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Paintings For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1980s
Four Sailboats, Cubist Oil Painting by Miriam Bromberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Four Sailboats Miriam Bromberg Date: circa 1965 Oil on Canvas, signed lower right Size: 18 x 36 in. (45.72 x 91.44 cm) Frame Size: 24 x 41.5 inches
Category

1960s Cubist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Golden Age of Illustration Romance Story, Man Woman Relationship - Green Yellow
Located in Miami, FL
This impeccably rendered mid-century double portrait of a quarreling man and woman exhibits a supreme academic training knowledge lost in almost all contemporary art. It features an ...
Category

1960s Romantic Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Gouache, Pencil, Graphite

“A Parisian Beauty”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a Parisian beauty in Paris, France by Gustave Cheri Manes. Signed lower right “Cheri” the artist’s middle name. Condition is very good. Circa 196...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jens Kjaer Seed Pods Oil Board Abstract Earth Pigments Ochre Sienna Umber 28.5"
Located in Eversholt, Bedfordshire
- The theme of fertility and fecundity is explored in this work. - The arrangement of the forms within the abstract composition and the handling of the paint creates texture and a rhythmic quality. - The palette of earth pigments creates an inherent nurturing, wamth and the dark umber tones draw the eye into the work - A striking, warm, decorative picture Oil on board Length 54.5 cm, Height 54cm Floated in a black box frame Length 72cm, Height 54 cm, Depth 3cm JENS KJAER...
Category

1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Small, Charming, Fauvist Painting Michel Henry French Modernist School of Paris
Located in Surfside, FL
Michel-Henry was born in Langres in 1928 and has shown strong passion for drawing since his childhood. Michel-Henry is acknowledged as an important painter in French contemporary art. From 1952 his work has periodically been singled out for France's highest prizes and awards. The French Government, the City of Paris , the Museum of Valence , Bogota and the Museum of Alencon are among the distinguished institutions who have acquired his work for their permanent collections. Born in Langres in 1928 the aspiring artist attended the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He later studied with Narbonne , Georg, Chapelain-Midy and Legueult. In 1957 he became a member of the House of Descartes in Amsterdam and the following year was named member of the Casa Velazquez in Madrid , honors which are exceptional for a young painter. He is a member of the Salon d'Automne as well as a member of its jury, he also exhibits in the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, the Salon Comparisons, and the Salon Terres Latines. In 1976 he shared in the honor of presenting the Salon d'Automne exhibition in Japan . Michel-Henry blends delicate tones and strong and fascinating accents into his compositions of flower still life, landscapes and marines. An avid interest in nature is the predominant quality of his luminous works. As a French artist whose works are known internationally, Michel-Henry over a period of twenty eight years has earned the status of a goodwill ambassador in a universal world of cultural exchanges. For his dedication and unselfish contributions to art and artists from all lands he was honored by his country by being awarded the prestigious - la Croix de Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur - on January 1, 1981 by the French Minister of Culture Mr. Jean Philippe Lecat. Michel Henry exhibited at prestigious galleries in Paris (Avenue Matignon) and New York (Madison Avenue) alongside such artists as Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, Armand Guillaumin, Maurice Utrillo and Claude Venard. He is part of School of Paris artists that included Marcel Cosson, Jean Jansem, Leni-Dael, Raoul Dufy, Claude Salomon, Michel Kouliche...
Category

1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Antique Still Life Table Setting Bread and Wine
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5194 Antique still life bread and wine by Jan Fein 63
Category

