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7.5 x 6.6 ft - Court of the Red King - Oil on canvas Abstract Expressionist
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a grand and majestic oil painting by Alexis Portilla. The use of a unique pale gray blue against vibrant shades of a golden yellow and bright colors makes a bold statement, w...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
35x26" - Dark City - Mixed Media on Paper
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful piece by Alexis Portilla. The rich inky greys, blues and blacks of this piece contrasts against the light and symbolism of vessels and pictographs. Vessels are a recurring theme in Portilla's work as symbolic of the potential for the ability to hold and receive.
Dark City...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
26x30" - Ganymede - Oil, Enamel on Wood
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This piece has a lacquered shine, and it is an oil painting on enamel on wood panel.
Alexis Portilla obtained his Masters of Fine Arts at Colum...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
36x48" - White Lake - Oil on Linen
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful oil painting on linen by Alexis Portilla. The rich inky greys, blues and blacks of this piece contrasts against the light and symbolism of vessels and pictographs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
44.25x36" - "Owl House" - Mixed Media, Charcoal on Paper
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful piece by Alexis Portilla. The rich inky greys, blues and blacks of this piece contrasts against the light and symbolism of vessels and pictographs. Vessels are a recurring theme in Portilla's work as symbolic of the potential for the ability to hold and receive.
Owl House...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Charcoal
35x26" - Dark City - Mixed Media on Paper
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful piece by Alexis Portilla. The rich inky greys, blues and blacks of this piece contrasts against the light and symbolism of vessels and pictographs. Vessels are a recurring theme in Portilla's work as symbolic of the potential for the ability to hold and receive.
Dark City...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
30x22 in. Re- Enter - Ink, Acrylic, Graphite on paper, unframed
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful piece by Alexis Portilla, unframed.
Re-Enter
30x22 in.
Ink, Acrylic, Graphite on paper
Unframed
Framing available
The artist Alexis Portilla obtained his Masters of Fine Arts at Columbia University in 1990. His bold linear lines, use of symbols, pictographs and strong colors create atmospheric abstracts.
“Using simple forms and creating swathes of rich texture, Alexis Portilla builds atmospheric abstract paintings that convey a sense of time having passed. Brushy areas of color suggest the indeterminacy of memory, while bold linear forms speak for the present.”
- Meredith Mendelsohn, Art News magazine review.
Influenced by the emotion of artistic expression in music, poetry and literature, the artist finds bold expression in color, lines and shapes that resemble pictographs, and texture.
The artist has shown in group and solo exhibitions nationally for more than 20 years. His works have been commissioned by major corporations, universities and for private collections.
Education
MFA, Columbia University
BFA, Pratt Institute
Selected Public Collections
Penn State University
New York Public Library
Selected Corporate Collections
Harvard Club...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
27.5 x 22.8 in. - "SQUID" Etching - Abstract Black and White -unframed
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful etching, by Alexis Portilla.
This is sold unframed. Picture illustrate pairing with "Soglio", an etching.
Squid
Etching, AP 1/1, unique
Image size 21 x 19 in.
P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Etching
56x56” Arcana Reprise
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful oil painting by Alexis Portilla, using a palette of unique sage grays, icy blue grays, exuding a quiet, poetic beauty. Color, lines and shapes that resemble picto...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
94 x 74 in. / 7 ft 10 x 6 ft 2 Oil Painting - Black Elk
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a vast canvas by Alexis Portilla working in abstract expressionism, in a piece with gripping energy, directness, and an emotional impact.
Black Elk
Oil on Canvas
94 x 74" / ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
60"x50" Oil Painting - Abstract Contemporary Oil Painting Monochromatic Study 2
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a monochromatic contemporary oil painting by Alexis Portilla working in abstract expressionism. Influenced by the emotion of artistic expression in music, poetry and literatu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
22x30" Night Rooms I - Black, White, Monochromatic Oil on Paper I
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful piece by Alexis Portilla. The rich inky greys and blacks of this piece contrasts against the symbolism of vessels and pictographs. Vessels are a recurring theme i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Oil Painting - The Lovers, France
By Herb Kornfeld
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is part of a series of Californian and Europe oil landscapes, painted by the late American artist Herb Kornfeld.
