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"Sculpture Model" Abstract American Drawing Modernism Mid 20th Century Cubism
Located in New York, NY
artists of the time including Alexander Calder, John Ferren, George L.K. Morris, and Charles Green Shaw
Category

1930s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Poems, Willem de Kooning
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Suzanne Benton, Before We Knew, 2024, oil on gessoed birch panel, Spiritualism
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
into her inner self in that time of stillness. Well educated in color by John Ferren, the abstract
Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Birch, Oil, Board

Suzanne Benton, Blue Mauve, 2022, oil on linen, Spiritualism
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
into her inner self in that time of stillness. Well educated in color by John Ferren, the abstract
Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Suzanne Benton, Hope, 2023, oil on linen, Spiritualism
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
into her inner self in that time of stillness. Well educated in color by John Ferren, the abstract
Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Birch, Oil, Board

Suzanne Benton, Passage, 2022, oil on linen, Spiritualism
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
into her inner self in that time of stillness. Well educated in color by John Ferren, the abstract
Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Birch, Oil, Board

Suzanne Benton, Caught in the Dark Waters of Life, 2024, oil, Spiritualism
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
into her inner self in that time of stillness. Well educated in color by John Ferren, the abstract
Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Gesso, Birch

Suzanne Benton, Rescue, 2020, oil on board, Spiritualism
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
into her inner self in that time of stillness. Well educated in color by John Ferren, the abstract
Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Suzanne Benton, Soft Thunder, 2021, oil on canvas, Spiritualism
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
into her inner self in that time of stillness. Well educated in color by John Ferren, the abstract
Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Suzanne Benton, Forecast, 2024, oil on canvas, Spiritualism
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
into her inner self in that time of stillness. Well educated in color by John Ferren, the abstract
Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Suzanne Benton, Flyaway, 2021, oil on canvas, Spiritualism
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
into her inner self in that time of stillness. Well educated in color by John Ferren, the abstract
Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Suzanne Benton, Shine On, 2021, oil on canvas, Neo-Transcendentalism
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
into her inner self in that time of stillness. Well educated in color by John Ferren, the abstract
Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Suzanne Benton, Compendium, 2024, oil on canvas, Neo-Transcendentalism
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
into her inner self in that time of stillness. Well educated in color by John Ferren, the abstract
Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Suzanne Benton, Heavenly Kingdom, 2022, oil on Belle Art primed panel, Transcend
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
into her inner self in that time of stillness. Well educated in color by John Ferren, the abstract
Category

2010s Symbolist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Suzanne Benton, Centering, 2022, oil on panel, Neo-Transcendentalism
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
into her inner self in that time of stillness. Well educated in color by John Ferren, the abstract
Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Suzanne Benton, Approach, 2022, oil on gesso board, Neo-Transcendentalism
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
into her inner self in that time of stillness. Well educated in color by John Ferren, the abstract
Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

1967 Abstract Geometric Expressionist NYC MoMA Silkscreen Card, Stable Gallery
By Alvin Dickstein
Located in Surfside, FL
, Varujan Boghosian, Edward Dugmore, John Ferren, Ian Hornak, Alex Katz, Lowell Nesbitt, Conrad Marca-Relli
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Untitled 1960s Abstract Geometric Expressionist New York Stable Gallery Drawing
By Alvin Dickstein
Located in Surfside, FL
, including: Joseph Cornell, Varujan Boghosian, Edward Dugmore, John Ferren, Ian Hornak, Alex Katz, Lowell
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

Illustrate Illusion, oil painting on panel, signed 2X Andre Zarre gallery Framed
By Dee Shapiro
Located in New York, NY
(1954-1960). There she studied color with abstract artist John Ferren. A semester in Mexico in 1956
Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Montage" Charles Green Shaw, Antique Playing Cards and Pipe Montage
By Charles Green Shaw
Located in New York, NY
and Morris who provided introductions to many great painters. Shaw regularly spent time with John
Category

1930s American Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Montage (Gaming)" Charles Green Shaw, Playing Cards Collage, Games
By Charles Green Shaw
Located in New York, NY
and Morris who provided introductions to many great painters. Shaw regularly spent time with John
Category

1930s American Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Pleasure and Recreation" Charles Green Shaw, Playing Cards Collage, Games
By Charles Green Shaw
Located in New York, NY
and Morris who provided introductions to many great painters. Shaw regularly spent time with John
Category

