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Between Black and White - Original 1972 Oil on Paper
Between Black and White - Original 1972 Oil on Paper

Between Black and White - Original 1972 Oil on Paper

By Louis Nadalini

Located in Soquel, CA

Student & Artist Center, Paris, France, 1954 (solo); SFMA, Printing Ann., 1957-59 & 1966; CPLH, 1963-67; PAFA Ann., 1966; Oakland Art Mus., Painting Ann., 1966-69; Esther Bear Ga., S...

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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

'Fishing Boat in Harbor', Oakland, California, Woman artist
'Fishing Boat in Harbor', Oakland, California, Woman artist

'Fishing Boat in Harbor', Oakland, California, Woman artist

By Paula Koloday

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

A mid-century oil of a tugboat moored in a calm harbor with a view towards a misty industrial port landscape beyond. Signed lower right, "Paula Koloday" (American, 20th century) and ...

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1960s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Pillar Point Fishing Dock, Half Moon Bay Original Oil by William Winthrop Ward
Pillar Point Fishing Dock, Half Moon Bay Original Oil by William Winthrop Ward

Pillar Point Fishing Dock, Half Moon Bay Original Oil by William Winthrop Ward

By William Winthrop Ward

Located in Soquel, CA

Working in oil, watercolor, and pastel, he created colorful wharf scenes, marines, and landscapes. Exhibitions: Oakland Art Gallery, 1939-41; Stevens Hotel (Chicago), 1941; Society...

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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Colombia Park, California
Colombia Park, California

Colombia Park, California

By William Frates

Located in San Francisco, CA

Member: Bay Region AA; Hayward AA (cofounder); Mother Lode AA; Diablo AA; Fremont AA; Santa Cruz Art League; SWA (pres.) Exh: Oakland Art Gallery, 1924-39; Calif.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sheep Ranch, Mother Lodge County, Near Stockton
Sheep Ranch, Mother Lodge County, Near Stockton

Sheep Ranch, Mother Lodge County, Near Stockton

By William Frates

Located in San Francisco, CA

Member: Bay Region AA; Hayward AA (cofounder); Mother Lode AA; Diablo AA; Fremont AA; Santa Cruz Art League; SWA (pres.) Exh: Oakland Art Gallery, 1924-39; Calif.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

B.B King, Fox Theater, Oakland, Ca, 2009

B.B King, Fox Theater, Oakland, Ca, 2009

By Jérôme Brunet

Located in Toronto, ON

12.5” x 19” Unframed Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print of 150 Hand Signed by Jerome Brunet

Category

Early 2000s Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Rancho El Camino in Summer
Rancho El Camino in Summer

Rancho El Camino in Summer

By James Russell Ford

Located in San Francisco, CA

Member: Alameda AA (pres., 1955). Exh: Oakland Art Gallery, 1945, 1954; SWA, De Young Museum, 1953.

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Florescent Figurative Abstract
Florescent Figurative Abstract

Florescent Figurative Abstract

By Louis Nadalini

Located in Soquel, CA

Student & Artist Center, Paris, France, 1954 (solo); SFMA, Printing Ann., 1957-59 & 1966; CPLH, 1963-67; PAFA Ann., 1966; Oakland Art Mus., Painting Ann., 1966-69; Esther Bear Ga., S...

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Gouache

Modernist Abstract Nude Pastel Cyan Figure Study
Modernist Abstract Nude Pastel Cyan Figure Study

Modernist Abstract Nude Pastel Cyan Figure Study

By Louis Nadalini

Located in Soquel, CA

Student & Artist Center, Paris, France, 1954 (solo); SFMA, Printing Ann., 1957-59 & 1966; CPLH, 1963-67; PAFA Ann., 1966; Oakland Art Mus., Painting Ann., 1966-69; Esther Bear Ga., S...

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

'Wenceslas Castle, Prague', California Post-Impressionist, Sausalito, De Young
'Wenceslas Castle, Prague', California Post-Impressionist, Sausalito, De Young

'Wenceslas Castle, Prague', California Post-Impressionist, Sausalito, De Young

By Wedo Georgetti

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

He exhibited widely and with success, both at exhibitions and at one-man shows (Oakland Art Gallery, 1942-44; Society of American Graphic Artists, NYC, 1944; Maxwell Galleries, 1940’...

Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Plywood, Oil

The Muse - Original Watercolor on Paper
The Muse - Original Watercolor on Paper

The Muse - Original Watercolor on Paper

By Louis Nadalini

Located in Soquel, CA

Student & Artist Center, Paris, France, 1954 (solo); SFMA, Printing Ann., 1957-59 & 1966; CPLH, 1963-67; PAFA Ann., 1966; Oakland Art Mus., Painting Ann., 1966-69; Esther Bear Ga., S...

Category

20th Century Expressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper

"Blonde in the Cafe", Art Deco Drawing by Italian-American Surrealist, 1933
"Blonde in the Cafe", Art Deco Drawing by Italian-American Surrealist, 1933

"Blonde in the Cafe", Art Deco Drawing by Italian-American Surrealist, 1933

Located in Philadelphia, PA

In the 1930s and 40s, he exhibited dozens of times, at the Museum of Modern Art, the Oakland Art Gallery, the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Carne...

Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings

Materials

Paper

Mid Century Oakland Industrial Landscape Watercolor
Mid Century Oakland Industrial Landscape Watercolor

Mid Century Oakland Industrial Landscape Watercolor

Located in Soquel, CA

Born Pauline Hughett, she married attorney Samuel Wagener in 1932 and was thereafter known as Polly Wagener. She began focusing on art after working for The Montclarion, a local Oakl...

Category

1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Clown, Medrano Circus, France
Clown, Medrano Circus, France

Clown, Medrano Circus, France

By Benton Scott

Located in San Francisco, CA

Art Club, 1946-56; Maxwell Gallery (SF), 1947; Taylor Gallery (LA), 1948; Salon de Independents (Paris), 1948; NAD, 1953; Oakland Art Gallery, 1953; SFMA, 1955.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Valley, York Maine
The Valley, York Maine

The Valley, York Maine

Located in Sheffield, MA

Exhibitions: San Francisco Art Association, 1918; Oakland Art Gallery, 1932, 1934; Santa Cruz Art League, 1934.

Category

1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Abandoned Factory
The Abandoned Factory

The Abandoned Factory

By William Frates

Located in San Francisco, CA

Member: Bay Region AA; Hayward AA (cofounder); Mother Lode AA; Diablo AA; Fremont AA; Santa Cruz Art League; SWA (pres.) Exh: Oakland Art Gallery, 1924-39; Calif.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Forms in Blue & Gray', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts
'Forms in Blue & Gray', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts

'Forms in Blue & Gray', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts

By Robert George Gilberg

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

A substantial, mid-century gouache abstract comprising pendant geometric forms in pastel tones of sage, ivory and gun-metal gray contained within vertical, rectangular enclosures of ...

Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Tom Holland -  abstract painting, de-accessioned from Oakland Museum, Signed
Tom Holland -  abstract painting, de-accessioned from Oakland Museum, Signed

Tom Holland - abstract painting, de-accessioned from Oakland Museum, Signed

By Tom Holland

Located in New York, NY

TOM HOLLAND Untitled Mid Century Modern painting (Oakland Museum De-Accession), 1963 Oil on Canvas 16 1/2 × 20 1/2 x .5 inches Unique Signed and dated on the back of the frame Frame...

Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Permanent Marker

1980s Abstracted Bay Area Landscape -- Oakland to Tamalpais Views
1980s Abstracted Bay Area Landscape -- Oakland to Tamalpais Views

1980s Abstracted Bay Area Landscape -- Oakland to Tamalpais Views

By Erle Loran

Located in Soquel, CA

Gorgeous colors in this abstract of the sunrise on the bay by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999), a modernist of urban and coastal views and geometric painting. Signed on verso. From a...

Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Signed Landscape of Oakland’s Historic Lake Merritt, by S.K. Farnsworth
Signed Landscape of Oakland’s Historic Lake Merritt, by S.K. Farnsworth

Signed Landscape of Oakland’s Historic Lake Merritt, by S.K. Farnsworth

Located in San Francisco, CA

On offer is "Spring Morning, Lake Merritt," a masterfully executed, site-specific landscape by Bay Area artist S.K. Farnsworth, completed on March 23, 2008. The location is a large t...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Ink, Color Pencil

Modernist painting by California artist Irene Pattinson
Modernist painting by California artist Irene Pattinson

Modernist painting by California artist Irene Pattinson

By Irene Pattinson

Located in Colfax, CA

Pattinson exhibited her works regularly in the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid 20th century as well, including at the San Francisco Museum of Art in 1961, the San Francisco Art As...

