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Robert Mus Untitled 4
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Robert Mus
Untitled 4
Oil on canvas / stretcher
1968
Signed and dated lower right
61 x 83 cms
1600 euros
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
Abstract composition
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Rockefeller Center" - Abstract Rock, Mid-Century Acrylic & Sand Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Rockefeller Center, 1962
Acrylic and sand on scintilla
Signed and dated lower left
25 x 20 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a ...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'The Flaming Pearl' Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - The Flaming Pearl' Abstract
Artist: Elvic Steele
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Neon Ovoids, Mid-Century Abstract neon orange, green, pink acrylic painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Neon Ovoids, c. 1960s
Acrylic on paper
9 x 12 inches
Mid-Century Abstract neon orange, green, pink acrylic painting.
Clarence Holbroo...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Icon Mandala, Mid-Century Figural Abstract Black, Red & White Oval Face Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Icon Mandala, 1967
Acrylic on paper
Signed and dated lower right
30 x 22 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mid-Century Modern American Oil Painting Abstract orange red green brown framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
Anita Johnson
Untitled (Amber Abstraction), c. 1960s
Oil on canvas
Framed dimensions: 10.5 in. H × 12.5 in. W
Original silver-tone metal frame
In this jewel-like composition, Anita ...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
French Semi Abstract Expressionist Color Field Impasto Oil Painting Jean Helleu
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Helleu (French, 1894-1985)
A painter, watercolorist and designer born in Paris, France.
The son of Paul-César Helleu.
(a French oil painter, pastel artist, drypoint etcher, and designer, best known for his numerous portraits of beautiful society women of the Belle Époque. He conceived the ceiling mural of night sky constellations for Grand Central Terminal in New York City. He studied with Jean-Leon Gerome and was friends with John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, and Claude Monet.) Jean shared with his father a love of the sea and sailing. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Grande Chaumière. (Kurt Seligmann, Yolande Ardissone, Balthus, Jacques Bouyssou, Gabriel Dauchot, Étienne Hajdu, Jean Helleu, Claude Lazar...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Framed East Hampton Landscape Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist landscape pastel painting. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a silverwood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Pastel
"Messages to Fribourg, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract painting by Stanley Bate features a warm, deep palette of red, yellow, orange, and burnt umber. Thick strokes of paint are layered beneath light white overlappin...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American School Modernist Framed Pink Kitchen Still Life Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
French Abstract Contemporary , Mount Fuji
By Georges Noel
Located in Greenwich, CT
This Mount Fuji inspired work is what Noel called a Palimpseste. Meaning like an ancient piece of papyrus paper, man would use the paper over and over again, making his markings. There is sand on the canvas and he worked on this wet to incise in and build up the surface so there is beautiful texture. It is elegantly framed in a gold leaf float frame - 24 karat gold. Noel is an avant grade artist that worked alongside Cy Twombly in his early years at Fachetti Galleries in Paris - both artists used writing/.graffiti to form their compositions.
Beginning in the late 1950s through 2000, Georges Noël produced both canvases and works on hand-made papers inspired by palimpsests, 6th century manuscript pages...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
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
Tonalist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Small Expressionist Clown Portrait #2, 1960s
Located in Soquel, CA
Small and colorful expressionist portrait of a clown by Marjorie Blake (American, 1920-1994). Signed "M. Blake" in the lower right corner. Dated "1969" ...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, 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 Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Impressionist Painting by Emil John Hess Circa 1940
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Emil John HESS 1913-2003
This vibrant watercolor on canvas by acclaimed American artist Emil John Hess immerses viewers in the lively atmosphere of a bustling circus scene. Painted...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor
Antique American Modernist Seascape Framed Summer Nautical Boat Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist seascape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 14H by 22L.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$540 Sale Price
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Red & Blue Abstract Figurative Painting with Four Figures and Botanical Elements
Located in Houston, TX
Red and blue abstract figurative painting by Haitian artist Richard Antilhomme. The painting depicts four different red flowy figures that branch from each other. The figures are against a light blue background with green botanical elements. Signed by the artist at the bottom right. Framed in a beautiful gold frame.
