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Period: Early 20th Century
Francisco Bores, Sur la plage
Located in Madrid, ES
FRANCISCO BORES
Spanish, 1898 - 1972
SUR LA PLAGE
signed and dated "Borès / 29" (middle centre)
oil on canvas
21-1/3 x 25-1/2 inches (54 x 65 cm.)
framed: 26-1/5 x 30-1/2 inches (66.5 x 77.5 cm.)
NOTE:
THIS WORK IS ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY ISSUED BY “ARCHIVO FRANCISCO BORES”.
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Madrid
Francisco Bores López (Madrid, May 5, 1898 - Paris, May 10, 1972) was a Spanish painter of the so-called New School of Paris.
His artistic training originated both in the Cecilio Pla...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Jean POUGNY born Iwan Albertovich PUNI (1890–1956), "The Ace of Clubs"
By Jean Pougny
Located in Paris, FR
Iwan Albertovich Puni (also known as Jean Pougny) was a Russian avant-garde artist (Suprematism, Cubo-Futurism) who later became French. He evolved towards Lyric Primitivism, influen...
Category
Abstract Geometric Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Karl Larsson, Swedish, New York, and New Mexico Artist, Abstract Watercolor
By Karl Larsson
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Karl Larsson (1893-1967) non-objective abstraction
Original watercolor, circa 1920s-1930s
In excellent condition. Archivally Matted - not framed.
Measures...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
Jean POUGNY born Iwan Albertovich PUNI (1890–1956), "The Ace of Diamonds"
By Jean Pougny
Located in Paris, FR
Iwan Albertovich Puni (also known as Jean Pougny) was a Russian avant-garde artist (Suprematism, Cubo-Futurism) who later became French. His style evolved towards Lyric Primitivism...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Fishing Boat in Storm
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982), ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 15 x 20 inches. Signed lower margin.
Tape residue marks on back.
James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
Golden Color Lake Landscape Beautiful French Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, early 20th century
Title: Golden colors
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 7.75 x 13 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
C...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Art Deco Blue Resting Dancers Figurative Oil by G.Pascal Rocca
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1-4086 A large scale vintage figurative painting, original oil on canvas in shades of blue .Unframed.
Signed on verso G.Pascal Rocca
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mallorca Spain (Spanish Mediterranean landscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful abstract painting by American artist, James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982). Mallorca, ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 14.5 x 19 inches. Signed lower margin.
J...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
The Scuffle - The Golden Age of Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
An illustrator working in a painterly, narrative style as N. C. Wyeth, Howard Pyle, Dean Cornwell from the Golden Age Of Illustration. Surface quality is post impressionist with hea...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Canadian Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982). Newfoundland, ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 15 x 20.5 inches. Signed lower margin.
James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist style of land, sea and cityscapes, created paintings with an emphasis on color and form. His works possess a clear and simple...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
Abstract Composition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Provenance: Barry Friedman Gallery, Modernism Fine Arts, New York.
Estate Stamped.
Thilo Maatsch (1900-1983)
Thilo Maatsch has an epiphany at age 16 when, having been taken to Berlin’s prestigious Avant Garde art gallery Der Sturm, he’s mesmerized by the work of Franz Marc, and determines to be an artist. Eleven years later, he’ll one day recall with pride, his work exhibits there.
Born and raised in 1900 Braunschweig, Germany, Maatsch by age 18 forms "Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst" (Society of Friends of New Art) with Rudolf Jahns and Johannes Molzahn. Its members include soon-to-be-famous Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky, who promotes Maatsch and becomes something of a father figure. Introductions to collector Otto Ralfs in Braunschweig and the esteemed painter Heinrich Vogeler in Worpswede over the next two years influence his expanding body of work.
By 1922 Maatsch has a growing family to support, and as his art fails to provide this he begins training to be a teacher, a vocation he’ll fall back on repeatedly throughout his life. His first assignment is that of primary school teaching in Holzminden.
1924 sees Ralfs purchasing a Maatsch work and hanging it alongside the now well-known names of Mondrian, Kandinsky and Klee. The following year Ralfs launches an entire exhibition of the Society of Friends of New Art.
Because of his day job, Maatsch is unable to realize his wish to study at the Bauhaus, the avant garde epicenter in Weimar and later, Dessau. But thanks to Kandinsky, Klee and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, he’s allowed to occupy their studios and study with them during school holidays. His befriending of Kurt Schwitters during this time explains why Maatsch is often included in the so-called Schwitters Group.
