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Medium: Masonite
Surrealist Portrait, 1977 Signed Oil Painting by Roberto Soto
Surrealist Portrait, 1977 Signed Oil Painting by Roberto Soto

Surrealist Portrait, 1977 Signed Oil Painting by Roberto Soto

Located in Long Island City, NY

Surrealist Portrait by Roberto Soto, Argentinian (1926–1986) Date: 1977 Oil on Masonite, signed and dated l.r. Size: 28 in. x 23.5 in. (71.12 cm x 59.69 cm) Frame Size: 31 x 27 inches

Category

1970s Surrealist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Voodoo Altar: Feast for the Loa, Conceptual Oil on Masonite, 1960s
Voodoo Altar: Feast for the Loa, Conceptual Oil on Masonite, 1960s

Voodoo Altar: Feast for the Loa, Conceptual Oil on Masonite, 1960s

By Adam Leontus

Located in Miami, FL

Voodoo Altar: Feast for the Loa This work represents a convergence of religion, craft, and design, as well as the need for individual artistic expression. It is a visual feast as muc...

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1960s Conceptual Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Mid-Century Rocket Ship Cityscape Abstract Skyline
Mid-Century Rocket Ship Cityscape Abstract Skyline

Mid-Century Rocket Ship Cityscape Abstract Skyline

By Edward Arthur Anderson

Located in Miami, FL

In the present work, the artist arranges a series of rockets and support structures in a row to mimic the New York City skyline under hyper-dramatic lighting conditions. It embodies ...

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1950s American Modern Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Surrealist City Scene, 1977 Signed Oil Painting by Roberto Soto
Surrealist City Scene, 1977 Signed Oil Painting by Roberto Soto

Surrealist City Scene, 1977 Signed Oil Painting by Roberto Soto

Located in Long Island City, NY

Surrealist City Scene by Roberto Soto, Argentinian (1926–1986) Date: 1977 Oil on Masonite, signed and dated l.r. Size: 24 in. x 24 in. (60.96 cm x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 27 x 27 inches

Category

1970s Surrealist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Study of Italian Renaissance Giovanni Bellini's "Portrait of a Young Man in Red"
Study of Italian Renaissance Giovanni Bellini's "Portrait of a Young Man in Red"

Study of Italian Renaissance Giovanni Bellini's "Portrait of a Young Man in Red"

Located in Soquel, CA

Study of Giovanni Bellini's "Portrait of a Young Man in Red" This is a faithful study of "Portrait of a Young Man in Red," a celebrated oil-on-panel painting by Italian Renaissance ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Renaissance Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Art Deco  Style Portrait of beautiful woman Painting - Apocalypse Now Artist
Art Deco  Style Portrait of beautiful woman Painting - Apocalypse Now Artist

Art Deco Style Portrait of beautiful woman Painting - Apocalypse Now Artist

By Bob Peak

Located in Miami, FL

This beautiful work by the great American Illustrator Bob Peak has a sister work in the collection of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angles. We feel that our work has a little more detail, complexity and dimension to it as the beautiful female figure seems to be floating in an endless sky of dreamy colors. Portrait of beautiful woman, Large powerfully sensual deco-esque work by America's Master of the Movie Poster. Bob Peak. Bob Peak, in my opinion, was the Norman Rockwell of post-war American Illustration, this is one of the works that paved the way for a new way of seeing. It's more fine art than commercial art. For Apocalypse Now, in 1979, Francis Ford Coppola could have hired any artist in the world to create the movie poster and image for his film. He hired Bob Peak. Some of the movie posters Peak has worked on. West Side Story, Rollerball, Star Trek, Superman, Excalibur, Apocalypse Now, The Spy Who Loved Me. My Fair Lady, Camelot and Enter the Dragon. Additionally, Peak illustrated 45 covers of Time Magazine and many covers for Sports Illustrated, TV Guide. Signed lower center Private Collection Georges Delerue...

Category

1960s Art Deco Masonite Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Masonite, Fiberboard

Original Leonardo Nierman Abstract Painting Oil on Masonite Framed Purple
Original Leonardo Nierman Abstract Painting Oil on Masonite Framed Purple

Original Leonardo Nierman Abstract Painting Oil on Masonite Framed Purple

By Leonardo Nierman

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original oil on masonite painting by well listed Mexican artist Leonardo Nierman. This work comes in a unique gold frame presentation which is likely original to the piece. Si...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Boys Playing, city scene with construction crane in background
Boys Playing, city scene with construction crane in background

Boys Playing, city scene with construction crane in background

Located in Indianapolis, IN

Isadore (Isador) Firestone emigrated from Budapest, Hungary which was also part of Austria at one time. The artist grew up in Cleveland, OH.

