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Medium: Masonite
A Delightful Mid-Century Modern Painting of Mother and Child by Francis Chapin
A Delightful Mid-Century Modern Painting of Mother and Child by Francis Chapin

A Delightful Mid-Century Modern Painting of Mother and Child by Francis Chapin

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

A Delightful, Intimate Mid-Century Modern Portrait Painting of Mother and Child by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Artwork size: 5 3/4 x 4 Inches (Framed size...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"Autumn Forest" (2024) By Susie Hyer, Original Oil on Masonite
"Autumn Forest" (2024) By Susie Hyer, Original Oil on Masonite

"Autumn Forest" (2024) By Susie Hyer, Original Oil on Masonite

By Susie Hyer

Located in Denver, CO

"Autumn Forest" (2024) By Susie Hyer is an original handmade oil painting on Masonite that depicts a shady forest full of birch trees with bright yellow and orange leaves. There is a...

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2010s Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air
Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air

Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air

Located in Soquel, CA

Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air Santa Cruz Sandstone Cliffs and crashing waves near Natural Bridges circa 1950 by an unknown California artis...

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1950s American Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Still Life - Flowers in Urn with Bird's Nest
Still Life - Flowers in Urn with Bird's Nest

Still Life - Flowers in Urn with Bird's Nest

Located in San Francisco, CA

This large, colorful still life painting by Paul Longenecker (1920-2008) depicts a varied assortment of flowers in an urn. There is a bird’s net to the lower right of the urn as well...

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1960s Realist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Monument Valley Landscape, Utah
Monument Valley Landscape, Utah

Monument Valley Landscape, Utah

Located in Soquel, CA

Vivid abstracted landscape of Monument Valley, Utah by N. Mallory (American, 20th Century), circa 1945. Signed lower left corner. Condition: Good: Some edge and corner wear consisten...

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1940s American Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Tempera

An Exceptional 1960s Mid-Century Modern Still Life with Fruit and Gold Fish Bowl
An Exceptional 1960s Mid-Century Modern Still Life with Fruit and Gold Fish Bowl

An Exceptional 1960s Mid-Century Modern Still Life with Fruit and Gold Fish Bowl

By Rudolph Pen

Located in Chicago, IL

An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting of Fruit and a Gold Fish Bowl by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Completed in the 1960s, this large, unique, richly rende...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Vintage Lavender & Earth Biomorphic Abstract
Vintage Lavender & Earth Biomorphic Abstract

Vintage Lavender & Earth Biomorphic Abstract

By Les Anderson

Located in Soquel, CA

A dynamic, abstract expressionist image with lavender and earth tones by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California....

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

'Mt. Rundle, Canada', Alberta, Prix de West, National Academy of Western Art
'Mt. Rundle, Canada', Alberta, Prix de West, National Academy of Western Art

'Mt. Rundle, Canada', Alberta, Prix de West, National Academy of Western Art

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed lower right, 'Wayne E Wolfe' (American, born 1945), dated 1979 and titled verso, 'Mt. Rund'. Framed dimensions: 20 x 2 x 22.75 inches A mountain landscape showing a view of the Vermilion lakes before Mt. Rundle in the Canadian Rockies. Son of western artist Bryon Wolfe, Wayne Wolfe...

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1970s Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

A Soulful Modernist Portrait
A Soulful Modernist Portrait

A Soulful Modernist Portrait

By Boris Deutsch

Located in San Francisco, CA

On offer is a portrait of an unknown sitter who is rendered with profound dignity yet lifted from gloomy solemnity by a vibrant and intriguing background. Notably, artist Boris Deuts...

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1950s American Modern Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

The Magician oil and tempera painting by Julio de Diego
The Magician oil and tempera painting by Julio de Diego

The Magician oil and tempera painting by Julio de Diego

By Julio de Diego

Located in Hudson, NY

Julio De Diego’s Atomic Series paintings made an extraordinary statement regarding the shock and fear that accompanied the dawn of the nuclear age. In the artist’s own words, “Scientists were working secretly to develop formidable powers taken from the mysterious depths of the earth - with the power to make the earth useless! Then, the EXPLOSION! . . . we entered the Atomic Age, and from there the neo-Atomic war begins. Explosions fell everywhere and man kept on fighting, discovering he could fight without flesh.” To execute these works, De Diego developed a technique of using tempera underpainting before applying layer upon layer of pigmented oil glazes. The result is paintings with surfaces which were described as “bonelike” in quality. The forms seem to float freely, creating a three-dimensional visual effect. In the 1954 book The Modern Renaissance in American Art, author Ralph Pearson summarizes the series as “a fantastic interpretation of a weighty theme. Perhaps it is well to let fantasy and irony appear to lighten the devastating impact. By inverse action, they may in fact increase its weight.” Exhibited 1964 Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas This work retains its original frame which measures 54" x 42" x 2" About this artist: Julio De Diego crafted a formidable persona within the artistic developments and political struggles of his time. The artist characterized his own work as “lyrical,” explaining, “through the years, the surrealists, the social-conscious painters and the others tried to adopt me, but I went my own way, good, bad or indifferent.” [1] His independence manifested early in life when de Diego left his parent’s home in Madrid, Spain, in adolescence following his father’s attempts to curtail his artistic aspirations. At the age of fifteen he held his first exhibition, set up within a gambling casino. He managed to acquire an apprenticeship in a studio producing scenery for Madrid’s operas, but moved from behind the curtains to the stage, trying his hand at acting and performing as an extra in the Ballet Russes’ Petrouchka with Nijinsky. He spent several years in the Spanish army, including a six-month stretch in the Rif War of 1920 in Northern Africa. His artistic career pushed ahead as he set off for Paris and became familiar with modernism’s forays into abstraction, surrealism, and cubism. The artist arrived in the U.S. in 1924 and settled in Chicago two years later. He established himself with a commission for the decoration of two chapels in St. Gregory’s Church. He also worked in fashion illustration, designed magazine covers and developed a popular laundry bag for the Hotel Sherman. De Diego began exhibiting through the Art Institute of Chicago in 1929, and participated in the annual Chicago Artists Exhibitions, Annual American Exhibitions, and International Water Color Exhibitions. He held a solo exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in the summer of 1935. Though the artist’s career was advancing, his family life had deteriorated. In 1932 his first marriage dissolved, and the couple’s young daughter Kiriki was sent to live with friend Paul Hoffman. De Diego continued to develop his artistic vocabulary with a growing interest in Mexican art. He traveled throughout the country acquainting himself with the works of muralists such as Carlos Merida, and also began a collection of small native artifacts...

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1940s American Modern Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Tempera

Cathedral with Green Domes in Acrylic on Masonite
Cathedral with Green Domes in Acrylic on Masonite

Cathedral with Green Domes in Acrylic on Masonite

Located in Soquel, CA

Cathedral with Green Domes in Acrylic on Masonite The front of a large cathedral by an unknown central California coast artist Maria Pavao Hadsell (Portugal/American, 20th Century). The cathedral has two large towers, each with a large green dome at the top. It resembles St. Stephen's basilica in Passau, Germany. This piece has a loose style, but nonetheless has fine details in the architecture. Maria Pavao Hadsell was born in Portugal and is mostly a self taught artist originally from Portugal. Later she immigrated to the USA and lived in Massachusetts, then she moved to Sunnyvale, California. Studied watercolor in Italy, and with Los Gatos artist William Wray Signed "M Pavao...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Plein Air American Oil Painting Rainstorm Signed Original Modern Impressionist
Plein Air American Oil Painting Rainstorm Signed Original Modern Impressionist

Plein Air American Oil Painting Rainstorm Signed Original Modern Impressionist

Located in Buffalo, NY

nknown Artist (Signed “Kaufman”) Untitled (Pastoral Horizon), mid-20th century Oil on board Framed dimensions: 25 in. H × 21 in. W Original cream-toned carved wood frame This expres...

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1920s American Modern Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Mervin Jules Folk Singer Portrait, Signed
Mervin Jules Folk Singer Portrait, Signed

Mervin Jules Folk Singer Portrait, Signed

By Mervin Jules

Located in New York, NY

Mervin Jules (American, 1912-1994) Folk Singer, 20th century Oil on masonite 18 x 7 1/2 in. Signed lower left: Jules Provenance: Garelick's Gallery, Detroit Matte included, no fram...

