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Period: 1940s
Untitled (abstract Chicago artist Moholy-Nagy pupil)
By Angelo Testa
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
ANGELO TESTA (1921 - 1984) Untitled, ca. 1940's.
Watercolor on paper; Sight: 23 1/2" x 17.5"; Matting size: 22 x 18 inches.
Minor loss and staining of paper sheet. Unframed.
Un...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Impressionist "Sub Zero Hinsdale" Chicago Street Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A charming and atmospheric winter nocturne by Chester Bratten, titled "Hinsdale Sub-Zero," this oil on canvas captures a quiet, snowy evening scene in downtown Hinsdale, Illinois. A ...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Modernist Abstract Signed & Framed Cubist Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract cubist oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 18 by 14 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a ...
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Impressionist Birch Tree Landscape Framed 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2899 Antique birch trees land scape, oil on artist board displayed in a wood frame.Signed lower left by Mori.Image size 9.5 H x 7.5 W
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Cubist Kitchen Still Life Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
This striking 1949 oil on board by Christine Opolus exemplifies post-war American cubism with its flattened forms, interlocking planes, and richly modernist palette. Signed and dated...
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique Danish Modernist Abstract Signed & Framed Cubist Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Danish modernist abstract cubist oil painting by Eugène Sala (1899 - 1987). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 19 by 13 inches overall. In excellent original conditi...
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Fish, Dove and Musical Instrument', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Fish, Dove and Musical Instrument', gouache on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). Surely this very attractive piece was inspired by Georges Braque (1882-1963) ...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Antique American Modernist Large New York Cityscape Framed Street Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a late 19th century fluted cove giltwood molding. E...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Signed & Framed Cubist Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract cubist oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 28 by 18 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a ...
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Impressionist Coastal Sunset Beach Scene Pointillist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderfully painted sunset coastal beach scene. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20"H by 24"L.
Category
Impressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
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'Still Life with Strings', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Still Life with Strings', ink and pencil on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). This gallery acquired this artwork with two similar works for which this one may...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
Destiny's Path, Hawaii - Surreal Mid Century Hawaiian Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Destiny's Path, Hawaii - Surreal Mid Century Hawaiian Figurative Abstract
Symbolistic and romantic 1940s surreal figurative of pastel orange figure...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Antique American School Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school abstract expressionist painting. Oil on board. Signed. In excellent original condition. Nicely framed in a period wood molding. Excellent condition, read...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
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Cocoa Beach Florida Summer Impressionist Beach Seascape Antique Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist beach seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas board. Framed. Measuring 11 by 14 inches overall and 9 by 12 painting alone.
Category
Impressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Transendental Abstraction by William Schwartz Titled Impressions of the West #7
Located in Chicago, IL
A Transendental Abstraction by famed Chicago Modernist, William S. Schwartz titled "Impressions of the West #7". Anecdotally, Schwartz's notable "Impressions of the West" series wer...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
European Post Impressionist Mountain Valley Town Modern Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
This expressive mid-century landscape painting captures a rugged mountain setting with bold, gestural brushwork and a vivid, modernist palette. Likely painted by a European post impr...
Category
Fauvist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Modernist Framed Large Abstract Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract oil painting by Martin Rosenthal (1899 - 1974). Oil on board. Measuring 28 by 42 inches overall and 26 by 40 painting alone. Oil on board. Signed. In exc...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,420 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American School Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school abstract expressionist painting. Oil on board. Signed. In excellent original condition. Nicely framed in a period wood molding. Excellent condition, read...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
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.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$636 Sale Price
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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.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
Harlem Renaissance Signed Ellis Original Abstract Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size 22L x 30H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,796 Sale Price
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Original 1940s Retrofuturism Gouache Painting 'Birth of Mind' in Black & White
Located in Denver, CO
This vintage 1940s gouache painting, titled Birth of Mind, is a striking example of retrofuturism by Charles Ragland Bunnell, a prominent artist from the Broadmoor Academy...
Category
Futurist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American School Modernist Hamptons New York Sandy Path Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 18H x 24L.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Important Early American School Abstract Geometric Precisionist Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Step into the enigmatic world of abstract art with this captivating original oil painting from 1945. This masterpiece, signed with a mysterious monogram by an unknown artist, embodie...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,996 Sale Price
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Robert Lawson Abstract Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Robert Lawson (1892-1957) Abstract Acrylic on Canvas measuring 40 x 40 inches.
The work bears a thin metal frame measuring 40 1/4 x 40 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches.
The painting is signed lowe...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
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.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Gouache
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
"Study for Ladders" Juanita Guccione, Abstract Surrealism, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
Juanita Guccione (1904 - 1999)
Study for Ladders, 1948
Gouache on paper
17 x 13 inches
Signed lower left, dated, and inscribed “Study for Oil Painting...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$20,000 Sale Price
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Plant-like
By James Brooks
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
James Brooks (1906-1992). Plantlike, c.1945. Oil on canvas measures 18 x 24 inches; 24 x 30 inches in a painted wood frame of the period. Signed "J. David Brooks" lower right, Signed...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Composition to machines and tools
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Golden wooden frame
41 x 50.5 x 6 cm
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Cubist Ballet Dancers Framed Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely executed modernist ballet scene. Pastel and gouache on paper. Handsomely framed. Image size, 12H by 16L.
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$620 Sale Price
20% Off
Dance
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
This abstract work is distinguished by its dynamic curves and vivid colors. Dominated by shades of red, blue and green, it evokes a fluid dance of organic forms. The sin...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Abstract Expressionist Large Framed New York City Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color. Framed.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Exhibited Signed Still Life Modern Baguette Bread Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed lower right.
