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Period: Mid-20th Century
Woman on Sofa - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman on Sofa is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s. Another painting of human figure on rear. Includes frame. Mixed colore...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

La Nobildonna - Il Guanto Rosso (Noblewoman - The Red Glove) - Oil on Canvas
Located in Roma, IT
Signed lower left: FANTUZZI. Archived in the General Catalogue of Eliano Fantuzzi, No. A-6, order number 15/76741. Very good conditions. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under ex...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

'Portrait of a Young Woman', Philadelphia Modernist, PAFA, Baum School of Art
By Martin Zipin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Zipin' for Martin Zipin (American, 1920-1991) and painted circa 1960. Displayed in the original, hand-carved giltwood frame. Framed ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

"Morning Towers" Contemporary Figurative Self Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Saturated, intimate depiction of sharing a bed with a partner by Narcissus Robert Quagliata (Italian-American, b. 1942). While four fingers dominate the composition, the focus of the...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Indian Mother-Child, Women going to worship, Drawing by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Indra Dugar - Untitled - 10.5 x 8 inches (unframed size) 16 x 18.5 inches ( framed size ) This is a two sided work, Recto & Verso. Ink on paper. Inclusive of shipment in framed fo...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, India Ink, Ballpoint Pen

Large Colorful French Mid Century Oil Painting Michel Marie Poulan Marching Band
Located in Surfside, FL
Michel Marie Poulain (1906-1991) French Musicians. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Provenance: Greenwich, CT estate. Dimensions: 21" h x 25.5...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Self Portrait - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Self portrait is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Not signed. Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942) He...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Lady with Fur - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Lady with fur is an original modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Includes frame 110x3x79 cm Not signed. Antonio Feltrin...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paint

Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Abram Tromka was born May 1, 1896 in Poland. At the age of seven he immigrated with his family to the United States, settling in New York City. It was on the boat coming to New York ...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Portrait of Dr. Monroe Mufson"
Located in Southampton, NY
Unsigned ; attributed to Joseph Biel Good friend of Dr. Mufson View is from New York University School of Medicine. Overall size with original frame 25.5 x 21 in.
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Mother and Daughter" Expressionist Portrait in Oil on Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
"Mother and Daughter" Expressionist Portrait in Oil on Cardstock Mid Century expressionist portrait by unknown artist Jane W. Grace (American, 20th C...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Judaica Oil Painting 1945 Palestine Old Jewish Man Polish Israeli Artist
By Ozer Shabat
Located in Surfside, FL
Ozer Shabat 1978-1901 Ozer Shabbat was an Israeli painter, a resident of Haifa. Belonged to the Palestine Expressionist group of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Shabbat was born in Wolbrom, Poland. At the end of the First World War he went to Holland for agricultural training in the framework of the HeChalutz movement, prior to his immigration to Palestine. In 1920 he immigrated to Eretz Israel and joined the Hulda group. Later he joined the Merhavia group and there he began painting. Because of his desire to study drawing, he left the group and moved to Jerusalem. In 1921, he wrote articles in the newspaper "HaSadeh" on the subject of agriculture and Dutch cheese. Ozer Shabath won the first prize in a competition for the design of the Dutch Consulate's Garden in Jerusalem, enabling him to travel to Paris in 1923 to study painting. Until 1925 he studied painting at the Grande Chaumiere Academy in Paris. This year he returned to Eretz Israel and settled in Haifa, where he lived until his death. In 1928 he participated for the first time in an exhibition of Eretz Israel artists at the Tower of David. Since then he has participated in all the general exhibitions of Israeli artists. In 1934, together with painters Menachem Shemi, Avraham Mohar, Zvi Meirovitch and others, he founded the Haifa Artists' Group. In 1935-36 he toured Europe and visited Italy, France and England. During his visit, he maintained contacts with artists from the Jewish school of Paris. He has exhibited in several solo exhibitions, represented Israel in exhibitions in Europe and participated in international exhibitions in New York, Johannesburg and Zurich. In 1958 he represented Israel in the Venice Biennale. In 1960, Shabat, together with Elchanan Halpern he represented the Israeli Painters Association at the International Congress of Plastic Arts held in Vienna, Austria . In the 40s and 50s he focused on landscape pictures. However, despite the focus on the Israeli landscape, the approach is universal in the framework of the post-Impressionist painting school. In the 1960s, his approach changed and he turned more to abstraction. The abstract direction gradually evolved. The point of departure of the abstract approach is the architectural landscape, but this view loses its real character and becomes only imaginary: the buildings lose their real character and turn into exclusive geometric areas that are usually set against a dark background. Over time, architecture captured the lion's share of his paintings. Cities like Safed, Jaffa and Jerusalem are the subject of many pictures. He taught painting and art at the schools of the kibbutzim in Ramat Yochanan and Kfar Yehoshua, in high schools in Haifa and in the IDF and Gordon seminars. His paintings were purchased and are in the permanent collection of the Bezalel National Museum (now the Israel Museum), Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa Maritime Museum, Acre Municipal Museum. Select Solo exhibitions 1936 - Nadler Gallery, Haifa. 1943 - The Tel Aviv Museum of Art. 1952 - Artists House, Haifa. 1953 - Bezalel House, Jerusalem. 1955 - Gallery in Geneva, Switzerland. 1955 - The Writers' Club, Haifa. 1959 - Artists House, Haifa. 1960 - Museum of Modern Art, Haifa. 1962 - Museum of Modern Art, Haifa. 1963 - Gallery 220, Tel Aviv. 1968 - The Municipal Museum of Beit Emanuel, Ramat Gan. 1979 - Memorial exhibition marking the first anniversary...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1950s French Portrait of a Child in Thought Against a Yellow Background
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Child Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

