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Period: Mid-20th Century
Style: Modern
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...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Graphite
St. Atomic oil and tempera painting by Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
Julio De Diego’s Atomic Series paintings made an extraordinary statement regarding the shock and fear that accompanied the dawn of the nuclear age. In the artist’s own words, “Scientists were working secretly to develop formidable powers taken from the mysterious depths of the earth - with the power to make the earth useless! Then, the EXPLOSION! . . . we entered the Atomic Age, and from there the neo-Atomic war begins. Explosions fell everywhere and man kept on fighting, discovering he could fight without flesh.”
To execute these works, De Diego developed a technique of using tempera underpainting before applying layer upon layer of pigmented oil glazes. The result is paintings with surfaces which were described as “bonelike” in quality. The forms seem to float freely, creating a three-dimensional visual effect. In the 1954 book The Modern Renaissance in American Art, author Ralph Pearson summarizes the series as “a fantastic interpretation of a weighty theme. Perhaps it is well to let fantasy and irony appear to lighten the devastating impact. By inverse action, they may in fact increase its weight.”
Exhibited
1950 University of Illinois at Urbana "Contemporary American Painting"
1964 Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas
This work retains its original frame which measures 54" x 36" x 2".
About this artist: Julio De Diego crafted a formidable persona within the artistic developments and political struggles of his time. The artist characterized his own work as “lyrical,” explaining, “through the years, the surrealists, the social-conscious painters and the others tried to adopt me, but I went my own way, good, bad or indifferent.” [1] His independence manifested early in life when de Diego left his parent’s home in Madrid, Spain, in adolescence following his father’s attempts to curtail his artistic aspirations. At the age of fifteen he held his first exhibition, set up within a gambling casino. He managed to acquire an apprenticeship in a studio producing scenery for Madrid’s operas, but moved from behind the curtains to the stage, trying his hand at acting and performing as an extra in the Ballet Russes’ Petrouchka with Nijinsky. He spent several years in the Spanish army, including a six-month stretch in the Rif War of 1920 in Northern Africa. His artistic career pushed ahead as he set off for Paris and became familiar with modernism’s forays into abstraction, surrealism, and cubism.
The artist arrived in the U.S. in 1924 and settled in Chicago two years later. He established himself with a commission for the decoration of two chapels in St. Gregory’s Church. He also worked in fashion illustration, designed magazine covers and developed a popular laundry bag for the Hotel Sherman. De Diego began exhibiting through the Art Institute of Chicago in 1929, and participated in the annual Chicago Artists Exhibitions, Annual American Exhibitions, and International Water Color Exhibitions. He held a solo exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in the summer of 1935. Though the artist’s career was advancing, his family life had deteriorated. In 1932 his first marriage dissolved, and the couple’s young daughter Kiriki was sent to live with friend Paul Hoffman.
De Diego continued to develop his artistic vocabulary with a growing interest in Mexican art. He traveled throughout the country acquainting himself with the works of muralists such as Carlos Merida, and also began a collection of small native artifacts...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Tempera
Mid Century Modern Swedish Figurative Oil Painting - Abstract Figure in Blue
Located in Bristol, GB
ABSTRACT FIGURE IN BLUE
Size: 73 x 59.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A striking mid-century modernist abstract painting that presents a fragmented and abstracted seated figure,...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1950s "Sleeping with Fruit" Mid Century Figurative Painting University of Paris
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Sleeping with Fruit"
c.1950s
Gouache paint on paper
24" x 18'" unframed
Unsigned
Came from artist's estate
*Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expec...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
1950s "Orange Nude Lounging" Mid Century Figurative Painting Pratt Graphic Arts
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Orange Nude Lounging"
c.1950s
Oil pastel and gouache paint on paper
23" x 20" framed black gallery wood frame float mount
Unsigned
Came from artist's estate
Donald Stacy (1925-2008) New Jersey
Studied: Newark School of Fine Art
The Art Students League
Pratt Graphic Arts Center
University of Paris 1953-54
University of Aix-en-Provence 1954-55
Faculty: Art Department of the New School
Museum of Modern Art
School of Visual Arts
Stacy Studio Workshop
Exhibitions: Grand Central Moderns
George Wittenborn
The New School
Print Exhibitions, Chicago
University of Oklahoma
Honolulu Museum
Monclair Museum
Wisconsin State College
Louisiana Art...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Oil Pastel
"Pueblo Indians, Taos, New Mexico, " Georgia Klitgaard, Southwest Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Georgina Klitgaard
Pueblo Indians, Taos, New Mexico
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 inches
Georgina Berrian was born in Spuyten Duyvil, New York in 1893. She was educated a...
