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Period: Mid-20th Century
Sitges Spain oil on canvas painting mediterranean art spanish seascape
By Rafael Durancamps
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Sitges
Artist: Rafael Durancamps i Folguera (1891–1979)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 38 x 61 cm (14.96 x 24.01 in)
Support: Canvas stretched over wooden stretcher
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Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Impressionistic Floral Still Life" Mid Century Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A stunning depictions of a European view of the beach with a floral still life at the center. The rich color tones of French yellow, luscious pink, rouge, veredian green and pops of ...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Spanish Dancer" (La Danseuse Espagnole) Impressionistic Oil Painting Framed
By Dietz Edzard
Located in New York, NY
Capturing the romantic city of lights, Dietz Edzard celebrated canvases depict the times of his generation, portraying life in all of its glory, although faced with hardship and war....
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
FRANCIS WYNNE THOMAS (1907-1989) Mid 20th Century oil painting ARTIST PORTRAIT
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Attributed to Francis Wynne Thomas (1907-1989) British
TITLE: "Portrait Of An Artist"
SIGNED: appears unsigned - later inscribed verso
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 73cm x 6...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vedutist Trieste painter - 20th century landscape painting - Cavazzeni Street
Located in Varmo, IT
Painter from Trieste (dated 1959) - Via dei Cavazzeni in Trieste.
69 x 49 cm without frame, 72 x 52 cm with frame.
Watercolor on paper, in wooden frame.
- Work signed "Franceschin...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A Charming, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Harbor Scene of Martha's Vineyard
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Harbor Scene of Martha's Vineyard by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Painted near the artist's studio and summe...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Beach Day Costa Brava Spain mediterranean oil on board painting european art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Beach Day, Costa Brava, Spain
Artist: Josep Puigdengolas Barella (1906–1987)
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 33 x 46 cm (12.99 x 18.11 in)
Period: 1960s
Signature: Signe...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Venus, Large 20th Century Painting of Nude Woman w/ Garland
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Venus, 1940
Signed Clarence H. Carter and dated 40. (ur)
Oil on canvas
40 x 27 inches
48 x 35 inches, framed
Clarence Holbrook Carter ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Mid 20th Century Pastel of Lakeside Landscape with Red Boat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mid 20th Century Pastel of Lakeside Landscape with Red Boat
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 19.5 inch...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still Life with Apples and Female Torso
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still Life with Apples and Female Torso
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Acrylic ad pastel on unframed paper
Size: 2...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Pastel
French Mid-20th Century Pastel Swimmers in the Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mid-Century Pastel Beach Scene with Sailboat and Bathing Huts
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 9 inches (height) x...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Huge 1940's Circle of Fernand Leger Figurative Portraits Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Portraits
French School, illegibly signed and dated 47'
circle of Fernand Leger (French 1881-1955)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 38 x 58.5 inches
Provenance: private col...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape in Falconara - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Oil and tempera on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1968.
Hand signed and dated.
It represents a seascape in Falconara Marittima.
A wooden frame realized by the Artist in...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Tempera, Cardboard
$2,489 Sale Price
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"Parisian Grands Boulevards" Post-Impressionist Street Scene Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Salvadore Demone. Deomne was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. This...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grazing Horse - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil and tempera on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signed.
Includes a beautiful wooden frame cm. 66x54.5.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Tempera, Cardboard
$2,489 Sale Price
25% Off
"Parisian Street Scene" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas with Figures
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in an impressionistic way, capturing the busy streets of Paris from the 20th Century with much life. The artist mostly used oil with a p...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Torero and Bull bullfighter bullfighting oil painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Torero and Bull
Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (1919-1986)
Technique: Oil on canvas mounted on board
Dimensions: 18.9 x 15 inches
Framing: Unframed
Art Movement: Costumbrismo, Figurative Expressionism
Theme: Bullfighting
Date of Creation: Second half of the 20th century
DESCRIPTION
The painting Torero and Bull depicts a classic bullfighting scene, where a matador, elegantly dressed in a golden and violet traje de luces, performs a pass with the cape while the bull, wounded with banderillas, bows toward the ground. The composition conveys dynamism and tension, emphasizing the drama of the moment with loose and expressive brushstrokes.