This piece is called "The Lovers" because the artist was painti...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Etching - Cotswolds, England
By Cuca Romley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is beautiful piece of the Cotswolds, England.
Image 10 x 16 in.
on paper with about 1.5 in. all around
Signed, titled and editioned
Unframed
Gallery curates a series of original etchings from respected European artist Cuca Romley. Ms Romley is in her late 80's and currently based in Spain. She was trained at The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA), a distinguished National School of Fine Arts in Paris, France.
The artist won several noted awards for her art in her native Spain, and in Paris, France. She worked as an artist and also had a career in advertising, illustration and interior design, in Spain, France and New York. As an artist, she has had solo and group exhibitions first Paris, France, Monaco, Japan, Spain and the US.
ETCHINGS
Cuca Romley’s etchings of both famous and little places around the world are depicted with a remarkable attention to detail, a style that belies her sophisticated sense of line and color. These etchings capture a bygone era of a city in flux, and a snap shot of a classic image of a place. Each plate is etched with patience and a thoroughness reminiscence of the earlier days of engraving, in exquisite and fine detail.
Romley creates her intricate design on the etching ground that covers the copper plate. After the acid has etched the lines into the copper plate she engraves the details into the plate with a buril until the image is completed. For each individual print a master printer must ink the plate and wipe the surface clean. The plate is placed on the bed of the press and the previously wet French Arches paper 100% cotton covering the plate to pass through the press, and that completes the printing process.
After the printing ink has dried for a couple of days, the etching is ready for the hand coloring by the artist. There are often more than 30 colors in one of Romley’s images. Each print can take up to 6 hours to color; these colors impart a subtle transparent effect that compliments the delicacy of the line.
Every etching in the limited edition is then signed and numbered in pencil by the artist.
Limited pieces available. Image size specified.
Exhibition (selection)
1933 Born in Madrid, SPAIN (age 81)
1952-55 Fashion Illustrator, SPAIN
Prize - Galerias Preciado , Sindicato Nacional Textil, Madrid, SPAIN
2nd Prize - Salon Nacional de Dibujos de Alta Costura...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
30x24 in. Magic Book - Oil on Wood Panel
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a gorgeous large scale abstract oil painting on wood panel from Alexis Portilla.
Magic Book
Oil on wood panel
30 x 24"
Painting does not have a spe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
36x48 in. Abstract Contemporary art on Safety Glass
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We present this new original and unique large abstract art on glass. Each art glass piece is handmade, hand painted and / or airbrushed with inks, oil pai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Ink
48x60 in. Abstract Contemporary art on Safety Glass
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We present this new original and unique large abstract art on glass. Each art glass piece is handmade, hand painted and / or airbrushed with inks, oil paints and other materials on s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Ink
58 x 52" Black and white Oil on Canvas
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a large oil on canvas abstract oil painting, exclusively available from us on 1stdibs. This is strictly subject to availability. Ready to hang and with full 1stdibs protectio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
20 x 18" Oil on Linen
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful Oil on Linen painting by Alexis Portilla, unframed.
20 x 18 in.
Oil on Linen
Unframed
Framing available
May be paired with others as illustrated.
The artist Al...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
20.7 x 16.3" Ink on Mylar - Hematite
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful Ink on Mylar by Alexis Portilla, unframed. Hematite is a mineral and is the most important component of iron. In nature, it has a beau...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Ink
26x18" Ink on Mylar - mounted on watercolor paper - Bryce Canyon
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful Ink on Mylar by Alexis Portilla, unframed.
Hand of Neptune
26 x 18 in.
Ink and Mylar mounted on watercolor paper
Unframed
Framing av...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Ink
25.5 x 20" Ink on Mylar - Hand of Neptune
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful Ink on Mylar by Alexis Portilla, unframed.
Hand of Neptune
25.5 x 20 in.
Ink and Mylar mounted on acid free foam core
Unframed
Fram...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Ink
26.5x21" Ink on Mylar - Daylight
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful ink on Mylar by Alexis Portilla, unframed.
Daylight
26.5 x 21 in.
