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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
Category
1940s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spanish Beauty (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Spanish Beauty (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)
Oil on canvas, c. 1940's
Signed upper right "A.G
Category
1940s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Portrait, Oil on Board, Signed and Dated, 1925, American Modernist
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
portrait of the artist in younger years at age 24. The 18" x 16" oil on board, framed portrait is an
Category
1920s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
H 24 in W 21 in D 1 in
Lunar Encounter with Child, Surrealist Portrait, Oil on Canvas, 1958, Framed
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
, brightly colored surrealist portrait of two figures. The 40" x 30" oil on canvas was painted in 1958, it is
Category
1950s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Modernist Portrait" Mid-20th Century Spanish Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Julio Moisés Fernández de Villasante
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the 1940's by Spanish painter Julio Moises. Mostly
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Figurative Yellow and Blue-Toned Realistic Impressionist Portrait of a Boy
Located in Houston, TX
Yellow and blue-toned abstract impressionist portrait of a boy by Danish artist Hans Christian
Category
1940s Naturalistic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 22.5 in W 18.63 in D 1.25 in
Secundo Congreso Feminino, Large Canvas Surrealist Female Group Portrait, 1969
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
of Cubist style. By the 1940's he moved towards Surrealism and in 1942 earned himself a one-man
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
John JG Blundell, Study Of Man In Profile, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-20th-century oil painting by English artist John JG Blundell (1927-2016) depicts a middle
Category
1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Breton Woman', Paris Salon, Royal Danish Academy, Impressionist oil, Brittany
By Julius Paulsen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper left, 'Jul. Paulsen' for Julius Paulsen (Danish, 1860-1940) and dated 1919.
A
Category
1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 29 in W 24 in D 0.75 in
Mid Century Portrait of Abstract Expressionist Artist Joan Mitchell
By Jo Ann Hambrick
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative portrait of iconic abstract expressionist artist Joan Mitchell (American, 1925-1996) by
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
H 21 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
1950s Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting, Blue Brown Orange Sage Green
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Abstract expressionist oil painting on board from 1955 by Charles Bunnell. Abstract shapes in
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Charles Ragland Bunnell1950s Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting, Blue Brown Orange Sage Green, 1955
H 16.25 in W 20 in D 1 in
Geometric Abstract American Oil WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective
By August Mosca
Located in New York, NY
Geometric Abstract American Oil Painting WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective.
August
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dawn of the Tigris, Mid Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting, Blue Red White
Located in Denver, CO
"Dawn of the Tigris" is an oil on canvas abstract painting by Gwendolyn Dufill Meux (1893-1973
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 49.5 in W 37.5 in D 2 in
Cubist portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
collages in the abstract expressionist style. He enjoyed painting bright abstract oil, gouache
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
By Bernard Gussow
Located in Surfside, FL
stopped exhibiting. By that time, he had moved from abstract compositions to recognizable urban subjects
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Young Woman', oil on board, German School (circa 1960s). A sensuous mid-century
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Portrait of a Man Playing Guitar', Berlin School (circa 1960s)
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Man Playing Guitar', oil on board, Berlin School (circa 1960s). Clearly inspired by
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract Non Objective Work on Paper Guggenheim Woman Artist Drawing 1940s w/c
By Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwiesen
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Non Objective Work on Paper Guggenheim Woman Artist 1940s Drawing w/c
HILLA REBAY (1890
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Portrait of Future Man', German School
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Future Man', oil on board, Berlin School, (circa 1960s). A thoroughly modern portrait
Category
1960s Futurist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Portrait of a Reposing Cat', Berlin School
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Reposing Cat', oil on board, by F. DuParc (circa 1960s). A thoroughly modern
Category
1960s Futurist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Jewish Mexican Avant Garde Fiesta of Guadalupe Expressionist Oil Painting
By Yonia Fain
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Avant-Garde
Subject: Abstract Mexican Landscape
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Country: Mexico
Category
1940s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Radiant Muse: Inspired Cubist Portrait', German School (circa 1970s)
Located in London, GB
