Artist Tom Lieber’s Abstract Expressionist paintings have a distinct visual language. They are energetic and powerfully emotive yet contemplative through a use of graceful, bold lines, dense colors and neutral backgrounds.
Born in 1949 in St. Louis, Missouri, Lieber attended the University of Illinois where he graduated with a BFA in 1971 before obtaining his MFA in 1974. The following year, Lieber received an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1982, he was selected for the “Emerging American Artists’ Exhibition” at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
In 1983, Lieber began a collaboration with artist Garner Tullis to create large-scale monotypes. Through Tullis, he met influential artists such as Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, John Walker, Sean Scully, William T. Wiley and Friedel Dzubas.
Since the mid-1980s, Lieber’s abstract paintings, inspired by nature and meditation, have been characterized by his calligraphic mark-making, underlying color fields and masterful tonal variations, often anchored by a single brushstroke. His monumental, oil paint-laden canvases recall the works of Joan Mitchell, while his subtle use of color evokes the art of Mark Rothko.
In the 2000s, Lieber has been inspired by living in Kauai, Hawaii. This is evident in his landscape works and abstract prints such as “Hot Water,” “Lava” and “Black Drop X.”
Lieber’s paintings have been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally at solo and group shows. His works are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Tate in London.
On 1stDibs, find a range of Tom Lieber’s paintings and prints.
$4,500
Large Abstract Expressionist Color Monotype Oil Painting Tom Lieber Mixed Media
By Tom Lieber
Located in Surfside, FL
Tom Alan Lieber, (American, born 1949), GTW #11 -7, 1986, Oil and mixed media on paper, 30.25 x 44 inches, Hand signed and dated lower right Provenance: Garner Tullis Workshop, ...
Mixed Media, Oil, Monotype
Untitled Large Abstract Expressionist Color Oil Painting Tom Lieber
By Tom Lieber
Located in Surfside, FL
In 1974, Tom Lieber attended the University of Illinois and earned his M.F.A. Lieber then moved to San Francisco to fulfill his afinity with Bay Area painting. In 1975 he was a reci...
Canvas, Oil
Left Sweep
By Tom Lieber
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lieber's paintings are in the permanent collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art NY, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NY, Tate London, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, MOCALA, Bolinas Museum, Honolulu Contemporary Museum, Fleming Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, Farnsworth Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, Newport Art Museum, Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College...
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
Large Abstract Expressionist Color Monotype Oil Painting Tom Lieber Mixed Media
By Tom Lieber
Located in Surfside, FL
Tom Alan Lieber, (American, born 1949), Oil and mixed media on paper, 30.25 x 44 inches, Hand signed and dated lower right Provenance: Garner Tullis Workshop, N.Y. A bold and be...
Mixed Media, Oil, Monotype
Large Abstract Expressionist Color Monotype, Oil Painting Tom Lieber
By Tom Lieber
Located in Surfside, FL
Tom Alan Lieber, (American, born 1949), GTW #11 -7, 1986, Oil and mixed media on paper, 30.25 x 44 inches, Hand signed and dated lower right Provenance: Garner Tullis Workshop, ...
Mixed Media, Oil, Monotype
Tom Lieber "Caldron" 1992 Large Abstract Painting
By Tom Lieber
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large abstract expressionist oil on canvas titled "caldron" painted by Tom Lieber 1992 (American b. 1949). Signed, titled, and dated verso on canvas. Impressive size from an estate i...
Canvas, Wood
$34,000
Blue Dip
By Tom Lieber
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lieber's paintings are in the permanent collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art NY, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NY, Tate London, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, MOCALA, Bo...
Canvas, Oil
$19,200Sale Price|20% Off
Red Chasm
By Tom Lieber
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lieber's paintings are in the permanent collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art NY, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NY, Tate London, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, MOCA LA, Bolinas Museum, Honolulu Contemporary Museum, Fleming Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, Farnsworth Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, Newport Art Museum, Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Santa Fe, University of Arizona Museum of Art, De Saisset Museum, Chrysler Museum, Bloomington Art Museum, Krannert Art Museum, St. Louis Art Museum, and Evanston Art Museum. Lieber is a recipient of the Visual Artist Fellowship Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. "Hot Water" features new paintings inspired by the topography in Hawaii, where artist Tom Lieber lives and works and witnesses hot lava beautifully and violently greeting the ocean waters in spectacular fashion.
Oil, Canvas
$30,400Sale Price|20% Off
Black Drop X
By Tom Lieber
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This dramatic painting by Tom Lieber has hints of color popping through the blacks and whites, much more stunning in person! This painting has a walnut "floater" edge frame included. Lieber's paintings are in the permanent collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art NY, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NY, Tate London, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, MOCALA, Bolinas Museum, Honolulu Contemporary Museum, Fleming Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, Farnsworth Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, Newport Art Museum, Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Santa Fe, University of Arizona Museum of Art, De Saisset Museum, Chrysler Museum, Bloomington Art Museum, Krannert Art Museum, St. Louis Art Museum, and Evanston Art Museum. Lieber is a recipient of the Visual Artist Fellowship Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Lieber's gallery solo exhibition "Hot Water" featured new paintings inspired by the topography of Hawaii, where artist Tom Lieber lives and works and witnesses hot lava beautifully and violently greeting the ocean waters in spectacular fashion.
Oil, Canvas
$535
H 23.63 in W 15.75 in D 0.6 in
Hand-Painted large Canvas Limited Edition#6/10–Sunshine Factory-Awarded Artist
By Shizico Yi
Located in London, GB
This stunning large hand-painted Limited canvas edition is created in oil by Shizico Yi and is 95% hand painted directly onto canvas. Signed on the front and signed and numbered on ...
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Remembering Plains no. 54
By Alyson Kinkade
Located in Loveland, CO
Remembering Plains no.54 by Alyson Kinkade 8" x 8" oil on linen ©2021 gallery wrapped, black sides The allure of the horizon of the Great Plains, where waves of colors meet sky. AB...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Large Abstract Oil Painting, Alexander Gore
By Alexander Gore
Located in Miami, FL
Large abstract oil painting titled: "Connected Green Deal" Natural pigment on vintage Belgian linen canvas Textured green iguana abstract...
Canvas, Acrylic
$546
H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 0.2 in
Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night-Hand painted No 2 Limited Edition of Ten
By Shizico Yi
Located in London, GB
This striking large hand painted limited Edition is No. 2 of only 10 in existence. 90% of the painting is hand-painted in oil and gesso on giclee by Shizico Yi, the edition featuring...
Gesso, Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Giclée
Abstract Painting Contemporary
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Intriguing contemporary painting by May Oosthoven. May is a Belgian painter which work has a strong meditative charge. Trough basic materials and forms she expresses her inner world ...
Acrylic
Lee Reynolds Large Abstract Painting Vanguard Studio
By Lee Reynolds
Located in Westport, CT
Large Lee Reynolds abstract oil painting circa 1960s for Vanguard Studios original tag to back with a polished aluminum original frame.
Metal
Abstract Framed Painting by Sherry Schrut
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Framed oil painting on canvas by Los Angeles artist, Sherry Schrut. The colors range from bright red and orange to cool blues and green. Signed by the ar...
Canvas, Paint
$15,000
H 26 in W 30 in
"Untitled" Calvert Coggeshall, Abstract Expressionism, Subtle Color, Blue-Grey
By Calvert Coggeshall
Located in New York, NY
Calvert Coggeshall Untitled, 1956 Signed and dated twice on the reverse Oil on canvas 26 x 30 inches Calvert Coggeshall worked as an abstract painter and interior designer primaril...
Canvas, Oil
$839Sale Price|20% Off
H 18.51 in W 24.41 in
City 14. 1964, paper, monotype, 47x62 cm
By Nikolay Soikan
Located in Riga, LV
City 14. 1964, monotype, 47x62 cm Soikans Nikolay, pseudonym Niklo de Martell (till 1953.) 1926. 9 IX Ludza – 1980. 21 II Lester, Great Britain – graphic artist. He was born at ...
Paper, Monotype
$10,500
H 73.5 in W 57.5 in D 1.5 in
Large Framed Abstract Oil Painting, "Man Finish House" by Kathi Robinson Frank
Located in Plainview, NY
"Man Finish House," 2018 by artist Kathi Robinson Frank is large abstract work from her large-scale paintings which incorporate oil, acrylic, charcoal, pastel and metallic paint fram...
Acrylic
$3,840Sale Price|20% Off
H 38.75 in W 38.75 in D 2.5 in
Large MCM Abstract Acrylic Painting by Richard Mann
By Richard Mann
Located in San Diego, CA
Large MCM abstract acrylic on panel original painting by listed artist Richard Mann, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and is presente...
Acrylic, Wood
$10,500
H 56 in W 56 in D 1.5 in
"Topography 3, " 2020 Large Framed Abstract Oil Painting by Kathi Robinson Frank
Located in Plainview, NY
"Topography 3," 2020 is a large framed abstract oil painting by Kathi Robinson Frank. This mixed-media painting incorporates oil, acrylic, charcoal, and metallic paint in shades of b...
