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Post Soviet Avant Garde Russian Israeli Gouache Collage Painting Grobman
By Michail Grobman
Located in Surfside, FL
(cat. text: Marc Scheps) 2006 – Creation From Chaos to Cosmos, Bar-David Museum of Fine Art and Judaica
Category

1960s Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Aura
Located in San Francisco, CA
invisibility of emotions. (Text by Maliyel Beverido, Art Mediator.)
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Starlight
Located in San Francisco, CA
invisibility of emotions. (Text by Maliyel Beverido, Art Mediator.)
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Good Plenty
Located in San Francisco, CA
invisibility of emotions. (Text by Maliyel Beverido, Art Mediator.)
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Night Pieces
Located in San Francisco, CA
invisibility of emotions. (Text by Maliyel Beverido, Art Mediator.)
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Gold Dust
Located in San Francisco, CA
invisibility of emotions. (Text by Maliyel Beverido, Art Mediator.)
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Of an Emotion
Located in San Francisco, CA
invisibility of emotions. (Text by Maliyel Beverido, Art Mediator.)
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Textile painting: "Urban Atlas Holding the Weight of the World"
Located in New York, NY
innovative use of textile collage and text-based art techniques. I begin with textiles selected for elaborate
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Textile, Mixed Media

FRENCH SCHOOL Venice Beach Chut les Barbizons! Cat Katze
Located in Zofingen, AG
instance, the serpent has long been associated with temptation and sin in Western art. It frequently
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

American Neo Expressionist Woman with Monkeys Abstract Modernist Oil Painting
By Robert Beauchamp
Located in Surfside, FL
narrative in many art historical texts that Neo-Expressionism in the late 1970s was the return to
Category

20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

The Great Book of French Impressionism by Diane Kelder Ed. 1980
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
-out color spreads. In the text, art historian Diane Kelder traces the development of Impressionism
Category

20th Century French Provincial Books

Materials

Paper

Portrait of a Lady - Mid 20th Century Hungarian Oil on Canvas Painting
By Zsuzsi Roboz
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
”, text by Edward Lucie-Smith and published by Art Books International. 1993 Solo exhibition at The Mall
Category

Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Urban Landscapes - Serie Voile N° VI
Located in Miami, FL
text by Vanessa Morisset, Art Critic and Philosopher at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
Category

2010s Abstract Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Digital

What Happens To Us When We Die
By Amy Wilson
Located in Red Bank, NJ
-portraiture, personal narratives, femininity, politics, and the use of text in art. I have remained constant
Category

20th Century Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Fabric, Textile, Thread, Watercolor

Mallorcan Spanish Landscape Original Oil Painting - Olwen Tarrant ROI (Welsh)
By Olwen Tarrant
Located in Cirencester, GB
, and her paintings and drawings have appeared in numerous art text books. She lectured and demonstrated
Category

Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

RETNA, Madre, dazzling Silkscreen with Crystallina (diamond dust) hand Signed/n
By RETNA
Located in New York, NY
manuscripts, Renaissance imagery, and contemporary text-based art. Religious architecture and décor have long
Category

2010s Street Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen, Glitter

German Lesson (two separate unique watercolor gouaches, each hand signed) Framed
Located in New York, NY
at John Weber Gallery in New York. Her conceptual art, combining text and image, has included
Category

1980s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

The Great Book of French Impressionism by Diane Kelder
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
. In the text, art historian Diane Kelder traces the development of Impressionism from its roots in
Category

Vintage 1980s French French Provincial Books

Materials

Paper

Silver Circular Portrait Painting on Wood About Change and Transformation
By Natasha Lelenco
Located in FISTERRA, ES
, installation-ready, Wunderkammer-inspired, text-based art, transformation, giftable art.
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Large oil of girl on dunes by American Impressionist William Samuel Horton
By William Samuel Horton
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
text by the famous art critic Louis Vauxcelles. Horton’s works can be found in the permanent
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Circular Portrait on Ochre Acrylic on Wood Reflecting Identity and Belonging
By Natasha Lelenco
Located in FISTERRA, ES
acrylic on a 26 cm wooden panel, the piece unites text-based art and figurative abstraction within a
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Circular Portrait Painting on Violet Wood Panel From the Currencies Series
By Natasha Lelenco
Located in FISTERRA, ES
diameter, 2 cm thickness), the work merges text-based conceptual art and figurative portraiture in a
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Contemporary Circular Portrait on Yellow Acrylic on Wood. Migration an Identity
By Natasha Lelenco
Located in FISTERRA, ES
metaphor and memory, bridging distance and desire. The piece combines text-based art and figurative
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Naturally
By John Randall Nelson
Located in Tulsa, OK
and text, ranging from art criticism to nursery rhymes, creating an intuitive sense of the
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Dead Eyed Cowboy
By John Randall Nelson
Located in Tulsa, OK
image superimposed over a collage of symbols and text, ranging from art criticism to nursery rhymes
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Trust Me
By John Randall Nelson
Located in Tulsa, OK
image superimposed over a collage of symbols and text, ranging from art criticism to nursery rhymes
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Escape
By John Randall Nelson
Located in Tulsa, OK
central image superimposed over a collage of symbols and text, ranging from art criticism to nursery
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Abstract expressionist, geometric, small, pink, blue, red, acrylic on canvas
By Robert Natkin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Europe. He had solo shows at the San Francisco Museum of Art, now known as the San Francisco Museum of
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract expressionist, blue, pink, red, acrylic on paper mounted on canvas
By Robert Natkin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
monograph with text by noted British art critic Peter Fuller. Robert Natkin’s work can be found in the
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Paper

