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Period: 1940s
Werner Drewes Modernist American Painting, Southwest Subject, 1947
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Werner Drewes (1899-1985) oil on canvas, 1947
Titled: “Adobe Village”
Measures: 15 ½ x 36 Frame: 21 x 42
Signed lower left and also on the verso
In excellent condition.
Born in Nie...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
Rolph Scarlett Abstract Expressionist Painting, 1945
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Abstract expressionist gouache and watercolor on paper
by noted artist Rolph Scarlett - Signed and dated lower right.
Archivally matted, unframed. Image size: 11" H x 15" W.
In excel...
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1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
"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
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.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Carmicael Graphic Oil Painting
Located in Pasadena, CA
"Hope is all we have but if we believe it is enough"
A statement piece and graphic painting full of emotion and color by Jae Carmichel (1925-2005)
Jae Carmichael, painter, sculptor, photographer, writer, and independent filmmaker. She was the founding director of Pasadena's Pacific Asia Museum. She staged more than 200 solo exhibitions in galleries in Los Angeles, Japan, and Europe and has works included in permanent collections of the Oakland Museum of California, the Long Beach Museum of Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others.
She studied art with Francis de Erdely, Millard, Sheets, Phil...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Modern Abstract Expressionist Minimalist NYC Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract drawing. Pencil and graphite on paper, circa 1970. Unsigned. Image size, 31L x 23H. Housed in a period frame.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Graphite
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
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
Symbolist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Three Angels - Mid Century Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic Hawaiian nocturnal figurative of whispy angel figures with mountains and bridge by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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Symbolist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Hawaii "The Journey - Anti-matter" - Mid Century Abstract Hawaiian Mythology
Located in Soquel, CA
Hawaii "The Journey - Anti-matter" - Mid Century Abstract Hawaiian Mythology
Symbolistic and romantic 1940s figurative of pasteled figures journeying down path titled "Journey - Anti...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Evening on the Pier looking into the Tunnel - Mid Century Abstract Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Evening on the Pier, a stunning landscape by Marguerite Louis Blasingame and Frank Blasingame (American, 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and Frank were two of five artists in H...
Category
Symbolist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fetishes, 1940s Abstract Figurative Southwestern Mixed Media Painting, Red Gray
By Howard Schleeter
Located in Denver, CO
An original gouache and wax painting by New Mexico modernist, Howard Schleeter (1903-1976) signed and dated lower right from November 18, 1949. Presented in a custom frame created b...
Category
American Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Gouache, Archival Paper
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...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s 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.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Cubist Abstract Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nice colors and an early cubist work. Finely framed. Oil on board. Framed. Signed to lower left.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Embryo, Cubist Painting on Board by Benjamin Benno
Located in Long Island City, NY
Embryo
Benjamin Benno, American (1901–1980)
Date: circa 1940
Oil on wood, unsigned
Size: 11 x 9 x 1 in. (27.94 x 22.86 x 2.54 cm)
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Abstracted Cityscape, Cubist Painting on Board by Benjamin Benno
Located in Long Island City, NY
Benjamin Benno was a British-born American artist, best known for his Cubist and abstract works. This artwork is signed and dated.
Abstracted Cityscape
Benjamin Benno, American (190...
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Composition, Cubist Oil Painting on Canvas by Benjamin Benno
Located in Long Island City, NY
“Composition” is a oil on canvas painting by Modern artist Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980). By the early 1930s he had established a reputation as a member of the international...
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jewish Mexican Avant Garde Fiesta of Guadalupe Expressionist Oil Painting
By Yonia Fain
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 predom...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Ancients, Cultural Still Life and Spiritual Abstract
Located in Doylestown, PA
"The Ancients" is a 18.5 x 24.25 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette. The ...
Category
American Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Interior Scene Framed Abstract Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible early American modernist interior scene by Anthony Toney (1913 - 2004) . Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring 26 by 32 overall and 18 by 24 painting alone.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Landscape Framed Vintage Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted American modernist landscape by Anthony Toney (1913 - 2004) . Oil on board. Signed. Housed in a great vintage modernist frame.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Modernist Abstracted Southern School Cubist Woman Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive and a rare early work by Frederick E. Conway (1900 - 1973). Oil on board. Incredibly framed. Signed.
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Antique American Signed Abstract Sandy Beach Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted mid century abstract beach scene. Oil on canvas. Signed illegibly. Framed elegantly.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist - Blue Hydrangeas by Honora Berg
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Blue Hydrangeas in Acrylic on Paper
Vining Blue Hydrangeas by San Francisco's artist Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985), 1946. The vertica...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Turtle Ceremony, Symbolism and Abstract by American Female Modernist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Turtle Ceremony" is a 25 x 30 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette. The wo...
Category
American Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hans Hofmann Abstract Painting
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Hans Hofmann (German/American, 1880-1966)
Marking(s); notes: M669-6 SP8; 1943
Materials: gouache on paper
Dimensions (H, W, D): 17.5"h, 23.5"w; 25.25"h, 32"w frame...
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Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
'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
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Framed Mid Century Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Unsigned.
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid Century Modern Large Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage nicely painted abstract expressionist oil painting by Frederick James Gill (1906 - 1974). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'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
Don Quichotte
Located in Genève, GE
Oil on canvas
Category
Italian School 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Horse Carousel Animal Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really impressive early American modernist painting. Oil on board. Framed.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Post Impressionist Modern Kitchen Seafood Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted French modernist still life. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Modernist 'Composition Biomorphique' Tempera Painting
Located in New York, NY
This strikingly etherial Mid-Century Modernist Vera Idelson 'Composition Biomorphique' Tempera on masonite Painting originates from Israel, created in 1946. A unique and gorgeous pi...
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1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
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
'Cubist Still Life', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Cubist Still Life', gouache on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). Surely this very attractive piece was inspired by Juan Gris (1887-1927) and Georges Braque's ...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, 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
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed MCM Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board Framed.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
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 verso “Executed while studying with Fernand Leger, who worked directly on this Canvas. J.K.”; provenance includes George Stern Fine Arts (West Hollywood, CA) and Spener Jon Helfen Fine Arts (Beverly Hills, CA); presented in a high quality Vanderen frame
Jean Kellogg...
Category
American Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American School Modernist Abstract Cityscape Holiday Lights Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Image size, 20H x 30L. Signed.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Leonard Flettrich New Orleans Abstract Expressionist Signed Mid Century Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil and gouache on paper. Signed. Framed. Executed by Leonard Flettrich (American/New Orleans, 1916).
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Antique American Abstract Cubist Still Life Large Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted vintage American modernist still life. Cubist composition with great color. Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Key Sketch for 60 Foot Movie Announcement on “Safety First"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Key Sketch for 60 Foot Movie Announcement on “Safety First,” 1948, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 14.5 x 12.5 inches, titled in pencil verso; presented in a newer frame...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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...
Category
American Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era
Located in New York, NY
"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era
Arnold Ronnebeck (1885 - 1947)
Two Seas and a Moon
30 x 22 1/2 inches
Oil on Canvas, c. 1943
Signed u...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Waterfall Nature-scape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted early American modernist abstract landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist New England Beach Dune Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Well painted mid 1900's impressionist beach scene painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Impressionist 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Early Modernist Abstract Nocturnal Arctic Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract nocturnal winter landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Abstract 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
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
Antique American School Abstract Cubist Flower Still Life Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very well painted period cubist still life. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Vintage Mid Century Modern Abstract Landscape Monogrammed American Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Landscape Framed Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Fauvist Abstract Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted modernist abstract landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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