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Period: Mid-20th Century
"PAUL'S MUD"
Located in New York, US
Bob Stanley (b. 1932 - d. 1997 New York, United States), an American painter renowned for his gritty depictions on canvas, which ingeniously incorporated photographs. His artistic jo...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silk, Paper
The Crosses
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
French School Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,932
Shimmering Pond in the Woods - Surrealist Abstract 1960s
By Rose Herzog
Located in Soquel, CA
Shimmering Pond in the Woods - Surrealist Abstract 1960s
Highly textured abstract composition by Rose Herzog (American, mid-20th Century). A multicolored pond is shown in the middle...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Masonite, Mixed Media, Oil, Tissue Paper
Mid-Century Ink & Acrylic Abstracted Painting of Sailboat by Gino Hollander
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist Ink & Acrylic Abstracted Painting of Sailboat is by Gino Hollander American, C.1969. This small yet impactful compostiion features a base layer of expressi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Desert Landscape - Abstract French Mid Century Gouache on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful c.1950 French abstract gouache on canvas depicting a desert landscape. Excellent quality work in vibrant colours. Presented in its original painted pine frame.
Artist: French School, mid 20th century...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Gouache
"After Image" Contemporary Abstract Interior
Located in Soquel, CA
Saturated, intimate depiction of sharing a bed with a partner by Narcissus Robert Quagliata (Italian-American, b. 1942). Likely based on an out of focus photograph, this piece stradd...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Composition N°2 by Vivaldo Martini - Oil on canvas 60x38 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
His first name sounds like a concerto. Vivacious, its name is reminiscent of an aperitif or a cyclist. The addition of the two evokes the Italianate. Indomitable and unavoidable. Mor...
Category
Baroque Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Ivory and Rose', École des Beaux-Arts, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Kurt Weber' for Kurt Oscar Weber (Swiss-American, 1938-2011); additionally dated, verso, May 1963, and signed.
Framed dimensions: 46 H x 1.5 D x 58.5 W inches.
...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Yellow abstract - British sixties Abstract art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This vibrant British abstract is by noted artist Peter L Field. Painted circa 1960, the composition is in blues and yellow/browns with Field's striking h...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$4,003 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Composition Bold Geometric Forms Textured Layers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bold Geometric Forms
gouache on artist paper, unframed
painting: 23 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good condition
For more any more information ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Vintage European Impressionist Seascape Coastal Mediterranean Sea Town Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage European impressionist coastal town oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Tracks
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Alexander Calder. "Tracks" is a Post-War abstract painting, gouache and ink on paper in bold colors of reds, blacks, and yellows by artist Alexander Calder. The artwork...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
$160,000
1950s Signed Abstract Oil & Metal Foil on Board Textured Painting 'Warlock'
Located in Denver, CO
This original abstract oil and metal foil on board painting titled Warlock by George Cecil Carter (1908-1987) dates back to the 1950s. The piece is a striking example of Abstract Expressionism, painted in dynamic shades of dark blue, gray, white, orange, and purple. The artist's use of textured metal foil and oil paint creates an intriguing interplay of light and shadow, enhancing the piece's modernist appeal. Signed by Carter in the lower right corner, and titled and dated on the verso, this unique work is presented in its original George Nix frame, measuring 30 ¾ x 36 ¾ inches, with the image size itself measuring 23 ¼ x 29 ¼ inches.
About the Artist:
George Cecil Carter was born in 1908 in Woodward, Oklahoma, and became a prominent figure in the Colorado Abstract Expressionist scene. Despite having no formal artistic training, Carter developed a distinctive style, influenced by his diverse life experiences. He worked in various industries, including as a coal miner, gold miner, and machinist at Schneebeck's Industries in Colorado Springs for 20 years. During this time, Carter honed his artistic skills under the mentorship of Charles Bunnell, a painter from the Broadmoor Academy.
Carter’s works reflect the boldness and emotional intensity of Abstract Expressionism, with vivid colors and strong compositions. He worked primarily out of Colorado Springs and Canon City, Colorado, and exhibited his art nationally, including shows in Texas and Illinois. His contemporaries included fellow Colorado artists such as Al Wynne, Mary Chenoweth...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Foil
Cubist Female Nude Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Nude Woman, 1966. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures 9.5 x 13.5 inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Excellent condition.
Born in Newark, New...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Géométries - Tempera on Paper by Ph. Ferrando - 1953
Located in Roma, IT
Géométries is an original oil drawing on watermarked paper, realized by the French artist Ph. Ferrando.
