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Period: 1960s
"Abstraction" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field
Located in New York, NY
"Abstraction" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field James Daugherty (1887 – 1974) Abstraction 16 x 12 inches Estate stamp verso Oil on panel Provenance: Estate of t...
Category

Abstract 1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"HUNTING SCENE II" Lithograph by Ynez Johnston
Located in Pasadena, CA
"Hunting Scene II," a lithograph by American artist Ynez Johnston created in 1964, is part of a series published by the International Graphic Arts Society (IGAS) in September 1965. L...
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Modern 1960s Paintings

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Paper

Dancer 1969. Oil on canvas, 92.5x92.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Dancer 1969. Oil on canvas, 92,5x92,5 cm The artist's portrayal of the dancer captures the grace and elegance associated with ballet. The ballerina's pose and body language convey ...
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Modern 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Colorful Mexican Village Scene" Expressionistic Oil Painting on Masonite
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted Circa 1960 by Russian painter Michael Baxte. Mostly known for his abstracted figures on canvas or street scenes, this piece is a wonderful representation of his bold still life paintings, with expressive use of color, shape, and form. Later in his career, Baxte explores Expressionism, infusing both European and North American stylistic trends. This piece is from later in his career, but we can feel this underlying style throughout. Art measures 18 x 21.75 inches Michael Posner Baxte was born in 1890 in the small town of Staroselje Belarus, Russia. For the first half of the 19th century it was a center of the Chabad movement of Hasidic Jews, but this group was gone by the middle of the 19th century. By the time the Baxte family immigrated to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, the Jewish population numbered only on the hundreds. The native language of the Baxte family was Yiddish. It is likely that the death of Michael Baxte’s father triggered the family’s immigration. Three older brothers arrived in New York between 1903 and 1905. Michael and his mother, Rebecca, arrived in 1907. By 1910 Michael, his mother, and brother, Joseph, were living in New Orleans and may have spent some time on a Louisiana plantation. Around 1912, Michael Baxte returned to Europe to study the violin. In 1914 he, his mother, and Joseph moved to New York City. Meanwhile, in Algeria, a talented young woman painter, Violette Mege, was making history. Since for the first time, a woman won the prestigious Beaux Art competition in Algeria. At first, the awards committee denied her the prize but, with French government intervention, Mege eventually prevailed. She won again 3 years later and, in 1916, used the scholarship to visit the United States of America. When Violette came to New York, she met Baxte, who was, by then, an accomplished violinist, teacher, and composer. Baxte’s compositions were performed at the Tokyo Imperial Theater, and in 1922 he was listed in the American Jewish Yearbook as one of the prominent members of the American Jewish community. As a music teacher he encouraged individual expression. Baxte stated, “No pupil should ever be forced into imitation of the teacher. Art is a personal experience, and the teacher’s truest aim must be to awaken this light of personality through the patient light of science.” By 1920 Michael Baxte and Violette Mege were living together in Manhattan. Although they claimed to be living as husband and wife, it seems that their marriage did not become official until 1928. On their “unofficial” honeymoon around 1917, in Algiers, Baxte confided to her his ambition to paint. There and later in New Mexico where the wonderful steeped sunlight approximates the coloring of Algiers, she taught him his heart’s desire. He never had any other teacher. She never had any other pupil. For ten years she devoted all her time, energy, and ambition to teaching, encouraging, inspiring him. Then in 1928, their mutual strivings were rewarded, as his works were being chosen as one of the two winners in the Dudensing National Competition for American Painters. Out of 150 artists from across the country participated in the Dudensing, and Michael Posner Baxte and, Robert Fawcett, were the winners. In his 1924 naturalization application, he indicated that he was sometimes known as “Michael Posner Baxte.” One of the witnesses to his application was Bernard Karfiol, a Jewish American artist. That’s when Michael may...
Category

Expressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Abstract Still Life
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/ Unidentified Artist, Untitled Still Life, Abstract Still Life, 18 x 14, 1968 Colors: Black, White, Red, Green, Blue, Brown, Purple Note: Artist Signature on bottom right ha...
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Abstract 1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Mexican Outdoor Scene with Figures" Expressionistic Style Oil Painting on Board
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the Mid Century by Russian painter Michael Baxte. Mostly known for his abstracted figures on canvas or street scenes, this piece is a wond...
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Expressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Introspective Woman / Actress on Movie Set. Mid Century Art, Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Lorraine Fox was an American illustrator and commercial artist who illustrated magazines, book covers, and advertisements. Among the magazines, she illustrated for were Woman's Day, ...
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Post-Impressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Pencil