Dimensions With Frame: H 31.88” x W 23.75”
Artist Biography: Born in 1922 in Petit Trou de Nippes. Antilhomme didn't start painting until he was 50 when Tiga, a famous Haitian artist, brought him into the Saint Soleil circle. Malraux mentioned him in L'intemporel as one of the finest artists. He paints vodou-inspired themes in a raw and naive format. He has participated in many exhibits. Saint Soleil was founded in the early 1970's under the direction of Tiga (Jean Claude Garoute...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
American 1960's psychedelic design by the fashion designer Ken Scott
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Ken Scott (American, 1918 – 1991)
Fantasia
Gouache on paper
Signed ‘Ken Scott’ (on the reverse)
15 x 10.3/4 in. (38 x 28 cm.)
Ken Scott was a fashion designer known for his fabric d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Great Wall, " 1970s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract oil painting on canvas by Modernist artist Stanley Bate features a geometric composition and a soft palette. The white and creme colors are complemented by earth...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pods: Mid-Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting, American Modern, Earth Tones Art
Located in Denver, CO
"Pods" is a captivating abstract oil painting created by 20th-century Denver artist, Edward Marecak (1919–1993). This original mid-century modern composition features a harmonious bl...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Abstract Cubist Mid Century Framed Composition Signed Geist
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract composition signed Geist. Oil on board, circa 1950. Signed lower right. Displayed in a wood frame. Excellent ready to hang condition.
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Monumental NYC Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. No signature found.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Cubist Still Life Abstract Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 24L x 18H. Signed.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$796 Sale Price
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'Abstract in Coral and Turquoise', Woman Artist, Pasadena
By Pearl Took
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Oil abstract comprising interconnected organic shapes in variegated shades of turquoise, vermilion, coral, and lime, outlined in deep ebony.
Signed with monogram lower right, 'P.T.'...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Board
Mid-century Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-century Abstract Painting
No visible signature
24 x 40 unframed, 24.74 x 40.75 framed
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Green" Sewell Sillman, Op Art Abstract Blue And Green Geometric Composition
Located in New York, NY
Sewell Sillman
Green, circa 1958
Acrylic on masonite
21.5 x 28 inches
Upon attending Black Mountain College in Asheville, North Carolina, Sewell Sillman’s life was arguably altered...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Antique American School Modernist Surreal Abstract Framed Large Oil Painting
By Alton Tobey
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract painting by Alton S. Tobey (1914 - 2005). Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Image size, 24 by 48 inches.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled Abstract Cityscape
By Yona Lotan
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an oil on canvas. it is unsigned. Yona Lotan (1926-1998) Engineer and Painter. Yona Lotan was born in Lithuania. The family moved to Tel-Aviv, Palestine in 1936. He served as...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
"Untitled Abstract" Abstract Expressionist, Color Field, Black & White, Colors
Located in Detroit, MI
"Untitled Abstract" is by the American painter, Robert Goodnough, known for calligraphy-like markings circa 1960s. Though he was associated with the Abstract Expressionists, Goodnoug...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Romeo de Ravenne - Cubist Oil, Figure & Boat on Landscape by Camille Hilaire
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled oil on canvas by French cubist painter Camile Hilaire. The piece beautifully depicts a man at a port beside boats coloured in reds, blues and oranges. A wonderfully...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Horizontal Abstract #4
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract expressionist painting by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Oil on masonite. Titled "For the Spouse no Longer in my House" on verso. From the estate ...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,480 Sale Price
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Harmonic Convergence
Located in Spokane, WA
Measures
Painting 36 x 30 inches
Framed 37.25 x 31.5 inches
Herman L. Renger was an American painter active during the 20th century, known for his detailed geometric and op-art pain...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$28,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage American Mid Century Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Signed
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$620 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Antique American Modernist Signed Cubist Still Life Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 24H x 30L
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
New York School Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Painting Handmade Paper Board
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an interesting abstract work done with handmade Japanese Kozo or Washi type fiber paper mounted on board. Hand signed and dated in wonderful muted earth tones of fall foliage.