Paint
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H 47 in W 63 in
Large Abstract Expressionist Color Monotype Oil Painting Tom Lieber Mixed Media
By Tom Lieber
Located in Surfside, FL
Tom Alan Lieber, (American, born 1949), Untitled Monotype oil painting on paper 1984 Hand signed TL and dated '84 in the lower margin. Measurements: 47 X 63 inches This was probab...
Mixed Media, Oil, Monotype
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H 77.5 in W 62.5 in
Untitled Large Abstract Expressionist Color Oil Painting Tom Lieber
By Tom Lieber
Located in Surfside, FL
In 1974, Tom Lieber attended the University of Illinois and earned his M.F.A. Lieber then moved to San Francisco to fulfill his afinity with Ba...
Canvas, Oil
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H 30.25 in W 44 in
Large Abstract Expressionist Color Monotype Oil Painting Tom Lieber Mixed Media
By Tom Lieber
Located in Surfside, FL
Tom Alan Lieber, (American, born 1949), GTW TL-11 1986, Oil and mixed media on paper, 30.25 x 44 inches, Hand signed and dated lower right Provenance: Garner Tullis Workshop, N....
Mixed Media, Oil, Monotype
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H 30.25 in W 44 in
Large Abstract Expressionist Color Monotype Oil Painting Tom Lieber Mixed Media
By Tom Lieber
Located in Surfside, FL
Tom Alan Lieber, (American, born 1949), GTW #11 -7, 1986, Oil and mixed media on paper, 30.25 x 44 inches, Hand signed and dated lower right Provenance: Garner Tullis Workshop, ...
Mixed Media, Oil, Monotype
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H 30.25 in W 44 in
Large Abstract Expressionist Color Monotype, Oil Painting Tom Lieber
By Tom Lieber
Located in Surfside, FL
Tom Alan Lieber, (American, born 1949), GTW #11 -7, 1986, Oil and mixed media on paper, 30.25 x 44 inches, Hand signed and dated lower right Provenance: Garner Tullis Workshop, ...
Oil, Mixed Media, Monotype
Longline
By Tom Lieber
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lieber's paintings are in the permanent collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art NY, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NY, Tate London, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, MOCA LA, Bolinas Museum, Honolulu Contemporary Museum, Fleming Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, Farnsworth Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, Newport Art Museum, Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College...
Oil, Canvas
Hot Water
By Tom Lieber
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Hot Water" features new paintings inspired by the topography in Hawaii, where artist Tom Lieber lives and works and witnesses hot lava beautifully and viole...
Oil, Canvas
Blue Set II
By Tom Lieber
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning blues against creamy whites with very activated painting brush strokes brings this painting to life! Lieber is a recipient of the Visual Artist Fellowship Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and his paintings are in the permanent collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art NY, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NY, Tate London, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, MOCA LA, Bolinas Museum, Honolulu Contemporary Museum, Fleming Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, Farnsworth Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, Newport Art Museum, Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College...
Oil, Canvas
Chasm
By Tom Lieber
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tom Lieber (b. 1949) is a recipient of the Visual Artist Fellowship Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and his paintings are in the permanent collections of the Metropoli...
Canvas, Oil
Jade Duel
By Tom Lieber
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and gesso on canvas
Gesso, Canvas, Oil
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H 77.5 in W 62.5 in
Untitled Large Abstract Expressionist Color Oil Painting Tom Lieber
By Tom Lieber
Located in Surfside, FL
In 1974, Tom Lieber attended the University of Illinois and earned his M.F.A. Lieber then moved to San Francisco to fulfill his afinity with Bay Area painting. In 1975 he was a reci...
Canvas, Oil
Miami
By Tom Lieber
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This dramatic painting by Tom Lieber has stunning shades of blues, aqua, amber, etc. against bold black movement. It is so much more impressive in person! Lieber's paintings are in the permanent collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art NY, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NY, Tate London, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, MOCALA, Bolinas Museum, Honolulu Contemporary Museum, Fleming Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, Farnsworth Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, Newport Art Museum, Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Santa Fe, University of Arizona Museum of Art, De Saisset Museum, Chrysler Museum, Bloomington Art Museum, Krannert Art Museum, St. Louis Art Museum, and Evanston Art Museum. Lieber is a recipient of the Visual Artist Fellowship Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Lieber's current solo exhibition "Hot Water" features new paintings inspired by the topography of Hawaii, where artist Tom Lieber lives and works and witnesses hot lava beautifully and violently greeting the ocean waters in spectacular fashion.
Oil, Canvas