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Article #129: How To Buy Abstract Paintings on Ebay

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Buying and collecting abstract painting when she saw the painting I bought for her
can be a labor of love. I love abstract hanging on the wall of her living room.
paintings. I think that my favorite I dated a guy once that had a signed
medium is gouache. I recently purchased a abstract painting by Robert Gilberg on his
work from Oscar Bluemner. The person I wall. I saw something different every
bought the abstract painting from had it time I saw it. That painting had an
in storage for over twenty years. I am attraction that I just cant quite explain.
going to hang this piece in my office. He was always buying art and changing out
I found an oil abstract painting that was abstract paintings on his walls, but this
dated 1947 that was painted by Louis Bassi particular piece always stayed. I guess
Siegriest. I liked the composition, it he was attracted to it as well.
felt oddly soothing. The artist signed The abstract painting that I bought for my
the back of the painting. It was a little older brother did not work in his
out of my price range, but I bought it apartment. I ended up buying a painting
anyway. that was a little too large for the room
Trade Winds is the name of an abstract it was intended for. The colors did not
painting I bought from the artist Joanne work in the only room that worked for its
Riddle while I was in Connecticut. The size.
piece was huge and I had to have it sent I ended up selling that abstract painting
by freight to my home. The blue in the the same place that I had bought it, on
painting was so vivid. The whole eBay! I ended up making a profit on the
composition was absolutely inspired. abstract painting. There was more
I bought an abstract painting for my information in my auction about the
sister-in-law last year. The artist of artist, Richard Diebenkorn, than there had
the piece was Leonardo Nierman and the been in the auction that I won. I think
medium he used was oil. I bought the the extra hour of research I spent made
piece unframed and took my sister-in-law the abstract paintings value increase.
to framer to choose the frame. I learned a long time ago that an abstract
I tried to buy an abstract painting from painting is worth exactly as much as
the mayor of our town. I offered him two someone is willing to pay for it. I have
thousand dollars for the modernist friends that just cannot be convinced of
abstract colorful figure. The artist used this basic truth. I think that if no one
red, white and blue and I wanted to wants a particular abstract painting, then
acquire this for my stepmother. She would it is worth nothing.
have loved it, but the mayor was unwilling My brother used the money from the sale of
to part with it. the unwanted abstract painting to find
My mother has decorated her home in a himself another abstract painting. He
style that she liked in Santa Fe. I ended up with an abstract collage that was
bought a large abstract painting for her made in the late 1930s. I liked it when I
from her favorite artist, Lou Monti. She saw it and it worked beautifully in his
has seen his work in a number of homes and office.
always raves about them. She was so happy






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