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Period: 1940s
Medium: Canvas
Antique American Signed California Cityscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist cityscape signed oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 12L x 10H.
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1940s Impressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Environs of a Bridge oil painting by Seymour Franks
Located in Hudson, NY
Hand-signed and dated "Franks 44" lower right. This work is in its original hand painted frame, made by the artist. The frame measures 29 ½" x 35 ½" x 1 ¾" and the canvas measures 26...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Florence Italy Impressionist Ruins Nicely Framed Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist seascape signed oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 12L x 9H.
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1940s Impressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rare Canadian Modernist Sporting Art Fishing Still Life Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique signed Canadian fishing oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 24L x 30H.
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Architectural Rare Abstract Expressionist Mid Century Modern
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 12L x 7H.
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1940s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Abstract Landscape Fauvist Beach Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. No signature found. Framed. Image size, 24L x 22H.
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1940s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Canadian Modernist Algonquin Park Signed Exhibited Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Canadian modernist signed oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 16L x 12H.
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Abstract Expressionist New York School Circa 1940 Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract expressionist painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Image size, 24L x 20H.
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American School Modernist Surreal Cityscape Landscape Signed Regional Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nice modernist American school painting. Oil and watercolor and gouache on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 18L x 23H.
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Sparse Modern Expressionist Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist still life painting. Oil on canvas. Image size, 18L x 24H.
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Important "The Victim" Avant Garde 1947 Judaica Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Avant-Garde Subject: Abstract Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: Mexico Dimensions: 25 3/4" x 19 3/4" x 3/4" Dimensions w/Frame: 27" x 21 1/4" THE VICTIM Yonia Fain Oil, 1947 Although this oil painting’s subject is predominantly abstract, there is a faint echo of a figural shape at its center. A figure wearing Tefillin, An organic form appears to be pinned to a hammer shaped object, reminiscent of a crucifix. This tool may be a reference to one of the Soviet Union’s symbols. Moreover, it is likely a direct reference to the persecution Fain faced as a Russian Jew in Bolshevik Russia. The contrast between colors, geometric lines, and organic curves is indicative of Fain’s collaboration with Diego Rivera, as well as the time he spent in Mexico. The primary hues communicate the hardship the artist underwent and his cathartic ability to reproduce those emotions through paint. In addition to being a renowned artist and award-winning poet, Yonia Fain is among the few survivors to triumph over the turmoil of the 20th century. Fain’s abundant body of artwork and poetry pays tribute to the hardship many experienced during the Russian Revolution, Nazi invasion of Poland, and World War II. The persecution Fain experienced forced him to immigrate to several countries including China, Mexico, and the United States. Yonia Fain was born in Russia in 1914. When he was only 10-years-old, he and his family fled from the Bolshevik Revolution to Poland. There he pursued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts and hoped to continue his education in Paris. He was awarded B.A. and M.F.A. degrees from the University of Poland. In 1939, the artist and his wife Helen moved to Warsaw when the town they lived in, Vilna, became occupied by the Soviet Union. Although they managed to escape the Nazis, Fain was apprehended by Soviet military...
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1940s Expressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Abstract Still Life Interior View Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract still life oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 22L x 13H. Signed.
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Biomorphic Abstract', Mid-century Modernism, SFMOMA, Whitney, Rochester Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Provenzano' for Sam Provenzano (American, 1923-1999) and painted circa 1949. Exhibited: Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition (from l...
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Abstract Expressionist Signed Mid Century Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting. Watercolor, and pastel on paper. Framed. Signed. Image size, 6.5H by 10L
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1940s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Salutations, Architectural Abstract Scene, Cultural and Spiritual Commentary
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Salutations" is a 12 x 16 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette. The painti...
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1940s American Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rhythm in Blues
Located in London, GB
signed ‘Gropper’ (lower right); with the artist's studio stamp (on the verso)
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1940s Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Abstract Expressionist Vintage Framed New York School Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 18L x 24H.
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Signed Abstract Expressionist Museum Size Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Arnold Aaron Friedman (1874 - 1946). Oil on canvas. Signed on verso. Framed.
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1940s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Abstract Expressionist Signed Vintage Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist abstract expressionist painting. Oil on canvas. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 24L x 36H. Signed.
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Abstract Expressionist Signed Cubist Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist abstract expressionist painting. Oil on board. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 16L x 20H. Signed.
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1940s Cubist Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Hat Shop Brilliant Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist abstract hat shop painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 32L x 26H.
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Virginia Tillou Signed Antique American Female Modernist Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist still life painting by Virginia Tillou (1906 - 1995). Oil canvas. Housed in a period Heydenryk frame. Image size, 12L x 18H. Sig...
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American School Modernist Abstract Nautical Seascape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school signed seascape painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 24L x 18H.
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1940s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid Century Fauvist American Modernist Amusement Park Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A Painting depicting an amusement park exploding in vibrant colors. The painting is signed "William Wright" lower right. Oil on Canvas. 20 x 24. Nicely framed.
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Night Journey - Drip Painting like Jackson Pollock
Located in Miami, FL
In Byron Brown's "The Night Journey", 1947, Picasso meets Jackson Pollock. Here Brown strikes a balance between fanciful representation and abstraction. ...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Mid Century Modern Kitchen Still Life Original OilPainting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist still life painting. Oil on canvas. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 14L x 8H. Signed.
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Signed American Surreal Exhibited Beach Scene "Femininity" Oil Painting
By Harry Long
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting by Harry Lane. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Exhibited. Framed. Image size, 20L x 16H.
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Paris Modern Impressionist Signed Original Street Scene Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Paris School signed original oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Signed illegibly. Displayed in a period wood frame. Image, 12"L x 16"H.
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1940s Impressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Cubist Still Life Abstract Original MCM Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist still life painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. No signature found. Framed. Image size, 21"L x 13"H.
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Nature Study Lake Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed illegibly lower left. Image size, 36L x 24H. Housed in a period modern frame.
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Gouache

Large Exhibited Modernist Surreal Nocturnal Winter Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1930. Signed. Housed in period frame. Image size 45L x 32H.
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Female Artist Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist abstract painting by Elsie Orfuss (Born 1913). Oil on canvas. Signed on verso. Nicely framed. Image size, 36L x 48H
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Cross
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"The Cross" is a painting by Alexander Calder. The painting is signed in the lower right, "Calder". The framed dimensions are 30 x 37.5 x 1.75 in. "The Cross...
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1940s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Rail Crossing: Middletown, NY"
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful oil on linen canvas painting, entitled "Rail Crossing: Middletown, was executed by the esteemed artist Jules Halfant (American, 1909-2001)...
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American School New York City Cubist Abstract Framed Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist cubist abstract painting. Watercolor gouache and pastel on board. Unsigned. Framed. Image size, 11"L x 11"H.
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1940s Cubist Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Signed Antique American School Modernist Cubist Jazz Piano Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract piano painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Framed. Image size, 24"L x 20"H.
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Forest, American Modernist Abstract Landscape Painting by Female Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Forest" is a 29 x 36 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette. The work is estate stamped on ...
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1940s American Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Mid Century Modern Cubist Abstract Architectural Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school modernist painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Unsigned. Image size, 30L x 24H. Housed in a period frame.
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Hawaiian Symbolism -- Stairway to Destiny
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Hawaiian Symbolism -- Stairway to Destiny Symbolic figurative abstract with climbing stairway in bright spring colors by Marguerite Loui...
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1940s Symbolist Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Buffalo New York Regionalist Modern Landscape Signed Exhibited Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape painting signed "Welch '42". Oil on board, circa 1942. Signed. Image size, 16L x 14H. Housed in a modern frame.
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Cloud Study Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modern abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Unsigned. Image size, 48L x 36H. Unframed.
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1940s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Untitled Abstract”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original mid-century modern abstract oil on canvas painting by the well known Russian/American artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed lower right and dated 1945. Condition is very good. P...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

B.J.O. Nordfeldt - Moon in Mist - monochromatic grays
Located in Miami, FL
Nordfeldt's misty and moody monochromatic modernist landscape is reminiscent of Marsden Hartley. Signed lower right. The plaque reads B.J.O Nordfeldt "Moon in Mist - The painting l...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Abstract Bridge Landscape Oil Painting by Will Hollingsworth
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American surreal abstract landscape painting Will Hollingsworth. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modernist fr...
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1940s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Personajes geométricos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Acquired from the Herminio Iglesias collection, Havana.
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1940s Abstract Geometric Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Gouache, Laid Paper

