife in New York on Jan. 22, 1952. In 1955, he had his first one-man show in New York at the Martha Jackson Gallery. It was favorably reviewed by Hilton Kramer, Emily Genauer, Fairfield Porter, and others. "…inscrutable, dark, mostly in blacks stained here and there with calm whitish shapes, they yet manage to suggest something inhuman and romantic…" (N.Y.Times, March 26, 1955). He began to acquire recognition in the 1950s with his paintings of griddled facets seen as if through a frosted glass, without any crisp lines, and in bright colors favoring reds. Boardman's friends included Lawrence Calcagno, Perez Celis, John Hultberg, Burt Hasen, Frank Lobdell, Richards Ruben, Robert Ryman and Nassos Daphnis. Throughout the 1960s, Boardman showed at both the Stephen Radich Gallery and the A.M. Sachs Gallery; in 1967, The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Guggenheim Museum acquired a painting each. In the early 1970s Boardman had a large exhibition of paintings at the Andrew Dickson White...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Board

Large Scale Abstracted Cityscape -- Mountains Overlooking the City
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant abstract of Berkeley Hills overlooking the city of Oakland, California by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). Presented in a wood slat white frame. Signed lower right "Loran." ...
Category

Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Expressionist Portrait of Napoleon in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red with Black, White and Orange - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bright abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Unsigned, from a collection of his works. (Certified to be by the artist) Paper size: 22.5"H x 15"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles. He was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980's. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim Stuckenberg, Alice Robertson Carr, Deborah Eve Alastra...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Large Scale Bay Area Modern Geometric Abstract Landscape with White, Blue, Red
Located in Soquel, CA
Large Scale Bay Area Modern Geometric Abstract Landscape with White, Blue, Red Dramatic large scale abstracted landscape with white, blue and red shapes by Erle Loran (American, 190...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Luciano Berio s Epiphany Large Abstract Collage Israeli Painting
By Naftali Golomb
Located in Surfside, FL
Collage and Painted mixed media artwork painting. Born 1930 in Chile, Golomb immigrated to Palestine in 1935. He later became a member of the Radius Group and an instructor at the A...
Category

Conceptual 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer

Childhood of Hephaestus, Variation V
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Childhood of Hephaestus, Variation V Year: 1985 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, with Artist Painted Frame Size: 47 x 59 in...
Category

Photorealist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Harlequin in a Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Karlo Kacharava (1964-1994). Harlequin in a Landscape, ca. 1985. Enamel paint and marker on gloss paper, sheet measures 19.5 x 15.25 inches. Signed lower left. Unframed. Wit...
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Neo-Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Sepia Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Sepia Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting in in sepia-toned brush strokes and deep red and bright yellow accents with contrasting black a...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Massive 7-Foot Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas by Ed Gilliam, Frameless Display
By Ed Gilliam
Located in Encino, CA
Untitled Abstract, an original oil on canvas by Edward Gilliam, is a piece for the true collector. Gilliam's use of color and paint thickness immediately captivates the viewer. It is...
Category

Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Large Abstract Painting by Lou Fink
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large, oil and sand painting by American Artist, Lou Fink. Provenance: Gift of Florence Fink, wife of the artist. Artist: Lou Fink, American (...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American School New York City Abstract Expressionist Original MCM Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American school abstract painting. Watercolor on paper, circa 1960. Signed. Image size, 24"L x 18"H.
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache

Garner Tullis, Large Painting with Collage by Tom Holland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Tom Holland Title: Garner Tullis Year: 1988 Medium: Acrylic on paper, signed and dated in pencil Paper Size: 42 x 82 in. (106.68 x 208.28 cm)
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Carnival Primary Abstract
By George Niehaus
Located in Soquel, CA
Variations on red, yellow and blue result in a dynamic Carnival abstract of geometric and curvilinear designs by San Francisco, California abstract expressionist George Niehaus (Amer...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Modernist Colorful Mixed Media Painting Handmade Paper
Located in Surfside, FL
Sandy Kinnee is known for paper making, printmaking and collage. This has the artists stamp verso and is signed, titled and dated verso. Sandy Kinnee lives and works in Colorado Sp...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paint, Ink, Handmade Paper

