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Period: Mid-20th Century
The Vanguard Series Nr. XI: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
By STM
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. XI: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by STM (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios and...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Vanguard Series Nr. X: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. X: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, unsigned (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios an...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Vanguard Series Nr. III: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
By STM
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. III: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by STM (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios an...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Vanguard Series Nr. IV: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
By STM
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. IV: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by STM (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios and...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Vanguard Series Nr. II: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions by JG
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. II: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by JG (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios and ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Abstract in Ochre, Rust and Jade', Mid-century Modernist American Woman Artist
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, on canvas with certification of authenticity for Dora Masters (American, 1916-2003), bearing stamped wax seal and painted circa 1955.
Provenance: Acquired from the a...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Physiognimies (Nude women female figures)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Fantastic cubist figure study "Physiognomies" signed Morris, 1966.
Acrylic on masonite panel, measuring 18 x 36 inche; 19 x 37 inches framed.
Panel has minor surface issue upper r...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
Vintage French Impressionist Villa Gardens Landscape Oil Painting 1960's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3365 Oil on artist board of on enchanted lily pond
Set in an ornate hand painted wood frame
Image size 12.5x15.5"
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$300 Sale Price
47% Off
'Abstract, Parchment and Rose', Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, Zurich, André Lhôte
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Abstract, Parchment and Rose' by Kurt Weber, 1963.
Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, Zurich
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Signed lower right, 'Kurt Weber' for Kurt Oscar Weber (Swiss-American, 1938-2011); addit...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Framed Landscape Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas board. Framed.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Vanguard Series Nr. V: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions by JG
Located in London, GB
The Vanguard Series Nr. V: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by JG (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios and at...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Hand with White Rose
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Stunning image of a hand holding a white rose.
Oil on linen canvas, measuring 13 x 16 inches. Unframed.
European stretcher, probably French but possibly Italian.
The piece is uns...
Category
French School Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Untitled (abstract Chicago artist Moholy-Nagy pupil)
By Angelo Testa
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
ANGELO TESTA (1921 - 1984) Untitled, ca. 1940's.
Watercolor on paper; Sight: 23 1/2" x 17.5"; Matting size: 22 x 18 inches.
Minor loss and staining of paper sheet. Unframed.
Un...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled (abstract expressionist mid-century modern painting)
By Joseph Fiore
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Fiore (1928-2005) Untitled, ca. 1955. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches.
Measuring 24 x 30 inches in custom modernist frame. Signed lower left. Excellent condition.
Joseph Albe...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,000 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 37 by 37 inches overall, and 36 by 36 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomely...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 19 by 25 inches overall, and 12.5 by 18.5 painting alone. In excellent original cond...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 35 by 29 inches overall, and 25 by 30.5 painting alone. In excellent original conditi...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Golden Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Golden Fields in Landscape
French Post-Impressionist artist, mid/ late 20th century
signed 'Sarazin'
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 32 x 38 inches
canvas: 25.5 x 32 inches
Pr...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Southwestern Framed Mountain Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 19 by 23 inches overall, and 16 by 20 painting alone. In excellent original condition. H...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Metropolitan Abstraction" Signed Mid Century Cubist Architectural Abstraction
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract cubist street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 31 by 42 inches overall, and 25 by 36 painting alone. In excellent original con...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Anza-Borrego Desert California Modernist Large Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape signed oil painting of the Anza-Borrego desert. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 36 by 44 inches overall. In excellent original condit...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge French Contemporary Expressionist Signed Painting Atmospheric Greys
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jan Maï (1944–2011) French School
oil with ink on canvas, unframed
canvas: 46 x 32 inches
Inscribed verso, titled and dated 2002
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: ve...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Ink
Antique American Impressionist "Sub Zero Hinsdale" Chicago Street Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A charming and atmospheric winter nocturne by Chester Bratten, titled "Hinsdale Sub-Zero," this oil on canvas captures a quiet, snowy evening scene in downtown Hinsdale, Illinois. A ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Surrealist Still Life - Original Oil on Canvas, Handsigned
By Roland Bierge
Located in Paris, IDF
Roland Bierge
Surrealist Still Life, 1968
Original Oil on canvas
Handsigned on the lower right corner
Signed, dated and titled on the back
On canvas 54 x 70 cm (c. 22 x 28 in)
Pres...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Modern American Colorful Abstract Expressionist Painting Circa 1950's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2765a A circa 1950's bold abstract expressionist painting on canvas set in a gilt wood frame Signed verso by Zari
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Foil
Large 1970's French Modernist Landscape Oil Painting Green Brown Block Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Modernist School, 1977
indistinctly signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 32 x 24 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: a few surface marks but sound and i...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Birch Tree Landscape Framed 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6000 Antique birch trees land scape, oil on artist board displayed in a wood frame.Signed lower left by Mori.Image size 9.5 H x 7.5 W
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$250 Sale Price
33% Off
Original Oil Painting of Olive Trees in a Serene Landscape with Distant Hills
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Olive Trees in a Serene Landscape with Distant Hills
Artist: Roland Pichard
Signed: Bottom right
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 1...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1970's French Cubist Modernist Signed Oil Painting Mountains in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
C. Monon, French cubist artist, 20th century
signed & dated 1977
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 21.5 inches
Inscribed verso dated 1977
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Co...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Abstract Botanical Study
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Abstract Botanical Study
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Size: 6 height x 4 width
Condition: Good
Provenance: all the paintings we hav...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 20th Century French Cubist Abstract Cityscape in Blue Amazing Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Cityscape
by H. de Sainte Foi (French 20th century)
signed oil on board, unframed
board: 24 x 47 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: all corners are w...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,335 Sale Price
30% Off
Original Oil Painting of Rustic Kitchen Scene with Copper Pot and Onions
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Rustic Kitchen Scene with Copper Pot and Onions
Artist: Roland Pichard
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 14 (height) x 10.5 (width), ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Landscape with Cypress Trees and Pavilion - Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Abstract Landscape with Cypress Trees and Pavilion - Contemporary Oil Painting
Artist: Roland Pichard
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 11 (height) x 14.25 (w...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (hard-edge abstract painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Budd Hopkins (1931-2011). Abstract, 1968. Oil on canvas, 30 x 52 inches; 31 x 53 inches framed. Signed and dated lower margin. Provenance: Timothy Collins (1940-2017), Palo Alto, CA...
Category
Hard-Edge Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Impressionist Family Portrait Landscape Signed Oil Painting
By Gabriel Spat
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist portrait landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 12 by 15 inches overall, and 6 by 9 painting alone.. In excell...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Persian Morning II (Abstract expressionist mid-century Indiana artist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mary Ann Robertson (1923-1911).
Persian Morning II, 1964.
Oil and paper on canvas.
25 x 36 1/2 inches. overall frame size 37 1/2 x 26 inches.
notes: Nashville, IN woman artist....
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Handmade Paper
The Petrified Origin oil on canvas painting Antoni Pitxot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: The Petrified Origin
Artist: Antoni Pitxot i Soler (1934–2015)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 25.6 x 31.9 in (65 x 81 cm)
Date: 1967
Condition: Unframed
Signature: Signed lower right: Pitxot
Provenance: Private collection
Notes: Early work from Pitxot’s mature period, featuring the symbolic and meticulously rendered stone forms that would define his artistic identity.
📝 Work Description
In The Petrified Origin, Antoni Pitxot presents a haunting and timeless vision of a single, eroded rock suspended in a dreamlike, undefined space. The stone, modeled with sculptural precision, appears to float over a subtly reflective surface, devoid of background or narrative context. Its porous texture, cracks, and shadows evoke a fossilized memory — a silent relic of geological time.
Painted in 1967, this piece exemplifies Pitxot's unique visual language, developed through his practice of collecting stones along the Costa Brava and transforming them into anthropomorphic and symbolic compositions. The result is both surreal and solemn, an ode to nature’s memory and the enduring presence of the inanimate.
👤 About the Artist
Antoni Pitxot i Soler (born in Figueres, 1934 – died in Barcelona, 2015) was a Catalan painter deeply rooted in the surrealist tradition. Coming from an artistic family —his uncle was Ramon Pichot, a friend of Picasso and Dalí— Pitxot trained as a draughtsman and painter from a young age. In the 1960s, he settled in Cadaqués, where he developed his distinct artistic universe.
His paintings revolve around stone as a symbol of permanence, transformation, and memory. Pitxot created sculptural assemblages from real coastal stones and later immortalized them in oil on canvas. His works often hint at human figures, ancient myths, and allegories of time.
🎭 Connection with Salvador Dalí
Pitxot was not only a close friend of Salvador Dalí but also one of his closest collaborators. Dalí admired his work and invited him to co-design the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres. After Dalí’s death...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,453 Sale Price
23% Off
Antique American Modernist Abstract Signed & Framed Cubist Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract cubist oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 18 by 14 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a ...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Cubist East River industial scene
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). East River, 1966. 9.5 x 12.25 inches. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Excellent condition.
Born in N...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Floral Still Life with Shell
By Edgar Levy
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Edgar Levy (1912-1975). Floral Still Life with Shell, ca. 1955. Oil on canvas measuring 28 x 36 inches. Unframed. Signed with artist monogram lower left.
Edgar Levy is remembered ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Three Young Men
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful ca. 1960 portrait by American artist, Vito Tomasello. Oil on sized illustration board measuring 21.5 x 30 inches. Signed lower right.
A lifetime NYC resident, Tomasello ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,600 Sale Price
60% Off
Antique American Modernist Summer in East Hampton Beach Scene Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A serene and subtly rendered coastal scene by H. J. Schneider, this oil on canvas painting captures the quiet expanse of East Hampton’s beachfront architecture and dunes. Executed wi...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Untitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Max Schnitzler (1903-1999).
Untitled, ca. 1950's
Oil on canvas measuring 18 x 24 inches.
Unframed.
Minor area of paint loss at margin upper left.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Danish Modernist Abstract Signed & Framed Cubist Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Danish modernist abstract cubist oil painting by Eugène Sala (1899 - 1987). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 19 by 13 inches overall. In excellent original conditi...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Vibrant Fauvist Landscape of a Village Scene Richly Textured
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vibrant Fauvist Landscape
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 13 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good condition
Description: This vibrant mid-20th-ce...
Category
Fauvist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed Midcentury Cubist Still Life Interior Table Scene with Fruit Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A striking oil on canvas still life rendered in a late Cubist idiom, this 1968 composition by V. Melo presents a disciplined yet expressive tabletop scene. The spatial relationships ...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid-Century Modern American Oil Painting Abstract Female artist Museum red pink
Located in Buffalo, NY
Anita Johnson
Untitled (Red Construct), c. 1960s
Oil on canvas
Framed dimensions: 31 in. H × 25 in. W
Original artist-selected silver-toned floater frame
In Untitled (Red Construct)...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Modern American Oil Painting Abstract Female artist Museum Blue
Located in Buffalo, NY
Anita Johnson
Untitled (Architectonic Blues), c. late 1960s–early 1970s
Oil on canvas
Framed dimensions: 46 in. H × 35 in. W
Contemporary black floater frame
A luminous exploration ...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Côte d'Azur. Sun, Sea and Sand. Mid-Century Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century oil on canvas of a summer scene on the Côte d'Azur. The work is signed but the artist unknown.
This artwork is a vibrant and eclectic composition that captures the essen...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,157 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French modernist abstract portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 44 by 36 inches overall, and 29 by 36 painting alone. In excellent original condi...
Category
Modern 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: 8.25 x 7.25 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Nature-scape Gilt Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early American school modernist abstract landscape. Oil on canvas. Nicely framed.
Category
Abstract 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
Charming Village by the Water Vibrant Landscape Vintage French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Charming Village by the Water
signed by Regine David (French mid 20th century, female)
dated 1967
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 21 x 25 inches
canvas: 19.5 x 24.5 inches
Provenance: ...
Category
Post-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: 10.75 x 8.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vase of Flowers (Still Life)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Louise Delorme (b. 1928). Vase of Flowers, 1969. 26 x 36 inches; 27 x 37 inches framed. Signed lower left. Titled and dated on verso. Excellent condition.
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Lively abstract painting with primary tones of yellows, reds and greens with accents of blue and black on white background, 1952. Signed lower right.
Original artwork on paper dis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Green background with Bizarre Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 1960's period
Title: figurative group, with deep green color background.
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 36.5 x 26 inches
Provenance: pri...
Category
Modern 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
Winter Walk with Jasper, (Black Cat painting)
By Sterling Boyd Strauser
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Sterling Strauser (1907-1995). Dorothy and Jasper, Crystal Street Station, 1970. Oil on masonite panel, 11.5 x 22.25 inches. Signed and dated lower right. Very good condition with no damage or conservation. Unframed. Framing services available.
Image depicts the artist's wife, Dorothy Strauser, walking the beloved family cat, Jasper. In the background can be seen the East Stroudsburg Pa Train Depot on Crystal Street.
Provenance: Estate of the artist's Granddaughter, Princeton NJ.
Often called a romantic expressionist and American intimist, self-taught Pennsylvania artist Sterling Strauser (1907-1995) completed his first oil painting in 1922- inspired by frequent visits to the collection of American folk art at the Everhardt Museum in Scranton. Throughout the following seven decades of his career, Strauser’s artistic pursuit was based on his own intuition and determination to paint what he saw, rather than adhering to the conventional pictorial structures prescribed by prevailing styles at the time. Strauser rejected pretension, believing instead that art should work from life as it was lived. His oeuvre therefore serves as an extremely personal record of his observations and experiences from his lifetime painting in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
Beginning early in his career, Strauser took his inspiration from American regionalists and traditional realists in the Ashcan style, as well as European movements such as Fauvism and Cubism, yet he eventually developed his own fluid realism based on subject matter beloved and familiar to him- family and friends, local landscapes and floral still lifes.
Known for his distorted pictorial space, exaggerated with vivid color, heavy impasto and an intensity of emotion, Strauser was adept at altering and rearranging the details and aspects of any given form to create a new kind of beauty.
"All a painting has to do, or a piece of sculpture, or whatever, is to entertain the critical eye. You have to have a fresh seeing eye… to look at things like a child, as if looking at the world for the first time (seeing) something that somebody else doesn’t see, something you want to identify with… Painting is largely a matter of evaluation. (It) doesn’t matter how much it looks like the subject matter. It just depends on how interesting you have made it so that it pleases the critical eye."
STERLING STRAUSER, STERLING STRAUSER: A MODERNIST REVISTED, P. 23
Sterling exhibited his work extensively throughout the country and drew the attention of many notable fellow artists including Milton Avery, Louise Nevelson, David Burliuk, Chaim Gross and Red Grooms. Sterling was also extremely influential within the arts community of Pennsylvania through his discovery and promotion of self-taught American Folk artists such as Justin McCarthy, Jack Savitsky, Joseph Gatto...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,800 Sale Price
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