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Period: Mid-20th Century
Vintage Nicely Framed American Modernist Print
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely executed American modernist abstract print. Signed. Image size, 15H by 22L.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
After Jean Miró, Pink and Purple Surrealism at Play
Located in San Francisco, CA
There’s been a lot of gray and stainless steel in decorating in recent years. For someone tentatively thinking of introducing some fresh excitement into their minimalist maison, cons...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Modern Pacific Northwest Rain Forest, Earthtone Abstract Landscape
By Hilda Davidson Kaster
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century modern mixed media abstracted Northern California landscape by Hilda Davidson Kaster (American, 1912-2008), circa 1950. The artist uses layers of mixed media earth tones and natural textures such as leaves and bark to create the aesthetic of the deep forest of Sebastopol, California. Signed lower left corner, on verso with exhibition and gallery labels. Unframed: Image 18"H x 24"W.
Hilda Davidson Kaster was born in Oakland, California in 1912 to Russian Jewish immigrant parents. She went to New York in the early 1930s to study art. At the Traphagen School of Design, she was a student of Moses Soyer and William Gropper, who were founders of the Ashcan School. Later in the 1930s she worked as a commercial artist and designer for I. Miller Shoes...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "UFO"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "UFO"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4.75 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$263 Sale Price
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American Woman Artist Modernist Large Oil Painting Cubist Influenced Landscape
By Lena Gurr
Located in Surfside, FL
A beautiful wooded landscape scene with houses and trees.
Painted on a masonite board. hand signed lower right. with framers label verso.
Framed to 40 X 55 inches. 33 X 48 without the frame and mat.
It is not dated.
Lena Gurr (1897–1992), was an American woman artist who made paintings, prints, and drawings During the course of her career Gurr's compositions retained emotional content as they evolved from a naturalistic to a semi-abstract cubist style. Born into a Russian-Jewish Yiddish speaking immigrant family, she was the wife of Joseph Biel, also Russian-Jewish and an artist of similar genre and sensibility. Gurr used Lena Gurr as her professional name. After marrying Joseph Biel she was sometimes referred to as Lena Gurr Biel. Biel had been born in Grodno, Poland (later absorbed into Russia) and had lived in England, France, and Australia before coming to New York. An artist, he specialized in landscape paintings and silkscreen printing as well as photography. He studied art at the Russian Academy in Paris. After immigrating to the United States, he studied under George Grosz at the Arts Students League.
Gurr was born in Brooklyn and, apart from brief stays in Manhattan and in Paris, lived there her whole life. This painting bears the influence of Lyonel Feininger an influential German American artist. Gurr began studying art at a young age. In 1919 she studied painting and printmaking at the Educational Alliance Art School and between 1920 and 1922 she won a scholarship to attend the Art Students League where she took classes with John Sloan and Maurice Sterne.
In 1926 and 1928 Gurr participated in group shows at the Whitney Studio Club in Greenwich Village and in 1928 she also participated in the 12th annual exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists at the Waldorf Roof in New York. (Reviewing this show, Helen Appleton Read, the critic for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, said "I made three discoveries on my first visit, Thomas Nagel, Eugenie McEvoy and Lena Gurr with two figure compositions which have something of Marie Laurencin or Helene Perdriat quality of naive sophistication.") The Waldorf Roof was a set of rooms on the top floor of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, one of which had glass sides and a glass roof. The rooms were used for concerts, dances, benefits, and exhibitions.From 1929 to 1931 Gurr took a leave of absence from her teaching position to travel in France with Joseph Biel, an artist whom she had met while studying at the Art Students League. They spent time in Nice and Mentone but mainly in Paris.
During the early months of 1931, while she was still abroad, her work appeared in group exhibitions held at the R. H. Macy department store and the Opportunity Gallery (opened by Gifford Beal). In 1932 she participated in three shows: a solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, an annual exhibition of the New York Society of Women Artists, ( Its first president was Marguerite Zorach. Founding members included Agnes Weinrich, Anne Goldthwaite...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Brown Abstraction - The Walls
By Lili Orszag
Located in London, GB
LILI ORSZAG 1926 - 1978
(Hungarian)
Title: Brown Abstraction - The Walls
Technique: Original Oil on paper
Size: 28 x 16 cm. / 11 x 6.2 in.