1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hungry Wolves Hunt a Women Up a Tree at Night - Gay Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Trailblazing Gay Female illustrator of the Golden Age Ida Waugh paints and powerful narrative of a woman cowering in a tree while a hungry pack of wolves wait beneath her for dinner feast. Signed lower left. Framed under glass, Ida Waugh (October 24, 1846 – January 25, 1919) was an American illustrator of children's literature who often collaborated with her lifelong companion, Amy Ella Blanchard. Personal life Ida Waugh was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 24, 1846, the daughter of painter Samuel B. Waugh and his first wife, Sarah Mendenhall, therefore she was half-sister of painter Frederick Judd Waugh. Her step-mother was Mary Eliza Young Waugh, a miniaturist. She attended Académie Julian and Académie Delécluse in Paris, studying with Georges Callot, Paul-Louis Delance, and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant.In 1868 she attended the first "Ladies Life Class" at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; in the same class there were Emily Sartain and Catherine Ann Drinker. Career Ida Waugh collaborated with her partner Amy Ella Blanchard in publishing children's books, Waugh as illustrator and Blanchard as writer. Waugh also published books on her own Other than a children's book illustrator, Waugh was an award-winning painter. In 1869 she exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts two works, "The Bargain" and a portrait bust of Carl Gaertner. Her self-portrait and another painting, "Little Cosette" (1870), are in the permanent collection of the Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, both donated by Mrs. John S. Haug in 1961.They were part of the exhibition "Women and Biography" in 2014, including: Elizabeth Shippen Green, Violet Oakley, Edith Emerson, Anne Minich, Catherine Mulligan, Mitzi Melnicoff, Alice Kent Stoddard, Aubrey Levinthal, Martha Armstrong...
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1980s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Figure in a Psychoscape III
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, signed (lower right), 24.5cm x 19cm (40cm x 35cm framed). Renowned as Australia’s foremost surrealist painter and poet, James Gleeson’s o...
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1980s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"The Orchard in Spring" Camille Hilaire (1916 -2004) Circa 1960s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"The Orchard in Spring"  Camille Hilaire (1916 -2004)\ Oil on canvas 18 1/8 x 15 (24 1/2 x 22 5/8) inches   This painting by Camille Hilaire with its signature greens and deconstruc...
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1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Violin Musical Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3586 Oil on canvas applied to board Set in an ornate 19th century vintage frame
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1980s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape with Haystacks
Located in Houston, TX
Soviet/Russian painter. “Landscape with haystacks” 1984. Oil on artist’s board. Signed and dated on lower right. 13” H x 19’ W, overall size is 20” H x 26” W. Condition is exc...
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1980s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Montmartre, Place du Tertre', Paris, Woman Modernist, AIC, Smithsonian, Carmel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Patricia Cunningham' for Patricia Stanley Cunningham (American, 1907-1984) and painted circa 1965. The first woman to serve as president of the Carmel Art Assoc...
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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Vintage American Modern oil Painting "View into The Window"
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5162 Vintage American framed oil painting signed Linda Haber Image size 17x13"
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1980s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Oil Painting of Windsor Castle with Swans in the Lake by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Oil Painting of Windsor Castle with Swans in the Lake by British Artist, William Burns (1923-2010). Art measures 24 x 16 inches Oil on board, signed and dated '82 Born i...
Category

1980s English School Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Composition - Japanese Abstract French
Located in London, GB
JUN DOBASHI 1910-1975 1910 - Tokyo-1975 (Japanese) Title: Composition, 1962 Technique: Original Signed and Dated Oil Painting on Canvas size: 93 x 75 cm / 36.6 x 29.5 in Additio...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

"FARM ROAD" SPAIN. DATED 1967 MASTER OF THE PALETTE KNIFE.
Located in San Antonio, TX
Jose Vives-Atsara (1919-2004) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 16 x 20 Frame Size: 25 x 29 Medium: Oil Applied by Palette Knife Dated 1967 "Farm Road, Spain" Biography Jose Vives-Atsar...
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1960s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fasnacht oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
Fasnacht, an oil painting by Hans Burkhardt, was gifted by the artist to his daughter. It focuses on the traditional Swiss carnival celebration prior to the beginning of Lent. Abou...
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"MELANIE"
Located in New York, US
Bob Stanley (b. 1932 - d. 1997 New York, United States), an American painter renowned for his gritty depictions on canvas, which ingeniously incorporated photographs. His artistic jo...
Category

