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Period: Mid-20th Century
"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
"Thelo #8" Diana Kurz, circa 1959 Abstract Expressionist Large Oil Painting
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Thelo #8, circa 1959
Signed lower left
Signature and address on verso
Oil on canvas
47 x 41 inches
Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Mid Century Oil
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 20L x 16H.
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Untitled Abstract”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original abstract oil painting on heavy card stock by the American artist Martin Rosenthal. Signed lower left and dated 1960. Condition is very good. Slight bow to board. Nicely pro...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Signed Indonesian Nude Woman Religous Original Framed Vintage Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Indonesian modernist nude oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Polish French Ecole de Paris Mid Century Modernist Oil Painting Clown Juggler
By Abram Krol
Located in Surfside, FL
Abram Abraham Krol was born January 22, 1919, in Pabianice (Lodz), Poland.
Abram Krol went to France in 1938 to study civil engineering at the Universit...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Female Modernist Abstract Nature Painting Albright Knox Provenance
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting by Jane Lapey. Oil on canvas. Exhibition label verso. Framed. Image size, 28L x 22H.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Landscape Original Oil Painting - Grounded
Located in Bristol, GB
GROUNDED
Oil on Canvas
Size: 40 x 40 cm (including frame)
A wonderfully executed mid century modernist abstract composition in oil, painted onto canvas.
In this atmospheric composi...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Ochre, Rust and Jade', Mid-century Modernist American Woman Artist
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, on canvas with certification of authenticity for Dora Masters (American, 1916-2003), bearing stamped wax seal and painted circa 1955.
Provenance: Acquired from the a...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"OP #7" Diana Kurz, 1960-1961 Abstract Expressionist Vibrant Color Painting
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
OP #7, 1960-61
Signed, titled, dated on verso
Oil on canvas
66 x 52 1/2 inches
Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Freighter" Mid Century Oil Painting on Canvas Abstract Marina with Boats
Located in New York, NY
An abstract Mid Century Marina scene with Boats, presenting a vivid use of paint and complex lines and color placement. A strong modernist oil painting depicted in 1955 with sailboat...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Female Mid Century Modern Expressionist Surreal Abstract Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Mid Century Modern expressionist surreal abstract oil painting by Mary Kremer. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grimes 1963
Located in San Francisco, CA
Grimes 1963
Abstract depicting various portraits
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 unframed, 32.5 x 26 framed
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Landscape Morris Shulman Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape abstract painting. Oil on board, circa 1952. Signed. Image size, 21.5"L x 7.5"H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Fall Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed in a great gold leaf molding. Impressive piece in person!
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composition
Located in PARIS, FR
Work from the second school of Paris.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Unitled
Located in New York, NY
Gouache on paper. Signed in pencil, lower right corner.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
"Studio Interior" Diana Kurz, 1964 Abstract Expressionist Interior Composition
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Studio Interior, 1964
Signed, titled, dated on verso
Oil on canvas
52 x 72 inches
Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's fami...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Roofs of Ravello', Mid-Century Abstract, Harvard Fogg Museum, SFAA, Carmel, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'M. W.' for Margaret Wentworth (American, 1914-1999) and dated 1959.
Exhibited: Feingarten Galleries, Carmel, California, 1960, and titled on label, verso, 'Ro...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Postcard, Pen
Antique American School Modernist Coastal Ocean Beach Abstract Rock Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist seascape beach oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1930. Signed on verso. Image size, 24L x 18H. Framed in a period frame.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Storm, Abstract Expressionist Painting by Keith Morrow Martin 1959
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Abstract Expressionist cum Surreal painting by Kenneth Morrow Martin, American (1911-1983).
Storm by Keith Morrow Martin, American (1911–1983)...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Zuen, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
"Zuen" by Stanley Bate is a Modern abstract painting made in 1951, featuring geometric shapes, line work, and light blue shapes complemented by pops of muted yellow, red, deep eggpla...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Red Optical Composition - Painting by Carlo Montesi - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Red Optical Composition is an original artwork realized by the Italian contemporary master, Carlo Montesi in 1966.
In good conditions.
Tempera, oil pai...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Tempera, Cardboard
'Abstract', New York Art Students League, Boulder, Bay Area Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Wood' for Virginia Wood (American, 1938-2019), additionally signed, verso, and dated 1968.
Virginia Wood studied at the University o...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Oil, Acrylic
Floating in a Surrealist Space - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Floating in a Surrealist Space - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Surrealist composition by California and Washington state artist David Sherburne (American, b. 1943). A fl...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Mid 20th Century French Industrial Landscape Grey Atmospheric Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Francis Biard (mid 20th century)
titled verso
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 22 x 26.5 inches
canvas: 21 x 25 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very goo...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Antique French American Modernist Framed Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French American modernist still life oil painting by Dimitri Berea (1908 - 1975). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 30 by 34 inches overall and 18 by 22 painting alone.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Female Modernist Precisionist Street Scene Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene oil painting by Elaine Wesley (1923 - 2007). Oil on board. Estate stamped verso.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative Abstract Gouache on Paper - Woman
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Abstract Gouache on Paper by Minnesota/Chicago artist Richard Koppe (1916-1073).
Simply titled “Woman,” the work is an excellent composition by the artist created 1941.
The painting ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Signed R Kelly Listed American Modernist Interior Pink Couch Abstract Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 30L x 24H. Great color and a nice period modern wood frame. Ready to hang.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Robert Lawson Abstract Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Robert Lawson (1892-1957) Abstract Acrylic on Canvas measuring 40 x 40 inches.
The work bears a thin metal frame measuring 40 1/4 x 40 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches.
The painting is signed lowe...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
ABSTRACTION Mid-Century Abstract Color Field oil American Modern James Daugherty
Located in New York, NY
ABSTRACTION Mid-Century Abstract Non-Objective Color Field oil American Modern
James Daugherty (1887 – 1974) "Unidentified Flying Object," 12 x 16 inc...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Helene McKinsey Herzbrun Abstract Colors
By Helene McKinsey Herzbrun
Located in San Francisco, CA
Helene McKinsey Herzbrun: 1922-1984. Well listed second generation abstract American artist. She studied at the art Institute of Chicago, and under Jack Tworkov at American Universi...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Geometric Abstract Oil Painting - Houses in Shapes
Located in Bristol, GB
HOUSES IN SHAPES
Size: 63 x 48 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
A lively and brilliantly executed mid-century geometric abstract composition, painted in oil onto board in 1940s by ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract Landscape - Oil Painting by Enzo Brunori - 1960s
By Enzo Brunori
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Landscape is an original modern artwork realized by Enzo Brunori between 1962-1963.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
Good conditions...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge Antique American School Original Oil On Canvas Landscape Abstract Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. Unsigned. Image size 60L x 36H. Unframed
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Musicians
By Gen Paul
Located in New York, NY
Gen Paul (1895-1955 Fr.) lived in Montmartre, Paris France. He is know for his action painting with quick brush strokes and this work of art was painted around 1955-1960.
He was a mu...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Modernist Untitled Color Field Oil Painting in Earth Tones by Herbert MacDonald
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Modernist Untitled Color Field Oil Painting in Earth Tones signed Herbert MacDonald originates from the United States, Circa 1968. Features a rectangular composition in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Untitled" James Suzuki, Abstract Color Field Composition, Mid-Century
By James Suzuki
Located in New York, NY
James Suzuki
Untitled, circa 1960
Signed lower right "Suzuki"
Acrylic on canvas
66 1/4 x 80 inches
Provenance:
Private Collection, New Jersey
James Hiroshi Suzuki follows in the f...
Category
Color-Field Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Exhibited Signed Still Life Modern Baguette Bread Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed lower right.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled #296 (Modern), " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern painting by Abstract Expressionist painter Stanley Bate features a textured aesthetic and a deep, colorful palette. Deep blue and red is contrasted by a brighter accents ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Antique American Modernist Abstract Surrealist Framed Oil Painting
By Alton Tobey
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted American modernist abstract painting by Alton S. Tobey (1914 - 2005) . Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Image size, 48 by 48 inches.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pierre Montheillet, Composition in yellow, watercolor and gouache on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre MONTHEILLET (1923-2011)
Composition in yellow
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Signed lower left
Dimensions of the work: 50 x 65 cm
Dimensions of the frame: 60 x 80 cm
Pierre ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
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
Abstract Expressionist - Original 60's oil/spray paint on paper S. African art
By Denis Bowen
Located in London, GB
An original oil and spray paint on paper by Denis Bowen who played an important role in the Post War British art movement. This simple yet stunning work dates to 1962.