Taro Yamamoto (1919 – 1994) belonged to the New York School Abstract Expressionist artists whose artistic innovation by the 1950s had been recognized across the Atlantic, including Paris. New York School Abstract Expressionism, represented by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline and others became a leading art movement of the post World War II era. He was also associated with Action painting
Yamamoto was born in Hollywood, California. He lived in Japan from age six to age nineteen.
In 1936 he returned to the USA and began studies in cubism at Los Angeles City College. In 1941 he joined the U.S. Army and served during WWII. After being discharged from the service he returned to California where he studied at the Santa Monica City College. 1950-1952 at The Art Students League of New York, under Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Morris Kantor, Reginald Marsh, Byron Browne and Vaclav Vytlacil; 1951-1953 at the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts in New York City.
In 1952 he won a John Sloan Fellowship from the Art Students League. The next year he traveled to Europe under a Edward G. MacDowell Traveling Fellowship where he studies in Stuttgart, Germany with Willi Baumeister. He also exhibited at Galerie Huit in Paris. In 1954 Yamamoto was invited to a residency at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. There he worked alongside Stuart Davis, Milton Avery, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko developing his unique abstract expressionist style. Later in his life he devoted himself to a more hard-edge geometric style of painting. He married Gwyneth Cotton, a naturalized English woman, in 1955, and they lived in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. They were active at the Universalist Church of Provincetown. (He descended from a long line of Shinto priests) Yamamoto died in Provincetown in 1994.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1953: Galerie Huit, Paris;
1955: The Art Students League of New York, NYC;
1960-1962: Krasner Gallery, NYC;
1963-1964: 371 Gallery, Provincetown, MA;
Selected Group Exhibitions
1951: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts;
1952: NY Contemporary Gallery, NYC;
1952, 1955, 1956, 1962: Provincetown Art...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Board, Handmade Paper
Vintage Modernist Abstract by listed Brooklyn NY artist Nathaniel Hoffman, 1966
Located in Baltimore, MD
New York artist Nathaniel Hoffman was born in 1900 in Russia. He came to the United States as a young boy with his parents. They settled in Brooklyn. Hoffman went on to study at the ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Lady in Yellow and Blue', American Post Impressionist Woman Artist
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Inscribed verso "Dora Masters" and painted circa 1960.
A large, Post-Impressionist figural oil of a young woman shown facing the viewer with her gaze averted and surrounded and over...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid century modern abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich.
Toma Yovanovich (1931-2016) was a painter/printmaker whose work is in collect...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Clifford" Diana Kurz, 1961 Abstract Expressionist New York School Female Artist
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Clifford, 1961
Signed and titled on verso
Oil on canvas
55 x 50 inches
Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Aus...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Framed Original Vintage Abstract Nude Woman Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American exhibited cubist nude portrait oil painting. Oil and casein on board. Framed. Signed. Exhibition label verso.
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
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Abstract Composition - Rock Fragment - Danish 1961 Abstract art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Scandinavian abstract art oil painting is by Danish artist Borg Herman Hansen. It was painted in 1961 and is entitled verso Klippe Fragment meaning rock fragment. It is p...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Abstract Expressionist Signed Cubist Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist abstract expressionist painting. Oil on board. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 16L x 20H. Signed.
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Polish French Paris Scene Mid Century Modernist Oil Painting Moulin Rouge
By Abram Krol
Located in Surfside, FL
Wonderful scene of the Moulin Rouge cabaret nightclub at Place Pigalle in Paris. Painted in wonderful moody blue and red colors.
Size includes frame.
Abram Abraham Krol was born Jan...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid Century Abstract Still Life Framed Wine Bottle Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract wine bottle still life oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$620 Sale Price
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Mid Century Modernist NYC Cubist Abstract Large Framed Exhibited Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract cubist composition "Terra Firma Theme 10" by Augustus Goertz (Born 1948) . Oil on canvas, circa 1958. Housed in a period gi...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Minimalist Painting, Signed and Inscribed to renowned curator Gene Baro
Located in New York, NY
Lyman Kipp
Untitled Minimalist Painting, 1964
Ink roller on paper
Hand signed and dated by Lyman Kipp on the front; inscribed on the back to Gene Baro (the distinguished critic and c...
