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Period: Mid-20th Century
Vintage Framed American Modernist Surreal Beach Scene Fauvist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist beach scene oil painting by Brooks Kelly (1935 - 2012). Framed. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Signed. Image size, 12H by 16L.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1967 Abstract Geometric Expressionist NYC MoMA Silkscreen Card, Stable Gallery
Located in Surfside, FL
Al Dickstein New York school Abstract Geometric work. Came in with small collection of his work including signed letters and a signed card and some monogrammed pieces. Signed and inscribed by artist.
Showed at New York's Stable Gallery...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 12.75 x 10 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ha...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Composition on Blue Background
Located in London, GB
'Composition on Blue Background', oil on board (circa 1960s), by Edgar Stoëbel (1909-2001). In his inimitable style, artist Stoëbel's abstract image with blue background is a lively and colourful modernist work. The image has a pop art quality to it and was created just as that movement was emerging. Pop art challenged traditional painting by embracing colourful images from advertising, popular culture, comic books and mundane objects from everyday life. This artwork has a powerful intensity of tone and colour which speaks to Stoëbel's very distinctive style but remains completely approachable and appealing. In fact, this is not pop art. This is part of the post-war concrete abstract movement, or Constructive Art...
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Constructivist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Original Impasto Abstract Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting, Framed Blue & Red Art
Located in Denver, CO
Experience the bold elegance of Wilma Fiori's original abstract oil painting, a striking composition by the renowned Denver artist (1929-2019). This mid-century modern masterpiece fe...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 12.75 x 10 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ha...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 20th Century French Abstract Painting, Bright Colors & Vivid Shapes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, second half 20th century
Title: abstract composition
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 28.75 x 21 inches
Provenance: private collection, Fra...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Johann Strauss & Artie Shaw - Mid Century Modern Abstract
By Clark Blocher
Located in Soquel, CA
Johann Strauss & Artie Shaw - Mid Century Modern Abstract
Swirling vortex of color and the words: "Johann Strauss' Tale(s) from the Vienna (Woods) Artie Shaw & Orchestra" by Kansas ...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
CARLOS CARNERO (1922-1980) ORIGINAL DRAWING BY FERNAND LEGER STUDIO WORKER
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Landscape"
by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980)
Pen on paper, unframed
paper: 2.25 x 3 inches
provenance: the artists estate, Paris
Fine original French drawing by the i...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pen
No. 16 painting by Naohiko Inukai
Located in Hudson, NY
A great strong-edge painting by Naohiko Inukai, No. 16 is part of a series the artist created in the mid 1960s. Many from this series were shown at Inuk...
Category
Hard-Edge Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still Life of Fruit on Table Style of Paul Cézanne
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern Cézanne style still life with collage by Dorothy Jane (Milne) Eggen (American, 1907-1986) Her still life is a Homage to Paul Cézanne's ...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board, Newsprint
Antique American Modernist Geometric Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American school abstract geometric oil painting in a period frame. Signed lower right "Flemming" but without an artist determined.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1940’s French Tonal Abstract Signed Oil Still Life Objects superb quality
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Pierre Georgeot, signed and dated 43'
signed on back
Title: still life of objects
Medium: oil on board
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches
Provenance: private collection, Franc...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Geometric Abstract American Oil WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective
By August Mosca
Located in New York, NY
Geometric Abstract American Oil Painting WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective.
August Mosca (Italian/American, 1909 – 2002)
Abstract
17 x 13 inches
Oil on canvas
Signed ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
B.J.O. Nordfeldt - Moon in Mist - monochromatic grays
Located in Miami, FL
Nordfeldt's misty and moody monochromatic modernist landscape is reminiscent of Marsden Hartley. Signed lower right. The plaque reads B.J.O Nordfeldt "Moon in Mist - The painting l...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Nature morte" Bela de Kristo, Mid-century Cubist Still Life Abstract Cello
By Bela De Kristo
Located in New York, NY
Bela de Kristo
Nature morte, circa 1956
Signed lower right
Oil on board
19 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches
Provenance:
Alexander Kahan Fine Arts, New York
Private ...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large Vintage American Modernist Abstract Dove Portrait Signed Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring 48 by 48 inches overall and 40 by 40 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Hands...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Impressionist Portrait Painting Nicely Framed Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist portrait painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century European Fauvist Signed Oil Nude Figure Group Portrait & Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait Group
European artist, mid 20th century
Fauvist style work
indistinctly signed
oil on board, unframed
board: 21.5 x 26 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Conditio...
