
Steve McCallum b. 1951
With their bright colors, energetic compositions, and spirited vernacular titles, Steven McCallum's paintings belong to a heroic American tradition that includes artists such as Stuart Davis and Willem de Kooning. McCallum's work is set apart by its postmodern approach to color, shape, space, and pattern, adding a whole new idiom, at once elegant and slangy, to the language of contemporary abstraction.
McCallum was born in Alliance, Ohio, in 1951 and received an MFA from Kent State University in 1976. He has exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States and in Sweden. He has been awarded grants from the Gottlieb Foundation and the New York State Arts Council. His works are in collections that include the Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida and the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio.
Auction Results Steve McCallum

Steve McCallum
Brace for Impact
estimate: $1,500–2,500
result: $938

Steve McCallum
Tape-Arium
estimate: $200–300
result: $250

Steve McCallum
Untitled
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $2,304

Steve McCallum
Zydeco Zs
estimate: $1,500–2,500
result: $4,375

Steve McCallum
Untitled
estimate: $800–1,200
result: $625

Steve McCallum
Doggie Mambo (Too)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $1,250