20th Century Abstract Paintings

Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil on canvas. Signed, titled, dated verso. 40 x 44 in. 41.5 x 45.5 in. (framed) Custom framed in a natura...

Diana Kurz Summer Joy, circa 1960 Signed and titled on verso Oil on canvas 70 1/2 x 66 1/4 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's...

Signed lower right. This Mid Century Modern artist, Malcom Edgar Case (1924-1984), is known for abstract figurative painting and clothing design. Th...

Claudio Verna pastel on paper signed and dated 1980 registered and certified by the Claudio Verna Archive.  The drawing was analyzed by the Claudio Verna Archive directly. Based on ...

Orange, pink, and blue geometric abstract painting/ wall sculpture by Gary Jurysta titled "Ripple Corner". Meant to be hung in the corner of a room. Acrylic on stretched canvas, cir...

Yitzhak Amitai (1907-1984). Still Life with Musical Instruments, 1963 Oil on canvas, 14 x 25.5 inches; 18 x 29.5 inches framed. Artist Isaac Amitai was born into a Jewish family ...

Pierre Andre Obando creates process oriented abstract paintings. He was born in Belize City, Belize and grew up in the Caribbean, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Miami, Fl and Jackson, MS. Pierre Obando completed his MFA at Hunter College and completed his undergraduate studies at New World School of the Arts, Miami, Fl. His work was featured in the Queens International Biennial in 2004, and 2006 at the Queens Museum of Art. His work has been in group exhibitions at Angela Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY; Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY; MACO Mexico Art Fair in Mexico City; Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Royale Projects, Indian Wells, CA; The Painting Center, New York, NY; and Dean Project, New York, NY. In 2008, he had a solo exhibition at Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY and in 2009, at project space show at Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY. He has participated in the Atlantic Center for the Arts Artists-in-Residence Program. In the fall of 2012, he participated in the group show Caribe Now, at the Nathan Cumming Foundation, which was organized by El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY. Contemporary Pattern and Decoration piece, The original movement was championed by the gallery owner Holly Solomon. The P&D movement wanted to revive an interest in minor forms such as patterning which at that point was equated with triviality. The prevailing negative view of decoration was one not generally shared by non-Western cultures, The Pattern and Decoration movement was influenced by sources outside of what was considered to be fine art. Blurring the line between art and design, many P&D works mimic patterns like those on wallpapers, printed fabrics, and quilts. There is a close connection between the Pattern and Decoration movement and the Feminist art movement. The P&D movement arose in opposition to the Minimalist and Conceptualist movements. Mary Grigoriadis, Valerie Jaudon, Joyce Kozloff, Miriam Schapiro, Robert Zakanitch were early proponents of this style. The artist lives and works in New York City. Education: 2001 MFA, Painting, Hunter College, New York, NY 2000 Study Abroad, Slade School, UCL, London, United Kingdom 1997 BFA, Painting, New World School of The Arts, Miami, FL Solo Exhibitions: 2015 ‘Like New’, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY 2009 ‘Nowhere’, Rush Arts, New York, NY 2008 ‘Noise’, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY Group Exhibitions: 2018 ‘Revival: Contemporary Pattern and Decoration’, El Museo at Hostos, Bronx, NY Including artists: Abelardo Cruz Santiago Pierre Obando Antonio Pulgarín Keisha Scarville Mickalene Thomas and others. 2017 Locust Projects Contemporary in Miami benefit auction including artists Dara Friedman, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Larry Bell, and more 2017 ‘Browsing Chamber’, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2015 ‘#BemisPainters, 1982-2015’, Bemis Center, Omaha, NE 2015 ‘Spat Spell’, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY 2013 ‘Un-Natural Constellations’, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, NY 2012 ‘Caribe Now’, Nathan Cummings Foundation/El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY 2012 ‘Lucid Fence’, Dean Project, New York, NY 2012 ‘Abstract Gambol’, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY 2012 ‘Reenacting Sense’, Yace Gallery, Long Island City, NY 2010 ‘Continuing Color Abstraction’, The Painting Center, New York, NY 2009 ‘West/East’, Royale Projects, Indian Wells, CA 2009 ‘Alternative Abstraction’, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY Including works by Stephen Antonakos, Warren Isensee, Gary Lang, Melissa Meyer and Katherine Sehr...

These artworks by Carl Holty are only sold as a pair. Each painting measures 9" x 11" and framed 18" x 20.25" x 2.5" The red and gold work is signed "Carl Holty" in the lower right. About this artists: Carl Holty was awakened to his interest in art as a child through visits to the Layton Art Gallery of Milwaukee, and began painting lessons with Friedrich Wilhelm Heine at a young age. Though born in Freiburg, Germany, in 1900, he was raised in Wisconsin and enrolled at Marquette University. Before long, Holty abandoned his pre-medical studies in order to pursue art. He spent a summer at the School of the Chicago Art Institute in Saugatuck, Michigan, and set off for New York in 1920. He then studied at the National Academy of Design under Francis Coates Jones...

Ashley John is proud to offer this artwork by: Burgoyne A Diller (1906 - 1965) Recognized as the first American painter to embrace the tenets of Neo-Plasticism, Burgoyne Diller mad...

Martin Bradley 1931-2023 Schematic View of a Garden, 1958 oil and fibre on canvas 60 x 37 cm 23 5/8 x 14 5/8 in signed and dated; further signed and inscribed by Artist verso Born ...

Biography: Abram (Abraham) Krol was born January 22, 1919, in Pabianice (Lodz), Poland. Krol went to France in 1938 to study civil engineering at the University of Caen. In 1939 at...

Modern abstract floral still life by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central vase of white flowers that appear to be daises arranged on a table and set against ...

Prefate Duffaut (1923-2012) Haitian Folk Art painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed lower right. Measures: 23 1/2" H x 19 1/2" W. Frame: 25" H x 21" W. Excellent condition. Tit...

Phenomena Winter Harth by Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) Oil and sand on canvas 66 x 122 cm (26 x 48 inches) Signed, titled and dated on the reverse, Paul Jenkins "Phenomena Winter Harth" ...

Kenneth Licht (American, 1923-XX), Geometric Composition, Acrylic on Canvas, circa 1965, unsigned, Patrick Parrish Gallery label to verso, gold-tone metal frame. Image: 15.25" H x 11...

"Gravity Zero" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction James Daugherty (1887 – 1974) "Gravity Zero: 24 x 18 inches Signed on verso Oil on panel Provenance...

Sandy Hook Vegetation by Seth Ruggles Hiler Painting, Oil Painting, Wildlife, Outdoors, Nature, Abstract, Abstract Art, Home Decor, Wall Art, Trees, Flora, Greenery

6004 Vintage modernist oil painting on artist board displayed in a gilt wood frame os a dancing couple. Signed lower left by M.Barak.

Modern mixed media abstract expressionist painting by artist Lamar Briggs. The work features strokes of black, purple, and blue against a gold background. Signed in the front lower r...

Untitled (SF68-44) from 1970 is an acrylic painting on paper with an image size of 41 x 27.5 inches, signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1970' verso, and framed in a custom, closed-corner,...

F. AC (Ficelle AC Bristol) by JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE (1923-2002) Acrylic on paper laid down on canvas 89.7 x 49.5 cm (35 1⁄4 x 19 1⁄2 inches) Signed with initial lower right, R and titl...

Picnic. 1999, paper, pastel, 28.5x33 cm Colorful abstract composition in fauvist style with figures

Edward Zutrau Untitled, 1968 Signed and dated "4/9/68" on the reverse Oil on canvas 51 1/2 x 38 inches Edward Zutrau (1922–1993) was an American painter whose career spanned from t...

Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, now, San Francisco A...

Robert Mus oil on canvas on stretcher 1988 H 57.2 X W 44.9 X D 1.9 in. $7,000 description: This abstract work explores a dynamic world of color and movement. Shades of blue domina...

MacConnel, Kim Robert (American, California, born 1946) Tourists, Hampi, India (Hampi is an ancient village in the south Indian state of Karnataka. It’s dotted with numerous ruined t...

MacConnel, Kim Robert (American, California, born 1946) Sri Ranganathanswamy Temple, Trichi, India (an ancient Indian city in India's southern Tamil Nadu state) 1992, commercial phot...

Cubist Composition by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 22 x 26 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist h...

Theodore Waddell's sophisticated modernist paintings have attracted widespread recognition. A native Montanan cattle rancher, Waddell most often paints freely-rendered range animals...

