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"Untitled from the Full Bleed Series" Colorful images of stacked magazines
By John Cole
Located in Hillsboro, VA
pages revealing the ink spreading over the edges. They remind you of the Washington color school
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"For Tomorrow, Full Bleed Series" Stacked magazines striped geometric close ups
By John Cole
Located in Hillsboro, VA
pages revealing the ink spreading over the edges. They remind you of the Washington color school
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Vivid, Colorful, red, yellow, orange, painting
By Marcel Rozek
Located in Inglewood, CA
technique pioneered by the early abstractionists and Washington Color School artists to create his richly
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Interface
By Paul Reed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paul (Allen) Reed is an American artist most associated with the Washington Color School and Color
Category

1960s Color-Field Paintings

Quantum Control
By Matthew Langley
Located in Houston, TX
Stackhouse, Tom Green, and other members of the Washington Color School and the D.C. artistic community. The
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

5a
By Paul Reed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paul (Allen) Reed is an American artist most associated with the Washington Color School and Color
Category

1960s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Transition Ed. of 250
By Leon Berkowitz
Located in New York, NY
Color School along with Helmuth Kern and Ida Fox, a noted poet and Berkowitz’s wife. Moreover, in a
Category

1980s Color-Field Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Seven Lights (2 of 7)
By Leon Berkowitz
Located in New York, NY
Color School along with Helmuth Kern and Ida Fox, a noted poet and Berkowitz’s wife. Moreover, in a
Category

1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seven Lights (4 of 7)
By Leon Berkowitz
Located in New York, NY
Color School along with Helmuth Kern and Ida Fox, a noted poet and Berkowitz’s wife. Moreover, in a
Category

1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seven Lights (6 of 7)
By Leon Berkowitz
Located in New York, NY
Color School along with Helmuth Kern and Ida Fox, a noted poet and Berkowitz’s wife. Moreover, in a
Category

1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seven Lights (7 of 7)
By Leon Berkowitz
Located in New York, NY
Color School along with Helmuth Kern and Ida Fox, a noted poet and Berkowitz’s wife. Moreover, in a
Category

1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seven Lights (1 of 7)
By Leon Berkowitz
Located in New York, NY
Color School along with Helmuth Kern and Ida Fox, a noted poet and Berkowitz’s wife. Moreover, in a
Category

1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

8A
By Paul Reed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
associated with the Washington Color School and Color Field Painting. Reed was born in Washington DC and
Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Untitled
By Cynthia Bickley-Green
Located in Bethesda, MD
Maryland, that Washington Color School artists Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Gene Davis, Howard Mehring
Category

Color-Field Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

9:30 a.m. Light from Right
By Cynthia Bickley-Green
Located in Bethesda, MD
Washington Color School artists Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Gene Davis, Howard Mehring, Tom Downing and
Category

Color-Field Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Barcelona II
By Paul Reed
Located in Abilene, TX
: Paul Reed 1968 / Barcelona II A prominent member of the Washington Color School – a group of Color
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cloudy Calm 6:40 AM
By Cynthia Bickley-Green
Located in Bethesda, MD
the University of Maryland, that Washington Color School artists Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Gene
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Color-Field Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Florence Cross
By Cynthia Bickley-Green
Located in Bethesda, MD
, that Washington Color School artists Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Gene Davis, Howard Mehring, Tom
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Color-Field Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Clear Sky Waking
By Cynthia Bickley-Green
Located in Bethesda, MD
of Maryland, that Washington Color School artists Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Gene Davis, Howard
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Color-Field Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

For the Fog Series, 10
By Sam Gilliam
Located in Bethesda, MD
associated with the Washington Color School, and is broadly considered a Color Field painter. His pouring of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Mixed Media

Crossover, colorful geometric acrylic painting on shaped canvas
By Mokha Laget
Located in West Hollywood, CA
under several prominent members of the Washington Color School, working as a professional artist and
Category

2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment

Turnabout, colorful geometric acrylic and clay painting on shaped canvas
By Mokha Laget
Located in West Hollywood, CA
prominent members of the Washington Color School, working as a professional artist and studio assistant to
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Clay, Canvas, Acrylic

Hoodwink, colorful geometric painting on shaped canvas with three parallelograms
By Mokha Laget
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Washington Color School, working as a professional artist and studio assistant to WCS painter Gene Davis. Her
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment

Untitled
By Dan Yellow Kuhne
Located in Bethesda, MD
of Morris Louis and the overarching influence of Washington Color School alone. The paintings were
Untitled
By Dan Yellow Kuhne
Located in Bethesda, MD
of Morris Louis and the overarching influence of Washington Color School alone. The paintings were
Figural Oil Painting by the Late Helen Stern
Located in Gallatin, TN
artists of the Washington Color School, including Kenneth Noland and Morris Louis, and facilitated the
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gene Davis Original Color Field Ink Drawing Vertical Stripe Signed Modern Art
By Gene Davis
Located in Bloomington, MN
American born artist who was one of the first 5 Washington Color School painters. Davis began painting as
Category

1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

"Flirt", Helen Frankenthaler, Lincoln Center RARE Signed dated Abstract
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in Cleveland, OH
the Washington color school, soak-staining replaced the thickly painted, gestural strokes of action
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Gene Davis Original Oil Pastel Drawing Vertical Stripes Lines Signed Modern Art
By Gene Davis
Located in Bloomington, MN
who was one of the first 5 Washington Color School painters. Davis began painting as a young child
Category

