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Red Thumbprint - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Thumbprint - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This piece i...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

LXXX, Abstract Expressionist Monoprint by Liu Jian
By Liu Jian
Located in Long Island City, NY
Liu Jian, Chinese (1961 - ) - LXXX, Year: 1999, Medium: Monoprint, signed and dated in pencil, Size: 25 x 19 in. (63.5 x 48.26 cm), Description: An Abstract Expressionist monop...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Monoprint

Before The Wire (Green, Blue, White Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting)
By Ragellah Rourke
Located in Hudson, NY
Before The Wire Green, White , Blue Abstract Expressionist Painting Made by Ragellah Rourke in 2025 oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches, unframed The sides are cleanly painted light grey so...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Clif McChesney "Untitled" Abstract Expressionist
Located in Detroit, MI
In 2016 the Dennos Museum in Traverse City, Michigan, in homage to the very first exhibition in the Zimmerman Sculpture Court, installed the first two paintings by the former Michig...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas

Mashiko Japanese Abstract Expressionist Serigraph, Titled: #53
Located in Queens, NY
Japanese Abstract Expressionist Serigraph, Signed & Numbered, (MASHIKO)
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20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Paintings

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Paper

Ernest Briggs Abstract Expressionist Oil on Paper
By Ernest Briggs
Located in Sharon, CT
Small oil by this important 'second generation' Abstract Expressionist painter. Entire sheet is 11.5" x 16", matted area is 9.5" x 14.5".
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings

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Paper

"Three Mysteries" - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Canvas
By Kristin Cohen
Located in Soquel, CA
"Three Mysteries" - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Three Mysteries by California abstract expressionist artist Kristin Cohen (American, b.1963). Three leave...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Contemporary abstract expressionist nature beach oil painting "Canet Beach"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This abstract expressionist oil landscape painting, titled "Canet Beach 0.2," by French artist Natalya Mougenot, captures the essence of movement and color in a dynamic coastal scene...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Antique American Abstract Expressionist Signed Vintage Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist abstract expressionist painting. Oil on canvas. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 24L x 36H. Signed.
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"So What How?" - Abstract Expressionist Earth Tone Abstract in Oil on Canvas
By John O. Thomson
Located in Soquel, CA
"So What How?" - Abstract Expressionist Earth Tone Abstract in Oil on Canvas Expressive abstract work in earth tones by Monterey Bay artist and gallery owner John O. Thomson (Americ...
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1970s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Two Abstract Expressionist Paintings Green White Contemporary British Paintings
By Sally Bradshaw
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Composition" by Sally Bradshaw (British, b.1962) 2 x oil paintings on canvas each painting: 20 x 16 inches Superb original pair of modern abstract expressionist paintings...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Abstract Expressionist Composition
Located in Astoria, NY
Robert O'Meara (American, XX-XXI), Abstract Expressionist Composition, Charcoal on Paper, signed lower left, wood frame. Image: 13" H x 10" W; frame: 20.5" H x 16.5" W x 1.25" D. Pro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Waterco...

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Paper, Charcoal

"Orchid" neo abstract expressionist colorful still life with thick impasto
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Orchid" is a Neo Abstract Expressionist colorful still life with thick impasto. Yektai displays his fearlessness as an artist in the three-dimensional flower he constructs out of ju...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Mashiko Japanese Abstract Expressionist Serigraph, Titled #70
Located in Queens, NY
Japanese Abstract Expressionist Serigraph, Signed & Numbered edition: 33/35, (MASHIKO)
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20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Paintings

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Paper

"Falling Sunset Horizons" abstract expressionist impasto flowers, warm tones
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Falling Sunset Horizons" is an abstract expressionist painting of falling flowers onto a colorful plane of yellow, pink, and green, Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 197...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Epoxy Resin, Oil, Acrylic