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Mixed Media Sculpture Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist mixed media sculpture painting by Duayne Hatchett (1925 - 2015) . Mixed media metal sculpture . Signed on verso.
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1940s Impressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Metal

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Chicken Signed Cubist Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist mixed media abstract oil painting and collage by Paul René Gauguin (1911 - 1976). Oil and mixed media on board, circa . Signed. D...
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Cubist Abstract Signed Rare Early Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Lela "Jackie" Axline (1910-1998). Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 16"L x 24"H.
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1940s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Cubist Abstract Signed Rare Early Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Lela "Jackie" Axline (1910-1998). Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 15"L x 19"H.
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1940s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu, Underwater Spirt - Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu, Underwater Spirt - Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative Hawaiian symbolist nocturnal figurative of glowing whispy figure underwater with mountains and red coral garden by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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1940s Symbolist Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

MODERNIST ABSTRACT Mid-Century New Hope Non-Objective oil American Modern WPA
Located in New York, NY
MODERNIST ABSTRACT Mid-Century New Hope Non-Objective oil American Modern WPA Louis Stone (1902-1984) "Abstract," 16 X 12 inches. Oil on canvas, signed lower right. An abstract pai...
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1940s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Winter Landscape', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Robert Gilberg (American, 1911-1970) circa 1950. Unsigned and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Born in Oakland, Robert George Gilberg first studied at the O...
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1940s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Abstract Bridge Landscape Oil Painting by Will Hollingsworth
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American surreal abstract landscape painting Will Hollingsworth. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modernist fr...
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1940s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jewish Mexican Avant Garde Fiesta of Guadalupe Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Avant-Garde Subject: Abstract Mexican Landscape Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: Mexico Dimensions: Yonia Fain Oil, 1947 Although this oil painting’s subject is predominantly abstract, there is a faint echo of a figural shape at its center. A figure wearing Tefillin, An organic form appears to be pinned to a hammer shaped object, reminiscent of a crucifix. This tool may be a reference to one of the Soviet Union’s symbols. Moreover, it is likely a direct reference to the persecution Fain faced as a Russian Jew in Bolshevik Russia. The contrast between colors, geometric lines, and organic curves is indicative of Fain’s collaboration with Diego Rivera, as well as the time he spent in Mexico. The primary hues communicate the hardship the artist underwent and his cathartic ability to reproduce those emotions through paint. In addition to being a renowned artist and award-winning poet, Yonia Fain is among the few survivors to triumph over the turmoil of the 20th century. Fain’s abundant body of artwork and poetry pays tribute to the hardship many experienced during the Russian Revolution, Nazi invasion of Poland, and World War II. The persecution Fain experienced forced him to immigrate to several countries including China, Mexico, and the United States. Yonia Fain was born in Russia in 1914. When he was only 10-years-old, he and his family fled from the Bolshevik Revolution to Poland. There he pursued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts and hoped to continue his education in Paris. He was awarded B.A. and M.F.A. degrees from the University of Poland. In 1939, the artist and his wife Helen moved to Warsaw when the town they lived in, Vilna, became occupied by the Soviet Union. Although they managed to escape the Nazi Holocaust, Fain was apprehended by Soviet military...
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1940s Expressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Black Cat and Vase Still Life
By Joseph Tanous
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century still life of fruit, vase and black cat by Monterey artist Joseph Tanous (American, b. 1925), c. 1940-50. Signed lower left corner. Presented in rustic painted w...
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1940s American Impressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Backstage, Ambassador" Broadway Theatre NYC Mid-century Modern Modernist Cubist
By Sam Norkin
Located in New York, NY
"Backstage, Ambassador" Broadway Theatre NYC Mid-century Modern Modernist CubistSigned lower left, titled on the stretcher. Norkin was a Brooklyn, Ne...
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1940s American Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Fern
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right Agnes Hart was born in Meridan, Connecticut. She studied at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida; at Iowa State University with Josef Presser, Paul Burlin and Lucile...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Abstract
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Unsigned. Image size, 37"L x 25"H.
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1940s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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