
Strong Woman
2018
Katherine Bradford's "Strong Woman" is an acrylic painting on canvas that exemplifies her characteristic gestural abstraction and expressionistic approach to the human figure. The work captures a sense of physical and emotional power through energetic brushwork and a dynamic composition that balances figuration with abstract painterly elements. Bradford's use of bold color and fluid, confident strokes conveys both the vulnerability and resilience suggested by the title.
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art
December 4, 2024
Lot 24
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Joan Mitchell
American · b. 1925

Mitchell's large scale acrylic and oil canvases share Bradford's gestural, emotionally charged brushwork and vibrant color fields that hover between figuration and abstraction. Both artists channel raw physical and psychological energy directly through the painterly act itself.

Maria Lassnig
Austrian · b. 1919

Lassnig's expressionistic figurative paintings similarly explore female bodily experience with bold, fluid paint handling and a tension between vulnerability and strength. Her work shares Bradford's interest in conveying emotional and physical states through energetic, confident mark making.

Cecily Brown
British · b. 1969

Brown's large scale canvases merge gestural abstraction with figurative elements using vibrant color and dynamic compositional energy that closely parallels Bradford's approach in this work. Both artists allow the human form to emerge from and dissolve back into expressive painterly surfaces.

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