1950s Interior Paintings

Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021) Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studies ...

Flowers in Vase by Lucie River (French female artist b. 1910) titled and inscribed verso signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 26 x 32 inches inscribed verso provenance: private col...

“Morning Light” epitomizes the abundance of Spring with its bustling bouquet of white lilies, yellow roses, and a sliced open, ready to be eaten pink grapefruit. Despite the levity of the scene, Lucas has challenged herself with space, making a clear contrast between subject and background. She is consciously rejecting the “ironed on” effect of a subject onto a canvas, a trap to which lesser artists might succumb. Artist Bio Maryann Lucas lives and works in Sag Harbor. She is primarily self-taught but has also received instruction and support from wonderful and generous members of the East End artistic community. Working exclusively in oils, Lucas sets out almost daily to create plein aire landscapes and seascapes. In her studio, she works directly from life and captures the beauty of natural light as it transforms ordinary objects into visual delights. Lucas wants her work to celebrate all that is well with this world and brilliant in this life, despite its pockets of darkness. For me, she says, I know I am in the Presence of something beautiful, when it steals my breath, silences my mind, pushes out everything else and draws me in. I trust That. I use That to guide my hands as I arrange a still life or scan a landscape to determine where to set down my easel. Ultimately, That is what drives me to paint. Becoming evermore skilled as an oil painter is another of Lucas goals. To that end she remains teachable, finding it refreshing and vital for her own growth to paint with others. She has studied with favorite artists including Michael Klein...

An original modernist still life oil painting by John E. Thompson (1882-1945), table is draped in red cloth and flowers in vase are red, yellow, blue/purple and white with green stem...

PINK FLOWERS Size: 74.5 x 64 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A very confident and well-executed modernist still life composition, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1976. The...

Modern expressionist autumn still-life of winter squash harvest by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957), c.1970s. Despite the more traditional subject matter, the artis...

Mid century modern impasto still life of a bouquet of Zinnia flowers titled "Arranging" by Pajaro, California artist Nona W Beck Linneman (A...

STILL LIFE WITH LAMP Size: 61 x 72.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A beautifully textured and very expressive still life composition, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1959...

Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...

Signed lower left: "Trachtman 6-18-68". Born in Lynn, Trachtman spent most of his life in the Greater Boston area, eschewing the artistic hub of New York for his roots in New Engla...

Flowers / Ships (two-way) Oil on canvas, 37x29 cm Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not for nothing that the...

Eclectic objects, oddly juxtaposed, found in antique shops creates opportunities for the artist. This shop was directly across from my gallery so I set up my easel just out front . ...