Eugene Pizzuto

Transformed box #2

1963-64

This vibrant abstract work is by Gustavo Ramos Rivera (1940-) The work is a mixed media composition on paper. It measures 20.5 x 26.5 inches. It is mounted on heavy matboard that measures 26 x 33 inches. There are various techniques and materials employed in the creation of this painting. Collage, drawing, painting with oil paint, pastel crayon cardboard and other materials that I cannot identify. The painting is in very good condition. The matboard mounting has a bit of time stain on the edges. It is not presently framed. Gustavo Ramos Rivera was born in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico in 1940, and immigrated to the United States in 1969. He has lived and worked in San Francisco for over 40 years. Ramos Rivera’s work is in the permanent collections of prominent institutions including the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, The Mexican Museum in San Francisco and The Nevada Museum of Art. In 2006, the San Jose Museum of Art presented a retrospective exhibition of the artist’s work, which then traveled to additional institutions in California and Mexico. Through his use of color and a personal symbology, Ramos Rivera has created a language that is written throughout his paintings, monotypes, and collages. This singular expression functions on both an intellectual and emotional level and its deployment is reminiscent of the work of Paul Klee, Joan Miró, and Cy Twombly.(1) It also harkens back to the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican art...

Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016) Title: Still Life Year: c.2000 Medium: Oil painting on paper Paper: Thick oil painting paper Size i...

Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937) Title: Piccolo VI Year: Circa 1990 Medium: Acrylic and collage on black paper Paper: Wove black Size image: 12.5 x ...

Artist: Juan Manuel De La Rosa (Mexican, born 1945) Title: Homenaje a Pasado Year: 1979 Medium: Mixed media and collage, with embossing Paper: Hand made Image size: 11.75 x 13....

Mid Century Modern abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Unsigned. Unframed.

Nicely painted mid century abstract expressionist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed. Oil on canvas.

RICHARD ANDRES American, 1927–2013 Untitled, c. 1950 oil on canvas signed lower left 10 x 7 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Clevelan...

Still Life (58) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board, unsigned Size: 16 in. x 20 in. (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)