2021
Exceptional color combinations balanced with loosely configured shapes define the abstract geometric art of noted painter and typographer Robert Petrick. Through his rhythmic and lyrical abstract paintings, Petrick explores avant-garde style while establishing a link between the street culture of the East Village in New York City and the beauty of language.
Born in 1945, Petrick won a high school scholarship to study at Philadelphia’s Tyler School of Art, now the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University. In 1983, he moved to New York City, where he became immersed in developing his unique artistic style, based on the New York School of Abstract Expressionism, as coined by the artist Robert Motherwell in 1949.
The following year, Petrick gained critical attention for two designs he stenciled on the walls of New York’s Avenue B. Titled EXIT/EXIST and NOWHERE/NOW HERE, the works were featured in Vogue magazine and recognized by critics as compelling graffiti art.
Throughout his distinguished career, Petrick’s figurative paintings, still-life works and graphic designs have been featured on album covers and in commercial projects. His series include Shape, Gesture, Graffiti and the recent City Block, in which Petrick conveys the atmosphere of the East Village with color, shapes, energy and density.
Petrick has exhibited in solo and group gallery shows throughout New York. His works are also in demand with collectors of 20th- and 21st-century abstract art.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of Robert Petrick’s paintings.
City Block Series #3, East Village New York (Geometric Abstract)
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert W. Petrick - City Block Series #3 2021 Acrylic on canvas 40 x 30 x 1.5 inches East Village New York Geometric Abstract Stretched Painting Robert Petrick's paintings create ...
Acrylic
City Block Series #1, East Village New York (Geometric Abstract)
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert W. Petrick - City Block Series #1 2021 Acrylic on canvas 40 x 30 x 1.5 inches East Village New York Geometric Abstract Stretched Painting Robert Petrick's paintings create ...
Acrylic
Shadow City, East Village New York / Geometric Abstract
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert W. Petrick Shadow City, 2022 acrylic on canvas 54x40x1.5 inches NYC, 2nd street studio Colorful geometric abstract acrylic painting on canvas. Robert Petrick's paintings create a link between the artist culture of the East Village, where he has lived for 31 years, and the power of symbols, geometry, and language. This work captures the excitement of the East Village in its color, shapes, energy and density. -- In 1984, Petrick stenciled two designs on walls along Avenue B. Capturing a moment in time, EXIST / EXIT and NOWHERE / NOW HERE were photographed and featured in Vogue magazine. The images presented graffiti as art, a concept that was gaining international attention after the release of Charlie Ahearn...
Canvas, Acrylic
14th and B East Village New York Geometric Abstract Stretched Painting
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
14th and B 2021 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 40 x 2 inches East Village New York Geometric Abstract Stretched Painting Robert Petrick's paintings create a link between the street cultur...
Acrylic
Recurring Composition, East Village, New York
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert W. Petrick Recurring Composition, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 18" x 24" x 1” 2022 NYC, 2nd street studio This acrylic painting on canvas is gestural in nature, with a surreal ci...
Acrylic
Mystic City, East Village, New York
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert W. Petrick Mystic City, 2022 22x27x1” NYC, 2nd street studio This acrylic painting on canvas is gestural in nature, with a surreal cityscape feeling Robert Petrick's paintin...
Acrylic
Bleecker Street, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A modern abstract painting in cool blocks of blues and grays vibrating with brilliant red and pastel yellow. "Like its Manhattan namesake, 'Bleecker Street...
Acrylic
Urban Geometric Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large scale geometric abstract by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Unsigned, but acquired as a part of collection of Pauker work. This painting could be installed horizontally or ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Huge French Contemporary Modernist Abstract Oil Painting Urban City Scape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition by Jacqueline VERDET (French, 1931-2023) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 45.5 x 32 inches condition: the work is in overall very sound and good conditio...
Canvas, Oil
Geometric Abstract with Bold Colours French 20th Century Modernist Painting
By Gilbert Pelissier
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition Dated 77' signed by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 20 x 39.5 inches condition: overall very goo...
Oil
Urban Geometry 1987 Modernist Architectural Composition framed
Located in Genève, GE
Collage, mixed technique - Work on paper Black frame with glass pane - dimension with frame 75.3 x 93.2 x 3.7 cm This striking mixed-media work on paper, signed R.P.J. and dated 1987...
Adhesive, Gouache, Tissue Paper
"City Edge" (2022) by Jennifer Bobola, Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Jennifer Bobola
Located in Denver, CO
"City Edge" is an original, handmade mixed media painting, by Jennifer Bobola, that presents colorful abstract expressionism. Artist Statement: Let’s be honest, understanding abstra...
Mixed Media