Category

1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Clown, Medrano Circus, France
Clown, Medrano Circus, France

Clown, Medrano Circus, France

By Benton Scott

Located in San Francisco, CA

Art Club, 1946-56; Maxwell Gallery (SF), 1947; Taylor Gallery (LA), 1948; Salon de Independents (Paris), 1948; NAD, 1953; Oakland Art Gallery, 1953; SFMA, 1955.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Borrowed Landscape Study No. 226 / San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, California

Borrowed Landscape Study No. 226 / San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, California

By Nina Tichava

Located in Denver, CO

Nina Tichava is a pattern-based, abstract painter primarily focused on spatial relationships that emphasize the inherent surface quality, color, and visual variations in her work. Sh...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Pen, Paper, Postcard, Graphite

Robert Gilberg Original Nudes on Japanese Paper c1960s
Robert Gilberg Original Nudes on Japanese Paper c1960s

Robert Gilberg Original Nudes on Japanese Paper c1960s

By Robert Gilberg

Located in Oakland, CA

It’s a stunning frame that fits this piece perfectly. Originally from Oakland, Ca and born in 1911, Gilbert attended the Oakland Art Center in the 1930s and in the late 1940s moved ...

Category

Vintage 1960s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood, Lacquer, Paper

Modernist Abstract Nude Figurative Painting in India Ink on Paper
Modernist Abstract Nude Figurative Painting in India Ink on Paper

Modernist Abstract Nude Figurative Painting in India Ink on Paper

By Louis Nadalini

Located in Soquel, CA

Student & Artist Center, Paris, France, 1954 (solo); SFMA, Printing Ann., 1957-59 & 1966; CPLH, 1963-67; PAFA Ann., 1966; Oakland Art Mus., Painting Ann., 1966-69; Esther Bear Ga., S...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Paper, India Ink

'Wharf with Dock Workers', American School, Oakland, San Francisco Bay Area Oil
'Wharf with Dock Workers', American School, Oakland, San Francisco Bay Area Oil

'Wharf with Dock Workers', American School, Oakland, San Francisco Bay Area Oil

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

A Post-Impressionist oil of a wooden wharf with a large sailing boat moored and dockhands working with a view beyond towards a coastal town with wooden-frame houses, possibly Oakland...

Category

1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Woman In a Cage" - Original Woodcut Print on Paper
"Woman In a Cage" - Original Woodcut Print on Paper

"Woman In a Cage" - Original Woodcut Print on Paper

By Louis Nadalini

Located in Soquel, CA

Student & Artist Center, Paris, France, 1954 (solo); SFMA, Printing Ann., 1957-59 & 1966; CPLH, 1963-67; PAFA Ann., 1966; Oakland Art Mus., Painting Ann., 1966-69; Esther Bear Ga., S...

Category

20th Century Post-War Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Oil, Woodcut

Vase
Vase

Leonard EdmondsonVase, 1953

$2,800Sale Price|20% Off

Vase

By Leonard Edmondson

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

State Fair, 1951, 1952; SAM, 1952; BM, 1952; Walnut Creek (CA) Art Festival, 1952; Oakland Art Gal., 1952; Pasadena AI, 1952; MMA 1952; Bradley Univ., 1952; Tiffany Fnd. grant, 1952;...

Category

1950s Cubist More Art

Materials

Ceramic

'Regionalist Landscape', California Watercolor Society, GGIE, Chouinard
'Regionalist Landscape', California Watercolor Society, GGIE, Chouinard

'Regionalist Landscape', California Watercolor Society, GGIE, Chouinard

By Marcel Emile Cailliet

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

He earned his BA and MFA degrees at University of Southern California and subsequently continued his art studies at the Chouinard Art School. A member of the California Watercolor So...

