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Landscape Paintings For Sale
Style: American Modern
Blue Lake
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s. Blue Lake, c. 1940s, oil on masonite, signed lower right, 20 x 36 inches, label and inscriptio...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Lower Manhattan American Modernism NYC Cityscape Social Realism WPA 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Lower Manhattan American Modernism NYC Cityscape Social Realism WPA 20th Century Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Lower Manhattan 34 1/4 x 42 ½ inches Oil on canvas c. 1...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Orange Clouds" American contemporary seascape with sailboat, evening
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Orange Clouds" is an American Modern contemporary seascape with sailboat, evening. Kelly Carmody’s work has been widely exhibited and collected. One of her major figurative works w...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board

"Bearsville NY" Landscape Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene
Located in New York, NY
"Bearsville NY" Landscape Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene Georgina Klitgaard (1893 - 1976) Bearsville NY 26 1/4 x 36 inches Oil on canvas Singed lower right, t...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Striped Cat In Wonderland - Animal Paintings - Oil on Canvas By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Jungle with creative license of tangled growth and bright flowers and peaking out from the foliage is a strange hybrid of jungle cat. Playful and somewhat surreal. Jungle Creature -...
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2010s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"Looking Out" contemporary seascape with young woman in white
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Looking Out" is a contemporary seascape with a young woman in white admiring the view. Kelly Carmody’s work has been widely exhibited and collected. One of her major figurative wor...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board

"Shelter Island Evening" blue and green seascape of a harbor - oil painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Shelter Island Evening" is a blue and green oil painting of a Northeastern American harbor. Kelly Carmody’s work has been widely exhibited and collected. One of her major figurati...
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2010s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Jungle Fantasy #2 - Landscape Painting - Oil on Canvas By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
The flow of botanical splendor bursts in lavish color in the foreground while the palms and trees open the view to distant mountains in this tropical painting. Jungle Fantasy #2 - ...
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2010s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Market #2 - by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
The universal farmers market is bustling with action. Geometric stalls with intense color coupled with contrasting blue arches creates the dynamism in this work of art. The Market #...
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2010s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Harbor Reflections" contemporary American Modern evening seascape
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Harbor Reflections" is a contemporary American Modern evening seascape. Kelly Carmody’s work has been widely exhibited and collected. One of her major figurative works was chosen ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Waterfall Bearsville NY Landscape Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Cubism
Located in New York, NY
Waterfall Bearsville NY Landscape Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Cubism Georgina Klitgaard (1893 - 1976) Waterfall, Bearsville NY 40 1/2 30 inches Oil on canvas Signed lower...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Farm in Winter)
By Julius M. Delbos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s Untitled (Farm in Winter), 1940s, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 26 x 30 inches, presented in an original frame Julius Delbos...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil
Located in New York, NY
Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil. Signed lower left. Not much is known about Marco de Marco, but just look at...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Houses and Railroad Tracks)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Untitled (Houses and Railroad Tracks), c. 1940s, oil on canvas board, signed lower right, 16 x 20 inches, presented in a newer frame This work is part of our exhibition America Coas...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Vintage Modernist Landscape Painting, Monument Valley Arizona, listed artist
Located in Baltimore, MD
Although born in Ohio at the end of the 19th century, Martin Sabransky studied art at Randolph Macon College in Virginia. He began his career path moving west, by first going to Kans...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Untitled (Collapsed Shacks)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Untitled (Collapsed Shacks), c. 1940s, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 20 ½ x 26 ½ inches, presented in a period frame This work is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: ...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Orange Grove Landscape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Orange Grove Landscape, 1941, gouache on illustration board, 14 inches x 18 inches (image), 22 x 26 inches (framed) signed and dated lower right, newly framed with museum glazing ...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Gouache, Board

A Valley Streetscape at Night
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work is part of our exhibition - American Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s A Valley Streetscape at Night, 1948, oil on masonite, signed and dated lower right, 18 x 24 inch...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Gracie Mansion
By Isabella Banks Markell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s. Gracie Mansion, c. 1944, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 25 x 30 inches, presented in a ne...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