'Reclining Nude', Art Institute of Chicago, Hans Bellmer, Expressionism
By Hendrik Grise
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right "Grise" and painted circa 1965. A substantial Expressionist-style figural watercolor of a young woman reclining on a divan. Grise first studied at the Art Institute of Chicago...
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1960s Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Mid Century Desert in Bloom Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid mid-century painting of desert in bloom by Gail Pace (American, 20th Century), 1961. Signed "G. Pace" and dated '61 lower right corner. Unframed....
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American Impressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Mid Century California Lanscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful example of California "Eucalyptus School" painting by Gail Pace (American, 20th Century), c. 1960. Signed "Pace" lower right. Unframed. Image size:...
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American Impressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Model. 1968. Oil on canvas, 118x65 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Model. 1968. Oil on canvas, 118x65 cm Blond woman in magenta dress Laimdots Murnieks (1922-2011) studied at Cesis and Jelgava teachers’ institutes (19...
Category

Modern 1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

“Abisko, Sweden”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of Abisko, Sweden by the well known artist, Kjell Leander-Engstrom of Sweden. Signed lower left. Signed, titled and dated verso 1965. Notice of artist...
Category

Post-Modern 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Robert Mus Untitled 1
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Robert Mus Untitled 1 Acrylic, oil and paper on Isorel 1968 90 x 118 Certificate from the artist's daughter 2300 euros
Category

Abstract 1960s Paintings

Materials

Paper

Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative -- Nude Woman and Red Chair
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century abstract figurative nude at night with red chair by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). A nocturnal setting adds more interest and dimension. Signed on verso "H Berg." Unframed. 36"H x 30"W. Honora Berg an early Bay Area Figurative and Abstract Expressionist painter. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff, and James Budd Dixon. Berg's friend Edith Truesdell...
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American Modern 1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Mid Century Autumn Chrysanthemums in Vase Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid-century still life oil painting of Chrysanthemums in vase. Against a yellow background, white, orange, and yellow chrysanthemums sit in a red vase. The arrangement is r...
Category

American Impressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Horse rider, Ink on paper, Black by Indian Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Untitled - 8.5 x 7 inches (unframed size) Ink on Paper, 1960 (Framed & Delivered) Sunil Das was one of India's most important postmodernist painters and rose to prominen...
Category

Modern 1960s Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Mid Century Abstracted Sierra Mountains Mixed Media Landscape on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century modern abstracted landscape of Sierra Mountains by Bay Area artist Barbara Farnham Dornbusch (American, b. 1929), circa 1960. Signed lower right. Presented in v...
Category

Modern 1960s Paintings

Materials

India Ink, Wax, Watercolor, Laid Paper

Ross Bleckner Geometric Abstract Painting, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Ross Bleckner (American, b. 1949) Untitled (Geometric Abstraction) Acrylic on board 19 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. Signed lower right: Ross '66 Ross Bleckner grew up in Hewlett, Long Island, N...
Category

Abstract Geometric 1960s Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

'Abstract in Red', Brasil, São Paulo Bienniale, MoMA Resende, New York, Chicago
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed twice, verso, 'Carmélio' and 'Carmélio Cruz' for Carmélio' Rodrigues Cruz (Brazilian, born 1924) and dated 1966. Carmélio Rodrigues Cruz first studied art with the Brazilian painter, Jacinto de Souza (1935-1940). In 1944, he was invited to participate in the Sociedade Cearense de Artes Plásticas (SCAP), alongside other Latin American Modernists including Antonio Bandeira...
Category

Abstract 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Green Oval, Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Green Oval Year: 1962 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 48 x 28 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed, dated, titled by the artist, verso LO...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Bouquet in Pitcher”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on artist canvas board by the well known artist Nicolas Cikovsky of a vibrant floral bouquet. Signed lower right. Condition is very good. The painting is housed in its original frame. Overall framed measurements are 21.75 by 17.5 inches Landscape and figure painter Nicolai S. Cikovsky, 1894-1984, was born in Russia, where he studied at the Vilna Art School, 1910-1914; the Penza Royal Art School, 1914-1918; and Moscow High Tech Art...
Category

