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Richard Wengenroth Abstract Painting
By Richard Wengenroth
Located in Cleveland, OH
Richard Wengenroth
1957
Signed & Dated Upper-Right
Gouache on Paper
21 x 30 inches
34.75 x 44 inches (framed)
Artwork is in excellent condition. Frame has minor wear.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Abstract
By Karl Metzler
Located in Cleveland, OH
Karl Metzler [American, 1909-1995]
1952
Signed and Dated Lower-Left
Signed and Dated on Reverse
Oil on Masonite
16 x 20 inches
21 x 25 inches (framed)
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Antique American Modernist Surreal Street Scene Unsigned Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Unsigned. Image size, 14L x 18H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Gouache
Mid Century American Abstract, possibly Fisherman's wharf San Francisco, Ca
By Mel Fowler
Located in Southport, CT
Midcentury oil on canvas , Wharf scene, possibly Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco.
Mel Fowler (1921-1987) was a listed Italian-American painter known for his cubist inspired abstra...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Passage
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Kenneth Noland. "Passage" is a geometric abstract painting, acrylic on canvas in an earth-tone palette by Post-War artist Kenneth Noland. The artwork is signed on the v...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Oil on Board Painting, Blue, Pink, Yellow, Black, Vertical Horizontal
Located in Denver, CO
Abstract painting in blue, pink, yellow, green, and black by Paul Kauvar Smith (1893-1977). Oil on board. Presented in a custom frame, outer dimensions measure 29 ½ x 23 ¾ x 2 inche...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Abstract Expressionist California Artist Portrait Signed Oil Painting
By Rex Ashlock
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist portrait oil painting by Rex Jesse Ashlock (1918 - 1999). Oil on board, circa 1956. Signed. Image size, 18L x 24H. Housed in a period wood frame.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's ITALIAN EXPRESSIONIST ABSTRACT SIGNED OIL - PALETTE KNIFE COMPOSITION
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian School, circa 1960's, signed lower right
Title: Expressionist Abstract composition; wonderful mix of strong colors from teal blues, deep green and turquoise ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Large American School Modernist Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. No signature found. Image size, 38L x 46H. Framing available.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yellow and Red Abstract 1965 Ink and Gouache
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1965 yellow and red ink and gouache abstract on paper is by Bay Area painter and sculptor Laura Lengyel (b. 1946). She studied at Oakland's Mills College and later moved to Mend...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Robert Tosa Mid Century Modern Abstract Portraits c.1952
Located in San Francisco, CA
Robert Tosa Mid Century Modern Abstract Portraits c.1952
Outstanding Mid Century Modern Painting.
Various abstract portraits of a dancer.
Original oil on board housed in a handsom...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Philipp Weichberger German, 1936-1985 Orientale, 1963
Located in Hallowell, ME
Oil on canvas, signed upper left and dated and signed verso. Titled "Orientale" Dated 1963.
A note from a potential client:: Hello - just wanted to let you know that I was lookin...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstraction
By Bill Parker
Located in Milford, NH
A colorful abstract oil painting by American artist Bill Parker (1922-2009) Parker was born in Josephine, Texas and studied with Hans Hofmann in the U.S., Fernand Leger in Paris, an...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
Woodstock Style Naturalistic Impressionist Seascape Painting Signed Mara
Located in Houston, TX
Blue toned naturalistic landscape painted in the style of the Woodstock school of a serene ocean view. Signed by artist in front lower right corner. Hung in a silver frame with a lig...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Vermont Barns - Neutral Monochromatic Study in Grays
By John Koch
Located in Miami, FL
Understated town-scape in grays and muted blues. It's a painting that looks better as you get closer to it.
Koch brings the same serene intimacy to an outdoor scene as his interiors....
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vernon Wohnhas Mid Century Modern Abstract Acrylic Painting c.1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage Abstract Vernon Wohnhas c.1960s
Beautiful abstract painting by noted artist Vernon Wohnhas (1909-2008)
Titled "Earth Day".
Original Acrylic on Masonite.
Masonite dimensi...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Metallurgy, OP Art Painting by Jack Brusca
By Jack Brusca
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jack Brusca, American (1939 - 1993)
Title: Metallurgy
Year: 1968
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, dated and titled verso
Size: 20 x 20 in. (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Don't Cry Long" Abstracted and Distorted Self-Portrait, One Crying Eye
Located in Detroit, MI
"Don't Cry Long" can be called unusual for a portrait especially a self-portrait, but Ethelyn, in addition to painting commissioned portraits, also, frequently painted herself and sh...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
'Lake Almanor, Mt. Lassen' Art Institute of Chicago, Ecole-des-Beaux-Arts, Paris
By Martin Baer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Martin Baer' and dated 1958; additionally signed verso and dated June 1958.
