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Modern Still-life Paintings

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The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Prickly Pears and Pomegranates
Located in Concord, MA
KONRAD CRAMER (1888-1963) Prickly Pears and Pomegranates, 1929 Oil on board 19 ¾ x 23 ¾ inches Signed and dated at lower right: KONRAD CRAMER / 1929 ...
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1920s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Water Lilies
Located in Missouri, MO
Homage To Monet: Water Lilies Ver. I Peter Max (German, b. 1937) Acrylic on Canvas 15.5 x 19.5 inches 30.5 x 40.5 inches with frame Signed lower right Known throughout the world an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

1959 Mid-Century Modern Still Life Oil Painting by Ture Fabiansson -Cauliflowers
Located in Bristol, GB
CAULIFLOWERS Size: 42 x 51.5 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A simple yet very pleasant modernist still life oil composition dated 1959, and painted by the established Swedish artist Ture...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Untitled (Horns and Bow)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s. Untitled (Horns and Bow), 1941, oil on board, signed and dated lower right, 15 x 20 1/x inches...
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1940s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Board, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Fruit Frame
Located in Bristol, GB
FRUIT FRAME Size: 30 x 39 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A captivating semi-abstract still life composition with a minimalist vibe, executed in oil onto canvas. Against a backd...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Floral Still Life Oil Painting - Flower Vase
Located in Bristol, GB
FLOWER VASE Size: 50 x 42 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas Laid on Board A wonderful mid-century still life oil composition that comes to life with its expressive quality and rich...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board, Canvas

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Pots & Green Fruit
Located in Bristol, GB
POTS & GREEN FRUIT Size: 43 x 67 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas An expressive mid-century still life oil composition, that invites viewers to appreciate the beauty of simple, ev...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Blooming Flowers in Red, Green Wild Cactus Diptych, Illustration Style, Desert
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Wild Cactus Flowers II" is an illustration style painting by Romina Milano where a dance of gestures unfolds across colorful landscapes. Romina Milano is an Italian artist renowne...
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2010s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor

“Daisies”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful vibrant original oil painting on canvas by the Swiss artist, Hans Walter Scheller. Signed lower right and dated 1937. Condition is excellent. The painting is housed in i...
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1930s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid-Century Swedish Still Life Oil Painting, Eric Cederberg - Pipe & Pears
Located in Bristol, GB
PIPE & PEARS Size: 49.5 x 79.5 cm (including frame) Oil on Board A brilliantly executed and characterful mid-century still life in oil, painted by the established Swedish artist Eri...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Framed Still Life Oil Painting - Wild Rose
Located in Bristol, GB
WILD ROSE Size: 47 x 39 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A characterful mid-century modernist still life composition, executed in oil onto canvas. A wild rose placed within a ye...
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1960s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Shelf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil on canvas, 18 x 20 inches, Signed lower right This painting is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Exhibited: 1) (likel...
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1930s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Phlox Flower Still Life Oil Painting Antique Exhibited Large Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique oil on canvas by Ernest Fiene (1894 - 1965) . This work was exhibited at Midtown Galleries. Housed in its original modernist frame as well. Perfect and ready to hang! Tit...
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1930s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Apples on a Peacock Tablecloth', Royal Academy, São Paulo & Venice Biennales
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Agger' for Knud Agger (Danish, 1895-1973) and painted circa 1940. Born in Holstebro, Denmark, Knud Agger was exposed at a young age to theories of art and paint...
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1940s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American School Modernist Framed Original Surreal Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist surreal still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1940s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

French Modernist Gouache Painting Red Poinsettia Flowers In Clear Glass Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed verso, dated 1973 original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a fe...
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20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Gouache

20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting White Peonies Flower Arrangement
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
White Peonies by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scu...
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20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Gouache

British 20th Century still life oil painting of eggshells
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
David Sinclair RSW (British, b.1937) Oriental bowl and Eggshells Oil on canvas Signed ‘D Sinclair’ (lower left) 12 x 10 in. (30.5 x 25.5 cm.) Provenance...
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20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Red Peonies - Gouache Painting by Anna Gasteiger - Early 20th Century
By Anna Gasteiger
Located in Roma, IT
Red peonies is an artwork realized by Anna Gasteiger (Lubecca 1878 - Monaco 1954) Gouache, cm. 59 x 48. Early 20th Century. Hand signed in the lower right. Lacquered frame. Anna ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Gouache

