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Large John Hultberg SF Bay Area Artist Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By John Hultberg
Located in Surfside, FL
John Hultberg Oil on canvas Panorama of pictures. 1998 Hand signed lower right, J. Hultberg ‘98. Artist, date, and title written on verso. Canvas 25.5”H x 35”W, Frame 26”H x 35.5”...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Acrylic Canvas Painting American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind acrylic canvas painting by Linda Coppola.
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Commedia II, Abstract Expressionist Monoprint Robert Kuszek
By Robert Kuszek
Located in Long Island City, NY
Abstract Expressionist monoprint by American artist Robert Kuszek (b.1959). This print is on thick paper, and the images are textured and embossed. The piece is signed in the lower r...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Monoprint

Abstract Expressionist Biomorphic Coloured Pencil Drawing.
Located in Cotignac, FR
1980s abstract expressionist biomorphic coloured pencil drawing on paper by Belgian artist André Pierret, signed bottom right. André Pierret was born ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil

Abstract Expressionist woman oil on cardboard "Sun-kissed in a red swimsuit"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist woman in a red swimsuit was created by the French artist Natalya Mougenot and makes part of her ongoing series dedicated to Women. Sun Kisse...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Phenomena Entreat the Caves by Paul Jenkins - Abstract Expressionist painting
By Paul Jenkins
Located in London, GB
Phenomena Entreat the Caves by Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) Acrylic on canvas 61 x 50 cm (24 x 19 ³/₄ inches) Signed lower left, Paul Jenkins Executed in 1998-2001 Provenance: Private collection, Italy Literature: Prato, Galleria Open Art, Paul Jenkins, 12 November 2005 - 31 January 2006, p. 61 (illustrated) Artist biography: Born at Kansas City in Missouri (USA), the multi-media artist, poet and playwright Paul Jenkins studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and the Art Students League in New York City. After his discharge from military service at the end of February 1946, he briefly studied playwriting with dramatist George McCalmon at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. Thereafter, Jenkins spent four years studying with Japanese American artist Yasuo Kuniyoshi in New York City. His first solo exhibitions were held at Studio Paul Facchetti in Paris in 1954 and the Martha Graham Gallery in New York City in 1956. Over the past thirty years, numerous retrospectives have been curated across the globe and Jenkins’ work can found in national collections from Europe and the United States to Israel, Australia and Japan. The diversity of his work springs from Jenkins’ wealth of eclectic influences. Some of his earliest works included what he called "interior landscapes" influenced by ancient natural forms like the caves he visited in the Ozark Mountains in his native-Missouri. Frequent student visits to the Frick Collection in New York fostered a love of the great masters: Bellini, Holbein, Vermeer, Rembrandt, de la Tour, Turner and Goya. In compliment, lingering student visits to the renowned Eastern collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City evoked powerful sympathy for a monumental Chinese fresco...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic and Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract composition by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A bold black character tak...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pastel

Mirror, abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 Mirror, 1984 acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas signed lower right, dated and titled verso 12 x 12 inches Richard Andres was born in Buff...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic

Huge Dorothy Gillespie Colorful Abstract Expressionist Enamel Painted Sculpture
By Dorothy Gillespie
Located in Surfside, FL
Dorothy Gillespie (1920 – 2012) Ribboned Image X 2001 Metal Ribbon Sculpture, Enamel on Aluminum with colorful striped green ribbons. Dimensions...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

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Metal, Enamel

Abstract Expressionist Painting with Bold Textured Brushstrokes Sunset Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract composition French artist, circa 1960's oil on board, unframed board: 31 x 35.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: some surface dirt but all good and s...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Expressionist Radio City New York City
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract Expressionist Radio City New York City by British Urban Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. This unique original is a major work to continue her epic New York Series which n...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Linen, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Abstract Expressionist Painting Titled, "Shift"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original abstract expressionist painting by local San Diego artist, Kelsey Overstreet. This is an acrylic on canvas and its d...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Ervin B. Nussbaum (1914 - 1996). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Dated 1950. Artist Bio: Ervin B. Nussbaum was born in Co...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Red and Blue Oil
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Blue and red abstrct expressionist painting on rapped canvas no frame required Signed on verso
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Untitled Abstract Expressionist lithograph, from Carnegie Museum (155 Lembark)
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
Sam Francis Untitled (from Fresh Air School), 1972 Lithograph on wove paper, for the Carnegie Museum of Art 15 × 22 inches Limited Edition of 6,000 (unsigned edition; there is a sepa...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