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20th Century American Modern Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Mid Century High Sierras Summer Splendor Landscape
Mid Century High Sierras Summer Splendor Landscape

Mid Century High Sierras Summer Splendor Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Gorgeous mid century landscape of High Sierras full of clouds and cool lake water. some impasto texture also. A well done oil by a California plein air painter. Image 24"H x 30"W Oi...

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1950s American Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Laid Paper

Gondola In Venice, 1947
Gondola In Venice, 1947

Gondola In Venice, 1947

By Tom Lovell

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Masonite Signature: Signed Upper Left Original Use: Interior Illustration for The American Magazine Excellent Condition This luminous, expressive oil on masonite wa...

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1940s Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

“Portrait of Susan”
“Portrait of Susan”

“Portrait of Susan”

By Nahum Tschacbasov

Located in Southampton, NY

Oil on masonite painting by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed top right and dated 1966. Titled verso. Condition is good. Unframed. Provenance: Sarasota, Flor...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

The Three Peppers - Geometric Abstract
The Three Peppers - Geometric Abstract

The Three Peppers - Geometric Abstract

By Michael Mercado

Located in Soquel, CA

Boldly colored geometric abstract expressionist painting by California artist Michael Mercado (American, 20th Century). Signed lower right "M. Mercado '93" and Michael Mercado on ve...

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1990s Contemporary Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Mid-Century Italian Abstract, “Lake Garda”
Mid-Century Italian Abstract, “Lake Garda”

Mid-Century Italian Abstract, “Lake Garda”

Located in San Francisco, CA

Mid-century Italian abstract titled “Lake Garda” Signed indecipherably lower right Oil on masonite 26 x 27.25 framed 21.5 x 22.5 unframed

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Cuernavaca Procession 1935, Figurative Landscape
Cuernavaca Procession 1935, Figurative Landscape

Cuernavaca Procession 1935, Figurative Landscape

By Goldie Anita Powell Harding

Located in Soquel, CA

Early work of figures moving along the street in Cuernavaca to the Cathedral in Mexico by Goldie Anita Powell Harding (American, 1892-1974). Circa 1935. Tempera on Masonite. In a per...

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1930s American Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Tempera

White Sands New Mexico, Mid-Century Southwest Desert Landscape by Vannerson
White Sands New Mexico, Mid-Century Southwest Desert Landscape by Vannerson

White Sands New Mexico, Mid-Century Southwest Desert Landscape by Vannerson

By Lucien C. Vannerson

Located in Soquel, CA

White Sands New Mexico, Mid-Century Southwest Desert Landscape by Vannerson Gorgeous desert scene by award winning, self-taught artist Dr. Lucien C. Vannerson (American, 20th Centur...

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1960s American Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

America Rising - Patriotic 9/11 Figurative Abstract
America Rising - Patriotic 9/11 Figurative Abstract

America Rising - Patriotic 9/11 Figurative Abstract

By Jocelyn Audette

Located in Soquel, CA

Vivid and evocative abstracted painting of 9/11 by artist Jocelyn Audette (American, b. 1952), circa 2001. Impasto adds texture and interest. Label on verso with artist's name. Pres...

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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Large-Scale Tropical Secret Garden, Mid-Century Botanical Diptych with Waterfall
Large-Scale Tropical Secret Garden, Mid-Century Botanical Diptych with Waterfall

Large-Scale Tropical Secret Garden, Mid-Century Botanical Diptych with Waterfall

Located in Soquel, CA

Large-Scale Tropical Secret Garden, Mid-Century Botanical Diptych with Waterfall A stunning large-scale, substantial diptych depicting a post-impressionistic tropical nocturnal garden scene by an unknown artist, c.1960s. This diptych is comprised of two pieces; the first panel depicts a group of blooming orchids surrounded by glossy tropical leaves, big boulders, and trees, under a blue night sky. The lush garden continues onto the second panel, which reveals a gorgeous waterfall. In the style of Paul Gauguin's Tahitian period. Unsigned. Measurements: This diptych (2 panels) measures in total: 48"H x 100.50"W. Orchid panel measures 48"H x 52.50"W. Waterfall panel...

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1960s Post-Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Tempera

Mid Century Idaho Pack River Landscape
Mid Century Idaho Pack River Landscape

Mid Century Idaho Pack River Landscape

By Laura Lindberg

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful American realist view of Pack River in Sandpoint, Idaho by Laura Lindberg (American, 1904-1976). Signed lower right corner "64 L Lindberg". 26 Pack River Laura Lindberg and...

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1960s American Modern Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Vintage Pierrot et Perroquet Clown Original Oil Figurative
Vintage Pierrot et Perroquet Clown Original Oil Figurative

Vintage Pierrot et Perroquet Clown Original Oil Figurative

Located in Soquel, CA

Wonderful monotone figurative of clown wearing a top hat with a parrot by Alice Jean Small (American 1918-2009), c. 1970. Signed lower edge. Condition: Good; some wear around edges consistent with age/use; frame is rustic and shows minor age. Image size: 28"H x 22"W. Alice Jean Small was a trained artist, graduating from the University of Washington School of Fine Arts with a Master's Degree. She continued her studies, traveling around the world and settling in California's Monterey Peninsula. Alice Jean Small was born in Sandpoint, Idaho, on December 11, 1918. She studied art at the Derbyshire School of Art and she went on to obtain a Master of Fine Arts Degree in water color from the University of Washington School of Fine Arts. Following her graduation, she studied at many universities in both the United States as well as foreign countries, learning from artists such as Amedee Ozenfant, Emilio...

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1970s Post-Modern Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

A Valley Streetscape at Night
A Valley Streetscape at Night

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 inches; literature: King, Chloe, The Paintings of Edgard O. Kiechle – Unearthed After 60 Years, Ventura Blvd, January/February, 2023, pp. 46 – 53 (illustrated) Edgar Kiechle...

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1940s American Modern Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

A Whiter Shade Of Pale - 5"x7", Original Art, White Dress Painting, Christmas
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - 5"x7", Original Art, White Dress Painting, Christmas

A Whiter Shade Of Pale - 5"x7", Original Art, White Dress Painting, Christmas

By Andrea Stajan-Ferkul

Located in Mississauga, Ontario

In this delicate dress painting on masonite, the combination of paint, pencil and embellished mixed media build up a textured, figurative composition. A blend of detail and loose bru...

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2010s Contemporary Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic, Pencil

Etude (abstract expressionist painting)
Etude (abstract expressionist painting)

Etude (abstract expressionist painting)

