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Vintage Mid-Century Framed Cubist Abstract Oil Painting - Madonna & Child

1950s

ABSTRACT TRIO Size: 52.5 x 61.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A mid-century abstract figurative painting that captures a serene and introspective atmosphere, depicting three abs...

CRIMSON CONVERSATION Size: 51 x 64 cm (including frame) Oil and gouache on board A bold and expressive mid-century modernist figurative composition, painted in oil and gouache onto ...

FIGURES IN MOTION Size: 29 x 33.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A brilliantly executed abstract figurative oil composition painted by the established Swedish artist Ivar Morsing...

GEOMETRIC GATHERING Size: 43 x 72 cm (including frame) Oil on board A striking mid-century modernist semi-abstract figurative painting, executed in oil onto board and dated 1964. T...

Color, texture, light and shadow interplay in this dark jewel tone abstract by an unknown Bay Area abstract expressionist artist (American, 20th Century). Signed indistinctly ("Cydo"...

A delightful, colorful figurative abstract expressionist painting of red-haired baby in highchair titled "Evelyn" by Kristin Cohen (American, b.1963), 1996. From a collection of her ...

Stunning abstract Bay Area Figurative Movement piece titled "Napoleon's Ambition" by Katherine Barieu (American, 1917-2010), 1982. Signed and dated lower right corner. Presented in grey painted slat shadow box frame. Image size: 16"H x 16"W. Framed size is 17"H x 17"W x 1.50"D. Born in 1917, Katherine Barieau was among the artists associated with the University of California at Berkeley in the 1950s. She remained active in the regional art scene throughout the following decades, producing abstract and figurative work in oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media and collage. The daughter of Scottish immigrants, Barieau was raised in Cambridge, MA. She graduated from Wellesley College (BA 1938) and later settled in California. Her art studies culminated with her enrollment in the art department at the University California, Berkeley (MFA 1953). A quote from a 1992 artist statement reads, "I was caught up in the wave of Abstract Expressionism and influenced by the riches in the Unconscious (I had a Jungian therapist). I have never ceased to experiment with media and searching to find how best to express inner ideas. It was wonderful to be exposed to established and active painters, to have a chance to study with experienced painters, to have friends who were also exploring and involved." Her teachers included John Haley, James McCray, Glenn Wessels and Felix Ruvolo. Her friends included fellow UC students Paul Wonner, Theophilus Brown and Jerrold Davis - as well as Richard Diebenkorn after this return to Berkeley in 1953. Barieau also studied with the California watercolorist Alexander Nepote, and with the New York School Abstract Expressionists Esteban Vicente and Kyle Morris...

Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...