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Blue Art Deco Table Lamp by Tyra Lundgren for ALP, Sweden, 1920s. Swedish Grace.
Blue Art Deco Table Lamp by Tyra Lundgren for ALP, Sweden, 1920s. Swedish Grace.

Blue Art Deco Table Lamp by Tyra Lundgren for ALP, Sweden, 1920s. Swedish Grace.

By Arabia of Finland, ALP Lidköping 1, Arabia, Tyra Carolina Lundgren

Located in Malmö, SE

This period saw a breakthrough in her development as a painter. From the 1950s through the 1970s her work can almost be described as belonging to the Concrete style.

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Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Summer, Quaker Hill oil painting by Nell Blaine
Summer, Quaker Hill oil painting by Nell Blaine

Summer, Quaker Hill oil painting by Nell Blaine

By Nell Blaine

Located in Hudson, NY

From the mid-1950's, she cultivated an increasingly painterly and colorful style, usually working directly from nature, or still life, with particular emphasis on the forms and hues ...

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1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Gondolas in the Front of St. Georges at Night
The Gondolas in the Front of St. Georges at Night

The Gondolas in the Front of St. Georges at Night

By Marcel Mouly

Located in San Francisco, CA

By the mid-1940s, Mouly's art began to gain notoriety from his peers and collectors and his first solo exhibition was held at the Libraire Bergamesque in 1949. By the mid 1950s Mouly...

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Mid-Century Modern Sideboard by Jos De Mey for Luxus, Belgium, 1950
Mid-Century Modern Sideboard by Jos De Mey for Luxus, Belgium, 1950

Mid-Century Modern Sideboard by Jos De Mey for Luxus, Belgium, 1950

By Luxus Kortrijk, Jos De Mey

Located in Antwerp, BE

Belgian Design; Cabinet; Sideboard; Mid-Century Modern; Modernist Design; Jos De Mey; Painter; Buffet; 1950s; Jos De Mey Sideboard from the 1950s, an exquisite piece of mid-century...

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Vintage 1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Metal

"Green Nude 2" 1980s Modernist Jack Hooper Female Nude Painting
"Green Nude 2" 1980s Modernist Jack Hooper Female Nude Painting

"Green Nude 2" 1980s Modernist Jack Hooper Female Nude Painting

By Jack Hooper

Located in Arp, TX

Hooper was a major figure on the Southern California art scene, belonging to that generation of Los Angeles painters who matured during the late 1950’s and the 1960’s, painters such ...

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1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Magazine Paper

Touch of Fall watercolor and pastel painting by Nell Blaine
Touch of Fall watercolor and pastel painting by Nell Blaine

Touch of Fall watercolor and pastel painting by Nell Blaine

By Nell Blaine

Located in Hudson, NY

From the mid-1950's, she cultivated an increasingly painterly and colorful style, usually working directly from nature, or still life, with particular emphasis on the forms and hues ...

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1990s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Watercolor

Mid-Century "Green & Blue Nude" Oil Pastel Drawing
Mid-Century "Green & Blue Nude" Oil Pastel Drawing

Mid-Century "Green & Blue Nude" Oil Pastel Drawing

By Jack Hooper

Located in Arp, TX

Hooper was a major figure on the Southern California art scene, belonging to that generation of Los Angeles painters who matured during the late 1950’s and the 1960’s, painters such ...

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1960s Abstract Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Chrysler Building:  Abstract Expressionist Photography
Chrysler Building:  Abstract Expressionist Photography

Chrysler Building: Abstract Expressionist Photography

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

A 1930s Art Deco icon is interpreted in the frenetic technique that recalls the Abstract Expressionist painters of the 1950s. As if he were painting with light, visionary photographe...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Buds
Buds

Buds

By Jack Beal

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Since moving to New York in the late 1950s with his wife, painter Sondra Freckelton, Beal has painted still lifes, portraits, and landscapes, although in recent years his most ambiti...

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1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (Wizard Fantasy) Pen and Ink Drawing, American Modern, 1948
Untitled (Wizard Fantasy) Pen and Ink Drawing, American Modern, 1948

Untitled (Wizard Fantasy) Pen and Ink Drawing, American Modern, 1948

By Morris Louis

Located in Fairlawn, OH

The basic point about Louis's work and that of other Color Field painters, sometimes known as the Washington Color School in contrast to most of the other new approaches of the late ...

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1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Large Delft Blue Tile Panel "the smiling boy" Frans Hals
Large Delft Blue Tile Panel "the smiling boy" Frans Hals

Large Delft Blue Tile Panel "the smiling boy" Frans Hals

By Delft

Located in Den Haag, NL

This Delfs blue tile panel image is hand painted by Nico Koelewijn in the 1950s. The official painter by “The Leidsche Fles” One of the factories producing Delfs blue.

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Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Ceramic

"Wild Roses" Framed Oil on Masonite Panel, by John Heliker, American
"Wild Roses" Framed Oil on Masonite Panel, by John Heliker, American

"Wild Roses" Framed Oil on Masonite Panel, by John Heliker, American

By John Heliker

Located in valatie, NY

At this time larger strokes and freer designs began replacing the structural, Cézannesque abstractions that occupied him in the 1940s and early 1950s. A painter of landscapes, portra...

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Vintage 1970s American Paintings

Materials

Wood, Masonite

Untitled Auto-Lithograph Print, 1952, Framed, 4-Color, Good Condition
Untitled Auto-Lithograph Print, 1952, Framed, 4-Color, Good Condition

Untitled Auto-Lithograph Print, 1952, Framed, 4-Color, Good Condition

Located in Bournemouth, Dorset

Closely associated with The Kitchen Sink Painters of the 1950s it was, however, the English landscape with its diversity and romanticism that held an enduring appeal for Sellars.

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1950s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Animals in the Light: Outsider Art on Foam Board, 1990s
Animals in the Light: Outsider Art on Foam Board, 1990s

Animals in the Light: Outsider Art on Foam Board, 1990s

Located in New Orleans, LA

He later was employed as a janitor and as a sign painter during the 1950s and 1960s. He acquired an interest in painting after observing artists in the French Quarter in the early 1...

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1990s Outsider Art Animal Paintings

Materials

Foam Board, Felt Pen

Propagation-L, mid century figurative abstract screenprint, 20th century artist
Propagation-L, mid century figurative abstract screenprint, 20th century artist

Propagation-L, mid century figurative abstract screenprint, 20th century artist

By Takesada Matsutani

Located in Beachwood, OH

Takesada Matsutani (Japanese, b. 1937) Propagation-L, 1971 Screenprint in colors Edition 51/75 28 x 27 inches 28.25 x 27.25 inches, framed Takesada Matsutani is a Japanese avant-ga...

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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Dutch Ice Skating Oil on Canvas by Van Buiksloot
Dutch Ice Skating Oil on Canvas by Van Buiksloot

Dutch Ice Skating Oil on Canvas by Van Buiksloot

Located in Dallas, TX

Van Buiksloot was a Dutch painter in the 1950s. His works are quite rare and have appeared in some majorly prestigious Galleries.

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Mid-20th Century Dutch Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

White Art Deco Vase by Tyra Lundgren for ALP, Sweden, 1929. Swedish Grace.
White Art Deco Vase by Tyra Lundgren for ALP, Sweden, 1929. Swedish Grace.

White Art Deco Vase by Tyra Lundgren for ALP, Sweden, 1929. Swedish Grace.

By Arabia, ALP Lidköping 1, Tyra Carolina Lundgren, Arabia of Finland

Located in Malmö, SE

This period saw a breakthrough in her development as a painter. From the 1950s through the 1970s her work can almost be described as belonging to the Concrete style.

Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Desing: Carlos de Lamota, Materials: Bronze and marble, Style : Art Deco
Desing: Carlos de Lamota, Materials: Bronze and marble, Style : Art Deco

Desing: Carlos de Lamota, Materials: Bronze and marble, Style : Art Deco

Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C

He trained at the Higher School of Plastic Arts of the UNCuyo, studying under renowned masters such as Sergio Sergi in drawing, Roberto Azzoni in painting, and Lorenzo Domínguez in s...

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Vintage 1970s Argentine Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

"Spirit of Oshkosh, " Art Deco Mural Study by Eugene Savage, 1937
"Spirit of Oshkosh, " Art Deco Mural Study by Eugene Savage, 1937

"Spirit of Oshkosh, " Art Deco Mural Study by Eugene Savage, 1937

By Eugene Francis Savage

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Lurline, executed in the 1940s but not installed until the 1950s. He was a prolific painter and muralist, executing works for the Texas Centennial Buildings in Dallas, other public b...

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

The Night Journey - Drip Painting like Jackson Pollock
The Night Journey - Drip Painting like Jackson Pollock

The Night Journey - Drip Painting like Jackson Pollock

By Byron Browne

Located in Miami, FL

Browne’s style became more gestural in response to the emergence of abstract expressionism in the 1950s. The painter was a founding member of the American Abstract Artists, a group d...

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1940s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large and Unique Stoneware Rooster by Tyra Lundgren. Sweden, 1955.
Large and Unique Stoneware Rooster by Tyra Lundgren. Sweden, 1955.

Large and Unique Stoneware Rooster by Tyra Lundgren. Sweden, 1955.

By Tyra Carolina Lundgren

Located in Malmö, SE

This period saw a breakthrough in her development as a painter. From the 1950s through the 1970s her work can almost be described as belonging to the Concrete style.

Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Stoneware Leaf by Tyra Lundgren. Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, 1930s.
Stoneware Leaf by Tyra Lundgren. Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, 1930s.

Stoneware Leaf by Tyra Lundgren. Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, 1930s.

By Tyra Carolina Lundgren, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in Malmö, SE

This period saw a breakthrough in her development as a painter. From the 1950s through the 1970s her work can almost be described as belonging to the Concrete style.

Category

Mid-20th Century French Scandinavian Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

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