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Period: Mid-20th Century
Autumn Landscape — 1940s Post-Impressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Henri Pierre Fortier, Untitled (Autumn Landscape), gouache, c. 1940s. Signed in ink. Inscribed 'To my Friend CLINTON R. MULFORD'. A fine, painterly watercolor, with rich, layered colors, on heavy dark brown drawing paper with approximately 1/4 inch margins; an unfinished figurative sketch...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Antique Rare Framed European Modernist Town Center Architectural Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful mid 20th century European modernist cityscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 20H by 26L.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brooklyn Bridge NYC American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA
Located in New York, NY
Brooklyn Bridge NYC American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA
Cecil C. Bell (American, 1906-1970)
Brookyn Bridge amid the NYC Waterfront
35 ½ x 23 ½ inches
Oil on Bo...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Harvest in the Yonne - Mid 20th Century French Naïf Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and dated 1966 French naïf oil on canvas depicting a harvest scene in the Yonne, by André Demonchy.
The work is signed and dated lower left and inscribed with tit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English Country House Landscape British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
signed original gouache painting on board, unframed
size: 10 x 15 inches
condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges as is normal for an...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
'Big Surf, Point Lobos' California Impressionism, Carmel Art Association, Taos
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Edward Norton Ward' (American, born 1928) and painted circa 1960; additionally signed, verso, and titled 'Heavy Seas, Pt. Lobos'.
A substantial evening seascape showing dramatic breakers rolling in towards the the rocky coast near Point Lobos, California.
This plein-air Impressionist painter first attended the University of California in Los Angeles and subsequently studied with Joshua Meador. Over the course of a long career, he has exhibited widely and with success and has been the recipient of numerous medals, prizes and juried awards. Edward Norton Ward was a charter member of the Society of American Impressionists; he is also a member of the California Art Club and has served as president of the Carmel Art...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Restaurant terrace at evening in Montmartre, Paris. Oil on canvas, 46x38 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Restaurant terrace at evening in Montmartre, Paris. Oil on canvas, 46x38 cm
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Provincetown Beach (abstract seascape painting)
By Byron Browne
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Byron Browne (1907-1961). Provincetown Beach, 1957. Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches, 30 x 36 inches in vintage solid chestnut frame. Signed lower righ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Seattle Building Design w/Space Needle &Pacific Science Center in Background
Located in New York, NY
Possibly a rendering for the renovation of Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Downtown Seattle.
Original gouache on artist board.
American, circa 1962, artist unknown.
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940's Provence France Painting Landscape - Post Impressionist artist
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
Signed and dated 1947
From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
mea...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"February 21st - Red" Abstract Expressionist Landscape by William Morehouse
Located in Soquel, CA
"February 21st - Red" Abstract Expressionist Landscape by William Morehouse
The image shows an abstract landscape painting by William Paul Morehouse (American, 1929-1993), titled "February 21st - Red". The painting has a textured application of impasto, in oil on canvas, with dominant earth tones and a contrasting red section at the top. The composition is divided into geometric shapes and lines, suggesting a stylized representation of a landscape. The colors and textures evoke a sense of the Northern California coastal prairie, a recurring theme in Morehouse's work. The painting is signed, titled, and dated 1960 on the reverse., and WM '60 center bottom of painting.
Image, 34"H x 20"W x .5"D
Signed center at bottom, Signed and dated on verso, with exhibition label and title.
Post War California artist, William Paul Morehouse studied at the California School of Fine Arts (1947-1950) receiving his BFA.
Not long after graduation from the CSFA he joined the Army during the Korean War. He became a Master Sergeant and was released with a Purple Heart in 1953, at which point he enrolled in courses at the California College of Arts and Crafts (now the California College of the Arts). A transfer to the San Francisco Art Institute the following year led to his Bachelors in Fine Arts, and in 1954 he enrolled at San Francisco State University where in under two years he earned his MFA. He traveled to New York that same year to participate in the Young American Painters exhibition at the Guggenheim, along with Diebenkorn, deKooning, Motherwell, and Jackson Pollock. He soon began dividing his time between the two coasts.
Morehouse eventually settled in Bodega Bay permanently, where he continued to paint as part of the group the "Sonoma Four"
Selected Group Exhibitions: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; University of Illinois; Fort Worth Museum; Los Angeles County Museum; National Academy; Oakland Art Museum; Rotunda Gallery, San Francisco; Denver Art Museum; Fourth Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, California Palace of The Legion of Honor 1951; First Pacific Coast Biennial Exhibition, Santa Barbara Museum of Art & California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco 1955; PACIFIC COAST ART...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Expansive River Valley Landscape with Figure Watercolor French Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Valley Landscape
signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001)
Watercolour painting on artist paper, beautifully painted.
very good condition
size: 20 x inches x 26 inches, unframed
proven...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Redwood Forest Sunset Reflections Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Redwood Forest Sunset Reflections Landscape
Beautiful early 20th century landscape of sunset over redwood forest stream by William Lemos (American, 1861-1942). A ...