1980s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Slate Stone Collage Painting - African American Artist
By Alvin C. Hollingsworth
Located in Miami, FL
African American Artist Alvin Hollingsworth creates a mixed-media abstract painting/collage that abounds with inventiveness and creativity. Large s...
Category

1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Stone, Slate

Oil Painting by Lucien Chenu "The Lily Pond"
By Lucien Chenu
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Lucien Chenu "The Lily Pond" 1913 - 2004. French landscape painter born in Vendee, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Artes in Paris. Member of several art association...
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1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Figure in a Wide-brimmed Red Hat
Located in Miami, FL
Elegant and graphic study of a figure of undetermined gender. It's executed with quick and confident brush strokes in the artist's signature color scheme of black and red. It's a fla...
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1960s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Mixed Media, Gouache, Board

Deluxe, Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media on Canvas Painting by Thaddeus Strode
Located in Long Island City, NY
Thaddeus Strode, American (1964 - ) - Deluxe, Year: 1988, Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas, signed, Size: 36 x 36 in. (91.44 x 91.44 cm), Frame Size: 38 x 38 inches
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Ibiza scene Spain oil on canvas painting landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character, adventurous and intrepid traveler who knew how to capture his eyes to that world with his painting. After starting his artistic ...
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Still life Oil/cardboard, 69x99 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Aija Zariņa is a prominent personality in Latvian art, actively advocating for idealism and personal freedom, against conformism. Her main theme is human existence, its fundamental c...
Category

1980s Fauvist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Dragon Boats Chinese New Year San Francisco Bay Area Original Oil on Canvas 1960
By Peter Lowe
Located in Soquel, CA
Dragon Boats Chinese New Year San Francisco Bay Area Original Oil on Canvas 1960s A seminal abstract expressionist work by Peter Lowe (American, 1916-1922). A fun and heavy impasto painting of Chinese New Year revelers in Dragon Boats, swirls of colors and abstraction creates a tumultuous vision of the excitement and action. Image, 25.25"H x 35.25"W x 1"D Signed upper right Peter Lowe '60 - 1977 Evidently begun in 1960 and work resumed on the piece in 1977. Years of the Dragon were 1952, 1964, 1976. Peter Lowe studied Chinese Buddhist Sculpture...
Category

1960s Post-Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Crayon

Young French Girl In Blue Dress by Claire Burch
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5108 Girl in white dotted blue dress by Claire Burch
Category

1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Port of Sark' Channel Islands, California, Laguna Beach Art Association, Carmel
By John Bingham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial and painterly watercolor on Arches paper showing the sole port of the island of Sark in the Channel Islands with fishermen standing and conversing on the mole. Signed lower right, 'John Bingham'; additionally signed on old backing, titled 'Island Ramparts', and dated 1962. This listed California artist exhibited widely and with success including at the Laguna Beach Art...
Category

1960s Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Cubic Family Figurative Shades of Gray Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3566 Deco style painting Image size 11x11
Category

1980s Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Nightgale" Surreal Still Life in a Blue Landscape style of Yves Tanguy and Dali
Located in Soquel, CA
"Nightgale" Birds Fly in a Surreal Still Life in a Blue Landscape Surreal landscape by Kennard M. Harris (American, b-1930). A table is set with a broken glass and surreal objects, becoming a landscape; roiling clouds lurk nearby as a flock of Nightingales fly in the distance. Kennard Studied art at the Art Center School in Los Angeles Signed with his Monogam lower left The Hammer Galleries ink stamp on paper backing and title "Nightgale #62, a label 14. Nightgale on board. Possibly indication of a number of paintings exhibited at the Hammer Galleries. Image, 24.5"H x 20"W Frame, 27.5"H x 23"W x 1.5"D EXHIBITED: Hammer Galleries, New York, 1962 First: San Diego, Orr's Gallery, Kennard Harris...
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1960s Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Stretcher Bars