'Lady in Yellow and Blue', American Post Impressionist Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Inscribed verso "Dora Masters" and painted circa 1960. A large, Post-Impressionist figural oil of a young woman shown facing the viewer with her gaze averted and surrounded and over...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Arlequin - Huile sur toile, 60x50 cm., encadré
Located in Nice, FR
Oeuvre de l'artiste française de Banguy. Huile sur toile. exécuté au milieu des années 50. Un arlequin similaire a été acquis par la Ville de Paris. En...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Madonna
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Joe Montanes – Spanish (1918-1998) Title: Madonna Year: circa 1970 Medium: Oil on board Painting size: 27.75 x 19.75 inches. Framed size: 32.75 x 24.75 inches Signature: Signed upper left Condition: Very good The painting is in very good condition. The frame is in good condition with a few tiny scratches which are barely visible upon very close inspection. Jose Montanes studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in Valencia. In 1947, he had his first one-man show in Barcelona Recognition, scholarships, acclaim and honours quickly followed. At about this time, the French government awarded the young artist a scholarship to study at the Ecole de Beaux Arts...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid 20th Century "Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of Captives" Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 20th Century "Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of Captives" Original Oil Painting Circa 1950 - Relined Canvas Dimensions 23" wide x 33" high. Good condition with a few spo...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman in Red - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman in red is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s. Original oil on plywood. Beautiful and representative artwork of a female figu...
Category

Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tonight I Wait at the Window - Oil Paint by Franco Rivola - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Tonight I wait at the window is an original modern artwork realized in 1968 by Franco Rivola. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Hand-written dedica...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pretty Girl with Kittens
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 20.50" x 14.50" Signature: Signed
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Smoke Portrait - Original Ink and Tempera and Oil Painting by D. Bergamo - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Smoke Portrait is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in Italy by Danilo Bergamo (b.1938) in 1969. Original ink, tempera and oil painting on cardboard Hand-signed and dated b...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Tempera, Ink

Grandma and Grand Daughter in an Interior - British 40's Portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British interior portrait oil painting is by noted British artist Anthony Devas. Painted circa 1940 the painting is of a seated grandmother and grand daughter in a lovely...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Elegant Art Deco French School Monogrammed EB and dated 1931
Located in Pistoia, IT
French school of the 20th century, portrait of elegant, oil on canvas monogrammed and dated E.B. 1931 lower left. The monogram E.B. is also repeated on the back of the canvas. The...
Category

Art Deco Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Girl - Original Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a girl is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s. Original oil on plywood. Beautiful and representative work of a female fi...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Plywood, Oil