'Radiant Muse: Inspired Cubist Portrait', oil on board, the German School (circa 1970s). A very
Category
1970s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract Prism: Radiant Cubist Figure
By STM
Located in London, GB
'Abstract Prism: Radiant Cubist Figure', oil on board, by STM (circa 1970s). A marvellous late mid
Category
1970s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large 1960's French Portrait of Lady in Red signed
By Sophie Danielle Rubinstain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Lady in Red"
by Sophie Danielle Rubinstain (French 1922-2018)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 32 in W 23.5 in D 1 in
Large 1960's French Modernist Portrait Woman in Blue Jacket
By Sophie Danielle Rubinstain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Blue Jacket"
by Sophie Danielle Rubinstain (French 1922-2018)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 28.5 in W 19.5 in D 1 in
Pablo Picasso Estate Hand Signed Cubist Lithograph Abstract Woman Portrait Tete
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Surfside, FL
Montparnasse at the time.Picasso participated in the School Prints, to bring art to the masses in the 1940's. A
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Large Spanish Contemporary Juan Suarez Abstract Bold Painting Triptych Group
Located in Surfside, FL
, (triptych)
It is either oil or acrylic paint. it seems like oil to me. A label verso has it indicated as
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
H 64.13 in W 64.25 in D 3 in
Pablo Picasso Estate Hand Signed Cubist Lithograph Abstract Girl Portrait Tete
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Surfside, FL
participated in the School Prints, to bring art to the masses in the 1940's. A magnificent European series
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pablo Picasso Estate Hand Signed French Cubist Lithograph Abstract Portrait Tete
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Surfside, FL
participated in the School Prints, to bring art to the masses in the 1940's. A magnificent European series
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
SOPHIE DANIELLE RUBINSTAIN (1922-2018) HUGE 1960s FRENCH SURREALIST PORTRAIT MAN
By Sophie Danielle Rubinstain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Monsieur Diel"
by Sophie Danielle Rubinstain (1922-2018)
signed, oil painting on board, unframed
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Non Objective Work on Paper Guggenheim Woman Artist Drawing 1940s w/c
By Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwiesen
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Non Objective Work on Paper Guggenheim Woman Artist 1940s Drawing w/c
HILLA REBAY (1890
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Large Oil Painting Israeli Pinchas Litvinovsky Jerusalem Israel Bezalel School
By Pinchas Litvinovsky
Located in Surfside, FL
indistinctly (lower right) in English and in Hebrew Verso.
Oil on canvas
Dimensions 16 1/8 x 51 1/16in
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract Landscape', California WPA, Corcoran, Whitney, AIC, GGIE, SFAA, LACMA
By Ellwood Graham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
personal friend, whose portrait he painted while the author was writing 'Sea of Cortez' (1940).
Graham
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"March Avery in Beret, " Milton Avery, American Modernism, Portrait of Artist
By Milton Avery
Located in New York, NY
of the 1930s and '40s or the Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s, Avery's oeuvre is a labor of
Category
1950s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Crayon, Paper, Pencil
"Study for Ladders" Juanita Guccione, Abstract Surrealism, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
left, dated, and inscribed “Study for Oil Painting #310” on the reverse
Juanita Guccione's life
Category
1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print
By Riva Helfond
Located in Surfside, FL
social realist portraits of working people and cityscapes in the 1920s and 1930s to colorful, abstract
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Color
"Untitled, " Seymour Fogel, Geometric Abstraction, Texas Hard-Edge
By Seymour Fogel
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Fogel
Untitled
Oil on illustration board construction
10 x 7 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Estate
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pablo Picasso Estate Hand Signed Fauvist Lithograph Woman Portrait Marie Therese
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Surfside, FL
Montparnasse at the time.Picasso participated in the School Prints, to bring art to the masses in the 1940's. A
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pablo Picasso Estate Hand Signed Cubist Lithograph Profile Young Woman Portrait
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Surfside, FL
Montparnasse at the time.Picasso participated in the School Prints, to bring art to the masses in the 1940's. A
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled Cubist Figure
By STM
Located in London, GB
'Untitled Cubist Figure', oil on board, by STM (circa 1970s). A vibrant modern painting inspired by
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Excavation
By Charles Houghton Howard
Located in New York, NY
. He found inspiration in the modernist movements of the day, both for their adherence to abstract
Category
20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses
By Riva Helfond
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Abstract
Medium: Watercolor
Surface: Paper
Country: United States
Dimensions
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
1940s, Carton exhibited and won prizes for his semi-abstract Expressionist and Surrealist paintings. He
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
depiction of social injustice.
In the 1940’s he gained wider recognition when his style evolved into a
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Birth, 1940s Modernist Surrealist Abstract Figural Watercolor Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Birth, semi-abstract, modernist, somewhat surrealist, vintage 1943 painting of a female figure
Category
1940s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
H 27.5 in W 23.25 in D 1.25 in
Semi-abstract Still Life, Large 20th Century Blue & Pink Oil Painting
By John Heliker
Located in Beachwood, OH
, Cézannesque abstractions that occupied him in the 1940s and early 1950s. A painter of landscapes, portraits
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
1940s, Carton exhibited and won prizes for his semi-abstract Expressionist and Surrealist paintings. He
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
1940s, Carton exhibited and won prizes for his semi-abstract Expressionist and Surrealist paintings. He
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
1940s, Carton exhibited and won prizes for his semi-abstract Expressionist and Surrealist paintings. He
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Black Dog, 1960s Framed Modernist Oil Painting, Pet Portrait, Black White
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
personal turmoil experienced by the artist.
In the late 1940’s, Bunnell began experimenting with Abstract
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 24.5 in W 28.25 in D 1.75 in
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
1940s, Carton exhibited and won prizes for his semi-abstract Expressionist and Surrealist paintings. He
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Impressionist Painting by Zoute - Portrait of Wife Thelma, 1946
By Zoute' (Leon Salter)
Located in Rochester, NY
American abstract impressionist oil painting on maisonite by Zoute' ( born Leon Salter, 1903 - 1976
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Portrait of Man San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Movement Peter Witwer
By Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
the dynamic evolution of American Mid-Century painting from the Abstract Expressionism of the 1940s
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 32.5 in W 26.5 in D 1.75 in
"Enchanting" a surreal and realist portrait of a woman with a floral headdress
By Elise Remender
Located in Edgartown, MA
her original love of painting. It was here that she began creating abstract works, as well as
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bathers, Modernist Nudes, Oil on Canvas, Signed and Titled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
figures, one with towel in hand, one only depicted as a portrait within the painting. The 16" x 20" oil on
Category
20th Century American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1945 Abstract Landscape with Waterfall Watercolor Painting, Modernist Landscape
By Eve Drewelowe
Located in Denver, CO
first half of the 1940s. An oil, Shimmering Sheeves, (1943), depicts a pastoral golden landscape
Category
1940s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 43.75 in W 33.75 in D 0.5 in
Women Observed - Scottish art Edinburgh Expressionist artist nude oil painting
By Robin Philipson
Located in London, GB
A superb oil on panel nude portrait by the noted Scottish artist Sir Robin Philipson PRSA. A
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pikes Peak, 1940s Colorado Mountain Landscape in Autumn, Tempera Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
completely abstract imagery. He was one of a relatively small number of artists in Colorado successfully
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Board
H 15.5 in W 19.25 in D 1.25 in
WPA 1940s Framed Figurative Village Landscape with Figures Houses Mountains
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Comes" from 1940 of an outdoor village scene. Presented in a custom black frame with archival materials
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 26 in W 35.5 in D 0.5 in
Golden Cycle Mill, Colorado, 1940s WPA Mining Watercolor Landscape, Black White
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Original 1940s watercolor on paper painting by Charles Ragland Bunnell portraying a semi abstracted
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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