HUGE FRENCH ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST PAINTING - 1970 S/80 S PERIOD
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1970's-1980's Title: Abstract/ Expressionist composition Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed Size: painting: 39.25 x 39.25 inches Prove...
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Mid-19th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern Oil Painting Abstract Expressionist Forms Purple Green purple
By Toma Yovanovich
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid-century modern abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich. This work comes housed in an original artist made frame. The painting is signed,...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expressionist "Forms Divide" Like Franz Kline
By Emerson Woelffer
Located in Miami, FL
It's 1951. Who was doing painting like this? Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb, Clyfford Still, Robert Motherwell, Lee Kra...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Acrylic

Willem de Kooning rare 1970s Abstract Expressionist print Signed/N small edition
By Willem de Kooning
Located in New York, NY
Willem de Kooning Annual Spring Invitational Art Exhibition (limited edition, hand signed numbered by Willem de Kooning), 1979 Offset lithograph (hand signed and numbered) Sign...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

"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

Attention Please, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by Elizabeth McIntosh
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Elizabeth McIntosh Title: Attention Please Date: 2016 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 24 x 20 in. (60.96 x 50.8 cm) Abs...
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2010s Abstract 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

Contemporary Italian Abstract Expressionist Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Contemporary Abstract Expressionist acrylic and oil on canvas by Italian artist Albino Palamara. Signed to the reverse. Title: Espoir de la Rencontre. A strikingly colourful and en...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Oil

French Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Gérard Guegueniat (French, 1970s) Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: Framed: 19 x 25 inches Board: 18 x 24 inches Provenance: Private Collection, France Condition: Very good a...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Out of Order", Abstract Expressionist, Red, Blue, Yellow, Oil Painting, 2021
By Katherine Borkowski-Byrne
Located in Franklin, MA
Katherine Borkowski-Byrne’s “Out of Order” is a colorful abstract expressionist oil painting 38 x 60 x 1.5 inches on canvas with thick and thin spontaneous brushwork, drips and splas...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Attention" Heavily Textured Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Attention" Heavily Textured Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Canvas Bold, textured, impasto composition of a nude female by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Contemporary abstract expressionist nature Provence "Clouds over cypress"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist fauvist landscape depicting Provence, titled "Clouds over cypress", in the south of France, was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot as ...
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2010s Fauvist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

A Visual Journey: Landscape #6, Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Boston, MA
A Visual Journey: Landscape #6, Original Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painting, 2022 Reminiscent of the abstract expressionist works of Hans Hoffman, this small-format mixed media painting study by artist Simona Gocan...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

"Northern legends.River" Original abstract painting.Abstract expressionist works
Located in Oslo, NO
In this painting, I've interwoven the raw textures of acrylic and the fluidity of ink to explore the mysticism of natural landscapes. The deep contrasts and vibrant splashes symboliz...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"La Corrida", "The Bull Run", French Abstract Expressionist Oil on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century abstract Expressionist oil on board by French artist Emmanuelle Bardet. Signed bottom right and dated 95 and titled "La Corrida" to the reverse along with a dedicat...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

LATE AUTUMN, Original Signed Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Boston, MA
LATE AUTUMN, Original Signed Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painting 30" x 40" x 2" (HxWxD) Oil on Canvas Hand-signed and dated by the artist. A large-format, subdued abstract ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Village Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil Warm Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Sky Composition by Gerard Guegueniat (French 1970's) signed oil painting on board, framed framed: 21.5 x 27 inches board: 18 x 12 inches provenance: private co...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Large Harry Bertschmann Swiss American Abstract Expressionist Outsider Painting
By Harry Bertschmann
Located in Surfside, FL
Harry Bertschmann (Swiss American, born 1931). Acrylic painting on paper. Artist signature to lower right. Provenance: Joy Moos Gallery (this was exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair) ...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Abstract Expressionist Figure - "I Don t See Anything Here"
By R Navarro
Located in Soquel, CA
Intense figurative abstract with bold colors and the text "I Don't See Anything Here" by R. Navarro (American, 20th Century). Signed "R. Navarro" and dated "2000" on verso. Image, 30...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Cardboard, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Concord, Abstract Expressionist Screenprint by James Brooks
By James Brooks
Located in Long Island City, NY
An abstract expressionist composition in bright and cheerful colors. Rather than opt for the moody and dark tone of other expressionists, this print uses almost youthful shades. The ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Screen

