Calabi Gallery

Featuring an Eclectic Array of Primarily 20th Century Artwork

New Show: Bay Area Figurative Expressionism of the 20th Century

Nocturne #2 by Hassel Smith, 1946, Oil on Canvas, 42 x 40 BAY AREA FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONISM of the 20th CENTURY Our new show is an exploration of modernistic figurative art in the era of Abstract Expressionism. Some of these artists moved back and forth between figuration and abstraction and others were strictly figurative, although generally […]

BAY AREA FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONISM of the 20th CENTURY

Our new show is an exploration of modernistic figurative art in the era of Abstract Expressionism. Some of these artists moved back and forth between figuration and abstraction and others were strictly figurative, although generally not adhering to conventional concepts of realism. Forms are often extremely abstracted, yet clearly alluding to the human figure, animals, […]