Purvis Young
acrylic and mixed media on cardboard
Art measures 12 x 20.5 inches
Frame measures 18.25 x 26.5 inches
Signed upper left
#007000

The painting is an expressive, abstract work by Purvis Young with a strong emphasis on dynamic brushwork and a limited color palette dominated by deep reds, off-whites, and subtle accents of earthy browns and lavender. The raw energy of the painting depicts stylized figures on horses, rendered in a loose, energetic, calligraphic style. The heavy texture with visible impasto, scraping, and layered brushstrokes that create a sense of depth and energy with hints of underlying colors like red and brown peeking through. A wonderful example of the urban or social expressionism style, with the thick, tactile paint application and the way gives it a dramatic, almost sculptural presence on the two-dimensional surface, giving the piece a raw, aged, or weathered quality, almost like an old fresco or a heavily worked surface. The overall style appears to be influenced by Abstract Expressionism, as seen in the work of Willem de Kooning or Franz Kline, with its gestural energy combined with elements of figurative abstraction. The painting is signed by the artist in the upper left corner. It comes housed in wooden frame, matted and under glass, with hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed.