Cleveland - Abstract Paintings

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) In and Out, 1963 Acrylic on paper Signed and dated lower right 22 x 30 inches Figural abstract vibrant yellow geometric painting. Cl...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) The Gold Coast, 1979 Collage and acrylic on scintilla Signed and dated lower right 22 x 30 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Ablaze, 1973-79 Acrylic and collage on scintilla Signed and dated lower left 30 x 22 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstract...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Expanding Mandala, c. 1970s Acrylic on scintilla 23 x 30 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Rainbow Mandala, 1983 Acrylic on scintilla Signed and dated lower right 30 x 22 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of na...

This piece has "Richter" style smears in bright paint with a muted shrapnel grid overlaying the saturated field. It's one of my favorite smaller paintings I have done. The feel is ve...

Brown and rust collide with red to create a warm composition. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready t...

Marvin Jones (American, 1940-2005) Montalvo #15 Oil on panel board Signed verso 29.25 x 20.25 inches Marvin Jones was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, bo...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Chromatic, 1965 Acrylic and collage on scintilla Signed and dated upper right 30 x 22 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstrac...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Vetriculus Egg, 1965 Acrylic and collage on textured paper Signed and dated lower right 30 x 22 inches A surrealist mid-century figura...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Torso No. 1, 1967 Acrylic on paper Signed and dated upper right 15 x10 inches 24 x 20 inches, framed A mid-century figural abstract painting. Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...

