20th Century Interior Paintings

A painting by Joseph Kleitsch. "Mission Cloisters, San Juan Capistrano" is an oil on canvas painting executed in feathery strokes primarily of oran...

Andre Cottavoz (French, 1922-2012) Untitled, Paris scene with multitude of French flags. Canvas on board, framed. Frame: 20 1/2" x 22" x 1 1/4, Board 13 3/4" x 15"

Oil Painting of still life Havdalah scene with braided candle, spice tower box and kiddush cup. Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw Reymont, as well as Hebrew literature, Ben-Zion wrote poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.” An emigrant from the Ukraine, he came to the US in 1920. He wrote fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist needed only one name. Ben-Zion was a founding member of “The Ten: An Independent Group” The Ten” a 1930’s avant-garde group, Painted on anything handy. Ben-Zion often used cabinet doors (panels) in his work. Other members of group included Ilya Bolotowsky, Lee Gatch, Adolph Gottlieb, Louis Harris, Yankel Kufeld, Marcus Rothkowitz (later known as Mark Rothko), Louis Schanker, and Joseph Solman. The Art of “The Ten” was generally described as expressionist, as this style offered the best link between modernism and social art. Their exhibition at the Mercury Gallery in New York held at the same time as the Whitney Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, included a manifesto concentrating on aesthetic questions and criticisms of the conservative definition of modern art imposed by the Whitney. Ben-Zion’s work was quickly noticed. The New York Sun said he painted “furiously” and called him “the farthest along of the lot.” And the triptych, “The Glory of War,” was described by Art News as “resounding.” By 1939, The Ten disbanded because most of the members found individual galleries to represent their work. Ben-Zion had his first one-man show at the Artist’s Gallery in Greenwich Village and J.B. Neumann, the highly esteemed European art dealer who introduced Paul Klee, (among others) to America, purchased several of Ben-Zion’s drawings. Curt Valentin, another well-known dealer, exhibited groups of his drawings and undertook the printing of four portfolios of etchings, each composed of Ben-Zion’s biblical themes. He worked as a WPA artist. Ben-Zion’s work is represented in many museums throughout the country including the Metropolitan, the Whitney, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Phillips Collection, Washington. The Jewish Museum in New York opened in 1948 with a Ben-Zion exhibition. Ben-Zion consistently threaded certain subject matter—nature, still life, the human figure, the Hebrew Bible, and the Jewish people—into his work throughout his life. "In all his work a profound human feeling remains. Sea and sky, even sheaves of wheat acquire a monolithic beauty and simplicity which delineates the transient as a reflection of the eternal. This sensitive inter- mingling of the physical and metaphysical is one of the most enduring features of Ben-Zion's works." (Excerpt from Stephen Kayser, “Biblical Paintings,” The Jewish Museum Catalogue, 1952). Mystical Imprints: Marc Chagall, Ben-Zion, and Ben Shahn presents the print work of three prominent 20th century Jewish artists born in the Russian Empire. Among these seventy pieces are etchings and lithographs from Chagall’s Bible series...

Texas artist John Cook paints with a passion, compelled to capture Impressionist images on canvas or watercolor paper. ''I see beauty in God' s creation, and I strive to capture a gl...

This beautiful oil on canvas painting of two women conversing in the kitchen is circa 1920 and is by the artist Edward Antoon Portielje (1861, Antwerp - 1949) who was a Belgian genre painter. He was born to the painter, Jan Portielje...

"The Potter" is an interior portrait of a young man working on a vase at his potter's wheel by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 24.25" x 14" oil on cardboard painting is signed "Harmon" in the lower left and it is framed in a new black wood frame. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel. Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke, Paul Keene...

Artist: Tito Salomoni (1928 - 1989) Title: Always On Date: circa 1980 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right Size: 24 x 30 in. (60.96 x 76.2 cm) Frame...

"Red, Orange, Green with Plant" is a still life painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon from 1970. The 30.5" x 39" oil on board features a table top still ...

Signed lower right, 'Justin Murray' (American, 1912-1987), titled, verso, 'The Doctor's Office' and painted circa 1945. Framed dimensions: 9¼ x 1½ x 21 inches. Born in Minneapolis, ...

Henk van der Plas was a Dutch Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1936. Henk van der Plas's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging f...

Perhaps a study or a preliminary work for for "L'ombre d'une jeune fille en fleur", Lot 46 - Christie's, New York (February 14, 2007) Private Collection, Miami Gouache and pencil...

Untitled Geometric Abstraction, an original oil on masonite by Juliette Steele, is a piece for the true collector. Steele's use of color and patterns immediately captivates the viewe...

