Art by Medium: Masonite

oil on masonite with a natural birch frame glossy finish

Haitian Artist Préfète Duffaut is part of a rare breed of painters who have an instantly recognizable style. This is no easy feat to have achieved. With tens of thousands of painter...

Vibrant and expressive figurative work by John Lancaster (British, Born circa 1930). An adult figure looks into the distance, with its back to the viewe...

Tranquil landscape by Lylia T. Shackelford (20th Century). A calm stream flows down the center of the painting, framed on either side by lush grass and tall trees. Beyond the trees a...

Dynamic seascape featuring a a deep orange sunset glow peaking through dark storm clouds over crashing waves by Vasil (Victor) Papkov (20th Century). Signed "V. Papkov" in the lower right corner, in pen. Presented in a gilded frame. Board size: 12"H x 16"W Vasil Papkov...

This is an framed abstract acrylic painting on masonite board evoking a figures and boats on a dramatic sea, reminiscent of the ancient Greek epic narrative. It is framed in a narrow...

Oil on masonite encaustic painting by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed and dated top right, 1952. In good to very good condition. Provenance: Est...

Abstract Impressionism primarily black and white painting by Kristin Cohen (American, b.1963). Purchased as part of her collection. Unsigned and...

Baja California View, Vintage 1970's Coastal Landscape by E.C. Madison Wonderful landscape of Baja California by E.C. Madison (American, 20th Century), 1972. This sweeping coastal l...

Mid century gardener's still life of watering can and terracotta pot by San Francisco, California artist Eleanor Perry (American, 20th Century...

Oil on masonite painting by the Russian/American artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed middle right and dated 1955. It depicts a white stallion riding on a wooden raft in rough seas with...

Mother Elizabeth, c. 1930 - 40s, tempera on Masonite, signed and titled upper left, 22 5/8 x 16 inches, artist's name inscribed verso of original frame Ernest W. Scanes was a Mich...

This is a oil on masonite painting by Nahum Tschacbasov done in 1946. Signed lower left and housed in a hand carved wood frame circa 1920. Overall size with frame is 40 x 33 inches.

"Waterfall in the Forest" is an original acrylic painting on masonite by David Barnett, signed on the verso. The work breaks down the image of the title to its most basic colors and ...

Abstract Modernist oil painting by Zoute dated 1951. Oil on Masonite. I believe the subject in the painting is the artist's wife Thelma Salter. Zoute used himself and his wife almost exclusively as models. Painted in 1951. Unframed. Signed lower right. Presented by Joseph Dasta Antiques. Zoute (Born-Leon Salter, 1903-1976) was self-taught and well exhibited during his lifetime. He painted from 1940-1954 (he stopped painting at this later date due to his wife's illness and death and never painted again) A self-taught artist, he was part of the great modern wave. He exhibited with many of the most notable artists of the day such as Picasso, Braque, Klee and others at the invitation only State University of Iowa International Show 1946-1947. He had numerous one man shows at NYC galleries, Mortimer Levitt / Joseph Heller...

Detailed abstract acrylic painting of a microcosmic underwater realm by an unknown San Francisco Bay area artist (American, 20th Century). Signed indistinctly lower right side. Unfra...

At first glance, Préfète Duffaut's depiction of Bossou from 1954 might be mistaken for a Picasso or a Miro. The work is highly abstract, packed with symbolic meaning akin to Surrea...

A textural, earth tone abstract landscape evocative of rolling hillsides in brown and white neutrals by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned. Unframed. Image, 24"H x...

Emotive abstract in warm colors by Anna Ballarian (American, 1918-2010), playing with deep contextualized Magenta and Ochre and blurred collage blocks to an extraordinary Kinetic aff...

Procession with elephant, expressionist style oil painting, signed and dated. George Russin was born in New York 1910-2010. He attended the High School of Music and Art to pursue bot...

An early work by Julio De Diego embodies the deep love he had for his homeland of Spain, combined with his strong emotions against war. The peacefulness of the couple holding hands l...

The Island Woman (La Mujer Isla) Artist signed lower right corner, also signed, titled and dated on reverse. Enrique Chavarría (1927-1998) was a Mexican painter and neo-surrealist, whose fantastic imagery carries forward the work of the Mexican Surrealists. He created hundreds of easel-sized oil paintings on masonite and numerous smaller works. For four decades his principal patron was Bryna Prensky, an American gallery owner from Florida who moved to Mexico City in 1954. She bought most of Chavarría’s known works for her gallery and her own collection. Prensky said she often found Chavarría in his pajamas at mid-day. He read widely and painted dreamlike images that reflect his wide-ranging scholarly interests. Much of his work is thought to have been inspired by poetry, especially the writings of André Breton, Paul Éluard, Arthur Rimbaud, and Paul Valéry; by the classic surrealism of Salvador Dalí; and by the paintings of Mexican neo-surrealist artists Remedios Varo...