Duet, Framed Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas by Violetta de Koszeghy
By Violetta de Koszeghy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Violetta de Koszeghy, Hungarian (1928 - ) Title: Duet Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 40 in. x 30 in. (101.6 cm x 76.2 cm) Frame Size: 47.5 x 37.5 ...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Self Portrait - Oil on Masonite by Paulo Ghiglia - 1937
By Paulo Ghiglia
Located in Roma, IT
Signed on top left side P. Ghiglia 937. Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Head - Oil and Mixed Media by Manuel Avedán - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Head is an original artwork realized by Spanish artist Manuel Avedán (1929) Oil and mixed media on cardboard. Hand-signed on the lower right. Passepartout cm 37x26 Good conditions...
Category

Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Impressionist Portrait Painting of Circus Clown 1950
Located in Rochester, NY
Bold portrait of an introspective circus clown. Rich colors. Detailed circus background. Oil on masonite. Signed Klotz. Dated 1950. Unfarmed. period sculpted artist sculpture Egyptian gold collection collector american large carved paris rome new york salon important provenance historical fine not signed. museum original unique rare american Emmett Kelly...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

'Janet Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Di Gesu", for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988); further signed and titled verso, and bearing original exhibition label. A substantial figural oil showing Victor di Gesu's wife, the artist Janet Ament, with a white shawl over her knees and seated cross-legged in front of a large ficus. A major work by this notable California Fauve...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Saint - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Saint is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s. Original oil on canvas. Beautiful and representative work of a female figure sur...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paint

Portrait of Working Class Man
Located in Surfside, FL
American artist Samuel Brecher (active NY, 1897-1982) Oil on Canvas, Signed lower right ‘S. Brecher’ Brecher was a very accomplished painter who won over forty prestigious prizes and awards during his career, and had numerous one-man exhibitions. Brecher’s works are included in many important private collections as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Walker Art Museum, the Smithsonian and the Newark Museum of Art. He is listed in Who’s Who in American Art and is a member of the Salmugundi Club* and the National Academy of Art Samuel Brecher was born in Boryslaw, Austria, a town near the Carpathian Mountains, now a part of Poland. His family came to New York in 1910, where Samuel graduated from Cooper Union* in 1921. He studied Art at the National Academy of Design* from 1921-1924, and continued studies under Charles W. Hawthorne in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Brecher was represented by several well known New York City galleries in the 1940’s and 1950’s including the Kraushaar Gallery, the ACA Gallery, the Hudson Walker Gallery and the Merrill Gallery. During his career he won over forty prestigious prizes and awards and had numerous one-man shows. Some of Brechers’s contemporary artist friends were Walt Kuhn, Reginald Marsh, Richard Haley...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Expressionist Polish Rabbi Portrait Oil Painting Zdzisława Lachur
By Zdzislaw Lachur
Located in Surfside, FL
Zdzisław Lachur (born on July 14, 1920 in Zagórz , died December 29, 2007 in Warsaw ) - Polish painter and graphic artist, founder of the first Polish label of drawing movies in Bielsko-Biała . In the years 1945-1950 he studied painting and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow . He was a pupil of prof. Eugene Eibisch . The artist's works were presented at collective and individual exhibitions at home and abroad, including in Jerusalem , London , New York , Stuttgart , Paris , Vancouver and Toronto . Lachur's paintings were in possession of, among others, George Harrison , former US lady Jacqueline Kennedy and singer Barbra Streisand . In recognition of his achievements in painting and graphics, in 1961 he received the Minister of Culture and Art Award for lifetime achievement, and in 1979 he was awarded the medal of the Israeli Institute Yad Vashem in recognition of his work devoted to the Jewish people. one of a number of great Polish jewish artists...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid Century Sierra Mountains Double Sided Landscape - (w/ Clown verso painting)
Located in Soquel, CA
Midcentury impasto landscape of Sierra Mountains with stream in foregrounds snow-covered mountains in background. Signed "Lorie '65". Clown is painted on verso. Presented in carved a...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Acrylic

Lady in Red - British Impressionist oil painting portrait - Royal Academy artist
Located in London, GB
An original circa 1960 oil on canvas female portrait painting by Royal Academy artist Christopher Sanders. A fine example of a Modern British portrait. In good condition and framed i...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Afternoon, Modern Portrait Oil Painting by Jan de Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991) Title: Afternoon Year: circa 1965 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm) Frame Size: 26 x 22 inches
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modern Surrealist Painting by Richard Ericson
Located in New York, NY
Richard Joseph Ericson (American, 1922-2010) Untitled, 1950 Oil on canvas 36 x 25 in. Signed lower right: RJE '50 Richard Joseph Ericson (b. October 22, 1922-d. November 21, 2010), born in Chicago, Illinois. Son of Claire (b. 1899) and Arthur Ericson (b. 1899). His father was an accountant for a food products company and the family moved to Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, when he was a young child. Ericson, a twin, first began to draw at age five and took up painting in oils at age twelve. He studied at the Art Students League in New York City in 1941, where he received an honorable mention during the annual scholarship competition held that year. During this period he worked as a commercial artist. After America's entry in World War II Ericson enlisted in the Army in 1942, where he served as a warrant officer. He saw service in North Africa, France, and Germany. While overseas, he did many drawings of the places in which he was stationed. He eventually found himself guarding Italian prisoners of war who had been captured in Sicily and southern Italy. While performing his duties during 1943 and 1944 he found time to paint several important, large scale portraits of the prisoners who were happy to pose for him. As the war concluded he was able to visit Holland to study. After nearly three years overseas, Ericson returned to America and traveled back to his home town of Chicago where he furthered his studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. He married in 1948 and moved his young family to Mexico, where he attended Mexico City College. He studied art and exhibited while living there, receiving his Master of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1953. For a time after his return to the United States he taught art in Dutchess County, New York, where he and his wife built their own house by hand. Eventually the family, which would come to include seven sons, settled in Hicksville, Long Island, New York. Ericson joined the staff of Hicksville High School as the art teacher in 1962, a position he would hold until his retirement in 1983. As a teacher, Ericson was open to all fields and styles of art, constantly experimenting and experiencing new forms and styles. He had started printmaking in the late 1940's and continued to work in this medium for many years, producing mezzotints, etchings, and wood block prints. He also continued to paint, creating portraits, scenes in southern Dutchess County, and Long Island landscapes - for which he would become well known. Ericson grew to love the area in which he lived, and depicted it quite often in his paintings. He became enamored with the historic village of Cold Spring Harbor...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modern Surrealist Winter Painting by Richard Ericson
Located in New York, NY
Richard Joseph Ericson (American, 1922-2010) Untitled, 1962 Oil on canvas 18 x 16 in. Framed: 20 x 18 in. Signed lower left: RJE '62 Richard Joseph Ericson (b. October 22, 1922-d. November 21, 2010), born in Chicago, Illinois. Son of Claire (b. 1899) and Arthur Ericson (b. 1899). His father was an accountant for a food products company and the family moved to Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, when he was a young child. Ericson, a twin, first began to draw at age five and took up painting in oils at age twelve. He studied at the Art Students League in New York City in 1941, where he received an honorable mention during the annual scholarship competition held that year. During this period he worked as a commercial artist. After America's entry in World War II Ericson enlisted in the Army in 1942, where he served as a warrant officer. He saw service in North Africa, France, and Germany. While overseas, he did many drawings of the places in which he was stationed. He eventually found himself guarding Italian prisoners of war who had been captured in Sicily and southern Italy. While performing his duties during 1943 and 1944 he found time to paint several important, large scale portraits of the prisoners who were happy to pose for him. As the war concluded he was able to visit Holland to study. After nearly three years overseas, Ericson returned to America and traveled back to his home town of Chicago where he furthered his studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. He married in 1948 and moved his young family to Mexico, where he attended Mexico City College. He studied art and exhibited while living there, receiving his Master of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1953. For a time after his return to the United States he taught art in Dutchess County, New York, where he and his wife built their own house by hand. Eventually the family, which would come to include seven sons, settled in Hicksville, Long Island, New York. Ericson joined the staff of Hicksville High School as the art teacher in 1962, a position he would hold until his retirement in 1983. As a teacher, Ericson was open to all fields and styles of art, constantly experimenting and experiencing new forms and styles. He had started printmaking in the late 1940's and continued to work in this medium for many years, producing mezzotints, etchings, and wood block prints. He also continued to paint, creating portraits, scenes in southern Dutchess County, and Long Island landscapes - for which he would become well known. Ericson grew to love the area in which he lived, and depicted it quite often in his paintings. He became enamored with the historic village of Cold Spring...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Contemplation - British 1950's art female portrait oil painting female artist
By Alice Mary Burton
Located in London, GB
This captivating British portrait oil painting is by noted exhibited and listed female artist Alice Mary Burton. Painted circa 1955, the painting is a portrait of a woman gazing out ...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Painter's family. Oil on cardboard, 50x79, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Painter's family (Ed. Kalnins). Oil on cardboard, 50x79,5 cm
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Carmel Home, California Town Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful watercolor painting of a brown Carmel house with a white picket fence in front by Lillie Esther (Hillman) Heebner, a Watsonville, Monterey Bay area, California watercolor artist. Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her work. Lillie (Lil) E. Heebner was guided through life by her creativity. Even at 92, she never felt old, and often said so. She met every situation in life—including death—with ingenuity. Although born in Richmond, Lillie lived in Watsonville all her life. Her father, Frederick H. Hillman, grew up on a strawberry ranch in Pajaro, graduated from Watsonville High School in 1916, and served in France during World War I. He later worked for Martinelli's Apple Cider plant and became foreman. Lillie's mother, Esther C. Hobson, moved as an infant from Bakersfield to Santa Cruz with her family in 1901, when they founded Hobson's Bath House at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Cardboard

Portrait of a Seated Girl in Blue - British 1930's art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British portrait oil painting is by noted artist Lionel Ellis. The painting comes from a collection of works by the artist, previously owned by his wife. Painted circa 19...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Clown Boy from Paris, Folk Art Oil Painting on Canvas by Felix Felmart
By Felix Felmart
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Felix Felmart, Spanish XXth Title: Clown Boy from Paris Year: 1964 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 28 x 20 in. (71.12 x 50.8 cm) Frame Size: 36 x 28 inches
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Impressionist Painting Portrait of a Young Girl Paris School
Located in Rochester, NY
French impressionist boudoir portrait of a young woman. Oil on board. Original carved frame. Circa 1950's. Signed illegibly lower right.
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modernist Portrait of a Child by NY Artist Syril Frank
Located in New York, NY
Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021) Untitled, c. 1960s Oil on canvas 35 7/8 x 23 3/4 x 3/4 in. Provenance: Estate of the Artist Syril Harriet Frank was born in Brooklyn to Israel and...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marcel Gromaire Original Watercolor - Circus Clown
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Watercolor on paper by French artist Marcel Gromaire depicting a Circus Clown. The image measures 12"h x 9 7/8"w and the work is in excellent condition. This item is neither matted ...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paint

Portrait of Augustus John
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Augustus Edwin John O.M. R.A. 1878-1961, was a Welsh born painter, draughtsman and etcher. He was the most important artist of his generation, his sister Gwen John was also an accom...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Oil Portrait of a Dancer By Zikvo Zic C.1959
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid Century Oil Portrait of a Dancer By Zikvo Zic C.1959 Original oil on canvas Canvas dimensions 31" wide x 39" high The frame measures 3...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

PROFILE OF A WOMAN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"PROFILE OF A WOMAN" OIL ON PANEL C.1960 PAINTED IN ITALY 16 X 12 INCHES Morton Dimondstein 1920-2000 At the age of seventeen Morton Dimondstein enrolled in the American Artists School and then the Art Students League in New York City, where he studied painting, drawing, and printmaking with Anton Refregier, Harry Sternberg, and Kimon Nicolaides. After serving in the 387th Field Artillery Battalion during World War II, Dimondstein continued his studies at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. He was one of the first artists to produce serigraphic prints on the West Coast, marketing them as affordable art in galleries and retail stores. His prints and oil paintings garnered several awards during this post-war period, including an A.C.A. Gallery international competition for a one- man show in New York City. In 1951 he moved to Mexico, where he attended the Instituto Politécnico Nacional and studied art with José Gutiérrez and David Alfaro Siqueiros. During his three years in Mexico, Dimondstein worked as a staff artist and instructor in visual education for UNESCO and was a member of the Taller de Gráfica Popular. After moving back to Los Angeles, Dimondstein served as the art editor of the California Quarterly from 1953 to 1956. He briefly worked for the Saul Bass advertising firm where he designed books and book jackets, and collaborated on the ad campaigns for films such as William Wyler’s “The Big Country” and Otto Preminger’s “St. Joan.” Dimondstein received industry recognition for the images he created, but cranking out art for commercial ventures with strict deadlines was not for him. He chose to leave that world in favor of working as an independent artist and art teacher. Over the years he taught at the Kann Art Institute, the New School of Art, the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and the School of Fine Art which he established with UCLA faculty member Martin Lubner...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Rag Paper

Large Israeli Expressionist Orientalist Oil Painting Draped Child Kibbutz Art
Located in Surfside, FL
William (Sunny) Weintraub, Israeli (Born 1926) Oil on masonite William Weintraub (He was also known as Shlomo Weintraub and nicknamed Sonny Weintraub) Genre: Impressionist Subject: Portrait Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Dimensions: framed 24 X 32.5 canvas 19 X 27 In an ever-changing art world that embraces one movement after the next, the timeless art of portraiture can become lost. Portraiture is often associated with the royal paintings of centuries-old French kings, European nobility, and other wealthy individuals from art history's past. However, styles like Social Realism and Dutch genre painting spotlighted...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Basking in the Sun - Mid Century Modern Multicolor Female Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Multi-colored figurative oil painting of a woman in bikini bathing in the California sun by listed California artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). The colorful background is...
Category

American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Portrait of Sonia, Oil Painting by Jan De Ruth c1950
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991) Title: Portrait of Sonia Berg Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 24 in. x 20 in. (60.96 cm x 50.8 cm) Frame Size: 33 x...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

May Broadhurst Poynton - c.1955 Oil, Interior With Figures
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking Mid Century oil on board showing a group of five abstracted figures huddled together. The artist has signed, dated and inscribed to the reverse. On board.
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Itzhak Holtz (Judaica Master) Oil Painting Portrait John Sloan Ashcan Artist WPA
By Itshak Holtz
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil Painting Portrait of Ashcan Artist John Sloan. Signed I. Holtz. The youngest of four children, Holtz was born and spent his early childhood in Skierniewice, Poland, a small town near Warsaw. His father was a hat maker and a furrier. In 1935, prior to World War II, when Holtz was ten years old, his family moved to Jerusalem, Israel, where they settled in the Geula neighborhood near Meah Shearim. Itzhak Holtz's passion for art began early. When he was five years old, in Poland, his father first drew a picture of a horse and sled in the snow for him. The young Holtz looked at the drawing and studied it in wonderment. From that moment on, Holtz remembers, he constantly begged his father to draw for him. His enthusiasm for art grew and Holtz longed to study art. In 1945, he enrolled at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, where he primarily studied lettering and poster work in a program geared toward commercial art Holtz became interested in painting, prompting him to move to New York City in 1950 to study at the Art Students League of New York under Robert Brackman and Harry Sternberg, and then at the National Academy of Design under Robert Philipp. Holtz has stated that his artwork, which primarily but not exclusively, depict scenes of Jewish spirituality and tradition, is driven by his Orthodox Jewish beliefs: "You have to live that religious life to fully capture it on canvas." He has been classified in the school of genre painting, often depicting street scenes of ordinary people in everyday Jewish life in the back alleys and markets of Jerusalem neighborhoods such as Me'ah Shearim and Geula; and in New York neighborhoods and hamlets such as Monsey, Boro Park and Williamsburg. Along with street scenes, his work includes portraits of scribes, tailors, cobblers and fishmongers, and images such as shtetls, lighthouses, and wedding scenes. He started out painting mostly portraits in order to support his family, before expanding to include street scenes. His beloved subject matter is painting scenes of Jewish life, his childhood memories when his mother took him along shopping for the Sabbath to the markets of Meah Shearim, has left a deep impression on him and influenced many of his works. Holtz has experimented in the abstract, but then reverted to representational and figurative art to which he devoted himself exclusively. His Israeli street scenes are said to combine “an affectionate recollection of the past with the brilliance of the color of modern Israel.” Holtz has stated that he struggled at first when he arrived to the USA because of financial reasons and because he only knew Polish, Yiddish and Hebrew, but then made good ties with his instructor who greatly influenced him Robert Philipp who helped him make friends and referred him to paint portraits. Examples of Holtz's work throughout the years include: Yerusalem Wedding (2010), depicting a Chuppa in Jerusalem on early evening, oil on canvas; The Funeral(1966), depicting five stoic Hasidim carrying a body on a bier over to a gravesite, with the people behind them crying, in charcoal on paper and oil on canvas; Rejoicing (1974), an image of religious men dancing, in felt pen and marker on paper; and the oil painting Shamash Learning in Shul (2003), a portrait of a pious Jew studying the Talmud inside a claustrophobic synagogue scene. Throughout the years Holtz has created hundreds of works in many art mediums, including, genre scenes, portraits, still lifes and landscape scenery, his works are sought after by art collectors worldwide, and he has been called the greatest living Jewish artist. It is said that no artist ever explored the Jewish subject like Holtz. Today some of his oil paintings have been commanding over $100,000. Holtz creates his scenes after researching locations, and often uses locals as models. He paints slowly and with great care, but with a swift Impressionistic style. The people in his portraits and scenes are generally more cheerful and optimistic than standard portraits of Hassidic individuals. He paints oils and watercolors, and also does felt pen, pastel, marker, ink and charcoal drawings, as well as woodcuts. His oil paintings typically have a brown hue, while his work with felt pen is often in sepia tones, and on some of his works he used very bright colors, with a strong emphasis on the interplay of light and shadow. He is heavily influenced by the ancient staircases and alleyways of Jerusalem, with its modest religious population, which has made a strong impression on him in his youth, the streets of Tzfat, and the works of Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer and Peter Bruegel, as well as Jewish artists Moritz Daniel Oppenheim...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cecily Byrne as Mary Stewart - British art 30's actress portrait oil painting
By George Carr Drinkwater
Located in London, GB
Painted by George Carr Drinkwater, this vibrant oil on canvas depicts the actress of stage and screen Cecily Byrne as Mary Stuart. Painted circa 1930 it is a stunning evocative portrait of an actress who was famous throughout the 1930’s. A fine portrait of a long forgotten film star. Cecily Byrne (1889-1975) was an actress, known for Loyalties, Henry IV and Brown Sugar...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pedro Gasto Vilanova - Modernist painting of a family, dated '44
Located in New York, NY
Pedtro Gasto Vilanova (Spanish, 1908-1997) Untitled (Family), 1944 Oil on canavas 21 7/8 x 18 3/8 in. Framed: 24 3/4 x 21 1/3 in. Signed and dated on left side. Inscribed verso: PAG...
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Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Self Portrait
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Sir John Kiffin Williams O.B.E. R.A. 1918-2006, was a Welsh landscape painter. Kiffin Williams as he was known lived on Anglesey and was widely regarded as one of the greatest We...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Paul Marigny Female Portrait Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Classic Paul Marigny (1922-1998, French) painting of 2 young ladies with flowers. Oil on canvas Canvas dimensions 24" x 36" Frame dimensions 30" x 42"
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

1950's Modernist Painting Blonde Lady Holding Sun Flowers In Blue Scenery
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Girl Portrait by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on artist paper size: 26 x 19.75 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: the artist...
Category

Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

1950's Modernist Painting Lady Maid Holding Badminton Sporting Equipment
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Badminton by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original oil on artist paper size: 13 x 10 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: the artists atelier/ ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Boy, Kong, Oil Painting circa 1930 by Charles Cabot Daniels
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Cabot Daniels, American (1899 - 1953) Title: Young Boy - Kong Year: circa 1930 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated Size: 20.5...
Category

Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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