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Milly Ristvedt

Canadian, b. 1942

Milly Ristvedt, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964, after studies with Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of Art.

In Toronto, during the 1960s and 1970s, Ristvedt was making and exhibiting large-scale paintings alongside a small but defined group of non-figurative painters who, like Ristvedt, had planted roots in modernism. These roots continue to run deep for Ristvedt, who completed her MA in Art History at Queen's University in 2011 with a thesis that explored color in the grid of contemporary painting.

Ristvedt's paintings are part of private and public collections, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Vancouver Art Gallery. She has had over 50 solo exhibitions. In 2012, Ristvedt received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for her service as an advocate for artists.

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(Biography provided by OENO Gallery)

Styles
Abstract
Contemporary
Materials
Acrylic Paint
Paint
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Pastel Grid (Spice) - contemporary, minimalist, abstract, pastel on paper
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This colourful contemporary pastel on paper in grid form is by Milly Ristvedt. The classic grid pattern becomes more than a ‘container’ for colour in the hands of master colourist M...
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1990s Abstract Milly Ristvedt

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Paper, Pastel

Pastel Grid (Spice) - contemporary, minimalist, abstract, pastel on paper
Pastel Grid (Spice) - contemporary, minimalist, abstract, pastel on paper

Milly Ristvedt
Pastel Grid (Spice) - contemporary, minimalist, abstract, pastel on paper, 1997

$2,700
H 22 in W 28 in
Life Itself #4 - modern, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This is one of a series of colourful abstract expression paintings by Milly Ristvedt. For more than six decades, Milly Ristvedt has explored the power of colour as a visual language...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt

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Canvas, Acrylic

Life Itself #4 - modern, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Life Itself #4 - modern, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas

Milly Ristvedt
Life Itself #4 - modern, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas, 2024

$7,500
H 25.5 in W 25.5 in
Pearl - large, soft, bright, peach, pink, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A ballet of intersecting brushed swipes in indigo, verdant green, mauve and cerise emerges from a soaked peach ground in this classic 1988 painting by Milly Ristvedt. Colour and the ...
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2010s Contemporary Milly Ristvedt

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Canvas, Acrylic

Pearl - large, soft, bright, peach, pink, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Pearl - large, soft, bright, peach, pink, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas

Milly Ristvedt
Pearl - large, soft, bright, peach, pink, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas, 1988

$12,000
H 54 in W 48 in
Spray - large, soft, bright, blue, pink, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Large scale, colorful abstract painting, with pink, orange and purple against a pale blue ground. Milly Ristvedt approaches color in her work with sincere consideration and expertise...
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1980s Contemporary Milly Ristvedt

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Spray - large, soft, bright, blue, pink, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Spray - large, soft, bright, blue, pink, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas

Milly Ristvedt
Spray - large, soft, bright, blue, pink, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas, 1980

$14,000
H 66 in W 78 in
Water, Ice + Hotspot - modern, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary colourful abstract painting is by Milly Ristvedt. Signed on verso, bottom right "Water, Ice + Hotspot © Ristvedt / 24" Highly regarded for her intuitive, almost vi...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Water, Ice + Hotspot - modern, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Water, Ice + Hotspot - modern, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas

Milly Ristvedt
Water, Ice + Hotspot - modern, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas, 2024

$28,000
H 82.5 in W 65.5 in
Summer Window - large, bright, colourful, yellow, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Washes of sun yellow are edged in dashes of bright colors - mauve, cerise, lime and rust -- in this monumental color-field canvas by Milly Ristvedt. "Summer Window" from 1973 was cr...
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1970s Color-Field Milly Ristvedt

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Canvas, Acrylic

Summer Window - large, bright, colourful, yellow, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Summer Window - large, bright, colourful, yellow, abstract, acrylic on canvas

Milly Ristvedt
Summer Window - large, bright, colourful, yellow, abstract, acrylic on canvas, 1973

$29,000
H 114 in W 60 in
Intervals - contemporary abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this bold new abstract painting by Milly Ristvedt vertical lines of colour in various widths pop against a soft, fluid burgundy canvas. As always, the colour palette—bright pink, ...
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2010s Abstract Milly Ristvedt

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Intervals - contemporary abstract, acrylic on canvas
Intervals - contemporary abstract, acrylic on canvas

Milly Ristvedt
Intervals - contemporary abstract, acrylic on canvas, 2020

$15,500
H 60 in W 48 in
Primary Sun - contemporary, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on archival paper
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary acrylic abstract painting is one of Milly Ristvedt’s earlier works. Known as a master colourist, this piece was painted in the 1970s when the Canadian artist was n...
Category

1970s Abstract Milly Ristvedt

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Primary Sun - contemporary, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on archival paper
Primary Sun - contemporary, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on archival paper

Milly Ristvedt
Primary Sun - contemporary, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on archival paper, 1978

$7,800
H 33.75 in W 44.75 in
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