1982
A pivotal talent and pioneer of the Abstract Expressionist movement while he was still in his 20s, postwar American artist Jack Roth created an immense body of work over the course of several decades. Today original Jack Roth paintings are widely collected all over the world.
After serving in both the U.S. Army and the Air Force, the Pennsylvania-born Roth studied art at the California School of Fine Arts, now known as the San Francisco Art Institute, under American painters Mark Rothko, Richard Diebenkorn and Elmer Bischoff. Despite his studies on the West Coast, Roth returned to PA and earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Penn State University in 1951. He subsequently completed his MFA work at the State University of Iowa and earned a Ph.D. in mathematics at Duke University.
Staged in 1954, the “Younger American Painters” exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum was a seminal show for Abstract Expressionism in the United States. A young Roth exhibited there as a 27-year-old alongside Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Robert Motherwell. The well-established art dealership Knoedler & Co. in New York City added Roth to their star-studded roster, where his work appeared alongside paintings and sculptures by Alexander Calder, Nancy Graves, Adolf Gottlieb, Michael Goldberg and Frank Stella.
Over the course of his career, Roth taught math at several universities. While working on his doctoral thesis, in around 1963, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City purchased several of his artworks for their permanent collection, and he earned accolades in Art in America magazine. In 1979, Roth was awarded Guggenheim Fellowship in painting. Today, Roth’s work is held in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Art and the North Carolina Museum of Art.
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New Synthesis 18 - Signed Acrylic on Canvas Abstract Color Field Painting, 1981
By Jack Roth
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“New Synthesis 18” (1981) is an acrylic on canvas painting by American artist, Jack Roth. Roth, best known as an Abstract Expressionist and Color Field painter, studied under Mark Ro...
Canvas, Acrylic
New Synthesis #15
By Jack Roth
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An abstract acrylic on canvas executed in bright, primary red, blue and yellow by Post War artist Jack Roth. Signed, dated and titled verso, "ROTH81 "NEW SYNTHESIS - 15".
Acrylic, Canvas
#2
By Jack Roth
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An abstract acrylic on canvas painting executed in deep black, orange and yellow ochre on a white background by Post War artist Jack Roth. Signed verso, "JR-33-76." Jack Roth (192...
Acrylic, Canvas
Untitled
By Raymond Parker
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled" is a watercolor painting by Raymond Parker. This work was painted in 1979, and is inscribed in pencil in the lower middle, "For Pat <3 RP 1979". The framed size is 25 1/4 ...
Watercolor
Sporadic Spring - Vivid Abstract Oil in Canvas Painting, 1963
By Lynne Drexler
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Lynne Mapp Drexler’s "Sporadic Spring" (1963) exemplifies her dynamic approach to color and gesture during her revered 1960s period, a formative decade that has recently been celebra...
Canvas, Oil
9000 and 9 Nights - Bright Colorful Abstract Painting, 11981
By Hassel Smith
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Hassel Smith. "9000 and 9 Nights" is an abstract, acrylic and graphite on canvas executed in a bright palette primarily of yellow, sky blues, greens and deep salmon and...
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
"Idem 18", Abstract Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, 1982
By Jack Roth
Located in Astoria, NY
Jack Roth (American, 1927-2004), "Idem 18", Acrylic on Canvas, 1982, titled, signed and dated "Roth 82" verso with "Jack Roth Estate" stamps, marked "JR 210-82" verso, unframed. 65....
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (Abstraction), Expressionist Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, 1980
By Jack Roth
Located in Astoria, NY
Jack Roth (American, 1927-2004), Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, 1980, signed and dated "R 80" lower right, marked "JR 3912" verso, dated to edge, unframed. 30.5" H x 36" W x 1.75" D. ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (Abstraction), Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, 1977
By Jack Roth
Located in Astoria, NY
Jack Roth (American, 1927-2004), Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, 1977, signed and dated "Roth 77" and marked "JR-158-77" verso with "Jack Roth Estate" stamp, unframed. 67.5" H x 40" W ...
Canvas, Acrylic
"New Synthesis 87", Abstract Acrylic on Canvas, 1981, Signed
By Jack Roth
Located in Astoria, NY
Jack Roth (American, 1927-2004), "New Synthesis 87", Acrylic on Canvas, 1981, titled, signed and dated "Roth 81" verso with "Jack Roth Estate" stamps, unframed. 62" H x 66" W x 1.5"...
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (Abstraction), Expressionist Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, 1994
By Jack Roth
Located in Astoria, NY
Jack Roth (American, 1927-2004), Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, 1994, signed and dated "Roth 94" upper left and lower right, marked "JR-3828" verso with "Jack Roth Estate" stamp, unfr...
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (Abstraction), Expressionist Acrylic on Canvas, 1995, Signed
By Jack Roth
Located in Astoria, NY
Jack Roth (American, 1927-2004), Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, 1995, signed and dated "Roth 95" lower right, marked "JR-3840" verso with "Jack Roth Estate" stamps, unframed. 24.25" H...
Canvas, Acrylic
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