Category
Minimalist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink
Early Female Modernist Geometric Hard Edge Abstract Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century hard edge abstract by Gabrielle Roos. Oil on canvas. Signed verso.
Category
Hard-Edge Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,400 Sale Price
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Vintage French Impressionist Villa Gardens Landscape Oil Painting 1960's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3365 Oil on artist board of on enchanted lily pond
Set in an ornate hand painted wood frame
Image size 12.5x15.5"
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
By Adele Becker
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker
(1929-2021). Oil on cavnas. Framed.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
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Antique American School Modernist Abstract Cubist Framed Mid Century Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
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Antique American Abstract Expressionist Vintage Signed Original Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist mixed media painting by Bernyce Alpert Winick 1922-2022. Watercolor and collage paper. Signed. Framed. ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Idol - British 50's art abstract oil painting - Modernist COBRA - provenance
By William Gear
Located in London, GB
An original oil on canvas by the noted Scottish artist William Gear. A fabulous painting. One of his best and a seminal work which dates to 1959.
Provenance. Douglas Foulis Art Galle...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$35,893 Sale Price
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1940s Abstract Colorado Mountain Landscape, Vibrant Bold Modernist Oil Painting
By Zona Wheeler
Located in Denver, CO
This original 1949 painting by Kansas artist Zona Wheeler (1913–1998) beautifully captures the essence of Colorado’s majestic mountains through an abstract lens. Using vibrant shades...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Monastery Bell" - Mid Century Abstracted Old Village Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted landscape of a monastery building with a bell and balcony by R. R Middlebrooks (American, 20th century). Signed "R. R. Middlebrooks" lower left. Titled "Monastery Bell...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Cubist "Nob Hill" Becomes San Francisco's "Oz"
By Jean Kalisch
Located in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco’s elegant Nob Hill caught the eye of Japanese-born, Californian painter Jean Kalisch ((1912-1995). In this atmospheric cityscape, the artist has rendered the famously e...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Directions
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Alexander Calder. "Directions" is a Post-War abstract painting, gouache and ink on paper in bold colors of reds, blacks, yellows, and oranges by artist Alexander Calder...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
$175,000
The Gathering
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to open to the United States. This period was very important in his life because his father took him to many cities in Europe and exposed him to great works of art. Zorthian arrived in the United States at the age of eleven and settled with his family in New Haven, Connecticut. He obtained his formal education there, after graduating from Yale in 1932, the Winchester Fellowship granted him a year and a half at the American Academy in Rome with travel and study throughout Europe.
His art career branched into various directions on his return to the United States. As a mural painter his reputation was established. He has forty two (42) murals throughout the United States. Zorthian worked and taught painting at some of the finest art academiJirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to open to the United States. This period was very important in his life because his father took him to many cities in Europe and exposed him to great works of art. Zorthian arrived in the United States at the age of eleven and settled with his family in New Haven, Connecticut. He obtained his formal education there, after graduating from Yale in 1932, the Winchester Fellowship granted him a year and a half at the American Academy in Rome with travel and study throughout Europe.
His art career branched into various directions on his return to the United States. As a mural painter his reputation was established. He has forty two (42) murals throughout the United States. Zorthian worked and taught painting at some of the finest art academies on the west coast including both the Chouinard Art Institute and the Otis Art Institute.
es on the west coast including both the Chouinard Art Institute and the Otis Art Institute.
The Gathering...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vintage Abstract Icelandic Abstract Expressionist Signed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and interesting mid century Icelandic abstract painting. Oil on canvas board. Signed verso. Image size, 16H by 13L.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$380 Sale Price
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Belisama
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Predominantly recognized as a self-taught painter, he also worked in architectural murals, sculptures, ceramics, prints and drawings.
Vigas is one...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Gouache, Board
$160,000
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