Huge French Modernist Signed Oil Urns & Pots Still Life Orange Purple Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Modernist school, late 20th century signed with initials JL still life of urns and pans oil on canvas, unframed 31 x 40 inches provenance: private collection, France The pain...
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Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Big Dande
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Jeni Stallings creates work that often draws from her dreams and personal experiences. She tends to render those moments in a muted, femininity-infused ...
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2010s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Wax, Oil, Wood Panel

No. 628 (Tabletop Still Life)
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
DESCRIPTION 19 3/4 x 38 1/2 inches (sight size) 21 ½ x 41 inches (framed) Signed lower right Titled on stretcher verso PROVENANCE Private collection, New York This item is located...
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1950s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Liquor Saleswoman - made in brown, beige, wine-colored, claret
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The hero at this painting is a human. His eyes are a lenses that artist using. At all time they are together, a man and a woman. Duality of differences, two views, different accents,...
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2010s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Still Life - Original Oil on Canvas by F. Carena - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an original Oil on Canvas realized by Felice Carena in 1952. Hand signed and dated. Very good condition. Felice Carena Turin 1879 - Venice 1966 He studies with Giaco...
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1950s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Blue Teapot
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just released original oil painting by Belgian artist Jessica Rice (1942-2016.) "The Blue Teapot”, was acquired from the personal collection ...
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2010s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Still Life - Original Oil on Canvas by Arturo Tosi - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is a beautiful original oil on Canvas realized by Arturo Tosi in 1936. Signed lower right "A. Tosi". Includes a beautiful coeval wooden frame cm...
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1930s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Alan Latter, Fashionable Buttons, Trompe l'ceil still life
Located in Harkstead, GB
Alan Latter (born 1961) Pink Buttons, a Trompe l'oeil Signed and dated ‘2021’ verso Oil on board 11¾ x 15¾ inches 17¾ x 22 inches Born in Islington in 1961, Alan Latter's work is influenced by Bloomsbury Group artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and Fauvists Henri Matisse and Jean Puy...
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2010s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Deux Poires, Modern Still Life by Salinas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Deux Poires Laurent Marcel Salinas, Egyptian/French (1913–2010) Date: 1998 Oil on Canvas, signed u.l. Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.32 x 25.4 cm) Frame Size: 12 x 14 inches
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Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Pichet aux Citrons, Modern Still Life by Salinas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pichet aux Citrons Laurent Marcel Salinas Egyptian/French (1913–2010) Date: 1997 Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 10.5 x 9 in. (26.67 x 22.86 cm)
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Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Composition - Original Oil Paint by Filippo De Pisis - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Signed and dated (19)38 lower right, verso on old label "Natura Morta". Exhibition: "Pittura e disegni di De Pisis" Galleria di Roma, December 1939, n. 12. Bibliography: C.E. Opp...
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1930s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nature morte à l’oeuf - Roger de la Fresnaye, still life, modern, french, fruit
Located in London, GB
Roger de la Fresnaye (1885-1925) Nature morte à l’oeuf 1910 oil on board mounted on panel 66.2 x 50.9 cm signed and dated ‘R de la Fresnaye.10’ (upper right) Price: $157,500 USD (in...
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1910s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Board

The Covered Wagon
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
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1970s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bleeding Heart
Located in Missouri, MO
Robert Elton Tindall (1913-1983) "Bleeding Heart" 1944 Egg Tempera with Resin Oil Glazes on Panel Signed and Dated 5/44 Lower Right Site: 12.5 x 15.5 i...
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1940s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Glaze, Egg Tempera, Panel

Philodendron
Located in Missouri, MO
Robert Elton Tindall (1913-1983) "Philodendron" 1941 Egg Tempera with Resin Oil Glazes on Panel Signed and Dated Lower Right Site: 13.5 x 11.5 inches Framed: 21 x 19 inches Proteg...
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1940s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Egg Tempera, Glaze

Liquor Saleswoman - made in brown, beige, wine-colored, claret
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The hero at this painting is a human. His eyes are a lenses that artist using. At all time they are together, a man and a woman. Duality of differences, two views, different accents, but in one wholeness. Fomin is a fairy-tale artist, a romance teller, who is choosing never ending life stories for a viewer. He is telling these stories with realistic language of the artist, citing the language of Bruegel sentimental sincerity of Chagall, but also a precise coloristic scheme, that was a signature of French Art in the second half of XX century. The fantastic World of the artist is perfectly detailed that makes it truthful. This artistic language principle defined the style of the artist long before he entered the Art World market. His love for Italian Renaissance was born in Minsk during his study years. Art, Music and Architecture made Igor Fomin...
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2010s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Brith at Red
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
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1970s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Cocktails ll
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered mixed media painting by American artist Robert McIntosh, (1916-2010.) Cocktails ll, is an original mixed media gouache on heavy artists paper, signed, d...
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1940s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Mixed Media