Wonderful mid century abstract figurative nude at night with red chair by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). A nocturnal setting adds more interest and dimension. Signed on verso "H Berg." Unframed. 36"H x 30"W. Honora Berg an early Bay Area Figurative and Abstract Expressionist painter. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff, and James Budd Dixon. Berg's friend Edith Truesdell...

Vintage 1970s still-life of a basket of green grapes and a copper pitcher against an interesting background of a distressed brick wall, by California painter Darlene Cantorna...

Leonard Dufresne Leonard was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on 26 December 1941. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1960 - 1963, he studied at the...

A beautiful vibrant abstract painting with colors of green, red, blue and yellow dominating the canvas with a teal square focal point outlined in white. Signed illegibly lower right....

Sam Uhrdin (Swedish School, 1886-1964) Sam Uhrdin was born in 1886 in the Swedish town of Siljasnas to the north-west of...

A beautiful oil still life of a vase of assorted flowers, with two roses on the table. Unframed. Unsigned. Image, 16"H x 20"L.

Saturated, intimate depiction of a bedroom interior by Narcissus Robert Quagliata (Italian-American, b. 1942). Likely based on a photograph, a slightly out of focus figure can be see...

Attributed to Jean Sardi, French (b. 1947) Painting, Oil on Board "Seated Woman". Apparently not signed. Dimensions: Sight- 30.5" x 24.5", Frame- 31.25" x...

Beautiful mid century still-life of authentic Hopi Indian relics including terracotta pottery, an ear of corn, and colorful moccasins on a traditional patt...

3951 Interior view acrylic painting on artist board set in a hand painted wood frame

Saturated, intimate depiction of sharing a bed with a partner by Narcissus Robert Quagliata (Italian-American, b. 1942). Likely based on an out of focus photograph, this piece stradd...

"Snap Peas" is an interior portrait of a young woman working at her kitchen table, painted by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 24" x 36" oil on board painting from 1955 is signed "Harmon" in the lower left and it is framed in a new black wood frame. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel. Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke, Paul Keene...

Antique American school modernist mixed media painting. Oil on board with gold leaf assemblage, circa 1930. Unsigned. Image size, 13L x 17H. Housed in a period wood frame most li...

Beautiful floral still life in arts & craft style with a colorful stained glass window background by California artist Peggy Krusee (American, 20th century). Signed "Peggy Krusee" lo...

Untitled Abstract, an original oil on canvas by Edward Gilliam, is a piece for the true collector. Gilliam's use of color and paint thickness immediately captivates the viewer. It is...

"The Brass Ring" by Bob Byerley is a realistic original oil painting measuring 24x12 in. The artist’s photographic memory of his boyhood adventures combin...

Mid-Century Floral Still Life with Yellow and White Irises Gorgeous mid-century floral still life of a bouquet of Irises painted in 1959, by Pacific Grove and Santa Cruz, Californi...

Large scale still life painting with wine, apples, and a soup terrine. The work is signed by the artist, Joan Farish Quillen a Houston, Texas artist, in ...