My Only Working Tool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
My Only Working Tool, 1949, oil on panel, signed and dated lower right, 16 x 12 inches, remnant of exhibition label verso, exhibited at the Art News Second Annual National Amateur Co...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Shooting Gallery Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Abstract Realism Modern
Located in New York, NY
Shooting Gallery Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Abstract Realism Modern *William Kienbusch (1914 – 1980) Shooting Gallery, Sixth Avenue Post...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Paint

Landscape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Landscape, 1940, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches, signed, dated and titled verso: “Marcel Cailliet ’40 – S.C.” and “Marcel Cailliet Landscape”; likely exhibited at the annual juried st...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural
Located in New York, NY
WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural James McCracken (1875 – 1967) WPA Landscape 28 x 36 inches Oil on canvas, c. 1930s Signed lower right ...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago
Located in New York, NY
"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago Harold Haydon "History of the U.S. Postal Service" 21 x 25 1/2 inches Oil on canvas, c. 1938 Estate s...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Chickens On The Loose - Animal Painting - American Modern By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Three Roosters from the beautiful island of Kauai, being as goofy as the naturally can in this contemporary tropical jungle painting . Chickens on the Loose - Animal paintings - Ame...
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2010s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Tonal Lillies - Landscape Painting - American Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Sepia and black base color with off white and yellow flowers makes a high contrast statement. The florals have a fluid flowing design. Perfect for a minimalist decor. Tonal Lillies ...
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2010s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Orbs, Spiritual and Abstract Landscape
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Orbs" is a 38 x 50 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is estate stamped 202141 on verso. The painting has been...
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1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Moon Glow by Robert Terry
Located in Brookville, NY
Born 1955 in Broken Bow, Nebraska. Lives and works in New York. AWARDS
 National Endowment for the Arts, Major Grant Robert Terry was best noted in his depictions of romantic moons...
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1990s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Allison Coolidge (Belmont)
Located in Boston, MA
Dated and titled on stretcher: "'37/ Mr + Mrs Chas. Coolidge/ Allison/ -Belmont". In 1929 Molly Luce and her husband, Alan Burroughs, moved from Garden Street on Beacon Hill in Bos...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hillside and Stream, early 20th century modernist Cleveland School painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clara Deike (American, 1881-1964) Hillside and Stream, 1916 Gouache on paper Signed and dated lower right 22 x 18 inches 25.5 x 21.5 inches, framed A graduate of the Cleveland Schoo...
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1910s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Gouache

Colorful Modernist Duck/Geese Hunting Oil Painting, dated 1966 - Hudson Bay Area
Located in Baltimore, MD
This colorful painting of two duck hunters on a trip to the eastern side of the Hudson Bay in Canada is done in a modernist style. Unsigned, the work includes an abstracted rocky co...
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1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"Bucolic Landscape, " Sally Michel Avery, Female American Modernist Bright Pastel
By Sally Michel-Avery
Located in New York, NY
Sally Michel Avery (1902 - 2003) Bucolic Landscape with Cows, 1963 Oil on canvasboard 9 x 12 inches Signed and dated lower left Provenance: The art...
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1980s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Board, Oil, Canvas