Abstract expressionist, geometric, multicolor stripes, acrylic on canvas
By Robert Natkin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Europe. He had solo shows at the San Francisco Museum of Art, now known as the San Francisco Museum of
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Acrylic

Abstract expressionist, geometric, large, pink, orange, blue, acrylic on canvas
By Robert Natkin
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Europe. He had solo shows at the San Francisco Museum of Art, now known as the San Francisco Museum of
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Rejects the Complexities of Life
By John Randall Nelson
Located in Tulsa, OK
central image superimposed over a collage of symbols and text, ranging from art criticism to nursery
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Enchanted by Life Itself
By John Randall Nelson
Located in Tulsa, OK
feature a central image superimposed over a collage of symbols and text, ranging from art criticism to
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Ousting Luck
By John Randall Nelson
Located in Tulsa, OK
image superimposed over a collage of symbols and text, ranging from art criticism to nursery rhymes
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Wavering Wish
By John Randall Nelson
Located in Tulsa, OK
contrasts to evoke themes of luck, chance, and uncertainty. Original art by John Randall Nelson depicting a
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

The Color Red
Located in San Francisco, CA
painting but the landscape also evoke immaterial places and the invisibility of emotions. (Text by Maliyel
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Spindrift
Located in San Francisco, CA
painting but the landscape also evoke immaterial places and the invisibility of emotions. (Text by Maliyel
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Start of Something Good
Located in San Francisco, CA
painting but the landscape also evoke immaterial places and the invisibility of emotions. (Text by Maliyel
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Towards a New World
Located in San Francisco, CA
painting but the landscape also evoke immaterial places and the invisibility of emotions. (Text by Maliyel
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Illustrate Illusion, oil painting on panel, signed 2X Andre Zarre gallery Framed
By Dee Shapiro
Located in New York, NY
artists were interested in geometry and pattern yet worked in a variety of art forms including text, sound
Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Colored: Contemporary Political Square Word Painting, Black, Brown, Umber, Gold
Located in Los Angeles, CA
geometric abstraction to text and word art to color field painting. Milan Tiff Colored 48 x 48 inches Hand
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled Whitney Museum Scarf Color Field Geometric Abstraction Limited Edition
By Kenneth Noland
Located in New York, NY
stamped Whitney Museum of American Art label on the recto. On the back of the sleeve the text reads as
Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media

Materials

Silk, Screen

Profit, Profane, Profess
By Aron Hill
Located in Bloomfield, ON
and language, words in artwork give powerful direction to thought. While text in art is not new
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

"In A TranceAtlantic Crossing" 2024 - Mixed Media Whimsical Surrealism colorful
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
narrative; it implies in visual language rather than explaining with text." (Betty Brown - Art Historian
Category

2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Wood Panel, Color Pencil

Phantasm
By Macauley Norman
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Oil Painting / Text / Pastel Colors / Figurative Art / Outsider Art / Pop Art / Surrealism From
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite

Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism
By Henry Ernst Schnakenberg
Located in New York, NY
American and European modernist art, he had been working as an insurance sales representative for his
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Urban Landscapes - Serie Urbanus N° XXV
Located in Miami, FL
text by Vanessa Morisset, Art Critic and Philosopher at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
Category

2010s Abstract Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Digital

Glossy ceramic popsicle sculpture in a range of colors
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
textures. Another motif in their works is calligraphic inscription of a text on a design-art surface. The
Category

Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Urban Landscapes - Serie Bouquet N° I
Located in Miami, FL
Berlin. Born in Geneva of mixed Greek and Swiss heritage, Labote studied art history and political
Category

2010s Abstract Color Photography

Materials

C Print, Digital

Good eye Easter egg sculpture, Eye positioned across, home office decor
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
calligraphic inscription of a text on a design-art surface. The texts stress the positive elements in life and
Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Underglaze, Pigment

Matthias Alfen German Sculptor Modern Expressionist Painting Psychogram
By Matthias Alfen
Located in Surfside, FL
art with a publication including text by art critic Hermann Wiesler. During this year the local
Category

Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Plywood, Oil

American Neo Expressionist "Wild Horses" Modernist Oil Painting
By Robert Beauchamp
Located in Surfside, FL
Horn (throughout the 60’s and 70’s) contradicts the narrative in many art historical texts that Neo
Category

20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

American Neo Expressionist "Wild Horses" Modernist Oil Painting
By Robert Beauchamp
Located in Surfside, FL
Rhino Horn (throughout the 60’s and 70’s) contradicts the narrative in many art historical texts that
Category

20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

"Relay" - colorful abstract painting - landscape - Frankenthaler
By Evan Blackwell-Helgeson
Located in Atlanta, GA
creators' names are lost and not sought out. She has found that contrary to most art history texts
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"Meeting Place" - colorful abstract painting - pure abstraction - Frankenthaler
By Evan Blackwell-Helgeson
Located in Atlanta, GA
creators' names are lost and not sought out. She has found that contrary to most art history texts
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"Water Sound" - colorful abstract painting - expressionism - Frankenthaler
By Evan Blackwell-Helgeson
Located in Atlanta, GA
lost and not sought out. She has found that contrary to most art history texts, historically
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"Recollected" - colorful abstract painting - seascape - Frankenthaler
By Evan Blackwell-Helgeson
Located in Atlanta, GA
creators' names are lost and not sought out. She has found that contrary to most art history texts
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

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