2018
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 Lines
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"City Lines" 40X50x1.75" acrylic on canvas 2018 NYC Signed, dated and titled on the reverse side. "Line series influenced by the digital city"
Canvas, Acrylic
Walking the Walk, unstretched from Abstract Geometric Graffiti Line Style Series
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This piece ships unstretched to eliminate skyrocketing crating and shipping costs. We recommend stretching at your local framer; or contact us for shipping pricing if you'd like this...
Canvas, Acrylic
Line Control, Chromatic Collision Series, Abstract Geometric Line Painting
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Petrick's "Line Control" is a fusion of meticulous geometry and bold abstract expression. From the artist's Chromatic Collisions series, this piece is both timeless and contem...
Oil, Linen
New in Town, Intersections Series, Abstract Geometric Painting
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Painting description: This is a new example of my ongoing series, "Intersections". My attempt to capture urban abstraction. Shapes and colors intersect and overlap. With the use of...
Canvas, Acrylic
The Plan, Chromatic Collision Series, Abstract Geometric Line Painting
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Petrick's "The Plan" is a fusion of meticulous geometry and bold abstract expression. From the artist's Chromatic Collisions series, this piece...
Canvas, Acrylic
Intervention (Graffiti and Line Series)
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Intervention Graffiti & Line series 2012 acrylic on canvas 48 x 34 inches Signed, dated and titled on the reverse side Robert Petrick's paintings create ...
Acrylic
Mid Century French Black and White Geometric Abstract Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Black and White Geometric Abstract Composition by Serge Guerin (b. 1916), French Acrylic and gouache on black artists paper, unframed Size: 25.75 (height) x...
Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Optical Position of Perspective - Abstract Painting, Black & White, 21st Century
By MASCH (Manfred Schulzke)
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Optical Position of Perspective, 2015 Mixed technique: oil on canvas (Signed on reverse) 31.49 H x 31.49 W in 80 H x 80 W cm MASCH's work describes a discursive rebellion of continu...
Canvas, Oil
Jean Paul Proix, French Geometric Abstract Gouache Painting, Black and White
Located in Atlanta, GA
Graphic geometric abstraction by French artist Jean Paul Proix, executed in gouache on paper. Interlocking black, white, and gray forms create a rhythmic composition that feels both ...
Paper, Gouache
Large Contemporary Black and White Geometric
By Bill Maggio
Located in Buffalo, NY
The Other Side 2 (Diptych) by WC Maggio is currently on view at The Raft in a two person show called Conversations Never Imagined. His complex works feature many layers of water-ba...
Canvas, Acrylic
Pierre Clerk Black and White 1973 Signed Limited Edition Large Silkscreen
By Pierre Clerk 1
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Pierre Clerk Black and White - 1973 Print - Silkscreen on Somerset paper 32'' x 36'' Edition: Signed in pencil and marked 27/100 image size: 28" x 32" i...
Screen
Untitled Minimal Black and Grey Linear Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary black and grey linear abstract painting with a glittery sheen. The piece floats in a black frame. The work is by Houston artist, Tangerine Williams.
Ink, Acrylic