In 1925 he joins the Novembergruppe (November Group) and exhibits annually in the renowned Große Berliner Kunstausstellung (Great Berlin Art Exhibition...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Newfoundland Landscape (Canada)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful abstract painting by American artist, James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982). Newfoundland, ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 14 x 20 inches. Signed lower margin.
James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist style of land, sea and cityscapes, created paintings with an emphasis on color and form. His works possess a clear and simple style, easily understood by the masses.
Born in Perkasie Pennsylvania, 20 miles north of Philadelphia, Clymer was the
youngest of seven children. Losing his mother during childbirth, he was raised by his eldest sister. He attended Drexel University in Philadelphia, studying Art and Architecture and worked as an Architect in the years following World War I.
During this time, Clymer met the artist Gwenyth Waugh, daughter of the renowned marine painter, Frederick Judd Waugh. His thrust then changed from Architect to Artist. Together, the couple travelled to destinations such as Spain and Newfoundland, where they gave birth to their only daughter.
In the early 1920's, Clymer and family settled in Provincetown, MA and quickly became associated with notable artists such as Helen Sawyer, Edwin Dickinson...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
Abstract composition by Ninon Bourquin - oil on canvas 60x73 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas sold without frame.
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
A Cubist French City, 1919
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dick Beer (b. London 1893 - d. Stockholm 1938)
A French City, 1919 (Fransk stad)
oil on canvas
canvas dimensions 82x66 cm
frame 94x78.5 cm
signed Dick ...
Category
Cubist Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mallorca Spain (Spanish Mediterranean landscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful abstract painting by American artist, James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982). Mallorca, ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 14 x 20 inches. Signed lower margin.
Ships rolled with matting removed.
James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist style of land, sea and cityscapes, created paintings with an emphasis on color and form. His works possess a clear and simple style, easily understood by the masses.
Born in Perkasie Pennsylvania, 20 miles north of Philadelphia, Clymer was the
youngest of seven children. Losing his mother during childbirth, he was raised by his eldest sister. He attended Drexel University in Philadelphia, studying Art and Architecture and worked as an Architect in the years following World War I.
During this time, Clymer met the artist Gwenyth Waugh, daughter of the renowned marine painter, Frederick Judd Waugh. His thrust then changed from Architect to Artist. Together, the couple travelled to destinations such as Spain and Newfoundland, where they gave birth to their only daughter.
In the early 1920's, Clymer and family settled in Provincetown, MA and quickly became associated with notable artists such as Helen Sawyer, Edwin Dickinson and the Waughs. About 1940, Clymer moved to New York City, and in 1946, he and his family settled in a home on Schunnemunk Mountain in New York (close to Newburgh, New York, in the Hudson River Valley). He lived there until circa 1978, when he moved to his granddaughter's house near Schenectady, New York, where he later died.
Clymer worked with ease in the mediums of watercolor and oil painting, much like James Fitzgerald...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
Impressions of Maine (fishermen)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982), ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 15 x 20.5 inches. Signed lower margin.
James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist ...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
Flying Gulls on the Surf
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982), ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 14 x 20 inches. Signed lower margin.
James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist st...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
Tharrats blue. black. Constellation. original abstract acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Constellation. original abstract acrylic painting
THARRATS VIDAL, Joan Josep (Gerona, 1918 - Barcelona, 2001).
After starting his training in Beziers (France) in 1935 Tharrats re...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Sea Birds in Surf
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful seascape painting by American artist, James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982). Seabirds, ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 14 x 20 inches. Signed lower margin.
SHIPS ROLLED. Matting removed.
James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist style of land, sea and cityscapes, created paintings with an emphasis on color and form. His works possess a clear and simple style, easily understood by the masses.
Born in Perkasie Pennsylvania, 20 miles north of Philadelphia, Clymer was the
youngest of seven children. Losing his mother during childbirth, he was raised by his eldest sister. He attended Drexel University in Philadelphia, studying Art and Architecture and worked as an Architect in the years following World War I.
During this time, Clymer met the artist Gwenyth Waugh, daughter of the renowned marine painter, Frederick Judd Waugh. His thrust then changed from Architect to Artist. Together, the couple travelled to destinations such as Spain and Newfoundland, where they gave birth to their only daughter.
