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The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Period: 1960s
"THE CLOWN" MICHAEL FRARY MID CENTURY MODERN TEXAS ARTIST
Located in San Antonio, TX
Michael Frary (1918 - 2005) Austin Artist Image Size: 16 x 12.5 Medium: Oil "The Clown" Biography Michael Frary (1918 - 2005) Michael Frary was born in Santa Monica, California on Ma...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

"Untitled #17 (Samurai), " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil paint and 3-dimensional wooden shapes on canvas. The warm metal grey paint is highly textured, while the ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Wood

'Women with Flowers', Early Los Altos California Modernist, Floral Still Life
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, on stretcher bar, 'Janice Haefner' (American, 1919-2002) and painted circa 1960. A substantial mid-century, Expressionist figural abstraction showing two women seated ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Untitled #144, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern painting by Abstract Expressionist Stanley Bate was made with oil on canvas circa 1960. In it, layers of red, yellow, white, and umber paint are expressively applied over...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled, Brush on Paper by Modern Indian Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Somnath Hore - Untitled Brush on Paper, 7.6 x 11 inches ( Framed & Door Delivered ) Figurative work by Master Sculptor and Painter Somenath Hore. A gorgeous subtle rendition of a ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Paper

"New Orleans, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract painting Stanley Bate is highly textured and features a warm, vibrant palette. Thick layers of red, orange, and blue paint appear to have been scraped back to c...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Untitled #296 (Modern), " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern painting by Abstract Expressionist painter Stanley Bate features a textured aesthetic and a deep, colorful palette. Deep blue and red is contrasted by a brighter accents ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Paphos, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This textured, Modern Abstract Expressionist painting Stanley Bate features a neutral palette with both warm and cool undertones. Muted blues and reds seem to be incorporated into a ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Les Fruits
Located in Sheffield, MA
Andre Raffin French, 1927-2005 Les Fruits Oil on Canvas 18 in. by 22 in. W/frame 25 ½ in. by 29 ½ in. Signed & dated 61 lower left André Raffin was bor...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

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

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Canvas, Oil

"Entr' Acte, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract figurative painting by Stanley Bate features abstracted figures in motion, placed in front of a geometric background with white, maroon, and blue squares tiled n...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Horse rider, Ink on paper, Black by Indian Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Untitled - 8.5 x 7 inches (unframed size) Ink on paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das was one of India's most important postmodernist painters an...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Yellow Shore, A landscape along the beach of the North Shore of Long Island
Located in Brookville, NY
This painting on canvas looking out from the shoreline of the beach with dock pilings in the foreground and a yellow field in front of trees across the water. signed on the lower rig...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Le Trift, Zermatt by Jean François Chomel - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Swiss painter Sculptor, painter and ceramist. Landscape. Wall painting and drawing Work on canvas
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

'Young Woman', Grande Chaumière, Hague Academy of Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum
By Jan Hoowij
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An elegant oil portrait of a young Arab woman shown wearing a veil and gazing with candor and interest directly towards the viewer. Signed lower left, "Jan Hoowij" (Dutch-American, ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

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Canvas, Oil

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

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Canvas, Oil

"Sagres, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil on canvas. The top portion of the painting is an earthy gold color, while the space beneath it is a textu...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Mixed Media Mod Fabric Collage Textile Painting Modernist Art Wall Hanging
Located in Surfside, FL
John Udvardy (American 1936-) Hungarian American artist. known for sculpture and painting. He studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture an...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Fabric, Textile, Canvas, Paint

Improvisations on a Chagall Theme no. 1 - Alan Davie, painting, modern, british
Located in London, GB
Alan Davie (1920-2014) Improvisations on a Chagall Theme no. 1 December 1966 oil on canvas 213 x 172.5 cm signed, dated and titled (on the verso) Price: £95,000 GBP Provenance: Mor...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Urbino, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate features a vibrant and unique palette. Made with oil paint on canvas, the painting is modeled after the famed painting by ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Messages to Fribourg, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract painting by Stanley Bate features a warm, deep palette of red, yellow, orange, and burnt umber. Thick strokes of paint are layered beneath light white overlappin...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Artist with Wife
Located in Austin, TX
GUSTAV LIKAN (1912 – 1998) Title: Artist with Wife Medium: oil on canvas Measurements: 16" x 14" Signature: signed LR, Likan ‘62 Framing: Framed
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Ladies in a Japanese Garden', Alameda Art Association, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Freda L. Hansen' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1965; bearing, verso, Alameda Art Association label with artist information and titled, 'Ladies in a G...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Oil, Fiberboard

Nude Woman Drying Her Hair
Located in London, GB
'Nude Woman Drying Her Hair', crayon and pencil on fine paper (1967), by Raymond Debiève (1931 - 2011). A shapely woman has just finished bathing and is drying her hair in the privac...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

