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Period: Mid-20th Century
Blue Wall, mid-century abstract expressionist, geometric blue, black & pink work
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres (American, 1927-2013) Blue Wall, c. 1959 oil on canvas signed and titled verso 42 x 60 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1950, he was immediately drafted and served for two years in the army as a mural painter. He received his Master of Arts from Kent State in 1961. A frequent exhibitor at galleries and museums and winner of multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Western Reserve University. Very little in Richard Andres’ childhood would have predicted his love of classical music, mid-century-modern architecture and certainly not his lifelong passion for art and in particular abstract art. Richard’s father, Raymond, had no more than a third-grade education, and his mother, Clara, was one of thirteen children – only three of whom lived into adulthood and none of whom attended high school. They lived, when Richard was a boy, in a dingy area of Buffalo, NY in a walk-up apartment situated above a tavern. Raymond and Clara supplemented the income from their factory jobs in the bar downstairs with Raymond playing ragtime on the piano and Clara serving drinks. This often left Richard and his two older brothers at home alone to fend for themselves. The two older boys, Raymond and Russell, were - unlike Richard- rather rough and tumble and entertained themselves with stickball, boxing and the like. Richard, on the other hand, from a very young age liked to draw, or better yet even, to paint with the small set of watercolors he received for Christmas one year. Paper, however, at the height of the depression, was hard to come by. Luckily, Clara used paper doilies as decoration for the apartment and Richard would contentedly paint and then cut up doilies, gluing the pieces together to create collages. At eight-years-old, he discovered the Albright-Knox Museum (then known as the Albright Art Gallery) and spent several hours a week there studying the paintings. He was particularly fond of Charles Burchfield‘s landscapes, enamored with their ‘messiness’ and thinking that they somehow captured more ‘feeling’ than works he was previously familiar with. For his tenth Christmas, he asked for and received a ‘how-to’ paint book by Elliot O’Hare. Through this self-teaching, he assembled the portfolio needed for acceptance to Buffalo Technical High School where he studied Advertising Arts. In his Junior year, he was encouraged to enter a watercolor painting, “Two Barns,” in the national 1944-45 Ingersoll Art Award Contest and was one of twelve grand prize winners – each one winning one hundred dollars. More importantly the painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute Galleries, which resulted in his winning a national scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art (The Cleveland Art Institute). He flourished at the art school under the tutelage of faculty members such as Carl Gaertner, as well as that of visiting artists such as William Sommer and Henry George Keller. He would say in later years that Gaertner, in particular, influenced his attitude toward life as well as art. “Gaertner,” Andres said, “believed that there was no need to be a ‘tortured artist’, that an artist should rather enjoy beauty, family, and life in general.” Free to spend his days as he chose, he wandered the Cleveland Art Museum for most of the hours he was not attending classes or painting; the remaining time was spent drinking coffee at a local hangout with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy, it took him the entire summer of 1948 to build up his courage to ask her out. Over that summer he ‘thought about Avis’ and worked in a diner to save money. He also used the hundred-dollar prize money won in High School to visit the first Max Beckmann retrospective in the United States at the City Art Museum in St. Louis. Over a half century later he spoke of that exhibit with a reverence usually reserved for spiritual matters, “I walked in and it was like nothing I had ever seen before... the color...It just glowed.” Returning to campus in the Fall, the first thing he did was go to the coffee shop in hopes of finding Avis. He did, and she, upon seeing him, realized that she was also smitten with him. They quickly became known as ‘the couple’ on campus, and a year later, with Richard being drafted for the Korean war, they were quickly married by a Justice of the Peace, celebrating after with family at Avis’s Cleveland home. As a gift, faculty member John Paul Miller designed and made the simple gold wedding ring Avis wore for their 65 years of marriage. During those 65 years neither wavered in their mutual love, nor in the respect they shared for one another’s art. The couple lived in a converted chicken coop in Missouri while Richard was in boot camp. At the camp, he would volunteer for any job offered and one of those jobs ended up being painting road signs. His commander noticed how quickly and neatly he worked and gave him more painting work to do - eventually recommending him for a position painting murals for Army offices in Panama. Until her dying day, Avis remained angry that “The army got to keep those fabulous murals and they probably didn’t even know how wonderful they were.” In Panama, their first son, Mark, was born. After Richard’s discharge in 1953, they moved back to the Cleveland area and used the GI bill to attend Kent State gaining his BA in education. The small family then moved briefly to Buffalo, where Richard taught at the Albright Art School and the University of Buffalo – and their second son, Peter, was born. Richard had exhibited work in the Cleveland May Show and the Butler Art Museum during his art school years, and during the years in Buffalo, his work was exhibited at the gallery he had so loved as a child, the Albright Art Gallery. In 1956, the family moved back to the Cleveland area and Richard began teaching art at Lincoln West High School during the day while working toward his MA in art at Kent State in the evenings. Avis and Richard, with the help of an architect, designed their first home - a saltbox style house in Hudson, Ohio, and in 1958, their third son, Max (after Max Beckmann) was born. Richard enjoyed the consistency of teaching high school as well as the time it gave him to paint on the weekends and during the summer months. In 1961, he received his MA and his daughter, Claire, was born. With a fourth child, the house was much too small, and Avis and Richard began designing their second home. An admirer of MCM architecture, Richard’s favorite example of the style was the Farnsworth house – he often spoke of how the concepts behind this architectural style, particularly that of Mies van der Rohe, influenced his painting. Andres described himself as a 1950’s...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Etretat"
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), "Etretat", Oil on Canvas, 1961, pointillist composition, signed and dated lower right, descriptive paper label to verso, gilt wood ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1960s "Red Landing" Gouache and Oil Pastel Abstract SF Female Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield Red Landing 1960s Oil Pastel and Gouache on Paper 26.5"x36" Good Condition - Wear consistent with age and history. Small areas of foxing. Edges have tears, paper sho...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache

Characters in a Surrealist Landscape
Located in London, GB
'Characters in a Surrealist Landscape', oil on canvas, by Lucien Coutaud (1931). A couple entwine with the male character seemingly in grief, the female not returning with a comforting embrace. In the distant landscape a sole character meanders. This painting seems to be a creation of the artist's dreams, perhaps reflecting events in his personal life. It seems there is a relationship problem. In the world of Surrealists, there is a focus on the unconscious mind through Freudian methods of free association, trance-like states or dreams. Some Surrealists practiced psychic 'automatism' which was automatic writing or drawing, turning off the conscious mind and producing streams of words or images directly from the unconscious. In unlocking the unconscious in this way, Surrealism was individually expressed (Ref. 'The Short Story of Art...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Clif McChesney "Untitled" Abstract Expressionist
Located in Detroit, MI
In 2016 the Dennos Museum in Traverse City, Michigan, in homage to the very first exhibition in the Zimmerman Sculpture Court, installed the first two paintings by the former Michig...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas

Subject (abstract expressionisting pop art painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Wayne Timm (b.1937). Subject, 1966. Oil on canvas. 36 x 40 inches; 37 x 41 inches framed. Signed, titled and dated en verso. Minor surface cracking. Paint layer is stable with no fla...
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Pop Art Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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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: 12.5 x 7.15 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we h...
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Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Pink and Red Abstraction
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist oil painting by American modern artist James Koenig. This work is currently on view at the Draw Near exhibition at Benjaman Gallery.
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, 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 ...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

French Abstract - Blue Chevrons
Located in Houston, TX
Impactful abstract painting of triangular shapes in hues of blue floating on a black background, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. ...
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Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Cubist Female Nude Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Nude Woman, 1967, 9.25 x 12 inches. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Excellent condition. Born in New...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

'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...
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Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Egg Tempera, Postcard, Pen

Two 1960s Birthday Collages by Syril Frank, Expressionist
Located in New York, NY
Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021) 1. Untitled, 1966 Mixed media collage; oil paint, paper, pen, canvas 19 5/8 x 24 in. Framed: 20 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. 2. Unt...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Paper, Pen

No Title 1958 Abstract Watercolor on Paper by Erich Keller
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense abstract watercolor has drawed on sheet of Fabriano paper, an Italian high quality paper specially made for artists and its artworks. About Keller arworks was told many words but we want to add that every time we look at his creations we can feel at once his whole world. Erich Keller...
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Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Paper

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 pr...
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Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Composition
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

1940's French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Winding River Lush Green Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Winding River French School, 1947 signed & dated oil on canvas, framed framed: 20 x 24 inches canvas: 14 x 18.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

'Modernist Equestrian', WPA Murals, Kansas City Art Institute, PAFA, Horses
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Buk' for Eduard Buk Ulreich (American, 1889-1966), dedicated lower right, 'Made for Ruth M.' and painted circa 1945. Titled verso 'Birds in Flight', additionally...
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Gouache, Illustration Board

Colorist Still Life Post-Cubist Oil Painting by A. Rigollot
Located in Atlanta, GA
Impressive post-cubist and colorist still life oil on board painting by A. Rigollot (France, 20th Century). Colorist painting is characterized by intense color use, which becomes the...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Large Antique American Modernist Abstract Surrealist Framed Oil Painting
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.
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1970's French Abstract Painting Figures Standing Possibly a Poster Design?
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Figures French artist, circa 1960's-1970's period oil on paper stuck on board, framed in mounted card frame framed: 26 x 20 inches board: 18 x 12 inches provenance: private ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

20th Century French Modernist Mythological Baby Colour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mythological Painting by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 21 x 16 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: v...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting on paper mid century modern art
Located in New York, NY
Rolph Scarlett Untitled Abstract Expressionist Painting, ca. 1960 Gouache, Ink, Watercolor on Paper . Hand signed, with original Jonas Aarons Gallery label 23 × 18 3/4 inches Signed ...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Blue Lace Oversized Geometric Abstract
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5075 Oil and Mixed media geometric on blue backround Rapped canvas no frame required
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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India Ink, Oil

Untitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting)
By Jesse Redwin Bardin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Jesse Redwin Bardin (1923-1997). Untitled, ca. 1960. Oil on canvas, 18 x 31 inches; 21.5 x 36.5 inches framed. Signed lower right. Provenance: Private collection, Philadelphia; F...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Seated Female Nude
Located in Astoria, NY
Ric Del Rossi (American, XX-XXI), Abstract Portrait of a Seated Female Nude Figure, Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, signed to verso, unframed. 40" H x 30" W. Provenance: From the...
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Post-Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

#263, mid century French Abstract
Located in Greenwich, CT
An incredible presence and painted thickly, this is an early work by French Abstractionist Francois Aubrun. It is framed in a white contemporary float...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'The Life-Drawing Class' by M. David
Located in London, GB
'The Life-Drawing Class', oil on board, by French (likely) artist M David (circa 1960s). A swirling, colourfully vivacious artwork that is immediately attractive and captivating. A l...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Red Composition by TOSHIMITSU ÏMAI - Contemporary, Abstract, Oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Red Composition by TOSHIMITSU ÏMAI (1928-2002) Oil on canvas 80.2 x 55.3 (31 ⅝ x 21 ¾ inches) Signed, TOSHIMITSU IMAÏ, ...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic

Mid 20th Century French Fauvist Painting - Amazing Colors - pupil of Andre Lhote
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Abstract Figure' Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996 dated 1973 gouache painting on artist paper, framed size: 15 x 22 inches Fabulous 1970s abstract goauche painting. The colours u...
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Fauvist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Lynn Leland, unique geometric abstraction Op Art painting, Albright Knox Gallery
Located in New York, NY
Lynn Leland Untitled Op Art painting, 1967-1968 Acrylic on Canvas (with Albright Knox Gallery Label, A. M Sachs Gallery Label, Atlantic Richfield Corporate Art Collection label and A...
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Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Vintage Signed Surreal Street Scene Skeleton Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed illegibly.
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large, 1970s, Colorful, Modern Still Life, Unknown Artist, Possibly NY School
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Unsigned/Unknown " Still Life " Oil on Canvas 34 3/4" x 58" This wonderful still life was discovered in a prominent collection on the east side of Michigan, but unfortunately, th...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The End of My Prayer in a Planetarium" Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
A dynamic, abstract expressionist image by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signed "Les Anderson" lower r...
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Post-War Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Mid 20th Century French Cubist Still Life Painting Glass Dome & Candlestick
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist still life indistinctly signed, dated 1950's signed watercolour on artist paper, unframed Painting: 15 x 18 inches Provenance: Private collection, Paris Condition: Great condi...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

Autorretrato / Self Portrait
Located in Nuevo Leon, MX
Pintura
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

South Cascade
Located in San Francisco, CA
This bold abstract painting has the strong gestures one associates with the best of Abstract Expressionist painting. It is a mid century work, done by Tom Ide ...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Time Travel #2
By Oskar Fischinger
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Oskar Fishinger (1900-1967), began his career in Germany as one of the pioneers of the Germans avant garde abstract film movement, known for inventing abstract musical animations, and what was often reffered to as, Optical Poetry. He arrived in Hollywood in 1936 where he worked in film until 1947, before turning his attention exclusively to his abstract painting. Time Travel #2, one of a pair of two Fishinger paintings...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Ecole de Paris 1960's Cubist Oil Painting Abstract Composition of Shapes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Parisian School, circa 1960's Title: cubist composition of shapes and patterns. Medium: oil painting on board, framed and inscribed verso. Size: framed: 14 ...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract 20th Century Oil Painting Blaze of Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist composition by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017) signed oil on board stuck on board, mounted mount: 25.5 x 19.75 inches board: 21.75 x 15.75 inches provenance:...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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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 x 10 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we have ...
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Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Cubist Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century cubist abstract still life. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Great color.
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th century French Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil Cloud Formations
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Sky Composition by Gerard Guegueniat (French 1970's) signed oil painting on board, unframed board: 16 x 20 inches provenance: private collection, France condit...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Mosaic
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Le Bouquet, 1955 - oil paint, 110x83 cm, framed
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on canvas, signed lower left. Gérard Altmann, né à Paris le 23 septembre 1923 et mort à Paris le 19 avril 2012, est un peintre français. Il est le ...
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Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Red sun. 1969, gouache on paper, 59x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Red sun. 1969, gouache on paper, 59x70 cm Gunars Klava (1933 – 1989) Gunars Klava was born in 1933 in Priekule. 1953 - graduated from J. Rosenthal Art School 1964 - began to partic...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Meditation on African Sculpture, mid-century figural abstract painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Beni E. Kosh/Charles Elmer Harris (American, 1917-1993) Meditation on African Sculpture, 1957 Oil on found wood panel Signed and dated lower left 20 x 15 inches Charles Elmer Harris...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Max Gunther Abstract Cityscape, Acrylic Collage on Canvas
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY This abstract acrylic work by Max Günther is an exquisite example of his abstract cityscape work. A preferred subject of Günther's, his work took cityscape shapes...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Fossil
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Wooden frame with glass pane 51.5 x 38.5 x 1.5 cm
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Crayon, India Ink

Mid-Century Expressionist Portrait of Kenneth Lucas by Richard Lofton, 1962
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful and bold impasto oil portrait with dynamic, expressive brushstrokes by Richard Lofton (American, 1908-1966). The name of the sitter, Kenneth Lucas, is inscribed along the ri...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) oil painting on board unframed: 9.75 x 9.75 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we have for sa...
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Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Very Large Mid Century French Cubist Abstract Oil Painting - Color & Shapes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century Title:cubist / abstract composition Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed. canvas: 23.75 x 47.25 inches Provenance: private...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Planete
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Paul Van Hoeydonck – Belgian (1925 - ) Title: Planete Year: 1961 Medium: Mixed media Size: 48 x 48 inches. Signature: Signed, dated, titled on the reverse Condition: Good This mid century work by Paul Van Hoeydonck is a direct and strong composition, like so many of Van Hoeydonck’s Planete works. It measures 48” x 48” and is a mixed media composition. It is a composition on masonite or a similar material. There is flat black and gloss black paint. Perhaps the gloss is lacquer. The surface is highly textured. The black areas have small finish nails, lying flat, attached to the surface. The other areas have sand or some other particulate in the paint. It is signed, titled and dated on the reverse. The date looks like “1961” but it could be “1969.” Please see pictures. Stylistically, this work looks very much like his work from 1961-1962. The piece is in good condition. There is a faint scratch in the upper left and some very small chips on the edges. Please see pictures. There also might be very, very light surface dirt throughout. Please refer to the artist's website as well as Whitford Gallery for extensive biographies of the artist. Public collections include Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Rome Israel Museum, Jerusalem Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Museum of Modern Art, New York Stedelijk Museum, Ostende Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York PAUL VAN HOEYDONCK BIOGRAPHY 1925 Born in Antwerp, Belgium 1945-51 Graduated in History of Art and Archaeology in Antwerp, Belgium. 1952 First solo-exhibition, figurative paintings, Gallery Buyle, Antwerp, Belgium. (OMS) Figurative paintings, Gallery Unicum, Bruges, Belgium.(OMS) Figurative paintings, Au Cheval de Verre, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) 1953 One-man show figurative paintings, Gallery Unicum, Bruges, Belgium. "Open Air Party", Driekoningen Castle, Beernem, Belgium.(GE) "Salon Quadriennal de Belgique" Liège, Belgium.(GE) 1954 Creates Coloured Geometrical Abstract paintings Gilbert Swimberge and Paul Van Hoeydonck, Galerie Théâtre du Poche, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) "Zomersalon Salon d'été" Gallery Unicum, Bruges, Belgium.(GE) "Salon quadriennal des Beaux-Arts" Ghent, Belgium.(GE) 1955 Gallery Dutilleul, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) 1956 Co-founder of art group “FORMES” "Lauréats du prix Jeune Peinture Belge", Palais du Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) Diamond among the works 'distinguished by the jury' "La peintres du groupe Formes" Cercle Jean Jaurès, Salle de l'Académie de musique, Morlanwelz.(GE) "Défense du petit format", Gallery Saint-LaurentBrussels, Belgium.(GE) Gallery Saint Laurent, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) 1957 Created first monochrome collages. "Salon national du meuble social moderne" Museum voor Sierkunst, Ghent, Belgium.(GE) "Lauréats du Prix Jeune Peinture" Société Royale des Beaux-Arts, Verviers, Belgium.(GE) Gallery le rouge et le noir, Charleroi, Belgium.(GE) "Groupes" Gallery Accent, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) "Défense du petit format" Gallery Saint Laurent, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) "Summer Exhibition" Gallery Accent, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) "Paul Van Hoeydonck" Gallery Saint Laurent, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) "Peintres belges inspirés par l'Espagne" Gallery Giroux, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) 1958 Creates first monochrome light works with the introduction of small plexiglass structures. "Paul Van Hoeydonck" Gallery Accent, Antwerp, Belgium.(OMS) "Oeuvres graphiques" Gallery Saint-Laurent, Brussels Exhibition G58 with Georges Van Tongerloo at Castle Middelheim Museum, Antwerp Belgium.(GE) Co-founder of the G58 Hessenhuis group in Antwerp. Opening Exhibition G58, Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) Participation at the World Exhibition Brussels, Belgium.(GE) "Groupe Art Abstrait" Gallery Hella Neblung, Düsseldorf, Germany.(GE) 1959 Begins showing in exhibitions concerned with monochrome painting and “Zerogroup” "Vision in Motion/Motion in Vision" first international exhibition in G58, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) "Lauréats du Prix Jeune Peinture Belge1958" Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) "Oeuvres d'art acquises par l'Etat en 1958", Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) 1960 3th group exhibition G58 Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) 1961 Introduction of the “Boites A Monocles” as a reaction to the criticism concerning the light works G58 Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium.(OMS) First important one-man show, Brussels, Palace of Fine Arts Iris Clert Gallery, Paris, France.(OMS° Museum of Modern Art, New York, purchases a light work First trip to New York,USA, private show introduced by Harry Torczyner 1962 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, USA Created first Spacescapes and White Planets (Planetscapes) “Zero 3” exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany.(OMS) 1963 Exhibits his first environment “Space Control Station” at the Forum exhibition Ghent, Belgium Participates in the Tokyo Biennale, Japan.(GE) "Contemporary painting in Belgium" St-Louis, Denver, L.A., San Francisco, USA (GE) 1964 Creation of a new race “The Mutants” Participation Documenta III, Kassel, Germany.(GE) The Hague, Vienna, Berlin, Otterlo, Bern and Brussels Pierre Restany “baptises” him “archaeologist of the future” Gallery Iris Clert, Paris, France.(OMS) Participated Floating Biennale Iris Clert, Canale Grande, Venice, Italy.(GE) Article in Times Magazine. Participated Iris Clert in Berlin, Germany.(GE) "Nieuw Realisme-Pop Art " City Museum Den Hague, Netherlands.(GE) 1965 Joins the Waddell Gallery, New York, where he presents several one-man shows Svensk-Franska Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.(OMS) Gallery Theelen, Essen, Germany.(OMS) Gallery Waddell Gallery, New York, USA.(OMS) "Pop-Art/Nouveau Réalisme" PSK/Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium. (GE) Biënnale Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium. (GE) "Flemish Art" Gallery Arditti, Paris, France.(GE) "Belgian Drawings since Permeke", Lima, Peru.(GE) "45 years Belgian Art" Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.(GE) "Collection Graindorge" Copenhague, Denmark.(GE) "Sculptures from al directions" Worldhouse Gallery, New York, USA.(GE) "White on White" Lincoln, USA.(GE) "Pop, pop, whence pop" Heckster Museum, Huntington, New York, USA.(GE) "Nouvelles Recherches Flamandes" Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium.(GE) "Flemish Art, Svensk Handelsbanken, Stockholm, Sweden.(GE) "Art for collectors" Rhode Island, USA.(GE) 1966 joins the Gallery Bonnier, Lausanne, Geneva and Stockholm Gallery Kirkhaar, Amsterdam, Netherlands.(OMS) Gallery der Spiegel, Köln, Germany.(OMS) Gallery Cogéime, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) Stadtisches Museum Schloss Moirsbach, Leverkusen, Germany.(GE) "Weis auf Weis" Kunsthalle Bern, Suisse.(GE) "Premio Marzotto" Valdagno, Italy (GE) "L'Espace dans l'Art" Museum of Modern Art, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) Triënale of the Suthern Netherlands, Belgium/Netherlands. 1967 Produces CYBS (Cybernetics) Starts using elements from sawn-up car fenders Waddell Gallery, New York, USA.(OMS) Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) Gallery Foncke, Ghent, Belgium.(OMS) "45 years of Belgium Contemporary Art" National Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.(GE) "45 years of Belgium Contemporary Art" Salles d'état Dalles, Buckarest, Romania.(GE) "New Flemish School" City Gallery, Zürich, Suisse. (GE) "Actual Belgium Drawings" Madrid, Sevilla, Barcelona, Spain. (GE) "Collection Stuyvesant" Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium. (GE) "Superlund" curator Pierre RestanyKunsthall Lund, Sweden. (GE) "Hommage to Bosch, De Moriaan, 's Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.(GE) "Science Fiction", kunsthalle, Bern, Suisse.(GE) 1968 First contact with NASA Gallery Kirkhaar, Amsterdam, Netherlands.(OMS) Gallery Bonhier, Lausanne, Suisse.(OMS) Belgium Haus, Köln, Germany.(OMS) International Monetary Fund, Washington, USA.(OMS) One-man show Gallery Müller, Stuttgart, Germany. "Contrasts 1947-1967, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) "Science Fiction" Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France.(GE) "Science Fiction" Kunstverein, Düsseldorf,Germany.(GE) "40 ans d'Art Vivant" Hommage à Robert Giron, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels Belgium. (GE) "L'eglise ouverte à l'Art Contemporain" La Biënnale, Centre Notre-Dame, Argenteuil, France.(GE) "Triënale" Hallen Brugge, Belgium.(GE) "The obsessive image 1960-1968", Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK.(GE) "Im Reiche des Phantastischen" Kunstverein, Recklinghausen, Germany.(GE) "Destruction Art" at Finch College, New York, USA "Art Vivant" at Vence, France. "Three blind mice" Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands. "Three blind mice" Saint-Peter Monnastry, Ghent Lignano Biënale in Italy, Proclaimed as the official laureate. "Contact 68 Kelkheim" Pfarzencentrum Kelkheim, Germany. "Belgium Art" Archeological Museum Teheran, Iran. 1969 Contemporary Art Museum Chicago, USA.(OMS) Contemporary Art Museum Houston, USA.(OMS) Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany.(OMS) Gallery Withofs, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) Gallery Waddell, New York, USA.(OMS) "Painting and sculpture today" Museum of Art Indianapolis, USA.(GE) "Belgium Art" Museum Bagdad, Iraq.(GE) "Belgium Art" Museum Beirout, Libannon.(GE) "Exposition Internationale de gravure" Museum of Modern Art, Ljubjana, Yugoslavia.(GE) "10 Belgische Maler" Gallery 66 Hofheim, Germany.(GE) "Space Art" Technical High School, Eindhoven, Netherlands.(GE) Gallery Foncke Ghent, Belgium.(OMS) "Apollo Mission of the Moon" National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA.(OMS) "The Jaques Kaplan collection" Finch College Museum New York, USA.(GE) 1970 The Apollo 15 Crew officially placed the statue “Fallen Astronaut” on the moon.(OMS) Creation of the first Astro's Palacio National de Bellas Artes Mexico City, Mexico.(OMS) One-man show Gallery Foncke Bruges and Ghent, Belgium. "Belgian Art 1960-1970" Kunstverein Köln, Germany.(GE) Gallery Bonnier, Genève, Suisse.(OMS) Gallery Engelberts Genève, Suisse.(OMS) "Jeu de blancs" Gallery Withofs, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) Gallery Rive Gauche, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) "Jewels by Belgian Artists" Belgian Pavillon Osaka, Japan.(GE) "Itirénaires 'blancs' " Musée d'Art Moderne St-Ett-ienne, France.(GE) "Zeitgenossen" Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany. "Second annual internal moonwalk festival" Cape Kennedy, USA. 1971 Gallery Waddell, New York, USA.(OMS) "Die Puppe" Aspekte zum Bild der Frau, Berlin/Leverkusen/Frankfurt, Germany.(GE) "Travelling Exhibition" Playboy Art...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Paint, Mixed Media

John Hatch American Cubist Abstract Oil Painting 1950's Mid C Fantasy Abstract
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on board painting by American modernist John W. Hatch. This incredible cubist painting was created in the 1950's. Estate stamped on the reverse. The painting comes housed in a modern black frame presentation. John Woodsum Hatch 1919-1998 During his fifty-year career as an artist, John Woodsum Hatch explored the people, the landscape, and the seascape around him. From his extensive travels to his years in New Hampshire, he developed a body of work that captures a sense of place. Through watercolor, ink and sand, he depicted the grandeur of the White Mountains. The crisp light and distinct topography of the Isles of Shoals and Great Bay Estuary are precisely and clearly documented in acrylic and tempera paintings. His ability to convey the sheer scale and longevity of the mountains and sea, and by comparison the fleeting nature of human life, conveys in a not-so-subtle way that the natural environment is to be revered and preserved. Hatch took his first teaching job at the University of New Hampshire in 1949, the same year he graduated from Yale University. He never left. A former student, Sam Cady, described his contributions: “He was a wonderful mix of jokester and sage. A teacher who obviously loved people, loved teaching, and had a great gift for it.” After retiring in 1985, he was made an honorary Professor Emeritus at UNH. Hatch contributed to New Hampshire's cultural life in three areas: his teaching, his art, and his community service. His effectiveness in these three areas can be traced his commitment to give something of himself to help others. Many artists teach by necessity and resent it as a drain on their creative energies but Hatch found his greatest fulfillment from a combination of teaching, making art, and being deeply involved with his community as an art historian and as an environmentalist. Hatch’s work can be seen in numerous public collections, including: the Addison Gallery of American Art; DeCordova Museum; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; State of New Hampshire's Living Treasures Collection, and the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. John Woodsum Hatch, New Hampshire's 1997 Living Treasure Award recipient, died on August 6, 1998, at the age of 78. Hatch was a draftsman, an artist and a muralist. His works can be found in public and private collections throughout the region. He exhibited at the New Hampshire Art...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Mid Century Original Abstract Expressionism -- Sierra Mountains Cabin Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Sierra Mountain Cabin Abstract Expressionist Landscape Original acrylic painting depicting a cabin in the Sierra Mountains by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985), circa 1950....
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Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Purple Abstract Mountain:Latin American Modernist Salvadoran sculptural painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A wonderful work by the elusive Salvadoran Mauricio Aguilar which is sculptural as well as pictorial. As I hope the video will show, the artwork offers new perpectives when viewed fr...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Board

1960 Italy Abstract Painting on Canvas and Mix Media Collage by Ermete Lancini
Located in Brescia, IT
This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1960, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is a painting and a collage with newspaper sheet and other glued element...
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Post-Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Magazine Paper, Resin, Oil

"Big Orange" Diana Kurz, Intense Vermillion Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Big Orange Signed lower right Oil on canvas 44 x 38 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first ...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Untitled" Gerome Kamrowski, circa 1944 American Surrealist Composition
Located in New York, NY
Gerome Kamrowski Untitled, circa 1944 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 35 3/4 inches x 47 3/4 inches Gerome Kamrowski was born in Warren, Minnesota, on January 19, 1914. In 1932 he...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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