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.
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Katrina King Modern Abstract Painting on Steel, 2010
By Katrina King
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Interesting abstract modern art painting on steel or metal by Katrina King. "Abstract Arrangements" series made with hand-colored paint. Painted on a...
Metal
Pascal Cucaro Oil Board Midcentury Painting
By Pascal Cucaro, 1915-2003
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Interesting long mid-century modern oil on masonite board painting depicting an impressionist style panorama landscape with figures. The busy, intricate scene is typical of his style...
Linen, Giltwood, Masonite
Pascal Cucaro Oil Canvas Mid-Century Painting
By Pascal Cucaro, 1915-2003
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic Mid-Century Modern oil on canvas painting by Pascal Cucaro titled "Festival". The painting depicts Asian women in colorful Kimono robes with bold, vivid colors and thick br...
Silver Leaf
California Coastal Plein Air Impressionist Seascape 1979
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Sublime California coastal oil on canvas plein air impressionist painting signed and dated. The landscape/Seascape image captures calm shoreline with a lush greenland and misty grey ...
Canvas, Wood
Coronation by Jill Davenport Oil on Canvas, 1986
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Festive oil on canvas painting titled coronation by Jill Davenport (American 20th Century) features a blue gown with a red sash on a stand. Signed and d...
Wood, Canvas
Geoffrey Lewis "The Babysitter" Oil on Board Painting
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Introspective portrait by San Francisco native Geoffrey Lewis (American 1928-2005). Oil on board painting titled "The Babysitter" is a moody, figurative piece mounted in an intention...
Wood, Masonite
Abstract by Trutz Bieck, Abstraction, Canvas, Acrylick Paint 1986
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Abstract painting by Trutz Bieck (Germany, Cologne) Abstract Canvas Acrylic Paint painted in 1986 by Trutz Bieck artis from Cologne in Germany.
Acrylic
Lamar Briggs, Bellagio No. 6, Large Abstract Expressionist Color Field Acrylic
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Dallas, TX
Abstract artist, Lamar Briggs, was born November 13, 1935 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He initially attended the University of Southern Louisiana for architecture before transferring to the University of Houston in pursuit of painting. He eventually graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art in 1960 and was later inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2005. After graduating, Briggs returned to Houston and began working as a graphic designer and associate art director at KTRK-TV, Channel 13...
Canvas, Wood, Paint
"Smoke and Mirrors, " Large Abstract Painting By Kathi Robinson Frank
By Kathi Robinson Frank
Located in Plainview, NY
"Smoke and Mirrors," 2021 is a large framed abstract mixed media painting by Kathi Robinson Frank in white, pale and deep amber, charcoal gray, fores...
Paint
Andy Miller Abstract Composition Oil on Canvas with Impasto Details
Located in Astoria, NY
Andy Miller (American, b. 1950), Abstract Composition, Oil on Canvas, impasto details, warm browns with pink and yellow accents, with artist's studio stamp to verso, apparently unsig...
Canvas, Paint
Large Abstract Expressionist Painting Signed Moses Dated 1975
Located in Peabody, MA
A dynamic and large scale abstract expressionist canvas signed Moses, dated 1975.
Canvas, Paint
Abstract Oil Painting by Russell Christoffersen
By Russell Christoffersen
Located in Water Mill, NY
Abstract oil on canvas painting by Southampton listed artist Russell Christoffersen.
Canvas