“Abstract Sailboats”
Located in Southampton, NY
Fabulous original mid century modern oil on canvas painting by the well known New York artist, William Katz. The painting is done in a colorful abstraction of sailboats and is signed by the artist lower left. The artist has mixed sand into the oil paint to give the painting a highly textured look. Condition is excellent. Circa 1955. The frame is original with a studded gold edge detailing and with natural wood sides. Frame is in fine original condition. Overall framed measurements are 17 by 29.25 inches. Provenance: A Saint Petersburg, Florida collector. William P. Katz (1926-2003) American William Katz was born in New York, studied at The Art Students League and with Sebastiano Mineo of New York City. For five years he worked and lived in the home that was once occupied by the great American sculptor Gutson Borglum. His works are in many private collections in the United States, Norway, England, Canada and Greece. Best known for sculptures, he also created paintings and designed textiles and jewelry. Alexander Kirkland called him an abstract "figurist-fantasist." He has had one-man exhibits at many galleries including: 1964, Miami Museum of Modern Art, Miami, FL; 1965, Fordham University...
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1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Roof Top, Oil Painting by Ben Benn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Benn, Polish/American (1884 - 1983) Title: Roof Top Year: circa 1920 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm) Frame Size: 33.5 x 27.5 inche...
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1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism Henry Schnakenberg (1982 - 1970) Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 sight Oil on Canvas Signed lower left 14 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches, Framed Bio In many cases, American artists visited the Armory Show in New York in 1913, and returned to their studios to react to or against what they saw. However, for Henry Ernest Schnakenberg it was much more life altering. Prior to visiting this important exhibition of American and European modernist art...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Pioneer Bluffs in Spring Post Impressionist Landscape Painting Kansas Stormy Sky
Located in Denver, CO
Kansas landscape oil on canvas painting by Robert N. Sudlow (1920-2010) titled 'Pioneer Bluffs in Spring' painted in 1986. Presented in original frame measuring 50 1⁄4 x 46 1⁄2 x 5 1...
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1980s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Americana Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting Signed P. Paul, Framed
Located in Plainview, NY
An elegant oil on canvas landscape painting featuring a lake view in a paradisiac environment. The painting is finely framed in custom giltwood frame. A wonderful addition to any liv...
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1980s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Airacuda Fighter Planes Art Deco Machine Age 20th Century American Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Airacuda Fighter Planes Art Deco Machine Age 20th Century American Modernism Arthur Rosenman Ross (1913 - 1981) Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Fighter Planes 17 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches Gouache, Airbrush and Ink on Illustration Board, 1938 Signed A. Ross lower right Provenance: Estate of the artist. BIO Arthur Rosenman Ross was a key figure in automotive design at General Motors during America's "Golden Age" of auto design, the 1930's through the 1950s. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago from age 17, exhibiting a special interest for automotive renderings and the female figure. In 1934, he changed his name from Rosenman to Ross, fearing his Jewish ancestry could prejudice his career prospects. At age 20, he turned down job offers from MGM Studios in Hollywood and Duesenberg to work at General Motors alongside the Legendary Harley Earl in 1935. He was hand picked by Mr. Earl and assigned to GM's War and Camouflage Division in 1937 through WW2. It was during this pivotal period in which he executed some extraordinary military aircraft artworks, likely used between GM and America's military aeronautics companies in design preparation for WW2. General Motors played an important role in helping America's aircraft manufacturers preceding and during the war. Just after the war in 1945, Mr. Ross was rewarded by GM, being made Chief Designer of Cadillac, then two years later becoming Chief at Oldsmobile until his retirement in 1959. He was in large part responsible for some of GM's classic Cadillac designs such as the Cadillac Sixty Special, Fleetwood, LaSalle and GM's first concept car, the extraordinary Buick Y-Job. Mr. Ross was an exceptionally charismatic and vivacious man who quite by chance, befriended His idol, Salvador Dali at GM in 1955. They talked about art, cars and girls late into the evening, according to his son, Carter Ross. He had a gift in rendering the erotic arts...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Ink, Gouache, Board

Stylish Hawaiian Luau Oil Painting by Listed artist Mario Larrinaga (1895-1979)
Located in Baltimore, MD
Mario Larrinaga was born in Baja California in 1895 and moved with his brother to Los Angeles in 1909. He had no formal training in art, but had natural talent that was noticed by local movie studios. He was hired by Universal Studios as a designer, art director and creator of background scenes. He produced some of the background effects for King Kong in 1933. After a career in set design and illustration he focused on painting for pleasure in California, Mexico and Hawaii. He belonged to local art clubs and exhibited his works often. This stylized modernist work was likely created around 1960. It is oil on wood panel and of a horizontal format, 18” x 36”. It portrays a procession of seemingly Hawaiian natives...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