Composition - Original Oil on Cardboard - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original drawing in oil on cardboard realized by an unknown artist in 1989. This Artwork is depicted through strong and confident s...
Category

Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Ian Hornak, Last Song: Beim Schlafengehen (Going to Sleep), 1985–2001
Located in Fairfield, CT
IAN HORNAK (1944–2002) Title: Last Song: Beim Schlafengehen (Going to Sleep) Date: 1985–2001 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, with Artist Painted Frame Dimensions: 47 x 59 inches (...
Category

Photorealist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled, Large Abstract Expressionist Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Judy Wahl
By Judy Wahl
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled Judy Wahl Date: 1980 Acrylic on Canvas, signed lower right Size: 47.5 x 71 in. (120.65 x 180.34 cm) Frame Size: 48 x 71.5 inches
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Six-Part Neon Geometric Abstract with Green, Orange, Hot Pink
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold neon abstract composition in six parts with bright green, orange, and hot pink geometric forms by California artist Gary Ermoloff (American, b. 1949), 1982. Dated and signed on verso. Unframed. Gary Ermoloff (American b. 1949) attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where he received his BA in Fashion Illustration. He is a former member of AIGA and a former Board Member...
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Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Postcard

Sunflowers Garden With Children Oil Painting
By Sotiris Corzo
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
"Dans Le Jardin"Sunflower garden with children canvas 36x36 framed 45x45x1.5 signed in the lower-left corner. Sotiris was born in Athens, Greece i...
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Impressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

Singing At the Moon, Wolf in a Tux - Abstract Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
A tongue in cheek swipe at the futility of it all. A well heeled gent (Wolf) in a Tux bays at the moon at his good fortune, by G. Lester (American, 20th Ce...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spiritual Origins - Geometric Abstract
By Julie Fudge
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract oil on wood panel depicting the beginnings of the ascendancy of the Earth by Julie R. Fudge (American, 20th Century). Signed "Julie Fudge" on verso. Unframed. Image, 42"H x ...
Category

American Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Representation of the Countryside - Acrylic by C. Bissattini - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Representation of the Countryside is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1982 by Claudio Bissattini. Original Acrylic on canvas. Titled a...
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Contemporary 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Omens
Located in New York, NY
Omens is a watercolor painting on Fabriano paper by Italian-born multidisciplinary artist Lucio Pozzi. It is currently housed at Hal Bromm Gallery.
Category

1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Large Vintage Brazilian Modernist Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted Brazilian abstract. Oil on canvas. Signed verso.
Category

Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"El Innombrable" Fernando de Szyszlo, Red Mysticist Abstract Composition
Located in New York, NY
Fernando de Szyszlo El Innombrable, 1980 Titled inscribed dated verso: Orrentia 1980 "El Innombrable" Signed lower bottom edge center "Szyszlo" Oil on canvas 59 1/2 x 59 inches Fernando de Szyszlo was a Peruvian painter...
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Surrealist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist Abstract Bull
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique modernist depiction of an abstracted bull by California artist Dick Crispo (American, b.1945), 1981. The earthtoned animal is outlined in bold strokes of black, and is rendered in an interesting fractured geometric style evocative of cubism's handling of perspective. Signed and dated lower left "D. Crispo '81", and on label on verso. Presented in a dark copper metal frame. Image size; 22.5"H x 28.75"L. An award winning artist, Crispo has studied at the Carmel Art Institute under John Cunningham and Sam Colburn...
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American Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Large-Scale Modern Argyle Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Whimsical large-scale abstract presenting a modernist take on old-fashioned argyle shapes with contemporary color palate by D.S. Silver (American, 20th Century), a San Francisco, Cal...
Category

Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Large-Scale Abstract Expressionism with Aqua, Teal, Grey, White
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive and dynamic large-scale abstract expressionist painting by D.S. Silver (American, 20th Century), c.1985. Big and bold brushstrokes in a palette of cool colors, including aqua, teal, grey, and white, dance across the huge canvas...
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Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Ian Hornak, Primeval Landscape, 1985
Located in Fairfield, CT
IAN HORNAK (1944–2002) Title: Primeval Landscape Date: 1985 Medium: Acrylic on double layered Masonite Dimensions: 16 x 19 inches (40.64 x 48.26 cm) Condition: Excellent ...
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Photorealist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Masonite