Category
Tonalist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 1950's French Signed Oil Figures Bathing in Large River Green Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1950's, signed H. Eubriet
Title: 'Bathing'
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 29 x 45 inches
Painting: 24 x 30 inches
Provenance: private ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Villajoyosa, Spain #2 by Alexandre de Spengler - Oil on canvas 46x55 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Alexandre de Spengler (1893–1973) was a Swiss painter and engraver active in Geneva and Paris.
He is known for his land and seascapes, as well as...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spanish town street oil on canvas painting Spain urbanscape
By Rafael Fernández de Soto
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael de Soto - Village street - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 41x33 cm.
Without frame.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Precisionist Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American precisionist abstract oil painting by Lad Montgomery. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 25H by 30L.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peaceful Woodland Scene with Grazing Deer Amidst Verdant Trees Forest Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Grazing Deer
signed by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018)
oil painting on paper stuck on board, unframed
board: 15 x 18 inches
paper: 12 x 16 inches
inscribed verso
condi...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French Monochrome Watercolour, The Monastery
Located in Cotignac, FR
French mid century monochrome watercolour of a church and surrounding buildings by Henri Royere. The painting is signed bottom right and presented in a plain wood frame under glass.
...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache
Promenade Le Havre Harbor French 1950s Framed Oil Painting Mid 20th Century
By Fred Pailhès
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Alfred Henri Pailhès.
French ( b.1902 - d.1991 ).
Rendez-Vous Des Havrais Pour Leur Promenade Dominicale.
Oil On Panel.
Signed Lower Left.
Image size 12.4 inches x 15.6 inches ( 31.5...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1930’s French Impressionist Signed Oil Harvest Fields Haybales Landscape
By Suzanne Roche
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Suzanne Roche, French signed and dated 1930
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas : 21 x 28 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: overall very good
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"BLUEBONNET HILLTOP" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FRAMED 17.25 X 21.25
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pedro Lazcano
(1909-1970)
San Antonio Artist
Image Size: 12 x 16
Frame Size: 17.25 x 21.25
Medium: Oil
"Bluebonnet Hill Top"
Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970)
I was always curious about Pedr...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Village de l’arrière pays Niçois (Sud de la France) - Huile sur toile, 92x73 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
paysage des colline e village dans l’arrière pays Niçois. Encadré
Edouard Planchais : 1909-1985
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Summer Sailing”
Located in Southampton, NY
Wonderful double sided oil on heavy fiber board paintings done by the well known North Fork Peconic Bay artist Caroline Bell. The coastal sailing painting is signed lower left. The haystack painting verso is signed in pencil lower right. The sailing painting is in good condition; the haystack painting is in good condition. Both done circa 1930. In a period but not original gold leaf over wood frame. Framed measurements are 19 by 23.75 inches. Provenance: A Long Island, New York estate.
(1874-1970)
Caroline Bell was the leader of a group of artists known as the Peconic Bay Impressionists...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid-19th Century English River Landscape Cottage and Figure on River Wherry
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
River Landscape
English School, mid 19th century
circle of Joseph Paul (b.1804)
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 14 x 17.5 inches
Canvas: 10 x 14.5 inches
Provenance: private collection...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Modern Swedish Original Landscape Oil Painting - Rural Terrain
Located in Bristol, GB
RURAL TERRAIN
Size: 32 x 52 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A very textured mid century modernist landscape composition, painted in oil onto board.
This painting is a landscape t...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Farm Scene in Style of Burliuk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very well painted with heavy impasto oil on canvas. Charming farm scene with cows, sheep and a woman and her dog. Style reminds me a little bit of David Burliuk. Painting is signed ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pavillon de Cirque
By Celso Lagar
Located in Madrid, ES
CELSO LAGAR
Spanish, 1891 - 1966
PAVILLON DE CIRQUE
signed "Lagar" (lower right)
oil on canvas
15 x 18 inches (38 x 46 cm.)
framed: 21-1/2 x 24-1/2 inches (54 x 62 cm.)
NOTE:
THIS W...
Category
Fauvist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid-Century Modernist Watercolour On Paper, Trees At Buckfast Abbey
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 1960s work on paper of a group of trees at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England, by Alban Atkins. Signed bottom left, titled and dated to the reverse. There is also a collection or accession number to the backboard.
Atkins has captured the sculptural nature of the tree trunks as they have grown in the landscape giving the work a feeling of living, writhing things as well as an abstract feel in the composition.