This striking black and white abstract oil painting was created circa 1975 by celebrated American modernist Edward (Eduardo) Arcenio Chavez (1917–1995). Boldly rendered in shades of black, gray, and white, the composition exemplifies Chavez’s refined minimalist aesthetic, rooted in mid-century modern art. The painting’s image size is 24 x 48 inches, with custom framing bringing the overall dimensions to 25 ½ x 49 ½ inches. A Powerful Example of American Minimalist Art Executed in a confident, monochromatic palette, this work captures the balance, restraint, and visual rhythm that define Chavez’s approach to abstraction. Its elongated horizontal format and subtle tonal variation create a meditative yet dynamic presence—perfect for collectors of minimalist, modernist, or mid-century art. About the Artist: Edward (Eduardo) Chavez Born in Wagonmound, New Mexico, Chavez was a multifaceted American artist known for his work as a painter, sculptor, lithographer, illustrator, and muralist. He studied at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center under notable figures such as Boardman Robinson, Frank Mechau, Arnold Blanch, and Peppino Mangravite. After serving in WWII, Chavez became part of the influential Woodstock, New York art colony—joining contemporaries like Bruce Currie and Mitchell Siporin...

"Road to Damascus" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field James Daugherty (1887 – 1974) "The Road to Damascus" 16 x 20 inches Oil on panel Initialed and dated 63 lowe...

This sophisticated abstract painting was realized by the esteemed Mid Century artist, Jen Brisson in 1961. It features an abstract grid like composition created by intersecting verti...

Colorful mixed media drawing of an abstract mixed media collage by Texas Artist, Dick Wray. The work depicts colorful shapes and geometric birds. Signed and dated by the artist at the top of the work. Framed and matted in a simple wooden frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 16.88 in. W 13.88 in. Artist Biography: Dick Wray, a native Houstonian, born in Heights Hospital in 1933 was primarily educated in Houston, Texas. He took free art lessons at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts...

"How Come" is a Modern surrealist oil on canvas painting by Irving Norman in 1968. The artwork is 90 x 60 inches and 91 1/4 x 61 1/2 x 1 5/8 inches with the fram, weighing less than ...

“Alpha – The Beginning” is a vibrant and expressive 1950s abstract oil painting by renowned Colorado modernist Eve Drewelowe (1899–1989). This dynamic mid-century modern composition ...

Julian Stanczak (American, 1928–2017) Red is a Red, 1969 Acrylic on canvas Signed, dated and titled verso 28 x 28 inches 29 x 29 inches, framed OpArt red geometric acrylic painting ...

SGenre: Contemporary Subject: Abstract Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: France Dimensions: 23 3/4" x 19 3/4" x 1/2" Dimensions w/Frame: 24" x 20 1/2" A bright and colorful abstract oil painting from Ackerman's Celestial Field series. While most pieces in this series are goauche, this electric blue painting is done in oil. Shmuel Ackerman, (Shmuel Akkerman), Israeli, born 1951, Soviet Union, active in Israel and France. Shmuel Ackerman was born in Ukraine to a religious family. In 1973, he immigrated to Israel and settled in Jerusalem. From his earliest work, he created abstract symbolist art influenced by folkloristic motifs and modern Western art...

Wonderful example of Houston Artist David Adickes's early work. This heavily textured still life features 2 apples and 3 bottles. Most likely this work was framed at Dubose Gallery o...

This untitled abstract oil on canvas by celebrated mid-century modern artist Henriette “Yetti” Stolz presents a vibrant, expressive interpretation of a bird in motion. Using sweeping...

Isadore Levy "Brewster" 1972 Oil on canvas American crate dated , signed , titled 100 x 65 cms

"Orange Composition" is a painting with stain acrylic dye by Faith Taylor-Lund. The painting is orange with a fluid pink stain on the left. Artwork Size: 72" x 66" Artist's Statem...

Peter Stroud (English, 1921-2012) was an abstract Constructivist artist whose work evolved from strict Constructivism into explorations of color and form. Largely self-taught, he als...

Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he received a de...

Ron Stonier (1933-2001) was a dedicated Vancouver artist who was celebrated for his exploration of abstract painting. He was influenced by his mentors Gordon Smith and Jack Shadbolt ...

Beryl Barr-Sharrar Untitled (Park Avenue Series), 1979 Signed and dated on the reverse Acrylic on canvas 44 x 73 1/2 inches As an undergraduate at Mount Holyoke College (Beryl McLe...

Mixed media on canvas (oil and acrylic) realized by Mario Sinisca in 1980s. Hand Signed in the lower right margin. Excellent condition.

The Nude Model, cubist composition circa 1950's by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 15 inches Provenance: all the paint...

"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era Arnold Ronnebeck (1885 - 1947) Two Seas and a Moon 30 x 22 1/2 inches Oil on Canvas, c. 1943 Signed u...