Eclipse
Located in PARIS, FR
Éditions Denise René Matt acrylic-painted wood relief Signed. Exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, “Vasarely - le partage des formes”,
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1960s Op Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Girl at the Morning Toilet - Oil on hardboard by Francisco Ribera Gomez - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Girl at the morning toilet is a contemporary artwork realzied in 1962 by Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990) Mixed colored oil on hardboard. Ha...
Category

1960s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Sans titre, 1984-1987
Located in London, GB
signed 'A. Istrati' (lower right); signed and dated 'A. Istrati, 1984-87' (on the verso) Provenance Private collection, Paris Exhibited Paris, Salon d'Automne, November 1988 Dunkir...
Category

1980s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bulldog Drummond and the Great Coca-Cola Mystery by Richard Merkin
Located in Hudson, NY
An iconic mixed media example of Richard Merkin's art. Bulldog Drummond and the Great Coca-Cola Mystery (1965) Mixed media on paper 51" x 33" 53" x 35" x 2" framed Signed "Merkin" ...
Category

1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Still Life with Flowers
Located in London, GB
HENRI HAYDEN 1883-1970 Warsaw 1883-1970 Paris (Polish/French) Title: Still Life with Flowers Technique: Original Signed Oil Painting on Canvas size: 3...
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1960s Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Snake, Large-Scale Visionary Abstract with Mystical Creatures by Barbara Carlson
By Barbara Carlson
Located in Soquel, CA
Snake, Large-Scale Visionary Abstract with Mystical Creatures by Barbara B. Carlson Large scale abstract with Central America mythological motifs by Barbara B. Carlson an Orinda, Ca...
Category

1980s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Laid Paper

Pennsylvania Modern Oil Painting, Susquehanna River Scene - View of York County
Located in Baltimore, MD
Born in 1916 in Lima, Ohio to a Mennonite family, John Landis Lehman was educated locally. He moved to Chicago in 1942 and enrolled at the Art Institute. By 1954 he had moved to Penn...
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1960s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Idyllic Landscape", A.D. Greer, Original Oil on Canvas, 48x96 in, Realism, Pink
Located in Dallas, TX
A.D. Greer was an American artist best known for his luminous landscape paintings. His images of the American West—the Grand Canyon and Yosemite Falls in particular—brought him publi...
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1980s American Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil On Canvas Portrait Of A Seated Ballerina By Maria Szantho Framed
Located in Gavere, BE
"Oil On Canvas Portrait Of A Seated Ballerina By Maria Szantho Framed" Nice and large painting "two ballerinas", painted by the female artist Maria Szantho (1897 - 1998) Hungarian sc...
Category

1960s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

MODEST CUIXART. mixed media cardboard painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
mixed media cardboard painting CUIXART I TÀPIES, Modest (Barcelona, 1925 - Palafrugell, Girona, 2007). He cuixart initially studied medicine, but soon abandoned his studies to devot...
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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Cardboard

The Phoenix – 1960s Mid-Century Abstract Art with Figures, Trees & Sun
Located in Denver, CO
An original vintage 1960s semi-abstract painting by celebrated Colorado artist Edward Marecak, titled "The Phoenix." This dynamic composition bursts with expressive energy, rendered ...
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1960s Abstract Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lousville Composition, Signed Acrylic on Masonite by Ronald Julius Christensen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lousville Composition by Ronald Julius Christensen, American (1923–1999) Acrylic on Masonite, signed and titled Size: 26.5 x 45.5 in. (67.31 x 115.57 cm) Frame Size: 27.5 x 45.5
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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Summit, NJ
Gorgeous large scale oil on paper by John von Wicht. Unframed, the piece measures 42.5 high by 33.25 wide. Signed lower right. There are two other pieces by von Wicht that would com...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Mixed Media

Untitled, Figurative, Gouache on Paper by Gobardhan Ash "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Gobardhan Ash - Untitled Gouache on Paper 13.25 x 7.5 inches ( Framed & Delivered ) In this evocative composition, Gobardhan Ash masterfully blends abstraction with suggestion, usin...
Category