Atkins was one of the group of important artists chosen and commissioned by Sir Kenneth Clark...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor
Mid Century Southwest Desert Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Southwest Desert Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Vast Southwest plein air landscape of a desert scene with mountains, cacti, and other desert plants...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Farm Landscape Chickens Grazing Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted American impressionist chicken grazing landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 9H by 11L.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beach Scene with Figures Enjoying the Shoreline Gentle Waves Sailing Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
American Poplar
Located in Stockholm, SE
A vibrant painting depicting an avenue lined with poplar trees in fall colors, prominently featuring a very large, centrally placed yellow poplar. Possibly an American poplar. The artist, Agda Holst, has employed a diverse palette of colors to the poplars, creating a dynamic and colorful composition. This oil on panel is signed and dated by Holst in 1948. The work exemplifies her use of color and form, characteristics that defined her artistic practice throughout her career.
Agda Holst was a Swedish modernist painter known for her precise study of form, stylized compositions, and ability to merge structured geometry with expressive color. Her works, often still lifes, portraits, and figure studies, reflect a balance between naturalistic representation and modernist influences such as Cubism and New Objectivity.
Holst's artistic journey began in 1907 at the Académie Colarossi in Paris, where she studied under Christian Krohg. Seeking further refinement, she moved to Munich between 1910 and 1911, studying with Julius Exter, known for his teachings in portrait and genre painting. In 1911–1912, she returned to Paris to study under Kees van Dongen, whose bold use of color and strong contrasts left a lasting impression on her work. The early 1920s marked another period of study in Paris, this time under André Lhote, who instilled in her a structured approach to composition and geometric clarity.
Holst’s first public exhibition took place in 1916, when she displayed paintings in a bookstore...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Untitled (Surrealist rendering of Pyramids at Giza with alligator)
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Surrealist rendering of Pyramids at Giza with alligator)
watecolor and gouache on paper, 1960
Unsigned
Beni Kosh estate stamp No. 717 verso, unsigned.
(see photo)
Condition: Minor condition issues
minor folds
Not objectionable
Image/Sheet size: 18 1/4 x 24 inches
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
Bingham Vance, Shaker Heights...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Bories-en-Provence Village Near Gordes, Large Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Paul Clement (1906-), France, 1967. Bories-en-Provence near Gordes. Measurements : with frame: 106x87 cm - 41.7x34.25 inches, without frame: 100x81 cm - 39.4x31.9 in...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Menton French Riviera Sunny Harbour French Mid Century Post-Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
''Menton"
by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001)
Signed lower front
oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with rick thick impasto oil and bold colors.
very good condition
size: 25....
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rocky Neck, Gloucester
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Cape Ann Massachusetts sunny street scene in Gloucester by American artist Emile Albert Gruppé (1896-1978). Gruppé was born in Rochester, NY, and is renowned for his New Engla...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Cody, Wyoming Horse Ranch Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American regionalist modern landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 30"L x 25"H.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Notre Dame, Paris, France
By Jean Salabet
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Jean Salabet’s Notre Dame, Paris, France captures the majestic presence of the iconic cathedral with his signature impressionistic touch. The painting showcases the grandeur of Notre...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Oil Painting of Coastal Cottages with Boats Along a Tranquil Shoreline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Coastal Cottages with Boats Along a Tranquil Shoreline
Artist: Roland Pichard
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 9.75 (height) x 16.25...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Misty Lagoon", Monochrome 1970's Lanscape Watercolor
By Ritchie A. Benson
Located in Soquel, CA
A gorgeous American Impressionist watercolor painting of a serene lagoon in a brown/orange monochrome palette by Ritchie Allen Benson (American, 1914-1991). Titled "Misty Lagoon." Presented in a wood frame. Signed "R. A. Benson" lower left. Framed size: 25"H x 31"W. Image: 23.5"W x 17.5"H.
Ritchie A. Benson grew up in the Los Angeles area during the World War 11 era. By the late 1950s, he was studying watercolor painting and by the 1960s was exhibiting on a national level. He spent a great deal of time painting along the California coast and was most interested in producing works which pictured boats and harbor scenes.
