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Period: Mid-20th Century
1950's Large French Post Impressionist oil Summer in the Woods Green Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Summer Woodland by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed verso, dated 1954 oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 21 x 29 inches Very good condition Provenance: from the artis...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1950s French Expressive Ink Drawing of a Woman at Work in a Domestic Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Drawing of a Woman at Work Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Gouache

Figures at Relaxed Beach Scene on the French Riviera Vibrant Watercolor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Relaxed Beach Scene by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed inscribed verso, dated 1933 panting: 6 x 9 inches condition: This ...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Mid Century Figurative Landscape -- The Search
By Winifred Lucy Shaffer
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Figurative Landscape - The Search A dreamlike landscape by Winifred Lucy Shaffer (American, 20th Century). Several figures are clustered together in a forest setting. Th...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Pair of Vintage Native American Portraits
Located in Soquel, CA
Pair of two vintage portraits of Native American figures, one older and one younger, in profile with braids and headdresses by Victor S. ...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

French Village Scene with Archway and Figures Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Archway and Figures by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) gouache painting on artist paper, unframed panting: 7.5 x 10.5 inches condition: This painting is in excellent c...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Mid 20th Century European Fauvist Signed Oil Nude Figure Group Portrait & Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait Group European artist, mid 20th century Fauvist style work indistinctly signed oil on board, unframed board: 21.5 x 26 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Conditio...
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Fauvist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

King Tut No. 2, Mid-Century Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Gouache on Paper
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) King Tut No. 2, 1968 Gouache on paper Signed and dated upper right 11.25 x 8.25 inches 25.5 x 20.5 inches A surrealist mid-century fig...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

"Sailboats, Brittany" , France Oil cm. 65 x 54 1930
Located in Torino, IT
Sailboats, Ocean, France , grey, blue, azure,landscape France Henry Maurice CAHOURS (Paris, 1889 – Vence, 1974) He was born in Paris but spent his childhood and adolescence in Amie...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil River Seine Paris Notre Dame Book sellers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The River Seine, Paris French School, circa 1950's indistinctly signed lower left corner, 'P. D'arbois'? oil on board, framed oil: 5.25 x 8.25 inches framed: 12 x 15 inches private ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Father and children in front of TV - Mid-Century
Located in Miami, FL
John Falter arranges figures and faces in a way that rival the old masters in their compositional perfection. And he makes it look easy. The expressions are captured so the emotions of the story come alive. This Golden Age of illustration artist depicts fathers and children watching...
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Academic Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

French Expressionist Mid Century Modern View of Paris on the Seine, bridge
Located in Woodbury, CT
French Expressionist Mid Century Modern View of Paris on the Seine, bridge Very much influenced by the work of Bernard Buffet this is a very decorative example of French city paintings...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Figure In Peaceful Village Scene by the Water Charming Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Peaceful Village Scene by the Water signed by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) oil painting on board, unframed measures: 13 x 16 inches condition: This painting is in ...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Eavesdropping on Grownups, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, December 2, 1950 The Post described, “One night Art Editor Stuart was having a party. His three boys came downstairs four times and were conducted back up by their mother. The next time they came down, Papa Stuart waxed excited, firmly conveyed them aloft himself, and they did not show up again. Stuart was warmly congratulated on his success as a father. When the party broke up, the youngest lad was found asleep on the stairs. Stuart claims that the older ones never did come down again, but this was probably because they merely went to sleep in their beds from natural causes. George Hugehes has painted some other people’s offspring, to get over the idea that children all over America are eager to improve their minds by listening to sophisticated conversation.” (The Saturday Evening Post, December 2, 1950, p. 3) Exhibited: Norman Rockwell Museum...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

The Red-haired Woman
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Louis BERTHOMME SAINT-ANDRE, France, 1940s. Young Red-haired Woman. with frame: 74x63 cm - 29.1x24.8 inches ; without frame: 61x50 cm - 24x19.7 inches. Format 12F. ...
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Neo-Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage French Cubist Nude Oil Painting Figure in Interior Setting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century Title: Nude Figure in Interior Medium: oil painting on board, unframed . Size: : 13.5 x 10.5 inches Provenance: private collection...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Horse Portrait - Painting by Hans Cortes - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Horse portrait is an original modern artwork realized in the mid-20th century by Hans Cortes. A mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Hand signed by the artist on the lower margin....
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Grand Palais, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped verso with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1965. A bold, Post-Impressionist figural oil of a young woman, shown seated on a bench wi...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Paper

Huge French Modernist Abstract Oil Painting Nude Lady Sunbathing with Cats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 20th century, possibly signed lower right Title: Nude Lady sunbathing surrounded by cats. Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 32 x 5...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique American Impressionist Oil Painting Fall Landscape Original Carved Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
An antique American Woodstock school landscape painting in an original hand carved period wood frame. Unsigned but clearly done by a very masterful hand.
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century Oil Painting Figures Walking on Atmospheric Beach Coastline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Seated Woman, Abstract Oil on Board by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Seated Woman (20) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board Size: 15 in. x 12 in. (38.1 cm x 30.48 cm)
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Rue de Paris
Located in Madrid, ES
EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 RUE DE PARIS signed "Grau Sala" (lower right) oil on canvas 24 x 19-3/4 inches (61 x 50 cm.) framed: 29-3/8 x 25-1/4 inches (74.5 x 64 cm.) PRO...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modernist Oil Painting George Schwacha Brooklyn Street Scene Fruit Market WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed lower left corner Oil on masonite Dimensions: Frame H 18.25" x W 22.25". Sight H 11.25" x W 15.25 This is a great scene, vintage Americana. Possibly Crown Heights in Brooklyn New York City. Done in a mid century modern style with great vibrant colors and loose, adept, brushwork. Fruit vendor with ladies shopping. George Schwacha, Jr. (1908 - 1986) New Jersey artist. Known for Landscape painting and snow scenes. He studied Arthur W. Woelfle; John Grabach; Edward Dufner and A. Schweider. George Schwacha was president of the American Artists Professional League and a past president of the Audubon Artists and Art Center of New Jersey. He belongs to the American Watercolor Society, The National Society of Painters in Casein, and the Philadelphia Watercolor Club. His paintings have been shown throughout the country at museums such as the Pennsylvania Academy, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC and the Birmingham Art Museum, The Butler Art Institute in Youngstown, Ohio the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, as well as in leading New Jersey and New York exhibitions, including the American Society of Arts and Letters. He is listed in Who's Who in American Art and International Directory of Arts. His work is represented nationally in over 30 museums and public collections including the Newark Museum, Montclair Museum, Birmingham Art Museum, the Isaac Delgado Museum in New Orleans, and the Butler Art Institute. Worldwide he is also represented in collections in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, Israel, Scotland and Switzerland. Seymour Zayon, Bertram Hartman, Hugh Campbell, Frank Herbst, Joseph Newman, Theodore Valenkamph, Robert John McClelland, Nicolai Cikovsky, Ben Benn, George Howell Gay, Robert Brackman, Vernon Wood...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Quai Gustav- Ador, the Neptune in Geneva
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Beige wooden frame 80.5 x 93.5 x 6 cm
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Les Alpilles Provençal Landscape with Figure Walking on Path Signed French Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Les Alpilles, Provence by Georges Leroux (French 1911-1997) signed lower front, titled verso oil on canvas, framed Framed: 15 x 17 inches Canvas: 9 x 11 inches Provenance: private co...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Entertainment, 20th century American family scene watercolor
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) The Entertainment, c. 1955 Watercolor on paper Signed lower right 20 x 30 inches Exhibited: 1955 May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art "The first district schools were log houses...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Male portrait painting, 1934
Located in San Francisco, CA
Frank Owen Salisbury (1874-1962) Male portrait painting, 1934 Oil on canvas 39 x 48
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Djeuner Champtre
Located in Sheffield, MA
Marcel Dyf French, 1899-1985 Djeuner Champtre Oil on canvas 23 ½ by 28 ¾ in. W/frame 31 ½ by 36 ¾ in. Signed lower left Marcel Dyf (Marcel Dreyfus) was born in Paris on October 7,...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Flowers In Grand Vase Watercolour 1930's French Impressionist Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Interior by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting: 15 x 22 inches provenance: from a large private collection of this artist...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Mountain Landscape - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized in 1930s. Good condition.
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1950s "Yellow Cubist Figure" Abstract Figurative Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedmann Opper Yellow Cubist FIgure c. 1940-1950's Gouache 15" x 18", silver wood frame 16"x19" Unsigned This striking gouache painting featur...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

The Sophisticate
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to have recently discovered, “The Sophisticate”, by American artist Alexander Rosenfeld. Rosenfeld was classically trained in fine ...
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Interior Scene Animals Figures Rare Cityscape Oil Painting 1963
Located in Buffalo, NY
A fantastic MidCentury interior scene painted in 1963 and signed illegibly. This work comes in a contemporary wood frame.
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pan God Of Nature Playing Panpipes Mythological Nude With Animals Oil Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Margaret Maitland Howard. English ( b.1898 - d.1983 ). Pan, God Of Nature, Playing Panpipes. Oil On Canvas. Signed Lower Left. Image size 22.6 inches x 18.1 inches ( 57.5cm x 46cm ). Frame size 26.8 inches x 22.2 inches ( 68cm x 56.5cm ). Available for sale; this original oil painting is by the English artist Margaret Maitland Howard and dates from the 1930s. The painting is presented and supplied in a sympathetic contemporary frame (which is shown in these photographs), mounted with new fixtures. The canvas has been lined and mounted on a newly constructed custom made stretcher. The painted surface has benefitted from cleaning and conservation, all of which was performed on our instruction, supervision and approval. This vintage painting is now in very good condition. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display. The painting is signed lower left. Margaret Maitland Howard was an accomplished and versatile English artist whose works spanned the early to mid-20th century. Known for her evocative and often mythologically inspired oil paintings, Howard’s work reflects a deep engagement with classical themes and her knowledge of nature, and the human form. She was also proficient working in watercolours and pastels and an accomplished sculptor. Margaret, who was always known as “Marjorie” was born in Friern, Barnet, London on 31 July 1898, the daughter of artist and civil servant Henry James Howard. She grew up at Sutton, Surrey, where she spent most of her life. She spent many years living and working from St. Katherine’s, Malgrave Road, Sutton, Surrey. She was educated privately, at the Byam Shaw and then attended the Vicat Cole School of Art, completing her studies at the Royal Academy Schools, where she won five silver medals and other awards. She was also the recipient of a British Institute scholarship and extension and won the 1926 prize for her portrait work at the National Welsh Eisteddfod in Swansea. She exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy, showing at least ten works of classical and biblical themes at Summer Exhibitions between 1923 and 1935. She was one of the early group of women who painted nudes, a practice which was considered somewhat risqué and vulgar in the early twentieth century. She also exhibited at other leading galleries and in the provinces and consistently pursued her art despite the challenges posed by the societal norms of the time. Howard had a significant professional career for a woman of her generation. Just after World War II she was appointed draughtsman to the Institute of Archaeology at London University where she worked from 1948 to 1960. This is now part of University College, London. Here, she worked as an illustrator and sculptor, creating models for Professor Frederick Zeuner to use in his lectures. She also illustrated one of his important books (Zeuner, F.E. Dating the Past, London: Methuen). She also created the bust of Gordon Childe, now in the Institute’s Library. After her retirement from the Institute of Archaeology she collaborated with Ian Wolfran Cornwall on his series of books about the prehistoric world. In 1956, whilst working for the British Institute for the Study of Iraq, she moved to Balawat and supervised the archaeological work at the site of an ancient Assyrian city in northern Mesopotamia. She subsequently prepared drawings of the Balawat Gates, which was significant and technical work. In addition to illustrating various books on ancient history and anthropology, Howard was also known as an illustrator of fictional books, producing an illustrated edition of the Fables of Aesop that was published by John Lane at The Bodley Head in 1926. She also illustrated Elizabeth Ward...
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Romantic Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Surreal Children Fantasy Oil Painting 1956
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3981 Children's fantasy figurative oil painting set in a hand painted oak frame Image size 15.5x19.25"
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

1960's French Portrait Bald Green Man Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper Image : 13 x 9.5 inches Overall Painting: 25.5 x 19.75 inches Superbly decorative 1960's ...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Ink Drawing of Garden and Village Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Ink Drawing of Garden and Village Houses by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Ink on unframed paper Size: 10.75 inches (height) x 16.5 inches (width) Condition: As is normal with unframed works on paper there are some minor old creases or paper edge curls/ tears - all of which should be covered over or smoothed out once framed; generally very good and sound. Provenance: as with all the works we have by this artist, it has come from the artists estate in France. Description: In this delicate and characterful ink drawing, Anne Marie Migette Perard captures the charm of a village garden scene with great sensitivity and economy of line. A pair of mature trees, one trailing ivy and the other with widely splayed branches, frame a view of modest rooftops, greenhouses, and well-tended planting beds...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Pen

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawing of Tree-Lined Path in Ink
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawing of Tree-Lined Path in Ink by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Ink on unframed paper Size: 10.75 inches (height)...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Pen

Running Horses Abstract Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Rochester, NY
"Horses Running", a bold abstract impressionist oil painting with heavy impasto. By Sheila Hedricks. Oil on board. In a period hand...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Gypsy Fortune Teller 1968
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3831 Oil painting of a gypsy fortune teller
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

'Woman with Book', Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel Post-Impressionist, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, "Di Gesu" for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988), with estate stamp, verso, and painted circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attend...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Foam Board

Eye of the Desert, Figural Abstract collage, Surrealist Black & Brown painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Eye of the Desert, 1965 Collage, graphite and gouache on paper Signed and dated lower right 16 x 12 inches 25 x 21 inches, framed A mid-century figural abstract painting. Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Graphite

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawing of Menton France Dated 1969
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawing of Menton France Dated 1969 by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Ink on unframed paper Size: 10 inches (height) ...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Pen, Ink

Mid-20th Century French Watercolour Still Life With Abstract Floral Arrangement
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century French Watercolour Still Life With Abstract Floral Arrangement by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Signed: Yes Medium: Watercolor on unframed pap...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Mid-Century French Pastel Seaside Landscape With Beach Huts and Distant Mast
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-Century French Pastel Seaside Landscape With Beach Huts and Distant Mast by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 10.75 inche...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Pastel

Mid-Century French Ink Drawing of Mansion in Enghien France With Winter Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-Century French Ink Drawing of Mansion in Enghien France With Winter Trees by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Signed: Yes Medium: Pen drawing on unframed paper...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Pen

Mid-Century French Drawing of Still Life With Fruit Bowl Coffee Pot and Bottles
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-Century French Drawing of Still Life With Fruit Bowl Coffee Pot and Bottles by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Pen drawing on unframed paper Size: 15....
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Pen

Six O'Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Six O-Clock, c. 1942, oil on canvas, 30 x 20 inches, signed and titled several times verso of frame and stretcher (perhaps by another hand), marked “Rehn” several times on frame (for the Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries in New York City, who represented Craig at the time); Exhibited: 1) 18th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings from March 21 to May 2, 1943 at The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. #87, original price $450 (per catalog) (exhibition label verso), 2) Craig’s one-man show at the Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries, New York City, from October 26 to November 14, 1942, #10 (original price listed as $350); and 3) Exhibition of thirty paintings sponsored by the Harrisburg Art Association at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg in March, 1944 (concerning this exhibit, Penelope Redd of The Evening News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) wrote: “Other paintings that have overtones of superrealism inherent in the subjects include Tom Craig’s California nocturne, ‘Six O’Clock,’ two figures moving through the twilight . . . .” March 6, 1944, p. 13); another label verso from The Museum of Art of Toledo (Ohio): original frame: Provenance includes George Stern Gallery, Los Angeles, CA About the Painting Long before Chris Burden’s iconic installation outside of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Urban Light, another artist, Tom Craig, made Southern California streetlights the subject of one of his early 1940s paintings. Consisting of dozens of recycled streetlights from the 1920s and 1930s forming a classical colonnade at the museum’s entrance, Burden’s Urban Light has become a symbol of Los Angeles. For Burden, the streetlights represent what constitutes an advanced society, something “safe after dark and beautiful to behold.” It seems that Craig is playing on the same theme in Six O-Clock. Although we see two hunched figures trudging along the sidewalk at the end of a long day, the real stars of this painting are the streetlights which brighten the twilight and silhouette another iconic symbol of Los Angeles, the palm trees in the distance. Mountains in the background and the distant view of a suburban neighborhood join the streetlights and palm trees as classic subject matter for a California Scene painting, but Craig gives us a twist by depicting the scene not as a sun-drenched natural expanse. Rather, Craig uses thin layers of oil paint, mimicking the watercolor technique for which he is most famous, to show us the twinkling beauty of manmade light and the safety it affords. Although Southern California is a land of natural wonders, the interventions of humanity are already everywhere in Los Angeles and as one critic noted, the resulting painting has an air of “superrealism.” About the Artist Thomas Theodore Craig was a well-known fixture in the Southern California art scene. He was born in Upland California. Craig graduated with a degree in botany from Pomona College and studied painting at Pamona and the Chouinard Art School with Stanton MacDonald-Wright and Barse Miller among others. He became close friends with fellow artist Milford Zornes...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Ink Drawing of Dovecote Pavilion and Tree
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Ink Drawing of Dovecote Pavilion and Tree by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Ink on unframed paper Size: 14.5 inches (...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Pen

Mid-Century French Pastel of Pine Trees in Dappled Forest Light
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-Century French Pastel of Pine Trees in Dappled Forest Light by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 15.75 inches (height) x ...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Pastel

Mid-20th Century Pastel of Riverside Buildings and Arched Stone Bridge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Pastel of Riverside Buildings and Arched Stone Bridge by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 10.5 inches (heig...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Pastel

Mid-20th Century Pastel of Seaside Fortress and Mediterranean Coastline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Pastel of Seaside Fortress and Mediterranean Coastline by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 11.75 inches (he...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Pastel

Mid-20th Century Pastel of St. Agathe Church in Loueygoun in France
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Pastel of St. Agathe Church in Loueygoun in France by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 10.5 inches (height)...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Pastel

Mid-20th Century Pastel Landscape of Pey de Sancy Volcano in France
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Pastel Landscape of Pey de Sancy Volcano in France by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 10.75 inches (height...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Pastel

French Mid-20th Century Watercolour of Temple of Segesta in Sicily
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mid-20th Century Watercolour of Temple of Segesta in Sicily by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 8.75 inches (height) ...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Pastel

1930's French Impressionist Oil Signed Bell Tower and Figure Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Oil Painting signed by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 14.5 inches high...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - The Girl In The Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on artist paper, unframed size: 19.5 x 16.5 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: the ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

1940s English Country Cottage Landscape
By Henry T. Harvey
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful 1940s genre landscape of traditional English cottage painted in the European style by Henry T. Harvey (English/American, 1908-2000). Signed lower right corner. Presented in...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Mid-Century Ink and Graphite Drawing of Village Among Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mid-Century Ink and Graphite Drawing of Village Among Trees by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Signed: Yes Medium: Ink and graphite on unframed paper Size:...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Graphite

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