A lyrical modernist oil showing a view of of the California peak painted with intuit...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Paper, Oil
Mid Century Daffodil Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Mixed media collage of photographs over acrylic paint by James A. Coughlin (American, 20th Century). Presented in a wood frame. Signed "J.A. Coughlin" lower right. Framed: 32"H x 40"...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Magazine Paper, Newsprint, Acrylic
Robert Marc - Untitled - Signed Oil on Canvas
By Robert Marc
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Robert Marc
Untitled
Oil on Canvas
Signed
60 x 80 cm
80 x 100 cm (Framed)
The painting is rich and complex with a palette and surface quality that warms and harmonises his ge...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Boats and Bridge Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century boats and a bridge oil painting by listed Santa Cruz, California artist Donald J. Phillips (American, 20th century). . Signed and dated "50" lower right. Presen...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Blues Singer
Located in Hudson, NY
Paul F. Keene Jr. (1920-2009). Blues Singer, 1958. Mixed media on Strathmore laid paper, image measures 18 x 24 inches on a sheet measuring 19 x 25 inches. 29 x 35 inches in origina...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Gouache, Laid Paper
Abstract
By Anthony Thomas Triano
Located in Kensington, MD
Anthony Thomas Triano (American 1928-1997)
Abstract 1966
Oil on Board
Signed & Lower Right
30" x 15" inches unframed
Submitted by Leni Robbins, whose source is Marianne Triano.
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Colorful Tribal Nude Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract expressionist tribal painting of a nude female done in bold, vibrant colors by artist Gustave Alhadeff in 1962 with acrylic paint. Signed in upper right corner.
Artist Bio...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Windward
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Born in the Boston area, George W.W. Brewster graduated from Harvard’s School of Design. Shortly thereafter, he began a career in architecture, briefly working with others and then h...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fetishes
Located in Denver, CO
An original painting by New Mexico modernist, Howard Schleeter (1903-1976). Presented in a custom frame created by the artist, outer dimensions measure 25 ½ x 31 ½ x 1 inches. Imag...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
'Abstract in Turquoise and Rose', Paris Modernist, Guggenheim Award, Benezit
By Åge Vogel-Jørgensen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "A.V.J" for Aage Vogel-Jorgensen (Danish, 1888-1964); dated, verso, 1954 and titled 'Nr. 3'. Displayed in a silver-gilt frame. Framed dimensions: 26"H x 24.63"W x...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Terraced Landscape", Abstract, Pastel Colored Landscape Painting
By Dan Wingren
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel-colored abstract landscape with an archetypal structure and trees. Framed in a wooden frame. Has the artist signature on the bottom right-hand corner of the work. Artist title...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The End of My Prayer in a Planetarium" Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
A dynamic, abstract expressionist image by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signed "Les Anderson" lower r...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Cool-Colored Abstract Expressionist Sailboats and Boat House
Located in Houston, TX
Oil painting with boats and boat house. The artist uses color and line to create the illusion of texture within the painting. Placed in a dark, thick, wooden frame with mat.
Artist...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Surrealist Abstract, Yellow, Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Large Surrealist Abstract, Yellow, Original Oil Painting
By French artist, Sophie Danielle Rubinstain 1922-2018
The painting is stamped with the artists atelier sale stamp verso
Oil ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Abtract Oil Painting - Stunning Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Superb Modern British abstract painting dating to the 1960's. The work is signed with the artists initials "RG".
The painting captures an amazing array of bright and colourful shap...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Lawrence, NY
John von Wicht (1888-1970) was a German-American artist whose work was initially influenced by European Cubism and Expressionism. He later moved to create more clearly abstract expre...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Lower Manhattan"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed & dated 1940 lower left.
Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984)
He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City....
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Synchromy
Located in Miami, FL
The work is executed at the heyday of abstract expressionsim in the mid-50s.
Colors are saturated and bright.
Goldfield (of Goldfield Gallery). Written on the stretcher. Goldfield G...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Harriet Thorpe "Fire Bird" Original Abstract Oil Painting c.1960s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Harriet Thorpe "Fire Bird" Original Abstract Oil Painting c.1960s
Excellent vintage abstract painting by California artist Harriet Thorpe.
