1973
“I’m interested,” Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930–2020) once said, “in making something romantic out of a very, very mechanistic geometry.” Anuszkiewicz sought to achieve this romance through works juxtaposing vibrant colors in geometric configurations. The perceptual effects he created helped define the American Op art movement.
Anuszkiewicz studied color theory at Yale under Josef Albers and was greatly influenced by Albers’s approach. “The image in my work has always been determined by what I wanted the color to do,” Anuszkiewicz explained in a 1974 catalogue. “Color function becomes my subject matter, and its performance is my painting.”
He departed from his mentor, however, in the pulsating, illusory qualities he gave his work. One of his most famous paintings, Deep Magenta Square (1978), although similar in composition to Albers’s “Homage to the Square” series, is distinctly Op art in the way the striations surrounding the central square seem to vibrate and jump off the canvas.
Anuszkiewicz spent his entire career exploring optical effects through the manipulation of line and color, producing spectacular and timeless pieces of art. “Working with basic ideas will always be exciting,” he said in 1977. “And if a color or form is visually exciting in any profound sense, it will be that way in 10 or 20 years from now.”
Browse a variety of paintings and prints by Richard Anuszkiewicz at 1stDibs.
R, Original Painting on Canvas, Hand Signed, 1985, 20 x 16 inches
By Manuel Ocampo
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic on canvas. Hand signed, titled and dated on verso by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Obsessive Serigraph on Paper, Abstract Style, Hand Signed, Edition of 50, 1990
By Antonio Perez melero
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, titled and numbered serigraph in colors on paper. Edition of 50. Sheet size 26 x 20 inches. Image size approx 20 x 14 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Cert...
Paper, Screen
Untitled, Original Abstract Mixed Media on Paper, Signed, 22 x 30 in.
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media on paper. Center square is silver and reflects light in prismatic pattern. Hand signed by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authent...
Paper, Mixed Media
Contemporary Mixed Media Painting on Wood Panel, Signed, 60x48
By Luis Garcia-Nerey
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media canvas mounted on wood panel. Hand signed on verso by Luis Garcia-Nerey. Artwork size: 57.37 x 45.37 x 2 inches. Frame size: 60 x 48 x 2 inches. Artwork is i...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Untitled Framed Watercolor on Paper, Abstract, Circa 1940, Signed
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Initialed lower right by Rolph Scarlett. Artwork size 7.75 x 8.75 inches. Frame size 17.5 x 21.5 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certifi...
Paper, Watercolor
Signed Lithograph from Ten Painters on War and Peace, 115/190, 1978
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on arches paper. Hand signed and numbered by Aviva Uri Edition 115/190. From the "Ten Painters on War and Peace" portfolio. Printed...
Paper, Lithograph
Untitled (Abstraction), Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, 1976
By Jack Roth
Located in Astoria, NY
Jack Roth (American, 1927-2004), Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, 1976, signed and dated "Roth 76" verso with "Jack Roth Estate" stamp, unframed. 56" H x 56" W x 2" D. Provenance: The ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Original Abstract Acrylic Canvas Painting, Framed, Late 20th Century
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original abstract acrylic canvas painting. framed , Rafael (Barcelona 1956) While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodrama’, in the same ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (Abstraction), Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, 1978
By Jack Roth
Located in Astoria, NY
Jack Roth (American, 1927-2004), Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, 1978, signed and dated "R 77" lower right edge, signed and dated "Roth 77" and marked "JR-156-77" verso with three "Jack...
Canvas, Acrylic
John Harvey McCracken Minimalist Abstract Oil on Canvas, 1973
By John McCracken
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Bright, exciting painting by well known New York/New Mexico/California artist John McCracken. Framed simply and in excellent condition. Signed on the verso and dated 1973. Painting m...
Paint
Untitled (Abstraction), Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, 1977
By Jack Roth
Located in Astoria, NY
Jack Roth (American, 1927-2004), Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, 1977, signed and dated "Roth 77" and marked "JR-158-77" verso with "Jack Roth Estate" stamp, unframed. 67.5" H x 40" W ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (258.11) (Abstract painting)
By Tilman
Located in London, GB
Crayon on vellum. Unframed. In a broader sense, Tilman’s works on paper function as an archive of the artist’s ideas and observations. The visual information derives from various so...
Crayon, Vellum
In the 1960s and '70s, the hypnotic creations of Op artists went mainstream and influenced the look of pop culture.
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