By Fredric Karoly

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Fredric Karoly (1898-1987). Etude, 1950. Oil on masonite panel measures 18 x 24 inches. Unframed. Signed, titled, dated on reverse. Good condition with minor paint loss at edges. Biography: An abstract painter, Karoly was born in Hungary and studied painting in Paris, architectural eingineering in Berlin, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1926. He began a successful career as a fashion and fabric designer. In 1948 he was working as a fashion director for Simplicity Patters, when he had a solo exhibition of of his oil paintings, wire montages, dry-pen drawings and abstract photography. Solo Exhibitions: Hugo Gallery (Alexandre Iolas) New York 1948; Gallery Mai. Paris 1949; New Gallery (Eugene Thaw) New York 1950; Museu de Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil 1951; Miami Museum of Modern Art, Miami, Florida 1959; Loft Gallery, New York City, 1966.Group Exhibitions: Hugo Gallery, New York 1947; Salon des Realities Nouvelles, Paris 1949-1953; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (Annual) 1951-1953, 1963; Biennale of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1951; International Independent Exhibition, Tokyo, 1951; Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1959; The Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, Ohio, 1960; Stuttman Gallery, New York, 1960; The Art Institute of Chicago (Annual), 1960; International Watercolor Exhibition, Brookyln Museum, 1961; Westchester Art Museum, White Plains, NY, 1963; Whitney Museum, Annual, NY 1963; Cleveland Art Festival, Park Synagogue, Cleveland, 1963; Whitney Museum, Sculpture Annual, NY, 1964.Works in Institutional Collections: Museu de Arte, San Paulo, Brazil; Museu de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina; New York University, New York; Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; Finch College, NY; Barnard College, NY; Metropolitan Museum, Whitney Museum and Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL. Awards: National Council Arts Awards, 1968. Frederic Karoly died on December 15, 1987 at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Manhattan, where he had made his home for many years. Fredric Karoly was born in Budapest in 1893. According to Karoly’s own vitae, his exhibition history began in New York in 1947, when at the age of 54 he took part in a four-person group show at Hugo Gallery. His involvement with visual art however was apparently life long. In a brief introduction to his solo show at Galerie Mai in Paris in June of 1949, Jen Luc de Rudder, reports that Karoly began painting at the age of 12 in Budapest. After several years of studying, then working in London, Paris and Berlin, Karoly emigrated to the United States in 1925 or 1926 (he probably first came to the US on a work visa in 1925). In New York, Karoly worked in women’s fashion as a designer. In 1948 Karoly worked in a manner than was clearly influenced by the work of such European surrealists as Max Ernst, creating spiked automatic bi-chromatic paintings. His style progressed into a progressively more biomorphic vein, similar to explorations by Theodore Stamos, Daphnis, Milton Avery and Mark Rothko around the same period. He was supported with patronage during this period by Mrs. Mimi Baliff, who apparently supported the “Industrial Design Workshop” that she helped open to feature Karoly’s designs in 1948. By the early 1950’s (1951) Karoly started experimenting with the drip and splatter process as well. Drip paintings dominated his process until the late 50’s-early 60’s, when linear compositional elements began to reemerge. By the late 50’s multi-layered drip grid motifs asserted a masque of spatial organization over looser washed fields and splatters of paint that Karoly worked off of. This development was consistent with concurrent explorations into the grid by artist Agnes Martin and others. By the mid-50’s Karoly’s style began another transition into a more surface concerned “Color Field” style of painting. There are elements still reminding one of Abstract Expressionist concerns as such painters as Clifford Still. But the works that began to emerge from Karoly’s studio in 1958 presaged the Morris Lewis fan motifs and Friedl Dzubas’s epic and romantic color spewing expanses of canvas. In 1959 Karoly began experiments using washes of turpentine diluted oil paint directly onto raw linen, and all of these subsequently suffered the consequences of oil oxidation and acidity upon the surfaces. However, many of Karoly’s washes in color field happily occurred on lightly prepared primed canvas surfaces as well. By 1960 Karoly began reintroducing imagistic references to his visual content. There were also various references to Japanese and Zen influences. He experimented with a variety of processes that included mixed media and marbleized surfaces achieved by the intermixture of oil and water mediums. A calligraphic element also enter Karoly’s work in the early 60’s. Then in 1961 glued and assembled objects begin to show up in Karoly’s work in earnest. The influence of early POP artists, particularly Jasper Johns, and Robert Rauschenberg, become apparent. From 1961-63, a series of the assemblage works transition from canvas to the sculptural to pieces obviously intended for full scale installation. Many of these pieces were among the most fragile of his works primarily due to their reliance upon the of gluing of objects such as plastic or paper cups on flexible surfaces of stretched linen or canvas. In the mid-60’s Karoly apparently produced a number of photo-silk screened series of Picasso, De Kooning and other significant artists of his generation. These were executed in a style somewhere between Rauschenberg’s and Roy Lichtenstein’s, primarily because of their reliance upon half tones and Ben-Day dot effects. Then Karoly began a series of paintings conflating his drip and grid styles with super imposed and painted over string. In the late 60’s Karoly embarked upon a series of multi-paneled stretched linen constructions often with slits and fiber optic back-lit elements that were prescient of the work of Dan Flavin and others. It was this body of work that was shown at Hofstra University’s Emily Lowe Gallery, and it was these works that suffered perhaps the most irreparable damage from a steam/water infiltration in a space where they were being stored. The late professional start that Karoly had into the art world was balanced by his long life span and early immersion into the design issues of modernism as it emerged in turn of the century Europe and later evolved in America. He was clearly an artist who subscribed to the ethos of the new in abstraction and was obviously impressionable and in some instances prescient with regard to various trends in abstraction. Several noteworthy and influential collectors and institutions during his 40 years of professional engagement acquired his work. The Whitney Museum of American Art had and may still own a large Karoly canvas from 1960, but this is doubtful as the artist failed to list it on the vitae he filed with MoMA in 1965. His work was recognized and honored by the Whitney with its inclusion in four of their annual survey shows (1951,1953, 1963 and 1964). The artist’s surrealist influenced paintings from 1948-1950 were the focus of a solo exhibition held of his work by the Museo de Art in Sao Paulo and eight years later a ten year survey of his work was the focus of a solo show at the Miami Museum of Modern art. The Sao Paulo Museum in Brazil, and the Museo de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, Argentina each acquired Karoly paintings for their collections in the 1950’s. One of Karoly’s surrealist pieces was apparently purchased by Christian Zervos, Picasso’s designated chronicler, who apparently also wrote a piece on Karoly in Cahiers D’Art in 1949. A 60’s piece of Karoly art that is in the New York University’s permanent collection is included in the MoMA Library’s catalog...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Harbor abstract in Deep Blues
Harbor abstract in Deep Blues

Harbor abstract in Deep Blues

By Donald Roy Purdy

Located in New York, NY

Signed lower left: Purdy A very cool example of mid-century 50"s abstraction. Harbor is done in a style that was being experimented with particularly in the New York and California ...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Masonite Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

NOLA's French Quarter in Exuberant Impasto
NOLA's French Quarter in Exuberant Impasto

NOLA's French Quarter in Exuberant Impasto

Located in San Francisco, CA

The vibrant French Quarter is brilliantly depicted in "Bourbon Street in New Orleans" by California-based artist Pablo Cucaro in a rich palette of chestnut, Tiffany Blue and black. S...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

A Serene Cubist Industrial Site
A Serene Cubist Industrial Site

A Serene Cubist Industrial Site

Located in San Francisco, CA

Only an artist (or a stockholder) could see the beauty in a cobbled-together industrial complex. Rendered by artist N. Robins in muted golds and greens, a typical hodgepodge of struc...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Andrene Kauffman Circus or Zoo Abstract Oil Painting Chicago WPA Woman Artist
Andrene Kauffman Circus or Zoo Abstract Oil Painting Chicago WPA Woman Artist

Andrene Kauffman Circus or Zoo Abstract Oil Painting Chicago WPA Woman Artist

Located in Surfside, FL

Andrene Kauffman (American, 1905-1993) Alter Ego. Surrealist circus or zoo scene with flying animals on an abstract color saturated background. Oil on masonite. Hand signed ANKAU lower left. Dimensions: 24 x 30”. Frame 25 ½ x 31 ½”. There is a address label verso from Louise Dunn Yochim She was a well-known artist from Chicago in her time. Louise Yochim was born Luba Dichne in Zhitomir, Russia in 1909. She immigrated to Chicago, along with her parents and four siblings in 1924. Yochim studied at the European Gymnasium and at the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving her Master’s Degree and Doctorate (1962) in Education from the University of Chicago. She was married to notable Chicago artist Maurice Yochim. Yochim exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, the Union League Club, Chicago, IL, the University Club of Chicago, the Cleveland Museum of Art, among others, becoming one of the leading women artists in Chicago. Yochim published three books, the most notable being “Role and Impact: The Chicago Society of Artists”, included in the Illinois Women Artists Project. Camille Andrene Kauffman (1905 – 1993) was an American painter and educator who created a mural for the post office mural project in Ida Grove, Iowa. She completed twenty-five colorful murals and seven sculptures throughout Chicago, as part of the art projects for the New Deal's Section of Painting and Sculpture. Later, she completed seventeen ceramic murals for the 3rd Unitarian Church, which was designated as a Chicago Landmark in 1960. In addition to her artwork and exhibitions, Kaufman taught art for forty-one years at various universities in Chicago, Rockford, Illinois, and Valparaiso, Indiana. Her work bears the influence of Surrealism and Cubism. Camille Andrene Kauffmann was born on April 19, 1905, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, to Charlotte Camille (née Henriksen) and George Francis Kauffman Kauffman came from an artistic family. Her father was a dress designer and her paternal grandfather, Francis Xavier Kauffman designed furniture. Her brother G. Francis would become a cartoonist and illustrator. She attended Austin Community Academy High School of Chicago before entering the Art Institute of Chicago, graduating in 1926 and winning the John Quincy Adams Fellowship from the Institute for a year of continued study abroad. In 1927, Kauffman went to Paris, where she studied with Andre Lhote and traveled throughout Europe, before returning in 1928 to take up a teaching post at Valparaiso University. Kauffman was hired as a professor of Painting and drawing at the Art Institute of Chicago upon her return and simultaneously worked instructing art at Valparaiso University. Both assignments were part time and in 1933, when she was approached by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), she joined the federal program. During her time with the WPA, Kauffman produced over 50 easel paintings, 25 murals and 7 sculpture projects earning $24.50 per week. Some of her first works for the WPA were murals painted for the Brookfield Zoo, which was under construction at the time. Between 1936 and 1940, Kauffman painted four murals for the cafeteria of the Emil G. Hirsch Metropolitan High School including Amusement Park, Circus, Rodeo, and Stock Show The murals were painted over with house paint, but the outlines of the canvases are visible on the walls and might be able to be restored In 1937, Kauffman painted Incidents in the Life of Luther Burbank for the Luther Burbank School. The following year, she completed a second mural at the school, Circus. The murals at Burbank were still extant in 2001. The playground houses at Oak Park, Illinois, contain Kaufman's bas relief sculptures depicting fairy tales. These included a cast stone relief based on Thumbelina by Hans Christian Andersen, at the Watts Playground on Hayes Avenue at Division Street; a stone sculpture titled The Cutting of the Cake based on Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, for the Lincoln Playground at Kenilworth Avenue and Fillmore Street; and a cast stone work Captain Flint based on Robert Louis Stevenson's character at the Pyott Playground on Lake Street at Taylor Avenue. She painted murals at the Cook County Children's Hospital, but they were destroyed when the building was demolished, Kauffman created two bas reliefs for the Lincoln Elementary School in Evanston, Illinois. Children in Fruit Tree and Monkeys are intricate wood carvings with three-dimensional style. In addition, she completed commissions at the Washington School in Evanston and the Lowell School in Oak Park, as well as a mural for the Forest Park Public Library. In 1940, Kauffman won the federal commission to paint Preparation for the First County Fair in Ida Grove–1872 for the post office mural in Ida Grove, Iowa. Many great Chicago artists worked for the WPA including Rainey Bennett...

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Mid-20th Century Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Blue Lake
Blue Lake

Blue Lake

By George Marinko

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 Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

California Hills and Water Landscape Painting, Signed
California Hills and Water Landscape Painting, Signed

California Hills and Water Landscape Painting, Signed

Located in Soquel, CA

California Hills and Water Landscape Painting, Signed Skillfully rendered landscape of rolling hills, trees, and a water source by A. Meyer. This atmospheric piece utilizes layers o...

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Late 20th Century American Realist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Painting American Late 1960's Mid Century red White lemon
Abstract Expressionist Painting American Late 1960's Mid Century red White lemon

Abstract Expressionist Painting American Late 1960's Mid Century red White lemon

Located in Buffalo, NY

Mid Century Modern, American Abstract Expressionist Painting on masonite This lively abstract painting reads like an interior and still life with lemons on a tabletop in vivid shade...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

Lighthouse Keeper, Brant Point
Lighthouse Keeper, Brant Point

Lighthouse Keeper, Brant Point

By Stevan Dohanos

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Signature: Signed Lower Left ‘Stevan Dohanos’ Medium: Mixed Media on Paperboard Laid Down on Masonite The present work was published as the cover illustration of the June 26th, 1954...

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1950s Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Paper, Mixed Media, Board

'Masses' by Marc Barker, Oil on Panel Painting
'Masses' by Marc Barker, Oil on Panel Painting

'Masses' by Marc Barker, Oil on Panel Painting

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

This 40" x 40" oil on masonite panel by artist Marc Barker was painted in charcoal and sepia tones, and was created in an 'old world' grisaille style. "This monochromatic abstract harkens back to my collegiate studies, and as a graduate student teaching zoology with the hours spent staring into a microscope mystified by the primordial world just out of site, a bacterial/protozoan cloud chamber...

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Early 2000s Abstract Masonite Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

“Still Life with Bottles”
“Still Life with Bottles”

“Still Life with Bottles”

Located in San Francisco, CA

From the 1920s onwards, American modernist painter and illustrator Anne Estelle Rice (1877-1959) focused on painting warm, rich still lifes like this one, done in vibrant, Post-Impre...

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1950s American Modern Masonite Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Masonite paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

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