Category
Modern 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
Feminine Figure - Oil Painting by R. Melli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Feminine Figure is a modern artwork realized by Roberto Melli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Includes vintage frame (fair conditions) : 42 x 2 x...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bricklayers House Beautiful Cover Proposal American Scene Modern 1930s Workers
Located in New York, NY
Bricklayers House Beautiful Cover Proposal American Scene Modern WPA 1930s Industrial Workers
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994)
Brick Layers
House Beautiful cover proposal, c. 1939
...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Landcape - Oil Painting by Mario Asnago - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landcape is an original modern artwork realized by Mario Asnago.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed on the lower margin
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Show is On
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Show is On, 1940, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 24 x 20 inches, exhibited: 30th Annual Exhibition of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Pitt...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940s Abstract Figurative Southwestern Mixed Media Painting 'Fetishes' Red Gray
By Howard Schleeter
Located in Denver, CO
This original 1949 gouache and wax painting, titled Fetishes, is by renowned New Mexico modernist artist Howard Schleeter (1903-1976). Signed and dated by the artist on the lower rig...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax, Gouache, Archival Paper
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
Located in New York, NY
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
MAURICE BECKER (1889-1975)
'Neon Lighting
17 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches
Oil on masonite
Signed, dated 1936 and titled on verso
BIO
Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert Henri in 1908, and exhibited in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City when he was only twenty-four years of age.
At the Armory show, Becker showed a drawing of a dog's head...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
'Woman in Blue', Danish Royal Academy, Brooklyn Museum, Kolding
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'A.S.' for Anton Schroder (Danish, 1893-1965) and dated 1953.
A substantial, modernist oil painting of a young woman, shown seated and gazing to her left with ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th century figurative landscape oil painting pastoral scene farm field cow
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This early work by American artist Sylvia Spicuzza is an excellent example of Regionalism: in the foreground, a farmer in blue stands before a herd of cattle. Beyond the fence of the...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1950s "Pink Towel 2" Mid Century Nude Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper
Yellow
c. 1950's
Gouache on Paper
15" x 18", Unframed
*Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 3-5 weeks.
From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann.
San Francisco Abstract Expression
A free-spirited wave of creative energy swept through the San Francisco art community after World War II. Challenging accepted modes of painting, Abstract Expressionists produced highly experimental works that jolted the public out of its postwar complacency.
Abstract Expressionism resulted from a broad collective impulse rather than the inspiration of a small band of New York artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual influence and shows the impact of San Francisco on the New York School, including artists such as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. San Francisco's Beat poets...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Over and Above Surprise (Serpent), 1960s snake painting, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Over and Above Surprise (Serpent), 1967
Casein on board
Signed lower right
7.75 x 5.5 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a lev...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Casein
Judy and Rita on Porch at Afton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Judy and Rita on Porch at Afton, c. 1936, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches, title inscribed on tacking margin; “Judy” and “Rita” inscribed verso, NB: purchased together with The New Roa...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Family of Three, Mid Century Gouache on Paper
By Ivan Kurach
Located in Surfside, FL
Ivan Kurach (1909 – 1968) lived and studied in Italy.
Well known both in Europe and in the United States, his paintings are found in famous private collections and in museums all ov...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Woman - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1932.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed and dated.
Good condition.
Antonio Feltrinelli (Mil...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boy on Carousel, Watercolor by Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - )
Title: Boy on Carousel
Year: 1969
Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed and dated u.l.
Image Size: 20 x 12 inches
Size: 27 x 20 in. (68.58 x 50...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fiocchetto - Oil Pastels on Paper by Elica Balla - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Fiocchetto is an artwork realized by Elica Balla (Rome,1914 - 1993)
Hand signed lower right.
Hand signed and titled o rear.
Good conditions!