Vin et Pommes, Oil Painting by Laurent Salinas circa 1952
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, Egyptian/French (1913 - 2010) Title: Vin et Pommes Year: circa 1952 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed u.r. Size: 18 x 15 in. (45.72 x 38.1 cm)
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1950s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Black Smith Anger
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
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1990s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil

William Rosewood - Stigmata - Oil and Gold
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
William Rosewood - Stigmata Medium: Oil on panel Casted in Gold 24 Karat Dimension: Diameter: 120 cm (Framed 130cm) William Rosewood is a talented artist who has discovered th...
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2010s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Gold, Gold Leaf

Madonna of the Picture, 1930s Framed Figural Devotional New Mexico Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Original 1939 oil painting by New Mexico modernist, Howard Schleeter (1903-1976), Madonna of the Picture includes a santo of the Virgin Mary, a still life of flowers in a vase and a crucifix. Presented in a custom hand-carved frame, outer dimensions measure 21 x 17 x 2 inches. Image size is 16 x 12 inches. Painting is clean and in very good vintage condition - please contact us for a complete condition report. Provenance: Private Collection, California Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote. About the Artist: Howard Schleeter, the son of a commercial artist, studied formally at the Albright Art School in his hometown of Buffalo, New York. However, his studies at Albright were brief and the artist considered himself to be primarily self-taught. He later met Charles Lindbergh while working as an airplane mechanic. However, he soon chose to make his living entirely as an artist and, in 1929, he traveled to New Mexico. The following year he married and the couple made New Mexico their permanent home. Schleeter studied under Brooks Willis during the 1930's and worked in several mediums including gouache, watercolor, oil, scratchboard and engraving. The Great Depression took its toll on Schleeter who occasionally found work digging ditches to make ends meet. In 1936, his financial status greatly improved when he received the first of several commissions from the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Though he worked primarily in abstraction, the five murals he completed for a WPA commission in the Melrose Public School library are realistic depictions of the West. He worked on several more New Deal commissions during the years of 1936 and 1942 in locations including Santa Fe, Clayton, and Washington D.C. During this time, Schleeter furthered his income by teaching at a Las Vegas, New Mexico, art gallery during 1938 and 1939. In 1945, the Encyclopedia Britannica referred to Schleeter as "an artist's artist." He also received local attention when he became one of the first artists chosen by Peter Hurd and Jane Mabry for his significant contributions to New Mexico's art. Schleeter taught at the University of New Mexico during 1950-1951 and 1954. Member: Art League of New Mexico Exhibited: Kansas Art Institute, 1936-1938; New Mexico State Fair, 1939 (prize); New Mexico Art League, 1939 (prize); Cedar City, New Mexico, 1941-1946; Philadelphia Artist Alliance, 1945 (solo); deYoung Memorial Museum, 1946; Art Institute of Chicago, 1947; Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, 1951 (purchase prize), 1955 (purchase prize); Vienna, Austria, 1952; Guggenheim Museum, 1954; Karlsruhe Museum, Germany, 1955; Stanford University, 1955 (solo); New Mexico Highlands University, 1957 (purchase prize); Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1958; Swope Art Gallery Works Held: A&M College, New Mexico (mural); Art League of New Mexico; Cedar City Institute of Religion; Encyclopaedia Britannica; Miners Hospital, Raton, New Mexico (mural); Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe; Research Studio, Maitland, Florida; University of New Mexico Further Reading: Artists of 20th-Century New Mexico: the Museum of Fine Arts Collection, Museum of New Mexico Press for the Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, 1992.; The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West, Peggy and Harold Samuels, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1976.; Taos and Santa Fe: the Artist's Environment, 1882-1942, Van Deren Coke, University of New Mexico Press for the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, TX and the Art Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM: 1963.; Treasures on New Mexico Trails: Discover New Deal Art and Architecture: Kathryn A. Flynn ed., Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, NM: 1995.; Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Vol. 1. Peter Hastings Falk, Georgia Kuchen and Veronica Roessler, eds.,Sound View Press, Madison, Connecticut, 1999. 3 Vols. ©David Cook...
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1930s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Board, Oil

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