2013
A photographer, draftsman, cinematographer and painter, Frédéric Choisel is a person of many talents. Colors swirl across his canvases as if they’re in motion — his brushstrokes produce unexpected forms and textural heft. And while he’s best known for his abstract paintings, Choisel has created numerous works in a realist style, drawing frequently on the power of nature to produce serene landscapes as well as enveloping depictions of cloudy skies at dusk.
Born in France, Choisel attended Ecole Supérieure d'Etudes Cinématographiques and went on to the University of Paris VII, where he studied painting and other disciplines such as photography (he was shooting with an old Pentax as a child).
Influenced by the Dutch and Spanish Baroque artistic movements, Choisel credits 19th-century French masters Gustave Courbet and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot as inspirations. Photography and film are important to his painting, too. The artist initially worked as a filmmaker, and is still actively taking on projects as a cinematographer in the documentary realm. Choisel’s work behind the camera — any camera — is integral to his other endeavors. A still image he captures as part of a film project might find a new life as a subject at his easel.
Choisel has shown his work in solo and group exhibitions in France, Belgium and throughout the United States. He lives and works out of Paris, but also has a studio in Long Island City, New York, and is represented by Andra Norris Art Gallery in San Francisco.
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Akua No 6 / oil on linen
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Red, orange, purple and green appear to move across the canvas that is created with the highest quality linen with unpainted edges, in this beautiful abstract painting that is inspir...
Oil
Le Loubinou No. 1 Abstract Oil Painting on Linen, Unframed
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elegant abstract oil painting in warm yellow and gold with metallic pigments including gold and metal leaf on Belgian linen. The large scale vibrant painting shimmers and changes wit...
Metal
Le Loubinou No. 2 Abstract Oil Painting on Linen, French American, Signed
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Abstract oil painting in blue and violet gold with metallic pigments including gold and metal leaf on Belgian linen. The large scale vibrant painting shimmers and changes with the ti...
Metal
Small Matilija 2
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Abstract painting with floral references that bridges geometry, in yellow, red, green, and gold. Oil on canvas painted with thick impasto layering of paint that glistens, shimmers, a...
Canvas, Oil
Bouquet Retrouvé
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Inspired by the cities of France, New York, and the Bay Area, Fréderic Choisel’s elegant abstractions that are created in rich sculptural paint, tell ...
Metal
Inextricable IV
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mixed media: oil, fiberglass, metallic pigments on panel, and framed in artist fabricated silver aluminum. Inspired by the cities of France, New York and the Bay Area, French Am...
Metal
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Canvas, Late 20th Century
By Andy Miller
Located in Astoria, NY
Andy Miller (American, b. 1950), Abstract Composition, Oil on Canvas, impasto details, brown and green with reddish hues, with artist's studio stamp to verso, apparently unsigned, un...
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Canvas, Late 20th Century
By Andy Miller
Located in Astoria, NY
Andy Miller (American, b. 1950), Abstract Composition, Oil on Canvas, impasto details, ochre and red waves over navy blue, with artist's studio stamp to verso, apparently unsigned, c...
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Canvas, Late 20th Century
By Andy Miller
Located in Astoria, NY
Andy Miller (American, b. 1950), Abstract Composition, Oil on Canvas, impasto details, green brown with heavy texture, artist's studio stamp to verso, apparently unsigned, unframed. ...
Canvas, Oil
"June". Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
'June, Cartrefle'. oil on canvas 24" x 30". Inspired by an informal country garden that became neglected for a year and subsequently burst into an exuberant and uncontrolled celebra...
Canvas, Oil
"Magnetic Personality" Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
By Charles David Francis
Located in Soquel, CA
"Magnetic Personality" Abstract Galactic Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Textured abstract composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Blended co...
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Untitled Abstract Composition Oil Painting on Canvas, 2007, Signed
By Jean-Marie Haessle
Located in Astoria, NY
Jean-Marie Haessle (French/American, 1939-2024), Untitled (Abstract Composition), Oil on Canvas, 2007, signed and dated verso, unframed. 60" H x 48" W x 1.5" D. Provenance: From th...
Canvas, Oil
