Dan Christensen

"Untitled" Blue and Orange Color Field Abstract Monotype on a Grey Background Late 20th Century

$4,500

Material

Monotype

About

A blue and orange abstract color field abstract monotype on a soft grey background. Includes a label from the gallery it was once sold from that includes the artist's name, title, size, and medium.

Artist Biography

Born in Cozad, Nebraska, in 1942, the son of a farmer and truck driver, Dan Christensen chose to become an artist when, as a teenager, he saw the work of Jackson Pollock on a trip to Denver. After receiving his B.F.A. from the Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri, in 1964, he moved to New York City. His “spray loop” paintings, produced by using a spray paint gun, were a fascinating embodiment of the reductive abstract tendencies in 1960s American art, and of the interest of the time in innovative applications of new techniques. These works won the attention of Greenberg, who became an enthusiastic supporter of Christensen’s art. Dan Christensen had his first solo exhibition in New York in 1967. Two years later he was given his first one-person show at the Andre Emmerich Gallery, joining this important showcase for color-field painting, where works by artists such as Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, and Helen Frankenthaler were also shown. Christensen soon started to be invited to participate in major museum shows, including the Whitney Annuals in New York and the Corcoran Gallery’s Biennials, in Washington, D.C. From the 1970s until his death in 2007, Dan Christensen was unrelenting in his exploration of new techniques as well as in his return in new ways to treat forms that had held his attention in the past. Dan Christensen, who began visiting eastern Long Island in the 1960s, lived as an artist in East Hampton until his death in 2007.

Dimensions With Frame

H 32 in. x W 40 in. x D 1 in.

Dimensions Without Frame

H 29.5 in. x W 22 in.
"Untitled" Blue and Orange Color Field Abstract Monotype on a Grey Background Late 20th Century