Renee Harwin

Geometric II , Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Art Institute, Woman Artist

Circa 1975

Initialed lower right, "D.B.", signed verso, "Duane Bousfield" (American, born 1960) and inscribed "Unchartered Lesson". Oil abstract comprised of fields of violet, teal, rust, and ...

Signed lower right, 'Taylor'; for Jonathan Taylor (American, born 1968); additionally signed verso, titled 'Composition #7' and painted in 2015. A substantial oil abstract comprisin...

Signed lower right, 'P. Jean' and painted circa 1975; stamped verso with certification of authenticity from the Louvre/West Atelier. A substantial linear abstract comprising contig...

'Large Bay Area Abstract' by Bruce Lauritzen, 1970. Smithsonian, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco Art Institute, Museum of Modern Art, Milan ---- Signed lower ri...

Rolph Scarlett Untitled Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstraction, ca. 1950 Gouache on paper painting Hand signed on lower right front This is a stunning original, signed vintage 1950...

Abstract Composition signed by Jacqueline VERDET (French, 1931-2023) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 39.5 x 29 inches condition: the work is in overall very sound and good c...

Geometric abstraction painting by Brazilian-born artist Elizabeth Freire. Painting is acrylic on canvas. Signed on reverse and titled "From the Center". B&W photo is of Ms. Freire with renowned sculptor Etienne Martin at the Ecole Nationals des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Elizabeth Freire is a Brazilian-born, contemporary American artist. At the age of eighteen, she left Rio de Janeiro and moved to Paris to study sculpture at l’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, receiving her Diploma there in 1979 under the direction of Claude Viseux, Etienne Martin, and Cesar. During that time she worked as an apprentice at the Fonderie de France where she learned bronze technique and she also attended etching courses at l’Ecole de Montparnasse. In 1976, she won a commission to make three life-size figures representing the printing company, “Les Imprimeries de Boulogne,” at the International Printing Fair in Paris. She spent 1977 in Aix-en-Provence where she carved the local stone of Rogne. Returning to Paris, the painter Lutka Pink introduced her to Otero, Frans Krajcberg and Hajdu from whom she received valuable lessons. In 1978, she traveled to Brazil where she was invited to participate in the exhibit ‘A Century of Sculpture in Brazil’. She also met with the sculptor Sergio Camargo and the architect Oscar Niemeyer. She then traveled extensively throughout Europe and North Africa. In 1983, the sculptor Cardenaz advised her to go to Carrara in Italy to develop her carving skills. She spent the following two years at the Studio Nicoli where she met the sculptors Knutt Steen, Gigi Guadagnucci...

Painting description: This is a new example of my ongoing series, "Intersections". My attempt to capture urban abstraction. Shapes and colors intersect and overlap. With the use of...