1980s Op Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

Glacial Ascent (Washington Color School painting)
By Helen McKinsey Herzbrun
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Jefferson Place Gallery, from its opening in 1957 through 1974. She is associated with the Washington Color
Category

1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Untitled" Sam Gilliam, Expressionist, Washington Color School, Intense Color
By Sam Gilliam
Located in New York, NY
Kentucky, he moved to Washington in 1962 and lived and worked there to the end of his life. Gilliam’s work
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Fabric, Acrylic

Portrait of Matisse
By Howard Mehring
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gene Davis of the visual-art movement of the late 1950's and 1960's known as the Washington Color
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gene Davis "In Bloom" 1952
By Gene Davis
Located in Toronto, Ontario
the Washington Color School. He is noted for his minimalist compositions that favored saturated
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Sam Gilliam ELEGY #1 Unique Monotype
By Sam Gilliam
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
associated with the Washington Color School, celebrated for his radical “drape paintings,” in which he
Category

1980s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Castle Banner 5 by Sam Gilliam
By Sam Gilliam
Located in Morton Grove, IL
associated with the Washington Color School, a group of Washington, D.C. artists that developed a form of
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

New Movie
By Sam Gilliam
Located in Morton Grove, IL
associated with the Washington Color School, a group of Washington, D.C. artists that developed a form of
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Castle Banner 1 by Sam Gilliam
By Sam Gilliam
Located in Morton Grove, IL
associated with the Washington Color School, a group of Washington, D.C. artists that developed a form of
Category

Early 2000s Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Colour Form 27 - pink, blue, red, minimalist abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
. Ristvedt counts famed modernists Morris Louis from the Washington Colour School and Canada’s Jack Bush
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled (aka "Midnight")
By Sam Gilliam
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Louisville and later worked in Washington D.C. with the Washington Colour School among artists such as Morris
Category

1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

Materials

Handmade Paper, Screen

SMITHSONIAN
By Gene Davis
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Washington Color School. He is noted for his minimalist compositions that favored saturated colors
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Chinese American Abstract Expressionist Zen Space Painting WangMing Color School
Located in Surfside, FL
such Washington Color School luminaries as Kenneth Noland and Gene Davis in the 1960s. He later taught
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Uptown - large, bright, colourful, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
abstract form and colourful palette were inspired by the famed Washington Colour School. Uptown is one of a
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Horizontal Stripe I-28
By Kenneth Noland
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Washington Color School movement. In 1977 he was honored by a major retrospective at the Solomon R
Category

1970s Post-War Mixed Media

Materials

Handmade Paper

PK-0025
By Kenneth Noland
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Washington Color School movement. In 1977 he was honored by a major retrospective at the Solomon R
Category

1970s Post-War Mixed Media

Materials

Handmade Paper

Sam Gilliam "Composition"
By Sam Gilliam
Located in Toronto, Ontario
in Washington D.C. with the Washington Colour School among artists such as Morris Louis and Kenneth
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Winds 82-12
By Kenneth Noland
Located in Palm Desert, CA
of as a minimalist painter. Noland helped establish the Washington Color School movement. In 1977 he
Category

1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Handmade Paper, Paint

Black Dahlia
By Gene Davis
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
recognizable stripe paintings, Gene Davis emerged from the ranks of the Washington Color School to national
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Canvas, Board, Screen

One Hundred Melodies of Solitude, No.223 Variation 1
Located in Stamford, CT
the Washington Color School painters such as Kenneth Noland. Linling Lu’s large-scale painting
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

One Hundred Melodies of Solitude, No.228 Variation
Located in Stamford, CT
the Washington Color School painters such as Kenneth Noland. Linling Lu’s large-scale painting
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Acrylic

One Hundred Melodies of Solitude, No.198
Located in Stamford, CT
the Washington Color School painters such as Kenneth Noland. Linling Lu’s large-scale painting
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

One Hundred Melodies of Solitude, No.142
Located in Stamford, CT
the Washington Color School painters such as Kenneth Noland. Linling Lu’s large-scale painting
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

One Hundred Melodies of Solitude, No.150
Located in Stamford, CT
the Washington Color School painters such as Kenneth Noland. Linling Lu’s large-scale painting
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

One Hundred Melodies of Solitude, No.225
Located in Stamford, CT
the Washington Color School painters such as Kenneth Noland. Linling Lu’s large-scale painting
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

One Hundred Melodies of Solitude, No.177
Located in Stamford, CT
the Washington Color School painters such as Kenneth Noland. Linling Lu’s large-scale painting
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

One Hundred Melodies of Solitude, No.10
Located in Stamford, CT
the Washington Color School painters such as Kenneth Noland. Linling Lu’s large-scale painting
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

One Hundred Melodies of Solitude No. 237
Located in Stamford, CT
abstractions have been compared to the Washington Color School painters such as Kenneth Noland. Linling Lu’s
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

One Hundred Melodies of Solitude No.145
Located in Stamford, CT
the Washington Color School painters such as Kenneth Noland. Linling Lu’s large-scale painting
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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