Category

1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Landscape, California
Landscape, California

Landscape, California

Located in San Francisco, CA

His works have been shown at Oakland Art museum and De Young and Crocker galleries in San Francisco and at shows in Carmel, Santa Cruz and Vallejo.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Summer Bouquet', Society of Western Artists, De Young Museum, Oakland Museum
'Summer Bouquet', Society of Western Artists, De Young Museum, Oakland Museum

'Summer Bouquet', Society of Western Artists, De Young Museum, Oakland Museum

By Clifford Holmes

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Over the course of a long career, he exhibited widely and with success including at the Society of Western Artists, the American Artist's Professional League, the De Young Museum, th...

Category

1950s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Cigarette Break" Oil on Canvas, American Modern, 30x40 Inches, Signed
"Cigarette Break" Oil on Canvas, American Modern, 30x40 Inches, Signed

"Cigarette Break" Oil on Canvas, American Modern, 30x40 Inches, Signed

By Patricia Gren Hayes

Located in Soquel, CA

San Francisco Art Festival, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, 1977, 1978; San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Exhibition, award winner - 1970, 1...

Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Abstract Vertical Sunset
Mid Century Abstract Vertical Sunset

Mid Century Abstract Vertical Sunset

By Irene Pattinson

Located in Soquel, CA

Solo Exhibitions: Lucien Labaudt Gallery 1955; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1961 (39 works) Selected Group Exhibitions: San Francisco Art Association Annual 1948, 54, 55; San Franci...

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Tissue Paper

Borrowed Landscapes Study No. 206/The Bay Bridge at Sunset, Oakland/San Francisc

Borrowed Landscapes Study No. 206/The Bay Bridge at Sunset, Oakland/San Francisc

By Nina Tichava

Located in Denver, CO

Nina Tichava is a pattern-based, abstract painter primarily focused on spatial relationships that emphasize the inherent surface quality, color, and visual variations in her work. Sh...

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic, Postcard, Pen, Graphite

'California Coastal Diptych', Berkeley, Bay Area Woman Artist, Smithsonian, CCAC
'California Coastal Diptych', Berkeley, Bay Area Woman Artist, Smithsonian, CCAC

'California Coastal Diptych', Berkeley, Bay Area Woman Artist, Smithsonian, CCAC

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Over the course of a long and successful career as an artist, Isabelle Schrock Barnett exhibited widely and with success including at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, the...

Category

1970s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Varnish, Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Laid Paper

Two Lovers - 1957 Original Watercolor on Paper
Two Lovers - 1957 Original Watercolor on Paper

Two Lovers - 1957 Original Watercolor on Paper

By Louis Nadalini

Located in Soquel, CA

Student & Artist Center, Paris, France, 1954 (solo); SFMA, Printing Ann., 1957-59 & 1966; CPLH, 1963-67; PAFA Ann., 1966; Oakland Art Mus., Painting Ann., 1966-69; Esther Bear Ga., S...

Category

1950s Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper

Mid Century Collage Painting by California Artist Robert Gilberg circa 1960
Mid Century Collage Painting by California Artist Robert Gilberg circa 1960

Mid Century Collage Painting by California Artist Robert Gilberg circa 1960

By Robert Gilberg

Located in San Francisco, CA

In original artist made frame, and having original paper label on back, Born in Oakland, CA on April 25, 1911. Gilberg studied at the Oakland Art Center in the 1930s.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

Street Costumes, Gay Nineties Fashion - Female Illustrator
Street Costumes, Gay Nineties Fashion - Female Illustrator

Street Costumes, Gay Nineties Fashion - Female Illustrator

Located in Miami, FL

Exhibitions: Women Painters of Washington; Seattle Art Museum1932 to 1935; Oakland Art Gallery; Northwest Printmakers.

Category

1930s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Board

"Cowboy Boots" Oil Painting on Canvas, Bay Area Figurative, Signed, 1983
"Cowboy Boots" Oil Painting on Canvas, Bay Area Figurative, Signed, 1983

"Cowboy Boots" Oil Painting on Canvas, Bay Area Figurative, Signed, 1983

By Patricia Gren-Haynes

Located in Soquel, CA

San Francisco Art Festival, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, 1977, 1978; San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Exhibition, award winner - 1970, 1...

Category

1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Reclining Nude', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts, CWS
'Reclining Nude', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts, CWS

'Reclining Nude', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts, CWS

By Robert George Gilberg

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Robert George Gilberg (American, 1911-1970) and painted circa 1965. Born in Oakland, Robert George Gilberg first studied at t...

Category

1960s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

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