Post-Modern 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

"Flight, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with gouache on paper. It features a muted palette and large, textured brush strokes. The painting itself is 13" x 22" and it measures 21.25" x 29.25" x 1" framed. It is signed by the artist in the lower right-hand corner of the painting, and is framed in a black frame with an acid-free mat. Wired and ready to hang. Stanley Bate was born on March 26, 1903 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Bates were an established Tennessee family, in fact, Henry’s brother William Bate was the governor of Tennessee from 1883-1887 and a United States Senator from 1887-1905. Stanley studied art at the Watkins Institute in Nashville. In the 1920’s Bate moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League under Frederick Bridgman. He soon landed a job with Encyclopedia Britannica, and from 1927-1929 served as art editor. From 1929 until his death in 1972, Stanley was a self-employed artist. He taught art classes at both the Art Students League and the Albany Institute of History and Art and brought in extra income by making illustrations for magazines such as “Outdoor Life” and “Popular Science”. On January 27, 1934 Stanley married Emilie Rossel. Emilie had emigrated from Switzerland to New York in 1923. She found work as a governess to Alfred Vanderbilt and later as an executive secretary for Wall Street investment brokers Kahn, Loeb and Co. Emilie met Stanley in New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend. The couple, who had no children, lived on 34th Street in Manhattan. During this period, Bate was producing and exhibiting his art and joined several artists groups. Stanley and Emilie became part of the New York art scene, dining weekly at the Society of Illustrators Clubhouse. Stanley Bate’s time in New York was pivotal in the formation of his painting style. He lived in New York during the inception of one of the most important Modern Art movements, one that helped New York replace Paris as the center of avant-garde art. This movement, which was called the New York School of artists, was later known as Abstract Expressionism. It was comprised of a loosely associated group of vanguard artists working in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s. The New York School was not defined by a specific style, but instead reflected a fusion of European Modernism and American social relevancy that was depicted in many individual styles. Influences of Surrealism, Cubism, and Modernism can be found in their work, along with an interest in experimenting with non-traditional materials and methods. American art was in the forefront of international avant-garde for the first time. Stanley Bate was undoubtedly exposed to the varied styles and techniques that were emerging during the formative years of the New York School. Mark Rothko and Robert Motherwell were formulating their versions of color field paintings. Joseph Cornell was experimenting with assemblages, collage and the use of different types of textured paints. Jackson Pollock was adhering objects such as buttons and coins into his early works, while Louise Nevelson was using found objects. Helen Frankenthaler added sand to her early paintings. The New York School artists were undermining traditional fine art by using mixed media and non-traditional methods. Stanley Bate absorbed these varied influences and soon his early realistic landscapes and still-lifes were replaced with something entirely new. The influence of Cubism, notably the flat shallow space of the picture plane, is obvious in many of Bate’s paintings. Surrealism is evident in Bate’s use of subjects from myth, primitive art and antiquity, along with the Automatism-like line work in his more linear images. The unfettered experimentation of the New York School is everywhere in Stanley Bate’s work. We see nods to color field, collage, the mixing of textures into paint, mixed media, the inclusion of found objects and thick, luscious impasto. Bate was prolific and experimented in various media including oil, watercolor, lithography, silk screen, wood cut, drawing, collage, ceramics and sculpture. Bate is considered a true Modernist. His work is largely abstract, but sometimes figures and buildings are discernable. He frequently mixed paint, sand and glue together to achieve a textured surface, and then scraped and scratched through this layer to expose some of the underpainting below. His sculpture, which is often whimsical, also reflects the non-traditional methods of the New York School. Bate pioneered the use of enamel and copper in his work. The sculptures are not carved or modeled as was done in the past, but instead are built using mixed media and new materials. In addition to the New York School influence, many of Bate’s works exhibit a strong connection to the Spanish school, especially the work of Antonio Tapies and Modesto Cuixart. These artists were both part of an avant-garde group known as Art Informel, the Spanish equivalent of Abstract Expressionism. These artists likewise worked in mixed media and introduced objects and texture into their work. Many of Bate’s subjects and titles relate to Spanish locations and words. It is likely that Stanley spent time in Spain and found inspiration there. By the early 1940s, Stanley and Emilie had started spending weekends in a barn they purchased in Craryville, New York, a few hours north of Manhattan. The barn had no electricity or plumbing, but when the Bates eventually decided to leave New York and live full time in Craryville, they remodeled the barn, putting a gallery downstairs and a studio and living quarters upstairs. Although the Bates moved out of New York City, Stanley remained part of the New York art scene, exhibiting in New York and elsewhere throughout the 50s and 60s. During his lifetime he was represented by the New York galleries Knoedler and Company, Kennedy Galleries, Rose Fried Gallery and Key Gallery, along with Tyringham Gallery located in Tyringham, Massachusetts. Craryville was Stanley’s home until his death on August 21, 1972. Emilie died 1984...
Category

Modern 1960s Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Le Paysage, French scene
Located in Greenwich, CT
Painted in 1961 in the south of France, Le Paysage's jewel tones and energetic, thick brushwork lure you into not a literal landscape of paint and asks you to discern it's true content. It has charm, expressiveness, abstracted content and idiosyncratic nature! A delight to hang in a smaller intimate spot. The framing is carefully done with silvered 24 karat leafing around the float area of the frame and then a wide panel to allow the viewer to focus in on the composition itself and the texture of the paint. Andre Cottavoz is very well noted artist of the French and Paris school of art...
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Post-Impressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Abstract Figure Torn Paper Collage Watercolor Painting Bezalel Woman Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Judith Yellin Ginat is one of the most prominent artists working in Israel today. She was born in Jerusalem and is a fifth generation Israeli. Her work has a naive, folk art quality...
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Modern 1960s Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Orchard in Bloom, Mid Century Spring Blossoms Landscape Watercolor by Jay Simm
Located in Soquel, CA
Lovely pastoral landscape of beautiful spring blossoms lining a quiet country lane by Jay Simm (American, 20th Century), c. 1960s. The delicate light pink flowers of the orchard in b...
Category

Realist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Robert Mus Untitled 3
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Robert Mus Untitled 3 Oil, newspaper, curling, fabric and cardboard on Isorel 1968 Signed and dated lower right 104 x 73 cms Certificate from the artist's daughter 1600 euros
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Abstract 1960s Paintings

Materials

Paper

"Sacramento River", Mid Century California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A gorgeous mid century American Impressionist landscape of the Sacramento River flowing through the vibrant forest as the seasons change by California...
Category

American Impressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marian Begg, Expressionist Portrait by Joseph Solman
Located in Long Island City, NY
In the mid-1960s Joseph Solman (American, 1909 - 2008) was commissioned to create portraits of the Begg family. This is a portrait of Marian Begg, the mother in the mid-century nuclear family...
Category

Expressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Landscape
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Gray wooden flush frame Dimensions with frame 67 x 82 x 2.5 cm This captivating work presents an abstract landscape with rich, expressive textures. The dark color pale...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Florentine abstract painting from the 1960s oil on canvas
Located in Florence, IT
This sizable abstract painting is dated and signed at lower left in black brush "M. Nuti 64," the name and date also appear on the back along with the title "Silent Sea," and the num...
Category

Abstract 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Skyline (New York)
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas. Signed, titled on stretcher on recto. Bartolomucci was an Italian painter who became one of the founders of Astralism. He moved to New York in 1960 where he remain...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Impressionist Signed Beach Scene Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted American impressionist beach scene. A nice summer view with a figure walking along the shore. Signed lower right illegibly. Framed handsomely in a wide gold gi...
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Abstract 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Evening, Snow on the Piazza San Marco, Venice', Venetian Vedute
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Monteagudo' for Philippe Monteagudo (French, 1936-2016) and dated 1968. A panoramic winter view of St. Marks Square in Venice with numerous pedestrians gathered...
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Post-Impressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Deep Tonal Desert Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Impressionist blue toned landscape. The painting is signed by the artist and dated. It is framed in a wooden frame with a white matte. Dimensions without Frame: H 11 in x W 15 in. Artist Biography: William Zaner also known as Bill Zaner...
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Abstract Impressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

"Untitled #305 (Trees), " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern painting by Abstract Expressionist painter Stanley Bate depicts large trees in an abstracted landscape. The palette is bright and vibrant, with expressive strokes of pain...
Category

Modern 1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Vintage Mid-Century Modernist Cityscape Oil Painting - Geometric Neighbourhood
Located in Bristol, GB
GEOMETRIC NEIGHBOURHOOD Size: 40 x 72.5 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A playful and brilliantly executed mid-century composition of a neighbourhood, painted in oil onto canvas ...
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Abstract Geometric 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Medieval Heads, mid-century figural surrealist acrylic painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Cicada, c. 1960s Watercolor on scintilla 30 x 20 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that wa...
Category

American Modern 1960s Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Mid Century Modern Multi-Color Geometric Abstract on Black
Located in Soquel, CA
Small Scale Mid Century Modern Multi-Color Geometric Abstract on Black Dramatic abstract painting by Virginia Sevier Rogers (American, 1917-2015). Vivid colorful squares in bright ...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Composition DB5, 1962 - oil paint, 115x146 cm, framed
By Damiano Bernard
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on canvas, signed on the back.
Category

Abstract 1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil

No title
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache and pencil, 1963 Illustration project for the book Panorama Général Certificate of authenticity LCD6764
Category

Abstract 1960s Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Pencil

"Andorra Residence", Countryhouse Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Gorgeous architectural landscape painting by artist Anthony V. Martin, titled "Annora Residence." Framed in a beautiful hand painted frame. Artist Biography: Anthony V. Martin grew...
Category

Naturalistic 1960s Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera

Antique American School Modern Abstract Expressionist Framed Early Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 22L x 28H.
Category

Modern 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Cathedral, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract painting by Stanley Bate has a light beige, creme, and warm sepia palette. The textured painting has darker shapes that run the length of the bottom of the compo...
Category

Modern 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Biomorphic Abstract, Azure and Gold', Mills College, Seattle, Shoji Hamada
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Inscribed, verso, 'Wendy Trosper' for Wendy Trosper Deroux (American, 1941-2019), inscribed verso, 'Nude Painted Over' and 'Painted prior to 1967'. Wendy Trosper graduated from Mills College with honors in 1963 and, subsequently, studied at the University of Washington...
Category

Abstract 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Leaving the Garden of Eden', Mid-century American Expressionist, Adam and Eve
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'John T Stephens' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1965; additionally inscribed, verso, with title, 'Leaving the Garden of Eden' and signed. Paper dime...
Category

Expressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache, Laid Paper

The Artists Model
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered original pastel by American artist Hans Burkhardt. The Artists Model, is an original pastel on paper, signed, dated 1966, good original condition, with ...
Category

Modern 1960s Paintings

Materials

Pastel

"Northeaster, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with gouache on paper and features a cool, muted palette and light texture. The painting itself is 13" x 22" and measures 21.25" x 29.25" x 1" framed. It is signed by the artist in the lower left-hand corner of the painting and is framed in a black frame with an acid-free mat. It is ready to hang. Stanley Bate was born on March 26, 1903 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Bates were an established Tennessee family, in fact, Henry’s brother William Bate was the governor of Tennessee from 1883-1887 and a United States Senator from 1887-1905. Stanley studied art at the Watkins Institute in Nashville. In the 1920’s Bate moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League under Frederick Bridgman. He soon landed a job with Encyclopedia Britannica, and from 1927-1929 served as art editor. From 1929 until his death in 1972, Stanley was a self-employed artist. He taught art classes at both the Art Students League and the Albany Institute of History and Art and brought in extra income by making illustrations for magazines such as “Outdoor Life” and “Popular Science”. On January 27, 1934 Stanley married Emilie Rossel. Emilie had emigrated from Switzerland to New York in 1923. She found work as a governess to Alfred Vanderbilt and later as an executive secretary for Wall Street investment brokers Kahn, Loeb and Co. Emilie met Stanley in New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend. The couple, who had no children, lived on 34th Street in Manhattan. During this period, Bate was producing and exhibiting his art and joined several artists groups. Stanley and Emilie became part of the New York art scene, dining weekly at the Society of Illustrators Clubhouse. Stanley Bate’s time in New York was pivotal in the formation of his painting style. He lived in New York during the inception of one of the most important Modern Art movements, one that helped New York replace Paris as the center of avant-garde art. This movement, which was called the New York School of artists, was later known as Abstract Expressionism. It was comprised of a loosely associated group of vanguard artists working in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s. The New York School was not defined by a specific style, but instead reflected a fusion of European Modernism and American social relevancy that was depicted in many individual styles. Influences of Surrealism, Cubism, and Modernism can be found in their work, along with an interest in experimenting with non-traditional materials and methods. American art was in the forefront of international avant-garde for the first time. Stanley Bate was undoubtedly exposed to the varied styles and techniques that were emerging during the formative years of the New York School. Mark Rothko and Robert Motherwell were formulating their versions of color field paintings. Joseph Cornell was experimenting with assemblages, collage and the use of different types of textured paints. Jackson Pollock was adhering objects such as buttons and coins into his early works, while Louise Nevelson was using found objects. Helen Frankenthaler added sand to her early paintings. The New York School artists were undermining traditional fine art by using mixed media and non-traditional methods. Stanley Bate absorbed these varied influences and soon his early realistic landscapes and still-lifes were replaced with something entirely new. The influence of Cubism, notably the flat shallow space of the picture plane, is obvious in many of Bate’s paintings. Surrealism is evident in Bate’s use of subjects from myth, primitive art and antiquity, along with the Automatism-like line work in his more linear images. The unfettered experimentation of the New York School is everywhere in Stanley Bate’s work. We see nods to color field, collage, the mixing of textures into paint, mixed media, the inclusion of found objects and thick, luscious impasto. Bate was prolific and experimented in various media including oil, watercolor, lithography, silk screen, wood cut, drawing, collage, ceramics and sculpture. Bate is considered a true Modernist. His work is largely abstract, but sometimes figures and buildings are discernable. He frequently mixed paint, sand and glue together to achieve a textured surface, and then scraped and scratched through this layer to expose some of the underpainting below. His sculpture, which is often whimsical, also reflects the non-traditional methods of the New York School. Bate pioneered the use of enamel and copper in his work. The sculptures are not carved or modeled as was done in the past, but instead are built using mixed media and new materials. In addition to the New York School influence, many of Bate’s works exhibit a strong connection to the Spanish school, especially the work of Antonio Tapies and Modesto Cuixart. These artists were both part of an avant-garde group known as Art Informel, the Spanish equivalent of Abstract Expressionism. These artists likewise worked in mixed media and introduced objects and texture into their work. Many of Bate’s subjects and titles relate to Spanish locations and words. It is likely that Stanley spent time in Spain and found inspiration there. By the early 1940s, Stanley and Emilie had started spending weekends in a barn they purchased in Craryville, New York, a few hours north of Manhattan. The barn had no electricity or plumbing, but when the Bates eventually decided to leave New York and live full time in Craryville, they remodeled the barn, putting a gallery downstairs and a studio and living quarters upstairs. Although the Bates moved out of New York City, Stanley remained part of the New York art scene, exhibiting in New York and elsewhere throughout the 50s and 60s. During his lifetime he was represented by the New York galleries Knoedler and Company, Kennedy Galleries, Rose Fried Gallery and Key Gallery, along with Tyringham Gallery located in Tyringham, Massachusetts. Craryville was Stanley’s home until his death on August 21, 1972. Emilie died 1984...
Category

Modern 1960s Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Mid-Century Expressionist Portrait of Kenneth Lucas by Richard Lofton, 1962
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful and bold impasto oil portrait with dynamic, expressive brushstrokes by Richard Lofton (American, 1908-1966). The name of the sitter, Kenneth Lucas, is inscribed along the ri...
Category

Expressionist 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

At The Seaside
Located in Sheffield, MA
Gaston Sebire French, 1920-2002 At The Seaside Oil on canvas 25 by 31 in. W/frame 33 ½ by 39 ½ in. Signed lower right Gaston Sebire (1920 – 2002) Gaston Sebire, was one of Europe’s leading landscapists, was born in the village of Saint-Samson in Normandy in 1920. A self taught artist, he began to paint seriously at the age of eighteen. For eight years he worked as a postal clerk in the Rouen, sorting letters at night in order to support his career as a painter. In 1952 Gaston Sebire had his first exhibition at the Galerie Gosselin in Paris. The following years he enjoyed the double triumph of winning both the coveted Prix de la Critique and the Prix Casa Velasquez. The Latter award made it possible for him to spend a year and a half in Spain. Of this formative period he said, “They were my first, wonderful years without worry. For fifteen years I had never known what the next day would bring.” The year 1957 marked another important stage in his career. His painting “La Dinde” won the Greenshields Prize in a field of 136 competitors, making it possible for him to paint for another two years without the worry of finances. Winning the awards naturally drew public attention to the artist from Normandy, and his works were presented in highly successful one-man shows in Paris. Sebire was a Norman, a man strongly attached to the soil, and after his exhibitions in Paris, he returned to Rouen to his large house overlooking the town and once again plunged into painting the countryside. Gaston Sebire was a strongly built man with square hands and a rather heavy walk. He had immense vitality, and used that to his advantage.  As he said of himself, “When the snow falls, I can’t stay indoors. I set out with my paint box. I paint outdoors from nine in the morning until five at night. If it were only a question of money, one could just as well paint in one’s own room.” But Sebire went into the countryside, or into the village, and sets up his easel. When there is a café into which people are going; there is a fence, a telegraph pole, a few buildings in the background. The scene takes on life, vivid life, with a sense of some event about to take place in the scene. Like many artists, and like a typical Norman, Sebire was silent and solitary by nature, with a personality as strong and frank as his paintings. A painting, he says, “must have an element of mystery, show an effort to look beyond the aura surface of things.” Sebire’s early paintings were somber with much use of black and white tones. In 1970 he turned to colour. The subtle light of the Normandy skies; the shifting light and color along the seacoast; the magnificent blues of the Rouen pottery...
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Post-Impressionist 1960s Paintings

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Oil

Sophie
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sophie is an expressive and highly individualistic Post Impressionist work reminiscent of Chaim Soutine. Cottavoz isn known and celebrated for using incredibly thick paint that is a...
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Abstract 1960s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Ruins of Athens, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting Stanley Bate features a deep, but colorful palette. Smaller organic shapes and layers of thick blue, black, red, and yellow paint combine ...
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Modern 1960s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern Mother and Baby Playing Figurative - Nude
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Mother and Baby Playing Figurative - Nude Wonderful small scale ink and acrylic paint of a mother and baby by Dorothea Stevenson Casady (American, 1910 - 2006). Signed lower left corner. Presented in gilt-toned and velvet filet mid-century frame. Image size: 6"H x 8.25"W Frame: 9.5"H x 11.25"W x 2.25"D (velvet liner has age toning) Casady was a painter and muralist and served as Chairman, Oklahoma City University Art Department, 1939-1943; an Art instructor, Classen High School; Education: University of Oklahoma, B.F.A., 1931; M.F.A., Norman, OK; studied with Emil Bisttram, Taos School of Art and Nan Sheets; Foundation des Etats Unis, Paris, Fance, 1935-1936; New York School of Industrial Arts; studied fresco and egg tempera under Professor Leugi Arcangeti, Florence, Italy, 1937; Oklahoma City University; Julian Academy Paris, France, 1936 Memberships: Oklahoma State Artists Association; Kappa Pi, art fraternity; Delta Delta Delta...
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Modern 1960s Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Cardboard

Phenomena Quoth by Paul Jenkins - Abstract Expressionist painting, 1963-64
Located in London, GB
Phenomena Quoth by Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) Acrylic on canvas 76 x 100 cm (29 ⁷/₈ x 39 ³/₈ inches) Signed lower center, Paul Jenkins Signed, titled and dated on the reverse Executed ...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Masked Figure" Blue and Gray Toned Abstract Expressionist Textured Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Dark gray and blue-toned abstract expressionist painting by Louisiana artist William Lee Moreland (William L. Moreland). The piece is framed behind gl...
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Abstract Expressionist 1960s Paintings

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Mixed Media

"Abstraction" Mid-Century Abstract Non-Objective Color Field oil painting modern
Located in New York, NY
"Abstraction" Mid-Century Abstract Non-Objective Color Field oil painting modern James Daugherty (1887 – 1974) "Abstraction," 28 ½ x 20 inches. Estate...
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Abstract 1960s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Georgia on My Mind, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This original Modern abstract piece by Abstract Expressionist Stanley Bate features a warm, earthy palette. In it, organic and rectangular shapes are layered with deep teal and creme...
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Modern 1960s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Color composition
Located in Genève, GE
Canvas mounted on wood Golden wooden frame 89 x 73 x 5 cm
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Abstract 1960s Paintings

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Oil

Boulevard at summer. 1961, paper, watercolor, 37x52 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Boulevard. 1961, paper, watercolor, 37x52 cm Laimdonis Grasmanis (1916-1970) 1933 – 1937 – Art school of Applied art in Liepaja 1937 – 1942 – Art Academy of Latvia Artist took pa...
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Realist 1960s Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

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