Signed and dated "4.12. 53" in black ink on the lower right margin.
In very...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
$405 Sale Price
25% Off
"Stardust Sculpture" (Little Bryce, Utah)
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Eve Drewelowe (1899 - 1988).
Landscape painter, Eve Drewelowe, was the eighth of thirteen children born in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Modernist Abstract Landscape "Pink Hills" Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Measuring 24 by 30 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$540 Sale Price
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Abstract Female Nude Woman Interior
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985).
Nude Woman, 1949.
Gouache on paper, sheet measures 13.5 x 13.5 inches. Image measures 12 x 12 inches.
Signed, dated and titled lower right. Unframed....
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
“Abstract #7”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint on heavy archival paper abstract by the American artist, Martin Rosenthal. Bold, vibrant colors. Signed lower right by the artist and dated 1965. Condition is goo...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Gouache, Oil
Mid-Century "The Red Village" Pierre Bosco #50 F (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
By Pierre Bosco
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Mid-Century "The Red Village" #50 F
Pierre Bosco (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
Oil on canvas
12 x 10 inches, frame size
“The savage art of Bosco bears its rudeness and its mystery. It ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
New York City Rainy Night Street Scene in Blue
Located in Miami, FL
Moody blue night with rain and wind rendered in a post-impressionist style somewhat like that of Albert Marquet
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Carter's Seeds, c.1940s poster design
Located in London, GB
Carter's Seeds
Poster Design
Gouache
49 x 32 cm
Provenance: Family of A. E. Halliwell
Little is known about the artist other than the fact that he studied under the celebrated art...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mid 20th Century French Fauvist Painting - Amazing Colors - pupil of Andre Lhote
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Abstract Figure'
Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996
signed and dated on back 1971
gouache painting on artist paper, framed
size: 13 x 19.5 inches
Fabulous 1970s abstract goauche pai...
Category
Fauvist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Wilhelm Ohm (1905-1965), Double Portrait with Chairs, circa 1950
Located in Greding, DE
Expressive portrait of a man and a woman looking directly at the viewer as well as indicated chairs.
The execution of a series of chair paintings served Wilhelm Ohm (1905 Stettin -...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Abstract American Geometric Oil Painting Martin Rosenthal 60 Mid Century Modern
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract oil painting by American artist Martin Rosenthal signed by the artist and created in the late 1950's, early 1960's.
This colorful dynamic work comes housed in a...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Homage to Klee - Painting by Sergio Barletta - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Homage to Klee is an original contemporary artwork realized by Sergio Barletta in 1960.
Mixed colored oil on masonite.
Includes frame: 78 x 26 cm
Hand signed and dated on the high...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
$810 Sale Price
25% Off
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Orbiting Forms
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Orbiting Forms
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 2.75 height x 2.75 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$116 Sale Price
30% Off
Memphitis
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An abstract acrylic and paper on canvas painting by Post War artist Arne Hiersoux. "Memphitis" is executed in bold strokes, splashes and drips of black, red, green, yellow and ochre ...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Paper
$68,000
Colorful Abstract Mediterranean Scene with Vibrant Architecture and Boat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Mediterranean Scene
Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996
gouache painting on artist paper, framed
size: 10.5 x 7 inches
Suzanne Vattier (1901-1996) was a pupil of the famous p...
Category
Fauvist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
White Dawn
By John Little
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work:
Egg emulsion on fiberglass. Signed and dated upper left and verso; titled verso.
49 x 48 in.
49.75 x 49 in. (framed)
Custom framed in hickory.
Provenance
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Born in Alabama, John Little attended the Buffalo (NY) Fine Arts Academy as a teenager, until 1927. Soon after, he moved to New York where he began operatic vocal training and opened what would become a very successful textile business designing fabric and wallpaper.
In 1933, he enrolled at the Art Students League under the tutelage of George Grosz. Little’s early work consisted predominantly of landscapes, until 1937, when he began studying under Hans Hofmann and his work naturally shifted toward abstraction. During his time with Hofmann, he with artists such as Lee Krasner, George McNeil, Gerome Kamrowski, Giorgio Cavallon...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fiberglass, Egg Tempera
$30,000
Abstract and Fractured, Biomorphic and Geometric Forms
By Agnes Hart
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left.