Category
Impressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Exhibited Ashcan School Nocturnal New York City Brooklyn Bridge Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nocturnal view of the Brooklyn Bridge. Oil on board. Signed verso. Framed.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
Italian Modern Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century - "Gonage"
Dorazio completed "Gonage" in 1949 when just after the artist had been awarded a stipend by the French government and admission to the Academy Beaux Arts. There he met George Braque who became great friends but also an influence on Dorazio, of which "Gonage" is a living testament.
"Gonage" actual size of the drawing measures 12 x 9 1/2 inches. It is signed on the lower right. The work is affixed to a 19 x 15 inch board which includes the artist's signature and date. There is a torn table on the lower left entitling the piece "Gonage".
Provenance follows this piece as a gift in 1950 to the artist-colleague Luigi Lucioni, who then gifted it in 1955 to his friend, the uncle of the current owner who has owned the work since 1988.
Bio
Born in Italy, Piero Dorazio studied architecture in Rome. At the same time his first abstract works were executed. In 1947 he received a scholarship from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris, where he contacted Modern artists, who lived in Paris. He founded the galleries "Age d'Or" in Florence and Rome to represent avant-garde arts in Italy.
During a one year stay in the USA he got acquainted with leading artists of Abstract Expressionism such as Marc Rothko...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Antique American Modernist Abstract Cityscape Bridge View Rare WPA Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist bridge landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 28 by 36 inches overall, and 20 by 28 painting alone.. In excellent original cond...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Modernist Framed Flower Still Life interior Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist still life painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
"Personal Equation" Jimmy Ernst, Abstract Surrealism, Black, Red, Blue, White
By Jimmy Ernst
Located in New York, NY
Jimmy Ernst
Personal Equation, 1950
Signed and dated lower right
Oil on canvas
41 x 39 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Laurel Gallery, New York
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York
Collection ...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$28,000 Sale Price
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Important Regionalist WPA Modern Framed And Signed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist landscape oil painting by Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Martyl (1917/18 - 2013). Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 28 by 32 inches overall and 20 by 24 painting alone.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Landscape, large mid-century green painting, COBRA art movement
Located in Beachwood, OH
Erik Ortvad (Danish, 1917 - 2008)
Abstract Landscape, 1946
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
32 X 37.5 inches
35 x 40.5 inches, framed
Born in 1917 in Copenhagen, Erik Ortvad was a surrealist painter and a founding member of the COBRA art...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Period New York Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive and amazing mid 1900s abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. No signature found. Framed.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,400 Sale Price
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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
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,580 Sale Price
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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...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American School Signed Cubist Abstract Expressionist Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract mixed media painting. Oil gouache and crayon on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 24 by 29 inches overall and 15 by 20 painting alone.
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Body - Maurice Rouzée - 1940s - Tempera
Located in Roma, IT
The Body is an original artwork realized by Maurice Rouzée in the 1940s. Hand-signed by the artist on the upper left margin. Good conditions.
The artw...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Lyre Bird (Design for the cover of Poetry London), 1943, Ink, gouache and pastel
Located in New York, NY
Ceri Richards
Lyre Bird (Design for the cover of Poetry London), 1943
Ink, gouache and pastel on paper
Bears original Jonathan Clark & Co. label on the back of the frame
Unique
Frame...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Gouache
Mid Century Abstract Original Painting - Blue Calligraphy on Crimson Water
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Abstract Original Painting - Blue Calligraphy on Crimson Water in Oil and Tempera on Paper
Wonderful Bay Area abstract composition by San Francisco's artist Honora Berg ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Tempera
Nude Water Nymph
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-2738a Acrylic on artist board
Displayed in a vintage gilt wood frame
Image size 11x15"
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$440
"Duo" Seymour Franks, Mid-Century, Red and Green, Abstract Composition
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Franks
Duo, 1947
Signed and dated lower right
Oil on canvas
44 x 37 inches
Seymour Franks, 1916-1981, originated from New York City, where he was born in 1916. At just 16 y...
Category
Surrealist 1940s 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.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$716 Sale Price
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Antique American Impressionist Coastal Seascape Wide Gold Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely executed early 1900s American impressionist coastal seacape painting. Oil on canvas. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period giltwood molding. Excel...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Modernist New York Cityscape Pink Hotel Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist cityscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 30H by 26L.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Interesting Tropical Modernist Palm Tree Abstract Vintage Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract tropical oil painting. Oil on board. Framed.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$716 Sale Price
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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.
Category
Impressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$556 Sale Price
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Antique American School New York City Modernist Central Park View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist central park, new york city oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvasboard . Image size, 18H by 24L.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled Abstract Composition signed Joe Stefanelli
Located in New York, NY
This Untitled Abstract Composition in Oil on Canvas signed Joe Stefanelli is a gem of Mid-Century American Abstraction. This painting brilliantly exemplifies the approach and movemen...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
Figurative Abstract Gouache on Paper - Woman
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Abstract Gouache on Paper by Minnesota/Chicago artist Richard Koppe (1916-1073).
Simply titled “Woman,” the work is an excellent composition by the artist created 1941.
The painting ...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Antique American Impressionist Birch Tree Landscape in a Reflecting Pond 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6000 Antique birch trees landscape,oil on artist board displayed in a wood frame.Signed lower left by Mori.Image size 9.5 H x 7.5 W
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
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