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GLACIER PARK 1940s WPA Mid-Century Realism to Abstraction American Modernism
Located in New York, NY
GLACIER PARK 1940s WPA Mid-Century Realism to Abstraction American Modernism
This is a special Vincent Campanella oil painting from the late 1940s that teeters on the edge of realis...
Category
American Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Table de Miro
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Just discovered within the archives of American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010), we present for the first time, a magnificent mixed media painting, Table de Miro.
Table de Miro, i...
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Tango
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered mixed media painting by American artist Robert McIntosh, (1916-2010.)
Tango, is an original mixed media gouache on heavy artists paper, signed, dated 1...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Trio
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original mixed media painting by American artist Leonard Nelson.
"Trio" is an original mixed media work, signed and dated 1942, depicting three cubist musicians.
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Conversation with Motherwell
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered magnificent oil painting by American artist Robert McIntosh (1916-2002.)
Conversation with Motherwell, Is a tribute to American artist Robert Motherwell...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
Italian 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 ...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
1940's LARGE Monogrammed Cubist Modern Woman with Cat
Located in New York, NY
Monogrammed Cubist Painting of a Woman With a Cat
Oil on Masonite
33 x 49 inches
40 x 55 inches, framed
Monogrammed cubist painting of a woman, seated on her knees and playing with...
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Precisionist Modern Cityscape Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modern cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Unsigned. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 18"L x 14"H.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Woman Modernist Abstract Cityscape Philadelphia PA Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting by Jean Watson. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed on verso. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 20"L x 24"H.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique African American Cubist Abstract Modern Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school cubist mid century modern abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. Signed on verso. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 15"L x 30"H.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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. Displayed in a metal board. Image...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Green Forrest
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered master level abstract painting, Green Forrest, by American artist Robert McIntosh (1916-2010.)
Green Forrest is an original mixed media painting on hea...
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
The Conference
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Warm Abstract Expressionist Still Life Painting, Circa 1940s
Located in San Francisco, CA
This circa 1940s-1950s paint on masonite still life with orange, yellow, and blue is by Vienna and San Francisco/Bay Area artist, Gustav Friedmann (1897-1982). Friedmann was educated...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Miro/Klee Style Abstract
Located in Cleveland, OH
Maurice Verrier
Signed Lower-Right
Oil on Board
30 x 15 inches
Frame has wear--see images
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract Geometric WPA Painting Transcendental Art Modern Non Objective 1940s
Located in New York, NY
Born in Hungary, Bisttram went on to become a prolific artist creating many thousands of paintings and drawings that embraced styles from realism through abstraction. A member of the...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Encaustic
Mid Century Modern Indian Space Abstract Expressionist Original Oil Painting
By Peter Busa
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Mid Century Modern abstract "Indian Space" still life attributed to Peter Busa (1914-1985). Oil on board, circa 1950. Unsigned. From an Amherst, NY estate. Image size, 24...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pavanne - 17th Century Court Dance - British exhibited Surrealist oil painting
Located in London, GB
Painted by "Modern British" Surrealist artist John Armstrong this oil/tempera on board depicts Pavanne. The Pavanne is a 17th century Court dance. The figures bunch up rhythmically a...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Amédée Ozenfant - Composition blanc, french, cubist, surrealist, purist, french
Located in London, GB
Amédée Ozenfant (1886-1966)
Composition blanc
1945
oil on canvas
55.9 x 71.1 cm
signed ‘ozenfant 45’ (lower right)
Price:
£26,250 GBP (inc. 5% UK import VAT)
Provenance:
James John...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
MODERNIST ABSTRACT Mid-Century New Hope Non-Objective oil American Modern WPA
By Louis Stone
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...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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.
Category
Impressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Antique American Modernist Abstract Cubist NYC Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Emma Ehrenreich (Born 1906). Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 24"L x 30"H.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Female Modernist Constructed Mixed Media Abstract Sculpture Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist mixed media sculpture painting by Rose Hart Betensky (1923 - 2007. Oil on wood board circa 1960. Signed only on verso. Exhibited. Displayed in a period m...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood
American Abstract Expressionist Flower Still Life Signed NYC Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on cavas, circa 1945. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. Image, 16"L x 22"H.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Abstract Expressionist Flower Still Life Signed NYC Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on cavas, circa 1945. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. Image, 16"L x 22"H.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Paris Modern School Signed Original Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Paris modern school signed original abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1947. Signed on back. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 24"L x 20"H.
Category
Abstract 1940s 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.
Category
Impressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Paris Modern Abstract Flower Still Life Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French modernist abstract flower still life oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. Signed illegibly. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 12"L x 16"H.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Paris Modern Abstract Flower Still Life Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French modernist abstract flower still life oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. Signed illegibly. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 12"L x 16"H.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Mask Cubist Oil on Board Painting by Jean Herbin
Located in Atlanta, GA
Very stylish French cubist constructivist oil on board painting by Jean Herbin (1902 - 1977).
This painting features a man in disguise with a mask. Skillful composition and rigorous ...
