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Period: Mid-20th Century
Deer Dance, painting by Tonita Pena, Santa Fe, Cochiti, Pueblo, male, female
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Deer Dance, painting by Tonita Pena, Santa Fe, Cochiti, Pueblo, male, female
Tonita Peña (born 1893 in San Ildefonso, died 1949 in Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico) was born as Quah Ah (meaning white coral beads) but also used the name Tonita Vigil Peña and María Antonia Tonita Peña. Peña was a renowned Pueblo artist, specializing in pen and ink on paper embellished with watercolor. She was a well-known and influential Native American artist and art teacher of the early 1920s and 1930s.
Tonita Peña was born on May 10, 1893, at San Ildefonso Pueblo, to Ascensión Vigil Peña and Natividad Peña of San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. When she was 12, her mother and younger sister died, as a result of complications due to the flu. Her father was unable to care for her and she was taken to Cochití Pueblo and was brought up by her aunt Martina Vigil Montoya, a prominent Cochití Pueblo potter. Peña attended St. Catherine Indian School in Santa Fe.
Edgar Lee Hewett, an anthropologist involved in supervising the nearby Frijoles Canyon excavations (now Bandelier National Monument) was instrumental in developing the careers of several San Ildefonso “self-taught” artists including Tonita Peña. Hewett purchased Peña's paintings for the Museum of New Mexico and supplied her with quality paint and paper. Peña began gaining more notoriety by the end of the 1910s selling an increasing amount of her work to collectors and the La Fonda Hotel. Much of this early work was done of Pueblo cultural subject matter, in a style inspired by historic Native American works, however, her use of an artist's easel and Western painting mediums gained her acceptance among her European-American contemporaries in the art world. At the age of 25, she exhibited her work at museums and galleries in the Santa Fe and Albuquerque area.
In the early 1920s, Tonita did not know how much her painting sold for at the Museum of New Mexico, so she wrote letters to the administrators because a local farmer was worried that she got paid too little.
In the 1930s Peña was an instructor at the Santa Fe Indian School and at the Albuquerque Indian School and the only woman painter of the San Ildefonso Self-Taught Group, which included such noted artists as Alfonso Roybal, Julian Martinez, Abel Sánchez (Oqwa Pi), Crecencio Martinez, and Encarnación Peña. As children, these artists attended San Ildefonso day school which was part of the institution of the Dawes Act of 1887, designed to indoctrinate and assimilate Native American children into mainstream American society.
In 1931, Tonita Peña exhibited at the Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts which was presented at the Grand Central Art Galleries in New York City. Works from this exhibition were shown at the 1932 Venice Biennial. That year is the only time Native American artists have shown in the official United States pavilion at that biennial, and Tonita Peña's paintings were part of that exhibition.[1 Her painting Basket Dance, that had shown in the Venice Biennial was acquired by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York for $225. This was the highest price paid up to this time for a Pueblo painting...
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Tribal Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Huge 1950's French Oil Sleepy Med Fishing Boats Harbour Coastal Sunny Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, signed lower corner
Title: The Sleepy Fishing Town, south of France
Medium: oil on canvas, framed (orig...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Young Man - Large Modern British Figurative Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
* No US duty or taxes to pay on this item *
A superb large scale Modern British oil on canvas portrait of a smartly dressed young man wearing a striped shirt, suit jacket and tie.
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Nuturing
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jean Dominique Van Caulert, (1897-1979), although most often associated with his celebrity portraits and works for the theater, he was also a true symbolist in the tradition of the Belgian symbolist's.
"The Nurturing", oil on canvas, dated 1947, is Van Caulert's depiction of the nurturing of post war Europe, as the shrouded woman offers an apple to an androgynous figure.
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Elegant Couple
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful ca. 1970's portrait by American artist, Vito Tomasello. Oil on masonite panel measures 10 x 12 inches. Signed and dated lower right.
A lifetime NYC resident, Tomasello ...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$650 Sale Price
45% Off
Promenade Le Havre Harbor French 1950s Framed Oil Painting Mid 20th Century
By Fred Pailhès
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Alfred Henri Pailhès.
French ( b.1902 - d.1991 ).
Rendez-Vous Des Havrais Pour Leur Promenade Dominicale.
Oil On Panel.
Signed Lower Left.