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
At the Beach - Oil Painting on Canvas by Ivan Mosca - 1950s
By Ivan Mosca
Located in Roma, IT
At the Beach is an original artwork realized by Ivan Mosca in 1950.
Original oil painting on canvas.
Hand-signed and dated on the back.
The artwork represents a group of people at...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“The Jester”
By Richard Kirk
Located in Southampton, NY
Intriguing oil on masonite painting by the American artist Richard Kirk of a young boy wearing a jesters hat. Signed lower right. Circa 1960. Condition is excellent. The painting is in it original painted wood and intentionally distressed frame. Overall measurements framed 22.5 by 30.5 inches. Provenance: Sarasota, Florida collector.
My first recollections were of drawing. I don't remember telling people that I wanted to be an artist. I just loved drawing. At times, it was all that occupied my young mind. My passion for drawing was instantly converted to a passion for painting after I met my best friend's father, Oleg Stavrowsky...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
“Woman and Birds”
Located in Southampton, NY
Mid-century oil on masonite modern painting by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed top left and dated 1949. Titled verso. Condition is fair. Provenanc...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Portrait - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Not signed.
On the back a portrait of a man.
Don't miss thi...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Torso No. 5, Mid-Century Figural Abstract Acrylic Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Torso No. 5, 1967
Acrylic on paper
Signed and dated upper right
25 x 20 inches
A mid-century figural abstract painting.
Clarence Hol...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
“Woman with Red Dog”
Located in Southampton, NY
Modern oil on canvas painting by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov.. Signed top right and dated 1960. Condition is very good; no restorations.. Presently unframed. Provenance: Estate of the artist, Nahum Tschacbasov.
Nahum Tschacbasov was born in Russian in 1899 but moved to Chicago when he was a young boy. He moved to New York City as a young man and spent over 50 years living and working from a series of apartments in the Chelsea Hotel. He learned to paint as a young man in France with his early teacher being
Georges Rouault. Tschacbasov returned to New York and for years exhibited at ACA gallery, Perls Gallery and later with John Heller...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Still Life, Roses with Figure Approaching', German Expressionist, Robert Graves
By Karl Goldschmidt
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Karl Goldschmidt' (Anglo-German, 1912-1995) and painted circa 1930.
Photo of Karl Goldschmidt (Kenneth Gay) with Robert Graves courte...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Modern Naïve Style Figurative Oil Painting - Courtyard Harvest
Located in Bristol, GB
COURTYARD HARVEST
Size: 64.5 x 75 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
An expressive and naïve style mid-century figurative painting, executed in oil onto canvas.
The composition capt...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Night in Paris - Oil Painting - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Paris is an orginal modern artwork realized in the mid-20th century by an unknown artist.
Mixed colored painting on canvas.
Unreadable signature on lower right.
Titled on the lowe...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape - Original Oil on Cardboard by Corrado Cagli - 1932 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Signed lower left.
On rear: "Corrado Cagli Via Ludovico Muratori 27 Roma o Via Imbonati 17 Milano" "Paese" - hand written by the artist.
Painting in which Corrado Cagli, a key exponent of the so called "Scuola Romana...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Portrait of Esther”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting of the artist’s wife in a red chair by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed top left and dated 1960. Condition is good. Unframed. Provenance...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
America impressionist portrait young boy 1937 Modern Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A fantastic modern portrait of a young boy. This work is signed what appears to be Paul Sellers and dated 1937, but we have not found information on the artist.
The work dated 1936...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century Yellow and Blue Large Scale Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning and expressive large scale oil painting by mid-century San Francisco artist Louis Earnest Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Signed "Nadalini" lower right. Unframed. Image size...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Pointilliste View of Istanbul - Painting by Stan Reszka - 1951
By Stan Reszka
Located in Roma, IT
Pointilliste View of Istanbul is a modern artwork realized by Stan Reszka in 1951
Oil on Canvas.
Hand signed Stan Reszka.
Titled, signed, dated on the reverse.
Includes frame.
S...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Costume - Mixed Media on Paper by Alkis Matheos - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Costume is an original painting artwork in mixed media, tempera and watercolor on paper, realized by the Greek-French artist Alkis Matheos .
Very good conditions.
Signed by artist's stamp.
