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German Modernist Oil Painting LOWER RHINE
By Carl Barth
Located in Surfside, FL
Barth: Works 1920 - 1970, Galerie Remmert und Barth, Germany, Düsseldorf Selected Group Exhibitions 2016
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

1945 Abstract Landscape with Waterfall Watercolor Painting, Modernist Landscape
By Eve Drewelowe
Located in Denver, CO
Watercolor on paper painting by Eve (Van Ek) Drewelowe titled "The Champagne Cascades, Crescendos
Category

1940s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Modernist Trees, 1940s Framed Modernist Landscape Watercolor Painting, Red Green
By Richard Sorby
Located in Denver, CO
Modernist painting of trees, interior forest scene by Colorado artist, Richard Sorby (1911-2001
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

French Modernist Fauvist Oil Painting Claude Gaveau School of Paris
By Claude Gaveau
Located in Surfside, FL
Claude Gaveau (1906 - 1970) is a French painter born in Neuilly-sur-Marne in 1940. The painter was born
Category

20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Modernist Fauvist Oil Painting Claude Gaveau School of Paris
By Claude Gaveau
Located in Surfside, FL
Claude Gaveau (1906 - 1970) is a French painter born in Neuilly-sur-Marne in 1940. The painter was born
Category

20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

San Francisco Cable Car WPA Artist Adolf Dehn Modernist Art Gouache Oil Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
Spartanburg, SC and then worked for eight months as a painting teacher at an arm rehabilitation hospital in
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Gouache

Modernist Portrait by African American Artist Charleston Wilson
Located in Larchmont, NY
Charleston Wilson (1919-?) Untitled (Modernist Portrait), 1970 Oil on board 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 in
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Large Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Rice Paper Modernist John Von Wicht
Located in Surfside, FL
John von Wicht (American, 1888-1970) Oil on Japanese Rice Paper. Hand signed and dated in pencil
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Oil, Rice Paper

Modernist Floral Oil Painting Roses, Flowers in Vase WPA Artist Nicolai Cikovsky
By Nicolai Cikovsky
Located in Surfside, FL
life and portrait painting, printmaking. His mural "Irrigation," and "Gathering Dates" is at the
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, Important Chicago Modernist WPA Artist
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, by American artist William S. Schwartz, c. 1940, gouache painting
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

70s Modernist Swiss Dada Surrealist Painting Signed Andre Thomkins Brush Drawing
By André Thomkins
Located in Surfside, FL
Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, 'Schweizer Avantgarde Kunst nach 1940', Zurich, Switzerland 2009 The
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's
By Helen Clark Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's Helen Clark
Category

1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Nell Sinton Abstract Expressionist Landscape San Francisco California Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
Sinton began painting in the 1920s. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute (then called the
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paul Bolot FRENCH MID CENTURY colourful POST IMPRESSIONIST oil painting FRAMED
Located in Cirencester, GB
highest quality DETAIL: Born in Seignelay, Comte France, Bolot was a modernist painter in the true
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Dance of the Daughters-One" Gray Modern Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Jules Olitski
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract modern expressionist painting by American modernist artist, Jules Olitski. This painting
Category

1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"THE PITCHER" Mid Century Modern Texas Painting Oil
By Michael Frary
Located in San Antonio, TX
changed the face of art on a national scale. Now widely celebrated as a Texas Modernist, his influence has
Category

1940s American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Scandinavian Danish Modernist Abstract Watercolour, Akvarel.
Located in Cotignac, FR
dated bottom left. There is an exhibition label to the back panel and a gallery stamp. The painting is
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Two Ladies in Landscape - British Surrealist Oil Painting
By Richard Turner
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Two Ladies in Landscape by Richard Turner, British 1940-2013 signed and dated verso, 2010 oil
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Classical Maidens Eastern Landscape Huge British Surrealist Oil Painting
By Richard Turner
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sweet Breeze of Evening by Richard Turner, British 1940-2013 signed and dated verso, 2009 oil
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cameron's Cone, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Framed Colorado Landscape Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Watercolor on paper painting of Cameron's Cove outside of Colorado Springs, Colorado by Charles
Category

1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

"Victoria Tower England" Mid Century Modern Texas Painting Oil
By Michael Frary
Located in San Antonio, TX
. In 1940, he graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture Degree, and a Master of Fine Arts in painting
Category

1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Composition in Red and Blue - Abstract Expressionist 1950s Oil Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
'Composition in Red and Blue' is a vintage abstract expressionist original oil painting on board by
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beauchamps Chaud a Trouville - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
By André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in a landscape oil on canvas circa 1980 by French modernist painter Andre Hambourg
Category

1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Strange Storm Coming" Sail Boats, Mid Century Modern Texas Painting
By Michael Frary
Located in San Antonio, TX
changed the face of art on a national scale. Now widely celebrated as a Texas Modernist, his influence has
Category

1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

La Salute le Soir - Venice - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
By André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed, dated and titled figures in a landscape oil on canvas by French modernist painter Andre
Category

1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

After Showers – Maine Coast, an the anti-aging oil painting by Edward Christiana
Located in Hudson, NY
A modernist coastal/dock scene by Edward Christiana. This painting is hand-signed "Edward
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beau Temps en Aout - Deauville - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
By André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape oil on canvas circa 1980 by French modernist painter Andre Hambourg
Category

1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Garden of Eden Huge British Surrealist Oil Painting Reclining Nudes
By Richard Turner
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Garden of Eden by Richard Turner, British 1940-2013 signed and dated verso, 2003 oil painting
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

New York City Abstract Skyline, Semi Abstract Night Scene Cityscape Oil Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Oil on board painting of abstracted New York City skyline by Charles Ragland Bunnell from 1951
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Abstract Painting in Blue, Gray & Black, Vintage 1960s Mid Century Modern Art
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Original vintage 1960s abstract painting by 20th century Colorado Springs artist Charles Ragland
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Chicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
Reclining Nude.Early modernist line drawing, by American artist William S. Schwartz, c. 1940
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

"NEW HORIZON" LARGE MID CENTURY MODERN ABSTRACT
By Michael Frary
Located in San Antonio, TX
1970 "New Horizon" Biography Michael Frary (1918 - 2005) Michael Frary was born in Santa Monica
Category

1970s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Pink Cheeks" American Modernist Robert Gilberg 1950 Ink and Pastel Nude Drawing
By Robert Gilberg
Located in Arp, TX
Robert Gilberg (1911-1970) "Pink Cheeks" c.1950s Ink and pastel on paper 12"x13.75" unframed
Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Paper, Pastel

Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism
By Henry Ernst Schnakenberg
Located in New York, NY
Schnakenberg (1982 - 1970) Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 sight Oil on Canvas Signed lower
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Study for Ladders" Juanita Guccione, Abstract Surrealism, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
strains are all to be found in her work, but by 1970 she was painting works in watercolor and acrylic that
Category

1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Ed Sketching at Red Rocks, Vintage 1940s Original Mountain Landscape, Colorado
By Vance Kirkland
Located in Denver, CO
Original vintage 1940s Modernist Landscape painting of Red Rocks Park, Colorado by Vance Kirkland
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Riders Through the Canyon, Mid-Century Western Landscape
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
." - Frank Wilcox Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Central Railroad' — Mid-Century African-American Artist
By Charles Elmer Harris
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
stamped verso, 'Beni E Kosh COLLECTION' and numbered '697' in ink. A fine, modernist representational
Category

1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, India Ink

Original Watercolor Ski Poster "Pontresina" by Herbert Leupin, circa 1949
By Herbert Leupin
Located in Nantucket, MA
and gouache painting original for one of Leupin's celebrated ski posters, this one with a modernist
Category

Vintage 1940s Swiss Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

Thomas Gentille 1970 Crackled Eggshells Pendant Bangle Bracelet in Carved Wood
Located in Miami, FL
art, created in New York city by the artist and jewelry maker Thomas Gentille, back in the late 1970
Category

Vintage 1970s American Modernist Bangles

'Cape Ann Harbor', Woman Artist, Massachusetts, Rockport, Gloucester, LACMA
By Nell Walker Warner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
ferment of Modernist ideas then centered in Paris. After painting in Paris and the South of France, her
Category

1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract
Located in Sheffield, MA
cities of Sergipe. The Lizard city holds posters for the local cinema. In Orange, around 1940, studying
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

"THE CLOWN" MICHAEL FRARY MID CENTURY MODERN TEXAS ARTIST
By Michael Frary
Located in San Antonio, TX
Texas Modernist, his influence has also shaped the lives and careers of the countless thousands of
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Excavation
By Charles Houghton Howard
Located in New York, NY
immediately back to Paris, to begin painting. I have been painting whenever I could ever since” (Charles
Category

20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"San Sebastian" Awesome Larger Mid Century Austin Texas piece.
By Kelly Fearing
Located in San Antonio, TX
extraordinary. He worked in almost all traditional mediums and excelled in oil painting and collage. Fearing
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

'Expansion' — Modernist Abstraction, Atelier 17
By Stanley William Hayter
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Stanley William Hayter, 'Expansion', color etching and soft-ground, 1970, edition 100, Black
Category

1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

"STILL LIFE FRUIT" MID CENTURY
By Michael Frary
Located in San Antonio, TX
. Now widely celebrated as a Texas Modernist, his influence has also shaped the lives and careers of the
Category

1960s American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Naturaleza Muerta Con Mangoes (Still Life w. Mangoes) by Dosamantes
By Francisco Dosamantes
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial and brilliant modernist still-life painting mangoes by Francisco Dosamantes (Mexico, 1911-1986
Category

1950s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Astral Comic' — 1970s Modernist Abstraction
By Edward August Landon
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
school, and exhibited with the Springfield Art League. His painting ''Memorial Day'' won first prize at
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Salvador Dali: Take It: Estate Edition Photograph [Iconic Surrealist, Modernist]
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1970: With some of his mystical artwork at Port Ligat, Costa Brava, painter Salvador Dali
Category

1970s Surrealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Salvador Dali: Take It: Estate Edition Photograph [Iconic Surrealist, Modernist]
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1970: With some of his mystical artwork at Port Ligat, Costa Brava, painter Salvador Dali
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Untitled
By Charles Houghton Howard
Located in New York, NY
tour at once and hurried immediately back to Paris, to begin painting. I have been painting whenever I
Category

20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite

Untitled
By Charles Houghton Howard
Located in New York, NY
tour at once and hurried immediately back to Paris, to begin painting. I have been painting whenever I
Category

20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Graphite

Corralled Horse (Artists Proof), 1940s Framed American Modernist Horse Etching
By Ethel Magafan
Located in Denver, CO
Fine Arts Center (1940, ‘41, 1945); "Directions in American Painting," Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Paper

Modernist British Israeli Lithograph Expressionist Figures
By Michael Druks
Located in Surfside, FL
and installation artist - was born in Jerusalem September 26, 1940. He has lived in London since 1972
Category

20th Century Neo-Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Salvador Dali: Take It: Estate Edition Photograph [Iconic Surrealist, Modernist]
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1970: With some of his mystical artwork at Port Ligat, Costa Brava, painter Salvador Dali
Category

1960s American Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Court of Solitude Chinese American Modernist Abstract Color Woodcut
By Seong Moy
Located in Surfside, FL
, which had moved to New York in 1940 after its founding in Paris in 1927. The workshop was a center for
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Marino Marini Italian Modernist Il Teatro Etching Hand Signed and Numbered
By Marino Marini
Located in Surfside, FL
attended the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 1917. Although he never abandoned painting, Marini
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

1971 Modernist Lithograph Redhead Pop Art Mod Fashionable Woman Richard Lindner
By Richard Lindner
Located in Surfside, FL
Publisher: Shorewood-Bank Street Atelier for the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture 29.25 X 22
Category

1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Table 'Attributed to the Bauhaus', German
By Bauhaus
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
approached art comprehensively. Instead of having one school for painting, another for sculpture, and another
Category

Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Chrome

Table 'Attributed to the Bauhaus', German
Table 'Attributed to the Bauhaus', German
H 26.78 in W 32.29 in D 15.36 in
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