“Woman with Red Dog”
Located in Southampton, NY
Modern oil on canvas painting by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov.. Signed top right and dated 1960. Condition is very good; no restorations.. Presently unframed. Provenance: Estate of the artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Nahum Tschacbasov was born in Russian in 1899 but moved to Chicago when he was a young boy. He moved to New York City as a young man and spent over 50 years living and working from a series of apartments in the Chelsea Hotel. He learned to paint as a young man in France with his early teacher being Georges Rouault. Tschacbasov returned to New York and for years exhibited at ACA gallery, Perls Gallery and later with John Heller...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Heights & fast sketch. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 9, 5x6 cm; 9x6cm
Located in Riga, LV
Heights & fast sketch. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 9,5x6 cm; 9x6cm Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Nude, Ink & Charcoal on Paper, by Indian Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Untitled - 8.5 x 7 inches (unframed size) Ink &Charcoal on paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. In the sixties Sunil's art was often seen to feature a dial...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Ink, Paper, Charcoal

Vesegnin and the Lion, Ain
Located in Geneva, CH
Swiss painter Sculptor, painter and ceramist. Landscape. Wall painting and drawing Work on canvas without frame
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

"Untitled" mid century modern MCM
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam MCM Mid Century Modern (1913-1987) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 7 x 9 Frame Size: 16 x 18 Medium: Watercolor and Gouache 1960s Untitled Biography Margaret Putnam ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Gouache

Early Horses X, Charcoal Drawing, Brown, Black by Padmashree Sunil Das"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Early Horses X - 34 x 20.75 inches (unframed size) Charcoal on paper ( Framed & Delivered ) Sunil Das was one of India's most important postmodernist painters and rose t...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Charcoal, Paper

Blue Dress, Framed Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - ) Title: Blue Dress Year: circa 1962 Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.l. Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 38 x 32 inches
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

Youth. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 14x10 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Youth. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 14x10 cm Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to pu...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Thunderous
Located in Sheffield, MA
Emory Ladanyi Hungarian, 1902-1986 Thunderous Mixed Media on Canvas Signed Lower Right Inscribed & titled on Verso 40 by 48 in. W/frame 42 by 50 in. Born November 8, 1902 in Kecskemet, Hungary, the child of Mihaly and Maria Ladanyi, Emory Ladanyi moved with his family to Eger, a town famous for its good wine. He studied at the High School of Science and Art. At fifteen, he discovered anatomy in a textbook and began to consider a career in medicine, and was accepted into the Medical School of The University of Budapest to become a medical student. He received his doctoral degree in 1927 and did his residency in dermatology in the largest hospital in Berlin, then one of the most prominent dematology centers of Europe. In Berlin, he was especially impressed by the works of Edvard Munch, forerunner of German Expressionism, who exerted a lasting influence on his work. Following medical residency in Vienna, he was also impressed by the works of Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Kokoschka. In 1928 he returned to Budapest to continue postgraduate studies, also advancing his art education. His many friends were among the avant-garde poets and writers of that time. In March 1929, he arrived in New York. June of that year, he passed the medical boards, and in September received his license to practice medice in the State of New York. Outside of the medical profession which enabled him the livelihood to continue to paint, he moved exclusively in avant-garde circles of New York City. He was a close friend of the composer Edgar Varese. Others of his circle were poet Kenneth Patchen...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Still Life
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left & titled verso. A printmaker and painter in abstract style who used wide brush marks, Henry Kallem was born in Philadelphia. His father was Morris Kallem, a portrait painter, with whom he studied, and his brother was sculptor Herbert Kallem...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Boy on Carousel, Watercolor by Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Boy on Carousel Year: 1969 Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed and dated u.l. Image Size: 20 x 12 inches Size: 27 x 20 in. (68.58 x 50...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Watercolor

At night. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 14x10 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At night. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 14x10 cm Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

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

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Paper, Mixed Media

Modern Abstract Landscape with Blues, Greens, and Yellows
Located in Houston, TX
Large, soft brush strokes in cool tones form an abstract composition reminiscent of a marine landscape, by artist Barn Post, c.1960. Displayed in a white mat with a gold border and f...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Paint, Paper

Groovy Lucille Ball, original painting for TV Guide cover
Located in Miami, FL
Bob Peak's Lucille Ball, TV guide cover is a seminal work. With its stylized design and use of punchy color, this work constitutes a powerfully innovative pai...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Mixed Media, Gouache

Nu Debout by HUGUES PISSARRO - Nude Painting, Human Figure, Oil on Canvas, Art
Located in London, GB
Nu Debout by HUGUES PISSARRO (b. 1935) Oil on canvas 92 x 65 cm (36 ¼ x 25 ⅝ inches) Signed lower right, Hugues Pissarro. Dated on the reverse, Monte-Carlo 1963 and inscribed, Hugu...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Rockport, Mass, Oil Painting by Stanley Sobossek
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Stanley Sobossek, American (1918 - 1996) Title: Rockport, Mass. Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r., signed and titled verso Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 c...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Trumpet Player, 1960's Oil Painting by Marshall Goodman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Trumpet Player Marshall Goodman, American (1916–2003) Date: circa 1960 Oil on Canvas Size: 30 in. x 24 in. (76.2 cm x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 32 x 26 inches
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

"Trees" The 1st Texas Black Woman allowed to exhibit in a Juried Art show.
By Rezalia Thrash
Located in San Antonio, TX
Rezalia Thrash (1893 - 1982) Dallas Artist Image Size: 24 x 30 Frame Size: 30 x 36 Medium: Oil "Trees" Biography Rezalia Thrash (1893 - 1982) Rezalia C Thrash was the first ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Auvers sur Oise : Van Gogh Square - Oil on Canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Roland DUBUC Auvers sur Oise : Van Gogh Square Oil on Canvas Signed bottom left Size 25P that is 60 x 81 cm (c. 24 x 32 in) Excellent condition
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Christmas Elf - Original oil on canvas, signed
Located in Paris, FR
Robert SAVARY Christmas Elf Original oil on canvas Signed bottom right On canvas 42 x 33 cm (c. 17 x 13 in) Presented in a golden wood frame 58 x 50 cm ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Early Horses VI, Charcoal Drawing, Brown, Black by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Early Horses VI - 19.5 x 29 inches (unframed size) Charcoal on paper (Framed & Delivered) Sunil Das was one of India's most important postmodernist painters and rose to ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Charcoal, Paper

Castle, Oil Painting on Canvas by Alvaro Guillot
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alvaro Guillot, Uruguayan/American (1931 - 2010) Title: Castle Year: circa 1963 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 30 x 24 inches Frame: 37 x 31 inches
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

A Still Life
Located in Sheffield, MA
Alvin Hollingsworth American, 1928-2000 A Still Life Oil on canvas 36 by 24 in. W/frame 42 by 30 in. Alvin was a member of the prominent Spiral group. Spiral was formed in 1963 in the New York studio of Romare Bearden. Spiral members aimed to address civil and human rights concerns and show support for the Civil Rights Movement. They did not, however, want to adhere to strict aesthetic criteria or compromise their artistic individuality. Spiral also included Norman Lewis, Hale Woodruff, Charles Alston, Emma Amos...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Father & Child
Located in Sheffield, MA
Renato Guttuso Italian 1911-1987 Father & Child Oil on canvas 30 ½ by 19 in. W/frame 31 ½ in. by 20 in. Signed verso "Guttuso" Signed lower center "Guttuso" Dated 1966 Titled vers...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Model. 1968. Oil on canvas, 118x65 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Model. 1968. Oil on canvas, 118x65 cm Blond woman in magenta dress Laimdots Murnieks (1922-2011) studied at Cesis and Jelgava teachers’ institutes (19...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Birdwatcher, Watercolor by Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Birdwatcher Year: 1969 Medium: Watercolor, signed and dated l.l. Image Size: 15 x 20 inches Size: 20 x 27 in. (50.8 x 68.58 cm)
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Watercolor

Saturday Evening Post Illustration. “ The Devil’s Stronghold” Original Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
The work is mostly black and white to indicate that this is a night scene. On closer inspection, you will see areas of magenta and ivory throughout The publisher's label on verso ide...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Gouache, India Ink, Pencil

Rare work of Indian Women, River, Boat, Ink on Paper by Modern 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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1960s Modern Paintings

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Ink, Paper, India Ink, Ballpoint Pen

"Strange Storm Coming" Sail Boats, Mid Century Modern Texas Painting
Located in San Antonio, TX
Michael Frary (1918 - 2005) Austin Artist Image Size: 21 x 29 Frame Size: 21.25 x 29.25 Medium: Heavy Textured Acrylic Mid Century "Strange Storm Coming...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Modern Impressionist Portrait of Woman in Interior w/ Plant
Located in New York, NY
French-Canadian artist Joseph Frances Plaskett (1918-2014) Since the 1940s had over 65 exhibitions, with works in major public, private and corporate collections, including the Nati...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas

Early Horses III, Drawing, Brown, Conte on Paper by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Early Horses III - 31 x 20.5 inches (unframed size) Conte on Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das was one of India's most important postmodernist...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Paper, Conté

Riverside, Bath, Boats, Ink on Paper, Recto & Verso by Modern 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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1960s Modern Paintings

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Ink, Ballpoint Pen, India Ink, Paper

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