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Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Abstract Geometric
"At the Opera" WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre American Scene
Located in New York, NY
"At the Opera" WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre American Scene John Winters (1904 - 1983) "At the Opera" 17 x 14 inches oil on canvas Signed and dated 1943 lower r...
Category

1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

City Skyline - Mid Century Modern Urban Landscape in Oil on Burlap
Located in Soquel, CA
City Skyline - Mid Century Modern Urban Landscape in Oil on Burlap Vibrant cityscape by S. Craig (20th Century). Several tall, thin buildings rise above a city street lined with tre...
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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

Homage to Leger
By Jean Kellogg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s. Homage to Leger, 1941, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 14 x 17 inches; inscribed ...
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1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Couple on the balcony. Large format young woman and man portrait.
Located in Segovia, ES
"Couple on the balcony" is an interior scene of a young woman and a young man sitting comfortably watching the street from their balcony. Oil on canvas by Spanish artist Alfredo Rold...
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Early 2000s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Modernist Painting Purple Orange Pink Mauve Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) oil on artist paper, unframed stamped verso painting : 24 x 20 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good a...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Evening blues., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Evening blues. A modernist abstract painting with acrylics on linen fabric, made in a bright palette. The product has a modern aesthetic design. A delicate balance between an ordered...
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Flowers and Arches
By Helen Lundeberg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Flowers and Arches, 1943, oil on board, initialed and dated lower left, 4 x 7 1/8 inches, presented in an older, but likely not original frame This work is part of our exhibition A...
Category

1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era
Located in Surfside, FL
Titled Torah Service, hand signed on Arches archival paper. In this painting, Nussbaum portrays a joyful holiday celebration of the Torah reading in the synagogue in a sketch-like m...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Gouache

“Untitled #2”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas provocative figurative painting by the American artist Martin Rosenthal. Mid century modern. Signed lower right. Circa 1955. Condition is very good. Present...
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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Elevated Platform)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our current exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s Untitled (Elevated Platform), 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 30 x...
Category

1950s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Random House Hold Items Abstract French 20th Still Life Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
House Hold Items by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) oil on artist paper, unframed painting : 18 x 24 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and s...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Near Wild Heaven
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Tricia Strickfaden skillfully merges design and art in her work, crafting a visual experience that captivates the viewer. Through the skillful interplay of cool tones set against a p...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

20th Century French Abstract Still Life Modernist Style Amazing Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) oil on artist paper, unframed stamped verso painting : 19.5 x 24 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Norwegian still life., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Norwegian still life in the interior. On the table is a bottle, a glass of wine, pomegranates, sweets, a pear. A window, chairs, a lamp complete the composition. The painting was pai...
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

French 20th Century Modernist Turquoise Still Life Spring Onions and Celeriacs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vegetable Still Life by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) oil on artist paper, unframed painting : 21 x 16.5 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Festive, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A bright, expressive, modern still life with a red teapot with polka dots, bottles of wine, glasses, fruits on the table. Oil painting. Artist's signature, varnished. Ready to hang. ...
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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tea under the umbrella., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Orange teapot with blue peas, apples, pears, a bottle of wine, a glass, a red umbrella on a yellow background. The painting was painted expressively with brushes and a spatula. Pa...
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Shooting Gallery Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Abstract Realism Modern
Located in New York, NY
Shooting Gallery Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Abstract Realism Modern *William Kienbusch (1914 – 1980) Shooting Gallery, Sixth Avenue Post...
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1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Paint

Santorini Nightfall - Landscape Painting Blue White Green Yellow Red Brown
Located in Sofia, BG
"Santorini, Nightfall" is an modernist painting by Maestro Krasimira Mihaylova. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary Edition : Unique, sig...
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French 20th Century Modernist Painting Still Life Croissants and Baguettes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Bread Still Life by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) oil on artist paper, unframed painting : 20 x 25.5 inches provenance: artists estate, France...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modern 2021., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Modern 2021. A modern, abstract, expressive, sophisticated painting that harmoniously fits into a modern interior. The work was created using the technique of dripping and splashing ...
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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

You re just a mango upon dark, Original Figurative Oil Painting by Sava Harris
Located in Sempach, LU
Mango has always been my favorite fruit; it's soft and looks like a heart. I still love it. Two women hold on to it, and the trees around them spread like ribs. Sometimes, feelings t...
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Blue Trees, Oil on Canvas Painting by Claude Richard Mazier
Located in Atlanta, GA
This pretty oil on canvas modernist composition, typical of the 1950s, features a house in a village in the countryside with imaginary blue trees, designed by Claude Richard Mazier (...
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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Modernist Sunflower Roots Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sun Flower Roots by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 19.5 x 16 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

1967 Vintage Mid-Century Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Nature Dwellings
Located in Bristol, GB
NATURE DWELLINGS Size: 42.5 x 68 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A brilliantly executed semi-abstract composition, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1967. In this abstract na...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Christ's College, Cambridge heraldic design for stained glass by Florence Camm
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of designs for stained glass windows from the TW Camm studios that had not been seen for decades. To see more of them scroll down to "More from this Seller" and ...
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Early 1900s Modern Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

The Window 282-1 - Modern Monochromatic Resin Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

20th Century French Cubist Modernist Interior Cafe Scene with Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cafe Interior by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) gouache on artist paper, unframed painting : 20 x 26 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound cond...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Gouache

20th Century French Modernist Figure and Child Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figure and child by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 8 x 5.5 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

1950 Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Garden Plot
Located in Bristol, GB
GARDEN PLOT Size: 56.5 x 73.5 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A vibrant and richly textured mid-century composition in oil, painted onto canvas and dated 1950. In this compositi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

#303. From the Beaches series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
#303, 2024 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti From the Beaches series Oil and acrylic on canvas Size: 10 H x 15 W cm Unique The beaches of Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku represent a pi...
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Soft & Fluffy (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Pastel)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Genevieve Hamel Soft & Fluffy Oil on Wood Panel Year: 2024 Size: 36 x 18 x 1.625 inches Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-2096 Soft & fluffy are the perfect words to describe...
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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

French 20th Century Modernist Red Pastel Female Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Portrait by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) pastel on artist paper, unframed painting : 20 x 15.5 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound condi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Pastel

#301. From the Beaches series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
#301, 2024 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti From the Beaches series Oil and acrylic on canvas Size: 10 H x 15 W cm Unique The beaches of Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku represent a pi...
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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Meditation II
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel, Canvas

Cubist Still Life Gouache Painting by A Derek Ching
Located in Atlanta, GA
A. Derek Ching (American, 20th Century) created this stunning, colorful cubist still life gouache on paper painting. With lovely fall colors, this subtle still-life composition featu...
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Late 20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Gouache

#302. From the Beaches series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
#302, 2024 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti From the Beaches series Oil and acrylic on canvas Size: 10 H x 15 W cm Unique The beaches of Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku represent a pi...
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

French 20th Century Surrealist Modernist Painting Bicycle & Umbrella
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Surrealist Composition by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed stamped verso painting : 10.5 x 16 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition:...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

French 20th Century Modernist Painting Flowers In Clear Glass Vase Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flower Abstract by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) gouache on artist paper, unframed painting : 25 x 19.5 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Landscape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Landscape, 1940, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches, signed, dated and titled verso: “Marcel Cailliet ’40 – S.C.” and “Marcel Cailliet Landscape”; likely exhibited at the annual juried st...
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1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Santorini, the Red Wall - Painting Blue White Green Yellow Red Brown
Located in Sofia, BG
"Santorini, The Red Wall" is an modernist painting by Maestro Krasimira Mihaylova. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary Edition : Unique, ...
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Santorini Late Afternoon in Ia - Painting Blue White Green Yellow Red Brown
Located in Sofia, BG
"Santorini, Late Afternoon in Ia" is an modernist painting by Maestro Krasimira Mihaylova. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary Edition : ...
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Santorini Sunset - Landscape Painting Blue White Green Yellow Red Brown
Located in Sofia, BG
"Santorini, sunset" is an modernist painting by Maestro Krasimira Mihaylova. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary Edition : Unique, signed...
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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Santorini Exterior - Landscape Painting Blue White Green Yellow Red Brown
Located in Sofia, BG
"Santorini, Exterior" is an modernist painting by Maestro Krasimira Mihaylova. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary Edition : Unique, sign...
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2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Superman (Abstract Geometric Grid Painting in Light Grey & Blue, Framed)
Located in Hudson, NY
Detailed abstract geometric painting inspired by city grids in light grey and blue, with accents of black and white "Superman", made by Hudson Valley based artist, Donise English, in...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Pencil, Color Pencil

Santorini Timeless - Landscape Painting Blue White Green Red Brown
Located in Sofia, BG
"Santorini, timeless" is an modernist painting by Maestro Krasimira Mihaylova. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary Edition : Unique, sign...
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Santorini Landscape - Painting Blue White Green Yellow Red Brown
Located in Sofia, BG
"Santorini, Landscape" is an modernist painting by Maestro Krasimira Mihaylova. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary Edition : Unique, sig...
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

What Gets Seen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Self Portrait in a Mirror with Artist's Tools, Oil on canvas, Signed, Polish
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, signed bottom left Image size: 24 x 20 inches (61 x 51 cm) Contemporary style hand made frame Joseph Biel Joseph Biel was a painter and photographer who was born in ...
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20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

gamme litteraire, abstract, library, french minimalism, textured, expressionism
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Step into the enchanting realm of "Gamme Littéraire," a mesmerizing creation by the talented artist Sophie Dumont. This captivating piece, measuring 15.75x15.75 inches within an 18.5...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Paintings

Materials

Oil

Orange Grove Landscape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Orange Grove Landscape, 1941, gouache on illustration board, 14 inches x 18 inches (image), 22 x 26 inches (framed) signed and dated lower right, newly framed with museum glazing ...
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1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

20th Century French Modernist Painting Set of Four Dark Watercolour Scenes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of 4 by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 8.75 x 6.5 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good an...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

1970's French Modernist Board Games Abstract Composition Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Board Games by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) oil on artist paper, unframed painting : 19.75 x 24 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sou...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Maybe Baby by Laura Petrovich Cheney Contemporary Geometric Wood Artwork
Located in DE
As both formal, abstract art objects and expressions of feminism, traditional American patchwork quilt are designs I find familiar and comforting. I piece together this salvaged wood ...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Abstract French 20th Century Painting Newspapers and Flowers In Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flower Still Life by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) oil on artist paper, unframed painting : 20 x 26 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound condition
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled (Cubist Portrait)
By Jerre H. Murry
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work is part of our exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s Untitled (Cubist Portrait), 1945, oil on masonite, signed and dated lower middle, 20 x 16 inches, remnant of exhibition label verso, perhaps exhibited at Murry's solo exhibition at the Los Angeles's Screen Cartoonists' Gallery, July , 1945, presented in its original frame Jerre Murry was a California modernist painter. Born in Columbia, Missouri, Murry studied at the Detroit Academy of Art and worked as an artist for the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press. Murry traveled to the Bahamas, where he was inspired to paint modernist scenes of island life and people. By the early 1930s, Murry had relocated to Los Angeles, where he caught the attention of Synchromist painter Stanton Macdonald Wright, State Supervisor for the Federal Art Project (FAP) in Southern California. MacDonald Wright enrolled Murry into the FAP. Murry’s Gauguin-influenced painting Sun Image was exhibited together with other FAP artists at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1936, and Murry was also included in the FAP exhibit at the Paris Exposition in 1937. Stendahl Galleries in Los Angeles, the Chamber of Commerce Gallery in Santa Barbara, and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art also showed Murry’s work during the 1930s. Murry created a murals for Los Angeles Water & Power Company, the Boise, Idaho Post Office, and Glendale Junior College. In 1939, Murry's work was exhibited at the Golden Gate International Exposition and the New York World's Fair. He also was included in the All California Exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of art that same year. He went on to exhibit in Los Angeles at the Foundation of Western Art's Trends in Southern California Art shows in 1940 and 1941, at Raymond and Raymond Gallery in Hollywood and USC’s Elizabeth Holmes...
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1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Stages 1 (diagonal bronze striped grid emerald sage Forest green undercurrent)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "Stages" explores the marriage of chance-embrassing gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniq...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Monumental Abstract Modernist Oil Panel Oregon Centennial Exposition Mural 1959
By Louis Bunce
Located in Portland, OR
Monumental modernist oil on panel painting by Louis Demott Bunce (1907-1983), from an installation for the Oregon Centennial Exposition, 1959. A rare & important and monumental abstract painting by the celebrated Oregon artist Louis Bunce, the artist was commissioned to paint a mural for the 1959 Oregon Centennial & Trade Fair in Portland, the installation was titled " Gay Garden Way ", it was painted for the exterior of the Horticultural building. The mural having abstract plant abstractions, according to Bunce in his own words it was "the rounded shapes of flowers and the sun", the mural created a major furor from the conservative art public. The painting signed and dated by the artist lower left, the work was sold in the late 1980s through the celebrated Laura Russo Gallery, this painting is featured in Roger Hull's book; "Louis Bunce, Dialogue with Modernism". The painting is in good condition and ready to grace your wall. Louis Bunce attended high school and the Museum Art School before leaving for the Art Students League in New York. He established a New York connection that began when he first attended classes there in 1927 and continued over the years with frequent visits. He became friends with many promising artists, including Jackson Pollock and David Smith. In 1939 he worked for the WPA Easel Project in New York and by the time he returned to Portland he was an established artist on the East Coast. He worked at the WPA art center in Salem as an Instructor and Assistant Director. His work included murals, two of which are in the Post Offices in Grants Pass and St. Johns. Their subjects, mining and orchard farming, are activities of each region. "I have always been visually drawn to the landscape, at first the desert and mountain regions of Wyoming; then the lush and gentle color of the Pacific Northwest and the urban landscape of New York." From 1942-1945 he worked as an illustrator, a tool designer, and in assembly for the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation. After WWII, Bunce joined the faculty of the Museum Art School in Portland, where he had been a student in 1925-1926. He taught there until his retirement in 1972. He excelled at producing screen-prints and introduced this technique to Oregon. While maintaining a national reputation throughout the 1950s and 1960s, some of New York's most prestigious galleries represented him. Theater buffs will remember his murals and portraits for Portland Civic Theater's 1938 production of Pride and Prejudice. In a career that made him one of the most recognized names in Oregon's art history, Bunce had many styles: cubism, expressionism, surrealism and abstractionism. His 1958 mural in the Portland International Airport presents this abstract style: "whirling propellers and shadows of the concourse as seen from above." It was controversial at the time as being too abstract for a public art project. Louis and wife Eda opened a full-time art gallery in Portland in 1949, called the Kharouba. Located first at 1016 SE Morrison, then at SW 11th and Alder, the gallery represented many of the leading artists of the day: Josephine Cameron, William Givler, Clifford Gleason, Jack Hammack, Charles Heaney, Frederick Heidel, George Johanson, Jack McLarty, Rick Norwood, C.S. Price, Arthur Runquist, Jolan Torok, Charles Voorhies...
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1950s Modern Paintings

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Oil

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