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Period: Mid-20th Century
20th century painting of monks in Venice, Italian pink figural work
By Louis Bosa
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Bosa (Italian-American, 1905–1981)
Island of the Monks, c. 1930
Oil on masonite
Signed lower right
14 x 24 inches
23 x 33 inches, framed
Born in Codroipo, a small village only...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century 1950's French Post-Impressionist Oil Lady Reading under Tree
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Quiet Read
by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
measures: 13 x 16 inches
condition: the painting is in very sound and presentable cond...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Country Lane Figurative Landscape with Autumn Trees
Located in Soquel, CA
Quaint pastoral landscape of a figure and dog walking down a country lane amongst tall autumn trees with beautiful fall foliage by Cal Donna Zell (American, 20th Century). Signed "Ca...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
San Francisco Cable Car WPA Artist Adolf Dehn Modernist Art Gouache Oil Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
ADOLF ARTHUR DEHN (American, 1895-1969)
San Francisco Bay Area street scene, with Trolley, Streetcar, Cable Car with bay and Alcatraz Island in background.
Hand signed LRC.
Sight 19" x 15", overall 23" x 19".
Adolf Dehn (November 22, 1895 – May 19, 1968) was an American artist known mainly as a lithographer. Throughout his artistic career, he participated in and helped define some important movements in American art, including regionalism, social realism, and caricature. A two-time recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, he was known for both his technical skills and his high-spirited, droll depictions of human foibles.
Adolph Dehn was born in 1895 in Waterville, Minnesota. He began creating artwork at the age of six, and by the time of his death had created nearly 650 images.
Dehn went to the Minneapolis School of Art (known today as the Minneapolis College of Art and Design), where he met and became a close friend of Wanda Gag. In 1917 he and Gág were two of only a dozen students in the country to earn a scholarship to the Art Students League of New York. He was drafted to serve in World War I in 1918, but declared himself a conscientious objector and spent four months in a guardhouse detention camp in Spartanburg, SC and then worked for eight months as a painting teacher at an arm rehabilitation hospital in Asheville, NC. Later, Dehn returned to the Art Students League for another year of study and created his first lithograph, The Harvest.
In 1921 Dehn's lithographs were featured in his first exhibition at Weyhe Gallery in New York City. From 1920 to 1921 in Manhattan, he was connected to New York's politically left-leaning activists. In 1921, he went to Europe. In Paris and Vienna he belonged to a group of expatriate intellectuals and artists, including Andrée Ruellan, Gertrude Stein, and ee cummings...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Oil
The Nativity Scene 1930's French Impressionist Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Nativity
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
measures: 12.75 high by 9 inches wide
c...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
On the Path
Located in London, GB
'On the Path', pastel and ink on art paper, by Suzanne Tourte (circa 1950s). Executed with a lively palette of colour, this is a surprisingly sophisticated modern work of art which belies its rather naive style. Flowered fields, green grassy patches, a curved path and blue skies all figure in this engaging landscape with two figures. Newly framed and glazed in anti-reflective glass, this work is in good overall condition. Signed: 'S X Tourte' in the lower right hand. Please enjoy the many photos accompanying the listing. Upon request, a video may be provided.
About the Artist: Suzanne Tourte (1904-1979) was a French painter, engraver, medalist, fresco artist, lithographer and illustrator. She was also an excellent vocalist. She studied at the school of Beaux-Arts in Reims while continuing her musical studies at the Conservatoire de la Ville. She chose painting as a profession and returned to Paris to continue her studies. She was friends with artists Yves Brayer and Robert Humblot...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink
$778 Sale Price
20% Off
Ballet Mirage, 20th Century Magic Realism, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Hazel Janicki (American, 1918-1976)
Ballet Mirage, 1945
Oil and encaustic on panel
Signed and dated lower left
18.25 x 16 inches
26.5 x 24.5 inches, framed
Exhibited: Cleveland Muse...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Old town on the Bay in Baja Mexico Original Oil painting on Linen by Palavicini
Located in Soquel, CA
Old town on the Bay in Baja Mexico Original Oil painting on Linen by Palavicini
Old Village in Baja Mexico by unknown Mexico artist Palavicini. (Mexico 20...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
The snake and the apple by Vivaldo Martini - Oil on canvas 50x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
His first name sounds like a concerto. Vivacious, its name is reminiscent of an aperitif or a cyclist. The addition of the two evokes the Italianate. Indomitable and unavoidable. Mor...