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, 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.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
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.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Signed Abstract Expressionist Female Modern Early Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract expressionist signed oil painting by Gloria Banning (1924-2007). Oil on canvas, circa 1954. Signed. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, ...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Landscape Signed Original Western Painting
By Yngve Olsen
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting by Yngve Olsen (American, 1905 – 2000). Watercolor on board, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a mat. Image, 19"L x 12"H.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Cubist Abstract Cityscape Minimalist Painting (John Marin Student!)
By Yngve Olsen
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting by Yngve Olsen (American, 1905 – 2000). Watercolor on board, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 14"L x 11"H.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Antique American Modernist Exhibited Large Abstract Cityscape Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting titled "Ghost Town NY" by John Atherton (1900 - 1952). Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 27"L x...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Crashing Wave Seascape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract seascape oil painting by Richard Michael Gorman Powers (1921 - 1996). Oil on board, circa 1950. Signed. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. I...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Abstract Expressionist Signed Vintage Cubsit Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed verso. Image size 12"L x 15"H.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Margaret Balzer
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Margaret Balzer Cantieni (1914-2002). Tempera on wood board. Signed in lower right corner "Balzer '46". Painting measures 1 1" x 14" with frame 16 1/2" x 19 1/2".
Marga...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Egg Tempera
Antique American Female Modernist Signed Portrait of a Woman Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting portrait of a woman by Anita KAhn. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. Image, 12"L x 24"H.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Destiny's Path, Hawaii - Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolistic and romantic 1940s figurative of pasteled orange figure journeying down path by Marguerite Louis Blasingame circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame wer...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Winter Landscape' San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Wayne Thiebaud, California
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...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
PINK FISH WPA Abstract Muralist 1940s modern oil American Scene mid-century
Located in New York, NY
PINK FISH WPA Abstract Muralist 1940s modern oil American Scene mid-century
De Forest Stull was a painter and WPA muralist whose mural work was done for Radio City Music Hall. Stul...
Category
American Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Carl Holty
Located in New York, NY
This abstracted landscape composed of marvelous blues, greens, pinks and purples is a modernist work by one of America’s pioneers of abstraction. Holty was a founder of the American ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Yellow Marsh Landscape Painting
By Lima
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2426 A vintage marsh landscape,oil on artist board set in a gilt wood frame,signed lower left by Lima
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Reading in Bed figurative painting by Gail Cole
Located in Soquel, CA
Reading in Bed by Gail Shepardson Cole (American, 1914-1968). Signed "Gail Cole" lower left. Painted on heavy bonded paper. Unframed Exhibited 1950s Artists Equity Exhibition New Yo...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Impressionist Birch Tree Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2899 Vintage birch trees landscape,acrylic 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
Acrylic
"Orange Abstract", American Modernist, Gestural Abstract, Oil on Canvas, 1946
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Orange Abstract" by American modernist painter Leonard Nelson is a 18" x 20" oil on canvas painting. This gestural abstraction is painted predominantly in orange and yellow. The ter...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract - Westedge
By Mark Voris
Located in Cleveland, OH
Mark Voris [Tucson, AZ; 1907-1974]
Westedge
ca. 1940s
Signed Lower-Right
Oil on Canvas and Collaged Canvas
24 x 28.25 inches
27 x 31 inches (framed)
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wistful Mother
Located in London, GB
'Wistful Mother', oil on canvas, by Alexandre Istrati (circa 1940s). One of only a few remaining artworks by Istrati which were not painted in the abstract. The figurative works shar...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Venus Surreal Nude Painting
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
Circa 1940's Surrealistic Figurative Abstract Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3176a Surrealistic Figures in blues vintage acrylic on board, displayed in a wood frame, signed by Sannoro. Image size 15.5 H x8.5" W
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Circa 1940's Lake View Landscape Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3135a Vintage Landscape, acrylic on canvas applied to a wood board, signed lower right by A.Mori, displayed in a gilt wood frame.Image size 21 H x 14" W
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu (Underwater Spirt) Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic nocturnal figurative of whispy figure underwater with mountains and red coral garden by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her ...
Category
Symbolist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Backstage, Ambassador" Broadway Theatre NYC Mid-century Modern Modernist Cubist
By Sam Norkin
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left, titled on the stretcher
The painting depicts the empty stage of Broadway’s Ambassador Theatre.
Ethel Merman, Liza Minnelli, Mary Martin, Carol Channing, Bernadet...
Category
American Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Village - Original Ink Drawing by E. De Tomi - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
Village is an original drawing in pen realized by Enrico De Tomi in 1947 ca, hand-signed on the lower-left of margin.
In good condition.
Sheet dimension :18.5 x 24 cm.
The artwork...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink
Composition sur les Noms Communs: Ange, Lion, Fauvette
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
160 x 80 cm (63 x 31 ½ inches)
Signed and dated lower right, Herbin 1942
Provenance
Kunstmuseum, Basel, inv. no. 2332
Galerie Chalette, New York
Dallas Museum of ...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Time Travel #2
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Oskar Fishinger (1900-1967), began his career in Germany as one of the pioneers of the Germans avant garde abstract film movement, known for inventing abstract musical animations, an...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
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