"Twlight of Creation"Oversized Blue /Aqua Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6115 Trilight of creation oversized abstract expressionist painting Rapped canvas no need for frame
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Early 2000s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Expressionist Multicolor Nude Figure
By Tom Hamil
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid abstract expressionist painting of a colorful nude female figure by the artist Tom Hamil (American, b. 1928). Signed on verso "Tom Hamil". Circa 1970's. Unframed. Image size: 14"H x 8"W. Tom Hamil, was born in New York in 1928 and raised primarily in California. After attending the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, he returned to California to begin his formal art training at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco (now known as the San Francisco Art Institute). He completed his education at the University of Washington with a Master’s Degrees and Doctorate in Fine Arts and Education. His first solo exhibition was held in 1956. Since then, he has participated in numerous one man shows, group shows, and has been represented in galleries in the US and Mexico. In addition to his painting, Hamil has authored and illustrated a number of books. While at the Naval Academy, he received recognition for his paintings, drawings, and illustrations. Listed among Hamil’s many awards and honors are a Ford Foundation Fellowship and an Award of Excellence from the American Graphics Society. Currently, he lives in Zirahuen, Michoacan, Mexico and Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Hamil’s statement: “I am a man...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Textured Abstract Expressionist Composition (III) in Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Textured Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Board Textured and detailed abstract composition by Loretta Burton Youngman (American, b. 1943). Teal and charcoal blue pat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Plaster, Glaze, Acrylic

Large Abstract Expressionist Silkscreen by Michael Steiner
By Michael Steiner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Abstract expressionist print by American artist Michael Steiner, who is most commonly known for his large scale sculptures. Michael Steiner, American (1945) Date: 1979 Screenprint,...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Screen

LXXVIII, Abstract Expressionist Monoprint by Liu Jian
By Liu Jian
Located in Long Island City, NY
Liu Jian, Chinese (1961 - ) - LXXVIII, Year: 1999, Medium: Monoprint, signed and dated in pencil, Size: 25 x 19 in. (63.5 x 48.26 cm), Description: An Abstract Expressionist mo...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Monoprint

Rock Candy Mountain (unique, signed Abstract Expressionist painting) framed 70s
By Ben Wilson
Located in New York, NY
Ben Wilson Rock Candy Mountain, ca. 1970 Oil on masonite board (Hand Signed, titled and dated) Hand signed, titled and dated by Ben Wilson on the back Frame Included: held in artist'...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil, Permanent Marker

Banner (abstract expressionist sculpture, Tulsa OK artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Duayne Hatchett ((1925-2015). Banner, 1958. Welded metal, sculpture measures 11 h. x 9 w. x 3.75 d. inches. Measuring a total of 17.5 inch high on base. Base measures 5.5 x 5.5 by 6 ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Contemporary abstract expressionist woman s portrait "Her rose, her silence"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist woman’s portrait by Natalya Mougenot invites the viewer into a world where emotion speaks louder than form. In "Her Rose, Her Silence", the f...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

French 20th Century Vibrant Abstract Expressionist Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 16.5 x 13 inches condition: overall very good, a few minor s...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Painting, "Dark Joy"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original abstract expressionist painting by local San Diego artist, Kelsey Overstreet. This painting is 37.5 x 61.75 x 2.5. I...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Harry Crowley NYC Abstract Expressionist Painting, circa 1954, Slow Solitude
By Harry Crowley
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Harry Crowley (1898-1979) oil on board, 1954. Abstract Expressionist. Titled on the verso “Slow Solitude.” Measures: 33 x 38. Frame: 42 x 47. In excellent condition and in the origi...
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1950s Abstract Paintings

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Paint

Italian Contemporary Abstract Expressionist. Le Origini Linguistiche .
Located in Cotignac, FR
Contemporary abstract expressionist acrylic and oil on canvas by Italian artist Albino Palamara. Signed to the reverse. Title: Le Origini Linguistiche' (The Origins of Language) A s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

City Drive Abstract Expressionist Painting by Leading British Urban Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
City Drive Abstract Expressionist Painting - a rare early work from Leading British Urban Artist, Angela Wakefield. Entitled 'City Drive', this moody and atmospheric artwork is from ...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Gesso, Acrylic, Oil, Mixed Media, Cotton Canvas, Varnish, Paint, Cotton,...

City Scape Abstract Expressionist Composition -Jackson Pollack Friend
By Joseph Meert
Located in Miami, FL
The fame, notoriety, and monetary value of an artist's work in today's market are not based on one's talent and vision. Factors such as marketing and media momentum play a defining r...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Vintage Abstract Expressionist -- The Wave
By Daniel David Fuentes
Located in Soquel, CA
Mixed abstract by San Jose, California area artist Daniel David Fuentes (AKA, Xavier Lundt) (American, 20th Century). Bay area abstract expressionist and landscape artist during the ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Abstract Seascape 3. Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Seascape Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Abstract expressionist seascape on paper. This piece is one of a series of works created under the guidance of great English artist Sir Terry Frost. The influence of Frost is clear a...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Laid Paper