The artwork is a very beautiful and colorful representation of a costume in brownish with green accessories...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Tempera, Watercolor
Guy Pene du Bois WPA American Modernism Realism NYC Scene Oil Lawyers in Court
Located in New York, NY
Guy Pene du Bois' "Two Figures in Courtroom" is a WPA era American scene oil painting created in a realistic style. Modernism at its best The work is framed by Heydenryk.
Pène du Bois descended from French immigrants who settled in Louisiana in 1738 and was raised in a Creole household. He was born in 1884 in Brooklyn, NY and first studied with William Merritt Chase at the New York School of Art and later continued his training with Robert Henri. Pène du Bois was greatly impressed with Henri's credo that "real life" was subject matter for art and throughout his life a realist philosophy informed his art as well as his parallel career, art criticism. In 1905, Pène du Bois made his first visit to Paris where he painted scenes of fashionable people in cafes rendered in the dark tonalities and impasto associated with the Ashcan School. By 1920, he had achieved his mature style, which was characterized by stylized, rounded, almost sculptural figures painted with invisible brushstrokes. The subjects of his paintings were often members of society whom he gently satirized.
In 1924, Pène du Bois and his wife, Floy, left for France where they would remain until 1930. Returning to America showcases pictures the artist produced after this very productive period abroad. After five years of living in France, Pène du Bois was able to observe American life with fresh eyes. His work becomes more psychologically intense and less satirical. In Girl at Table a slender, blond is shown gazing at a small statue that she holds at arm's distance. The meaning is elusive, but a powerful sense of longing is evoked. Similarly, paintings such as Dramatic Moment and Jane are taut with unresolved dialogue. Both pictures depict mysterious interiors in which a lone woman anxiously awaits the denouement of a suspenseful scene. Other pictures, for example, Chess Tables, Washington Square and Bar, New Orleans, recall Pene du Bois's Ashcan origins in their depiction of urban entertainment.
During this period, landscape becomes an important subject for Pène du Bois. Girl Sketching...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Board
“Russian Peasant Woman”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a Russian peasant woman in a moonlit landscape by the well known Russian American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed lo...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hairdressing Exhibition original 1931 poster design by Gladys Williamson
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Sea and Rocks - Oil on Canvas by Gino Pira - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
Sea and rocks is an original artwork realized by Gino Pira in 1937.
Original mixed colored oil painting on plywood.
Hand-written dedication on the back.
Beautiful and representati...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grey of the River - Painting by C. D'Aloisio Da Vasto - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Grey of the river is an original modern artwork realzied by Carlo D'Aloisio Da Vasto (1892-1971) in the mid-20th Century.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Hand signed on the lower marg...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Winter" American Modernism WPA Regionalism Landscape Mid-Century Magic Realism
By Dale Nichols
Located in New York, NY
"Winter" American Modernism WPA Regionalism Landscape Mid-Century Magic Realism. 30 x 40 inches. Oil on canvas, c. 1960s, Signed lower right.
As we list the painting now, the work is currently being cleaned, restored and a hand carved frame is being built. Additional photos will be uploaded as soon as possible.
Our gallery, Helicline Fine Art, just launched our new digital exhibition: American Art: The WPA and Beyond. Three dozen paintings, works on paper and sculptures which are available here on 1stDibs. In person viewings can be arranged by appointment at our midtown Manhattan gallery.
Provenance:
"Winter" was originally purchased by Stanley Byer. Mr. Byer owned homes in Key West, New York City, and Washington, D.C. He purchased the painting from Dunning Auction in 1984 in Elgin, Illinois. Mr. Byer was related to Abraham Weiss from Florida. Saul Babbin, now deceased was a cousin of Mr. Weiss. I purchased the painting from Joy Babbin, Mr. Babbin's wife, now living in from New Mexico.
