2021
Milly Ristvedt, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964, after studies with Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of Art.
In Toronto, during the 1960s and 1970s, Ristvedt was making and exhibiting large-scale paintings alongside a small but defined group of non-figurative painters who, like Ristvedt, had planted roots in modernism. These roots continue to run deep for Ristvedt, who completed her MA in Art History at Queen's University in 2011 with a thesis that explored color in the grid of contemporary painting.
Ristvedt's paintings are part of private and public collections, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Vancouver Art Gallery. She has had over 50 solo exhibitions. In 2012, Ristvedt received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for her service as an advocate for artists.
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Increments - colourful large scale arrangement, small squares, acrylic on panels
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A monumental work, comprised of 66 small square panels, each painted with a single orthogonal, are installed in a precise grid: six high and ten across. The orthogonal panels are pai...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Twelve Panels, Thirty-Six Colors - colourful pairs of painted acrylic panels
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Twelve rectangular panels, each painted alternately in solid colors or solid with tinted vertical stripes, are installed in a precise grid: two high and six across. The artist began ...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
What We Need - large, bright, colourful, geometric abstract acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Abstract artist Milly Ristvedt uses colour as a language to express her thoughts and emotions. When the master colourist created this painting, she was reminded of tumultuous world events including concerns around climate change. The title refers to those thoughts. Clean, vertical ‘bands’ in bright orange, yellow, lime green, and black appear to express hope. A single, narrow horizontal...
Canvas, Acrylic
Systems #4 - modern, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting by Milly Ristvedt is expressed in geometric form. The power of pure colour and minimal form is masterfully displayed in this abstract painting by...
Canvas, Acrylic
Extension - large, bright, colourful, geometric abstract acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this dynamic new work by Milly Ritsvedt, bold vertical bands of pure colour run the length of the painting. As always, Ristvedt’s choice of colours in this hard-edged piece is masterful—turquoise, deep pink, blue and bright yellow. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings were ‘more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’ “The paintings of the past two or three years explore questions of form, colour and process that arise out of earlier works.” Milly Ristvedt Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...
Canvas, Acrylic
7 Pieces for Arvo Part - geometric abstract, grouping, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This grouping of seven geometric abstract paintings is by Canadian artist Milly Ristvedt. Milly Ristvedt named this lyrical abstract piece for Avro Part, the famous Estonian compose...
Acrylic, Canvas
0314, 0315 and 0316. Abstract Painting on Canvas, Acrylic.
By Alejandra Quintanilla
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The process of creating a painting leaves behind a series of elements that become the starting point for a new piece. A mark, a line, color and shape become elements of a new paintin...
Canvas, Acrylic
Martin Pelenur Color Field Geometric Abstraction Minimalist Painting, 2024
By Martin Pelenur
Located in Miami, FL
Martin Pelenur Color Field Geometric Abstraction Minimalist Painting, 2024 130 x 110cm Acrylic on canvas This abstract composition by Martin Pelenur explores balance, rhythm, and sp...
Acrylic
Negotiation 2 (Abstract Painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Negotiation 2 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on canvas — Unframed. Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic world...
Canvas, Acrylic
Negotiation 2 (Abstract Painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Negotiation 2 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on canvas — Unframed. Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic world...
Canvas, Acrylic
Resonance #23, 25 & 26/21 -set of 3 colorful abstract paintings by James Lumsden
By James Lumsden
Located in Paris, FR
Resonance #23, 25 & 26/21 is a set of 3 paintings by James Lumsden. From left to right, it is composed of: *Resonance #23/21, a unique acrylic on canvas with a gloss finish *Reso...
Acrylic
TRIPTIC, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Jose Maria Palacin Calvo
Located in Yardley, PA
ACRYLIC PAINTING IN WOODEN FRAME, ON SUPPORT OF FABRIC. IS PROVIDED WITH A VARNISH LAYER TO SAVE FROM DUST AND DIRT :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official ce...
Acrylic