Cool-Colored Abstract Expressionist Sailboats and Boat House
By Chester Dixon Snowden 1
Located in Houston, TX
Oil painting with boats and boat house. The artist uses color and line to create the illusion of texture within the painting. Placed in a dark, ...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Large Abstract Expressionist painting by Oskar D Amico
By Oskar D Amico
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Oskar Maria D'Amico, Italian (1923 - 2003) Title: Untitled Year: 1967 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 66 x 48 in. (167.64 x 121.92 cm)
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

WILD HORSES-3, Original Signed Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Boston, MA
WILD HORSES-3, Original Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painting, 2021 30" x 40" x 2" (HxWxD) Oil and Newspaper on Canvas Hand-signed by the artist. This large-format oil painti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Newsprint

Rare Large Abstract Expressionist Welded Assemblage Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Large Abstract Expressionist Welded Assemblage Sculpture. it appears unsigned. it is on a found wood original base. it has a Brutalist quality to it. It commands a lot of presence
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Sailing, Large Abstract Expressionist Mid-Century Oil, Cleveland Artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres (American, 1927–2013) Sailing, 1973 oil on canvas signed lower right, signed and titled verso 58 x 72 inches Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1973 Richard...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Large Signed Exhibited Abstract Expressionist Original Framed Oil Painting
By Adele Becker
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American signed abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 41.5L x 31.5H.
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Layers Of Time In Jimmy s Garden" Colorful Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Tony Magar
Located in Houston, TX
Modern pink, yellow, and blue abstract expressionist painting by English artist Tony Magar. The work features bold, emotive strokes that continue around the edges with a patch of whi...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hand Signed and Inscribed Abstract Expressionist Poster
By Stanley Boxer
Located in New York, NY
Stanley Boxer Hand Signed and Inscribed Abstract Expressionist Poster, 1979 Offset Lithograph Poster Hand signed and warmly inscribed by ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Golden Glow. Abstract expressionist, interior painting, large, gold
Located in Oslo, NO
"Golden Glow" is a painting filled with bright, warm light and abstract shapes that convey a sense of powerful energy and inner light. The painting depicts a bright sun piercing the...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Verdant" Contemporary Neutral Toned Gestural Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Neutral toned gestural abstract painting by contemporary artist Ian Francis. The work features a variety of gestural marks in white and tan, accented by a black square. Signed, title...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Monument in Red, Black, and Blue - Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Monument in Red, Black, and Blue - Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A blac...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Abstract Expressionist Etruscan Inspired Decorative Ceramic.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Abstract Expressionist ceramic by French artist Claude Urbani. Signed to the front side and dated 93. Incised Antibes 1993 to the revers...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

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Clay, Terracotta, Glaze

Abstract Expressionist Abstract Large Oil on Canvas, Le Pèlerin.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Expressionist abstract oil on canvas by French artist Bernard Duvert. The painting is signed bottom left, dated and titled to the rear stretchers and with exhibition numbers. A magn...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Impressive American Abstract Expressionist Modern Interior Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed and titled verso, "Bertoia Chair". Handsomely framed in a period molding. Excellent ...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Reflections, large abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 Reflections, 1985 acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas signed lower right, signed, dated and titled verso 52.5 x 72.5 inches 53 x 73 inches, ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic

Crows On The Field - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Canvas
By Kristin Cohen
Located in Soquel, CA
Crows On The Field - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Canvas Compelling abstract expressionist painting "Crows on the Field" by Kristin Cohen (American, b. 1963). This p...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Robert Motherwell Abstract Expressionist Print in 19th Century Gilt Frame
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Atlanta, GA
Abstract Expressionist Print, by Robert Motherwell, American, circa 1967. This work is from the limited edition portfolio "In Memory of My Feelings: A Selection of Poems by Frank O'Hara". Only 2500 were printed. This example has been professionally framed under UV resistant glass in a 19th Century gilt frame.
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Fiery Sky
By Murray Hantman
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Expressionist Subject: Landscape Medium: Watercolor Surface: Paper Country: United States Dimensions w/Frame: 16" x 28" Murray Hantman (1904–1999) was a painter, muralist, an...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Lightness (Abstract Expressionist painting), Hand signed and Estate stamped
By Ben Wilson
Located in New York, NY
Ben WIlson Lightness, ca. 1980 Oil on masonite board 21 × 25 × 3/10 inches Stamped by artist's estate, Hand signed by the artist on the front AND stamped by the artist's estate on th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Dynamic Mid-Century Abstract Expressionist Piece
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic Mid-Century Abstract Expressionist Piece by Andres R. Montani (Uruguayan b. 1918 d. 2000) Bold and beautiful 1960s abstract expressionist oil painting. This painting is cons...
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1960s Post-Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Paper
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Cardboard San Francisco Bay area abstract expressionist composition by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Blue, red, and yellow-green patches swirl around each other, evoking the image of a nebula or body of water with leaves floating on top. The bold colors contrast with each other, creating a strong impression even from a distance. Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Estate stamp on verso "Estate of Honora Berg - Miller Fine Art" Unframed. Paper size: 29.75"H x 22"W Larry Miller 1958-2003, Larry was a specialist in bay area abstract artists and purchased numerous bay area artists estates. He purchased the entirety of the Honora Berg Estate and we purchased many of those works directly from Larry. Honora Berg, an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist, studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff and James Budd Dixon...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Large Abstract Expressionist Painting Signed Moses Dated 1975
Located in Peabody, MA
A dynamic and large scale abstract expressionist canvas signed Moses, dated 1975.
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