Category
Fauvist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mediterranean Costal Town (South of France)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Charles Evans (1907-1992)
Mediterranean Costal Town, 1932.
Gouache and watercolor on paper.
Sheet measures 8.5 x 10 inches; mounted in frame measuring 8.5 x 10 inches.
Signed and dated lower left.
Charles Evans was a modernist known for his abstract style of painting. He studied at New York's Art Students League and Parsons School of Design, and later in Paris with Fernand Lger at the Acadmie Moderne. In 1930, Evans and his wife spent a year living in what was Paul Cezanne's studio in Aix-en-Provence, France. The following year, Evans purchased the old silk mill in New Hope and became involved in the area's modernist movement, joining the Independents in 1932. By 1935, he began to work collaboratively with Louis Stone, whom he had met in 1929 while studying with Hans Hofman in Saint Tropez, and with Charles F. Ramsey, teaching art classes and working on the Cooperative Painting Project. Every week, the three were joined by the abstract painter, Lee Gatch, in discussions at Ledger's Inn in Lambertville. In 1948 Evans co-founded the New Hope Gazette with Walter M. Teller. The same year he created set designs for St. John Terrell's Lambertville Music Circus. He also designed sets for the Bucks County Playhouse and Philadelphia's Playhouse in the Park. He later served as Set Designer for the Fred Miller...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Field Green - large, green, pink, orange, minimal abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
It makes a bold statement. Field Green is one of a series of colour field paintings created by modernist Milly Ristvedt. Renowned as a master colourist, Ristvedt chose a bright palet...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique American Impressionist Panoramic Cloudscape Framed Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century impressionist landscape with billowing clouds. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 10.75 x 8.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Tempole" Seymour Franks, Bright Red and Yellow, Abstract Mid-Century Painting
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Franks
Tempole, 1948
Signed lower right; signed, dated, titled on verso
Oil on canvas
35 x 42 inches
American painter and designer, Seymour Franks, was born in New York Ci...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Road to Damascus" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field
Located in New York, NY
"Road to Damascus" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field
James Daugherty (1887 – 1974)
"The Road to Damascus"
16 x 20 inches
Oil on panel
Initialed and dated 63 lowe...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Large Mid Century French Expressionist Landscape, Les Rochers
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large French Expressionist oil on canvas painting of a rocky landscape by Jean Arène. Signed and dated bottom left. Presented in original white painted wood frame made by the artist....
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century French Expressionist Oil Provence Purple Orange Gold Yellow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Expressionist artist, circa 1950's
Provencal landscape with dramatic almost Fauve like colors, including purple, gold, yellow and reds.
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 11.5 x...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Abstract - Black, White & Blue
Located in Houston, TX
French abstract painting incorporating bold lines and shapes in hues of blue, black and white by AF Auvert, circa 1960.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Monumental Abstract Expressionist Signed 1953 Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Primary Abstract, Impressionist Acrylic Painting by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Primary Abstract (P2.73), Year: circa 1960, Medium: Acrylic on Paper, Image Size: 13 x 10 inches, Size: 13.25 x 10 in. (33.66 x 25.4 ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1950s "Yellow Cubist Figure" Abstract Figurative Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedmann Opper
Yellow Cubist FIgure
c. 1940-1950's
Gouache
15" x 18", silver wood frame 16"x19"
Unsigned
This striking gouache painting featur...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
ARMAND ROTTENBERG (1903-2000) LARGE FRENCH EXPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Composition"
by Armand Rottenberg (French 1903-2000)
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 25.5 x 22.5 inches
Stunning original Cubist painting by the French abstract a...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Harriet Nash, Gouache on board, Abstract Painting, Circa 1950, Green and Black
Located in Buffalo, NY
A mid-century gouache on board painting by American female artist Harriet Holden Nash depicting an abstract Matisse like floral composition in shades of green and black.