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Vintage Grand Canyon Impressionist Landscape
Vintage Grand Canyon Impressionist Landscape

Vintage Grand Canyon Impressionist Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Vintage Grand Canyon Impressionist Landscape Majestic impressionist landscape of the Grand Canyon in beautiful vivid colors by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). The viewer...

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1970s American Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

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

Etude III (abstract expressionist painting)

By Fredric Karoly

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Fredric Karoly (1898-1987). Etude III, 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

Oil, Masonite

A Mid-century Surreal Portrait by Chilean Artist Fabio Lemus
A Mid-century Surreal Portrait by Chilean Artist Fabio Lemus

A Mid-century Surreal Portrait by Chilean Artist Fabio Lemus

Located in San Francisco, CA

This painting is a distinguished example of vintage surrealism by Fabio Lemus, a mid-century artist working in Chile noted for his theatrical and whimsical imagery. The composition f...

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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

California School - Desert Ranch Road Landscape Oil on Canvas
California School - Desert Ranch Road Landscape Oil on Canvas

California School - Desert Ranch Road Landscape Oil on Canvas

Located in Soquel, CA

California School - Ranch Road Landscape Oil on Canvas Imapsto oil painting of the California landscape by an unknown California artist working in the style of Sam Hyde Harris, anna Althea Hills...

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1950s American Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil

Heavens, Original Abstract Painting, 2018

Heavens, Original Abstract Painting, 2018

By Michelle Silverman

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This is my depiction of Genesis, separating heaven from earth. Keywords: blues, heaven, celestial, abstract, spiritual, heaven, waves, sky Artist Biography: Cre...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Masonite Paintings

Materials

Resin, Masonite, Board

Ein Hod - Czech Abstract Art 1965
Ein Hod - Czech Abstract Art 1965

Ein Hod - Czech Abstract Art 1965

Located in London, GB

This painting is signed, dated and titled on the verso Provenance: Private collection, Israel Condition: Good condition. Two small areas of paint missing.

Category

1960s Abstract Masonite Paintings

Materials

Enamel

"Sistas" Figurative, Portraits, Words, Frontal, Acrylic
"Sistas" Figurative, Portraits, Words, Frontal, Acrylic

"Sistas" Figurative, Portraits, Words, Frontal, Acrylic

By Henry Heading

Located in Detroit, MI

“Sistas” is a portrait collection of strong, intelligent women who look capable of taking on and managing whatever life has to hand them. That they are visually beautiful is actually beside the point for Henry has managed to capture in paint their inner beauty flowing from their eyes and features. Henry has sensitively revealed each individual’s personality. These are women you want to know and from whom you want to feel their power. Henry says that, “Painting is like breathing for me. I do so daily and appreciate my gift and ability. Perfection drives me as I create each piece. It must be unique. It must stand out, and is not complete until that special quality is achieved in my eyes.” Being able to create is an essential part of my life. It is an extension of my innermost thoughts and imagination. My primary focus of art is realism--using oils and acrylics. Occasionally, I switch mediums and design and build three dimensional pieces. Working mixed mediums, I use various wood, metal and paint, thus allowing me to achieve the visual effects I am looking for. Many of my pieces have been derived from my attraction to Art Deco and Ethnic designs. I am not satisfied until each piece, regardless of the medium or size, has reached the highest possible level of aesthetic quality and craftsmanship I can give it. I have enjoyed creating art since childhood. While a student at Martin Luther King Jr. high school in Detroit, I created and presented a portrait to then Mayor Coleman A. Young. A scholarship from Center for Creative Studies now the College for Creative Studies afforded me the opportunity to work towards and receive a BA in Fine Arts. Faculty and graduates of CCS include Richard Jerzy, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing (currently director of Lucas Film), Stephen Dinehart (game maker, writer, designer connected with The David Lynch Foundation), Tyree Guyton (international artist), Herb Babcock, Jerome Feretti, Kevin Siembieda (writer, designer and publisher of role-playing games), Renee Radell, Philip Pearlstein, Charles McGee (nationally recognized African American sculptor of animal and dancing spirits), Philip Pearlstein (2000 Honorary Doctorate, Modern Realism style), John Louis Krieger (American Modern), William Girard (American Modern), and Charles Culver. Mr. Heading understands the joy found in art and how it affects a young person's heart. He has shared his love for art as a mentor/teacher at the Virgil L. Carr Center in Detroit, Michigan. Students not only grew in their art experience, but also exhibited at the Ann Arbor Art Fair. Winning the 2013 MI Great Artist Competition was an honor for Mr. Heading. He is thankful to Park West Gallery owner Albert Scaglione and Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson for the opportunity. Mr. Heading has been featured on ASPIRE TV, shows at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the National Conference of Artists and other numerous galleries. In addition, he is a book illustrator. His murals create a beautiful focal point and conversation piece on the walls of homes, churches and health care facilities. His art and furniture is enjoyed and treasured by collectors across the United States and Canada. Kohei Suzuki, the former Mayor of Toyota City, Japan has a box designed by Henry. Mr. Heading's work is part of the major TCF Convention Center's permanent collection located in the downtown business district in Detroit, Michigan. His first attempt at mosaic tile was creating a Tiger sculpture to benefit the Detroit Tigers...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Masonite Paintings