"Surreal Bird "German Oversized Red Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting 1965
By Sydney Licht
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3947 German Abstract Expressionist painting on rapped canvas with painted edges no frame required Signed Titled Surreal Bird 1965
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Jellies" Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Jellies" Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Vibrant abstract composition by Santa Cruz artist Annamarina Norman (20th Century). Dots of complimentary colors ha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Senegalese Abstract Expressionist Acrylic on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Abstract expressionist acrylic on canvas by Senegalese artist Amadou Kré M'Baye. Signed bottom right. An excellent example of his abstract expressionist phase which would date the ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Etude (abstract expressionist painting)
By Fredric Karoly
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Fredric Karoly (1898-1987). Etude, 1950. Oil on masonite panel measures 18 x 24 inches. Unframed. Signed, titled, dated on reverse. Good condition with minor paint loss at edges. Biography: An abstract painter, Karoly was born in Hungary and studied painting in Paris, architectural eingineering in Berlin, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1926. He began a successful career as a fashion and fabric designer. In 1948 he was working as a fashion director for Simplicity Patters, when he had a solo exhibition of of his oil paintings, wire montages, dry-pen drawings and abstract photography. Solo Exhibitions: Hugo Gallery (Alexandre Iolas) New York 1948; Gallery Mai. Paris 1949; New Gallery (Eugene Thaw) New York 1950; Museu de Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil 1951; Miami Museum of Modern Art, Miami, Florida 1959; Loft Gallery, New York City, 1966.Group Exhibitions: Hugo Gallery, New York 1947; Salon des Realities Nouvelles, Paris 1949-1953; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (Annual) 1951-1953, 1963; Biennale of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1951; International Independent Exhibition, Tokyo, 1951; Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1959; The Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, Ohio, 1960; Stuttman Gallery, New York, 1960; The Art Institute of Chicago (Annual), 1960; International Watercolor Exhibition, Brookyln Museum, 1961; Westchester Art Museum, White Plains, NY, 1963; Whitney Museum, Annual, NY 1963; Cleveland Art Festival, Park Synagogue, Cleveland, 1963; Whitney Museum, Sculpture Annual, NY, 1964.Works in Institutional Collections: Museu de Arte, San Paulo, Brazil; Museu de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina; New York University, New York; Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; Finch College, NY; Barnard College, NY; Metropolitan Museum, Whitney Museum and Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL. Awards: National Council Arts Awards, 1968. Frederic Karoly died on December 15, 1987 at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Manhattan, where he had made his home for many years. Fredric Karoly was born in Budapest in 1893. According to Karoly’s own vitae, his exhibition history began in New York in 1947, when at the age of 54 he took part in a four-person group show at Hugo Gallery. His involvement with visual art however was apparently life long. In a brief introduction to his solo show at Galerie Mai in Paris in June of 1949, Jen Luc de Rudder, reports that Karoly began painting at the age of 12 in Budapest. After several years of studying, then working in London, Paris and Berlin, Karoly emigrated to the United States in 1925 or 1926 (he probably first came to the US on a work visa in 1925). In New York, Karoly worked in women’s fashion as a designer. In 1948 Karoly worked in a manner than was clearly influenced by the work of such European surrealists as Max Ernst, creating spiked automatic bi-chromatic paintings. His style progressed into a progressively more biomorphic vein, similar to explorations by Theodore Stamos, Daphnis, Milton Avery and Mark Rothko around the same period. He was supported with patronage during this period by Mrs. Mimi Baliff, who apparently supported the “Industrial Design Workshop” that she helped open to feature Karoly’s designs in 1948. By the early 1950’s (1951) Karoly started experimenting with the drip and splatter process as well. Drip paintings dominated his process until the late 50’s-early 60’s, when linear compositional elements began to reemerge. By the late 50’s multi-layered drip grid motifs asserted a masque of spatial organization over looser washed fields and splatters of paint that Karoly worked off of. This development was consistent with concurrent explorations into the