Signed and dated verso.
Provenance. Northern collection.
Condition. Oil and spray paint on paper. Image size 26 inches by 18 inches and in fine gallery condition.
Housed in a simple black gallery frame in excellent condition, 28 inches by 20 inches.
Denis Bowen (1921-2006) was a South African artist, gallery director and promoter of abstract and avant-garde art in Britain. He was founder of the New Vision Group and the New Vision Centre Gallery, both of which played an important role in the post-World War II British art scene. Denis Bowen was born on 5 April 1921 in Kimberley, South Africa. His father was Welsh and his mother English. After being orphaned at a young age, Bowen moved to England where he was raised by his aunt in Huddersfield. He enrolled at the Huddersfield School of Art in 1936. After serving in the Navy in World War II, Bowen resumed his art studies at the Royal College of Art in London in 1946. Between 1940 and 1986 Bowen taught art at numerous institutions including: the Kingston Institute of Art, Hammersmith School of Art, Birmingham School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design, the Royal College of Art and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. In 1951 Bowen founded the New Vision Group, which initially emerged from meetings and displays that he organised with his students in 1951. In 1955, Bowen worked alongside Frank Avray Wilson and Halima Nalecz...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Spray Paint
Antique American Modernist New England Maine Coastal Seascape Beach Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting of coastal New England. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Painting American 1960's Mid Century New York Colorful
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid Century Modern, American Abstract Expressionist Painting on Masonite.
This wonderful work in exciting colors is housed in a contemporary white wood frame presentation..
The art...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
"False Faces" Sonia Gechtoff, circa 1950 Social Commentary Realist Painting
Located in New York, NY
Sonia Gechtoff
False Faces, circa 1950-52
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
30 x 22 1/4 inches
Sonia Gechtoff was born in Philadelphia to Ethel "Etya" and ...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Modern Silver & Earthtone Abstract Expressionist - Corban Lepell
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid century modernist abstract combining earth-tones and subtlest metallic silver background by Corban LePell (American, b. 1933), 1955. Signed ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Antique American Mid Century Modern Geometric Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 40H x 38L.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Exhibited Ashcan School Nocturnal New York City Brooklyn Bridge Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nocturnal view of the Brooklyn Bridge. Oil on board. Signed verso. Framed.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Spring Thaw, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
"Spring Thaw" by Modernist painter, Stanley Bate is a textured and energetic abstract painting, created in the early 1960s. Bate, who was inspired by his Abstract Expressionist peers...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Fall Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1970s Abstract Figurative Oil Painting – Modernist City Scene With Couple
Located in Denver, CO
Artist: George Cecil Carter (1908–1993)
Medium: Oil on board
Size: Image: 16 ⅞ x 9 ⅞ in Framed: 20 ⅝ x 13 ½ x 1 ⅞ in
Style: Mid-Century Modern, Abstract Figurative
This striking 1950s oil painting by celebrated Colorado abstract expressionist George Cecil Carter presents a modernist portrayal of a couple, believed to depict Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe. Rendered in bold brushstrokes and a rich color palette, the piece showcases Carter’s unique ability to merge abstraction with figurative expression, creating a sense of movement and emotion.
Housed in a custom frame, this original mid-century artwork is a must-have for collectors of modernist and abstract figurative art.
Provenance:
From a private collection in Denver, Colorado.
About the Artist – George Cecil Carter
Born in Oklahoma in 1908, Carter became a leading figure in Colorado’s abstract expressionist movement, working alongside artists like Al Wynne, Mary Chenoweth...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract 1964 - South African sixties abstract art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This fantastic Sixties abstract oil painting on paper on canvas is by noted South African artist Douglas Portway. Although born in South Africa, as he ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
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