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Angry Wolf , Dutch Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Wolf
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Ans abandoned graphic art and since 1990, she has completely focussed on sculpture. Since 1991, when
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Cheetah Running , Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Moving Cheetah
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Ans abandoned graphic art and since 1990, she has completely focussed on sculpture. Since 1991, when
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bear with Predella, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, Don Nice
By Don Nice
Located in Southampton, NY
Expressionist style. He abandoned Abstract Expressionism for Pop art. His work was included in the 1968 Vassar
Category

1970s Pop Art Animal Prints

Materials

Printer s Ink

Jerboa , Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Jerboa
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Ans abandoned graphic art and since 1990, she has completely focussed on sculpture. Since 1991, when
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Baby Lama Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Baby Lama
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Ans abandoned graphic art and since 1990, she has completely focussed on sculpture. Since 1991, when
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

SnipSnap Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Snipe, Bird
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Ans abandoned graphic art and since 1990, she has completely focussed on sculpture. Since 1991, when
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Big Pig , Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Pig
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Ans abandoned graphic art and since 1990, she has completely focussed on sculpture. Since 1991, when
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Galgo , Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Spanish Greyhound Dog
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Ans abandoned graphic art and since 1990, she has completely focussed on sculpture. Since 1991, when
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Rest Hare , Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Hare
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Ans abandoned graphic art and since 1990, she has completely focussed on sculpture. Since 1991, when
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Crawling Frog , Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Frog
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Ans abandoned graphic art and since 1990, she has completely focussed on sculpture. Since 1991, when
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Stretch , Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Duck, Bird
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Ans abandoned graphic art and since 1990, she has completely focussed on sculpture. Since 1991, when
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Alerto Hare , Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Hare
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Ans abandoned graphic art and since 1990, she has completely focussed on sculpture. Since 1991, when
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Mr. Toad , Contemporary Bronze Brown Sculpture Portrait of a Toad, Amphibian
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Ans abandoned graphic art and since 1990, she has completely focussed on sculpture. Since 1991, when
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Sitting Sow , Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Sow, Pig
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Ans abandoned graphic art and since 1990, she has completely focussed on sculpture. Since 1991, when
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Spread the Word Bird , Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Bird
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Ans abandoned graphic art and since 1990, she has completely focussed on sculpture. Since 1991, when
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Untitled (BK3D)
By John M. Miller
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In the early 1970s, celebrated artist John M. Miller abandoned figurative painting and stripped art
Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Resin

E001
By John M. Miller
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In the early 1970s, celebrated artist John M. Miller abandoned figurative painting and stripped art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Synthetic Resin

E003
By John M. Miller
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In the early 1970s, celebrated artist John M. Miller abandoned figurative painting and stripped art
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Raw Linen

Rookery (D007)
By John M. Miller
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In the early 1970s, celebrated artist John M. Miller abandoned figurative painting and stripped art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Raw Linen, Acrylic

Rookery (D001)
By John M. Miller
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In the early 1970s, celebrated artist John M. Miller abandoned figurative painting and stripped art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Raw Linen, Acrylic

Victor at Work
By Carl Lewis Bowman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Spencer Macky. Due to the Depression he abandoned his art career in the early 1930s and went to work for
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rookery (D003)
By John M. Miller
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In the early 1970s, celebrated artist John M. Miller abandoned figurative painting and stripped art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Raw Linen, Acrylic

Prime (C006)
By John M. Miller
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In the early 1970s, celebrated artist John M. Miller abandoned figurative painting and stripped art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Raw Linen, Acrylic

Prime (C007))
By John M. Miller
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In the early 1970s, celebrated artist John M. Miller abandoned figurative painting and stripped art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Raw Linen, Acrylic

The First Church of Christ Scientist - Early 20th Century Boston Landscape
By Henrietta Dunn Mears
Located in Soquel, CA
, MN in 1930 and, shortly thereafter, appears to have abandoned her art career. Upon moving to
Category

1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

"Low Tide, " Frederic Grant, Boats at the Dock, Chicago Artist
By Frederick Milton Grant
Located in New York, NY
art. He abandoned studies in architecture to enroll in the Art Institute of Chicago, with additional
Category

1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Trois suricates roses
By Mauro Corda
Located in PARIS, FR
artist, he learned enough about himself to become who he is. Corda abandoned the Beaux-Art in Reims and
Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Trois suricates
By Mauro Corda
Located in PARIS, FR
artist, he learned enough about himself to become who he is. Corda abandoned the Beaux-Art in Reims and
Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Boar , Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Boar, Pig
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Ans abandoned graphic art and since 1990, she has completely focussed on sculpture. Since 1991, when
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Riverscape Impressionist Oil Painting by George Thompson Pritchard, Framed
By George Thompson Pritchard
Located in Encino, CA
temporarily abandoned his art career to work as a production manager of a munitions factory. Over the next
Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

From Maravillas con Variaciones Acrosticas en el Jardin de Miro (VII/XV)
By Joan Miró
Located in Milwaukee, WI
working as a clerk when he was a teenager, although he abandoned the business world for art after
Category