1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Colorful Minimalist Abstract by Raymond Parker
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled Painting by Raymond Parker, American (1922–1990) Date: circa 1980 Oil on Paper, initialed in pencil lower left Size: 27.25 x 37 in. (69.22 x 93.98 cm)
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemporary Gestural Abstraction Color Field Painting Woman Artist Metallic Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Bermuda Triangle, in vivid metallic tones, gold and bronze, on Arches Paper. framed. Signed, titled and dated verso. Size includes frame. This is an abstract work and can be hung eit...
Category

1980s Color-Field Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Lilith
Located in Milano, MI
This painting by Salvador Aulestia (Barcelona 1915 - Milano 1994) embraces the "figurative post-cubism" style. In fact Salvador Aulestia was artistically grown during the maximum su...
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1980s Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Paris Rooftops - Mid 20th Century French France Cubist Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and dated 1963 French cubist oil on canvas depicting Paris rooftops. Signature in bottom right corner is indistinct. A lovely painting in excellent condition. Art...
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1960s Cubist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage French Fauvist French Village Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2815 A vintage fauvist style French village, oil painting on artist board displayed in a wood frame,signed lower left by Groendain
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1960s Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Oil

Nevada Tranquility
Located in Houston, TX
Cyrus Afsary studied art under the strict discipline of the Russian Realist style of painting, graduating with two degrees. He has won numerous awards, including the Best of Show at the C M Russell...
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1980s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Oil

Spiral Series
Located in Henderson, NV
Set of 3, Oil Ink Silkscreen on Acrylic on tondo plexiglas. Clifford Singer had produced several Spiral Series pieces in the late 1980s.
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1980s Abstract Geometric Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Screen, Plexiglass

"Untitled" Ray Parker, Color Field Lyrical Abstract, Blue and Magenta Painting
Located in New York, NY
Ray Parker Untitled, 1969 Signed and dated on the reverse Oil on canvas 32 x 32 inches Provenance Private Collection, New York Ray Parker was born in 1922 in South Dakota. After c...
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1960s Color-Field Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pensive Woman oil on canvas painting european art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Pensive Woman Artist: Frederic Lloveras Herrera (1912–1983) Year: 1980 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 28.7 x 23.6 in (73 x 60 cm) Support: Canvas, unframed Signature: Si...
Category

1980s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pink Preparatory Flag
Located in Toronto, Ontario
In the Spring of 1981, Charles Pachter began working on his most iconic and celebrated series: the Painter Flag. Decades before Photoshop, Pachter went around Toronto taking photos ...
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1980s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage American Mixed Landscape 0il "Autumn Leaves" 1960
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5038 Vintage American oil paint and dried leaves on stretched canvas Vintage frame Image size 11.5x 13.5
Category

1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Abstract Expressionist Figure Handmade Paper Etching Silkscreen Print
By Sam Messer
Located in Surfside, FL
This is done on a very interesting handmade paper (Japanese?) it is hand signed and numbered. In this print the artist Sam Messer uses bold contrasting colors in a gestural manner. Messer's work, so apparently spontaneous or impulsive in its emphasis on highly dramatic gestural brushstrokes and intense color, is, in fact, carefully considered. The treatment of the composition conveys dynamic movement through the sweep...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Handmade Paper, Lithograph, Screen

LAMP BLACK - Portrait / Dark colors / Female Figure / Photorealism / Blue / Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Steve Smulka. Steve Smulka (b. 1949, Detroit, Michigan) attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City, studying with Chuck Close, among others. Upon c...
Category

1980s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

No. 2, Hard-Edge Geometric Painting by Dale Laun 1969
Located in Long Island City, NY
Painting No. 2 by Dale Laun, American (1939–2018) Date: 1968-1969 Acrylic on Canvas Size: 44 x 46 in. (111.76 x 116.84 cm)
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1960s Abstract Geometric Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Paisaje
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Francisco Benavente Solís (Merida,1940). "Paisaje". Firmado a mano, en ángulo inferior derecho. Óleo sobre tabla. Medidas: 30 x 30 cm; 52.5 x 52.5 cm (marco). Pintor afincado en Esp...
Category

1980s Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

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