Image size 12.4 inches x 15.6 inches ( 31.5...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Saint Rita Stigmata Italian Religious Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3805 Italian Religious oil painting of saint Rita the first woman stigmata
Image size 21x23
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Modernist Nude" Mid Century Bold Colorful Abstract Nude Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the 1950s by Russian, American painter Helen Stein. Mostly known for her abstract figures on canvas, this piece...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-century American MALE FIGURES Orientalist Exotic Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Peter Todd Mitchell (1924-1988) was an American painter and textile and wallpaper designer whose travels and extravagant social circles inspired a taste for the exotic.
This Orient...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 1970's French Oil Painting Figurative Oil Painting Workers on Scaffolding
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Oil Painting of Workers on Scaffolding
French artist, circa 1970's
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 51 x 38 inches
Provenance: private c...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Simchat Torah in the Synagogue, " Leo Schutzman, Jewish Folk Art
Located in New York, NY
Leo Schutzman (1878 - 1962)
Simchat Torah in the Synagogue, circa 1958
Oil on canvas
40 x 36 inches
Signed lower left
Provenance:
The Contemporaries Gal...
Category
Folk Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Judaica Modernist "The Sage" Rabbi Portrait
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Judaica
Subject: Portrait
Medium: Oil
Surface: Board
Country: United States
Dimensions: 16 x 11 3/4
Dimensions w/Frame: 23 x 19
William Will Coombs (1946-2007) Originally from New Hampshire, a full-time, professional artist known for his work in oils, watercolors, drawings and printmaking, he began his formal training at the University of Washington concurrently with a scholarship to the Charles and Emma Frye Museum School in Seattle. He continued his advanced studies in New York City at the School of Visual Arts, the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design.
In the past 50 years his paintings have been exhibited nationally and internationally and have been awarded over a hundred prizes, among them the Gold Medal, Irish Feis, NYC; First prize Knickerbocker 15th Annual National Arts Club, NYC; Best of Show, North Wildwood, NJ; First Prize, Mystic, CT; First Prize, Moorestown Mall, NJ; First Prize, Ocean City, NJ; Purchase Award, Atlantic City, NJ; First Prize, Ocean City, NJ; Purchase Award, Caldwell, NJ; First Prize, Oyster Bay, NY; Best of Show, Allendale, NJ; First Prize, Shore Mall, Atlantic City, NJ; First Prize, Stone Harbor, NJ. Will Coombs is a Fellow of the American Artist Professional League, a member of the Salmagundi Club, a Life member of the Art Students League of NY, a member of the Ocean County Artists Guild, and the Westfield Art Association.
Over the past 25 years the artwork of Will Coombs has been devoted to and deeply involved with his love of Hot Air Ballooning. His paintings and lithographs of Hot Air Balloons gently soaring over the New Jersey landscape...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1960's French Modernist Oil Bar Tavern Interior Men Hunched over Tables
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Bar Interior
French School, circa 1960's
indistinctly signed oil on board, framed
framed: 18 x 22 inches
board: 12 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: v...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Fauvist Impressionist GLOUCESTER Harbor Sailboats at dock Painting
By Cappy Amundsen
Located in New York, NY
C. Hjalmar Cappy Amundsen (1911 - 2001) was an American painter best known for his Gloucester Scenes. He painted all over the New England areas.
Here we have an extraordinary paint...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Visiting Day -- Mid Century California Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming and bright mid century California figurative landscape with a female figure walking down a verdant and inviting path by William Hiller (America...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$1,202 Sale Price
35% Off
Orientalist North African Figures Market Stall City Scene large Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Market Stall Conversation
French School, 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 24 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: sound condition but with consi...
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French School Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Semi-Nude Male Figure
Located in Astoria, NY
John Knox Dillon (American, 1903-1974), Portrait of a Semi-Nude Male Figure, Oil on Canvas, 1958, signed lower right, signed, dated, and inscribed "Brackman" to verso, giltwood frame...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Interior Scene with Figure" Expressionistic Style Oil Painting on Masonite
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in 1969 by Russian painter Michael Baxte. Mostly known for his abstracted figures on canvas or street scenes, this piece is a wonderful representation of his bold still life paintings, with expressive use of color, shape, and form. Later in his career, Baxte explores Expressionism, infusing both European and North American stylistic trends. This piece is from later in his career, but we can feel this underlying style throughout.