In the early 1920's, Clymer and family settled in Provincetown, MA and quickly became associated with notable artists such as Helen Sawyer, Edwin Dickinson...
Category
Realist Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
Large Scale Abstract Geometric Oil on Canvas, Artist's Lay Figures at Play.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large abstract geometric oil on canvas of artist's lay figures at play by British artist Derek Carruthers. Signed and dated 2004-5 to the reverse. Presented in black textured frame.
...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composition on Violet Background
By Etienne Beothy
Located in London, GB
ETIENNE BEOTHY 1897-1961
Heves, Hungary 1897 - 1961 Paris (Hungarian/French)
Title: Composition on Violet Background, 1927
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Dated Gouache Paintin...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mallorca Spain (Spanish Mediterranean landscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful abstract painting by American artist, James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982). Mallorca, ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 14 x 20 inches. Signed lower margin.
Ships rolled with matting removed.
James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist style of land, sea and cityscapes, created paintings with an emphasis on color and form. His works possess a clear and simple style, easily understood by the masses.
Born in Perkasie Pennsylvania, 20 miles north of Philadelphia, Clymer was the
youngest of seven children. Losing his mother during childbirth, he was raised by his eldest sister. He attended Drexel University in Philadelphia, studying Art and Architecture and worked as an Architect in the years following World War I.
During this time, Clymer met the artist Gwenyth Waugh, daughter of the renowned marine painter, Frederick Judd Waugh. His thrust then changed from Architect to Artist. Together, the couple travelled to destinations such as Spain and Newfoundland, where they gave birth to their only daughter.
In the early 1920's, Clymer and family settled in Provincetown, MA and quickly became associated with notable artists such as Helen Sawyer, Edwin Dickinson...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
Antique Modernist Coastal Seascape Framed Fauvist Large Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist landscape painting by Jan Matulka (1890 - 1972). Watercolor on paper. Signed. Framed. Measuring 24 by 28 inches overall and 15.5 by 19.5 painting alone.
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Cubist Abstraction
Signed and dated lower right
Watercolor, charcoal and gouache on paper, 1922
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Schroeder, Romero & Sh...
Category
Cubist Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache
$20,000
Gris - project, circa 1928n Gouache on cardboard
By Eric Bagge
Located in PARIS, FR
Éric Bagge (1890-1978)
Grey - project, circa 1928
Gouache on cardboard
Signed and numbered “183”
Dimensions : 29,7 x 21 cm
Architect and interior designer Eric Bagge was born in the...
Category
Art Deco Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Newfoundland Landscape (Canada)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful abstract painting by American artist, James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982). Newfoundland, ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 14 x 20 inches. Signed lower margin.
James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist style of land, sea and cityscapes, created paintings with an emphasis on color and form. His works possess a clear and simple style, easily understood by the masses.
Born in Perkasie Pennsylvania, 20 miles north of Philadelphia, Clymer was the
youngest of seven children. Losing his mother during childbirth, he was raised by his eldest sister. He attended Drexel University in Philadelphia, studying Art and Architecture and worked as an Architect in the years following World War I.
During this time, Clymer met the artist Gwenyth Waugh, daughter of the renowned marine painter, Frederick Judd Waugh. His thrust then changed from Architect to Artist. Together, the couple travelled to destinations such as Spain and Newfoundland, where they gave birth to their only daughter.
In the early 1920's, Clymer and family settled in Provincetown, MA and quickly became associated with notable artists such as Helen Sawyer, Edwin Dickinson...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
Antique Tropical 19th Century Landscape Original Oil Painting Flower Path
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 17.5L x 13.75H. Signed.
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$296 Sale Price
25% Off
Provincetown (Cape Cod landscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful ca.1930 double-sided abstract painting by American artist, James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982). On the Docks, Sunset. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 15 x 20.5 inches. S...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
$450 Sale Price
50% Off
Figure with Guitar II
By Henry Fitch Taylor
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
Noah Goldowsky Gallery, New York;
Collection of Jeptha H. Wade and Emily Vanderbilt Wade, Boston, until 2025
Exhibitions
Cleveland Museum of Art, Art for Collectors, 1971...