The Lonely Road by William Charles Palmer
Located in Hudson, NY
The Lonely Road (1940) Tempera on panel 12" x 16" 19 1/2" x 23 1/2" x 1 1/2" framed Hand-signed "Palmer '40" lower center. Provenance: Midtown Galleries, New York, NY (labels verso...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Panel, Tempera

"The Glorious Flight - Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot" - Children's Book
Located in Miami, FL
Study for "The Glorious Flight - Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot"; 1983; Gouache on Illustration Board; 14.5" x 13.75"; Signed Lower Right; Unframed. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alice Rose[1] Provensen (née Twitchell; August 14, 1918[2] – April 23, 2018[3]) and Martin Provensen...
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1980s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Board, Gouache

Early 20th Century Summer Landscape, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
George Gustav Adomeit (American, 1879-1967) Summer Landscape Oil on canvas board Signed lower right 13 x 14.25 inches 18.25 x 19.5 inches, framed A major painter of American scene s...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Boothbay Harbor, Maine Dock Seascape, Early 20th Century, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
George Gustav Adomeit (American, 1879-1967) Boothbay Harbor, 1924 Oil on canvas Signed lower right 15 x 17 inches 20.25 x 22.25 inches, framed A major painter of American scene subj...
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1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Schooner, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, Early 20th Century Seascape Watercolor
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Schooner, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, c. 1924 Gouache and watercolor on paper Signed lower right 14 x 20 inches 19.5 x 25.5 inches, as framed Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox...
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1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Gouache, Watercolor

Figurative Study In Sausalito by Patricia Gren Hayes Berkeley Figurative School
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative Study In Sausalito by Patricia Gren Hayes Berkeley Figurative School Modern painting of a nude woman with the Sausalito landscape in the background by American painter, P...
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1980s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

East Santa Cruz (California), Farm House with Storm Clouds Landscape Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"East Santa Cruz (California)" is an oil on canvas board by Jon Blanchette (1908-1987) of a yellow farm house with dark gray storm clouds overhead. Presented in a custom frame, outer dimensions measure 21 ¾ x 25 ¾ x 1 ½ inches. Image size is 16 x 20 inches. Painting is in very good vintage condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report. Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote. About the Artist: Jon Blanchette Born England, 1908 Died California, 1987 Jon Blanchette was born in Somerset, England on March 29, 1908. He immigrated to Battle Creek, Michigan in 1918. Artistically inclined at age six, he later studied at the Pittsburgh Art...
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1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board, Canvas

Vintage Winter Snowy River Mountain Landscape of Canada by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Winter Snowy Mountain River Landscape Oil Painting of La Rivière du Nord in Canada, by 20th Century Canadian Artist, Sydney Berne (1921-2013) Art measures 20 x 16 inches F...
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1970s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

PONCHARTRAIN Louisiana New Orleans Beach AMUSEMENT PARK Ferris Wheel CARNIVAL
By Laurence Edwardson
Located in New York, NY
Laurence Edwardson (1904-1995) was a prolific artist born in New Orleans He painted modernist landscape, figures and portraits. His work includes many Louisiana landscapes, portrai...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic

WPA Scene American Modernism 20th Century Workers Strike Realism Industrial
Located in New York, NY
WPA Scene American Modernism 20th Century Workers Strike Realism Industrial "Pawns" 16 x 20 inches,. Oil on board, c. 1930’s. Signed lower left. Stowell Sherman...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Looking South. NYC urban landscape Part Mexico city landscape melded together
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an experimental work by the artist combining two different city landscapes. It was created after the artist's return to New York after visiting Mexico
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1990s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Impressionist Mountain Landscape Painting with River, 1920s-1930s, Green & Brown
Located in Denver, CO
Oil on canvas painting by Ferdinand Kaufmann. Signed by the artist in the lower left corner. Mountain landscape painting, likely of Colorado or California in summer with a rushing...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

23rd and 2nd Ave painting by Ben Benn 1924
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Benn, Polish/American (1884 - 1983) Title: 23rd and 2nd Ave, New York City Year: 1924 Medium: Oil on board, signed l.r. Size: 14 x 11.5 in. (35.56 x 29.21 cm) Frame Size:...
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1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Yellow Cab Madison Square Garden
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Khawam’s first genre of paintings started in 1980 during the heights of the Superrealism movement in New York City where Khawam was the youngest among the group and in his first year...
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1980s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic

December 25th
Located in New York, NY
In his artwork entitled, “December 25th,” Alec Montroy paints a New York City street blanked with snow but illuminated still by the numerous neon signs ab...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Big News is Always on 42nd Street
Located in New York, NY
Alec Montroy depicts a group of figures standing on a street corner a few blocks from Times Square in his work entitled “ The Big News is Always on 42nd S...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Thru a Glass Brightly
Located in New York, NY
“Thru a Glass Brightly” by artist Alec Montroy is a view of Times Square from a unique elevated perspective.
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Late 20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lindy’s
Located in New York, NY
In this artwork by Alec Montroy entitled “Lindy’s,” the artist paints the iconic Times Square in New York City and the numerous electronic signs above it.
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Late 20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Abstract Street (Untitled)
By Hananiah Harari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Abstract Street (Untitled), 1939, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 12 x 32 inches; provenance includes a private collection in Venice, California; presented in what is likely the artist's original handmade frame About the Painting The present work is the culmination of a series of mainly horizontal urban abstractions Harari completed between 1937 and 1939. Deeply influenced by Stuart Davis, Harari’s New York streetscapes began with clearly recognizable objects and landmarks as in Into New York (1937 - Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art), New York Harbor (1937), Up and Downtown (1938), and his other mural proposals for the Nurses Home on Welfare Island (1937) and the Williamsburg Housing Project (1938). At the end of the series, Harari’s vistas became increasingly abstract with broad planes of color representing buildings and streets, the slightest cross-hatching forming a bridge or elevated train track and the vague suggestion of a streetlight looping in the right center of the composition. Figures, birds, and a street vendor’s cart are reduced to pictograms scratched into the surface of the canvas. Abstract Street (Untitled) is among Harari’s most spare works of the 1930s and 1940s and calls to mind the seemingly childlike, but deeply sophisticated works of Paul Klee from the 1920s. It serves as an excellent reminder of why Harari was heralded as one of the earliest members of the American Abstract Artists. About the Artist Hananiah Harari was an artistic polyglot who was equally at home working in styles as diverse as Cubism, Constructivism, Expressionism, Hard Edged Abstraction and trompe l’oeil Realism. A native of Rochester, New York, Harari initially studied as a child at the Memorial Art Gallery in his hometown and later as a scholarship student at the College of Fine Arts at Syracuse University. In 1932, Harari left for Paris where he befriended Nahum Tschacbasov, Benjamin Benno and John Graham and studied at the ateliers of Lhote, Leger and Gromaire. He also studied fresco painting at the Ecole de Fresque. By 1933, Harari had completed enough work and gained a sufficient reputation to have a solo exhibition at the American Club in Paris. The following year, Harari and his childhood friend and fellow artist Herzl Emanuel traveled to Palestine, where the artists worked hard in the orchards and fields of Kibbutz Deganiah, but produced little art. After returning to New York, Harari married Emanuel’s sister, Freda, and set out on the development of what noted scholar Gail Stavitsky has called an “original synthesis of the old and new." Harari became an early member of the American Abstract Artists (AAA), an organization formed to give modernists exhibition opportunities. Harari was also a member of the socially conscious Artist’s Union and the American Artist’s Congress. From 1936 through 1942, Harari worked on the Federal Art Project and assisted Marion Greenwood on a project as part of the Mural Division, but to his disappointment did not lead his own project. During the late 1930s and early 1940s, Harari completed a series of paired paintings with the same subject matter depicted in a Cubist manner and in trompe l’oeil Realism. Harari was acclaimed by Clement Greenberg and six of the artist’s works were selected for the Museum of Modern Art’s important 1943 exhibition American Realists and Magic Realists. During World War II, Harari served in the US Army Air Corps. Following the war, Harari continued to produce fine art while also producing commercial art. During the McCarthy Era, Harari’s progressive politics and leftist leaning art...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil

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