Paul Wonner

(American, 1920–2008)

Paul Wonner was an American painter associated with the Bay Area Figurative Movement alongside Richard Diebenkorn, Elmer Bischoff, and David Park. Wonner painted still lifes, landscapes, and figures with the vigorous brushstrokes and dynamic compositions of Abstract Expressionism. “Eventually I realized that I could connect compositional elements with shadows. People thought that was strange, because the shadows were doing things that they couldn’t do naturally,” he once said. Born on April 24, 1920 in Tucson, AZ, he went on to attend the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland before serving in the US Military. Wonner later moved to New York, where he studied at the Art Students League and worked as a package designer. After returning to California in 1950, where he completed a master’s degree in library science, Wonner’s work transitioned from abstraction into the expressive figurative paintings for which he is now known. Later in his career, the artist adopted the delineated realism of 17th-century Dutch still-life painters. Wonner died on April 23, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, among others.

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Paul Wonner (408 results)
Dutch' Still Life with Flowers and a Box of..., 1983

Paul Wonner

Dutch' Still Life with Flowers and a Box of..., 1983

Sale Date: April 17, 2024

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Boy With Flowers, 1961

Paul Wonner

Boy With Flowers, 1961

Sale Date: March 26, 2024

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Two Yellow Roses

Paul Wonner

Two Yellow Roses

Sale Date: February 28, 2024

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F.T. in Harem Costume

Paul Wonner

F.T. in Harem Costume

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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Untitled, 1962

Paul Wonner

Untitled, 1962

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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Please Do Not Cross the Line

Paul Wonner

Please Do Not Cross the Line

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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View from I's [Christopher Isherwood's],..., 1965

Paul Wonner

View from I's [Christopher Isherwood's],..., 1965

Sale Date: September 15, 2023

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Portrait of Seated Male

Paul Wonner

Portrait of Seated Male

Sale Date: June 19, 2023

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Seated Nude

Paul Wonner

Seated Nude

Sale Date: June 19, 2023

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F.T. in Harem Costume

Paul Wonner

F.T. in Harem Costume

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Portrait of Tony Berlant, 1961

Paul Wonner

Portrait of Tony Berlant, 1961

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Model with Long Hair

Paul Wonner

Model with Long Hair

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Study for a Portrait of André Previn, 1964

Paul Wonner

Study for a Portrait of André Previn, 1964

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Tabletop Still Life, 1988

Paul Wonner

Tabletop Still Life, 1988

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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Still Life with Oleander in a Schweppes..., 1978

Paul Wonner

Still Life with Oleander in a Schweppes..., 1978

Sale Date: April 12, 2023

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Pink Tablecloth, Flowers and Cheese, 1998

Paul Wonner

Pink Tablecloth, Flowers and Cheese, 1998

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Woman Reading, 1963–1964

Paul Wonner

Woman Reading, 1963–1964

Sale Date: February 9, 2023

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William Theophilus Brown, 1962–1963

Paul Wonner

William Theophilus Brown, 1962–1963

Sale Date: December 15, 2022

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The Model Seated Near Plants, 1960

Paul Wonner

The Model Seated Near Plants, 1960

Sale Date: December 15, 2022

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Man with a Cigarette, 1963

Paul Wonner

Man with a Cigarette, 1963

Sale Date: December 15, 2022

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Model, Nude Near A Mirror, 1959

Paul Wonner

Model, Nude Near A Mirror, 1959

Sale Date: December 15, 2022

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Study of a Nude Male

Paul Wonner

Study of a Nude Male

Sale Date: December 18, 2022

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Untitled

Paul Wonner

Untitled" (Pastel Blue Abstraction)

Sale Date: December 18, 2022

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Untitled, 1970

Paul Wonner

Untitled, 1970

Sale Date: November 6, 2022

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