1930s American Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Paper

"Happening" Charles Green Shaw, Abstract Red Composition, Mid Century
By Charles Green Shaw
Located in New York, NY
and Morris who provided introductions to many great painters. Shaw regularly spent time with John
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Harvard vs Yale" Charles Green Shaw, Football, Ivy League Sports, Abstract
By Charles Green Shaw
Located in New York, NY
to many great painters. Shaw regularly spent time with John Ferren and Jean Hélion. The following
Category

1940s Abstract Geometric Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

By the Dawn's Early Light, mid-century abstract black, red, yellow oil painting
By Charles Green Shaw
Located in Beachwood, OH
regularly spent time with John Ferren and Jean Hélion. The following year Gallatin organized an exhibition
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled, Head Of An Artist, Avant-Garde Bronze Sculpture
By Phillip Pavia
Located in Surfside, FL
. Traveling between Italy and Paris, Pavia met John Ferren, John Graham, Landes Lewitin, and writer Henry
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Nassos Daphnos, Structures (Rare Leo Castelli Gallery invitation
By Nassos Daphnis
Located in New York, NY
Greene's American Abstract Artists, Fritz Glarner, Ilya Bolotowski, John Ferren and others, were
Category

1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Untitled, Head Of An Artist, Avant-Garde Bronze Sculpture
By Phillip Pavia
Located in Surfside, FL
influential artists of his time. Traveling between Italy and Paris, Pavia met John Ferren, John Graham, Landes
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Abstract Red Persimmon Oil Painting on Panel Marylyn Dintenfass Modernist
By Marylyn Dintenfass
Located in Surfside, FL
artist worked with Abstract Expressionist painter John Ferren and muralist Barse Miller. Marilyn
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"AKEE" Oil Painting, Marylyn Dintenfass Modernist Abstract Expressionist Pop Art
By Marylyn Dintenfass
Located in Surfside, FL
artist worked with Abstract Expressionist painter John Ferren and muralist Barse Miller. Marilyn
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Hot
By John Ferren
Located in New York, NY
John Ferren Hot, 1966 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 inches
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hot
H 24 in W 24 in
Shelly's Choice
By John Ferren
Located in New York, NY
John Ferren Shelley's Choice, 1968 Oil on canvas 32 x 40 inches
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Battam Bang
By John Ferren
Located in New York, NY
John Ferren Battam Bang, 1962 Oil on canvas 54 x 54 inches
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fahadrew
By John Ferren
Located in New York, NY
John Ferren Fahadrew, 1966-68 Oil on canvas 40 x 38 inches
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tabriz
By John Ferren
Located in New York, NY
John Ferren Tabriz, 1969 Acrylic on canvas 23 3/4 x 35 1/2 inches
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Tabriz
H 23.75 in W 35.5 in
Little Tabriz
By John Ferren
Located in New York, NY
John Ferren Little Tabriz, 1969 Acrylic on canvas 13 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Little Tabriz
H 13.75 in W 16.75 in
Untitled A7493
By John Ferren
Located in New York, NY
John Ferren Untitled A7493, 1933 Watercolor and gouache on paper 17 x 23 3/4 inches
Category

1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper, Watercolor

"Hang Gliding" 2017, Mixed Media and Acrylic on Stretched Canvas, Unframed
Located in Baton Rouge, US
advanced study at Queens College in New York with John Ferren and James Brooks. His work ranges from
Category

20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Untitled Abstract Drawing
By John Ferren
Located in Providence, RI
Kaminski of Los Angeles, California. John Ferren is the artist about which Gertrude Stein reputedly said
Category

1950s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

"Taking Flight" 2019, Mixed Media and Acrylic on Canvas with Black Frame
Located in Baton Rouge, US
advanced study at Queens College in New York with John Ferren and James Brooks. His work ranges from
Category

20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

City Collage Series, 1975 Abstracted Colorful Collage on Paper, Unframed
Located in Baton Rouge, US
did one year of advanced study at Queens College in New York with John Ferren and James Brooks. His
Category

20th Century Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Rag Paper

"Sailing With Ten Colors" Mixed Media & Rag Paper Collage on Paper, Abstract
Located in Baton Rouge, US
University, and did one year of advanced study at Queens College in New York with John Ferren and James
Category

20th Century Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Archival Paper

"Shelter with Yellow" 1978, Mixed Media and Rag Paper Collage on Paper, Abstract
Located in Baton Rouge, US
University, and did one year of advanced study at Queens College in New York with John Ferren and James
Category

20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Archival Paper

"Watermill" 1975, Mixed Media and Rag Paper Collage on Paper, Abstract
Located in Baton Rouge, US
did one year of advanced study at Queens College in New York with John Ferren and James Brooks. His
Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Archival Paper

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