“Abstract and Fractured Biomorphic and Geometric Forms” which was painted in the mid to late 1950’s is a nod to Picasso’s famous painting Guernica, which Hart may have seen when it was given to the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1958. Several elements in the painting clearly reference Guernica: the black geometric and cut-out shapes, the biomorphic shapes, the abstracted horse’s head and body, with a district reference to the bull’s tail, along with the black and white pallet choice and various details throughout-all hallmarks of Picasso’s Guernica. The abstracted reality Hart presents in these references go beyond a simple nod and reflect a personal interpretation reflected in the splintered abstraction and her bespoke interpretation.
Agnes Hart’s first began her career as a social realist artist in the 1930’s. She was also WPA artist. Her longtime friend Milton Avery encouraged her, and she exhibited in the same gallery in the late 1940’s, the RoKo Gallery. Her instinctive and personalized modernist periods often reflected a similar path of her compatriot artists during the first half of the 20th century. Her early works were influenced by her teachers Josef Presser, Paul Burlin and Lucile Blanch, and Reginald Neal, and reflected historical modern trends-at times showing the influence of Avery and other modernist. Like Elaine DeKooning, Lee Kraser, Michael Corrine West...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 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
Mid 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Fluffy Clouds Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fluffy Clouds over the landscape
signed oil on board, unframed
board: 9.75 x 13 inches
inscribed verso
dated 1958
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and soun...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jewish Mystical Kabbalah Oil Painting Jerusalem Cityscape Hebrew Letters Judaica
By David Rakia
Located in Surfside, FL
"Tzadik"
A Surrealist oil painting of old mystical Jerusalem with Hebrew calligraphy
Sight 13.25" x 19.5" ; frame: 21" x 27.25"
David Rakia (1928-2012) was born in Vienna, Austria...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on thick board
unframed: 8 x 8 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have fo...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Composition N°5 by Vivaldo Martini - Oil on canvas 55x42 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
His first name sounds like a concerto. Vivacious, its name is reminiscent of an aperitif or a cyclist. The addition of the two evokes the Italianate. Indomitable and unavoidable. Mor...
Category
Baroque Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Modern Brick Path Through the Trees, Abstracted Landscape
By Charles Fuhrman
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-Century Modern abstracted landscape of autumn trees lining a red brick pathway by Charles Fuhrman (American, 1940-1995), c.1960s. Signed "Fuhrman" lower left. Unframed. Image, 36...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'The Fish Below' Fantasy Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting.
Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Woman in Black”
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984)
He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicago as a youth, he took classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, returning to New York when he was 20. From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent), and Anders Zorn.
He accepted a teaching position at the Minneapolis School of Art in 1916, remaining there until 1921. This enabled him to travel to Europe to study Cézanne’s paintings and works of the Old Masters. He traveled to Paris, Prague, Dresden, Berlin, and Munich seeking the works of Titian, Cranach, Rembrandt, Veronese, and Holbein, which gave him new perspective. Vytlacil studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Munich, settling there in 1921. Fellow students were Ernest Thurn and Worth Ryder, who introduced him to famous abstractionist Hans Hofmann. He worked with Hofmann from about 1922 to 1926, as a student and teaching assistant.
During the summer of 1928, after returning to the United States, Vytlacil gave lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, on modern European art. Soon thereafter, he became a member of the Art Students League faculty. After one year, he returned to Europe and successfully persuaded Hofmann to teach at the League as well. He spent about six years in Europe, studying the works of Matisse, Picasso, and Dufy. In 1935, he returned to New York and became a co-founder of the American Abstract Artists group in 1936. He later had teaching posts at Queens College in New York; the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California; Black Mountain College in North Carolina; and the Art Students League.
His paintings exhibit a clear inclination toward modernism. His still lives and interiors from the 1920s indicate an understanding of the art of Cézanne. In the 1930s, his works displayed two very different kinds of art at the same time. His cityscapes and landscapes combine Cubist-inspired spatial concerns with an expressionistic approach to line and color. Vytlacil also used old wood, metal, cork, and string in constructions, influenced by his friend and former student, Rupert Turnbull. He eventually ceased creating constructions as he considered them too limiting. The spatial challenges of painting were still his preference. During the 1940s and 1950s, his works indicated a sense of spontaneity not felt in his earlier work.
He married Elizabeth Foster in Florence, Italy, in 1927 and they lived and worked in Positano, Italy for extended periods of time. Later on, they divided their time between homes in Sparkill, New York and Chilmark, Massachusetts, where Vyt, as he was affectionately called, taught at the Martha's Vineyard Art...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Tugboat WPA era painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Tugboat, 1939, 9 x 11.25 inches. Ink on paper. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Excellent condition.
Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1911, Joe Kardo...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink
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
1950's French Thick Impasto Oil Painting Abstract Bold Textures Vibrant Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract composition
French cubist artist, circa 1950's
oil on board, unframed
board: 28.5 x 13.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: good and sound condition
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Oil Paint Picasso Style Figurative -- Harlequin Prince
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique figurative harlequin painting with Picasso style and abstract elements with dream-like layering by Robert Moesle (American, b.1932). Signed "Moesle" lower left. Titled "The Harlequin Prince" on verso. Displayed in a rustic painted giltwood frame with linen liner. Image size: 40"H x 32"W. Framed Size; 45"H x 37"W.
Robert Moesle was born in San Jose, California in 1932. He graduated from San Jose State College and attended The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, England. Moesle lives in the Chateau region of France, which he finds to be an ideal location for a watercolorist. Moesle paints outside and enjoys watching the landscape change through the seasons. Unlike most watercolorists, Moesle takes his time painting and tries to capture the feeling of durability in his subjects. Moesle has exhibited his work in shows in London, Paris and throughout the United States.
“Figurative painting by Robert Moesle are…lyrical, visionary, softly dream-like… Moesle’s Harlequin Prince offers a memory of early Picasso...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,120 Sale Price
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Brutalist Still Life in the Summer, Oil on Canvas Painting by E.J.E. Dulfer
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Summer in the Windowsill" by E.J.E. Dulfer (1958)
This striking abstract still-life composition by renowned Dutch artist E.J.E. Dulfer (1909–1965), titled "Summer in the Windowsill"...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Mid Century Modern American Abstract Figurative Surreal Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstracted figurative painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found. Great color and composition. Nicely framed in a period modernist molding.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
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Pale Morning
Located in Sheffield, MA
Michael Gloeckner
American, 1915-1989
Pale Morning
Oil on canvas
30 by 30 in. W/frame 31 by 31 in.
Signed lower right, & titled & dated 1966 on reverse on stretcher
Michael lived ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled Mid Century Abstract Oil Painting New York Artist
By John Opper
Located in Beachwood, OH
John Opper (American, 1908 - 1994)
Untitled, 1959
Oil on board
Signed and dated lower right
14.75 in. h x 18 in. w.
20 in. h. x 24.5 in. w., as framed
John Opper described the 1930s...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Monumental Geometric Op Art Oil Painting c.1970s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Monumental Geometric Op Art Oil Painting c.1970s
Fantastic original Op Art oil painting. The large size will ensure it's the centerpiece of any r...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Warm-Toned Abstract Figurative Portrait of Boxer Jack Johnson
Located in Houston, TX
Warm-toned abstract figurative painting by an unknown artist. The painting depicts Galveston, TX boxer John Arthur Johnson in profile view. Unsigned. Unframed but framing options are...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Rice Paper Modernist John Von Wicht
Located in Surfside, FL
John von Wicht (American, 1888-1970)
Oil on Japanese Rice Paper. Hand signed and dated in pencil lower right.
Sheet Size: 21 x 29.25 in.
Johannes Von Wicht was born in Holstein, ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil, Rice Paper
Komposition rot/schwarz
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work:
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left, inscribed label verso.
59.25 x 55.25 in.
61 x 57 in. (framed)
Custom framed in a wooden double tray frame, hand-painted white.
Provenance
Galerie Lovers of Fine Art, Gstaad, Switzerland
This work has been recorded under no. 1531 in the digital Catalogue Raisonné of the artist, prepared by Michel Reymondin, Montreux, Switzerland.
Carl Walter Liner was born in the Swiss canton of Appenzell, near the border with Liechtenstein, in 1914. The son of famed artist Carl August Liner, the younger Liner enjoyed more critical and commercial renown for his landscapes.
In 1938 at the age of 24, he undertook what would become the first of several residencies in Paris. This particular sojourn helped to establish the trajectory of his career, as Paris would provide the setting in which he became acquainted with early twentieth century masters Maurice de Vlaminck, Georges Braque, Ossip Zadkine, Gérard Schneider, and Erich Heckel. The stylistic and technical influence of his contemporaries is clearly evident in Liner’s work from this point forward.
Unfortunately, the dawn of the 1940s would bring about a number of challenges for Liner. With the outbreak of war, Liner was mobilized for the Swiss Border Guard, and returned home to Switzerland in 1939. He remained on active duty until 1945, only to lose his father the following year. The death of the elder Liner left a profound impact on his son, who eventually made his way back to Paris in 1947 and embarked upon what would become a very successful series of nudes.