Untitled Geometric Abstraction, an original oil on masonite by Juliette Steele, is a piece for the true collector. Steele's use of color and patterns immediately captivates the viewer, reminding us of works by other pioneer abstractionists, such as Piet Mondrian and Wassily Kandinsky. Steele's puzzle-like, discontinuous sections draw you across and into the work. This masterful original artwork comes with a minimalist frame and would make a great addition to an art collection, enhancing most any home, and perfect for those who have an affinity for abstracts, contemporary paintings, and color-rich works of art. Artist: JULIETTE STEELE (1909-1980) Title: UNTITLED GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION Medium & Surface: ORIGINAL OIL ON MASONITE (framed) Signed: HAND SIGNED AND DATED BY ARTIST ON VERSO Year Created: CIRCA 1950 Country of Creation: UNITED STATES Image Area Dimensions: 22 x 28 INCHES Frame Dimensions:* 23 x 29 x 1.875 INCHES *This work of art is being sold framed. If you would like to change the frame to better match your style or environment, please contact us for Custom Archival Framing options. Additional Info: HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE WORK BY JULIETTE STEELE IN GREAT CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE. THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THE ARTIST'S STYLE AND TECHNIQUE. THE FRAME IS A MINIMALIST WOOD FRAME WITH VERY MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE. Artist Info/Bio: ARTIST BIOGRAPHY DOCUMENT IS INCLUDED Documentation: CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY IS INCLUDED About the Artist: Juliette Steele, an American artist, was an accomplished printmaker, painter and teacher. Steele was part of the Geometric Abstraction and Abstract Expressionism movements. Her peers included Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, and Clyfford Still. Steele was born in 1909 in Union City, New Jersey. In the late 1920s, she moved to New York to study art and fashion design at the Traphagen School of Design. A decade later, she moved to San Francisco with husband Edward Steele, and earned a Bachelor of Art degree from San Francisco State College. In the 1940s, Steele found inspiration from the new city, and produced a series of lithographs depicting San Francisco landmarks. At the same time, she earned a Master of Fine Arts from Stanford University, and continued her studies at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Here, she studied with Ray Bertrand and Clay Spohn...

This stunning and sophisticated oil on canvas painting, entitled "Abstract Hilltop" was realized in the United States, circa 1960. It features an array of color blocks in tones of ch...

CANYON EDGE Size: 36 x 46.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A striking mid-century modernist landscape rendered in a semi-abstract style, that captures the sculptural quality of t...

Acrylic and graphite on canvas. Signed and titled verso. 59 x 58.5 in. 61 x 60.25 in. (framed) Custom framed in a maple floater with a polyurethane clear coat finish. Provenance B...

#90 Strange Creature Oil and pencil on board, 1932 Signed and dated in the image lower right (see photo) Provenance: Joseph M. Erdelac, Cleveland, OH Condition: excellent Archival framing Image size: 10 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches Frame size: 25 x 24 inches Painter, illustrator and commercial artist Norbert Lenz was born in Norwalk, Ohio and received his artistic training at both the Huntington Polytechnic Institute and the Cleveland School of Art. During his career Lenz exhibited his paintings and drawings at such institutions as the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Butler Institute of American Art. Today the art of Norbert Lenz is held by the Columbus Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Butler Institute of American Art. Lenz was also a very highly regarded commercial designer of stamps. He worked for a number of years at the House of Farman, a leading vendor of first day covers...

A painting by Paul Jenkins. "Phenomena with Black Anadem" is an abstract painting, ink, acrylic, and oil on canvas in a palette of dark blues and black by American, Abstract Expressi...

Abstract Composition Oil on canvas 30x24, signed lower left. Judith Sobel was born in Lwow Poland in 1924. After World War II, she attended the Academy of...

Title: Still Life with Bananas Leeks and Pumpkin French Modernist Gouache Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 23 x 19.25 inches (height x width) P...

Gorgeous oil on panel by Harold Cohn. Beautiful reds - the photo does not do the painting justice. The texture of the flowers is stunning. The piece is fra...

This oil-on-canvas is a vibrant abstract composition built from bold planes of saturated color. Deep oranges, reds, and ochres dominate the surface, counterbalanced by earthy greens ...

“Untitled, 1982” by Jandyra Waters (Brazilian, 1921-2025) A fantastic example of Waters’ mature geometric abstraction. Anchored by a commanding central trapezoid that reads as a cor...

"Backstage, Ambassador" Broadway Theatre NYC Mid-century Modern Modernist CubistSigned lower left, titled on the stretcher. Norkin was a Brooklyn, Ne...