Art measures 21.75 x 18 inches
Michael Posner Baxte was born in 1890 in the small town of Staroselje Belarus, Russia. For the first half of the 19th century it was a center of the Chabad movement of Hasidic Jews, but this group was gone by the middle of the 19th century. By the time the Baxte family immigrated to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, the Jewish population numbered only on the hundreds. The native language of the Baxte family was Yiddish. It is likely that the death of Michael Baxte’s father triggered the family’s immigration. Three older brothers arrived in New York between 1903 and 1905. Michael and his mother, Rebecca, arrived in 1907. By 1910 Michael, his mother, and brother, Joseph, were living in New Orleans and may have spent some time on a Louisiana plantation. Around 1912, Michael Baxte returned to Europe to study the violin. In 1914 he, his mother, and Joseph moved to New York City.
Meanwhile, in Algeria, a talented young woman painter, Violette Mege, was making history. Since for the first time, a woman won the prestigious Beaux Art competition in Algeria. At first, the awards committee denied her the prize but, with French government intervention, Mege eventually prevailed. She won again 3 years later and, in 1916, used the scholarship to visit the United States of America. When Violette came to New York, she met Baxte, who was, by then, an accomplished violinist, teacher, and composer. Baxte’s compositions were performed at the Tokyo Imperial Theater, and in 1922 he was listed in the American Jewish Yearbook as one of the prominent members of the American Jewish community. As a music teacher he encouraged individual expression. Baxte stated, “No pupil should ever be forced into imitation of the teacher. Art is a personal experience, and the teacher’s truest aim must be to awaken this light of personality through the patient light of science.”
By 1920 Michael Baxte and Violette Mege were living together in Manhattan. Although they claimed to be living as husband and wife, it seems that their marriage did not become official until 1928. On their “unofficial” honeymoon around 1917, in Algiers, Baxte confided to her his ambition to paint. There and later in New Mexico where the wonderful steeped sunlight approximates the coloring of Algiers, she taught him his heart’s desire. He never had any other teacher. She never had any other pupil. For ten years she devoted all her time, energy, and ambition to teaching, encouraging, inspiring him. Then in 1928, their mutual strivings were rewarded, as his works were being chosen as one of the two winners in the Dudensing National Competition for American Painters. Out of 150 artists from across the country participated in the Dudensing, and Michael Posner Baxte and, Robert Fawcett...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
"Abstract Composition" by Armand Rottenberg (French 1903-2000) signed lower
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Composition"
by Armand Rottenberg (French 1903-2000)
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 36 x 28.5 inches
Stunning original Cubist painting by the French abstract art...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Brooklyn Bridge NYC American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA
Located in New York, NY
Brooklyn Bridge NYC American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA
Cecil C. Bell (American, 1906-1970)
Brookyn Bridge amid the NYC Waterfront
35 ½ x 23 ½ inches
Oil on Bo...
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American Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Women Seated in Garden "Femmos Restant" New Hope Pennsylvania Artist Edna Gass
By Edna Gass
Located in Soquel, CA
Women Seated in Garden "Femmos Restant" New Hope Pennsylvania Artist Edna Gass
Women Seated in the Garden 'Femmos Restant" by New Hope Artist Edna Gass (American, 1904–1993).
Image, ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
$1,722 Sale Price
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Place Beauvau. Paris. Oil on canvas, 73, 5x92 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Constantin Kluge was a Russian-born French painter best known for his naturalistic scenes of Paris and French countryside. Kluge was born to a wealthy military family on January 29, ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Large, Sensational Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Showgirl, Burlesque Dancer
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, Sensational Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Chicago Night Club Showgirl. Painted in the 1950s, this is a large, vertical, abstracted portrayal of a standing Burlesque danc...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
HUGE OIL PAINTING by SALVATORE COLACICCO (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY PIECE
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING LARGE SALVATORE COLACICCO (NAVY ADMIRALTY 20th CENTURY
Very good condition for age , (see pictures)
FINE RARE MARTINE PAINTING ORIG...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sur Le Boulevard Paris" Colorful Impressionist Cityscape Scene Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A charming Parisian scene oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Johanne Schiefer. This painting is a wonderful example of his work from the prime of his career. Here you see f...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
untitled impressionist lanscape Paris
Located in Belgrade, MT
This oil painting framed is part of my private collection. Lucien Durand was a French painter. I have several of his pieces.
HI art work has been offered at auction multiple times.