The background is rendered in warm, diffused tones, contrasting with the deep black of the bull and the vivid hues of the cape. The thick brushwork and vibrant oil application enhance the sense of movement and emotion in the scene, a distinctive feature of Tuser Vázquez’s bullfighting paintings.
ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY
José María Tuser Vázquez (Barcelona, 1919 - 1986) was a Spanish painter specializing in bullfighting themes. He trained at the School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona, where he developed a strong foundation in drawing and painting. From 1947 onwards, he dedicated his artistic production to tauromaquia, creating posters, illustrations, and paintings that captured the intensity of the bullfighting spectacle.
He was a regular contributor to the magazine El Ruedo and designed a series of postcards featuring traditional Spanish costumes for Editorial Artigas in the 1940s. His work has been auctioned numerous times and is highly valued by collectors of bullfighting art...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$829 Sale Price
30% Off
French Impressionist, Large oil painting, Figures on the beach, South of France
Located in Harkstead, GB
One of several paintings that we are offering by Henri-André Martin's. A wonderfully evocative image of an expansive beach with figures relaxing on the beach, painted with great pana...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Gouache
French Gouache Painting of Native American Antelope Hunt in Utah
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Native American Antelope Hunt in Utah
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
Si...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
School of Paris, Sleeping Woman, Nude, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on Canvas by Fortunato Pirazzini (1907-2003), School of Paris, c. 1950 - "Sleeping Woman, Nude". This captivating oil painting, titled "Sleeping Woman, Nude", was created by Fort...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century French Pastel Botanical Study With Red Flowers and Green Foliage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-Century French Pastel Botanical Study With Red Flowers and Green Foliage
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 14.5 inches...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"Parisian Street Scene by Champs Elysees" Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by Georges Gerbier. He was a French painter known for colorfully rich cityscapes depicting the times of her generation. This painting is a wonderfu...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century French Watercolour Beach Scene With Green Umbrella and Seated Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-Century French Watercolour Beach Scene With Green Umbrella and Seated Figure
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Watercolor on unframed paper
Size: 13....
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Le jardin de Daubigny Style of Vincent Van Gogh Daubigny's Garden by S. Goosson
Located in Soquel, CA
Le jardin de Daubigny Style of Vincent Van Gogh by Stephen Goosson
The painting depicts the enclosed garden of Charles-François Daubigny, a French landscape painter whom Van Gogh ad...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Mid Century French Pencil Sketch Fashionable Sketches of Figures and Accessories
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal /watercolour on artists paper, double sided
Size: 9.5 height) x 6.25 (width)
Stamped Verso
Con...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil, Watercolor
English 1970's OIL PAINTING Female Nude In An Interior by FRANK JOHNSON
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Frank Johnson (1917-1998) British
TITLE: "Female Nude In A Living Room Interior'
SIGNED: unsigned, from the artists studio sale at Bonhams Chest...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Fruit - Oil Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1968.
Hand signed lower right.
Includes a beautiful wooden frame, one-of-a-kind realized by the Artist cm. 59x68.5.
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
$2,667 Sale Price
25% Off
"Nude Breakfast", A Fantastic Surrealist Mid-Century Modern Oil: Couple at Table
Located in Chicago, IL
"Nude Breakfast", A Fantastic Surrealist Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting of a Nude Couple at a Breakfast Table by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Executed in ...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board, Graphite
Nu - Cubist Nude Oil Painting by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas nude figure circa 1946 by French painter Andre Masson. The work, painted in mostly greens and blues, depicts a front view of a seated nude woman.
Signature:
Si...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century French Portrait Drawing of a Seated Man in Thought
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Drawing of a Seated Man in Thought
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: signed black pen on artists paper stuck on board, glass covered
Dated 1946
Size: 12 (hei...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Mid Century French Black Haired Nude Figure Bowed Into Her Knees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal/ink on artists paper, double sided
Size: 9 (height) x 6.75 (width)
Stamped Verso
Con...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil, Ink
French Gouache Painting of Pueblo Bread Baking in Taos New Mexico
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Pueblo Bread Baking in Taos New Mexico
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
S...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Bullfight - Oil Paint by Marco Novati - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Marco Novati in 1965.
Hand signed in lower left corner. Hand signed, dated and dedicated on rear.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,517 Sale Price
20% Off
"St. Patrick's Cathedral" Impressionist Snow Street Scene Oil on Canvas Board
Located in New York, NY
A stunning and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City winter scenes depicting St. Patrick's Cathedral in the snow. St. Patrick’s Cathedral is the largest Roman Cath...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Une Ballerine - Realist Figurative Oil Painting by Auguste Leroux
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figure in interior circa 1930 by French realist painter Jules Marie Auguste Leroux. The work depicts a brunette ballerina wearing a pink tutu and pointe shoes st...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady In Blue Art Deco Female Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4066 Art Deco Lady in blue pastel painting
Set in a white frame
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel of Beachgoers with Sailboat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel of Beachgoers with Sailboat
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 12.5 inches (heig...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Fine French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait Elegant Lady with Parasol
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
by Pio Santini (French 1908-1986)
signed
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 34 x 28 inches
canvas: 26 x 20 inches
Provenance: Private collection, Lyon, France
...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large French Modernist Oil Painting Ladies Drinking Cafe Bistro Bar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cafe Chats
by Max Toutain (1935-2006)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas : 18 x 22 inches
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from the artists estate ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge British Mid 20th Century Portrait of a Bank Manager Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Bank Manager
by Stuart Scott Somerville (1908-1983)
signed oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 56 x 47 inches
Canvas: 50 x 40 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very ...
Category
English School Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Early 1900's French Impressionist Oil Sketch Quiet Venetian Backwater Canal
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Venice
by Etienne Auguste Krier ( French, 1875 - 1953)
oil on board, framed
framed: 10.5 x 7.5 inches
board: 8 x 6 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: very good ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-20th Century French Oil Painting Portrait of a Man in Suit & Tie
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man in Suit
French, mid 20th century
oil on canvas, in a slip wooden frame
Framed: 18.5 x 15.5 inches
Canvas : 18 x 15 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Con...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original East Anglian oil painting Post Impressionist English Landscape c.1975
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Anthony Atkinson (1920-2015) English
TITLE: "Pastoral Landscape"
SIGNED: lower Right
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 57cm x 47cm
CONDITION: excellent
DETAIL: Painter, teacher an...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
River port oil painting european art seascape urbanscape France
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - River port - Oil on canvas on board
Oil measurements 22x27 cm.
Frame 24x29.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan paint...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$521 Sale Price
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"Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock" Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock, "Fischerschoner und Segelboote an einem Dock" by Rudolph Guba (German/American, 1884-1950) Impasto work which depicts several sailing vesse...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
1930's Portrait Dapper Young English Gentleman in University Sports Club Blazer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The University Sports Club Blazer
by Kathleen Emily Temple-Bird (British 1879 - 1962)
signed and dated 1939
oil painting on canvas laid over board, framed
framed: 35 x 30
board: 29.5...
Category
English School Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vase of Flowers - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1969.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 70x61.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
R. QUEYRIE, Walking the Streets, Oil on Hardboard, 1950s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on hardboard signed R. QUEYRIE, France, 1950s. "Walking the streets". With frame: 55x47 cm - 21.65x18.5 inches - without frame: 46x38cm - 18.1x15 inches. 8F format. Signed "R. Qu...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A Surrealist Abstract 1950s Mid-Century Modern Female Nude Bather, Beach Scene
Located in Chicago, IL
A Visually Striking Abstract Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Beach Scene of a Female Nude Bather by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). "Model on Beach", Oil ...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Graphite
Art Deco Portrait of a Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Laura M. GREENWOOD (1897-1951).
Portrait of Woman in Winter Coat
Oil on canvas, 18 x 24.5 inches.
Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Would beneifit from a cleaning. Origina...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sentada Desnuda, Surreal Painting of a Seated Nude Woman, Mexican Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Guillermo Meza (Mexican, 1917-1997)
Sentada Desnuda, 1941
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
23.5 in. h. x 19.5 in. w.
31 in. h. x 27 in. w., as framed
He was born in México...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Impressionist Landscape"Working in the Fields" by Di Martino 1945
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3910B Antique oil landscape people working in a beau colic field .
Set in a 19th C gilt frame
Image size 16x20"
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spanish postwar children oil on burlap painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Agusti Ferre Pino (1884-1960) - Children - Oil on burlap
Oil measurements 100x97 cm.
Frame measurements 107x104 cm.
Painter trained at the La Lonja School of Fine Arts. He became kn...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
$2,266 Sale Price
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Henri-André Martin, Les Baux de Provence, Oil on Canvas, 1961
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Henri-André Martin (1918-2004), France, ca.1980s. Les Baux de Provence. With frame: 71x98 cm - 28x38.6 inches. Without frame: 65x92cm - 25.6x36.2 inches. 30P format....
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Coastal Beach Scene with Sand Dunes 20th Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Evening at the Grand Army Plaza" Impressionist 5th Ave NYC Oil Painting Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A stunning jewel and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City scenes. Here we find a nocturne scene with The Pulitzer Fountain at Grand Army Plaza on Fifth Avenue loo...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Shepherd in the Pyrenees Spain oil on canvas painting spanish landscape Europe
By Enric Porta Mestre
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Shepherd in the Pyrenees
Artist: Enric Porta i Mestre (1898–1993)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Style: Post-Impressionism with Expressionist influences
Dimensions:
Unframed: 23.6 x 31.9 in
Framed: 29.9 x 38.2 in
Signature: Signed in the lower right corner as "E. Porta".
Date: 1956 (according to the inscription on the back).
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK
Shepherd in the Pyrenees by Enric Porta i Mestre depicts a rural scene with a striking sense of introspection and evocative charm. The painting portrays a shepherd tending to his flock amidst the mountainous landscape typical of the Catalan Pyrenees. The composition captures the serenity and beauty of nature through vibrant colors and dynamic brushstrokes.
The work reflects a Post-Impressionist style with loose, bold strokes and vivid tones, combined with Expressionist influences in its ability to evoke emotions beyond the physical depiction. The energetic and textured brushwork infuses the painting with a lively rhythm, while the rich palette of greens and blues immerses the viewer in the landscape's tranquil atmosphere.
In this piece, Porta i Mestre showcases a mastery of color and light, illustrating his deep connection to his homeland and its rural life, which served as a source of inspiration throughout his career.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Enric Porta i Mestre (La Pobla de Segur, 1898–1993) was a Catalan painter known for his landscapes, still lifes, and costumbrist depictions. Trained in Lleida and Barcelona, Porta debuted in 1922 with an exhibition in the Catalan capital. He later moved to Paris to further his artistic studies, where he connected with avant-garde artists such as Miquel Villà...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boats on a Pond
Located in London, GB
'Boats on a Pond', oil on canvas, by Charles Kvapil (circa 1930s). This tranquil artwork depicts people fishing from their small boats. The motionless pond is surrounded by lush foliage with some homes as backdrop. The painting is spattered with light. With hardly any air moving in the scene, the still water plays...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,821 Sale Price
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1930's French Oil Portrait of Elegant Lady Gazing Out Of Interior Window Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Oil Painting
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on board, unframed
measures: 11 high by 8 inches wide
cond...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Fabulous, Abstract 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Sleeping Female Nude
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, Abstract 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Sleeping Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. A sensuous, intimate studio depiction of a sleeping nude femal...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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