1970s Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Plate #4 from Album 19
By Joan Miró
Located in San Francisco, CA
, he abandoned business and resumed his art studies, attending Galí's Escola d'Art in Barcelona from
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Personatge I Estels II, 1979
By Joan Miró
Located in Beachwood, OH
nervous breakdown, he abandoned business and resumed his art studies, attending Francesc Galí’s Escola
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Paisaje de Memoria (The Landscape of Memory)
By Osmeivy Ortega Pacheco
Located in New Orleans, LA
choose between dedicating his life to law or to art, Ortega abandoned the four years of law school and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Music Hall, Route 66, USA, Photography by Gerald Berghammer, Limited Edition
By Gerald Berghammer
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art landscape photography. Abandoned music hall on famous route 66 in the
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Post Soviet Avant Garde Russian Woodcut Print With Hand Watercolor Painting
By Ilya Shenker
Located in Surfside, FL
millions perished. Upon returning to his home town of Odessa, felt abandoned and alone. He studied Art and
Category

1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Woodcut

Post Soviet Avant Garde Russian Woodcut Print With Hand Watercolor Painting
By Ilya Shenker
Located in Surfside, FL
survived where millions perished. Upon returning to his home town of Odessa, felt abandoned and alone. He
Category

1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Woodcut

Post Soviet Avant Garde Russian Woodcut Print With Hand Watercolor Painting
By Ilya Shenker
Located in Surfside, FL
millions perished. Upon returning to his home town of Odessa, felt abandoned and alone. He studied Art and
Category

1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Woodcut

Post Soviet Avant Garde Russian Woodcut Print With Hand Watercolor Painting
By Ilya Shenker
Located in Surfside, FL
millions perished. Upon returning to his home town of Odessa, felt abandoned and alone. He studied Art and
Category

1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Woodcut

Bath House, Salton Sea, California, USA, black and white landscape photography
By Gerald Berghammer
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and White Fine Art minimalist photography. Abandoned bathhouse at the Salton sea, California
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

“Untitled” (from the Lezard aux Plumes d’Or series)
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
a clerk. After suffering a nervous breakdown, he abandoned business and resumed his art studies
Category

1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Lithograph

"Mlle Landsberg" (grade planche, pl. 16)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Missouri, MO
a year later, in 1890, he had abandoned law and was studying art in Paris. The classes consisted of
Category

1910s Fauvist Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Poetes, Sculpteurs, Peintres
By Joan Miró
Located in San Francisco, CA
business school in Barcelona and also attended La Lonja's Escuela Superior de Artes Industriales in the
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Flat Top Pyramid With Colors Superimposed
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Miami, FL
and Conceptual art. His work bridges Minimal and Conceptual art, movements that abandoned the emphasis
Category

1980s Minimalist Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Poster For The Exhibition Serie Mallorca
By Joan Miró
Located in Sheffield, MA
, he abandoned business and resumed his art studies, attending Galí's Escola d'Art in Barcelona from
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Affiche pour l Exposition Miro-Artigas, 1963
By Joan Miró
Located in Sheffield, MA
abandoned business and resumed his art studies, attending Galí's Escola d'Art in Barcelona from 1912 to 1915
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

We Love You, drawing on engraving signed inscribed unique variant X/X, Framed
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
mathematics but abandoned that discipline for art. In the mid- to late 1930s, she studied at the École des
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Pencil, Graphite, Engraving

La Port De Cannes French Riviera Côte d Azur Original Framed Watercolor Painting
By Paul Delvaux
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
completely abandoned creating art. He died in Veurne on 20 July 1994 aged 96 and was buried there next to his
Category

Early 20th Century Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Art Deco floor lamp by Jules Cayette and Schneider
By Jules Cayette, Charles Schneider
Located in NANTES, FR
very short time: he abandoned the Art Nouveau style for a transitional style, then fully adopted the
Category

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Floor Lamps

Materials

Wrought Iron

Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963) - Nature Morte au Pot
By Georges Braque
Located in Dallas, TX
traditional notions of perspective and foreshortening abandoned. It was the French art critic Louis Vauxcelles
Category

Vintage 1950s French Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Paint

Early 20th Century French Watercolor “Paris Les Boulevards” Signed Frank Will
By Frank Will
Located in Dallas, TX
painter Frank Myers Boggs and his French wife. Trained in his father’s Paris studio, he abandoned
Category

Early 20th Century Paintings

Materials

Giltwood, Paper

Giacomo Onestini ceramic sculpture Italy 1970
By Giacomo Onestini
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
to Turin where he devoted himself to teaching at the city's Art Institute. Having abandoned teaching
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Abandoned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Waseem Marzouki's works are a reflection and meditation on his native Syria and the civil war that continues to ravage the country and its people.
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Synthetic Paper, Pencil

Abandoned Aviary
By Douglas Busch
Located in Toronto, ON
Douglas Busch, “Abandoned Aviary”, Villa Arvedi, Grezzana-Verona, Italy © 2004. Archival Pigment
Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Abandoned Yellow
By Oliver Dunsch
Located in London, GB
Abandoned Yellow by German photographer Oliver Dunsch is a Diasec mounted photographic print from
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print

Abandoned Yellow
By Oliver Dunsch
Located in London, GB
Abandoned Yellow by German photographer Oliver Dunsch is a Diasec mounted photographic print from
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Abandoned Sky
By Carlos Tirado
Located in Doral, FL
grand meeting point between the elements of nature: fire and light. "Abandoned Sky," portrays a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

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A piece of abandoned art can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $989, while the lowest priced sells for $69 and the highest can go for as much as $110,000.