Dale Nichols (1905 – 1995) Artist, printmaker, illustrator, watercolorist, designer, writer and lecturer, Nichols did paintings that reflected his rural background of Nebraska where he was born in David City, a small town. Although he did much sketching outdoors, most of his paintings were completed in his studio and often included "numerology, magic squares...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1945 American Modern Oil Painting - Portrait of Artist's Wife with Fruit
By Hayes Lyon
Located in Denver, CO
This captivating 1945 oil painting by American artist Hayes Lyon portrays Bessy Lyon, the artist’s wife, in a warm and intimate portrait. The piece features soft yet vivid tones and ...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seeing Egg No. 2, Surrealist Ovoid acrylic painting, Figural Abstract
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Seeing Egg No. 2, 1965
Acrylic and collage on scintilla
Signed and dated upper right
30 x 22 inches
34 x 29 inches, framed
A surrealis...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Charming Mid-Century Modern Painting, Children in a Soda Shop by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming 1950s Mid-Century Modern painting of two children seated together in a soda shop by the noted Chicago artist, Francis Chapin. Artwork size: 15 1/2” x 21"; Framed size: 17...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nu assis sur une chaise, Modernist Oil, Nude in Interior by Maurice Brianchon
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Wonderful oil on canvas circa 1960 by French modernist painter Maurice Brianchon. The work depicts a blonde-haired nude seated on a wooden chair turned away from the artist with her chin resting in her hand.
Signature:
Signed lower left
Dimensions:
Framed: 38"x33"
Unframed: 29"x24"
Provenance:
Fondation de L'Hermitage (Lausanne) - Exhibition Maurice Brianchon 13th October 1989 - 28th January 1990
As a young man, Maurice Brianchon studied at school in Le Mans before joining the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux. He went on to study at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, remaining there from 1917 to 1923 and working under the direction of Eugène Morand. It was here that he met and became friends with Oudot and Legueult. When he exhibited for the first time at the Salon d'Automne he was immediately elected as a member. He received the Blumenthal Award in 1924 and the Carnegie Prize in 1939. He was a founder member of the Salon des Tuileries and was appointed to serve on the committee in 1941. He also exhibited at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He took part in major exhibitions abroad, including the Venice Triennale, Antwerp, Rio de Janeiro, New York, Madrid, Brussels and Stockholm.
He soon made his mark as a decorative artist, creating stage sets for the Opéra for a production of Griséldis (1922) in collaboration with Legueult, and for Noble and Sentimental Waltzes ( Valses Nobles et Sentimentales) (1938), Sylvia (1941) and The Model Animals ( Les Animaux Modèles) (1944). He created a large, decorative piece entitled Symphony at the Palais de Chaillot, where he worked with Chapelain-Midy, Planson and Oudot. He also decorated the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly with murals. With his wife Marguerite Louppe he produced three large panels commissioned by the state in 1942 for the Conservatoire. The Gobelins and Aubusson tapestry works produced tapestries after his cartoons. He also produced cartoons for...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Juggler"
Located in San Antonio, TX
Henri Gadbois (Born 1930) Houston Artist Image Size: 29 x 13 Frame Size: 34 x 18 Medium: Oil 1953 Mid Century Modern Juggler
Biography
Henri Gadbois (1930 - present)
1930 Born Houston, Texas St. Joseph’s Hospital
1947 Ceramic Bowl accepted in the Texas General
1948 Graduated Lamar High School, Houston, Texas
Houston Artists Exhibit 1948 to 1960
1952 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Houston
Instructor Museum of Fine Arts, Houston School (Now the Glassel School)
1952 to 1965:
“16 Texas Painters” Valley House Gallery, Dallas Texas
1953 Master of Letters, University of Houston
Registrar, Business Manager, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
One-man Exhibit, James Bute Gallery, Houston, Texas
1954 U.S. Army, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, Camp Gordon, Augusta, Georgia
Archives of American Art, Personal Papers 1954 to 1970
“Red Tights” Allied Art Purchase Prize, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
“Clump of Trees, Hermann Park” Western Artists Exhibit, Denver, Colorado
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Art Rental Exhibit
1955 One-Man Exhibit, Herbert Institute, Augusta Georgia
793 MP Battalion, Nurnberg, Germany
Studio space at University of Georgia, Furth, Germany
1956 Married Leila McConnell August 18, 1956
Art Teacher, Houston Public Schools
Chaired Exhibit “Contemporary German Graphics” Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