Materials

Wood, Masonite, Acrylic

Lone Horse in Abstract Landscape, Tempera on Masonite, 1960s
Lone Horse in Abstract Landscape, Tempera on Masonite, 1960s

Lone Horse in Abstract Landscape, Tempera on Masonite, 1960s

By Ethel Magafan

Located in Miami, FL

A stylized horse is depicted grazing in an abstract landscape. Most likely, the location is Woodstock, New York, where the artist lived. Signed Lower Right; Framed; Note: titled and signed on verso. Ethel Magafan (August 10, 1916 – April 24, 1993) was an American painter and muralist. Magafan was born in Chicago to Greek parents who had recently immigrated to the U.S. The family soon relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Magafan's artistic training occurred at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center under the tutelage of Peppino Mangravite, Boardman Robinson and Frank Mechau, who hired Magafan and her twin sister, Jenne, to assist on mural projects. In 1937, aEthel won the commission to paint a mural in the U.S. post office in Auburn, Nebraska, making her the youngest recipient of such a commission. It would be the first of seven government-sponsored commissions for the artist. Murals "Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1814" E. Magafan, 1943 Under President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, several programs were created to employ Americans during the Great Depression. The Magafan twins worked under the New Deal's Section of Painting and Sculpture, a program that hired thousands of artists to paint murals in public spaces, particularly post offices. Ethel and her twin sister, Jenne Magafan, became widely known for their murals painted during the Great Depression. Ethel received her first of seven Government commissions when she was commissioned to produce a painting for the United States post office in Auburn, Nebraska, titled Threshing.Other murals commissioned by the US Government hang in the United States Senate Chamber, the Social Security Building and the Recorder Deeds Building in Washington, D.C., and in post offices in Wynne, Arkansas, titled Cotton Pickers in 1940; in Madill, Oklahoma, titled Prairie Fire in 1941; and Englewood, Colorado, titled The Horse Corral in 1942.Her final mural, entitled Grant in the Wilderness, was installed in 1979 in the Chancellorsville Visitor Center at the Fredericksburg National Memorial Military Park in Virginia, She was a member of the National Academy of Design. Magafan died April 24, 1993, in Woodstock, New York, at the age of 76. References "Collections National Academy Museum". Retrieved 2017-03-08. "Jenne Magafan". Retrieved 2017-03-08. Marlene Park and Gerald E. Markowitz, Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1984. "Browse New Deal projects by State and City". Living New Deal. Retrieved 9 January 2015. "Ethel Magafan Passes Away". New York Times. No. Obituary. April 29, 1993. Opitz, Glenn B, Editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book...

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1960s Contemporary Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Tempera

"Theresa Thompson"
"Theresa Thompson"

"Theresa Thompson"

By Gershon Benjamin

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...

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1940s Modern Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

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

"Early Evening Walk"
"Early Evening Walk"

"Early Evening Walk"

By Gershon Benjamin

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon ...

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1930s Modern Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"Idle Hours" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan
"Idle Hours" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan

"Idle Hours" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan

By Daniel Ralph Celentano

Located in New York, NY

"Idle Hours" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan Daniel Celentano (1902–1980) Idle Hours (Study for a larger oil) Oil on masonite, c. 1930s 10 1/2 x ...