ABSTRACT WOMAN WITH FLOWERS
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Bookatz's artistic practice embodies a dynamic and multifaceted approach to creation. His canvases resonate with an improvisational interplay, a reflection reminiscent of the nuance...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Ian Hornak, Last Song: Im Abendrot (In Evening’s Glow), 1985–2001
Located in Fairfield, CT
IAN HORNAK (1944–2002) Title: Last Song: Im Abendrot (In Evening’s Glow) Date: 1985–2001 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, with Artist Painted Frame Dimensions: 47 x 59 inches (119....
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Photorealist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Biancheggiando l Alba - Painting by Pablo Echaurren - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
This original painting by Pablo Echaurren is hand signed and dated overleaf . This original artwork is made with the acrylic technique. The artworks comes with a certificate of au...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Blue Cloud, Pink Sky - Gouache on Paper by Martin Bradley - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Cloud, Pink Sky is an original artwork realized by the English artist Martin Bradley in 1983. Original gouache on paper. Titled on the lower left corner Blue Cloud, Pink Sky...
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Contemporary 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Hydaspes
Located in London, GB
signed 'Gillian Ayres 88' (lower left)
Category

1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Cliffside", Large Scale Modern Abstract Geometric Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
"Cliffside", Large Scale Modern Abstract Geometric Landscape Colorful modern abstract landscape titled "Cliffside" by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999), a modernist of urban and coas...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

"Ouverture, with Cypress Forms" Stephen Edlich, Abstract Geometric Painting
Located in New York, NY
Stephen Edlich Ouverture, with Cypress Forms, 1982 Signed, dated and titled on the stretcher Acrylic paint, mixed media, and burlap on canvas 60 x 40 inches An artist who worked in the post-cubist and constructivist traditions, Stephen P. Edlich gained a considerable amount of acclaim in the 1970s and 1980s for his collages, sculpture, and paintings. His promising career was cut short due to his untimely death at age 45 in 1989. Edlich was born in New York City. He received his undergraduate degree with a major in fine arts studies from New York University in 1967. During his college years, he traveled to London, where he met the art dealer Victor Waddington and created his first white on white collage. In that same year, he attended a major exhibition of the work of Ben Nicholson, which would be influential source in his art. Edlich returned to England in 1967, where he met Barbara Hepworth and Patrick Heron in London and traveled to St. Ives, Cornwall, long a favorite artists' haunt. Edlich began creating acrylic reliefs...
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Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Burlap, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Untitled Abstract" Oil on Board, Abstract Expressionist, Signed by the Artist
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY The energy and gusto of the applied paint in "Untitled Abstract" appears close to violent except for the calming influence of the circle in the middle. The red circle tempers the movement a little and brings all the strokes and wild directions into a harmony that is bursting with life. This is an extraordinarily expressive painting by Simpson. Simpson became the first African American to receive a prestigious five-year fellowship from the Charleston Scientific and Cultural Education fund and left South Carolina in 1949 for New York City after he finished high school. He attended New York University and Cooper Union while working in the frame shop of Herbert Benevy. Many well-known artists came to the frame shop and in time critiqued Simpson's work and developed a relationship with him. At NYU Simpson became acquainted with Hale Woodruff...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Vintage American School Abstract Geometric Huge Size Original Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract geometric painting.. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Unsigned. Image size, 66L x 30H. Housed in a period frame.
Category

Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Red Harmony" Abstract, Geometric, Colors, Bright Red, Green
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Red Harmony" is an abstract painting that does have a sculptural presence in the shapes of the red areas. The lush greens blend various shades into a background that while it does contrast sharply with the reds, it is not in conflict. The overall effect of this work is dynamic in its energy while at the same time harmonious. One of the original Cass Corridor artists from the 1960s William Antonow studied at the School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts (now the College for Creative Studies) and at Wayne State University, where he received his BFA (1967) and MA (1970.) Antonow’s first one-person show at the Willis Gallery in 1971, represented a radical departure from his early work – abstract bronzes shown at the Michigan Artists exhibitions at the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1969 and 1970. A founding member of the Willis, Antonow publicized his exhibition with a cryptic invitation stating, “art isn’t anything.” Echoing the challenge implicit in the exhibition announcement, the works in the show consisted of precariously balanced piles of such non-art materials as wood crates and barrels, corrugated paper or cardboard, cellophane and beer cans. These brash, paint-slathered juxtapositions of salvaged objects were perhaps the first example of the nascent “tough art” aesthetic of the Cass Corridor. (Both Gordon Newton’s wood constructions and Bob Sestok’s crude “radio wheels” first appeared in 1972.) In 1975, in the inaugural group exhibition of the Willis at its new location in the Fisher Building...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Primal Screams 3, Abstract Expressionist Acrylic Painting by Juan Sanchez Juarez
Located in Long Island City, NY
Primal Screams 3 Juan Sanchez Juarez, Mexican (1946) Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm) Frame Size: 61 x 61 inches
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1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Idem - 5"
Located in Astoria, NY
Jack Roth (American, 1927-2004), "Idem - 5", Acrylic on Canvas, 1982, signed, dated, and titled with "Jack Roth Estate" stamp verso, unframed. 79.75" H x 90.25" W x 1.5" D. Provena...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Shoot the Moon, Large Abstract Painting by Mark Lewis
By Mark Lewis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mark Lewis Title: Shoot the Moon 4 Year: circa 1980 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 48 x 72 in. (121.92 x 182.88 cm) Frame Size: 51...
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Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hillsdale, Aug 14th, Large Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Richard Weston
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Weston, American XXth Title: Hillsdale, Aug 14 Year: circa 1980 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed u.l. Size: 48 x 48 inches (121.92 x 121.92 cm)
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Biancheggiando l alba
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed and dated overleaf. Certificate of Authenticity by Fondazione Pablo Echaurren.
Category

Contemporary 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Modernist Californian Oil Painting - Southern California Beach Pier Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil Painting on Canvas 40x30 in. Original custom made wood frame Signed This is an oil painting of a beach pier structure along Southern California's famous beaches. Kornfeld had California as his inspiration, capturing the iconic landscape, structures or the unexpected but quintessential. A mid-century California modernist, "Kornfeld's paintings came to help define the California modernist movement, as graphic landscapes with surreal colors and electric interpretations of everyday scenery" - LA Mag...
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Contemporary 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ray Garvey (1943 - 2001) - 1989 Oil, Woodland Clearing
Located in Corsham, GB
The striking oil study depicts a woodland clearing with sunlight shining through the trees onto the forest floor. The artist uses bold, gestural brushwork to capture their natural su...
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1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Charles Clough Picture Generation Abstract Expressionist Oil Enamel Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
This vibrant colorful painting is fully hand signed, dated and titled verso. It might be acrylic but it looks like oil or enamel ad I have seen it described thusly. This listing is...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Vintage American School Modernist Geometric Abstract New York School Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso.
Category

Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mixed Media Neo Expressionist Painting Drawing African American Kids in Park
Located in Surfside, FL
Loren Munk (American, b. 1951), mixed media painting "Romulus & Remus", signed "Munk '89", 13" x 19" inches sheet, framed 20.25" x 26" inches. This one is African American kids in a park at the water fountain. The artist Loren Munk (born 1951) is primarily known for his YouTube nickname James Kalm as an uploader of videos about New York exhibitions, amongst others. He presents himself as a maker of contemporary paintings for several decades and of cubist paintings of urban imagery. Munk has received accolades for his drawings and mosaics. He differs from traditional mosaic artists by the manner in which he incorporates glass into his decorative paintings. His unique and innovative use of materials such as mirror, gold-leaf and glass mosaic affirmed him as a founding force of Kitsch Art and a leading member of New York Neo-Expressionism. Munk's work debuted in SoHo in 1981 with a double show at J. Fields Gallery and Gabrielle Bryers. Since then, he has overseen an international career. In addition to exhibiting in Brazil, France, Germany and the United States, Munk has received national and overseas, public and private commissions. He is well represented in important collections throughout Europe, South and North America and the Middle East. Most recently, Munk has been producing a series of paintings which tackle the subject of art itself through a historical and diagrammatic lens. Munk documents the New York art world in YouTube videos, using the name James Kalm. Timeline: 1979 Attended Art Students League, New York 1973-75 Attended University of Maryland at Ramstein, Germany while in US Army 1969-72 Attended Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 1951 Born, Salt Lake City, Utah Select Group Exhibitions 2018 “Under Erasure” curated by Heather and Raphael Rubinstein at Pierogi Gallery New York 2016 "It Was Never Linear: Recent Painting" at the Sheldon Museum of Art Lincoln Neb. with: Robert Bordo, Dawn Clements, Lois Dodd, Michelle Grabner, Colin Prahl, Peter Saul, Barbara Takenaga, and Stanley Whitney 2014 "Some Artists" curated by Matthew Deleget at Minus Space. David Diao, Mary Beth Edelson, Alfred Jensen, George Maciunas, Loren Munk, Ward Shelley, John Zinsser 2013 "Coming Together: Surviving Sandy Year 1" curated by Phong Bui for the Dedalus Foundation, "The Decline and Fall of the Art World: Part I" curated by Nick Lawrence at Freight+Volume, N.Y. "Reticulate" at McKenzie Fine Art Inc., N.Y. "The Pyramids Along the Nile" at English Kills Gallery 2012 "When We Were Ancient" organized by Ethan Petitt at Teddy's Bar, Williamsburg "Heroes" curated by Julie Torres at Small Black Door, Ridgewood Queens, N.Y. 2011 "ABC123" curated by Janet Goleas at Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y. "6 Who Paint" curated by Fred Valentine at Big & Small/Casual, Long Island City, N.Y. "It's All Good: Apocalypse Now" curated by Richard Timperio, Side Show Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y. "Paper 2011" at Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn. "NEW year NEW work NEW faces" by Jason Andrew and Deborah Brown at Storefront Gallery. "Unfinished Pictures" curated by Kristin Calabrese...
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Neo-Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker

Woodpecker s Joy, Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
Long before astronauts ventured into space Michael Forster captured the shifting face of the universe. Inspired by the radiant patterns and incandescen...
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Surrealist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Turq (geometric, blue, texture, acrylic on paper painting)
Located in New York, NY
Turq, short for turquoise, reflects Carole Eisner’s love of bright color applied to formal abstract shapes set in a geometric landscape of her creation. Artist Bio: Carole Eisner ...
Category

Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Board

Friedrich‘s Window: Variation IV (Water and Mist) 1981, Ian Hornak — Painting
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Friedrich‘s Window: Variation # 4 Year: 1981 Medium: Acrylic on canvas Size: 36 x 48 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Fischbach Gallery, New Y...
Category