Created with oils on canvas and housed in...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Japanese Flower Pond Abstract Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3083 Japanese Water Lily ,acrylic on board displayed in a wood frame, signed by Oska lower right.Image size 17.5 H x 13,50 W
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Paracentese de L'homme C Post-Minimalist Abstract
By Emilio Rodríguez-Larraín
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning post-minimalist earth toned abstract with organic forms titled "Paracentese de L'homme C" (Paracenthesis of the man C) by Peruvian artist Emilio Rodriquez-Larrain (Peruvian,...
Category
Post-Minimalist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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Wild
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Wild 1961.
Gino Hollander began painting in 1960 at the time that a new medium - acrylic paint - was emerging and he was among the first to explore its possibilities. Viewing his wor...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
20th Century Futurism Style Mario Sironi Casamento Tempera on Papel on Canvas
By Mario Sironi
Located in roma, IT
Mario Sironi (1885-1961) Casamento, 1950 circa
Mario Sironi trained in Rome, and the grandeur of this city profoundly influences his conception of art. He approaches Futurism by en...
Category
Futurist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Tempera
Abstract and Drip
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right.
Description
An example of Scarlett’s abstract drip painting, this untitled work has linear and geometric elements rendered in shades of black, rose, and blue and...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Hilltop
Located in New York, NY
This stunning and sophisticated oil on canvas painting, entitled "Abstract Hilltop" was realized in the United States, circa 1960. It features an array of color blocks in tones of ch...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
B.J.O. Nordfeldt - Moon in Mist - monochromatic grays like Mardsen Hartley
Located in Miami, FL
Misty and moody monochromatic modernist landscape reminiscent of Mardsen Hartley . Signed lower right. The plaque reads B.J.O Nordfeldt "Moon in Mist - The painting looks stunning ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yellow Flower, American Modernist Painting by Female Artist, Figurative, 1950s
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Yellow Flower" is a 20 x 16 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist, female artist Peter Miller. This abstract and still life painting is painted in a vibrant color pal...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Awanyu, American Modernist and Southwestern Painting by Female Artist, 1930's
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Awanyu" is a 18 x 24 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette, a signature of Peter Millers' ...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dancers, American Modernist Painting by Female Artist, Figurative, 1940s
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Dancers" is a 12 x 16 1/4 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist, female artist Peter Miller. This abstract and figurative painting is painted in a vibrant color palet...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Transformation, American Modernist and Abstract Painting by Female Artist, 1950s
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Transformation" is a 18 x 14 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist, female artist Peter Miller. This abstract is painted in a soft pastel color palette. The work is ...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Head House, American Modernist Painting by Female American Artist, 1960s
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Head House" is a 18.125 x 22.25 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist, female artist Peter Miller. This abstract is painted in a softer, earthy color palette. The wo...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Magic Circle, American Modernist and Southwestern Painting by Female Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Magic Circle" is a 18 x 24 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette, a signature of Peter Mil...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Barbara Stonecipher "Variations" Painting on Board
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gouache on board titled: Variations. Painted by Barbara Stonecipher (1921-2011) who studied at Cranbrook and later became a member of the San Francisco Artists Co-op and Marin Societ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
Untitled
Located in Lawrence, NY
The Pinajian story is one of near loss, discovery and posthumous success. A compatriot of De Kooning and friend of fellow Armenian-American Gorky, Pinajian was a member of the post-...
Category
Symbolist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Figure Original California Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Roland Wise (1923 - 2005). Oil on canvas, circa 1966. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. Image, 20"L x 16"H.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Composition - Yugoslavian French Abstract
Located in London, GB
ZORA STAACK 1910-2001
(Yugoslavian/Active in France)
Title: Abstract Composition, 1958
Technique: Original Signed and Dated Oil Painting on Canvas
size: 105 x 94 cm / 41.3 x 37 in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Untitled Abstract" Colors, Fluid, Expressionist Abstract
Located in Detroit, MI
"Untitled Abstract" is painted in brilliant colors with fluid movement. McChesney was a California post-war abstract expressionist painter, assemblage artist, printmaker, sculptor a...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Abstract Still Life
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
A fabulous cubist painting with wonderfully preserved impasto. This is one of the finest examples of the artists highly collectable work. Claude Venard was born in 1913 into a busine...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mykonos Church Landscape
Located in Miami, FL
A vibrant example of the artist's precisionist style where a tight semi-abstract geometric composition is inspired by architecture and is reduced to simplified geometric shapes with...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Gouache
Red Figurative Abstract Cubist Painting
By Buford Evans
Located in Houston, TX
Painting of three abstract, cubist circus figures in red by Texas artist Buford E. Evans on board. Signed and dated by artist left lower half of the painting.
Artist Biography:
Bo...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
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