Category
American Modern Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composition 15 - Painting by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 15 is an original painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
The artwork is on tempera and in very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 48...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Composition 14 - Painting by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 14 is an original painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
The artwork is on tempera and in very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 47...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Forms Sound Forme rumore, Futurism, Abstract Art
Located in London, GB
GIACOMO BALLA 1871-1958
Torino 1871 - 1958 Rome (Italian)
Title: Forms Sound Forme rumore, 1925/30
Technique: Signed Tempera on Card
Size: 19 x 22.7 cm. / 7.5 x 8.9 in.
Addition...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
"Carnival" Early Texas Modern Orange and Blue Toned Figurative Cubist Painting
By Frances Johnson Skinner
Located in Houston, TX
Early Texas Cubist inspired painting by a well known Texas artist. The work features a trio of abstract figures in red and orange tones set against a blue background. Signed in the f...
Category
Cubist Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Composition in Black - Tempera by Clement Nicolas Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition in black is an artwork realized by Clement Nicolas Kons in 1920s.
Original mixed colored tempera.
Good conditions except for some so...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Geometry Game - Original Tempera by Clement Nicolas Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Geometry Game is an original artwork realized by Clement Nicolas Kons in 1920s.
Original mixed colored tempera.
Good conditions except for yellowing of paper due to the time.
Th...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Composition 16 - Painting by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 16 is an original painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
The artwork is on tempera and in very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 32...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Tharrats abstract Red Black Gold original acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
colors- abstract original acrylic painting . frame
Original paper by the famous Spanish artist Josep Tharrats.
Acrylic on paper. Perfect condition.
Certificate of originality
THARR...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
"Gloucester Docks" Impressionist Boat Seascape
Located in Houston, TX
Impressionist oil painting of a boat sitting at the dock by Harriet Randall Lumis.
A perfect piece for your shore/beach house! The painting is framed and has the artist's name and t...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Composition 22 - Original Painting by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 22 is an original painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
The artwork is on tempera, in very good conditions and mounted on a cardboard (42x52).
Image Dimension...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Composition 18 - Original Painting by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 18 is an original painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
The artwork is on tempera and in very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 36...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Blue Circle - Tempera by Clement Nicolas Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Circle is an artwork realized by Clement Nicolas Kons in 1920s.
Original mixed colored tempera.
Good conditions except for yellowing of p...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
French Neo-Romantic Surrealist Painting "Circus" by Kristians Tonny
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Kristians Tonny
(French, born Holland; 1907-1977)
Circus
Oil on prepared board, 16 1/2 x 13 inches
Framed: 22 x 19 inches (approx.)
Inscribed on reverse: (in pencil) "cadre noir/ave...
Category
Surrealist Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Composition 9 - Painting by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 9 is a painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
The artwork is on tempera and in very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 43.5x31 cm.
...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Angle and Nude - Lithograph by E. M. G. Van Offel - Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Angle and Nude is a splendid lithography engraving realized by the Belgian artist Edmond Marie Gabriël Van Offel.
Signed on the plate on the lower left.
Th...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Antique American Impressionist Tropical Coastal Seascape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive impressionist coastal scene. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Signed European Framed Village Signed Orientalist Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist abstract village painting. Oil on board. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 24L x 12H. Signed.
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Modern Grey and Orange Geometric Abstract Leaf Pattern Painting
By John Little
Located in Houston, TX
Modern grey and white geometric abstract leaf pattern composition with orange accents by textile designer John Little. The work was created as a proposed design for a wallpaper and features the original color codes in the front lower left corner. Currently hung in a solid black frame with a large white margin.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 27.13 in. x W 31.5 in.
Artist Biography: A painter and textile designer, John Little is best known for gestural works filled with boldly explosive color that reflect the influences of his teacher Hans Hofmann and for his involvement in the Abstract Expressionist movement in East Hampton, where he moved in the late 1940s. In East Hampton Little congregated with Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and the other artists who were the leading innovators in the New York School.
John Little was born in Sanford, Alabama. He left home at the age of fourteen to become an artist, and moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1923. After spending a year working as a stevedore on the docks to save money, he enrolled at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and developed an interest in singing. In 1927 he moved to New York City where he continued his vocal work and studied operatic literature. He also became involved in textile design, opening his own store in 1920, called John Little Studios: Fabric and Wallpaper Design. He ran the store until 1950.