Photorealist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Large Colorful 1980s New York Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Joan Thorne
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a large colorful, bold, vibrant original oil painting on canvas, hand signed and dated 1989. It is titled Tango. Joan Thorne (1943-) is a New York artist nationally and internationally recognized. A third generation Abstract Expressionist woman artist who has exhibited works over the past 30 years. Her art has been shown in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, the Whitney Museum’s Annual Exhibition, the Grand Palais in Paris, and Barbara Rose’s seminal exhibition American Painting: The Eighties at New York University’s Grey Gallery. Her recent shows in New York City have been reviewed by the New York Times, Art in America, ArtNews and The New Criterion among others. Her work has been compared to Elizabeth Murray work. It is colorful and has a 1980's, Memphis Milano feel to it. Thorne grew up in Greenwich Village. Her mother was a Ukrainian immigrant from a musical family, who became an English teacher; her father, a surgeon. Recognizing their daughter’s artistic talents early, they enrolled her at age six in the Little Red Schoolhouse on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village. Founded in 1921 by Elisabeth Irwin, a pioneer in educational reform, the school has continued to maintain its reputation as a progressive and nurturing catalyst for creative children. Pete Seeger, the folk singer, performed there so frequently that Thorne remembered him as if he were one of the teachers. In 1971, Thorne met Faith Ringgold (b. 1930) and joined her as a teacher at the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island in a new program called “Art without Walls–Free Space.” The program, which had been born from the civil rights movement, was aimed at enriching the lives of the inmates. Thorne and her peers came of age struggling against sexism in the art establishment and its attendant lack of exhibition opportunities for women. Since 1985, this issue had been loudly exposed by the public protests of the Guerrilla Girls, whose members remain a well-kept secret. Her painting has been included in two Whitney Museum Biennials and various other museum group exhibitions both in the United States, Europe and Latin America. She has had numerous one person shows in galleries such as: Sideshow Gallery New York, Fischbach Gallery, New York City, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Willard Gallery, New York, Graham & Sons Gallery, New York, The Clocktower, New York City, and the National Arts Club among others. Thorne has been awarded the Prix de Rome Fellowship to paint at the American Academy in Rome. She also received two National Endowment grants for painting and two Pollock Krasner Grants among others. "Since 1973, while myriad styles, movements and mediums have flourished briefly in turn, Joan Thorne has steadfastly developed one visual language-that of painterly surface, light, color and distilled form-which she finds best suited for her artistic project: intimating dreams. intuitions and the psychic consequences of travel. " "For there is something luxuriant and mysterious in Thorne's compositions. They have a classic modernist genealogy that encompasses Arthur Dove, Georgia O'Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, Milton Avery and Mark Tobey; yet each carries a hint of exoticism, " --Richard Vine, Art In America, Review, June 1998 Education Hunter College, New York, M.A. New York University, New York, B.S. Awards 2006 Adolf Gottlieb Foundation Grant in Painting 2003 Prize in Painting, Florence BiennaleInternazionale, Florence, Italy 2001 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant in Painting 1986 Prix de Rome, American Academy in Rome Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant in Painting 1983 National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship in Painting 1980 New York State Council on the Arts, Grant for Painting 1979 National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship in Painting 1976 Grant in Painting, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts 1975 New York State Council on the Arts, Grant for Painting 1974 Grant in Painting, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts 1972 Artist of the Year, Aldrich Foundation Select Solo Exhibitions 2015 Black and White Into Color, National Arts Club, New York 2013 Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NY 2005 Chris Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA 2004 Klaus Steinmetz Arte Contemporaneo, San Rafael de Escazu, Costa Rica 2002 Feria de Arte International Arcale, Salamanca, España 2001 Andre Zarre Gallery, New York 2000 Retrospective: Museo Las Americas, San Juan, Puerto Rico 1998 A Retrospective: Museo Voluntariado De Las Casas Reales, Casa de Bastidas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1990 1985 Graham Modern , New York City, NY 1989 1986 Ruth Bachofen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1986 William Halsey Gallery, Simon Center for the Arts, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 1983 Lincoln Center Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York City, NY Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL Gloria Luria Gallery, Bay Harbor Island, FL 1982 Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, N 1980 Willard Gallery, New York 1979 The Clocktower: Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York City, NY 1977 Galerie Veith Turske, Cologne Art Fair, Cologne, Germany 1974 Fischbach Gallery, New York City, NY 1973 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Select Group Exhibitions 2019 Art On Paper, March 2019, New York, NY 2018 Sideshow Gallery, The Greatest Show On Earth, Williamsburg, NY 2015 Outside The Lines/Modernist Drawings, National Arts Club, NY 2014 "National Arbor Day Show", National Arts Club, New York, NY ArtHamptons Fair, July 10-13, East Hampton, NY Tribal and Contemporary Art, June 12 - July 28, New York, NY 2012 Art Southampton, International and Contemporary Modern Art Fair, Hollis Taggart 2010 Janet Kurnatowsky Gallery, New York 2003 Biennale Internazionale Dell' Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy 2002 Gallery Uno 'Spazio Su Misura, Milan, Italy 1991 Andre Emmerich Gallery, "Abstract Painting of the 90's", curated by Barbara Rose. New York Stock Exchange, Invitational 1989 Graham Modern, "Synthesis" 1986 Graham Modern, "Diptychs, Triptychs, Polyptychs" Sidney Janis Gallery, "American Women Artists", New York City, NY Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY N.Y.C.W.C.A., "Abstract Painting: Painting by Women Artists...
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Post-Modern 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Oil

Turkey Tolson - "Two Women Travelling at Puja" - 182x182cm 1986 - Aboriginal Art
Located in PARIS, FR
Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula (c.1938-2001) « Two Women Travelling At Puja » 182×182 cm – 1986 Provenance: From Papunya Tula Artists, certificated Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 1996, Corporat...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

More Afterthoughts 4, Abstract Painting by Nick Wallis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Nick Wallis Title: More Afterthoughts 4 Year: circa 1980 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas,signed Size: 60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic