Frank Vavra
Colorado Woman Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modernist Still Life, Fruit
By Ruth Todd
Located in Surfside, FL
were Vance Kirkland, Frank Vavra, Martha Epp, Ardis Sturdy, Roland Detre, Eve Drewelowe, Rita Derjue
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$5,500
H 25 in W 31.13 in
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Figurative Painting in Southwest Landscape, 1940s Framed Oil Painting, 11 x 9 in
Located in Denver, CO
Oil on board painting by Frank Joseph Vavra (1892-1967) from 1941. Signed and titled 'The Poison
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960s Mid Century Modern Abstract Acrylic on Canvas Painting, Black Blue Green
By Angelo Di Benedetto
Located in Denver, CO
summer art classes. In 1950, Di Benedetto teamed up with Frank Vavra to open the Denver Art Center. He
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
H 50.75 in W 50.5 in D 1.25 in
Colorado Woman Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modernist Still Life, Fruit
By Ruth Todd
Located in Surfside, FL
were Vance Kirkland, Frank Vavra, Martha Epp, Ardis Sturdy, Roland Detre, Eve Drewelowe, Rita Derjue
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Blue On Blue #1 (Abstract Painting on Shaped 3 Dimensional Canvas, Circles)
By Angelo Di Benedetto
Located in Denver, CO
following year he teamed up with a Denver-based artist, Frank Vavra, to open the Denver Art Center at 924
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Angelo Di BenedettoBlue On Blue #1 (Abstract Painting on Shaped 3 Dimensional Canvas, Circles), 1965
H 26.75 in W 26.5 in D 1.25 in
Still Life
Located in Denver, CO
Original still life painting by 20th century Colorado modernist, Frank Vavra (1892-1967
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Globe Smelter, Denver, Colorado, American Modernist Oil Painting in Purple
Located in Denver, CO
, John E. Thompson, Frank Vavra, Elizabeth Spalding, and Elsie Haddon Haynes.
Primary a regionalist
Category
20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 36.75 in W 28.5 in D 2 in
1940s Oil Painting Portrait of Two Figures, American Modernist Figurative
By Angelo Di Benedetto
Located in Denver, CO
Benedetto teamed up with Frank Vavra to open the Denver Art Center. He and Vavra were founding members of
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 33.75 in W 39.75 in D 3.25 in
White on White #4, Large Shaped Canvas Acrylic Painting, 1965 Mid Century Modern
By Angelo Di Benedetto
Located in Denver, CO
classes. The following year he teamed up with a Denver-based artist, Frank Vavra, to open the Denver Art
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
H 59.25 in W 59.25 in D 1.25 in
1930s Modernist Oil Painting of a Colorado Landscape, Rocks & Mesa, brown, blue
By John Edward Thompson
Located in Denver, CO
Donald Bear, Josephine Hurlburt, Charles F. Ramus and Frank Vavra -- followed to study under him and to
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Black #1, 1965 Mid Century Modern Painting Shaped 3 Dimensional Canvas
By Angelo Di Benedetto
Located in Denver, CO
teamed up with a Denver-based artist, Frank Vavra, to open the Denver Art Center at 924 Broadway. He and
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
H 24.75 in W 24.75 in D 3.25 in
Black C-1
By Angelo Di Benedetto
Located in Denver, CO
following year he teamed up with a Denver-based artist, Frank Vavra, to open the Denver Art Center at 924
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
The Purple Sage by Frank J. Vavra, circa 1930
By Frank J. Vavra
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Frank J Vavra (1892 - 1967) began his career as a self-educated artist before enrolling in the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Paintings
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