Category
Baroque Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,592 Sale Price
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Portrait of a Young Boy in Red
Located in Stockholm, SE
Olle Hjortzberg (1872-1959) Sweden
Portrait of a Young Boy in Red
oil on board
signed with monogram OH
unframed 41 x 31.5 cm (16 1/8 x 12 3/8 in)
framed 51 x 41.5 cm (20 1/8 x 16 ...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
1950's French Cubist/ Modernist Oil Painting One of the Stations of the Cross
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
One of the Stations of the Cross
by Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) *see notes below
oil painting on canvas, housed in original metal frame
overall dimensions: 17 x 17 inches
prov...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's French Portrait Brunette Man Side Profile Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
signed lower corner
Image : 12.5 x 9.5 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait pa...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
$292 Sale Price
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Ballerina - Oil Paint by Miroslava Vrbová-Štefková - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dancer is a beautiful oil on panel realized by Vrbová-Štefková in the mid-20th Century.
Signed and framed, 60 x 50 cm.
Good condition.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Water, Large Seascape of Point Lobos, Monterey, California Shore
Located in Beachwood, OH
Ferdinand Burgdorff (American, 1881-1975)
Winter Water, c. 1930
Oil on masonite
Signed lower left, titled verso
40 x 46 inches
43 x 49.25 inches, framed
Written Verso: Along the Pac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
WORK IN THE FIELDS - Mixed technique on cardboard by Achille Beltrame
Located in Napoli, IT
Work in the fields - Achille Beltrame italia - Mixed technique on cardboard cm. 45 x 22 . Mesaure with wooden frame are cm. 54 x 32
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
"Sundown" Western Shoot Out, Mid Century Figurative Action Scene
Located in Soquel, CA
A dramatic mid-century western figurative action scene depicting a shootout in an old western town by Randy Steffen (American, 1917-1977), 1947. Several ...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
$1,200 Sale Price
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Antique American Impressionist Roaring 20's Elegant Nocturnal Party Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Up for sale here is a really impressive early 1900's oil painting by William Clarke Rice, Jr. (1875 - 1928). A great nocturnal view housed in a period giltwood frame. Image size, 2...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pin Up Girl in Red Dress, Mid-Century, Female Artist
By Pearl Frush
Located in Miami, FL
The Pin-Up of ravishing young beauties in mid-century America was a widely popular art form. The assumption that Pin-Up art was the exclusive domain of men is a misnomer. Female illu...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
1950’s French Surrealist Signed Oil Painting Cubist Blue Green Cream Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1950's, French Surrealist artist
Abstract Surrealist Figurative study
oil on canvas, framed
signed and dated 55'
inscribed verso
framed: 25 x 33 inches
canvas: 23 x 32...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century French Post Impressionist Oil on Canvas Man Working in Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Working in the Fields
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed and stamped verso
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 21 x 26 inches
very good condition
provenance: from the a...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960s Clown Portrait #4
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a clown in three quarter view, with expressive brushstrokes and use of color by Marjorie Blake (1920-1994). Unsigned, but was purchased with...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
French Impressionist Nude Female Figure Pencil Sketch Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Figure
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed
measures: 10 high by 8 inches wide
condition: o...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
$579 Sale Price
30% Off
Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu, Underwater Spirt - Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu, Underwater Spirt - Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative
Hawaiian symbolist nocturnal figurative of glowing whispy figure underwater with mountains and red coral garden by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1950's French Cubist/ Modernist Oil Painting One of the Stations of the Cross
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
One of the Stations of the Cross
by Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) *see notes below
oil painting on canvas, housed in original metal frame
overall dimensions: 17 x 17 inches
prov...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue, Red, and Brown Abstract Impressionist Painting of a Cowboy on a Horse
Located in Houston, TX
Blue, red, and brown abstract impressionist painting by Texas artist Fred Darge. The painting depicts a cowboy wearing a blue shirt and a red hat as he sits on a brown riding horse. Signed by the artist at the bottom right corner. Unstretched and unframed but framing options are available.
Artist Biography: Friedrich Ernst (Fred) Darge was born in Rendsburg, Germany March 1, 1900, and died in Dallas, Texas April 10, 1978.
He entered the U.S. at Port Arthur, Texas in 1923. By 1924 he was in Chicago...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
How Sure Can You Be? McCall's Magazine Illustration of Loving Couple
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
Alexander Sharpe Ross - or Alex Ross. This work is a perfect artistic statement with every formal element in perfect harmony. It's a masterf...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Porch People" - Figurative Composition in Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold composition of two people on a porch by Majel McHugh Logan (American, 1916-1982). Two people sit facing each other on a porch, backlit by warm sun. The piece is sketchy but confident, with thick brushstrokes adding high contrast shadows and highlights. Although the subjects' faces are undefined, there is nonetheless an expressive quality in their body language.
Signed "Majel Logan" in the lower right corner.\
Artist's tag on verso with title.
Presented in a wood frame with a gold accent.
Frame size: 14.75"H x 16.75"W
Canvas size: 14"H x 16"W
Majel Logan (nee McHugh) (American, 1916-1982) was born in Utah. After graduation from St. Mary of the Wasatch College in Utah, she studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She continued to study at Idaho State University before eventually settling in Santa Clara, CA. Although she was a professional artist at the time, she nonetheless continued her studies at San Jose State University in the 1970s.
By the mid-70s, she had won 43 awards in state, regional, and local competitions, including Fiesta des Artes (Los Gatos...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$680 Sale Price
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American Impressionist Portrait of a Fish swimming, possibly a carp or Bass
By Harry Sutton
Located in Woodbury, CT
Harry P Jr Sutton (1897 - 1984) was active/lived in Massachusetts. Harry Sutton is known for figures, interiors, and still life painting.
This is a uniq...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Flowers - Oil Paint - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers is an original oil painting on canvas realized by an anonymous artist in the 1950s.
Good Condition with discoloration and aged margins.
The artwork is represented beautiful...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1940's French Impressionist Oil Elderly Lady Seated by Window in Room
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 artist paper stuck on board, unframed
measures: 8.25 hi...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Brighton Beach" Nathan Hoffman, New York, Sunny Day Landscape Impressionism
Located in New York, NY
Nathan Hoffman
Brighton Beach, July 31, 1946
Signed, dated, and estate stamped on the reverse
Oil on artist's board
10 x 13 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Esta...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage French Impressionist Signed Oil Sailing Boats in Marseilles Harbour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed lower corner, circa 1940's
Title: Fishing and Sailing Boats in Marseilles Harbour
Medium: signed oil painting on board, framed .
Size:
...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,435 Sale Price
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"Nude" Marguerite Stuber Pearson, Female Nude, Outdoor Boston School, American
Located in New York, NY
Marguerite Stuber Pearson
Nude, circa 1940
Signed lower right
Oil on artist board
20 x 16 inches
Marguerite Stuber Pearson was an American painter best known for her elegant portra...
Category
Academic Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1960's French Portrait Elderly Man with Pen - Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
inscribed verso
stamped to the reverse
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait painting...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Continental School "Mother and Child"
Located in Astoria, NY
Continental School, "Mother and Child", Oil on Canvas, illegibly signed "opapa" (?) lower right, giltwood frame. image: 29.5" H x 23.5" W; frame: 38.5" H x 32.5" W x 2.5" D. Provenan...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century Figurative Nativity Scene w Hummel Figurines, Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Located in Soquel, CA
Nativity scene on an architrave of a cathedral, done in the style of Hummel figurines by Helen Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Signed "Gleiforst" in t...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Naughty Children" on Canvas by Harold Stephenson, Aka Abruzzi
By Harold Stephenson
Located in Pasadena, CA
This painting features two children with big brown eyes peeking behind red-slatted shutters. The innocence on their faces contrasts with some sense of embarrassment, like if they had...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$600 Sale Price
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Mid 20th Century French Painting Figures Working in Factory Post Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Factory Workers
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 15.75 x 19 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and s...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$924 Sale Price
30% Off
Italian Modernist Surrealist Woman Color Oil Painting Lazzaro Donati La Signora
Located in Surfside, FL
Lazzaro Donati (Italian, 1926-1977)
Oil on board. Colorful woman. La Signora, Vestita Di Giallo, 1969
Hand signed upper right. signed, titled on back of panel.
Dimensions: (Frame) H 38" x W 30", (Panel) H 28" x W 20"
Lazzaro Donati was born in Florence and attended the Academy of Fine Arts. He began to paint in 1953, and in 1955 held his first exhibition at the Indiano Gallery in Florence. Within three years eleven exhibitions followed in Italy, and as his reputation grew he was invited to give major exhibitions in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. He is considered one of the foremost contemporary Italian painters and his paintings hang in museums and private collections throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. His work is recalling the works of the french Raoul Dufy, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Francois Gall and Jean Jansem. This particular work is reminiscent of the work of Manolo Valdes. Donati lived and worked at 24 Piazza Donatello in Florence, the square where generations of artists have created works worthy of the great Florentine tradition. As you entered the narrow hallway to his studio, a gilded life-size Venetian angel beckoned you to his door. Once inside, the present faded away and you found yourself in an atelier where early masters might have worked during the Renaissance. Within, luxurious Persian rugs set off the innumerable objects d’art and antique furnishings...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Petite Fille de Fleur - Mid Century Parisian Flower Girl Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Exquisitely precocious portrait of a little flower girl or "Petite Fille de Journal", paper girl in Paris by Roger Etienne (French, 1923-2011). Signed and dated lower left, "Etienne ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Newsprint
$2,000 Sale Price
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1960's French Portrait Female Detectives, Capes & Hats - Caricatures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
inscribed verso
stamped to the reverse
Image : 19.5 x 25.5 inches
Superbly decorative 196...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
$413 Sale Price
30% Off
Two Women with Traditional Brittany Dress - Original Oil on Canvas, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Claude WEISBUCH
Two Women with Traditional Brittany Dress
Original Oil on canvas
Signed upper right
Signed and Dated (19)54 on the back
On canvas 46 x 55 cm at view (c. 18 x 22 in)
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Antique American Impressionist Tropical Nassau Bahamas Seascape Sailboat
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist seascape oil painting by Ralph Von Lehmden (Born 1908). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 15 by 22 inches overall and 13 by 20 painting alone.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sitting Model - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Sitting model is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Not signed.
Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paint
French Modernist Watercolor Painting Maurice Brianchon Paris Theater Backstage
Located in Surfside, FL
Maurice Brianchon (French 1899-1979)
Interior scene (backstage at the theater)
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Signed lower right “Brianchon”
Frame measures 16 X 17.5. Sight Size 8.5...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Lady In an Egyptian Red Off The Shoulder Dress Posed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady In Red
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
measures: 13.75 high by 13 inches wide
co...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Knight’s Lodging
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition American Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s
Knight’s Lodging, 1941, oil on canvas panel, signed and dated lower left, 16 x 20 inches, exhi...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining Figure Mid Century Modern Cubist Painting C.1950s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fantastic 1950's Cubist Oil Painting by Mystery Artist.
Though undated, this is a classic 1950's painting. A reclining figure under the sun. Original cubist oil painting on masonit...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cathedral in Venice, large 20th century oil painting, Italian-American artist
By Louis Bosa
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Bosa (American, 1905-1981)
Cathedral in Venice
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
60.25 x 40.25 inches
66.5 x 46.5 inches, framed
Born in Codroipo, a small village only a few mi...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Christmas Elf - Original oil on canvas, signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Robert SAVARY
Christmas Elf
Original oil on canvas
Signed bottom right
On canvas 42 x 33 cm (c. 17 x 13 in)
Presented in a golden wood frame 58 x 50 cm ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Man Walking Against a Red Wall
Located in New York, NY
Oil on paper laid down to board
Signed William Brown date 1961 below right
Provenance
Felix Landau Gallery LA
Andre Previn Private Collection
Painted in 1961 the year East German ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Marriage is a Private Affair, " story illustration for The Ladies' Home Journal
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “Marriage is a Private Affair” by Judith Kelly, published in the Ladies’ Home Journal, March 1941, page 13. Featuring a young bride and groom embracing as a ma...
Category
Other Art Style Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Me and My Pal: Fishing Raft, Four Seasons Calendar Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
For Norman Rockwell's Four Seasons calendar series for Brown & Bigelow
By the end of World War II, Norman Rockwell was a household name throughout the United States and considered...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Young Woman Seated', Royal Academy of Art, Copenhagen, Paris, London
By Helge Helme
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An atmospheric figural oil of a young woman, shown seated at a dressing table and gazing into a hand-mirror. Signed lower left, "H. Helme" for Helge Helme (Danish, 1894-1987) and pai...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930's French Impressionist Female Figures Holding Beheaded Head
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Beheaded
signed by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
measures: 10.75 high by 8.5 inches wi...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$579 Sale Price
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Quarry Workers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s
Quarry Workers, c. 1930s, mixed media on board, unsigned, 24 x 24 inches, possibly exhibited at...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Rendez-Vous
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the French ...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Untitled", Inked Profile, Museum Glass, Custom Frame, Mixed Media, India Ink
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
“Untitled” painted in India Ink of two heads was done during what has been call Lester Johnson’s Dark Paintings of the 1960s. In 2013 John Yau wrote with much insight about that period of Johnson’s work - “Lester Johnson (1919-2010) was an innovative figurative painter who has never quite fit into any of the accepted narratives of postwar American art, and that alone makes his work worthy of a longer look. The 1960s was an explosively turbulent era marked by assassinations, race riots, space flights, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Beatles’ and Rolling Stones’ first American tours, and the rapidly escalating Vietnam War. Everyone was wary and on edge. Meanwhile, in the New York art world, all eyes were fixated on the rise and triumph of Pop Art, Minimalism and Color Field painting.
Johnson was one of the few artists that attuned to the dismay that everyone was feeling during the violent and schizophrenic time, the sense that it could all come crashing down. However, his work was never overtly political or didactic. While his dark, brooding, monochromatic paintings of anonymous men gained a small and loyal following, they also became part of that largely invisible history of a time when New York was a tough scary and exciting place to be.
More than fifty years after they were made, Johnson’s Dark Paintings continue to retain a coarseness that we associate with gestural Abstract Expressionism and Jean Dubuffet’s anti-psychological, anti-personal portraits incorporating sand and gravel. One sees in them the antecedents of Joyce Pensato’s gestural exaggerations of Groucho Marx, Homer Simpson and Minnie Mouse. While Pensato brings an infectious humor to her work, Johnson was more somber. I cannot help but think that both these artists chose their bedraggled subjects out of empathy and a trace of identification.”
Lester Johnson, was born in 1919 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended Minneapolis School of Art, where he studied under Alexander Masley who was a former student of Hans Hofmann.
Johnson continued his artistic career in New York City where he opened his first studio on 6th and Avenue A. His neighbor there was fellow painter Wolf Kahn. During his time there he would share a loft with Larry Rivers and married the art historian Josephine Valenti. In 1961 he briefly taught at Ohio State University before returning to New York City to share a studio with Philip Pearlstein. Jack Tworkov would invite Johnson to teach at Yale, an offer that Lester Johnson would accept and spend the rest of his life in Connecticut. Johnson passed away in 2010.
Johnson's work has been exhibited in the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Wadsworth Atheneum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Walker Art Center, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Chrysler Museum of Art, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Museum of Art, the Rhode Island School of Design, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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