At flea markets, antique malls, and even thrift stores, you can buy
old oil and acrylic paintings created by both listed artists and talented amateurs.
Not exact matches
David Salle, The
Old Bars (after MH), 2017
oil,
acrylic, flashe, charcoal
and archival digital print on linen, 1.7 × 2.3 m. Courtesy: © the artist, VAGA, New York, Skarstedt, New York,
and DACS, London
The
Old Bars (after MH), 2017,
oil,
acrylic, flashe, charcoal,
and archival digital print on linen, 67 1/8 x 92 inches.
Several of the lots with higher estimates failed to sell, including Jasper Francis Cropsey's 1847
oil The
Old Mill, which had been estimated at $ 40,000 / 60,000,
and Sam Gilliam's 1993
acrylic and pastel on canvas titled Iceland I, which was expected to bring $ 20,000 / 30,000.
Jaune Quick - To - See - Smith, Grasp Tight the
Old Ways, 2011,
oil and acrylic on canvas, 72 x 48 inches (courtesy of Accola Griefen Gallery)
Strongly influenced by the work of the abstract expressionists
and the romantic light of the
old masters, Rayer - Smith's large
oil and acrylic paintings effortlessly fuse abstraction, the figurative
and the surreal.
«When starting a painting, I try to be crazy
and paint with whatever feels good at the moment:
old acrylic test paint, rollers, squeegees, stir sticks, wire mesh,
oil sticks,
and lots of smearing
and dripping.
Secundino Hernández's frenetic
oil, gouache,
and acrylic paintings feature abstract
and figurative elements,
and references to both Action Painting
and the
Old Masters, particularly Spanish forbears like El Greco
and Velázquez.
Seductive Subversion includes Marisol's John Wayne sculpture, commissioned by Life magazine for an issue on movies; the French sculptor, painter,
and filmmaker Niki de Saint Phalle's eight - foot - tall Black Rosy, one of her «Nana» sculptures exploring the role of women; Rosalyn Drexler's
oil and acrylic work Chubby Checker, inspired by the poster for the movie Twist around the Clock,
and Home Movies, based on frames from
old gangster movies; the Times Square — inspired Ampersand, a multilayered, stylized,
and illuminated neon ampersand in a Plexiglas cube by Chryssa, one of the first artists to utilize neon in her work;
and a seventeen - foot - long triptych by Idelle Weber.