Description: LARGE VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY REVERED CALIFORNIA SCULPTOR, PRINT MAKER AND PAINTER PAUL MAXWELL. (American 1925-2015). THIS WORK LABELED "RADIATA" DEPICTS A BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED THICK IMPASTO MULTI-COLORED ABSTRACT COMPOSITION AGAINST A GREY CONTRASTING BACKDROP. THIS IS A MASTERPIECE BY PAUL MAXWELL. IT DATES AROUND THE 1960s. EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION. MILD WEAR TO THE FRAME AS SHOWN. DIMENSIONS: 37”H x 37”W Paul E. Maxwell (1925 - 2015) was active/lived in Texas, California. Paul Maxwell is known for Mixed-media abstraction, conceptual, sculpture, prints. Born in Frost Prairie, Arkansas. Paul Maxwell is a painter, sculptor, printmaker, conceptual artist and creator of functional art forms. This variety of media and methods for realizing his aesthetic sensibility reflects not only his intense creativity over an impressive number of years but his inventiveness and receptivity to progressive ideas. Maxwell's work has been widely exhibited throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Asia, and is represented in numerous art collections, public and private. While Maxwell's international reputation and exhibition schedule continue to grow within the conventional gallery system there is a surge of activity emanating from the prescience of his work on the Internet. Maxwell graduated from Principia College in 1950 with a B.A. degree in artand continued his formal education at Claremont Graduate School where he studied with Millard Sheets. While there, he was honored with one-man exhibitions of his paintings at Scripps College and at thePioneer Museum, Stockton, California — his first museum show. In 1951 Maxwell exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and was given his first solo exhibition in a commercial gallery by Felix Landau, Los Angeles. Since then, he has had numerous exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the United States, Europe, Canada and Australia. Maxwell taught at the Houston Museum of Art (Texas) and at the University of Houston (1955-1958).
Price: 3000 USD
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
End Time: 2024-09-04T17:27:09.000Z
Shipping Cost: 300 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Artist: Paul Maxwell
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Paul Maxwell
Size: Large
Signed: Yes
Period: Post-War (1940-1970)
Material: Canvas
Item Length: 37 in
Region of Origin: California, USA
Framing: Framed
Subject: Modern Abstract Composition
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1960s
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 37 in
Style: Abstract, Modernism, Expressionism
Theme: Modern Art, Composition
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Width: 37 in
Culture: Modernism
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 1960s