Rendered with the casual elegance of a mid-century society woman’s portrait slated for her Palm Beach master suite, the subject in this work is instead a young man. The artist's sign...

My dream is an original contemporary artwork realized in the 2000s by Valerio Romagnoli. Mixed colored oil painting and tempera on masonite. Wooden base.

Mid-Century Modern oil painting, 1940s cityscape, "Bedford at Lafayette, Brooklyn". Oil on masonite. Signed King Rich. In vintage modernist frame...

David was inspired by the Anasazi petroglyphs with these shapes of the figures in this painting. It is an oil painting on Masonite. The frame is black wood- a shadow box concept. The...

Acrylic on Masonite

Sylvia Rutkoff (1919-2011) Sr10-1 c.1950s “Boy with Mittens” Oil impasto on Masonite 36x42.5 black wood gallery frame Signed on reverse in paint Collection acquired from family estat...

Mixed Media on Masonite

JOAN NELSON UNTITLED, 1984 egg tempera on masonite 24 x 18 in. 61 x 45.7 cm. signed and dated on verso landscape castle

"Self Portrait" is an original acrylic painting on masonite board by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This painting features a portrait of the artist, David Barnett, in gr...

Signed lower left. Mary Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910 and toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, summered with the Schubert Light Opera Company, a...

Acrylic on Masonite

Mixed Media on Masonite

This artwork on masonite emphasizes loose and intuitive pencil work through expressive lines and shadows. It combines paint and pencil techniques to create a simple yet captivating c...

Julio De Diego’s Atomic Series paintings made an extraordinary statement regarding the shock and fear that accompanied the dawn of the nuclear age. In the artist’s own words, “Scientists were working secretly to develop formidable powers taken from the mysterious depths of the earth - with the power to make the earth useless! Then, the EXPLOSION! . . . we entered the Atomic Age, and from there the neo-Atomic war begins. Explosions fell everywhere and man kept on fighting, discovering he could fight without flesh.” To execute these works, De Diego developed a technique of using tempera underpainting before applying layer upon layer of pigmented oil glazes. The result is paintings with surfaces which were described as “bonelike” in quality. The forms seem to float freely, creating a three-dimensional visual effect. In the 1954 book The Modern Renaissance in American Art, author Ralph Pearson summarizes the series as “a fantastic interpretation of a weighty theme. Perhaps it is well to let fantasy and irony appear to lighten the devastating impact. By inverse action, they may in fact increase its weight.” Bibliography Art in America, April 1951, p.78 About this artists: Julio De Diego crafted a formidable persona within the artistic developments and political struggles of his time. The artist characterized his own work as “lyrical,” explaining, “through the years, the surrealists, the social-conscious painters and the others tried to adopt me, but I went my own way, good, bad or indifferent.” [1] His independence manifested early in life when de Diego left his parent’s home in Madrid, Spain, in adolescence following his father’s attempts to curtail his artistic aspirations. At the age of fifteen he held his first exhibition, set up within a gambling casino. He managed to acquire an apprenticeship in a studio producing scenery for Madrid’s operas, but moved from behind the curtains to the stage, trying his hand at acting and performing as an extra in the Ballet Russes’ Petrouchka with Nijinsky. He spent several years in the Spanish army, including a six-month stretch in the Rif War of 1920 in Northern Africa. His artistic career pushed ahead as he set off for Paris and became familiar with modernism’s forays into abstraction, surrealism, and cubism. The artist arrived in the U.S. in 1924 and settled in Chicago two years later. He established himself with a commission for the decoration of two chapels in St. Gregory’s Church. He also worked in fashion illustration, designed magazine covers and developed a popular laundry bag for the Hotel Sherman. De Diego began exhibiting through the Art Institute of Chicago in 1929, and participated in the annual Chicago Artists Exhibitions, Annual American Exhibitions, and International Water Color Exhibitions. He held a solo exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in the summer of 1935. Though the artist’s career was advancing, his family life had deteriorated. In 1932 his first marriage dissolved, and the couple’s young daughter Kiriki was sent to live with friend Paul Hoffman. De Diego continued to develop his artistic vocabulary with a growing interest in Mexican art. He traveled throughout the country acquainting himself with the works of muralists such as Carlos Merida, and also began a collection of small native artifacts...

