Abstract Expressionist Pastel Drawing by Erik Sulander

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Original abstract expressionism secondary generation by Erik Sulander; This painting aligns strongly with the second-generation American Abstract Expressionists of the … Read more Original abstract expressionism secondary generation by Erik Sulander; This painting aligns strongly with the second-generation American Abstract Expressionists of the late 1950s and early 1960s — artists who extended the first generation’s breakthroughs into more structured, architectonic, and chromatically complex territories. It channels the physical immediacy of Kline, the emotional charge of Motherwell, and the spatial layering of early Diebenkorn, yet it asserts its own voice through the distinctive interplay of vector and field.

Moreover, Sulander’s use of color — far more assertive than the restrained palettes of Kline or Gottlieb — situates the work closer to the contemporary modernist dialogue, bridging mid-century abstraction with post-painterly developments. This positions the piece not merely as homage but as a continuation and evolution of the Abstract Expressionist ethos into the 21st century. See less