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A Bold Abstract Black and White Painting by Tina Bluefield
A Bold Abstract Black and White Painting by Tina Bluefield

A Bold Abstract Black and White Painting by Tina Bluefield

By Tina Bluefield

Located in Cathedral City, CA

Tina Bluefield (b. 1945) is a full-time California painter. She lives and works in her studio in the high desert near Joshua Tree, California, a highly populated artists region.

Category

20th Century American Modern Paintings

Large Oil on Canvas by Fred Reichman
Large Oil on Canvas by Fred Reichman

Large Oil on Canvas by Fred Reichman

Located in Pasadena, CA

He once described his style as a California painter this way: "There is a unique energy that exists on the Pacific Coast.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Huge Wesley Johnson Abstract Oil Painting in Variation of Pink
Huge Wesley Johnson Abstract Oil Painting in Variation of Pink

Huge Wesley Johnson Abstract Oil Painting in Variation of Pink

By Wesley Johnson

Located in Pasadena, CA

One of the most beautiful Wesley Johnson painting I ever saw! A listed California painter, muralist, and teacher, Wesley Johnson was born in Ojai, California in 1934, and educated...

Category

Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

'Man by the Bridge" Cityscape Oil Painting by Harold Stephenson, aka Abruzzi
'Man by the Bridge" Cityscape Oil Painting by Harold Stephenson, aka Abruzzi

'Man by the Bridge" Cityscape Oil Painting by Harold Stephenson, aka Abruzzi

By Harold Stephenson

Located in Pasadena, CA

Harold Stephenson, also known as Abruzzi, was a California painter known for his formal portraits of Hollywood notables and later as a painter of stylized scenes of children and post...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

John Dominique, American Impressionist Landscape, The Sierras
John Dominique, American Impressionist Landscape, The Sierras

John Dominique, American Impressionist Landscape, The Sierras

Located in San Francisco, CA

John Augustus Dominique (born in Sweden in 1894; died in 1994) has been called a "living treasure of California art." He attended the California Art School of Arts and Crafts, wh...

Category

Vintage 1960s American Paintings

Reverse Paint Mirror by Wesley Johnson
Reverse Paint Mirror by Wesley Johnson

Reverse Paint Mirror by Wesley Johnson

By Wesley Johnson

Located in Pasadena, CA

It is signed in the back and has been framed in a very simple oak frame. A listed California painter, muralist, and teacher, Wesley Johnson was born in Ojai, California in 1934, and ...

Category

Vintage 1980s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Mirror

Frederick Carl Smith, portrait study/copy Vermeer's Lacemaker
Frederick Carl Smith, portrait study/copy Vermeer's Lacemaker

Frederick Carl Smith, portrait study/copy Vermeer's Lacemaker

Located in San Francisco, CA

Smith is an accomplished, early California painter. He is especially appreciated for his California landscapes (like views of Lake Tahoe or Laguna), and American Indian scenes.

Category

Antique 19th Century American Paintings

California Expressionist Figures
California Expressionist Figures

California Expressionist Figures

Located in San Francisco, CA

Visit our website to see our collection of nearly 4,000 original pieces: http://www.lostartsalon.com Ross Curtis (1918-2007) was a California Expressionist painter and sculptor. ...

Category

20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Painter in Porcelain by Ejnar Hansen
Painter in Porcelain by Ejnar Hansen

Painter in Porcelain by Ejnar Hansen

By Aksel Bender Madsen, Ejner Larsen

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Ejnar Hansen was a notable figure painter in Southern California during the years between the wars.

Materials

Canvas

Large Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by Wesley Johnson
Large Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by Wesley Johnson

Large Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by Wesley Johnson

By Wesley Johnson

Located in Pasadena, CA

One of the most beautiful Wesley Johnson paintings I ever saw! A listed California painter, muralist, and teacher, Wesley Johnson was born in Ojai, California in 1934, and educated ...

Category

Vintage 1980s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

View of Mount San Jacinto by American Artist John W. Hilton, circa 1957
View of Mount San Jacinto by American Artist John W. Hilton, circa 1957

View of Mount San Jacinto by American Artist John W. Hilton, circa 1957

By John William Hilton

Located in Palm Springs, CA

John William Hilton is referenced in numerous books on California painters and his works are found in 6 museums, including the Palm Springs Art Museum.

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Giltwood, Masonite

Intimate Lighting Series #3
Intimate Lighting Series #3

Intimate Lighting Series #3

By Robert Natkin

Located in Lawrence, NY

Arriving in San Francisco in 1947, at age 21, Neuman would first be exposed to the work of Richard Diebenkorn, Sam Francis, Clyfford Still, David Park and others. These California pa...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

WPA California Landscape Mural

WPA California Landscape Mural

Located in Treasure Island, CA

Maurice Del Mue, 1875-1955, born France, worked in California as a painter, illustrator and muralist, identified with the progressive modernist painter of his day, exhibited in gal...

Category

Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Dreamy California Landscape 1952 Oil
Dreamy California Landscape 1952 Oil

Dreamy California Landscape 1952 Oil

Located in San Francisco, CA

This 1952 oil on board landscape is by California Regionalist painter Freeman Sargent (1912-1990).

Category

1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Northern California Plein-Air Landscape
Northern California Plein-Air Landscape

Northern California Plein-Air Landscape

Located in San Francisco, CA

Visit our website to see our collection of nearly 4,000 original pieces: http://www.lostartsalon.com Ross Curtis (1918-2007) was a California Expressionist painter and sculptor. ...

Category

20th Century Paintings

Northern California Cove 20th Century Oil
Northern California Cove 20th Century Oil

Northern California Cove 20th Century Oil

Located in San Francisco, CA

This early-mid 20th century oil Carmel/Monterey seascape is by California Regionalist painter Freeman Sargent (1912-1990).

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid-Century  Northern California Plein-Air Landscape
Mid-Century  Northern California Plein-Air Landscape

Mid-Century Northern California Plein-Air Landscape

Located in San Francisco, CA

Visit our website to see our collection of nearly 4,000 original pieces: http://www.lostartsalon.com Ross Curtis (1918-2007) was a California Expressionist painter and sculptor. ...

Category

Vintage 1960s Paintings

Tree Over-looking California Field 20th Century Oil
Tree Over-looking California Field 20th Century Oil

Tree Over-looking California Field 20th Century Oil

Located in San Francisco, CA

This early-mid 20th century California scene is by California Regionalist painter Freeman Sragent (1912-1990).

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sound System- Californian  hard edge abstract painting by Alex Couwenberg
Sound System- Californian  hard edge abstract painting by Alex Couwenberg

Sound System- Californian hard edge abstract painting by Alex Couwenberg

By Alex Couwenberg

Located in Ketchum, ID

This is a graphic hard-edge abstract painting from California-based artist Alex Couwenberg. Alex Couwenberg is a Southern California abstract painter deeply influenced by the art a...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

"Look to Southern California" 1950-60s Mixed Media and Collage
"Look to Southern California" 1950-60s Mixed Media and Collage

"Look to Southern California" 1950-60s Mixed Media and Collage

By Calvin Anderson

Located in San Francisco, CA

This 1950-60s mixed media and collage on paper original advertising illustration entitled Look to Southern California is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson...

Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Karl Kasten Abstract Oil on Canvas
Karl Kasten Abstract Oil on Canvas

Karl Kasten Abstract Oil on Canvas

By Karl Kasten

Located in San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions Art Institute of Chicago, 1946; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1950, 1952; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1951; Whitney Museum of American Art, New Y...

Category

Vintage 1950s American Paintings

Karl Kasten "Icon, " Abstract Oil on Canvas 1964
Karl Kasten "Icon, " Abstract Oil on Canvas 1964

Karl Kasten "Icon, " Abstract Oil on Canvas 1964

By Karl Kasten

Located in San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions Art Institute of Chicago, 1946; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1950, 1952; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1951; Whitney Museum of American Art, New Y...

Category

Vintage 1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas

1985 Trompe L'oeil Acrylic on Canvas by Daniel Douke
1985 Trompe L'oeil Acrylic on Canvas by Daniel Douke

1985 Trompe L'oeil Acrylic on Canvas by Daniel Douke

By Daniel Douke

Located in Treasure Island, CA

Drawings by Painters. Exhibition catalogue. Long Beach, California: Long Beach Museum of Art, 1982.

Category

Late 20th Century American Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Still Life with Modigliani #13

Still Life with Modigliani #13

By Guy Diehl

Located in San Francisco, CA

Acrylic on canvas painting by California-based photorealist painter Guy Diehl.

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Meditation of the Snowbird"
"Meditation of the Snowbird"

"Meditation of the Snowbird"

Located in San Francisco, CA

Wonderfully surreal painting entitled "Meditation of the Snowbird" by California visionary surrealist painter, Norman Stiegelmeyer.

Category

Vintage 1960s American Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Goat" Original Oil Painting by Laura Wambsgans
"Goat" Original Oil Painting by Laura Wambsgans

"Goat" Original Oil Painting by Laura Wambsgans

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Laura Wambsgans has exhibited widely throughout California since 1990 both as painter and sculptor and is on display in public installations and in several California museums.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas

Framed Abstract , 2020
Framed Abstract , 2020

Framed Abstract , 2020

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Artist: Hayden Alexande4 Floater Frame in Natural Grainy Wood Signed on the Reverse Artist is working full time painter from Northern California Blues , Whites and Greys

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Framed Abstract , 2020
Framed Abstract , 2020

Framed Abstract , 2020

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Artist: Hayden Alexande4 Floater Frame in Natural Grainy Wood Signed on the Reverse Artist is working full time painter from Northern California Blues , Whites and Greys

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Framed Abstract , 2020
Framed Abstract , 2020

Framed Abstract , 2020

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Artist: Hayden Alexander Floater Frame in Natural Grainy Wood Signed on the Reverse Artist is working full time painter from Northern California Blues , Whites and Greys

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

#1119 by William Loveless

#1119 by William Loveless

Located in Cathedral City, CA

New work from the California desert painter. Liquid pigment is pored onto a bed of white glue.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

Original Oil Painting by Laura Wambsgans
Original Oil Painting by Laura Wambsgans

Original Oil Painting by Laura Wambsgans

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Laura Wambsgans has exhibited widely throughout California since 1990 both as painter and sculptor and is on display in public installations and in several California museums.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Nothing's Changed II

Nothing's Changed II

By Kai Samuels-Davis

Located in San Francisco, CA

Oil on panel painting by California-based painter Kai Samuels-Davis. Piece depicts a water glass.

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Untitled - Abstraction
Untitled - Abstraction

Untitled - Abstraction

By Luis Gutierrez

Located in Oakland, CA

Luis Gutierrez (California abstract painter, educator, b.1933- ) Untitled abstract oil painting 1966 Signed and dated verso Housed in a wood strip frame 33.25" x 35.25" x 2.5" ...

Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Harvey Coleman, Oil on Canvas, Desert Landscape
Harvey Coleman, Oil on Canvas, Desert Landscape

Harvey Coleman, Oil on Canvas, Desert Landscape

Located in Van Nuys, CA

Signed, lower left corner, oil on canvas by Harvey Coleman, listed California Plein Air painter. Period leaf frame. Image size, 24 1/2"h x 29 1/2"w

Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Anesthesia

Anesthesia

By Chad Pierce

Located in New York, NY

Chad's piece is a hyper realistic oil painting on canvas. Born in Modesto, California in 1980. Fine artist, Chad Pierce was raised in northern California.

Category

2010s Street Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

Osthaus Signed Hard Edge Abstract
Osthaus Signed Hard Edge Abstract

Osthaus Signed Hard Edge Abstract

By Osthaus

Located in San Francisco, CA

ht In the manner of southern California hard edge painters like Frederick Hammersley, Karl Benjamin and Lorser Feitelson.

Category

Vintage 1950s American Modern Paintings

Shorebound

Shorebound

By Steven Curry

Located in Santa Barbara, CA

Steve's work is evocative of the work of the early California impressionists. He has developed his own style his use of color Curry has earned a growing reputation as a talented pai...

Category

2010s Romantic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cell Phone Girl

Cell Phone Girl

By Lani Emanuel

Located in Santa Monica, CA

She has exhibited at the Carnegie Art Museum, the Laguna Art Museum, and has received awards from Laguna Beach City Hall, the Southern California Plein Air Painters Association, and ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cemetry at La Pieve

Cemetry at La Pieve

By Marc Dalessio

Located in London, GB

Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. He is a naturalistic painter who at a young age has established himself as one of the foremost plein-air landscape painters...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Chavez Ravine" Framed Oil Painting by Lou Krugman
"Chavez Ravine" Framed Oil Painting by Lou Krugman

"Chavez Ravine" Framed Oil Painting by Lou Krugman

Located in Los Angeles, CA

When he was not acting, Lou spent much of his time in various parts of the Los Angeles area painting on site, much like the early California Plein Air painters. What sets Lou apart f...

Category

20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Liminal Series #6

Liminal Series #6

By Chris Gwaltney

Located in Park City, UT

CHRIS GWALTNEY is a painter from Southern California. He paints in a lush style, combining areas of abstraction with loose figurative elements.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Liminal Series #5

Liminal Series #5

By Chris Gwaltney

Located in Park City, UT

CHRIS GWALTNEY is a painter from Southern California. He paints in a lush style, combining areas of abstraction with loose figurative elements.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Peaceful Cache Valley Cottage by Kent Wallis
Peaceful Cache Valley Cottage by Kent Wallis

Peaceful Cache Valley Cottage by Kent Wallis

By Kent Wallis

Located in Salt Lake City, UT

Wallis is a member of the Society of American Impressionists, as well as one of the ten charter members of the Northern California Society of Plein Air Painters and a member of the P...

Category

2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Odds and Ends by Kent Wallis
Odds and Ends by Kent Wallis

Odds and Ends by Kent Wallis

By Kent Wallis

Located in Salt Lake City, UT

Wallis is a member of the Society of American Impressionists, as well as one of the ten charter members of the Northern California Society of Plein Air Painters and a member of the P...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Untitled

Untitled

By Sam Francis

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Samuel Lewis Francis (June 25, 1923, San Mateo, California – November 4, 1994, Santa Monica, California) was an American painter and printmaker.

Category

1960s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Pair of 1960's John Morris Paintings
Pair of 1960's John Morris Paintings

Pair of 1960's John Morris Paintings

Located in Pasadena, CA

Two John Morris Paintings from the estate of a prominent Hollywood director. John Morris was a California impressionist painter born in Laguna Beach.

Category

Vintage 1960s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Serene Country Home by Kent Wallis
Serene Country Home by Kent Wallis

Serene Country Home by Kent Wallis

By Kent Wallis

Located in Salt Lake City, UT

Wallis is a member of the Society of American Impressionists, as well as one of the ten charter members of the Northern California Society of Plein Air Painters and a member of the P...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Large Oil Painting by Sammy Pasto
Large Oil Painting by Sammy Pasto

Large Oil Painting by Sammy Pasto

By Sammy Pasto

Located in Pasadena, CA

It sits in a simple thick walnut frame and is painted on board. He was a California Modernist painter who resided and worked in San Diego, California.

Category

Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Sheila Daube, Ailos, King of the Wind
Sheila Daube, Ailos, King of the Wind

Sheila Daube, Ailos, King of the Wind

By Sheila Daube

Located in Agoura Hills, CA

Sheila Daube is an abstract expressionist painter from Southern California. She is best known for artworks in dark, rich tones steeped in mythology, pop culture and wit.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Origami Style Abstract Steel Sculpture by Scott Donadio
Origami Style Abstract Steel Sculpture by Scott Donadio

Origami Style Abstract Steel Sculpture by Scott Donadio

By Scott Donadio

Located in Cathedral City, CA

Titled AVATAR II, by artist Scott Donadio (b. 1961), a California sculptor, painter, woodsman and stone carver.

Category

20th Century American Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Steel

Sheila Daube, Selene, Goddess of the Moon
Sheila Daube, Selene, Goddess of the Moon

Sheila Daube, Selene, Goddess of the Moon

By Sheila Daube

Located in Agoura Hills, CA

Sheila Daube is an abstract expressionist painter from Southern California, best known for artworks in dark, rich tones steeped in mythology, pop culture and wit.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Bridges to the Past, 1990
Bridges to the Past, 1990

Bridges to the Past, 1990

By Sam Francis

Located in New York, NY

California-born painter, Sam Francis is a prominent Abstract Expressionist known for his brilliant colours flowing over unprimed canvases with a dripping, splattering and splashing t...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Acrylic

"Holy Land - Fly TWA Jets" Original Mad Men Era Vintage Travel Poster 1960s

"Holy Land - Fly TWA Jets" Original Mad Men Era Vintage Travel Poster 1960s

By David Klein

Located in Boston, MA

David Klein created some of the most playfully hip travel posters of the postwar era. A California scene painter, he became a major success on Madison Avenue in the Fifties into the ...

Category

1960s American Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Robert Kaess Blue & Brown Vertical Abstract Painting
Robert Kaess Blue & Brown Vertical Abstract Painting

Robert Kaess Blue & Brown Vertical Abstract Painting

By Robert Kaess

Located in San Francisco, CA

After returning to the US, he continued painting from nature in the outdoors with "Society of Six," California impressionist painter Louis Siegriest. He produced a good number of st...

Category

Vintage 1950s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Robert Kaess Yellow & Green Horizontal Abstract Painting
Robert Kaess Yellow & Green Horizontal Abstract Painting

Robert Kaess Yellow & Green Horizontal Abstract Painting

By Robert Kaess

Located in San Francisco, CA

After returning to the US, he continued painting from nature in the outdoors with "Society of Six," California impressionist painter Louis Siegriest. He produced a good number of st...

Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

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