Additional Information: This original...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Mid-Century Abstract Expressionist Oil on Canvas, Circle of Bernard Buffet
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large mid-century abstract expressionist oil on canvas of a still life of flowers by Belgian artist Eric Verhal. Signed and dated '65 to the bottom right and again to the reverse of the canvas.
A colourful and energetic painting of a vase of flowers. Very much of its period. Angular lines reminiscent of the work of Bernard Buffet outline and crisscross luminescent fields of colour in orange, yellow, white and red.
A real period piece, strong and full of energy.
Eric Verhal ( born: 1938 ) :
Masters of Art History and Archaelogy, State University, Ghent, Belgium.
Masters of Fine Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
In 1968, after a period of four years as a teacher at the Lycée des Garçons in Sfax, Tunisia, Verhal left for Spain and Portugal with a scholarship from the Belgian Gouverment.
After this, he traveled to the U.S.A. where he taught painting and printmaking at the Washington University, St. Louis, U.S.A. In 1970 he obtained his Masters of Fine Arts degree at the same university.
From 1973 up until 1999, Verhal taught history of art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium.
In the summers of 1974 till 1981, Verhal taught diffirent courses at the Portland School of Art, Maine, U.S.A. and at the University of North-Carolina, Greensboro, North-Carolina, U.S.A.
Verhal obtained scholarships for Rome, Italy, in 1961-1962, Lisbon in 1966-1967 and Germany in 1978. In September and October 1979, he worked in Boston, U.S.A., and obtained a scholarship for Japan, in 1983, where he had a show in the White Striped House Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
In 1998 Verhal opened a studio in Brooklyn (N.Y. City, U.S.A.). Arsonists burned the studio down and Verhal’s studio moved to Coton-on-Hudson, N.Y., U.S.A., in the house of his oldest daughter.
Verhal opened a new studio in France, Le Massif...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Fishing Boats', Sausalito, North Beach, San Francisco Bay Area Expressionist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Cucaro" for Pascal Cucaro (American, 1915-2003).
An icon of the Beat years in San Francisco's North Beach, Pascal Cucaro was the winner of numerous medals and a...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
The Initiate by Frank Chabry - Oil on canvas 65.5x50.5 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Frank Chabry (1916-1979) was a 20th-century artist whose career spanned several transformative decades in the art world. His work likely reflects the arti...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting
By Eve Peri
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Watercolor on paper, sheet measures 12 x 17.5 inches. Unframed.
Signed and dated lower right. Estate stamp on verso.
EVE PERI (1897-1966)
Born in Bangor, Maine, Eve Peri worked...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Original 1970'S French Abstract Painting Study of Draped Forms
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
$292 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique American Modernist Surreal Framed Abstract Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 18H by 24L.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$620 Sale Price
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1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Radiance + Gloom"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Radiance + Gloom"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4 height x 5.25 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have b...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$292 Sale Price
30% Off
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Winter Tree in Bloom
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Winter Tree in Bloom
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.75 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$307 Sale Price
30% Off
Phaeton, original etching
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is from my private collection of lithographs, etchings and engravings from great artists of the 20th Century. It is a limited edit...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Engraving, Etching, Lithograph, Watercolor
$636 Sale Price
42% Off
Undulating Units
By Francis Celentano
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An abstract, Op Art painting by Francis Celentano. "Undulating Units" is a black and white, abstract Op Art painting from seminal Op Artist Francis Celentano. "Undulating Units" is a large format, black and white, acrylic on canvas painting. Signed verso, “F. Celentano 1968”
Provenance:
Jacobsen Howard Gallery, New York, New York
Loretta Howard...
Category
Op Art Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$92,000 Sale Price
38% Off
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Needs of Life"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Needs of Life"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 3 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$273 Sale Price
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1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Sunlit Blossoms
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Sunlit Blossoms
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 3 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by th...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$195 Sale Price
30% Off
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...
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Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th-Century French Oil Painting Cubist Portrait of Nude Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Model
by Therese Hummel (French, 1911-1999)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 14 x 10.75 inches
Provenance: private collection of this artists work, Paris
Condition: sound and go...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$799 Sale Price
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'Portrait of a Reposing Cat', Berlin School
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Reposing Cat', oil on board, by F. DuParc (circa 1960s). A thoroughly modern depiction of a colourful, contented feline most likely inspired by Italian Futurist, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960). Futurism corresponded to Cubism sharing several elements including faceted or segmented shapes. Cubism however, was generally static and more subdued whereas Futurism was bright and dynamic embracing technology, mechanisation, power and energy. In this work, the vibrant colours and serene look on the subject transmit a sense of optimism - life is good...
Category
Futurist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,002 Sale Price
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Mid 20th Century British Abstract Painting Blues & Pinks
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning array of strong colorss stand out in this original mid-20th century British abstract painting. The work dates to the 1950's-60's period and is of British authorship.
The p...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$536 Sale Price
30% Off
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Growth, Spiring, Expanding, Dispersing
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Growth, Spiring, Expanding, Dispersing"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4.5 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all th...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Revival' Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Revival'' Abstract
Artist: Elvic Steele
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all th...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$238 Sale Price
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1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Crowd Adulation"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Crowd Adulation"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 3.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by ...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$253 Sale Price
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1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "UFO"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "UFO"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist ha...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$302 Sale Price
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1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Shapes' Abstract Study
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Shapes' Abstract Study
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 3.75 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Festival Time' Abstract
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Festival Time' Abstract
Artist: Elvic Steele
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: a...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Geometric Shape Abstract French 20th Century Modernist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 19 x 16 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$365 Sale Price
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Lyre Bird (Design for the cover of Poetry London), 1943, Ink, gouache and pastel
Located in New York, NY
Ceri Richards
Lyre Bird (Design for the cover of Poetry London), 1943
Ink, gouache and pastel on paper
Bears original Jonathan Clark & Co. label on the back of the frame
Unique
Frame...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Gouache
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Flower Thoinasina"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Flower Thoinasina"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have b...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$258 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Woman
By Tarmo Pasto
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial and period painting, a Mid Century Modern portrait of a woman in an abstracted landscape by listed California artist Tarmo Pasto...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$4,600 Sale Price
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Abstract Expressionist Painting of Two Penguins Whimsical Companions Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Composition"
signed by Armand Rottenberg (French 1903-2000)
oil painting on card, unframed
painting: 18 x 15 inches
Superb original painting by the French abstract arti...
Category
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: 8.5 x 5.75inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we hav...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 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 9.75 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled: View Of A City Street
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/ Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: View Of A City Street", Abstract Impressionist Oil on Canvas, 19 x 24, Mid to Late 20th Century
Colors: White, Green, Orange, Yellow, Blue, ...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Wave" Abstracted Seascape in Oil on Canvas
By Robert Frame
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Wave" Abstracted Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Bold and textured abstracted seascape by Robert Frame (American, 1924-1999). This piece has a high horizon, with a thin strip of sky ...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
French Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil Blur of Colors Sunset Coastal Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Sky Composition
by Gerard Guegueniat (French 1970's)
signed oil painting on board,
board: 16 x 32 inches
inscribed verso
provenance: private collection, Franc...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,023 Sale Price
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Untitled - Mixed Media by Mark Tobey - 1969
By Mark Tobey
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an artwork by Mark Tobey. Monotype with tempera, heightened with tempera on Japan paper.
Hand signed and dated lower right: Tobey 69.
Provenance: Henze Ketterer Gallery
B...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Tempera
"Exodus, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
"Exodus" is a Modern abstract painting by Stanley Bate. Bate, who was greatly inspired by his peer, Mark Rothko and the Abstract Expressionist movement in general, creates an energet...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Composition
Located in Sheffield, MA
John Von Wicht
American, 1888-1970
Abstract Composition
Oil & mix media on Paper
19 by 25 in. W/frame 30 ½ by 36 ½ in.
Signed lower right
Johannes Von Wicht was born in Malente, ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Lowell Nesbitt Oil Painting, Iris on Dark Grey, 1968
Located in Phoenix, AZ
A beautiful example by well-known artist Lowell Nesbitt featuring dramatic pale Irises on a dark grey ground.
Image size: 22" H x 34" W. Simply framed. In mint condition. Signed, tit...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
Large Antique American Modernist Abstract Surreal Framed MCM Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modernist wood molding. Excellent condition,...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,020 Sale Price
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Abstract Walking Figure
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Chris Ritter (1906-1976). Walking Figure, ca. 1960.
Watercolor on rag paper, sheet measures 15.5 x 22 inches.
Sheet is loose and unmounted. Unframed.
Estate stamps500 on verso....
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Bateaux, original lithograph
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is from my private collection and is in very good condition. It is a limited edition 75/220.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
$476 Sale Price
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Abstract Composition N°3 by Vivaldo Martini - Oil on masonite 53x106 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
Post-War Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Kaleidoscope Abstract Still Life Post-Cubist Oil Painting by A. Rigollot
By A. Rigollot
Located in Atlanta, GA
This incredible post-cubist and colorist still life oil on board painting was designed by A. Rigollot (France, 20th Century).
Colorist paintings are characterized by intense color us...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Rhythms with Central Point"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Rhythms with Central Point"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 5.25 height x 4.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintin...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Fauvist Painting - Amazing Colors - pupil of Andre Lhote
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Abstract Figure'
Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996
gouache painting on artist paper, framed
size: 9.5 x 13 inches
Fabulous 1970s abstract goauche painting. The colours used in this...
Category
Fauvist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mid Century Abstract -- In Town On An Icicle Bicycle
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid-century Wilhem de Kooning style abstract figurative by North Carolina artist Charles Chapin (American, 20th Century), 1967. Signed lower right (Chapin '67). Titled on verso on stretcher cross brace "In Town on An Icycle Bycicle(sic). Condition: Very Good. Image size: 48"H x 34"W. Presented in painted white slat rustic frame. Framed size: 49"H x 35"W x 1".
Charles Chapin received his BA from North Carolina and was associated with the Chapel Hill...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$6,800 Sale Price
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Mid-Century "Crossed Lines" Abstract Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Martin Rosenthal
"Crossed Lines"
1965
Encaustic & Oil paint on paper
19.25"x13" unframed
Signed and dated in ink lower right
Martin Rosenthal 1899-1974
Artist Martin Rosenthal was ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Encaustic, Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Break Out"
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Break Out"
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4 height x 3.5 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this a...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$160 Sale Price
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Original 1970's French Abstract Line Drawing of a Mask-like Face
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Original 1970's French
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
$341 Sale Price
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Important "The Victim" Avant Garde 1947 Judaica Expressionist Oil Painting
By Yonia Fain
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Avant-Garde
Subject: Abstract
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Country: Mexico
Dimensions: 25 3/4" x 19 3/4" x 3/4"
Dimensions w/Frame: 27" x 21 1/4"
THE VICTIM
Yonia Fain
Oil, 1947
Although this oil painting’s subject is predominantly abstract, there is a faint echo of a figural shape at its center. A figure wearing Tefillin, An organic form appears to be pinned to a hammer shaped object, reminiscent of a crucifix. This tool may be a reference to one of the Soviet Union’s symbols. Moreover, it is likely a direct reference to the persecution Fain faced as a Russian Jew in Bolshevik Russia. The contrast between colors, geometric lines, and organic curves is indicative of Fain’s collaboration with Diego Rivera, as well as the time he spent in Mexico. The primary hues communicate the hardship the artist underwent and his cathartic ability to reproduce those emotions through paint.
In addition to being a renowned artist and award-winning poet, Yonia Fain is among the few survivors to triumph over the turmoil of the 20th century. Fain’s abundant body of artwork and poetry pays tribute to the hardship many experienced during the Russian Revolution, Nazi invasion of Poland, and World War II. The persecution Fain experienced forced him to immigrate to several countries including China, Mexico, and the United States.
Yonia Fain was born in Russia in 1914. When he was only 10-years-old, he and his family fled from the Bolshevik Revolution to Poland. There he pursued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts and hoped to continue his education in Paris. He was awarded B.A. and M.F.A. degrees from the University of Poland. In 1939, the artist and his wife Helen moved to Warsaw when the town they lived in, Vilna, became occupied by the Soviet Union. Although they managed to escape the Nazis, Fain was apprehended by Soviet military...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Phoebus
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Barn Landscape Framed Regional Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
This vibrant oil painting by Henry Varnum Poor (American, 1888–1970) captures a blooming spring landscape with barns, budding trees, and bright skies rendered in expressive, textural...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Adding Colour Numbers' Abstract Study
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Adding Colour Numbers' Abstract Study
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 5.75 height x 4 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Floating 2' Abstract Study
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Floating 2' Abstract Study
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 4 height x 6 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we ...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Covered Bridge
Located in Sheffield, MA
Remo Michael Farruggio
American,1905-1981
Covered Bridge
Oil on canvas.
22 in. by 30 in. W/frame 26 in. by 34 in.
Signed lower right & titled on verso...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
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