Wonderful German genre painting of 17th century tavern scene in style of Franz Hals by Karl Josef Muller (German, 1864-1942) dated 1918. Signed and dated lower left corner "Karl Muller - Hamburg 1918". Condition: Good; professionally restored: Canvas restreched on new stretcher bars; five repairs made to small tears in canvas (see image); cleaned and re-varnished with UV-resistant varnish. Unframed. Image size: 39.5"H x 55"W. We have the original frame which needs some extensive repair to the gesso. Happy to include the frame with the painting as is. Karl Müller was born in Hamburg-Altstadt in 1865. His wealthy Jewish parents Abraham Müller (1832-1896), citizen of the Hanseatic city since 1869, and Henriette "Jette", b. Burchard (born 1832 Neubuckow / Mecklenburg), had a cigar factory at Spielbudenplatz 5 in St.Pauli. When Karl Müller was ten years old, next to factory and warehouse, now at Speersort 11 (Altstadt), there was also a branch in Altona-Ottensen with the address Am Felde 68. The family lived at the time at Pferdemarkt 13 (Old Town). After attending the Jewish Foundation School at the Zeughausmarkt, Karl Müller completed a three-year lithography apprenticeship. From 1886 to 1888, he studied at the Royal Saxon School of Applied Arts in Dresden with the history and decoration painter Donadini, then with Professor Hanke of the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin. Karl Müller's painting style was conventional-realistic and did not follow modern trends. In 1891, the oil paintings "Preparation for the Service", "In the guardroom", tattoo", "gymnastics lesson", "covert patrol” and "return from the field service exercise”, whose main motive almost always soldiers formed.In 1893, he painted the" invasion of the 76er " as a horizontal format in black and white, the painting was acquired by the Museum of Hamburg History in 1930. The disposition of Karl Müller could be classified as "kaisertreu" and "national" (Maike Bruhns) at this time - not by chance he acted with his Nicknamed "Soldatenmüller", he successfully participated in exhibitions in Berlin and Hamburg before the turn of the century. Even at this time, the frequent change of residence is striking: 1893 Papendamm 25 (Rotherbaum), 1896 Bundesstraße 9 (Rotherbaum). In 1898 he was in the Hamburg address book as a "genre and portrait painter" with the residential address 1. average 43 (Rotherbaum) out. At the age of 38, Karl married in 1903 in the Hanseatic city of the Jewish Louise Hauer (born 12.2.1872 in Hamburg), called "Lieschen". Before her marriage, she lived with her mother at Grindelberg 78. Her father, Martin Hauer (1836-1897), also born in Hamburg and was a citizen of the city since 1862, owned a factory for soap and perfume. In 1904 and 1911, the two daughters Karla and Lotte were born. 1904, the family lived at this time in the Bogenstraße 20, Karl Müller commissioned a portrait of the emigrated hamburger Henry Jones opening the same lodge in the Hartungstraße 9-11. Already at this time he might have been a member of the Hamburg Artists Association of 1832. Starting from 1908 further change of dwellings on the basis of the telephone books are comprehensible: nearly yearly the family moved and moved thereby from the Grindel quarter over Hoheluft east to Harvestehude and Winterhude. Around 1912 she moved into an apartment in Sierichstraße 156. Here, the landlord Schröder provided the artist with an area of ​​around 45 square meters as a studio on the dry floor. But the building police criticized this use and after some disputes, the painter had to move once again with family and studio. The official telephone directory recorded as an address from 1914 to 1918 Klosterallee 20 (Harvestehude). Friedrich Jansa described Karl Müller's changed motif choice in his artist's glossary in 1912: "In recent years he has been watercolouring a lot in the Hamburg area and now mainly takes his motifs from Hamburg harbor...

Les Roses Mixed bouquet of roses, Oil painting PROVENANCE: Purchased at Findlay Galleries in Chicago, Illinois late 1960’s bears their label verso and has their original price tag ...

A fantastic MidCentury interior scene painted in 1963 and signed illegibly. This work comes in a contemporary wood frame.

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 11.5 x 15 inches Condition: Go...

Beautiful botanical still-life of a large purple pear and a glass full of cut flowers with a background of soft, warm neutrals by California artist Josephine Guerra...

Illustrative representation of wife and husband team Jeanne Allen and Marc Grant by Robert Nelson (American, 1930-2012) (signed and dated "Robert Nelson 96" in the lower left corner). Presented in a black metal frame. Shipped without glass. Image size: 40"H x 32"W. He studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute (formerly known as the California School of Fine Arts) in San Francisco, California and at Mills College in Berkeley, California. Mr. Nelson, who was trained as a painter and was active in the teeming San Francisco arts scene in the late 1950s and early ’60s, began making movies with other artists, including the painters William T. Wiley and William Allan, the San Francisco Mime Troupe and the composer Steve Reich. About Jeanne Marc...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condition: Go...

Well painted and very interesting French or Belgium still life of flowers. Signed and inscribed, Jane Herbo, 1906, Ste Louise! / á Marraine. The ...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Probable proposed fuel advertisement or calendar illustration for Koppers Coke.

Jack Hooper "View From the Window" c. 1950s Oil on Canvas 32"x25.25" silver and black wood frame 26.5"x33.25" Unsigned Minor wear consistent with age and ...

The celebration of the yearly Carnival in exuberant Rio de Janeiro.

Oil on board. Notable as a Federal Arts Project artist during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Jules Halfant was part of the mural and easel division of the New York Works Progress Administration (WPA). While in the WPA, he worked alongside such well-known artists as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Milton Avery and Stuart Davis. Halfant studied at the National Academy of Design from 1924-1927. He participated in New York exhibitions at the ACA Gallery in 1935, and the Artists' Gallery in 1938. He also exhibited with "The New York Group" at ACA Gallery in '38 with Jacob Kainen, Herb Kruckman, Alice Neel, Louis Nisonoff, Herman Rose, Max Schnitzler...

An original oil and sand painting on wood by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 32 x 18.75 inches, signed and dated lower left. By...