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,760 Sale Price
29% Off
Large mid century modern abstracted cityscape painting southern landscape
Located in Norwich, GB
A major, mid century modern work by French artist Claude Dechezelle (1928-2003). Having studied with the art deco painter and designer Jean Dupas at ...
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French School Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Place de la Republique - Le Soir - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Edouard Cortes
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist oil on canvas landscape circa 1950 by sought after French painter Edouard Cortes. The work depicts an evening scene of the Place de la Republique square in Paris France. The ground, bare trees and buildings are covered in a dusting of white snow. The street lights are glowing and the Monument a la Republique is visible in the distance.
Signature:
Signed lower left
Dimensions:
Framed: 19"x24"
Unframed: 13"x18"
Provenance:
International Galleries - Chicago c. 1950
This work is included in the Catalogue Raisonne of the painters work "Edouard Cortes (1882-1969) : The Complete Works" Ref: EC001317
A photo certificate of authenticity accompanies the painting
Edouard Leon Cortes, the son of the painter Antonio Cortès, was sent to the front during World War I to sketch enemy positions. In civilian life, his base was in Lagny in the former studio of Cavallo-Peduzzi. Although he travelled extensively in France. Notably in Normandy, Brittany, the Champagne region and Savoy painting...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century French Sketch of a Singing Figure with a Broad Brimmed Hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Portrait
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 25 (height) x 19 (width)
Stamped: Verso...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Young Girl Sitting on a Bench
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Young Girl Sitting on a Bench" 1954, is an oil painting on canvas by California artist Jonathan David Batchelor, 1913-2003. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 24 x 18 inches, framed size is 33 x 27 inches. Framed in an antique style gold frame, with pink velvet liner and gold spacer. It is in very good condition, I could have say excellent but the velvet is slightly evenly faded and has minor soiling.
About the artist:
Jonathan Batchelor...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Haitian Village Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A gorgeous tempura painting of figures carrying goods and taking a break in a Haitian village by Frantz (Freddie) Lamothe (Haitian, b.1961). Signed "F. L...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Tempera
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
20th C French Impressionist landscape a Villa in the South of France or Rivera
Located in Woodbury, CT
20th C French Impressionist landscape a Villa in the South of France or Rivera.
Lucien Potronat was a French painter best known for his depictions of ...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,324 Sale Price
20% Off
Gray Floral
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowi...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Large Standing Nude" - Cordelia Brooks, Harvard Class of 1889, Paris Salon
Located in New Orleans, LA
This large and arresting oil on canvas is what I believe must have been one of a pair, with a male nude of exactly the same size and style by the artist that sold at Coletti Gallery ...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lobster Fishermen
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Lobster Fishermen" c.1945, is an oil painting on canvas by renown American impressionist artist Claude Curry Bohm, 1894-1971. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 20 x 24 inches, framed size is 26.25 x 30.25 inches. Framed in a new wooden gold leaf plein air style frame. It is in excellent condition, it has been recently revarnish and new keys have been added to the canvas stretcher. Please note the the dark line on the top and left side of the painting are only the shadow, it is not a part of this artwork.
About the artist:
Claude Curry Bohm, a photographer, painter, and printmaker whose artistic career spanned five decades, was an integral part of the Chicago art scene in the 1920s and a very prominent part of the second generation of the Brown County...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of African American Family
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This impressionist painting by Virginia artist Walter Biggs captures a moment of quiet strength and familial connection. A seated man rests outside with his hat in hand, while a youn...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Mid 20th Century Watercolor of Pink Roses in a Glass Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mid-Century Watercolor of Pink Roses in a Glass Vase
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolour and pen on unframed paper
Size: 15....
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Till the Clouds Roll By 1945 Frank Sinatra Mid Century Modern Hollywood Film WPA
Located in New York, NY
Till the Clouds Roll By 1945 Frank Sinatra Mid Century Modern Hollywood Film WPA
TILL THE COULDS ROLL BY (Film Set), oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches signed “Richard Whorf” lower right and signed and dated on the verso “R. Whorf/ Dec. 21, 1945. Frame by Hendenryk.
ABOUT THE PAINTING
This painting is from the collection of Barbara and Frank Sinatra, dated December 21, 1945 (just nine days after Frank Sinatra’s 30th birthday), and depicts the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Culver City backlot during the filming of Till the Clouds Roll By, the direction of the film having been taking over by Richard Whorf in December 1945. It is not presently clear if Whorf gave the Sinatras this painting as a gift, as the presence of the Dalzell Hatfield Galleries label on the verso indicates the painting may have been sourced there. Frank and Nancy Sinatra acquired a number of works from Dalzell Hatfield Galleries during the 1940’s, or perhaps they framed it for the couple.
