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Period: Mid-20th Century
Central London - Early 20th Century Impressionist Oil on Canvas by Gwen Collins
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Gwendolyn Collins was a wealthy painter who did most of work between 1922 - 1933. She lived in a Mount Street in Mayfair and did not join any art groups or societies. When her st...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The old dam. 1959, cardboard, watercolor, 68x54 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The old dam. 1959, cardboard, watercolor, 68x54 cm The central focus of the painting is an old town, a historic district known for its antiquated architecture, cobbled streets, and...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist - Blue Hydrangeas by Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Blue Hydrangeas in Acrylic on Paper Vining Blue Hydrangeas by San Francisco's artist Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985), 1946. The vertica...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Still Life Expressive Oil Painting - The Gourds
Located in Bristol, GB
THE GOURDS Size: 42 x 44 cm (including frame) Oil on Board A lively mid-century still life composition filled with a variety of gourds, executed in oil onto board. The gourds, in v...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Emile Albert Gruppe Important Fall Landscape 40x30
Located in Dallas, TX
Emile Albert Gruppe (1896-1978) Fall landscape Oil on canvas laid to canvas Signed lower right: Emile A. Gruppe Canvas: 40" H x 30" W Inches Framed: 48.25 x 38.25 Inches Very large ...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil

Emile Albert Gruppe Bringing In The Nets 30x36
Located in Dallas, TX
Emile Albert Gruppe (1896-1978) Hauling in the nets Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Emile A. Gruppe 30" H x 36" W A large and important classic by Gruppe of the Gloucester nautica...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Painting on Canvas 'Paloma' Signed and Dated with COA
Located in Hudson, NY
Peter Keil's gold framed painting on canvas. Signed and dated 1997. This one is stunning in person. Amazing and decorative gold frame compliments Keil's Picasso inspired painting of ...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

River. 1960, watercolor on paper, 43x61 cm
Located in Riga, LV
River. 1960, watercolor on paper, 43x61 cm Janis Brekte (1920.15.VIII – 1985.27.XII) Janis Brekte his first artistic education got in drawing courses of K. Brencens (1936 – 39). He ...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Still life with Apples and Bottle - Oil Paint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with apples and bottle is a modern artwork realized by an Artist of the mid-20th Century. Mixed colored oil painting. Includes frame.
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Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mini Swedish Figurative Portrait Painting - Whispers
Located in Bristol, GB
WHISPERS Mixed Media on Board Size: 30 x 37 cm (including frame) A wonderfully expressive and brilliantly executed figurative composition in mixed media (oil, watercolour gouache),...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Watercolor, Gouache

Harvest Farm Workers On Their Lunch Break French Impressionist Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 9 high by 11 inches wide c...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

French Impressionist Female Portrait Blue Pencil Sketch Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Female Portrait by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed measures: 8 high by 10 inches wide conditio...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Color Pencil

Avon Crisp - 1948 Oil, Study of Summer Flowers
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. Presented in a white painted wooden frame. On board.
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Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Impressionist Coastal Lighthouse View Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted impressionist coastal view with a lighthouse. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

1974 Vintage Mid-Century Interior Scene Cat Oil Painting - The Curious Encounter
Located in Bristol, GB
THE CURIOUS ENCOUNTER Size: 53.5 x 67 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A striking and lively composition, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1974. The canvas bursts with energ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Circus Performance 1930's French Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cirucs by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 9.5 high by 8 inches wide condit...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mini Portrait Oil Painting - Nude on Purple Chair
Located in Bristol, GB
NUDE ON PURPLE CHAIR Oil on Canvas Size: 29.5 x 26.5 cm (including frame) A tender and contemplative composition of a nude portrait, painted in oil onto canvas. The artist explore...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Jesus On The Cross Crucifixion Adaptation 1930's French Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Crucifixion by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back signed watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 11.75 high by 8 inch...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Mid-Century Modernist Still Life Painting - Pears in a Bowl, Eric Cederberg
By Eric Cederberg
Located in Bristol, GB
PEARS IN A BOWL Tempera on Board 41 x 46 cm (including frame) A brilliantly executed mid-century still life painting in tempera, painted by the established Swedish artist Eric Ceder...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Board, Tempera