Richard Andres (American, 1927-2013) Pieces Collage, c. 1965 collage on paper 14 x 18 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1950, he was immediately drafted and served for two years in the army as a mural painter. He received his Master of Arts from Kent State in 1961. A frequent exhibitor at galleries and museums and winner of multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Western Reserve University. Very little in Richard Andres’ childhood would have predicted his love of classical music, mid-century-modern architecture and certainly not his lifelong passion for art and in particular abstract art. Richard’s father, Raymond, had no more than a third-grade education, and his mother, Clara, was one of thirteen children – only three of whom lived into adulthood and none of whom attended high school. They lived, when Richard was a boy, in a dingy area of Buffalo, NY in a walk-up apartment situated above a tavern. Raymond and Clara supplemented the income from their factory jobs in the bar downstairs with Raymond playing ragtime on the piano and Clara serving drinks. This often left Richard and his two older brothers at home alone to fend for themselves. The two older boys, Raymond and Russell, were - unlike Richard- rather rough and tumble and entertained themselves with stickball, boxing and the like. Richard, on the other hand, from a very young age liked to draw, or better yet even, to paint with the small set of watercolors he received for Christmas one year. Paper, however, at the height of the depression, was hard to come by. Luckily, Clara used paper doilies as decoration for the apartment and Richard would contentedly paint and then cut up doilies, gluing the pieces together to create collages. At eight-years-old, he discovered the Albright-Knox Museum (then known as the Albright Art Gallery) and spent several hours a week there studying the paintings. He was particularly fond of Charles Burchfield‘s landscapes, enamored with their ‘messiness’ and thinking that they somehow captured more ‘feeling’ than works he was previously familiar with. For his tenth Christmas, he asked for and received a ‘how-to’ paint book by Elliot O’Hare. Through this self-teaching, he assembled the portfolio needed for acceptance to Buffalo Technical High School where he studied Advertising Arts. In his Junior year, he was encouraged to enter a watercolor painting, “Two Barns,” in the national 1944-45 Ingersoll Art Award Contest and was one of twelve grand prize winners – each one winning one hundred dollars. More importantly the painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute Galleries, which resulted in his winning a national scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art (The Cleveland Art Institute). He flourished at the art school under the tutelage of faculty members such as Carl Gaertner, as well as that of visiting artists such as William Sommer and Henry George Keller. He would say in later years that Gaertner, in particular, influenced his attitude toward life as well as art. “Gaertner,” Andres said, “believed that there was no need to be a ‘tortured artist’, that an artist should rather enjoy beauty, family, and life in general.” Free to spend his days as he chose, he wandered the Cleveland Art Museum for most of the hours he was not attending classes or painting; the remaining time was spent drinking coffee at a local hangout with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy, it took him the entire summer of 1948 to build up his courage to ask her out. Over that summer he ‘thought about Avis’ and worked in a diner to save money. He also used the hundred-dollar prize money won in High School to visit the first Max Beckmann retrospective in the United States at the City Art Museum in St. Louis. Over a half century later he spoke of that exhibit with a reverence usually reserved for spiritual matters, “I walked in and it was like nothing I had ever seen before... the color...It just glowed.” Returning to campus in the Fall, the first thing he did was go to the coffee shop in hopes of finding Avis. He did, and she, upon seeing him, realized that she was also smitten with him. They quickly became known as ‘the couple’ on campus, and a year later, with Richard being drafted for the Korean war, they were quickly married by a Justice of the Peace, celebrating after with family at Avis’s Cleveland home. As a gift, faculty member John Paul Miller designed and made the simple gold wedding ring Avis wore for their 65 years of marriage. During those 65 years neither wavered in their mutual love, nor in the respect they shared for one another’s art. The couple lived in a converted chicken coop in Missouri while Richard was in boot camp. At the camp, he would volunteer for any job offered and one of those jobs ended up being painting road signs. His commander noticed how quickly and neatly he worked and gave him more painting work to do - eventually recommending him for a position painting murals for Army offices in Panama. Until her dying day, Avis remained angry that “The army got to keep those fabulous murals and they probably didn’t even know how wonderful they were.” In Panama, their first son, Mark, was born. After Richard’s discharge in 1953, they moved back to the Cleveland area and used the GI bill to attend Kent State gaining his BA in education. The small family then moved briefly to Buffalo, where Richard taught at the Albright Art School and the University of Buffalo – and their second son, Peter, was born. Richard had exhibited work in the Cleveland May Show and the Butler Art Museum during his art school years, and during the years in Buffalo, his work was exhibited at the gallery he had so loved as a child, the Albright Art Gallery. In 1956, the family moved back to the Cleveland area and Richard began teaching art at Lincoln West High School during the day while working toward his MA in art at Kent State in the evenings. Avis and Richard, with the help of an architect, designed their first home - a saltbox style house in Hudson, Ohio, and in 1958, their third son, Max (after Max Beckmann) was born. Richard enjoyed the consistency of teaching high school as well as the time it gave him to paint on the weekends and during the summer months. In 1961, he received his MA and his daughter, Claire, was born. With a fourth child, the house was much too small, and Avis and Richard began designing their second home. An admirer of MCM architecture, Richard’s favorite example of the style was the Farnsworth house – he often spoke of how the concepts behind this architectural style, particularly that of Mies van der Rohe, influenced his painting. Andres described himself as a 1950’s...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) The Way Out, 1992 Acrylic on paper Signed and dated upper right 24 x 30 inches Figural abstract vibrant orange geometric painting. C...

There was times in 2008 in my life. I was trying to change some parts. It kinda felt like ocean movements or true sadness doesn't hit hard once but multiple times. :: Painting :: A...

The paintings worked on within this period (end of 2020 to the spring of 2021) return to my "paint is more" technique which I can best describe as not starting with a particular visi...

My paintings do have a story to tell although it does not lie in each piece but in the process of abstract expressionism. As an artist I think about scale, unity and color. I'm not...

Lava, Sky, Electric, rinse, and repeat. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed:...

Two 10"x10" paintings. Abstract study of pink pansies in planter. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Rea...

Two 8"x10" paintings. Textured grey backgrounds float an interesting white scraped structure. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticit...

Flowing indigo ink and white dry brushing. Two unique matching contemporary paintings. Each piece 11x14. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of...

Layers of pink and black lay upon a wash of rust and blue that play with geometry and space. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity ...

The city of gold. The squeal of the rails. The grid and movement of modern life. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by th...

Swirling blues accented with primaries and black. White space on the edges makes color leap off the canvas. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate o...

Layers and layers of paint lay base to geometric patterns giving up primitive heart. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed b...

Bright, yet grungy, messy, yet complex. Mixing inspiration from artists such as Basquiat, Richter, and Pollock. Finding order in the mess and exploring the boundaries of the medium. ...