Wonderful mid-century still life oil painting of Chrysanthemums in vase. Against a yellow background, white, orange, and yellow chrysanthemums sit in a red vase. The arrangement is r...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Summer Still Life with Flowers and Plants) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condi...

Encuentro by Mercedes Ayala is an oil painting most like painted at the Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl. The Monasteries consists of fourteen monasteries built on or near the Popocatépetl volcano in central Mexico in the sixteenth century by members of the Franciscan, Dominican and Augustinian orders. They were a major factor in the Christianization of a large population over a vast territory and in a short period of time. These 14 monasteries cover over 150 miles (242 kilometers) of land southeast of Mexico City; 11 in the state of Morelos and three in Puebla state. It was impossible to photograph but behind the second monk is a third monk and you can barely see the candle. This is an oil on canvas and painted in her studio in Mexico D.F. Excellent Condition Commentary of her work: Desiderio Hernández Xochitiotzin "Emphasizing the light; the inner light of the being where fragile and subtle figures of angelic appearance inhabit magical beings guardians of good, monks or sages, reminiscences that refuse to disappear. Figures that contrast faintly on a background, almost always dominated by suggestive colors of the night space or of the first morning flashes. Mercedes Ayala Gress, Artist of a high sensitivity as befits her to a great family of Artists… Meche as we fraternally call her, is an artist of a magnificent plastic domain and her work has recreated the greatness of our national landscapes and with great affection that of our Tlaxcalteca land, recreating with emotion in those novo Hispanic...

Quaint mid-century painting of a cabin interior and view by Leslie Buck (American, 1907-1991), 1930. A realistic "slice of life" rendition of the cabin interior provides an image of the artist's life. Various cooking items sit on shelves below the right window, with the sink and water pump below the window on the left. Signed on verso. Description "Kitchen Corner" Davis's Rental Cottage, Porter Beach, Indiana 1930 written on verso. Presented in a wood frame. Image, 7.5"H x 8.5"L. Born in Chicago, she studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and with Claude Buck after their marriage in 1934. With her husband, she moved to the Santa Cruz mountains...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 25.75" x 23.50," Framed 33.00" x 30.50"

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, knowing it...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated illustration World War I scene, titled Will You Tell Her He's All Right, signed upper right and dated '17

An original oil on canvas by listed New York female artist Enid Smiley.

Medium: Oil on Canvas with an Element of Collage Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, February 27th, 1954. The Post described, “...

Harry Humphrey Moore is well known for his interior scenes of Japanese women or Morrocan interiors with figures. He was one of the first artists to go to Japan to paint. His record...

Stamped, verso, with the estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1958. A substantial, Post-Impressionist style figural oil showing a young woman seat...

An original oil painting on canvas by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 24 x 30 inches, signed and dated upper left. By the early 1930's Benno had established a reput...

Roger Van Ouytsel (American, b. 1941) Title: "The Things I liked About Larry Wise," 1987. Oil painting on canvas, signed and dated. Framed. Provenance: Exhibited at Allan Stone Gallery, New York, 1988. Size: 44'' x 52'', 112 x 132 cm (stretcher); 45.5'' x 53.5'', 116 x 136 cm (frame). It has a symbol on it that appears to be a Jewish Menorah or a candelabra. ROGER VAN OUYTSEL (b. 1941) is a Belgian-American painter whose body of work developed over a lifetime of attention to detail, imagination, and spirituality. Van Ouytsel holds an MFA from Academy of Fine Art, Mechelen, Belgium, 1963. He lives in northern New Mexico. Roger Van Ouytsel (Belgian-American) artist and painter whose body of work developed over a lifetime of attention to detail, imagination, and spirituality. Van Ouytsel holds an MFA from Academy of Fine Art, Mechelen, Belgium, 1963. He works in raw, textural paint, ink, markers and graphite EDUCATION 1957-63 M.F.A., Academy of Fine Art, Mechelen, BELGIUM 1961-63 Belgian National Institute of Arts and Crafts, Mechelen, BELGIUM 1955-57 State Institute of Technology, Mechelen, BELGIUM AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES 2018 Between Heaven and Earth, a poetry collection in English and Mandarin., published in Taipei, Taiwan. 2018 Muralist, The Flip Flop Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan. 1976 Poster...

Moreno Pincas was born in Bulgaria in 1936 and immigrated to Israel in 1949. He participated in exhibitions in Paris, Buenos Aires, Milan and Tel Aviv. Moreno’s creative work has a c...

John Grabach "Artist and Model" Original Oil Painting c.1950 Original oil on panel Dimensions 16" wide x 12" high The frame measures 21" wide x 17" high Signed lower margin at ce...