French Impressionist Nude Female Figures Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Female Figures by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed measures: 8 high by 10 inches wide condition...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Color Pencil

Winter day. 1969. Paper, watercolor, 15x21 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Winter day. 1969. Paper, watercolor, 15x21 cm Janis Brekte (1920.15.VIII – 1985.27.XII) Janis Brekte his first artistic education got in drawing courses of K. Brencens (1936 – 39). ...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

1930's French Impressionist Servant Bowing Down To Pharaoh
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pharaoh by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 11.5 high by 7 inches wide conditio...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Oil Painting - Figures by the Harbour
Located in Bristol, GB
FIGURES BY THE HARBOUR Oil on Board Size: 34 x 64 cm (including frame) Characterised by bold lines, vivid colours and distinct forms, this painting carries a modernist ethos. We s...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Nativity Scene 1930's French Impressionist Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Nativity by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 12.75 high by 9 inches wide c...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

“Su Hijo”
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an original ketty wal painting on canvas . In good condition some minor wear to frame.
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Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil

Florentine Wall with Trees
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on artist board An artist whose work was simultaneously figurative and abstract, Brodie was praised as "one of the best painters of his generation" by art historian, Meyer Sc...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Gouache

New York Street Scene
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
New York Street Corner Scean Canvas size 30Hx24w Judith Sobel was born in Lwow Poland in 1924. After World War II, she attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland. There she s...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Provence Landscape Of Scattered Olive Trees Post Impressionist Signed Oil 1960's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence Olive Groves by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed on front and back oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 13 x 18 inches Colors: Green colors, black, brown, beige...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antique American Modernist Cubist Still Life Interior Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Still Life
Located in Oakland, CA
Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Still Life oil on poster board. Joseph Popczyk is a Polish artist known for his vivid palette and love of Cubism, and in this case, the chevrons and wavy patterns of Art Deco can also be detected. Like many of his contemporaries in Eastern Europe, the artist was born in Poland and gravitated toward Paris in the 1910s. He loved to depict the flash and jazz of club life in Paris, always with stamina and energy. This still life has outstanding elements: drinking glasses...
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

STRIKING 1964 MCM POP Abstract / Expressionist Painting by EJ Hartmann
Located in Exton, PA
Mid century modern abstract painting by NJ/PA painter Edward J Hartmann. Hartmann was born in 1925, attended Bucknell, graduated from Harvard, and has enjoyed a long life as a proli...
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Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

French Impressionist Nude Female Posed Figure Pencil Sketch Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Female by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed measures: 8 high by 10 inches wide condition: o...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Color Pencil

Sam Uhrdin, The Twilight View
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This beautiful mid-20th-century oil painting by Swedish artist Sam Uhrdin (1886-1964) depicts a woman playing the guitar in a gently lit room at twilight. Bathed in a warm radiance ...
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Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Castellanas Mallorca Majorca oil painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Josep Castellanas Garrich (Barcelona, 1896 - Majorca, 1980) Born in Barcelona in 1896, and in 1919 he moved to Mallorca following in the footsteps of Santiago Rusiñol, with whom he h...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Impressionist Posed Nude Female Figure Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Female Nude Figure by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed measures: 10 high by 8 inches wide condi...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Color Pencil

Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Seascape Oil Painting - Thoughts by the Waves
Located in Bristol, GB
THOUGHTS BY THE SEA Size: 53 x 56 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas An expressive and beautifully textured mid-century seascape composition, painted in oil onto canvas. Executed i...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Figurative Oil Painting - Carousel Joy
Located in Bristol, GB
CAROUSEL JOY Oil on Board Size: 43 x 51 cm (including frame) A joyful mid-century composition that captures the vibrant energy of a carousel ring with children, executed in oil ont...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antoni Costa Woman. original figurative Academician drawing painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
woman. original figurative academician drawing painting Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965 It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD. He was ...
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Academic Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Autumn landscape. 1966. Watercolor on paper. 33, 5 x 54 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Forest landscape at autumn 1966. Watercolor on paper. 33,5x54 cm Janis Brekte (1920.15.VIII – 1985.27.XII) Janis Brekte his first artistic education got in drawing courses of K. Bre...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Birch in the Forest
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache and pastel on paper An artist whose work was simultaneously figurative and abstract, Brodie was praised as "one of the best painters of his generation" by art historian, Mey...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Gouache

Mid Century French Cubist Oil Painting Atmospheric Green Landscape Town on Hill
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Hill Perched Village French School, mid 20th century oil on board, unframed board: 15 x 18 inches provenance: private collection condition: minor surface scuffs but overall good ...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil

1930's French Impressionist Figures Carrying Water Jugs On Their Heads
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape signed by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 10 high by 6.5 inch...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Jean-René Chatelain, Carnation Vase, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas dating from 1946 by Jean-René Chatelain. Beautiful canvas of a neo-realism soothed. Measurements : with frame: 81x72x7.5 cm - 31.9x28.3x3 inches, without frame: 68x58 c...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tenement Storm
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache and pastel on paper An artist whose work was simultaneously figurative and abstract, Brodie was praised as "one of the best painters of his generation" by art historian, Mey...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Pastel

Still Life (Cubist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Abraham P. Hankins (1904-1963). Tabletop Still Life , 1950. Oil on canvas, 24 x 33 inches. Signed with artist monogram center right. Signed and dated in graphite on verso. One...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1960's British Abtract Oil Painting - Stunning Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Superb Modern British abstract painting dating to the 1960's. The work is signed with the artists initials "RG". The painting captures an amazing array of bright and colourful shap...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

American Artist HENRY T HARVEY Antique oil painting on canvas, Rural Landscape
Located in Framingham, MA
This is a Large antique original oil painting on canvas depicting a bucolic rural scene, lively with characters and activities. In the foreground, a young man on horseback converses ...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Abstract Expressionist Large Framed New York City Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color. Framed.
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Female Nude Woman Interior
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Nude Woman, 1949. Gouache on paper, sheet measures 13.5 x 13.5 inches. Image measures 12 x 12 inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Unframed....
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Antique American Impressionist Summer Beach Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive mid 20th century impressionist beach scene. Oil on board. Framed. No signature found.
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Nude Female Model Posed On Arm Chair Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Model by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed measures: 8 high by 10 inches wide condition: ov...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Color Pencil

" Le Chien à la Lune. "
Located in CANNES, FR
André Verdet ( 1913 - 2004 ) . Artiste français né à Nice (alpes maritimes ) mort à Saint Paul de Vence . poète , peintre , sculpteur , céramiste , mus...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Casein

Composition
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract Female Nude Woman Interior
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Nude Woman, 1945. Gouache on paper, sheet measures 12.5 x 16 inches. Image measures 11.5 x 15 inches. Signed, dated and titled lower left. Unframed. ...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Guinovart. 21 Thoughtful Man Black and White. drawing on cardboard
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Guinovart. Thoughtful man. black and white. drawing on cardboard Josep Guinovart i Bertran (Barcelona 1927-2007) was a painter, draftsman and engraver from Catalonia, Spain. After ...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Lake. 1965, paper, watercolor, 52x67 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Lake. 1965, paper, watercolor, 52x67 cm The central focus of the artwork is on birches at the lake at early autumn Janis Brekte (1920.15.VIII – 1985.27.XII) Janis Brekte his first ...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Antique American Impressionist Opera Scene Signed Elegant Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American impressionist oil painting by Richard W. Baldwin (1920 - 2012). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lake Landscape (Cubist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Abraham P. Hankins (1904-1963). Lake with Reflection of Mountains, 1952. Oil on canvas, 15 x 19 inches. Signed with artist monogram center left. Signed and dated in graphite on ...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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