2020
A photographer, draftsman, cinematographer and painter, Frédéric Choisel is a person of many talents. Colors swirl across his canvases as if they’re in motion — his brushstrokes produce unexpected forms and textural heft. And while he’s best known for his abstract paintings, Choisel has created numerous works in a realist style, drawing frequently on the power of nature to produce serene landscapes as well as enveloping depictions of cloudy skies at dusk.
Born in France, Choisel attended Ecole Supérieure d'Etudes Cinématographiques and went on to the University of Paris VII, where he studied painting and other disciplines such as photography (he was shooting with an old Pentax as a child).
Influenced by the Dutch and Spanish Baroque artistic movements, Choisel credits 19th-century French masters Gustave Courbet and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot as inspirations. Photography and film are important to his painting, too. The artist initially worked as a filmmaker, and is still actively taking on projects as a cinematographer in the documentary realm. Choisel’s work behind the camera — any camera — is integral to his other endeavors. A still image he captures as part of a film project might find a new life as a subject at his easel.
Choisel has shown his work in solo and group exhibitions in France, Belgium and throughout the United States. He lives and works out of Paris, but also has a studio in Long Island City, New York, and is represented by Andra Norris Art Gallery in San Francisco.
Find original Frédéric Choisel abstract paintings and watercolor paintings on 1stDibs.
Alga Aligata No. 4- seaweed kelp oceanic abstracted work on paper
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mixed-media: Sumi Ink, graphite, metallic pigment and acrylic on Moulin de Larroque paper, made by hand in a mill in France. The mixed media work is inspired by seaweed / kelp at a E...
Metal, Gold Leaf
Seaweed Sojourn
By Erin Parish
Located in Burlingame, CA
Erin Parish draws on patterns found in nature for the subject matter of her tactile, bold, and brilliant abstract paintings created with oil and resin on wood and canvas. Inspired by...
Resin, Linen, Mixed Media
Le Loubinou 3 / contemporary blue and silver abstract tide pool water painting
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Le Loubinou III ' is a stunning and sophisticated artwork in blue, violet, grey, purple and silver. Inspired by the moving moving tide on an island in the west side of France. The a...
Metal
Sea Foam 1
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Sea Foam 2', 2022 is 47.25 x 35.5 inches, oil on linen painted by French-American artist Frédéric Choisel who explores the poetic intersection between nature and abstraction, drawin...
Linen, Oil
Backwash: Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting on Linen, Signed
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Backwash' — luminous oil on linen. Dimensions are 60 x 72 inches. French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countrysides of France, New York, and California'...
Linen, Oil
Hana-Bi 5
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
The Hana-Bi 5 — luminous oil on linen. Dimensions are 50 x 50 inches. French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countrysides of France, New York, and Californ...
Linen, Oil
Coral Pieces, Abstract Seascape, Urban Design Style, Dark Tones on Paper, 2025
By Perrine Honoré
Located in Barcelona, ES
Coral Pieces is a bold and immersive abstract painting that draws inspiration from organic marine forms, interpreted through vibrant color fields and dynamic gestures. Vivid blues an...
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 12 (texture, organic, biophilic, sand)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 12 (horizontal) is a luminous, mixed-media painting by Melisa Taylor Metzger from her decade-long series At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites (...
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Scylla, abstract etching by Christian Bozon
By Christian Bozon
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. Edition size: 50. Christian Bozon was born in Lons-le-Saunier, France in 1969. He was trained at the Art School of Besancon and ...
Etching, Aquatint
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 14 (texture, organic, biophilic, sand)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 14 is a vertical mixed-media work from Melisa Taylor Metzger’s decade-long series At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites (2015–2025). This piece ...
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
N°1129 (Abstract Painting)
By Jean Daniel Salvat
Located in London, GB
Jean-Daniel Salvat is a French abstract artist based in Nîmes, France. He attended the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts under the directorship of the famous artist Claude ...
Acrylic, Vinyl
Untitled I
By Bastienne Schmidt
Located in Fairfield, CT
This series on paper, Topologies of Blue, possesses layers of delicate texture and structure in the blue tones, created through a process that combines inks, polymer paints, leaves, ...
Mixed Media, Paper