grid by artist Agnes Martin and others. By the mid-50’s Karoly’s style began another transition into a more surface concerned “Color Field” style of painting. There are elements still reminding one of Abstract Expressionist concerns as such painters as Clifford Still. But the works that began to emerge from Karoly’s studio in 1958 presaged the Morris Lewis fan motifs and Friedl Dzubas’s epic and romantic color spewing expanses of canvas. In 1959 Karoly began experiments using washes of turpentine diluted oil paint directly onto raw linen, and all of these subsequently suffered the consequences of oil oxidation and acidity upon the surfaces. However, many of Karoly’s washes in color field happily occurred on lightly prepared primed canvas surfaces as well. By 1960 Karoly began reintroducing imagistic references to his visual content. There were also various references to Japanese and Zen influences. He experimented with a variety of processes that included mixed media and marbleized surfaces achieved by the intermixture of oil and water mediums. A calligraphic element also enter Karoly’s work in the early 60’s. Then in 1961 glued and assembled objects begin to show up in Karoly’s work in earnest. The influence of early POP artists, particularly Jasper Johns, and Robert Rauschenberg, become apparent. From 1961-63, a series of the assemblage works transition from canvas to the sculptural to pieces obviously intended for full scale installation. Many of these pieces were among the most fragile of his works primarily due to their reliance upon the of gluing of objects such as plastic or paper cups on flexible surfaces of stretched linen or canvas. In the mid-60’s Karoly apparently produced a number of photo-silk screened series of Picasso, De Kooning and other significant artists of his generation. These were executed in a style somewhere between Rauschenberg’s and Roy Lichtenstein’s, primarily because of their reliance upon half tones and Ben-Day dot effects. Then Karoly began a series of paintings conflating his drip and grid styles with super imposed and painted over string. In the late 60’s Karoly embarked upon a series of multi-paneled stretched linen constructions often with slits and fiber optic back-lit elements that were prescient of the work of Dan Flavin and others. It was this body of work that was shown at Hofstra University’s Emily Lowe Gallery, and it was these works that suffered perhaps the most irreparable damage from a steam/water infiltration in a space where they were being stored. The late professional start that Karoly had into the art world was balanced by his long life span and early immersion into the design issues of modernism as it emerged in turn of the century Europe and later evolved in America. He was clearly an artist who subscribed to the ethos of the new in abstraction and was obviously impressionable and in some instances prescient with regard to various trends in abstraction. Several noteworthy and influential collectors and institutions during his 40 years of professional engagement acquired his work. The Whitney Museum of American Art had and may still own a large Karoly canvas from 1960, but this is doubtful as the artist failed to list it on the vitae he filed with MoMA in 1965. His work was recognized and honored by the Whitney with its inclusion in four of their annual survey shows (1951,1953, 1963 and 1964). The artist’s surrealist influenced paintings from 1948-1950 were the focus of a solo exhibition held of his work by the Museo de Art in Sao Paulo and eight years later a ten year survey of his work was the focus of a solo show at the Miami Museum of Modern art. The Sao Paulo Museum in Brazil, and the Museo de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, Argentina each acquired Karoly paintings for their collections in the 1950’s. One of Karoly’s surrealist pieces was apparently purchased by Christian Zervos, Picasso’s designated chronicler, who apparently also wrote a piece on Karoly in Cahiers D’Art in 1949. A 60’s piece of Karoly art that is in the New York University’s permanent collection is included in the MoMA Library’s catalog...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Parisian Abstract Expressionist Original Oil Painting -
By Yvette Dubois Habasque
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by the French abstract artist, Yvette Dubois-Habasque (1929-2016). oil painting on canvas, unframed signed and dated verso canvas: 10.5 x 18 inches...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Mid-Century French Abstract Expressionist Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A large mid-century French abstract expressionist oil and acrylic on canvas by Jean-Louis Ladislas. Signed and dated 69 to the reverse. Presented in a slim baton wood frame. A highl...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

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