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1930s American Realist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Man in a Suit in Oil on Masonite
Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Man in a Suit in Oil on Masonite

Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Man in a Suit in Oil on Masonite

By Honora Berg

Located in Soquel, CA

Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Man in a Suit in Oil on Masonite Mid Century Modern portrait of an older man by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). This portrait is made of layers o...

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1950s Post-Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Calistoga Panorama

Calistoga Panorama

By Heidi Barrett

Located in Napa, CA

Heidi Barrett grew up in the Napa Valley with an artist mother -(Diane Peterson)- and a scientific winemaker father -(Dr. Richard Peterson). While she has worked as a professional wi...

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2010s Contemporary Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Mixed Media

1940s Small Foothill Town
1940s Small Foothill Town

1940s Small Foothill Town

By Lura Eva Pursell

Located in Soquel, CA

Charming folk-art inspired landscape of small hillside town that reminds one of Americana and a simpler time. By Lura Eva Pursell (American, 1875-1965), circa 1940. Signed lower left...

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1940s Folk Art 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 Impressionistic painting on board Ineffable by Pierre Vlerick
Abstract Impressionistic painting on board Ineffable by Pierre Vlerick

Abstract Impressionistic painting on board Ineffable by Pierre Vlerick

Located in Gent, VOV

This painting is a perfect example of lyrical abstraction and a choice painting out of the best period of Vlerick's career. Ineffable, 1962 Oil on Masonite board 91,5 x 61,5 cm (without frame) 93 x 63 cm (framed) Signed and dated Top Right ‘P. Vlerick 1962’ with title, signature place and date at the back: Ineffable P. Vlerick Afsnee 1962 Pierre Vlerick’s work shows some resemblance to Willem de Kooning’s. While the Dutch American was famed for the wild manner in which he treated his canvas, Pierre Vlerick showed some more restraint, but making a painting was in any case a slow process of stopping and starting and revising. His exploration is meant to result in a correct proportion of colour fields and streaks, often applied layer upon layer. All his colors have a luminous intensity. It was mainly Bonnard’s colorful work that inspired Vlerick to compose his own singular range of colors of slightly tingling yellows, greens, oranges and bits of blue here and there. Abstraction is emphasized by his use of color. Colors not associated with objects from daily life often dominate the composition: purple, for instance. This is the basis for his continuing abstraction, ending up as color fields combined with organic elements depicted with the vaguest of contours. Though both artists create a very metropolitan, say even worldly art, their work evokes nature. De Kooning has been called a master of ‘abstract landscape’. The structure of Vlerick’s works, too, is very vegetable and organic. No wonder he referred to his paintings as his ‘gardens’. Neither artist allowed his garden to remain empty: de Kooning created a female figure looking like a cross between a floozy and the mother goddess. Vlerick imagined a woman who is enjoying her body. Vlerick’s approach to abstract art is the same as de Kooning’s; they refuse to paint in a figurative manner, yet at the same time do not wish to renounce referring to reality. De Kooning once put it very accurately during an interview when he conceded that painting the human figure any longer was absurd(in the post-war period), but also stated that it would be even more absurd not to do it. The only way out of this ambiguous dilemma is the deconstruction of the human figure. Not in order to reject it, but to show it in all its fragility. Pierre Vlerick’s exceptional artistic talents were already recognized while he was studying at the Ghent Academy (1940-1944) whereupon graduating he received a gold medal. In 1947-1948 Vlerick enrolls at the “la Grande Chaumière Academy”, a Parisian private academy which attracts lots of foreign artists thanks to the reputation of its most important teachers such as Maurice Denis (1870-1943). Denis was one of the founding fathers of “the Nabis” and is also considered to be the godfather of abstract art by many artists and art critics. Maurice Denis is famous for his quote: "Remember that a painting, before it is any kind of representation, is essentially a flat surface covered with colors in a certain collected order." At La Grande Chaumière, Vlerick is challenged to develop a pictorial language of his own. Vlerick develops a way to translate the observed reality into visions of color and form, which can be situated somewhere on the axis between the figurative and the abstract. Reality is decomposed and reconstructed into a complete new representation. After a trip to Spain in 1955 the painter evolves towards the use of brighter colors. At the Brussels World Exhibition of 1958 (Expo 58) Vlerick is for the first time confronted with real works of 17 American artists (William Baziotes, James Brooks, Sam Francis, Arshile Gorky, Adolph Gottlieb, Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Theodoros Stamos, Clyfford Still, Bradley Walker...

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20th Century Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Procession With Elephant
Procession With Elephant

Procession With Elephant

By George Russin 1

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Procession with elephant, expressionist style oil painting, signed and dated. George Russin was born in New York 1910-2010. He attended the High School of Music and Art to pursue bot...

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1970s Expressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Sunrise on the Horizon, Idyllic 1930's Landscape, 20x24, Signed Rare Work
Sunrise on the Horizon, Idyllic 1930's Landscape, 20x24, Signed Rare Work

Sunrise on the Horizon, Idyllic 1930's Landscape, 20x24, Signed Rare Work

By Eloisa Rodriguez Schwab

Located in Soquel, CA

Sunrise on the Horizon, Idyllic 1930's Landscape, 20x24, Signed Brilliant 1930's landscape of the sunrise over the horizon illuminating a verdant scene around a body of water by lis...

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1930s American Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

New Orleans
New Orleans

Harry DunnNew Orleans, ca. 1970

$4,000Sale Price|20% Off

New Orleans

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Harry Dunn (1929-1998). Island People, ca. 1970. Oil on masonite panel, 18 x 30 inches; 24 x 36 inches framed. Signed lower right. Excellent condition. Du...

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1970s Abstract Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"The Rivers Edge"

"The Rivers Edge"

By Evelyn Faherty

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower right Evelyn Faherty (1919-2015) Evelyn Faherty was born in the early 20th century and made her home in Yardley...

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20th Century American Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Landscape 125 by Jean Krille - Oil on masonite 70x50 cm
Landscape 125 by Jean Krille - Oil on masonite 70x50 cm

Landscape 125 by Jean Krille - Oil on masonite 70x50 cm

By Jean Krille

Located in Geneva, CH

Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...

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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

House of the Dwarf, Signed Surrealist Oil Painting by Peter Paone

House of the Dwarf, Signed Surrealist Oil Painting by Peter Paone

By Peter Paone

Located in Long Island City, NY

PETER PAONE was born in Philadelphia and educated at the Philadelphia College of Art. He has taught at Pratt Institute in New York, The National Academy of Design in New York and sin...

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1960s Surrealist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Mid Century Figurative Nativity Scene w Hummel Figurines, Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Mid Century Figurative Nativity Scene w Hummel Figurines, Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Mid Century Figurative Nativity Scene w Hummel Figurines, Gloria in Excelsis Deo

By Helen Enoch Gleiforst

Located in Soquel, CA

Nativity scene on an architrave of a cathedral, done in the style of Hummel figurines by Helen Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Signed "Gleiforst" in t...

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1950s American Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Abstract Yellow Composition, Contemporary Oil on Board, 21st Century
Abstract Yellow Composition, Contemporary Oil on Board, 21st Century

Abstract Yellow Composition, Contemporary Oil on Board, 21st Century

By Robert O'Meara

Located in Astoria, NY

Robert O'Meara (American, XX-XXI), Abstract Composition in Green, Oil on Board, with yellow and red details, apparently unsigned, unframed. 10" H x 14" W. Provenance: From a 333 East...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Masonite Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

"Caroline #2"
"Caroline #2"

"Caroline #2"

By Gershon Benjamin

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Ashley John is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) Gershon Benjamin is a painter of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene. He had a pro...

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20th Century Abstract Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Mid Century Winter Stream Oil Paint Landscape
Mid Century Winter Stream Oil Paint Landscape

Mid Century Winter Stream Oil Paint Landscape

By Lorenz E. Griffith

Located in Soquel, CA

Peaceful winter landscape of a calm stream winding through a snowy forest by Lorenz Griffith (American, 1889-1968). Signed "Lorenz Griffith" lower left. Titled "A Winter Stream - Virginia" and dated 1960 on verso. Presented in a giltwood frame. Image size: 23.25"H x 29"W. Lorenz E. Griffith was born in Indiana; he was active/lived in North Carolina, Florida, Indiana and many places across the United States. Lorenz Griffith is known for luminist landscapes and portraits. He was painted in the style of the Florida Highwaymen...

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1960s American Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

'City Lights' San Francisco Beat Generation, Woman Artist, Bay Area Abstraction
'City Lights' San Francisco Beat Generation, Woman Artist, Bay Area Abstraction

'City Lights' San Francisco Beat Generation, Woman Artist, Bay Area Abstraction

By Joan Savo

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

'City Lights' by Joan Savo, 1960. San Francisco Beat Generation, Woman Artist, Bay Area Abstraction ----- Signed lower right, 'Savo' for Joan Savo (American, 1918-1992) and dated 19...

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1960s Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

'River Landscape with Rider', English School, Barbizon
'River Landscape with Rider', English School, Barbizon

'River Landscape with Rider', English School, Barbizon

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

An unsigned, English school landscape painted circa 1860 painted by a skilled but unidentified hand, perhaps a follower of George Augustus Williams (English, 1814-1901). A particula...

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1870s Masonite Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil

Abstract Green Composition: Contemporary Oil on Masonite Art
Abstract Green Composition: Contemporary Oil on Masonite Art

Abstract Green Composition: Contemporary Oil on Masonite Art

By Robert O'Meara

Located in Astoria, NY

Robert O'Meara (American, XX-XXI), Abstract Composition in Green, Oil on Board, with blue details, apparently unsigned, unframed. 10" H x 14" W. Provenance: From a 333 East 75th Stre...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

1970 Large Abstract Expressionist Red Black White Encaustic Oil FEMALE ARTIST
1970 Large Abstract Expressionist Red Black White Encaustic Oil FEMALE ARTIST

1970 Large Abstract Expressionist Red Black White Encaustic Oil FEMALE ARTIST

By Suzanne Bloomfield

Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA

“Untitled” 1970 Abstract Surrealist Composition Encaustic & oil paint on Masonite 60 x 48 inches Not framed Born in 1934, the work of Suzanne Bloomfield represents the life force wh...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Encaustic, Oil

Santa Cruz Wharf by Beth T. Wilkins
Santa Cruz Wharf by Beth T. Wilkins

Santa Cruz Wharf by Beth T. Wilkins

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful watercolor painting depicting a side view of the Santa Cruz Wharf by Beth Teall Wilkins (American, 1906-1992). Alice Elizabeth Teall (Beth T. Wilkins) was born in Moline, I...

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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Masonite

The Great Zerbinis, Iowa Artist, Zerbini Family Circus
The Great Zerbinis, Iowa Artist, Zerbini Family Circus

The Great Zerbinis, Iowa Artist, Zerbini Family Circus

Located in Grand Rapids, MI

Dennis Kaven (American, born 1944) Signed: Kaven, (lower, left) " The Great Zerbinis ", circa 1978 "The Great Zambeenies " (Appears to be a phonetic error titled on Merrill Chase...

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1970s American Realist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

Balinese Spiritual Figures in a Surreal Painting, Signed
Balinese Spiritual Figures in a Surreal Painting, Signed

Balinese Spiritual Figures in a Surreal Painting, Signed

Located in San Francisco, CA

On offer is a 1983 painting by the Indonesian artist Kartika. The painting blends her Southeast Asian roots with East Asian imagery. It features traditional Indonesian or Balinese sp...

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Late 20th Century Surrealist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"Gawler Gums", Australian Gum Trees Landscape
"Gawler Gums", Australian Gum Trees Landscape

"Gawler Gums", Australian Gum Trees Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful landscape of gum trees in their native Australia, painted in the southern town of Gawler, by D. Millowick (Australian, 20th Century), c. 1960s-1970s...

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1970s Impressionist Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

A Colorful 1950s Mountain Beach Scene by Famed Modern Artist, Francis Chapin
A Colorful 1950s Mountain Beach Scene by Famed Modern Artist, Francis Chapin

A Colorful 1950s Mountain Beach Scene by Famed Modern Artist, Francis Chapin

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

A Vibrant, Colorful 1950s Painting of a Beach Scene along a Mountain Coast by Famed Chicago Modern Artist Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Depicting a picturesque view of a quiet bea...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Masonite Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

A Magnificent, 1931 American Modern, Art Deco Abstract Painting "Running"
A Magnificent, 1931 American Modern, Art Deco Abstract Painting "Running"

A Magnificent, 1931 American Modern, Art Deco Abstract Painting "Running"

Located in Chicago, IL

A magnificent 1931 American Modern, Art Deco abstract painting by important American Modern paintier and sculptor, John Storrs. Oil on Masonite; signed and dated Storrs 17.2.31, l...

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1930s American Modern Masonite Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Masonite paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

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