In 1933 John Little resumed his painting studies at the Art Students League in New York under the guidance of George Grosz (1893-1959). The following year he made his first visit to East Hampton, Long Island, which he would eventually call home. Later in the decade, he traveled to Paris where he became familiar with European modernism. On his return to America, he taught textile design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He hired Josephine Watkins to work for him; she later became his wife. Little's textile store and teaching job gave him a financial security that was rare during the Depression, and he never found it necessary to find employment with the Works Progress Administration. At the end of the decade, John Little studied with Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) in New York and Provincetown. Little was greatly influenced by Hofmann, particularly by his views on color theory.
In 1942 John Little joined the Navy as an aerial photographer. In the late 1940s he purchased a rundown house on Three Mile Harbor...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Maize, " Original Oil on Panel by School of/Student of David Alfaro Siqueiros
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Maize" is an original oil painting on panel done by a member of the school of, or in the style of David Alfaro Siqueiros. The abstract image depicts a figure holding an ear of corn ...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Antique American Impressionist in Paris Signed Street Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist in Paris oil painting by Harold T. Bowler (1903 - 1965). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape: the Uplands by Massachusetts artist Robertson Mygatt
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Robertson K. Mygatt
(American, 1862-1919)
Uplands
Oil on panel, 5 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches
FRAMED: 9 x 10 1/2 inches (approx.)
Exhibition label on verso: "Salamagundi Club/Thumb-box Exhibi...
Category
Tonalist Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
- Early 20th Century Oil, Rustic Chalet
Located in Corsham, GB
A charmingly rustic oil scene showing a man and woman in a lane, outside a run down chalet. The painting is unsigned and presented in a contemporary gilt frame with foliate molding. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$313 Sale Price
20% Off
Suprematist composition. 1919, paper/gouache 21, 5 x 28, 5 cm
By Gustav Klucis
Located in Riga, LV
Suprematist composition. 1919, paper/gouache 21,5 x 28,5 cm
Gustav Klucis (1895-1938) Latvian painter, sculptor, graphic artist, designer and teacher, ...
Category
Suprematist Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Gouache
$11,378 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri PFEIFFER (1907-1994), "Step of two"
Located in Paris, FR
Henri Pfeiffer joined the Bauhaus at the age of 17, where he became a student of Paul Klee. He created numerous abstract works with a renewed vision of color use and perception. From...
Category
Bauhaus Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nura Ulreich Musical Dreamscape Original Oil Painting c.1930
By Nura Ulreich
Located in San Francisco, CA
Nura Ulreich (American, 1899-1950) Musical Dreamscape Original Oil Painting c.1930s
Absolutely wonderful dream-like oil painting with a touch of vintage ...
Category
Surrealist Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Abstract Composition Tempera Painting Russian Soviet Avant Garde Ksenia Ender
By Ksenia Ender
Located in Surfside, FL
Dimensions:
25.5 X 20.5 Frame. Artwork measures 23.25 X 18.25
Tempera painting
Signed by the artist, lower right corner
Ksenia Vladimirovna Ender ( Russian Ксения Владимировна Эндер , also Xenia Ender and Kseniia Ender. born 1895 in Sluzk , died 1955...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Tharrats Constellation. original abstract acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Constellation. original abstract acrylic painting
Original paper by the famous Spanish artist Josep Tharrats.
Acrylic on paper. Perfect condition.
Certificate of originality
REF 253...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
"Upper Street" Manierre Dawson, Cubism, Abstract Pastels, Cityscape
By Manierre Dawson
Located in New York, NY
Manierre Dawson
Upper Street, 1912
Oil on board
10 x 15 inches
Provenance:
The artist
Estate of the artist
Private Collection (gift of Lillian Dawson, widow of the artist)
Hollis Ta...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$30,400 Sale Price
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Mountains - Drawing by Paul-Maurice Chevalier - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mountains is a drawing on paper realized in the mid-20th Century by Paul-Maurice Chevalier. (1898-1984).
Ink, Charcoal, and Watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good con...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor
Morningside Park, Old New York - Cathedral of St. John the Divine
By Lucille Corcos
Located in Miami, FL
Corcos paints what appears to be the northern part Central Park from an elevated view looking northwest. The artist used a restricted palette of warm browns and grays with heavy outl...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
Flower - Vintage Tempera on Paper - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Flower is an original painting in tempera on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the XX century.
Good conditions, aged margins.
The artwork represents a beautiful flower in da...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
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