The board i...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Work 1" Yoko Matsumoto, Abstract Expressionist Work by Japanese Artist
Located in New York, NY
Yoko Matsumoto
Work 1, 1965
Signed and dated lower left; signed on reverse and inscribed extensively in Japanese
Oil on canvas
36 x 35 3/4 inches
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1936. Mats...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Off Boulogne, French Harbor Scene, Chicago Artist, Large 1950s Abstract Oil
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Alfred Cohen (American, 1920 - 2001)
Signed: A. Cohen (Lower, Right)
Stamped: Atelier Alfred Cohen (on Canvas Verso)
" Off Boulogne ", circa 1950s
Oi...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Hard Edge minimalist abstraction)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Edward August Landon (1911-1984). Untitled, ca. 1960. Oil on wood panel, 4 x 4 inches. Measures 7 x 7.25 inches framed. Signed lower right. Excellent condition. Minor staining in matting.
Birth place: Hartford, CT
Death place: Hartford
Addresses: NYC, 1947; Weston, VT, 1973
Profession: Printmaker, painter
Studied: Hartford Art School; ASL; also with Carlos Merida, Mexico.
Exhibited: S. Indp. A., 1940; Nat. Serigraph Soc., 1940-60; Am. Color Print Soc. Ann., 1945-65; Northwest Printmakers Ann., 1950-60; U.S. Info Agency Int. Circulating Exhib., 1952; Boston Printmakers Ann., 1955-70; nationally in print exhibs., since 1941; Doris Meltzer...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Colonial Organisms
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Alexander Calder. "Colonial Organisms" is a Post-War abstract painting, gouache and ink on paper in bold colors of reds, blacks, yellow...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Large British 20th Century Abstract Painting The Piano Concert Figurative Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Piano Concerto
by Mary Edwards (British, 20th century)
signed with initials, titled to frame plaque
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 29 x 41 inches
board: 24 x 36 inches
conditi...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Domenick Capobianco Abstract Diptych Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928), Abstract Composition Diptych in Black, Oil on Canvas, 1966, signed and dated to verso. Each canvas: 14" H x 11" W, frame: 14.5" H x 23" W. Pr...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Asian Modernist Abstract Signed Original Minimalist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century Asian abstract painting. Oil on board. Signed verso.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Fire," night landscape by Gabrielle Ricard - Cordingley. Yr 1967.
Located in Firenze, IT
"The Fire," night landscape by Gabrielle Ricard - Cordingley.
Yr 1967.
A night landscape with forest fire, painted by Gabrielle Ricard-Cordingley (b. 1924), daughter of a well-known ...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Untitled
Located in Vancouver, CA
Ron Stonier (1933-2001) was a dedicated Vancouver artist celebrated for his exploration of abstract painting, influenced by his mentors Gordon Smith and Jack Shadbolt, as well as by ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Board
Antique American Modernist Abstract Precisionist Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American precisionist abstract oil painting by Lad Montgomery. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 25H by 30L.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Female Modernist Nature Abstract Pine Tree Study Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape painting by Ann Anderson. Oil on canvas, circa 1961. Signed. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 16"L x 20"H.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1963 Post-War Grey Modern Abstract Painting By Ferdinand Spindel
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Introducing a captivating post-war modern painting by German artist Ferdinand Spindel. In a stunning abstract composition, this piece features a harm...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Mixed Media
Double Silver Point Robes
By Jim Dine
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A mixed media artwork by Jim Dine. A silverpoint and acrylic on 2 joined canvases, wood, knife, and string in artist's frame work by Post War artist Jim Dine. "Double Silver Point Robes" depicts the outline of two robes in silverpoint on a white acrylic painted ground. Jim Dine's use of his favorite bathrobe, a frequent image in his works, is a self portrait which connects an everyday object and imbues it with meaning. This Robe painting was part of the first exhibition of Robe paintings at Sidney Janis...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic
Ron Gorchov Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist painting on paper Signed
By Ron Gorchov
Located in New York, NY
Ron Gorchov
Untitled early 1960s Abstract Expressionist work, 1962
Ink and watercolor painting on paper
Signed and dated in black ink lower left recto
Frame included:
elegantly floa...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Swirling Colors 1960's French Abstract Oil Painting Large Scale Original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
French school, circa 1960's period
oil on board, unframed
board: 28.75 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound conditio...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Untitled" Edward Zutrau, 1963 Post-Painterly Abstraction Expressionist Work
Located in New York, NY
Edward Zutrau
Untitled, 2/17/1963
Signed and dated on verso
Oil on linen
25 1/2 x 21 inches
Edward Zutrau is among the American artists who worked within the whirlwind of diverse a...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Composition
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid century modern abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich.
