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Period: 1970s
Vintage Italian City Scape Florence Italy Oil Painting 1970
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5024 Florence Italy city scape set in a carved wood frame Signed L.Kohn
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1970s Paintings

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Oil

Antique American School Modernist Abstract Cityscape Signed Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Signed. Displayed in a giltwood frame. Image, 20"L x...
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Modern 1970s Paintings

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Oil, Watercolor, Gouache

Native American Nature Village Community Western 1970's Animals Seasons Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Teepee/Indian Village" is an original oil painting on wood panel by Charles Damrow. The artist signed and dated the piece in the lower left. This paint...
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American Impressionist 1970s Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Spring Sassafras" Original Mixed Media on Board by Tom Perkinson, Framed
Located in Encino, CA
"Spring Sassafras" is an original mixed media on board by Tom Perkinson. His use of saturated violets, vivid yellows, and resplendent oranges pushes color to almost-otherworldly real...
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Realist 1970s Paintings

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Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Still Life with Plants
Located in Germantown, NY
Stuart Bigley is an artist based in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley. He has been making and showing his artwork for over 40 years. During this time he also co-founded and ran th...
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1970s Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

"Spring Journey" Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Tom Perkinson, Framed
Located in Encino, CA
"Spring Journey" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Tom Perkinson. His use of saturated violets, vivid yellows, and resplendent oranges pushes color to almost-otherworldly realms. The viewer is invited to step into the painting to explore the scene within and imagine gazing at an easel of a plein-air painter with the blue sky, clouds, and terrain in full view. Here, Perkinson chose to depict a tribal group traveling during springtime with the vast sky above. Tribal members are both on foot and horseback, and comprise of men, women, and children - all trekking across the landscape beneath the foothills to a destiny unknown to us as the viewer. Perkinson describes his style of painting as "Romantic Realism," a technique that incorporates two iconic art movements. This style, in combination with the imagination of the artist, produces remarkable results, showcasing Perkinson's keen ability to capture emotion, nature, and life - all in a brushstroke. Both his technical talent and choice of subject matter pair perfectly with its original raw wood frame. The frame is by Legendwood in Sedona, Arizona, which no longer exists. Their frames are highly collectible, as they are rare, custom, and handmade. This masterful work would make a great addition to an art collection and enhance most any home, perfect for those who have an affinity for landscapes, impressionism, romanticism, realism, Southwestern Art, Native American themed art, plein-air painting, and nature. In the artist’s own words: “My color combinations aren’t in the realm of the natural world, because I don’t paint reality; I’m a painter of fiction. I try to paint a sense of place, as though this scene really does exist. I have had my collectors ask me where this scene is, and I just have to point to my head and say I made it up. Thus, I think of my work as romantic realism. I’m painting a certain reality that I’ve invented, inspired by the fascinatingly rich Southwestern landscape.” “Color gets all the credit, but it’s the values that do all the work. I don’t begin with sketches, because I want to be free to follow the painting in any direction. I start with washes of different values and tints. Then, I begin to look for a landscape. Several directions will appear to me at this time, and then I have to decide on one of them. During these first few moments, I must establish my distance from the scene. Am I a mile away or just across the river? This is one of the first steps, and I have to decide before I can continue. It’s important for working out the perspective and how things are going to relate to one another in the picture. Then, as the landscape evolves, I look for more images to add to the composition.” Artist: TOM PERKINSON (1940-) Title: SPRING JOURNEY Medium & Surface: ORIGINAL ACRYLIC PAINTING ON CANVAS (framed) Signed: HAND SIGNED BY ARTIST LOWER RIGHT Year Created: CIRCA 1979 Country of Creation: UNITED STATES Image Area Dimensions: 12 x 16 INCHES Frame Dimensions:* 19.5 x 23.625 x 2.125 INCHES *This work of art is being sold framed. If you would like to change the frame to better match your style or environment, please contact us for Custom Archival Framing options. Additional Info: HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE WORK BY TOM PERKINSON IN GREAT CONDITION IN ITS ORIGINAL UNIQUE RAW WOOD FRAME BY LEGENDWOOD, SEDONA, ARIZONA. FRAME IS IN GREAT CONDITION WITH MINOR WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND STYLE. Artist Info/Bio: ARTIST BIOGRAPHY DOCUMENT IS INCLUDED Documentation: CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY IS INCLUDED About the Artist: Tom Perkinson, born in Indiana in 1940, has become distinguished as a regional painter, known for his work grounded in the visually dramatic landscape of the Southwest. As a child, Perkinson discovered he had a love for the natural landscape, and a talent for art. He fostered that talent through classes at the John Herron Institute of Art in Indianapolis, and then at the Chicago Art Academy upon graduating from high school. He received a degree in art from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1964, before moving on to graduate school at the University of New Mexico. Here, among noted works of a larger scale, he continued to paint the landscape, and it was this work that began to reflect a new fascination with the Southwest. He had found what would become an infinite source of inspiration. Influenced by early painters of the southern Indiana landscape...
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Realist 1970s Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Abstraction
Located in Germantown, NY
Stuart Bigley is an artist based in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley. He has been making and showing his artwork for over 40 years. During this time he also co-founded and ran th...
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1970s Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

David Kimball Anderson Large Oil Stick Pastel Abstract Flowers Drawing
Located in Surfside, FL
Large bright vivid drawing done in oil crayon or oil pastel. Abstract floral drawing. David Kimball Anderson’s work is bold and graceful, respectful and spiritual. A practicing Bud...
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Contemporary 1970s Paintings

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Paper, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel

Abstraction 75
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern abstract painting by American female New York City artist Irene Zevon titled "Abstraction 75" created in 1975. Zevon's love of history and ancient civilizations...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstraction 75
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Evening. 1975, paper, watercolor, 14x19, 4 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Evening. 1975, paper, watercolor, 14x19,4 cm Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978) Graphic, army officer. In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military c...
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Realist 1970s Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

'Apples and Cherry Blossoms', Modernist Still Life
By Sally Mack
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right "Sally Mack" (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975. Painted on Arches paper. A vibrant, Post-Impressionist still-life showing branches of cherry-blossom...
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Post-Impressionist 1970s Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Roads 1974, oil on cardboard, 92x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Roads 1974, oil on cardboard, 92x100 cm The composition depicts a landscape with trees and green land, featuring roads that stretch into the distance. The trees provide a sense of ...
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Modern 1970s Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

"Down to the Lily Pond" Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Lush green landscape by Houston artist Henri Gadbois titled "Down to the Lily Pond" circa 1976. Signed lower right and verso, with title. Artist Biography: Henri Gadbois is a secon...
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Realist 1970s Paintings

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Oil

Untitled, 1974
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
"Untitled, 1974" by Claudia Sisemore, acylic on canvas, 58 x 56 inches, $7,200. Unframed. "I have a vague idea of what I am going to paint. I read that many artists are inspired by an idea before they begin their work and plan their approach and process based on that idea or muse. Others become inspired after they have begun working and watching colors, shapes and designs form. I basically belong the second group. Usually, after painting begins in a loose, free manner, I become excited by certain colors and patterns and continue from there." -Claudia Sisemore -- Caudia Sisemore says she was teaching English when artist David Chaplin (an equally popular and influential teacher) was at Weber and initially got her into landscape painting. “Then he took me to a show at the Art Barn and Lee [Deffebach] was showing there [with Don Olsen...
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Color-Field 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Naturalistic South African Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Sublime South African landscape by artist Walter Westbrook. He was known for painting his surrounding landscape with watercolors. The painting is fram...
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Naturalistic 1970s Paintings

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Watercolor

"Elephant Butte - Monument Valley" Landscape Painting
By David Caton
Located in Houston, TX
Painting of the Elephant Butte rock formation in the Monument Valley of Arizona by David Caton circa 1970s. Artist Biography: David began the study of painting during his high schoo...
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Realist 1970s Paintings

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Oil

American Interior Nude Oil Painting 1970's Bright Neon Colors Pink Green Blue
Located in Buffalo, NY
A unique American oil painting depicting two stylized interior views in neon colors.
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Pop Art 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid Century Modernist Trompe L'Oeil Signed Interior Scene Realist Oil
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive 1970s modernist interior scene. Great palette and a sophisticated composition. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed and dated verso.
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Realist 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Crying Clown Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Crying Clown Portrait in Oil on Canvas Portrait of a sad clown by San Francisco artist John Peers (American, 1922-2009). This portrait is closely fra...
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American Modern 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rays - 1975 Abstract Geometric Acrylic Painting in Violet, Orange & Cerulean
Located in Denver, CO
"Rays" is an original abstract colorist painting by the renowned artist and filmmaker Victor Atkins. This striking work features geometric strips of vivid color, masterfully arranged...
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Abstract Geometric 1970s Paintings

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Acrylic

Vintage Impressionist Large Tropical Red Flower Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3048 Oversized red floral painting on canvas applied to board Set in a vintage wood frame Neapolitan artist P. Russo
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1970s Paintings

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Oil

"Woman and dog on the snow" Oil cm. 40 x 32 1977
Located in Torino, IT
Snow,White,dog,winter Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina. 1949-56: he began artistic studies in Dnep...
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Impressionist 1970s Paintings

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Oil

"Colors with Gray" acrylic and oil on linen painting by artist Robert Goodnough
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Colors with Gray" acrylic and oil on linen abstract painting by artist Robert Goodnough. Signed "Colors with Gray" goodnough 1976-1977 acrylic + oil goodnough 76' - '77 48 x 48 on b...
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Abstract 1970s Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Acrylic

Bolder Strokes 27
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Julia Marc Title : Bolder Strokes 27 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed upper right Size: 60.75 x 60.75 in. (154.31 x 154.31 cm) Frame Size: 61.25 x 61.25 inches
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Boats in the Harbor, Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas by David Azuz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: David Azuz, Israeli/French (1942 - 2014) Title: Boats in the Harbor Year: 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. and verso Size: 31 x 25.5 in. (78.74 x 64.77 cm) Frame Size:...
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American Modern 1970s Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Cubist Abstract IV, Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas by Miriam Bromberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Miriam Bromberg, American XXth Title: Cubist Abstract IV Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 24 x 30 in. (60.96 x 76.2 cm)
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Abstract 1970s Paintings

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Oil

"Winter in City Park" Snowy Landscape Scene
By Fannie Lou Spelce
Located in Austin, TX
By Fannie Lou Spelce Oil on Canvas 14" x 18" Framed Size: 18.5" x 22.5" About the artist: Fannie Lou Bennett Spelce (1908–1998) was an American folk artist from Dyer, Arkansas, who ...
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Folk Art 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Magic realism 22/73. 1973., oil on canvas, 100 x 140 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Magic realism 22/73. 1973., oil on canvas, 100 x 140 cm JURIS SOIKANS (1920-1995) 1990. Member of the Artists’ Union, Latvia 1989. Visiting lecturer ...
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Abstract 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

View Of The Hudson Valley
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
View Of The Hudson Valley Size 30x24 artist signed. Jehudith Sobel The painting portrays a vibrant landscape view of the Catskill Mountains. In 1960s, Jehudith Sobel purchased a s...
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Fauvist 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tulips with pear. Oil on cardboard, 50x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tulips with pear. Oil on cardboard, 50x40 cm Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001) Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art,...
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Expressionist 1970s Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Young technicians. 1978, watercolor on paper, 25x28 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Young technicians. 1978, watercolor on paper, 25x28 cm Dzidra Bauma (1930) Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions, portraits, landscapes, flower...
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Expressionist 1970s Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Red Lady, Watercolor Painting by Charles Levier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Levier, French (1920 - 2003) Title: Red Lady Year: circa 1970 Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed l.l. Size: 16 x 11 inches Paper Size: 25 x 1...
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Expressionist 1970s Paintings

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Watercolor

American SouthWest INDIAN TEEPEE Tonalist SUNSET Landscape OIL PAINTING
Located in New York, NY
Michael Coleman (b 1946), is known for his landscapes of rich colors in a combination of realism and atmospheric styles, often with animals depicted and the suggestion of natural har...
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American Realist 1970s Paintings

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Oil, Tempera

Lowell Nesbitt, "Tulipa Hybrida, " Photorealist Painting, 1976
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well-known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...
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Photorealist 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gopher Tortoise, Hawksbill, Loggerhead, Leatherback and Map Turtles.
Located in New York, NY
Original gouache illustrations collaged onto watercolored board. Original art for "Treasure Book Anual #3." London, 1972.
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1970s Paintings

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Gouache, Illustration Board

Soldiers and Rabbits from the Waiting with Walls series
Located in Long Island City, NY
Soldiers and Rabbits from the Waiting with Walls series John Hardy, American (1923–2014) Date: 1971 Oil on Canvas, signed lower left Size: 59 x 60 in. (149...
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Contemporary 1970s Paintings

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Oil

“Untitled”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov.. Signed top left by the artist and dated 1975. Condition is very good. Presently unfr...
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Post-Modern 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Act. 1979. Oil on cardboard, 96x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Act. 1979. Oil on cardboard, 96x70 cm Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I) His first professional education was at National University at studies to R.Suta, J. Bine and G. Skilt...
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Realist 1970s Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Red Seascape, Signed Oil Painting by Female Artist Miriam Bromberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Red Seascape Miriam Bromberg Date: circa 1970 Oil on Canvas Size: 28 x 42 in. (71.12 x 106.68 cm)
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Modern 1970s Paintings

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Oil

On the beach. 1976. Cardboard /mixed media. 50x59cm
Located in Riga, LV
On the beach. 1976. Cardboard /mixed media. 50x59cm Marina landscape with beach, boats and people relaxing on the seashore.
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Realist 1970s Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Nature morte au vase, Modern Oil Painting on Canvas by Claude Venard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Claude Venard, French (1913 - 1999) - Nature morte au vase, Year: 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 29.5 x 29.5 in. (74.93 x 74.93 cm), Frame Size: 35.5 x 35...
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Modern 1970s Paintings

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Oil

"Reflections in the Pond" Large Mixed Media on Board by Tom Perkinson, Framed
Located in Encino, CA
"Reflections in the Pond" is an original mixed media on board by Tom Perkinson. His use of saturated violets, vivid yellows, and resplendent oranges pushes color to almost-otherworld...
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Realist 1970s Paintings

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Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Untitled - Abstract with Blue and Taupe, Oil Painting by Catherine Warren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Catherine Warren Title: Untitled Year: 1978 Medium: Acrylic and Japanese Paper on Canvas Size: 54.5 x 72 in. (138.43 x 182.88 cm) An abstract expressionist painting on a l...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Day in Venice
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by American female artist Enid Smiley. Enid Smiley (1924-2004) American New York. Born as Enid Ginsberg and later the family name changed to Gilb...
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Modern 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Day in Venice
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Together. Cardboard, oil, 50x39.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Together. Cardboard, oil, 50x39.5 cm Double portrait of a man and woman Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, po...
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Impressionist 1970s Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Cadaqués from the Bay oil on board painting spanish mediterranean seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Cadaqués from the Bay Artist: Ramon Pichot i Soler (1924–1996) Technique: Oil on panel Dimensions: 33 x 55 cm (12.99 x 21.65 in) Support: Panel, unframed Signature: Signe...
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Post-Impressionist 1970s Paintings

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Board, Oil

The lakeshore. 1972, oil on cardboard, 30x35 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The lakeshore. 1972, oil on canvas end board, 30x35 cm Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I) His first professional education was at National Unive...
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Realist 1970s Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

The Angel Concert, Variation II
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: The Angel Concert, Variation II Year: 1979 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 36 x 48 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, dated, and t...
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Photorealist 1970s Paintings

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Acrylic

"Flowers" Oil cm. 61 x 48 1970
By Nikolai Tulkounov
Located in Torino, IT
Flowers,Table, cups, teapot, Russian art, porcelain
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Impressionist 1970s Paintings

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Oil

Tulips on a turquoise background. Oil on cardboard, 47 x 45, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tulips on a turquoise background. Oil on cardboard, 47x45,5 cm Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001) Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Staling...
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Expressionist 1970s Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Daumier French Impressionist Museum Interior Women Framed Cool Colors Blue Pink
By Jean Daumier
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by French artist Jean Daumier (b. 1948). This endlessly charming work depicts three young women inside a museum in the artist's signature style, ...
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Impressionist 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Wild Flowers, 20th Century British Oil Still Life, Signed and Dated 1975
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, signed and dated '1975' bottom right Image size: 10 1/4 x 12 inches (26 x 30cm) Contemporary style frame This still life is a meticulous study by the artist of a selection of plants and flowers that could be found in any English hedgerow or roadside verge. Here Newcombe has depicted wild grasses, flowering nettles and dandelions in various states in their life cycle; pre-bud, full flower and having lost all of the fluffy seeds. The detail in this work is fine and reminiscent of the accuracy that was executed in 17th century Dutch artworks...
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Modern 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still life 1974. Oil on canvas, 92x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life 1974. Oil on canvas, 92x100 cm Painting features stylized composition of flowers in a vase with oranges on a white tablecloth. The artwork showcases the artist's unique ...
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Modern 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Entrances and Exits
Located in Buffalo, NY
Harriet was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and lived with her husband in Park Slope for over 35 years. She attended the Brooklyn Museum School at age 14 where she establis...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Paintings

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Acrylic, Pen, Permanent Marker, Watercolor

"Women in red " cm. 35 x 52 oil 1977
Located in Torino, IT
Italy,Italian Painter,Women,Red ,1977 Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989) From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to technical and expressiv...
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Expressionist 1970s Paintings

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Oil

MIxed Media Collage Assemblage Abstract Expressionist Painting Female Aviator
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an Abstract Expressionist torn and folded paper painted collage. The paper is metallised through some process. they are very luminous and beautiful. it is mounted on heavy ...
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Arte Povera 1970s Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Laid Paper

Collioure. Oil on canvas 50, 5 x 61 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Collioure. Oil on canvas, 50,5x61 cm
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Impressionist 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Landscape with mountains, south of France. Oil on cardboard on canvas, 38x53 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape with mountains, south of France. Oil on cardboard on canvas, 38x53 cm
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Realist 1970s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

“Seagame”
Located in Southampton, NY
0riginal acrylic on panel painting by the well known American artist, Syd Solomon. Signed Syd Solomon lower center. Signed and dated Syd Solomon 1971 and inscribed as titled on the reverse. 30 × 24 inches. Condition is very good, no issues. The painting is framed in its original wood with silver reveal floating frame. Overall framed measurements are 32.5 by 26.75 inches. Provenance: A private collector. American, 1917-2004 SYD SOLOMON BIOGRAPHY: Written by Dr. Lisa Peters/Berry Campbell Gallery Syd Solomon was born near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1917. He began painting in high school in Wilkes-Barre, where he was also a star football player. After high school, he worked in advertising and took classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, he joined the war effort and was assigned to the First Camouflage Battalion, the 924th Engineer Aviation Regiment of the US Army. He used his artistic skills to create camouflage instruction manuals utilized throughout the Army. He married Ann Francine Cohen in late 1941. Soon thereafter, in early 1942, the couple moved to Fort Ord in California where he was sent to camouflage the coast to protect it from possible aerial bombings. Sent overseas in 1943, Solomon did aerial reconnaissance over Holland. Solomon was sent to Normandy early in the invasion where his camouflage designs provided protective concealment for the transport of supplies for men who had broken through the enemy line. Solomon was considered one of the best camoufleurs in the Army, receiving among other commendations, five bronze stars. Solomon often remarked that his camouflage experience during World War II influenced his ideas about abstract art. At the end of the War, he attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Because Solomon suffered frostbite during the Battle of the Bulge, he could not live in cold climates, so he and Annie chose to settle in Sarasota, Florida, after the War. Sarasota was home to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, and soon Solomon became friends with Arthur Everett “Chick” Austin, Jr., the museum’s first Director. In the late 1940s, Solomon experimented with new synthetic media, the precursors to acrylic paints provided to him by chemist Guy Pascal, who was developing them. Victor D’Amico, the first Director of Education for the Museum of Modern Art, recognized Solomon as the first artist to use acrylic paint. His early experimentation with this medium as well as other media put him at the forefront of technical innovations in his generation. He was also one of the first artists to use aerosol sprays and combined them with resists, an innovation influenced by his camouflage experience. Solomon’s work began to be acknowledged nationally in 1952. He was included in American Watercolors, Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From 1952–1962, Solomon’s work was discovered by the cognoscenti of the art world, including the Museum of Modern Art Curators, Dorothy C. Miller and Peter Selz, and the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Director, John I. H. Baur. He had his first solo show in New York at the Associated American Artists Gallery in 1955 with “Chick” Austin, Jr. writing the essay for the exhibition. In the summer of 1955, the Solomons visited East Hampton, New York, for the first time at the invitation of fellow artist David Budd. There, Solomon met and befriended many of the artists of the New York School, including Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, James Brooks, Alfonso Ossorio, and Conrad Marca-Relli. By 1959, and for the next thirty-five years, the Solomons split the year between Sarasota (in the winter and spring) and the Hamptons (in the summer and fall). In 1959, Solomon began showing regularly in New York City at the Saidenberg Gallery with collector Joseph Hirshhorn buying three paintings from Solomon’s first show. At the same time, his works entered the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, Connecticut, among others. Solomon also began showing at Signa Gallery in East Hampton and at the James David Gallery in Miami run by the renowned art dealer, Dorothy Blau. In 1961, the Guggenheim Museum’s H. H. Arnason bestowed to him the Silvermine Award at the 13th New England Annual. Additionally, Thomas Hess of ARTnews magazine chose Solomon as one of the ten outstanding painters of the year. At the suggestion of Alfred H. Barr, Jr., the Museum of Modern Art’s Director, the John and Mable Ringling Museum in Sarasota began its contemporary collection by purchasing Solomon’s painting, Silent World, 1961. Solomon became influential in the Hamptons and in Florida during the 1960s. In late 1964, he created the Institute of Fine Art at the New College in Sarasota. He is credited with bringing many nationally known artists to Florida to teach, including Larry Rivers, Philip Guston, James Brooks, and Conrad Marca-Relli. Later Jimmy Ernst, John Chamberlain, James Rosenquist, and Robert Rauschenberg settled near Solomon in Florida. In East Hampton, the Solomon home was the epicenter of artists and writers who spent time in the Hamptons, including Alfred Leslie, Jim Dine, Ibram Lassaw, Saul Bellow, Barney Rosset, Arthur Kopit, and Harold Rosenberg. In 1970, Solomon, along with architect Gene Leedy, one of the founders of the Sarasota School of Architecture, built an award-winning precast concrete and glass house and studio on the Gulf of Mexico near Midnight Pass in Sarasota. Because of its siting, it functioned much like Monet’s home in Giverny, France. Open to the sky, sea, and shore with inside and outside studios, Solomon was able to fully solicit all the environmental forces that influenced his work. His friend, the art critic Harold Rosenberg, said Solomon’s best work was produced in the period he lived on the beach. During 1974 and 1975, a retrospective exhibition of Solomon’s work was held at the New York Cultural Center and traveled to the John and Mable Ringling Museum in Sarasota. Writer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. conducted an important interview with Solomon for the exhibition catalogue. The artist was close to many writers, including Harold Rosenberg, Joy Williams, John D. McDonald, Budd Schulberg, Elia Kazan, Betty Friedan...
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Abstract Expressionist 1970s Paintings

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Panel, Acrylic

Autumn Landscape. 1976. Oil on cardboard, 22x31 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Autumn Landscape. 1976. Oil on cardboard, 22x31 cm Edgars Vinters (1919-2014) Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints landscapes in different...
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Impressionist 1970s Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

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