Signed lower right: "Atherton", inscribed "John Atherton Original Tempera 7/28/50" on verso. Artwork measures 16" x 20" and framed 20" x 24" x 2 ½" About this artists: John Atherton (1900-1952) did not show an early aptitude for art; rather, his first love was nature and the activities he relished there, mainly fishing and hunting. Born in Brainerd, Minnesota in 1900, he learned to fish with his father from the age of four. Later the family moved to Spokane, Washington, and when he was old enough, Atherton worked at a variety of jobs to help support his family. One such job, in the sorting plant of a lead and silver mine, paid $4.25 a day—a good wage, though he never had time to spend his money, since he worked seven days a week. After serving in the Navy for a year during World War I, Atherton was determined to get an education. He worked as a sign painter and played the banjo in a dance band, finally accumulating enough money to enroll in the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Once there, he worked like a fiend, attending classes both during the day and at night, getting the best training available. Though he had always intended to be a fine artist, Atherton’s first jobs were for commercial art firms. In 1929, using the prize money won for a painting he entered in an art competition, Atherton and his wife moved to New York City. Though the economic situation was difficult in those years, he managed to keep going by taking commissions for magazine illustrations, and over the years he would paint more than forty covers for The Saturday Evening Post. In 1938, an artist friend suggested that he use the same flat, decorative style as his commercial work for his gallery paintings. This was a breakthrough for Atherton; soon afterwards he held a one-man show at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York, and his paintings began to be collected by museums including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Atherton’s reputation increased to a national scale when he designed the art deco stone lithograph poster for the 1939 World’s Fair that strikingly depicted Earth and its atmospheric layers in the lap of Liberty. Atherton was highly influenced by the magic realist...

Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Another outstanding painting by Charles Ford that focuses on the High Line in New York City ...

Oil on masonite Signed and dated, l.r. This painting is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. About the artist: Konrad Cramer grew up in Wurtzburg, Germany, and attended the Karlsruhe Academy. He was a member of Der Blaue Reiter...

Signed (lower right): Robert Vickrey

In this delicate dress painting on masonite, the combination of paint, pencil and mixed media build up a textured, figurative composition. A blend of detail and loose brush work comm...

Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Another wonderful painting by Charles Ford that captures the great lighting and shadows of ...

Mariposa is an oil painting on oval masonite with an image size of 28 x 42" (oval), signend 'felix mas' lower left, unframed. Felix Mas is in many ways an alchemist, transforming e...

Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. This painting depicts S&S nail salon in New York City. From the g...

Alfonso T. Toran is a Florida artist from the late 19th early 20th century. His works display bold animal portraits, mostly in birds and fish. Later on in his painting career, he mov...

Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Another outstanding painting by Charles Ford that focuses on the High Line in New York City ...

Sunil Padwal Untitled Acrylic on Masonite 25 x 24 inches (Framed & Delivered) In this Untitled work by Padwal, the blurred contours and earthy tones evoke a sense of introspection a...

Broad areas of bold, flat red, magenta, and pink characterize this mid-century painting by Barbara Warren Ebersole ( Barbara Tate Ebersole ). It depicts a block party festooned with balloons and a street organ grinder with a smartly dressed performing monkey. The overall look of a lot mid-century art inspires many of today's most celebrated contemporary artists. Signed and dated upper left. Oil on Masonite. Barbara Warren Ebersole was a painter and an author. She may have been of Native American...

An American Female Artist in her late signature style depicts a Horse and a Colt in an abstract landscape. Ethel Magafan scapes the defining lines with a knife to add to the creative...

Date: 1953 Medium: Oil on Masonite Dimensions: 42.00" x 32.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, January 31, 1953. The Post d...

Contemporary expressionist abstract painting by Houston based artist Paul Reeves. The work features white, bold, gestural strokes set against a blue and black background. Signed on t...

Marjorie Portnow's "Barbados View from Cherry Tree Hill" is a vibrant and captivating aerial impressionist landscape that captures the breathtaking beauty of the island from a unique...

This painting by Joan Nelson depicts a sepia-toned scene placed behind the walls of a dark brown building. Potentially depicting a rooftop or a balcony, a way further into the buildi...

Genesis - Light from Dark, Original Abstract Resin Painting, 2018 Artist Commentary: My depiction of the verse in Genesis where light and dark wer...

oil on masonite panel

This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on a smooth masonite board with a painted grey background, black abstract portrait with many colors. Here you certainly see the Picasso...

Herbert Siebner (1925-2004) was a German-born Canadian painter whose work is characterized by its expressive use of color and texture, and its exploration of themes of war, exile, an...

Composition, 1940–42 Oil on paper collage on masonite, 16 x 11 3/4 inches (40.6 x 29.8 cm) Framed dimensions: 26 x 21 3/4 inches Signed right center: SF Provenance Frelinghuysen Morris Foundation; Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Private collection until 2022 Suzy Frelinghuysen was born into a wealthy and prominent New Jersey family, and growing up, she was tutored in both art and music. While she showed an early talent for art, it was not her primary interest; as a child, she nurtured an nambition to become a professional singer. In 1935, she married George Morris, who came from an equally wealthy and distinguished New York family and had already established himself as an art collector, artist, and critic. Morris encouraged Frelinghuysen to paint and introduced her to a circle of affluent abstract artists, including the artist and collector Albert Gallatin. Gallatin owned a small but influential gallery, known as the Gallery of Living Art...

A fantastic scene where the characters leave the canvas empty.

Gerard Valcin has a style that is instantly recognized as his own, which is quite challenging in Fine Art, where most artists' work looks like someone else's. In the present work,...