City Structures
Type:Painting
Size:27.50" x 22.00"
Medium:Gouache
Signed:Unsigned
Emil Bisttram ART FOR SALE
1895 Nadlak, Hungary - 1976 Taos, New Mexico. Known for: Dynamic symmetry, non objective painting.
Hungarian born, Emil Bisttram became one of the Southwest's leading painters and teachers. He was a founder of the Transcendental Art movement in New Mexico, devoted to themes exploring and promoting... Read full biography
Hungarian born, Emil Bisttram became one of the Southwest's leading painters and teachers. He was a founder of the Transcendental Art movement in New Mexico, devoted to themes exploring and promoting universal meaning that included idealistic forms and colors that suggested sounds. Best known as an... Read full biography
Hungarian born, Emil Bisttram became one of the Southwest's leading painters and teachers. He was a founder of the Transcendental Art movement in New Mexico, devoted to themes exploring and promoting universal meaning that included idealistic forms and colors that suggested sounds. Best known as an abstract painter, his style ranged from the classic regionalism of the 1930s (WPA murals) to abstractions based on the dynamic symmetry theories he learned from Jay Hambidge, tempered by Roerich's... Read full biography
Hungarian born, Emil Bisttram became one of the Southwest's leading painters and teachers. He was a founder of the Transcendental Art movement in New Mexico, devoted to themes exploring and promoting universal meaning that included idealistic forms and colors that suggested sounds. Best known as an abstract painter, his style ranged from the classic regionalism of the 1930s (WPA murals) to abstractions based on the dynamic symmetry theories he learned from Jay Hambidge, tempered by Roerich's Russian mysticism. Indeed, Bisttram would often speak of his association with Nicholas Roerich at the Master Institute in New York City, citing a story where the Russian master handed him a handful of wider brushes for his birthday thus indicating that... Read full biography
Hungarian born, Emil Bisttram became one of the Southwest's leading painters and teachers. He was a founder of the Transcendental Art movement in New Mexico, devoted to themes exploring and promoting universal meaning that included idealistic forms and colors that suggested sounds. Best known as an abstract painter, his style ranged from the classic regionalism of the 1930s (WPA murals) to abstractions based on the dynamic symmetry theories he learned from Jay Hambidge, tempered by Roerich's Russian mysticism. Indeed, Bisttram would often speak of his association with Nicholas Roerich at the Master Institute in New York City, citing a story where the Russian master handed him a handful of wider brushes for his birthday thus indicating that he should employ broader strokes in his paintings. He received his artistic training in New York at the Nationa... Read full biography
Emil Bisttram - Art for Sale (15 available)
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
Type:Painting
Year:1936
Size:39.00" x 27.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Mural painting of an interior scene with a figure overseeing a meal.
Southwest Landscape
Type:Painting
Size:18.00" x 20.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Nicely framed and shipping is included in price.
Untitled
Type:Painting
Year:1939
Size:20.00" x 14.00"
Medium:Mixed Media
Signed:Signed and Dated
Monhegan Shadows
Type:Painting
Year:Circa 1925
Size:13.00" x 19.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Bistram went to Monhegan early in his career, in the mid 1920's, and produced some exceptional watercolors in his own style. Here he captures shadows in brilliant colors and perfect values.
Directionals
Type:Painting
Year:1940
Size:13.75" x 22.25"
Medium:Encaustic
Signed:Signed and Dated
Stormy Coast, Maine
Type:Painting
Year:1968
Size:24.00" x 32.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Untitled
Type:Painting
Year:1936
Size:24.00" x 18.00"
Medium:Encaustic
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
PROVENANCE The estate of the artist through Tom Summers
Ranchos Church
Type:Painting
Year:1960
Size:27.00" x 36.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Winter
Type:Painting
Year:1952
Size:32.00" x 39.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Edition:Unique
Notes:
A captivating oil painting in a modernist style by Emil Bisttram. Private Taos Collection. Very Fine condition.
Untitled
Type:Painting
Year:1937
Size:24.00" x 18.00"
Medium:Encaustic
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
PROVENANCE The estate of the artist through Tom Summers
Two of a Kind
Type:Painting
Year:1960
Size:48.00" x 32.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Flames of Peace
Type:Drawing
Size:5.75" x 4.00"
Medium:Pencil
Signed:Lower Right
Edition:Unique
Notes:
Very fine condition. From the Estate of the Artist, collected by a private Wyoming collection; Current owner through descent.
Red Rain
Type:Painting
Year:1958
Size:22.00" x 30.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Lower Right
Panwu Mountain Sheep Kachina
Type:Painting
Size:22.25" x 16.75"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Lower Right