Sinatra performed “Old Man River’ in the film. Sinatra and June Allyson are depicted in the center of the painting.
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Mrs. Nancy Sinatra; Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles.
An image of the Dalzell Hatfield label and the back of the original frame (which we replaced with a stunning Heydenrk frame) are attached.
Nancy Sinatra was Fran's first wife. Nancy Rose Barbato was 17 years old when she met Frank Sinatra, an 18-year-old singer from Hoboken, on the Jersey Shore in the summer of 1934. They married in 1939 at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Jersey City where Frank gave Nancy a recording of a song dedicated to her titled "Our Love" as a wedding present. The young newlyweds lived and worked in New Jersey, where Frank worked as an unknown singing waiter and master of ceremonies at the Rustic Cabin while Nancy worked as a secretary at the American Type Founders.
His musical career took off after singing with big band leaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Venetian Scene with Gondola" Colorful 20th Century Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A charming Venetian scene with gondola oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Johanne Schiefer. This painting is a wonderful example of his work from the prime of his career. Here you see figures walking with gondolas and an abundance of color and life. The magic is being felt with all the magnificent details, as Schiefer captures the architecture of Venice so beautifully; you can feel the energy of the day and the excitement. The piece is signed by the artist lower left and it comes housed in a gold tone carved wood frame with hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed.
Art measures 12 x 16 inches
Frame measures 16.5 x 20.5 inches
Johannes Schiefer was born in 1896 in the Netherlands, and quickly gained notoriety for his landscapes, still life’s and portraits. Schiefer won the Prix de Rome at the age of 19 and studied at the Düsseldorf Academy in Germany, and then moved to Paris where he continued his studies in art at the Beaux Arts, and later at the Villa Medici in Rome. He traveled to paint across Europe, primarily France and Italy and also Latin America.
When he married, he settled down in Nice France, and during the late thirties, he traveled and painted the coastline of the South of France, as well as Venice and the Adriatic. He remained in France until 1942, when he moved to New York with his family after the birth of their daughter, future actress Joanna Miles. Already an artist of stature when he arrived in New York, he settled with his family on Long Island, and for the next 30 years, Schiefer kept on painting and built a solid reputation as an important American artist. The Schiefers also had a son, Johannes Jr. After the war, Schiefer maintained a Paris studio and became a resident of Los Angeles for a time in the 1950s.
For the next 30 years Schiefer kept on painting and during his career had numerous one man shows, having exhibitions at: Gallery Zak in Paris; Kunsthaus in Hamburg; Kunsthalle in Munich; Stiebel Galleries in Paris; O'Connor Gallery in Ontario; Museum of Modern Art, Wildenstein & Co, Carol Carstairs Gallery and Schoeneman Galleries in New York City; Esther Robles Gallery, County Museum and Vigoveno Galleries in Los Angeles; and the San Francisco Museum.
Like Picasso, Schiefer never permitted himself to be “type-cast” in a single monotonous style. If there is anything that typifies his work, it is his versatility, his deft handling of subdued tones to create a unique brilliance of light and color that stamps every painting with his own individuality. In February 1964, Ethel Kennedy...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
JULES RENE HERVE (1887-1981) Childen Feeding Ducks Woodland River signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Feeding the Ducks
by Jules Rene Herve (1887-1981) French, signed front and back
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 9 x 11 inches
framed: 15 x 16.5 inches
Provenance: private col...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1960's French Post-Impressionist Oil Still Life Pink Roses and Cherries
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
stamped verso
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 26 x 18 inches
Colors: Brown colors, blue, pink, white and red
Very good cond...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman Walking Dog
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Circle of Graciela Rodo Boulanger.
Woman Walking Dog, ca. 1970.
Oil on wood panel measuring 5 x 7 inches; 12.25 x 14.25 inches framed.
Signed indistinctly upper right.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Cocktail party
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental Art Deco oil painting on canvas by renown Hungarian artist Arpad Bardocz.
In good condition. Signed and dated.
We can arrange shipping worldwide.