Exhibit, Men of Art Guild, San Antonio, Texas
“Landscape-Stuttgart” Flaxman Purchase prize, Houston Artists Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1957 “Three Tiered Formation”, American Federation of Arts Survey of Texas Painting
“Illogical Organism” Bute Gallery
1958 “Budding Stump”, Feldman Collection
Exhibit, Little Studio, New York, New York
“Espaliered Burlap” Autumn Show, Delgado Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana
One-Man Exhibit, Rudi’s Club, Houston, Texas
Texas Fine Art Association Exhibit, Austin, Texas
TFAA Circulating Exhibit 1958-1959, San Marcos, Seguin, Corpus Christi, Edinburg, Brownsville, and Kingsville
“Night Crossing”, Four-man Exhibit Petroleum Club, Houston, Texas
“Gold Flow” Texas ’58 Circulating Exhibit
“White Out” Honorable Mention, Houston Artists Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
“Spring”, Terrace Show, Handmakers, Houston, Texas
“Winter”, “Start With Art” Exhibit, Junior League, Houston, Texas
1959 One-man Exhibit, Driscoll Gallery, Austin, Texas
One-man Exhibit, Houston Geophysical Club, Houston, Texas
Faculty-Student Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Dallas Art Rental, Dallas, Texas
“Winter”, Western Artists Exhibit, Denver, Colorado
“Portrait of a Dress” Junior League, Houston, Texas
1960 “Field Patterns, Europe” One-man exhibit James Bute Gallery, Houston, Texas
1961 Instructor Hill Country Arts Foundation 1961 to 197?
“ Katy Road”, Texas Annual Exhibit, San Antonio Art league Purchase Prize, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas
1962 “Field Pattern, Wurzburg” Western Arts Exhibit, Denver Colorado
One-man Exhibit, St. Luke’s Church, Houston, Texas
“Mystic Road, Germany” Azalea Trail Exhibit, River Oaks Garden Forum, Houston, Texas
Art Teacher, Robert E. Lee High School, Houston
1963 One-man Exhibit, James Bute Gallery, Houston, Texas
“Landscape at Nysa”, Longview Invitational, Longview, Texas
1964 Chaired...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dancer in black leotard 1969. Oil on canvas, 92.5x92.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Dancer in black leotard
1969. Oil on canvas, 92.5x92.5 cm
Painting depicts the slim figure of a woman in a black leotard against a blue curtain with floral patterns. This choice of...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sketches - China Ink Drawing by Luigi Bartolini - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Sketches is an original modern artwork realized by Luigi Bartolini in the mid-20th Century.
China ink drawing and watercolor.
Hand signed by the ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Costume - Mixed Media on Paper by Alkis Matheos - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Costume is an original painting artwork in mixed media, tempera and watercolor on paper, realized by the Greek-French artist Alkis Matheos.
Very good conditions.
Signed by artist's...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Tempera, Watercolor
Chromatic, Ovoid Head, Geometric Figurative Abstract Acrylic & Collage Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Chromatic, 1965
Acrylic and collage on scintilla
Signed and dated upper right
30 x 22 inches
A surrealist mid-century figural abstrac...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mid-Century Children's Party Scene . Red and Orange, Native American
Located in Miami, FL
Broad areas of bold, flat red, magenta, and pink characterize this mid-century painting by Barbara Warren Ebersole ( Barbara Tate Ebersole ). It depicts a block party festooned with balloons and a street organ grinder with a smartly dressed performing monkey. The overall look of a lot mid-century art inspires many of today's most celebrated contemporary artists. Signed and dated upper left. Oil on Masonite. Barbara Warren Ebersole was a painter and an author. She may have been of Native American...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Mountain Landscape - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard.
Realized in 1930s.
Good condition.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dichotomy, mid-century figural abstract green oil painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Dichotomy, 1962
Oil on paper
Signed and dated upper left
20 x 25 inches
Mid-century figural abstract green painting of woman swimming ...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Young Venetian Woman', Paris, Post Impressionist Figural, La Veneziana
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Janus' for Ian Janus (Dutch-Italian, born 1919) and painted circa 1955.
A study of a beautiful young woman shown posed in the foreground with a distant evening ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Costume - Original Mixed Media on Paper by Alkis Matheos - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Costume is an original painting in mixed media, tempera and watercolor on paper, realized by the Greek-French artist Alkis Matheos .
Very good conditions.
Signed by artist's stamp....
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Tempera, Watercolor
