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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
"Floating" Mid Century Modern Fort Worth Texas Artist
By Dickson Reeder
Located in San Antonio, TX
Dickson Reeder (1912 - 1970) Fort Worth Artist Image Size: 10 x 15 Frame Size: 17 x 22 Medium: Oil on Board Mid Century Modern Biography Dickson Reeder (1912 - 1970) Edward Dickson Reeder began his art education under Sallie Blyth Mummert and Sallie Gillespie before attending the Art Students' League in New York. He later traveled to Europe and studied with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17. Dickson Reeder and his wife, Flora Blanc, established and directed the Reeder School of Theater and Design in Fort Worth (1946-1958). Please view my 1stdibs store front for other Great Vintage Texas Paintings...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Clown Boy from Paris, Oil Painting by Felix Felmart 1964
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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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Mario Toppi, "Trio, " Fresco on Board, circa 1960
Located in Long Island City, NY
This piece was created by Italian artist Mario Toppi circa 1960. Toppi worked primarily in fresco, creating works that pay material homage to Italy's long artistic history, yet remai...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Paint, Plaster, Board

Oil on Canvas Titled: The Case of Goof and Spoof
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Wayne A. Timm MFA In the 1960's, Wayne Timm rubbed elbows with the likes of Warhol, Lichtenstein, Rauchenburg and many others, in the time he had an Art studio loft in New York City ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

U Street Capriccio
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower left: "Kainen". Inscribed verso: "U Street Capriccio/ Jacob Kainen 1967/ 24x30".
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

New York Times
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Philippe Henri Noyer (French, 1917-1985) Title: New York times Year: circa 1966 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Image Size: 25.5 x 21.5 ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Brooklyn Bridge II"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Centurion, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This vertical format abstract painting by Modernist artist Stanley Bate measures at 26" x 50" framed. The original gold-hued floater frame pulls out the vibrant and warm pops of yell...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Early Horses IX, Animal Drawing, Charcoal on Paper, Black by Sunil Das"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Early Horses IX - 21 x 34 inches (unframed size) Charcoal 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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Charcoal, Paper

Gustav Likan Girl with Crayons 1962
Located in Austin, TX
A luminous portrait by Gustav Likan (Yugoslavia, 1912 - 1998), masterfully rendered in pastel on paper. The piece features a young girl engrossed in crea...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Pastel

Gray Floral
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowi...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Four Abstract Figures, Oil Painting by John Uht
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Uht, American (1924 - 2010) Title: Four Figures Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on canvas, signed l.l. Size: 40 in. x 30 in. (101.6 cm x 76.2 cm) Frame Size: 46.5 x 36.5 in...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Modern Abstract Oil on Canvas by Willering Epko
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Willering Epko, French (1928 - ) Title: Untitled Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 15 in. x 18 in. (38.1 cm x 45.72 cm)
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Sleeping Mother and Child, Oil on Canvas by Carlos Irizarry
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Carlos Irizarry, Puerto Rican/American (1938 - ) Title: Sleeping Mother and Child Year: 1969 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 24 in. x 36 in. (60.96 cm x 91.44 cm) Frame Size: 32....
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Milton Avery #4"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Great Wall, " 1970s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract oil painting on canvas by Modernist artist Stanley Bate features a geometric composition and a soft palette. The white and creme colors are complemented by earth...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bedouin Woman in Purple, Oil Painting by Philippe Alfieri
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Philippe Alfieri, Italian/American (1921 - 2009) Title: Bedouin Woman in Purple Year: circa 1970 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm) Fram...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Oil Painting by Jan de Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991) Title: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Year: circa 1964 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 20 in. x 18 in. (50.8 cm x 45.72 cm) F...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

"Morat, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Modernist artist Stanley Bate combines deep, textured red with creme and dark blue and grey. Geometric shapes throughout the painting are softened by the en...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Portrait of Esther”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting of the artist’s wife in a red chair by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed top left and dated 1960. Condition is good. Unframed. Provenance...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Boats on the Shore in Brittany, Oil Painting by Trafford Partridge Klots
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Trafford Partridge Klots, American (1913 - 1976) Title: Boats on the shore in Brittany Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 18 in. x 24 in. (45.72 cm x 6...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Geometric Modern Fish Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Bold abstract fish painting on a black background by artist Lamar Briggs circa 1960s. Features colorful geometric pattern on the fish. Placed in a blac...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

Horus
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joan-Josep Tharrats, Spanish Catalan (1918 - 2001) Title: Horus Year: 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, titled and dated verso Size: 38 x 51 in. (96.52 x 129.54 cm) Frame S...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern Calla Lily in Bloom Still-Life
By Agnes Stoklosa
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous Mid Century Modern still life of Calla Lily with orange background by Agnes Stoklosa (American, 20th Century). Signed lower right. Image size, 27"H x 19"W. Agnes studied a...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Faces de Jazz, New Orleans
By Rene Brochard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rene Brochard, French/Canadian (1926 - ) Title: Faces de Jazz, New Orleans Year: 1963 Medium: Oil and Metal Collage on Board, signed upper right ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Metal

"Phoenix Nest, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This original Modern abstract painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil paint on canvas, and was painted circa 1960. It features a bold, vibrant red hue, with dark shapes lining the ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Re Brick Abstract" Graffiti of Two Figures on Brick Wall
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract acrylic painting of two childlike graffiti figures drawn on a brick wall against a bright blue sky by artist J. P. Smith in 1969. Signed and ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

"Stele, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
"Stele" by Modernist painter Stanley Bate is a bold painting with a dark grey and umber border and large, central rectangles, the left in a warm red and orange and the right in a lig...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Untitled, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This untitled artwork by Stanley Bate was created circa 1960. It is a Modern abstract oil painting on canvas, featuring an earthy palette of sandy brown and umber, light blue, muted ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial and period painting, a Mid Century Modern portrait of a woman in an abstracted landscape by listed California artist Tarmo Pasto...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Skyscraper's"
Located in Southampton, NY
Georges Noel (1924 - 2010) Size: 28.5 x 23.5 inches. Oil/Canvas.Painting with Paris 'Salon Des Independants 1970' Exhibition label verso. In 1955, his art...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

"Roman Incident, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This 1960s painting by Modernist artist Stanley Bate is an energetic abstract composition with a warm red and orange palette with small pops of bright blue throughout. The painting i...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Martos, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
"Martos" is an abstract oil painting on canvas by Stanley Bate featuring what appears to be a high horizon line of white and muted yellow. Beneath that line is a combination of textu...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Bazar"
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a beautiful, colorful oil on canvas painting by Russian Federation artist Yuri Kovalenko. It is titled verso "Bazar" which means marketplace. The pain...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Stormy Coast Maine
By Emil Bisstram
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Singed lower right and dated 1968. Hungarian born, Emil Bisttram became one of the Southwest's leading painters and teachers. He was a founder of the Transcendental Art...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Helvetic Landscape, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Modernist artist Stanley Bate is an abstract oil painting on canvas featuring a bright red geometric shape at the center of the composition and deep grey, b...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Storm King, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
"Storm King" by Modernist artist Stanley Bate is a moderately sized oil painting on canvas. The predominantly greyscale painting features a warm off-white w...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Newstand, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
"Newstand" by Modernist painter Stanley Bate features a dark grey and brown perimeter with a white, blue and red composition that features geometric crosshatched lines with integrate...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstraction
Located in Buffalo, NY
You are viewing a modern abstract painting by Robert Blair. Robert Noel Blair (American, 1912-2003) was an American artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker and teacher. He is best k...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Couple
Located in New York, NY
Signed. Signed again and dated on the reverse. The estate of the artist
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

"Exodus, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
"Exodus" is a Modern abstract painting by Stanley Bate. Bate, who was greatly inspired by his peer, Mark Rothko and the Abstract Expressionist movement in general, creates an energet...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Olympic Star", Large Scale Hard Edge Surfer Figurative by Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
"Olympic Star", Large Scale Hard Edge Surfer Figurative by Erle Loran Vibrant hard edge painting of a surfer "Olympic Star," a bold and bright figurative piece by Erle Loran (Ameri...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Mid-Century Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Fabian Lundqvist -Moonlight Portrait
Located in Bristol, GB
PORTRAIT BY MOONLIGHT Size: 53.5 x 61.5cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A brilliant mid-century figurative composition, executed in oil onto canvas by the established Swedish arti...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting, Fabian Lundqvist - By the White Houses
Located in Bristol, GB
BY THE WHITE HOUSES Size: 49 x 57 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A subtle and outstanding mid-century modernist style composition, executed in oil onto canvas by the established...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Modern Figurative Oil Painting - A Restful Moment
Located in Bristol, GB
A RESTFUL MOMENT Size: 47 x 39 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas It is mid-afternoon, the house is quiet, and the kitchen is in repose. The cook takes a moment to rest her tired l...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid-Century Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Fabian Lundqvist - Terrace Sightings
Located in Bristol, GB
TERRACE SIGHTINGS Oil on Canvas Size: 49 x 56.5 cm (including frame) A soothing and restful mid-century modern painting, executed in oil onto canvas by the established Swedish arti...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Vintage Mini Mid-Century Modern Landscape Framed Oil Painting - Desert Lands
Located in Bristol, GB
DESERT LANDS Size: 29 x 36 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas Board A very well executed mid century modernist landscape composition, painted in oil onto canvas board. This paintin...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Street Scene Framed Oil Painting - Walk the Street
Located in Bristol, GB
WALK THE STREETS Size: 56 x 76 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A large and detailed mid-century composition, painted in oil onto canvas. Using a variety of deep and rich tones o...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Still Life Framed Oil Painting - Ripe
Located in Bristol, GB
RIPE Size: 58 x 74 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas An expressive and richly coloured mid-century still life composition, executed in oil onto canvas. Set against a beige backdro...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1967 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Coastal Seascape Oil Painting - Briatico
Located in Bristol, GB
BRIATICO Size: 59 x 54 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A captivating and vibrant coastal landscape painting of Briatico in Italy, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1967. Th...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid-Century Modern Figurative Portrait Framed Mixed Media Painting - Lounging
Located in Bristol, GB
LOUNGING Mixed media on Paper Size: 61.5 x 49 cm (including frame) A wonderfully executed mid-century figurative portrait, painted in...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Gouache, Mixed Media, Ink, Paper

Alice in Wonderland, 1960s Large Mural by Andrew Karoly & Louis Szanto
Located in Beachwood, OH
Andrew Karoly (Hungarian-American, 1893-1978)/ Louis Szántó (Hungarian-American, 1889-1965) Alice in Wonderland, 1960 Oil on canvas Signed and dated low...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil

'Study of a Young Woman', Kunstgewerbe Schule, LACMA, Carnegie, UCLA, Biltmore
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, 'Boris Deutsch' (American, 1892-1978) an painted circa 1965. A substantial, tonalist oil portrait of a young blonde woman in a red dress contrasted against a taupe background. Born Lithuania, Deutsch began drawing at the age of five and remained a self-taught artist except for brief periods of study at the Bloom Academy of Art in Riga and at the Kunstgewerbe Schule in Berlin. He immigrated to Seattle, WA in 1916 and, in 1919, settled in Los Angeles. He was soon supporting himself with commercial art and also became a successful movie set designer in Hollywood. During the late 1930s, Deutsch undertook numerous murals for the WPA including for the Hot Springs (NM) Post Office, the Reedley (CA) Post Office, and 11 murals for the Los Angeles Terminal Annex Post Office. A committed modernist, he specialized in genre and figural works and, during the last ten years of his life, experimented with a variety of graphic styles including monotypes. Over the course of a long career, Boris Deutsch exhibited widely and with success including at LACMA, 1926, 1929, 1941; USC, 1926; Calif. Art Club, 1929; Mills College (Oakland), 1929; Zeitlin Gallery (LA), 1929; Seattle Museum, 1930; San Diego FA Society, 1930; Denver Museum, 1931; CPLH, 1931; Portland (OR) Museum, 1931; Dallas Museum, 1932; Oakland Art Gallery, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1940; Stockton Museum, 1940; UCLA, 1942; Biltmore Salon (LA), 1945; California Watercolor Society, 1945; Scripps College, 1946. In: LACMA; MM; Orange Co. (CA) Museum; Carnegie Institute; NMAA; CPLH; and Mills College. Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" American Art Annual 1931-33; Who's Who in American Art 1936-62; Los Angeles Painters...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Other Medium, Oil, Masonite

Trinity Hall, Cambridge V painting by Margaret Souttar
Located in London, GB
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

Trinity Hall, Cambridge IV painting by Margaret Souttar
Located in London, GB
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

Trinity Hall, Cambridge I painting by Margaret Souttar
Located in London, GB
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

Untitled Abstract Composition Painting with Collage
By Shanti Dave
Located in Surfside, FL
SHANTI DAVE, Untitled Composition, Mixed Media on Canvas, 21" x 25", signed upper right and dated '61, framed, 24 1/2" x 28 1/2". Perlman Gallery. Shanti Dave is an Indian painter and sculptor, considered by many as one of the major Indian artists of the twentieth century. He is a former member of the Lalit Kala Akademi and the Sahitya Kala Parishad. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1985. Dave was born on 25 September 1931 at the northern Gujarat village of Badpura as one of the four children of a rural family of modest means. He did his education in Baroda by joining the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in 1951 from where he completed his graduate and post graduate studies in Fine Arts. He started his career as a commercial artist doing banners and sign boards...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil

Madonna with Child - Oil on Chipboard - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Madonna with Child is an original modern artwork realized by Artist of 20th century in 1969 Mixed colored oil on Chipboard. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin. Good conditi...
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1960s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Board

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