Layers of bright color clash into black with motion and intent. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready...

A large interpretation and study of the root. Two panels. Can be hung together as one or separate. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certifi...

"My paintings do have a story to tell although it does not lie in each piece but in the process of abstract expressionism. As an artist I think about scale, unity and color. I'm not ...

Bright, yet grungy, messy, yet complex. Mixing inspiration from artists such as Basquiat, Richter, and Pollock. Finding order in the mess and exploring the boundaries of the medium. ...

Bright, yet grungy, messy, yet complex. Mixing inspiration from artists such as Basquiat, Richter, and Pollock. Finding order in the mess and exploring the boundaries of the medium. ...

Bright, yet grungy, messy, yet complex. Mixing inspiration from artists such as Basquiat, Richter, and Pollock. Finding order in the mess and exploring the boundaries of the medium. ...

Abstract landscape. Bright Primaries and hard contrast bring together a unique composition. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity s...

Geometry and bright colors sit upon a block of shining gold leaf to overlook the city. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed...

Friendly Faces, Friendly Faces? :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: S...

Layers of ladders climbing to the place you don't want to be but need to be. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the ar...

Inaccessible to the conscious mind behavior and emotions acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. :: Painting ::...

Geometry lies behind a landslide of fire and ice, Oil and spray pigments over acrylic texture, :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes wi...

Messy balanced scribbles. Drips of graffiti. People shuffling in the rain to goodwill. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signe...

Robertino Fatica was born in 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1970 he completed a three-year program at the Cooper School of Art in Cleveland. Following that, Fatica served in the U.S. Ar...

This painting is done on two wood panels that are joined. The artist's intent is for the seam to be visible and part of the composition. For many years Susan Squires...

Signed, titled and dated verso 1980 (11–’80) "RBY" oil on canvas Provenance: Irving Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida 1985; Private Collection, Palm Springs, CA ...

Two Subjects, Two Souls. Affaire De Coeur mean Affair of the heart. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: ...

"After Aristotle" by Susan Squires is an evocative oil and encaustic painting that invites viewers into a contemplative space, blending ancient philosoph...

Robertino Fatica’s Barracks (1970) is a long, narrow painting that reads almost like a piece of architecture. At 17.5 by 122 inches, it stretches acros...

Inspired by the masters of expressionism, this painting filled by the ghosts of Pollock, Mitchell, and Johns. I listened mostly to The Pixies while working and had thoughts of the early the Philidelphia graffiti days. This piece will add style and pop to any home, apartment or suave restaurant. Obsessed with art and photography from the age of five, Robert Musser received a scholarship to Youngstown State University in 1993 from the Ohio Arts Council where he majored in Graphic Design and Marketing. While at YSU, he began to paint under the tutelage of Al Bright, Susan Russo, and Phil Chan...

Layers and layers of drips and smears. Primaries smashing into secondaries. Grids made and forgot about. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of a...

Bright, yet grungy, messy, yet complex. Mixing inspiration from artists such as Basquiat, Richter, and Pollock. Finding order in the mess and exploring the boundaries of the medium. ...

Organic, yet controlled. Letting the paint have some say. Very calm. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist ::...

Rich primary colors combine to make and abstract Buddha. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Han...

Signed, titled and dated verso 1980 (11–’80) Provenance: Irving Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida 1985; Private Collection, Palm Springs, CA Exhibitions: M. Kno...

For many years Susan Squires goal has been to create encaustic paintings as meaningful, evocative experiences for herself and for the viewer. She wa...

Layers of dripped and scraped paint. The figure sits in chaos, but anchors the balance between the subconscious and the physical. :: Painting :: Abstr...

A spectrum of color stream and smear into a bright composition with contrast and depth. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signe...

For many years Susan Squires goal has been to create encaustic paintings as meaningful, evocative experiences for herself and for the viewer. She wa...

For many years Susan Squires goal has been to create encaustic paintings as meaningful, evocative experiences for herself and for the viewer. She wa...

Abstract Landscape inspired by Painter-Kiffer :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: S...

My beautiful Ideas of Wonderful Waterfalls. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Sig...

Planet Breaking Belief. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signatur...