Ink and Mylar mounted on acid free foam core
Unframed
Framing a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Ink
22x30" Oil on Paper - unframed, framing available
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful oil painting by Alexis Portilla, unframed oil on paper, framing available. May be paired with other oil on papers.
The artist Alexis Portilla obtained his Master...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
56 x 76 in. / 4.6 x 6.3 ft "Double Planet" Oil on Canvas
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Presenting this bold piece with strong masterful brushwork, Alexis Portilla shows that his artistic virtuosity ranges from the strong bold and big to the fragile, vulnerable small exquisite pieces in beeswax and oil (Pale Fire...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
72 x 96 in / 6 x 8 ft "Three of Us" Oil on Canvas (black white minimalist oil)
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautifully nuanced, and deeply soulful abstract contemporary oil painting on linen, that speaks volumes with its quietly furious brushstrokes multi-layered in monochromati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Abstract Oil painting - Color Code I - unframed
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful bright vibrant oil on paper. Unframed but framing can be requested, custom framed in Los Angeles. A very high resolution photograph is provided here to enable vie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Large Oil Painting on Paper - Color Code II - unframed
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful bright vibrant of yellows and golds, with pale blues and silvery grays - oil on paper. A very high resolution photograph is provided here to enable viewing of bot...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
68 x 78 in. / 5.6 x 6.5 ft oil on canvas abstract expressionist
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a large, vibrant and bold piece of abstract expressionist oil painting on canvas.
Painting subject to availability and 1stdibs buyer protected purchase and shipping with re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
40x30" - Abstract Black and White Print - unframed
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an archival pigment print in a limited edition of 25, with signature and edition of artist on lower corner. The original etching upon which this print is based is available upon request. Printed 2021.
59" (H) - Limited edition of 10.
40" (H) - Limited edition of 25.
Other sizes are not part of limited edition, and inquires are welcome.
Alexis Portilla's large scale pieces like Anemone, Black Elk, Thor Twins, Tokyo, Chromatic Fantasy are spectacular pieces in terms of the atmospheric brushwork, colors and textures. His bold linear lines, use of symbols, pictographs and strong colors create atmospheric abstracts.
Influenced by the emotion of artistic expression in music, poetry and literature, the artist finds bold expression in color, lines and shapes that resemble pictographs, and texture. Speak like a Child is a song title from a Herbie Hancock...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chinese Ink Painting
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles based gallery presents a new series of Chinese contemporary ink paintings ranging from the 1960’s to the current period.
Paintings are by chinese artists who are respected in China, or in the world of Chinese art, some of whom are masters in their own right.
This is a Chinese ink...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Ink
Price Upon Request
Oil, Enamel on Wood - Ganymede
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alexis Portilla obtained his Masters of Fine Arts at Columbia University in 1990. His bold linear lines, use of symbols, pictographs and strong colors create atmospheric abstracts.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Marilyn Monroe Smile
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary mixed media work with pop culture references to an international icon. Available exclusively from gallery in Los Angeles.
Made in USA. Unique. Signed and dat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Large abstract oil painting - 52 x 64 in.
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a large, vibrant and bold piece of abstract expressionist oil painting on canvas. Exclusively available from Modern Art Etc, call to inquire to view. Subject to availability....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil
Price Upon Request
Clockpiece
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alexis Portilla obtained his Masters of Fine Arts at Columbia University in 1990. His bold linear lines, use of symbols, pictographs and strong colors create atmospheric abstracts.
He has shown in group and solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally. His works have been commissioned by major corporations, universities and for private collections.
Education
MFA, Columbia University
BFA, Pratt Institute
Selected Public Collections
Penn State University
New York Public Library
Selected Corporate Collections
Harvard Club...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Price Upon Request
Handcolored Etching - Monte Carlo, Monaco, Europe
By Cuca Romley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Etching
Edition 143/175
Last few left
Video attached
This is a series of original etchings from respected European artist Cuca Romley. Ms Romley is 91 years and currently based in S...
Category
1990s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Price Upon Request
Hand colored etching - Place des Vosages, Paris / VIEW MORE PARIS / EUROPE serie
By Cuca Romley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is series of original etchings with exquisite details to make viewing it a real pleasure as one discovers details every time one looks at the piece.
This piece is an artist pro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