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

Red Tent Abstract Expressionist - Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Tent Abstract Expressionist - Acrylic on Paper Abstract in bold colors on a stark black background, by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century). A deep red tent-shape with an equally deep red firework streaming down from above, as the all seeing eye watches over the dark night. Signed and dated at the bottom right corner, "R. de Silva 86" Paper size: 18"H x 22"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980's. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim Stuckenberg...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

Latuka, Abstract Expressionist Screenprint by Dan Christensen
By Dan Christensen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dan Christensen, American (1942 - 2007) - Latuka, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 131/140, Image Size: 20 x 38 inches, Size: 29....
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Screen

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

"Reminiscing" (2025) By Danny McCaw, Abstract Expressionist Oil Portrait
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
"Reminiscing" is a beautiful original abstract expressionist oil portrait, created by American artist Danny McCaw. His highly varie...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Signed Original Oil Painting
By Christine Opolus
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting by Christine Opolus. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed. Framed. Image size, 32L x 12"H.
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Moonlight, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Board by Leonardo Nierman
By Leonardo Nierman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Leonardo Nierman, Mexican (1932 - 2023) - Moonlight, Medium: Oil on board, Size: 32 x 24 in. (81.28 x 60.96 cm), Frame Size: 40 x 32 inches
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Antique American Abstract Expressionist Vintage Signed Original Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist mixed media painting by Bernyce Alpert Winick 1922-2022. Watercolor and collage paper. Signed. Framed.
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Parallel - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Parallel - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Brightly colored composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). A layer of tissue ...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Stretcher Bars

AWH 191 - Original Abstract Expressionist Yellow Colorfield Oil Painting
By Bernhard Zimmer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bernhard Zimmer's abstract paintings transmit the richness of multiple layers of oil paint applied with precision to create an overall composition that holds opposites - order and ch...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, 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

Abstract Expressionist Collage in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Collage in Acrylic on Paper Bright, saturated abstract painting with collage by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Bold red,...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

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

20th century abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 Untitled, c. 1980 acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas 12 x 10 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic

Large Antique American Abstract Expressionist Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract still life painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso. Measuring: 48 by 56 inches overall, and 46 by 54 painting alone. In excellent origina...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Grey Figurative
By Louis Nadalini
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist nude figure by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Signed "Louis Nadalini" in the lower right corner. Signed "Louis Ernie Nadalini" on verso. Unframed. Image...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Cardboard, Canvas, Oil

1967 KUPFERMAN American LARGE Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting
By Lawrence Kupferman
Located in New York, NY
Lawrence Kupferman (1909-1982) was an important American Abstract Expressionist painter credited with bringing Abstract Expressionism to Boston. Kupferman's work is included in the c...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Cheveux en Liberte" Modern Yellow Abstract Expressionist Painting of Horses
Located in Houston, TX
Modern yellow toned Abstract Expressionist painting by the French painter Joël Dabin. The work features a group of running horses, with their hair flowing in the wind, set against an...
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1990s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

Contemporary abstract expressionist watercolor woman on paper "Figure in green"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist woman's figure was created by the French artist Natalya Mougenot and is part of her ongoing series dedicated to Women, where she explores the...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

1960s Mid-Century Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting in Primary Colors
By Florence Graziano
Located in Denver, CO
This original 1960s oil on canvas by American artist Florence V. Mercolino Graziano exemplifies the dynamic energy of the Abstract Expressionist movement. The composition showcases b...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Vintage Abstract Expressionist Standing Pensive Figurative Nude - Heavy Impasto
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Standing Pensive Figurative Nude - Heavy Impasto Abstract expressionist figurative composition of a nude woman by California artist Harald "Harry" Dr...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

A Visual Journey: Landscape #8, Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Boston, MA
A Visual Journey: Landscape #8, Original Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painting, 2022 9" x 12" (HxW) Watercolor and Acrylic on Paper Hand-signed by the artist. Reminiscent of the abstract expressionist works of Hans Hoffman, this small-format mixed media painting study by artist Simona Gocan...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

"Samba Underground" Abstract Expressionist Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Samba Underground" Abstract Expressionist Acrylic on Paper A vibrant abstract painting in red, black, white, purple and shimmering metallic gold, by California-based artist, Ricard...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic