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Style: American Modern
Blossom
Located in Columbia, MO
LARRY KANTNER
Blossom
2022
Acrylic and collage
8.5 x 6.25 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
In the Window, Ovoid Shapes Floating Through Windows
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
In the Window, 1973
Acrylic and collage on scintilla
Signed and dated lower right
30 x 22 inches
A surrealist mid-century figural abs...
Category
1970s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
City Scape, Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Green & Brown Structures
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
City Scape, 1978
Acrylic on scintilla
Signed and dated lower right
30 x 22 inches
A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting....
Category
1970s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Transection No. 3, Ovoid Geometrical Figural Abstract Neon Acrylic Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Transection No. 3, 1972
Acrylic on paper
Signed and dated upper right
30 x 22 inches
Provenance: Collection of William H. Milliken
Cl...
Category
1970s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Terror of History No. 1, Mid-Century Abstract Acrylic & Sand, Blue and Yellow
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Terror of History No. 1, 1962
Acrylic and sand on scintilla
Signed and dated upper left
23 x 30 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...
Category
1960s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Departing from the System, Mid-Century Geometrical Abstract Mixed Media
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Departing from the System, 1961
Mixed media on paper
Signed and dated lower right
36 x 24 inches
A surrealist mid-century figural abst...
Category
1960s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Pinnacle, Surrealist Ovoid acrylic painting, Blue & Red Figural Abstract Collage
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Pinnacle, c. 1960s
Acrylic and collage on scintilla
22 x 8 inches
23.25 x 9 inches, framed
A surrealist mid-century figural abstract p...
Category
1960s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vetriculus Egg, Surrealist Ovoid acrylic and collage painting, Figural Abstract
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Vetriculus Egg, 1965
Acrylic and collage on textured paper
Signed and dated lower right
30 x 22 inches
A surrealist mid-century figura...
Category
1960s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Torso No. 3, Mid-Century Figural Abstract Acrylic Painting, Ohio artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Torso No. 3, 1967
Acrylic on paper
Signed and dated lower right
13 x 9 inches
21 x 17 inches
A mid-century figural abstract painting.
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...
Category
1960s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Columbine Flower Double Sided, " Ink & Gouache on Paper by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Columbine Flower Double Sided" is an original ink and gouache painting on paper by Sylvia Spicuzza. The Columbine flower is known for attracting humm...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
New York City View
Located in New York, NY
On verso: NY City View / ARTIST: MIRA
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Houses by the Lane, Bermuda
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left: H. GASSER
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Rattle
By Will Barnet
Located in New York, NY
Oil and charcoal on canvas, 1984. 1220x790 mm; 48x31 inches. Signed and dated in charcoal, upper right recto.
Provenance: Babcock Galleries, New York, with the label; estate of the ...
Category
1980s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil
The Lonely Road by William Charles Palmer
Located in Hudson, NY
The Lonely Road (1940)
Tempera on panel
12" x 16"
19 1/2" x 23 1/2" x 1 1/2" framed
Hand-signed "Palmer '40" lower center.
Provenance: Midtown Galleries, New York, NY (labels verso...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Panel
Untitled (Nude in front of light house, Lake Erie)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Nude in front of light house, Lake Erie)
Oil on board, 1970
Signed and dated lower right (see photo)
Estate Stamp verso, No. 359 (see photo)
Condition: Original untouched "...
Category
1970s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Springtown Grocer"
By John Foster
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
R. John Foster (1908 - 1989)
R. John Foster lived all of his life in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He studied at the...
Category
1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Two Women"
By James Lechay
Located in Lambertville, NJ
James Lechay was a painter of figures, landscapes, cityscapes and still lifes who played a notable role in the tradition of avant-garde painting in New York and in the Midwest. An ar...
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stars
By Dale Nichols
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower right: DALE NICHOLS 1953; on stretcher bar: “STARS” by Dale Nichols
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Way to the home II
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Alexei Borisov (1965)
The Road Home II
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Young Woman By a Tree, Oil Painting by Marshall Goodman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marshall Goodman, American (1916 - 2003)
Title: Young Woman by Tree
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)
Frame Size: 24 x 28.5 inches
Category
1960s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self-Portrait, Oil Painting by Marshall Goodman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marshall Goodman, American (1916 - 2003)
Title: Self-Portrait
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Dimensions: 48 x 30 in. (121.92 x 76.2 cm)
Category
1960s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Two Heads -- 1947
By Byron Browne
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Byron Browne was an important American modernist painter.
Ink, tempera, and crayon on paper
Signed and dated lower right.
Category
1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Abstract painting of People on the Beach oil on canvas circa 1950-1960 New York
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Aaron Berkman (New York, 1900 - 1929)
"Beach"
Oil on canvas
20 x 24 inches
Signed lower right: Aaron Berkman
Unframed
Provenance: Private collection, USA
An abstract oil painting o...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mother and Child -- 1949
By Byron Browne
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Bryon Browne was an important American modernist painter.
Signed upper right; signed, dated and situated 'New York' on reverse
Category
1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chickens
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Clifford Edgar Jones 1915-1975 American Chickens, 1948. Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches unframed and 34" x 27.5" inches including the frame. Signed at lower right Clifford Jones ‘48’. P...
Category
1950s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Party - oil on canvas - New York City town house at night - 20th century
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches
Signed verso
Not framed
Provenance:
Private collection, USA
Aaron Berkman was born in Hartford, Connecticut where his parents had been settled since 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mother and Child
By Chaim Gross
Located in New York, NY
Chaim Gross is considered to be one of the greatest American Modernist sculptors, and his graphic work is also highly celebrated. Known for his direct wood carvings of animals, jubil...
Category
1960s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Graphite
Happy California Prune Farmers - Female Illustrator - Mid Century
Located in Miami, FL
Commercial illustration depicting happy California framers for California Prunes. The work is rendered in a charming and highly stylized manner. Unfr...
Category
1950s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Sandwich boy food related theme dark muted color
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This painting was done on cradled wood board signed and dated on back. The rough texture is achieved by adding an pumice like material to the painting ground. It is a companion work ...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Artist's Studio oil painting by Jacob El Hanani
Located in Hudson, NY
This 1983 El Hanani oil painting comes from the estate of Anita Rosen. The overall artwork size is 15" x 15" with the central image area measures 9" x 9".
Category
1980s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Breakaway bright colored still life vegetables flowers meat humorous yellows
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Canvas on heavy duty stretcher signed and dated on reverse. Part of the artists on going series of what he refers to as restless still life giving animation to inanimate objects.
ABO...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Congaree National Park, Modern Impressionism Landscape Painting, Forest, Ltd Ed
Located in Golden, CO
This large limited edition modern landscape painting of Congaree National Park, in South Carolina, is a bold vivid work of contemporary art. The large-scale digital painting, dye-sub...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Metal
Mezzolombardo, Trentino, italian mountains, cable cars. grey tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Artist, illustrator, and pediatrician Peter Gergely creates love letter to the contemporary Italian landscape
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex
Portrait of Bert Lahr - Circus Performer - Modernism
By Walt Kuhn
Located in Miami, FL
A recent Kuhn Circus Performer sold for $312,000 at Bonhams, NY
Bert Lahr shined in the role of The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of OZ. Here he is depict...
Category
1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman in Horror and Terror at Gunpoint
Located in Miami, FL
Signed lower right.
Inscribed on the reverse 'My first color illustration, Nov. 1954.'
Work is unframed, Film Noir in paint
Category
1950s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Big News is Always on 42nd Street
Located in New York, NY
Alec Montroy depicts a group of figures standing on a street corner a few blocks from Times Square in his work entitled “ The Big News is Always on 42nd S...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Rescue
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Exhibitions: It's a Man's World, Illustration Art by and for Men: November 14-17 2012, Illustration House NYC
Cover Illustration of Complete Northwest, April 1940
Category
1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Geese
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Geese” is a landscape painting, watercolor on paper in an earth-tone palette by American artist Gregory Sumida. The artwork is signed in the lower left...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Woman Baking, Redbook Illustration, Mid - Century
By Lorraine Fox
Located in Miami, FL
Signed lower right, unframed - Interior Illustration for Redbook Magazine
Category
1950s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Gouache
#15-1979
Located in New York, NY
Signed (on stretcher): Twardowicz
Stanley Twardowicz (1917–2008), a one-time orphan, Golden Gloves boxer, professional baseball player and auto worker, emerged from a hardscrabble u...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
New York
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower left: A. WALKOWITZ / 1908
Category
20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pencil, Watercolor
Portrait
By Joseph Pollet
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right.
Description
A portrait of a stylized young man dressed in a blue coat with a ruffled white shirt in an artistic background suggest that it may be a portrait of a young actor or performer.
About the artist.
Joseph Pollet was an important member of the Woodstock Art Colony. He emigrated to NYC in 1911 from Albbruck, Germany (born in 1897) and at age 21 had a promising career as an advertising copywriter. While working, he studied painting and his landscapes were immediately successful in NYC galleries. He studied at the Art Student's League with John Sloan, Robert Henri, and Homer Boss...
Category
1950s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tree Study, Whittier, CA
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Tree Study, Whittier, CA” is a landscape painting, watercolor on watercolor board in an earth-tone palette by American artist...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
SALVADOR DE REGIL 1954 Portrait of Marian Virginia Schuster - Surrealist Artist
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Marian Schuster was 19 years old in 1954 and attended City College San Francisco where she studied Art.
In the old school, Victorian, San Francisco, moneyed household that she was r...
Category
1950s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
L.A. Zoo
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- From Robertson's Artist Statement, "Growing up on the plains of west Texas, I understood the notion of wide, open spaces. The tablet...
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Heavy Hauler - Mid-Century Illustration - Children's Books
By Art Seiden
Located in Miami, FL
Art Seiden was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1923. He received a BA at Queens College and studied for eight years (!) at the Art Students League. Mario Cooper was among his instructors. Up...
Category
1950s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
#15-1984
Located in New York, NY
Signed (on stretcher): Stanley/ Twardowicz
Stanley Twardowicz (1917–2008), a one-time orphan, Golden Gloves boxer, professional baseball player and auto worker, emerged from a hard...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled, Wine Bottle and Bird outside of a Bird Cage in Moody Brown
By Paul Rand
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated to lower edge 'Paul Rand 11.52'. Collection of the artist - Mounted along upper eduge to matboard, Unframed.
Category
1950s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Modern Dance Female Dancer in Red Dress Jazz - oil paint on board circa 1950s
By Raimondo Puccinelli
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Signed lower right
Raimondo (Raymond) Puccinelli (American, 1904-1986).
Puccinelli began art training at age 15 at the California School of Fine Art (now the San Francisco Art Institute) and the Schaeffer School of Design. While in Italy in 1927, he studied ancient Italian sculpture (Romanesque, Gothic, and late Renaissance) which affected his future work. After a year of studying in France and Italy with various craftsmen, he returned to San Francisco to assist in the studio of J. Vieira and study under Benny Bufano...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of a Charming Seated Woman Against Maroon Drapes
Located in Miami, FL
Charming portait with Modernest colors.
Provenance: Christie's
Mercedes Matter, daughter of the artist, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York. Private Collection. Sale: Skinner, Inc...
Category
1910s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Laundry Day. Child hanging cloths in Breeze. Cover. The Household Guest
Located in Miami, FL
The Artist captures a "caught moment" of cloths blowing in the wind. It's being witnessed by an inquisitive bird, while be ducklings and a cute kitty cat accompany her.
Signed lower...
Category
1930s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Ink, Gouache, Graphite, Paper
December 25th
Located in New York, NY
In his artwork entitled, “December 25th,” Alec Montroy paints a New York City street blanked with snow but illuminated still by the numerous neon signs ab...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Thru a Glass Brightly
Located in New York, NY
“Thru a Glass Brightly” by artist Alec Montroy is a view of Times Square from a unique elevated perspective.
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Old Monastery Wall
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower left): WILLIAM S. SCHWARTZ
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wreath of Life, deep midnight Blue with gold leaf tree
By Frank Olt
Located in Brookville, NY
Frank Olt finds most of his creative images in the landscape. The suggestion of a late night sky with a silhouette on the Arboretum like property that he lives on. The vivid deep blues surround the golden tree with sprays of moonlight coming from the edges. A ceramic and encaustic on panel, mounted for hanging installation.
Category
2010s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Ceramic
Tree with Bare Branches
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Tree with Bare Branches” is a landscape painting, watercolor on paper in an earth-tone palette by American artist Gregory Sumida. The artwork is signed...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Immutable Torso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Immutable Torso” is a landscape painting, watercolor on watercolor board in an earth-tone palette by American artist Gregory Sumida. The artwork is sig...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled
By Louis Elle (Ferdinand)
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas, 14 x 12 in.
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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