Toma Yovanovich (1931-2016)
Yovanovich was a painter/printmaker whose w...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cathedral
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil Blur of Color 20th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Sky Composition
by Gerard Guegueniat (French 1970's)
signed oil painting on board, unframed
board: 19 x 26.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
cond...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
American Brutalist Abstract Mix-Media Painting by Canthi
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Mid-Century modernist mix-media abstract composition is signed by American artist Canthi and dated 1961.
The background's yellow and orange hues contrast with the brutalist design's black and brown hues. The composition is ornate with its original vintage black wood...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media
Black Red Figure no. 2 - Scottish 1957 Abstract Expressionist art oil painting
By William Gear
Located in London, GB
This superb Abstract Expressionist Scottish oil painting is by noted artist William Gear. It was painted in 1957 and is entitled Black/Red Figure no. 2. This abstract composition is ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Framed Fauvist Forest Landscape Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstracted forest landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 24H by 36L.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French 20th Century Modernist Turquoise Still Life Spring Onions and Celeriacs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vegetable Still Life
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 21 x 16.5 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Florida Oil Painting African American Woman Art Annie Nobles Miller Indian River
Located in Surfside, FL
"Annie Nobles Miller"
Abstract Florida landscape oil on board painting
Hand signed lower left Inscribed on verso St. Lucie County.
Measures: Board 24"H x 30"W; Framed - 32"H x 38"W.
Annie Miller was a member of the Indian River School of Painting, which was not a formal school but was a group of mostly African-American Florida working class people who wanted to paint. Following is the explanation of that school and its participants. Indian River School is a name applied to Floridian artists in the 1950's and 1960's. They were heavily influenced by nature. Most of the artists in this movement were African American. Their work is characterized by quick strokes and eschews traditional methods of paintings. The main influence for the group was a man named A.E. Backus, a Bohemian white man who mentored the group of young black artists. The group used to congregate in his studio and learnt to paint from 'Beanie' (as he was called) as a way out of their lower class labour jobs. Their work was powerful, dramatic yet captured the serenity and beauty of the Florida
Although the exact count of artists mentored by A.E. Backus remains unknown, experts estimate it to be around 20 individuals, many of whom he supported through college.
Albert Ernest "Beanie" Backus (1906–1990) was famous for his vivid, naturalist Florida landscapes capturing a fast-vanishing Florida wild lands. Backus would come to be seen as the seminal Florida landscape painter, and others who followed would emulate him. Primarily of the Indian River and Everglades areas of Florida. Backus was a Native Floridian artist of great importance recreating scenes of Florida's sky, rivers, ocean, back country, unpredictable weather, clouds, and birds. Born in Fort Pierce, FL to a family of talented boat designers and builders. His "Uncle" Reg Goodwin helped Backus as a young painter go to the Parsons School of Fine Art in New York in 1924. He was referred to as “Florida’s painter laureate,” and the “Dean of Florida’s landscape painters.”In addition to his influence on the Florida Highwaymen painters (Alfred Hair...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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