By his own admission, 1948 was a pivotal year in Liner’s career, as a particularly spiritual trip to Algeria would foment the emotions led to the beginning of his practice with abstraction. Henceforth, Liner would vacillate between the figurative and abstract, creating parallel oeuvres. His abstraction from the 1950s and 60s mirrored...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed British Abstract Composition 1998 Coastal Town Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
S.Becker
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 13 x 18.5 inches
canvas: 11 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,153 Sale Price
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Untitled
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work:
Oil on canvas.
77.25 x 59 in.
79.75 x 62 in. (framed)
Custom framed in a solid hardwood floater, with a matte white finish.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Hollis Taggart...
Category
Abstract Geometric 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: 12.75 x 9.75 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Geometric Abstract on White, Abstract Geometric Oil Painting by Seymour Zayon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Seymour Zayon, American (1930 - ) - Geometric Abstract on White (After Kandinsky), Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, Size: 16 x 11.5 in. (40.64 x 29.21 cm), Frame Size: 20.25 x 16.25...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century French Abstract Still Life Modernist Style Amazing Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
stamped verso
painting : 19.5 x 24 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$535 Sale Price
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Modern Landscape, Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting by Joe Jones
By Joe Jones
Located in Long Island City, NY
A simplified landscape oil painting by Joe Jones. This two-toned piece is nicely framed and signed.
Modern Landscape
Joe Jones, American (1909–1963)
Date: circa 1940
Oil on Canvas, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century "Untitled Abstract" Vibrant Oil On Canvas Painting signed Cohn
Located in New York, NY
This striking Mid-Century Modernist "Untitled Abstract" Vibrant Oil On Canvas Painting signed Cohn originates from the United States, Circa 1960. The painting exudes an untamed vibra...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Dune Watch”
By Syd Solomon
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a very well executed early abstract painting by the well known American artist, Syd Solomon. Oil paint on birch ply panel. Signed middle bottom. Signed, titled and dated 1966 verso. The painting was done in East Hampton, New York where Syd Solomon spent his summers. Condition is excellent. Overall framed measurements are 26 by 31.5 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida collector.
Syd Solomon was born near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1917. He began painting in high school in Wilkes-Barre, where he was also a star football player. After high school, he worked in advertising and took classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, he joined the war effort and was assigned to the First Camouflage Battalion, the 924th Engineer Aviation Regiment of the US Army. He used his artistic skills to create camouflage instruction manuals utilized throughout the Army. He married Ann Francine Cohen in late 1941. Soon thereafter, in early 1942, the couple moved to Fort Ord in California where he was sent to camouflage the coast to protect it from possible aerial bombings. Sent overseas in 1943, Solomon did aerial reconnaissance over Holland. Solomon was sent to Normandy early in the invasion where his camouflage designs provided protective concealment for the transport of supplies for men who had broken through the enemy line. Solomon was considered one of the best camoufleurs in the Army, receiving among other commendations, five bronze stars. Solomon often remarked that his camouflage experience during World War II influenced his ideas about abstract art. At the end of the War, he attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Because Solomon suffered frostbite during the Battle of the Bulge, he could not live in cold climates, so he and Annie chose to settle in Sarasota, Florida, after the War. Sarasota was home to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, and soon Solomon became friends with Arthur Everett “Chick” Austin, Jr., the museum’s first Director. In the late 1940s, Solomon experimented with new synthetic media, the precursors to acrylic paints provided to him by chemist Guy Pascal, who was developing them. Victor D’Amico, the first Director of Education for the Museum of Modern Art, recognized Solomon as the first artist to use acrylic paint. His early experimentation with this medium as well as other media put him at the forefront of technical innovations in his generation. He was also one of the first artists to use aerosol sprays and combined them with resists, an innovation influenced by his camouflage experience.
Solomon’s work began to be acknowledged nationally in 1952. He was included in American Watercolors, Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From 1952–1962, Solomon’s work was discovered by the cognoscenti of the art world, including the Museum of Modern Art Curators, Dorothy C. Miller and Peter Selz, and the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Director, John I. H. Baur. He had his first solo show in New York at the Associated American Artists Gallery in 1955 with “Chick” Austin, Jr. writing the essay for the exhibition. In the summer of 1955, the Solomons visited East Hampton, New York, for the first time at the invitation of fellow artist David Budd...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Rolph Scarlett (Canadian/American, 1889 - 1984)
“Abstract”
Signed and dated 1947, lower right
Gouache on paper
Provenance: Private collection, Miami Florida
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Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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