![]() ![]() Frequently made by artists working in the Abstract, Contemporary, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Vincent Pomilio, Kati Vilim, Gilbert Pauli, and Cari Cohen. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. If you’re looking to add Abstract paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, red, green and other colors. ![]() While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. ![]() Then to a San Francisco Collector and then to Robert Azensky fine Artįind a wide variety of authentic Plaster abstract paintings available on 1stDibs. Wanting Peter’s work to finally be seen, Richard came to Lost Art Salon with Peter’s story after reading about the new gallery in a July, 2005 issue of the SF Chronicle. His friend, Albert Richard Lasker, purchased all of Peter’s possessions (including the art) and has taken care of them until this day, always sensing there was something remarkable about the collection. Provenance: Without a will and a family that had little interest in his art, nearly all of his possessions and close to 100 paintings were turned over to SF’s Conservators Office. Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Witwer pieces. The composition is surrounded by an orange field, creating a strong contrast. Darker colors are layered atop each other, building up from white, yellow, and red through greens and blues into dark purple and black. Multi-Color Abstract Expressionist Textural Mid-Century Abstract by Peter WitwerĪ bold mid-century abstract expressionist piece exploding with heavy texture and vivid color by San Francisco artist Peter Witwer (American, 1928-1968). His prints have been published by GalleryOnline, publishers of Per Arnoldi, Ricardo benaim, Pierre Marie Brisson, Simon Bull, Fanch Ledan, Claude Gaveau and Laurent Schkolnyk and more. My tools are broad knives, sponges, rags and masking. I work with dry pigment over a plaster surface. The media before you is the result of many years of experimentation that came to its current form in early 1992. Obviously, the modernist ideal of efficiency in form and function requires that method of execution be as well adapted to the aesthetic goal as the visual language itself. Hence, the simplest solutions are often the most satisfying. Having grown up in an environment of contemporary architecture, I have always valued the classic modern synthesis of form and function exemplified by the Bauhaus movement of the early 20th century. I have never been particularly interested in lyric or pictorial content, and though some of my work does contain undeniable spatial illusion, even that tends to be a by-product rather than a goal of the primary pursuit: the balance of light and dark, pure color and organic neutrals, energy and calm, strong pattern and subtle field. Elements of the puzzle include contrast, color, visual texture, graphic pattern, and in some recent work, a simple cryptic symbolism. For me, the creative process is, on the simplest level, an aesthetic puzzle. Examples range from the most syrupy sentimentality to extremes of moral and intellectual confrontation. ![]() The universe of visual art encompasses a huge spectrum of motivation and means of expression. Canvas mounted on wood board work of art depicts geometric shapes and forms with a lacquered high gloss finish. ![]()
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