We was born in Budape...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Modernist Portrait of a Woman in Muted Tones 1950's French Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Modernist Portrait
signed and dated
French School, mid 20th century
oil on board, framed
Framed: 29 x 25 inches
Board: 22 x 18 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Madeleine – Le Soir Impressionist Cityscape Oil Painting by Edouard Cortes
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape circa 1950 by French impressionist painter Eduoard Cortes. The work depicts a view of La Madaleine, a Catholic parish church situated on Place de la Madel...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Garden Landscape with Yellow Tree
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Garden Landscape with Yellow Tree
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 10.5 i...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Mid-20th Century Purple Tracked Parisian Boulevard Scene with Flower Stalls
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Parisian Boulevard Scene
signed oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 13.5 x 15.75 inches
Canvas: 9 x 11 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Description:
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vibrant Cubist Portrait of a Musician with Guitar Mid 20th Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Portrait of a Musician
Marcel Seignobos (1892-1972)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 22 x 15 inches
Provenance: private collection, Cote d'Azur, France
Condition: very...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fishing Boat in New York Harbor 1948 Original Signed Oil Painting Modernist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
New York Harbor
by John Chapman LEWIS (American, 1920-1994)
signed & dated 1948
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 14 x 22.5 inches
Provenance: Private colle...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Marelen Dietrich
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jean Dominique Van Caulert, (1897-1979), although most often associated with his celebrity portraits and works for the theater, he was also a true symbolist in the tradition of the B...
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Modernist Portrait, Boy Seated " Mid Century Oil Painting on Board
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the 1950's of a Boy seated with a bowl of fruits. Comes displayed in a distressed wood frame, signed lower left illegibly.
Art measures 1...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century French still life of dried flowers and corn in a vase
By Marcel Masson
Located in Woodbury, CT
This French mid-century Impressionist still life by Marcel Masson is a compelling celebration of rustic elegance and artistic spontaneity. The composition, featuring flowers and dried corn arranged in a dark, graceful vase, captures the beauty of natural simplicity through Masson’s distinctive painterly style. His textured brushstrokes and warm, earthy palette evoke a sense of authenticity and timeless charm, creating a piece that feels both intimate and universal.
For art collectors, this work represents a fine example of mid-century Impressionist still life, highlighting the artist’s ability to elevate everyday objects into subjects of beauty and contemplation. Marcel Masson’s expressive technique and harmonious use of color imbue the painting with depth and emotion, making it a valuable addition to any collection of 20th-century art.
Interior designers will appreciate the versatility and understated elegance of this painting. Its neutral tones and rustic subject matter make it an ideal complement to a variety of interiors, from minimalist modern spaces seeking a touch of organic warmth to traditional rooms needing an accent of French...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Hyannis Pond" John F. Carlson, Massachusetts American Impressionist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
John F. Carlson
Hyannis Pond, 1940
Signed lower left
Oil on board
16 x 20 inches
Provenance
Vose Galleries
Private Collection, New Jersey
The native Swede John Fabian Carlson beca...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Fish - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his childhood years in Rome, in th...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Classical Dutch Winter Scene Figures Large Oil Painting Signed & Gilt Framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Dutch Winter Scene
signed, 20th century
oil on canvas, framed
canvas: 22.5 x 30 inches
framed: 24 x 36 inches
provenance: private collecti...
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Old Masters Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
René Mels (1909-1977) Portrait of a young man, oil on canvas signed
Located in Paris, FR
René Mels (1909-1977)
Portrait of a young man,
signed lower right
oil on canvas
73 x 60 cm
Framed : 77.5 x 64.5
This impressive portrait is obviously tou...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Parisian Boulevard
By André Gisson
Located in Storrs, CT
Beautiful Impressionist painting featuring elegantly-dressed Parisians out for an afternoon stroll. Bouquets of flowers rest in a tub to the left of the streetlamp, while a horse-dra...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,500 Sale Price
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Mid Century French Portrait Study of a Seated Nude Woman with Hands in Hair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Seated Nude Woman
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: signed black pen on artists paper stuck on board, glass covered
Dated 1946
Size: 11 (height) x 8.5 (width...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Chic Lady in Blue Suit Gazing out to Sea Mid Century French Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, double sided
Size: 8 height) x 5.5 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Goo...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Americana Winter Scene Ice Skaters Mid-Century- Norman Rockwell America
Located in Miami, FL
This charming rural winter scene of ice skaters fully displays Norman Rockwell's America, but it was painted by female artist Charlotte Joan Sternberg. She combines the mid-century A...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera
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