Items Similar to Twelfth Night Blue, Contemporary Color Field painting
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 8
Carl HoltyTwelfth Night Blue, Contemporary Color Field painting1962
1962
About the Item
Conceived of as one half of a diptych, together with Twelfth Night Red, the title of this painting suggest a reference to William Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night and its main characters, twins Viola and Sebastian, tragically separated by a shipwreck. As with many of his late canvas', Holty experimented with the relationship of space and form within a two-dimensional plane working in large, soft-edged color forms, mixed and floated over chromatic stains.
This painting does not have to be purchased with its mate. It is a significant color field work by an important American abstractionist. It is from the Color Field movement in American Art.
It is in a Silvered 24 karat leafed float frame that is contemporary.
In beautiful condition ready to hang.
- Creator:Carl Holty (1900 - 1973, American)
- Creation Year:1962
- Dimensions:Height: 72.25 in (183.52 cm)Width: 58.25 in (147.96 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:This is a large canvas which is generally in excellent condition for a work of this time period. It has the wear and surface imperfections of any canvas from this time period. It has been cleaned and well restored and is in good condition.
- Gallery Location:Greenwich, CT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU141328603982
Carl Holty
Born in Freiburg, Germany, Carl Holty moved with his parents to a Germain community in Milwaukee when he was an infant. He began studying art at the Milwaukee Normal School under instructors who had trained in Europe and later continued his studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1919, following a summer at an artists' colony in Saugatuck, Michigan, Holty enrolled at Parsons School of Design and the National Academy of Design, both in New York. He briefly considering entering medical school, his father’s profession, though with the help of his grandfather, returned to Germany to continue his art education. It was at Hans Hofman’s school that Holty would be introduced to the principles of modernist composition and ideas in painting and drawing, an influence he would consider his main focus throughout his career. Hofmann "first opened my eyes to the plastic nature of drawing." Holty once recalled. Displaying no interest in the predominant style of expressionism, popular in Germany at the time, Holty focused on the tenants of Cubism, Fauvism, and Futurism which lead him, in 1928, to relocate to Paris. Holty quickly became part of the active artistic community in the nation’s capital associating with many of the major figures of international avant-garde art including Miro, Mondrian, Arp, and Delaunay, the latter of which sponsored Holty to become one of only two American members of the Abstraction-Creation group founded by Theo Van Doesburg. Holty returned to America in 1936 becoming a significant figure in the development of abstract art. He reconnected with his old mentor Hans Hofmann and developed friendships with many of the City’s rising artist’s including Vaclav Vytlacil whom he had known in Paris. It was this group that formed the American Abstract Artists association, where Holty would serve as chairman in 1938 and with whom he’d exhibit with through 1944. It was during this period Holty abandoned Cubism for Biomorphism, leaving behind edges to explore shapes and forms that ultimately lead to his color field paintings of the mid 1950s and through the remainder of his career.
About the Seller
5.0
Vetted Seller
These experienced sellers undergo a comprehensive evaluation by our team of in-house experts.
Established in 1857
1stDibs seller since 2020
34 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 1 hour
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Port Chester, NY
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 14 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Visible Things, abstraction in OrangeBy John ZinsserLocated in Greenwich, CTVisible Things is a striking work in rich orange by highly respected abstract artist John Zinsser. The pasto and thickness of the paint is sculptural in feel. Zinsser paints his wor...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
MaterialsEnamel
- Soaring I , abstractBy Robert Arthur GoodnoughLocated in Greenwich, CTAn amazing and graceful panel that has an elevating sense of movement and nature as described by its title "Soaring". Intricate taping off of triangles in this work in varying sizes...Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Red, Blue, Green abstract mid centuryBy Carl HoltyLocated in Greenwich, CTAbstract, 1959 is a sophisticated Carl Holty, experimentingn with color, space, and form. Framed in a new white lacquer frame of high quality. An important artist in Art History wh...Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Red Gray #5By Carl HoltyLocated in Greenwich, CTHolty did a series of works that explored the use of varying tones of Gray with other colors. This was done during his Colorfield foray as he pioneered this movement along with such...Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Catch, striped hard edge abstractionBy Jay RosenblumLocated in Greenwich, CTAn impressive. large and lively hard edge abstraction by celebrated Jay Rosenblum. A classic work by him from 1979 and a great investment. This ...Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Wave of Ur, Asian Ocean abstractBy Arthur OkamuraLocated in Greenwich, CTA dreamy and expertly painted abstraction by this noted American/Asian artist. Presented in a contemporary and high quality silvered leaf float frame which allows it to breath. Wave of Ur...Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
You May Also Like
- Untitled - Lilac, Red, Pink and Orange Polygonal Geometric PaintingBy Martin CaninLocated in New York, NYThis untitled painting by Martin Canin's is an historic, large, 60 x 34-inch color-field oil painting, dating ca.1980. Martin Canin’s work can be linked to two 1960s movements: Color...Category
1980s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Untitled - Historic Burgundy Red, and Purple Color Field Oil PaintingBy Martin CaninLocated in New York, NYThis work by Martin Canin is a 30.25 x 60.25-inch horizontal color-field oil painting from the 70s. Martin Canin’s work can be linked to two 1960s movements: Color field and Op Art. ...Category
1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Yellow Flight - Historic Orange Geometric Abstract Oil PaintingBy Martin CaninLocated in New York, NYMartin Canin's Yellow Flight is a large, 58 x 76.5-inch geometric-abstract oil painting, dated 1972. Martin Canin’s work can be linked to two 1960s movements: Color field and Op Art....Category
1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- "Red Painting" - Historic Red and Pink Geometric Oil PaintingBy Martin CaninLocated in New York, NYMartin Canin's Ozone is an historic, large, 51 x 63-inch geometric-abstraction oil painting, dated 1972. Martin Canin’s work can be linked to two 1960s movements: Color field and Op ...Category
1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- "San Anton Rock" - Large historic Geometric Abstract Oil PaintingBy Martin CaninLocated in New York, NYMartin Canin's San Anton Rock is an historic, large, 58 x 76-inch geometric-abstract oil painting, dated 1972. Martin Canin’s work can be linked to two 1960s movements: Color field a...Category
1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- "Everyone Has Gone, " an Abstract Oil on Canvas signed by Deidre SchanenBy Deirdre SchanenLocated in Milwaukee, WI"Everyone Has Gone" is an abstract oil painting on canvas by Deirdre Schanen. Working in the color-field tradition established by such artists as Helen Frankenthaler and Mark Rothko,...Category
Early 2000s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Vintage Blue Stain
Shakespeare Painting
Shakespeare Vintage
Vintage Violas
Shipwreck Painting
Twelfth Night
Used Railroad Track
Vintage Microscope Microscopes
Buttes Painting
Dice Painting
Dordogne Painting
Dutch Knife
George Hamilton Paintings
Globe Vase Black
Mark Keller
Noguchi Prints
Painting And Clementines
Pop Art Runner