His watercolors were sold through the Challis Gallery in Laguna Beach and through art association exhibition sales. Although he continued to paint occasionally in Southern California, most of Bensen's later works were done in Mendocino, California, or farther north in Washington state where he spent a lot of time painting on the beaches...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Board
Mid Century Oil Landscape of Santa Clara Valley Before Silicon Valley
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Oil Landscape of Santa Clara Valley Before Silicon Valley
1947 Original oil painting depicting a landscape of Santa Clara Valley orchards, prior to the Silicon Valley bo...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Old Provencal French Village Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"En Provence"
signed by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
measures: 13 x 18 inches
condition: the painting is in very sound and presenta...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Nice Old Port Harbor Busy Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nice Port
French School, mid 20th century
indistinctly signed
oil on board, framed in original period frame
Framed: 24 x 28 inches
Board : 20 x 25 inches
Provenance: private collect...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Edinburgh Town circa 1930
By Charles Eddowes Turner
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Famous Edinburgh scene with the foggy Castle on the Mount from the North Bridge, and a bustling city scene below. Impressionist style, dating to mid 1920s/1930s, presenting a glimps...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Antique American Abstract Landscape Framed Vintage Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Countryside Landscape with Red Roofed Cottages and Rolling Hills
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Countryside Landscape with Red Roofed Cottages and Rolling Hills
Artist: Roland Pichard
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 14 (height) x 10.75 (width), (Includ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's French Village Hillside On Green Rolling Hills Oil Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Verdant Hills
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original oil on artist paper
size: 19 x 26 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
Description: This expressive ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Mid Century Post Impressionist Coastal Landscape, Saint Guenole, Brittany
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Mid Century oil on board coastal landscape by Ferdinand Breffort. The painting is signed and dated bottom left and titled bottom right. Presented in a very fine carved wood an...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Impressionist Framed Harbor Scene Seascape Sunset Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist dock scene painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Casares Spain Hill Top Town Perched in Landscape 1960's French Impressionist Oil
By Claude Marin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Casares', Spain
by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001)
signed and dated 67
oil on board, unframed
board: 6.25 x 8.75 inches
inscribed verso
Provenance: private collection, Paris, France...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Charming American Impressionist Landscape Painting
Located in New York, NY
Mystery American Artist
Untitled (Landscape), c. mid 20th century
Oil on canvas
19 x 23 in.
Framed: 23 1/2 x 27 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.
Initialed lower right: FV
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Sierra Mountain California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century impasto landscape of tall trees and mountain peaks in the Sierras by an unknown California artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned and unframed. Image size: 2...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century California Mission Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century landscape of a historic California mission, highlighting its iconic architectural details such as a columned arches, white was...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Cardboard
Six O'Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Six O-Clock, c. 1942, oil on canvas, 30 x 20 inches, signed and titled several times verso of frame and stretcher (perhaps by another hand), marked “Rehn” several times on frame (for the Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries in New York City, who represented Craig at the time); Exhibited: 1) 18th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings from March 21 to May 2, 1943 at The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. #87, original price $450 (per catalog) (exhibition label verso), 2) Craig’s one-man show at the Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries, New York City, from October 26 to November 14, 1942, #10 (original price listed as $350); and 3) Exhibition of thirty paintings sponsored by the Harrisburg Art Association at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg in March, 1944 (concerning this exhibit, Penelope Redd of The Evening News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) wrote: “Other paintings that have overtones of superrealism inherent in the subjects include Tom Craig’s California nocturne, ‘Six O’Clock,’ two figures moving through the twilight . . . .” March 6, 1944, p. 13); another label verso from The Museum of Art of Toledo (Ohio): original frame: Provenance includes George Stern Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
About the Painting
Long before Chris Burden’s iconic installation outside of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Urban Light, another artist, Tom Craig, made Southern California streetlights the subject of one of his early 1940s paintings. Consisting of dozens of recycled streetlights from the 1920s and 1930s forming a classical colonnade at the museum’s entrance, Burden’s Urban Light has become a symbol of Los Angeles. For Burden, the streetlights represent what constitutes an advanced society, something “safe after dark and beautiful to behold.” It seems that Craig is playing on the same theme in Six O-Clock. Although we see two hunched figures trudging along the sidewalk at the end of a long day, the real stars of this painting are the streetlights which brighten the twilight and silhouette another iconic symbol of Los Angeles, the palm trees in the distance. Mountains in the background and the distant view of a suburban neighborhood join the streetlights and palm trees as classic subject matter for a California Scene painting, but Craig gives us a twist by depicting the scene not as a sun-drenched natural expanse. Rather, Craig uses thin layers of oil paint, mimicking the watercolor technique for which he is most famous, to show us the twinkling beauty of manmade light and the safety it affords. Although Southern California is a land of natural wonders, the interventions of humanity are already everywhere in Los Angeles and as one critic noted, the resulting painting has an air of “superrealism.”
About the Artist
Thomas Theodore Craig was a well-known fixture in the Southern California art scene. He was born in Upland California. Craig graduated with a degree in botany from Pomona College and studied painting at Pamona and the Chouinard Art School with Stanton MacDonald-Wright and Barse Miller among others. He became close friends with fellow artist Milford Zornes...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique European Summer Impressionist Bustling Beach Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive European impressionist summer beach scene oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20H by 24L.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Greece by Edouard Arthur, Oil on canvas 38x61 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame
Total size with frame 48x71 cm
Edouard ARTHUR is an artist born in 1917 and died in 2002. His works have been sold at public auction 12 times, mainly ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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Sunset Cloud Paintings
Antique Sheep Painting
Leeds Painting
Post Modern Flower Paintings
Chinese Painting Ships