Summer by the Sea, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1956
By John Philip Falter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Saturday Evening Post Cover, July 21, 1956 This Falter cover was owned by Sarah Johansen, daughter of John Falter. She is the you...
Canvas, Oil
$70 / item
Brutalists: Brutalism’s Best Architects
Located in New York, NY
Featured architects include: John Andrews; João Batista Vilanova Artigas; Lina Bo Bardi; Bogdan Bogdanovic; Marcel Breuer; Douglas Cardinal; André-Jacques Dunoyer de Segonzac; Bertra...
Paper
$55,000
Abstract Cubist Construction Collage Mid 20th Century American Modernism Cubism
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in New York, NY
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Casein, Board
$29,000
"Woman Reading in an Interior" Vaclav Vytlacil, Loose Brushwork Portrait
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in New York, NY
In 1913, he received a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York, where he worked with John C. Johansen, an able portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Si...
Canvas, Oil
"Classic Maiden"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
He studied at the League for three years under John C. Johansen and Anders Zorn. In 1916, Vytlacil accepted an invitation to teach at the Minneapolis School of Art where he remained ...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled-019 gouache and pencil by Vaclav Vytlacil
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Hudson, NY
Under the tutelage of the famous portraitist John C. Johansen, Vytlacil learned to paint as an impressionist.
Paper, Gouache, Cardboard, Pencil
"Fishing Through the Storm"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
He studied at the League for three years under John C. Johansen and Anders Zorn. In 1916, Vytlacil accepted an invitation to teach at the Minneapolis School of Art where he remained ...
Mixed Media
Untitled Abstraction-008 casein tempera on board by Vaclav Vytlacil
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Hudson, NY
Under the tutelage of the famous portraitist John C. Johansen, Vytlacil learned to paint as an impressionist.
Tempera, Casein, Board
"Positano Coast"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
He studied at the League for three years under John C. Johansen and Anders Zorn. In 1916, Vytlacil accepted an invitation to teach at the Minneapolis School of Art where he remained ...
Board, Oil
"The Evening Crowd, Manhattan"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Canvas, Oil
"Manhattan Night Life"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Canvas, Oil
“Woman in Black”
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Oil, Board
"Roman Bath" Series (2/3)
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Oil, Board
"Rough Seas"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Mixed Media, Board
"Still Life with Bananas"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Oil, Board
"Blue Fish"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Oil, Board
"Figure Composition"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Board, Oil
$16,000
"Circus Act"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Board, Oil
"Vineyard Fishing Boat"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Board, Oil
"Resting Boats"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Board, Oil
"Lower Manhattan"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Oil, Board
"Fish Cleaners"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
He studied at the League for three years under John C. Johansen and Anders Zorn. In 1916, Vytlacil accepted an invitation to teach at the Minneapolis School of Art where he remained ...
Board, Oil
"After Work"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Oil, Board
Nude Young Woman, Oil on Canvas by Alexander Brook, circa 1920s
By Alexander Brook
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Along with Kenneth Hayes Miller, Brook studied with John C. Johansen, Frank V. DuMond, George Bridgeman and Dimitri Romanofski.
Canvas, Wood
Untitled 1963 Abstract Oil Painting by Jimmy Ernst
By Jimmy Ernst
Located in Hudson, NY
Provenance: Gift from the artist to his personal friend architect John Johansen, New Canaan, CT in 1963. Johansen was a member of the "Harvard Five", and achieved prominence with his...
Masonite, Oil
Blue Shimmering into Green, San Francisco
By Arthur Emerson
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Arthur Webster Emerson began his art studies at Stanford University and later studied under John C. Johansen and Charles Hawthorne at Columbia University.
"The Model'
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
He studied at the League for three years under John C. Johansen and Anders Zorn. In 1916, Vytlacil accepted an invitation to teach at the Minneapolis School of Art where he remained ...
Board, Oil
"Fishing Cove - Martha's Vineyard"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
He studied at the League for three years under John C. Johansen and Anders Zorn. In 1916, Vytlacil accepted an invitation to teach at the Minneapolis School of Art where he remained ...
Board, Gouache, Oil
"Mr. and Mrs. Smith"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
He studied at the League for three years under John C. Johansen and Anders Zorn. In 1916, Vytlacil accepted an invitation to teach at the Minneapolis School of Art where he remained ...
Board, Oil
"The Happy Fisherman'
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
"Outdoor Cafe"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Board, Oil
"Fresh Catch"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Canvas, Oil
Alexander Brook Painting Dated 1955
By Alexander Brook
Located in Hudson, NY
Along with Kenneth Hayes Miller, Brook studied with John C. Johansen, Frank V. DuMond, George Bridgeman and Dimitri Romanofski.
Canvas, Paint
The Embrace
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Wiscasett, ME
In 1913, he received a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York, where he worked with John C. Johansen, an able portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Si...
Oil
"The Embrace" by Vaclav Vytlacil
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Wiscasset, ME
In 1913, he received a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York, where he worked with John C. Johansen, an able portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Si...
Paint
Fall Landscape Oil Painting by Vaclav Vytlacil
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Hudson, NY
Under the tutelage of the famous portraitist John C. Johansen, Vytlacil learned to paint as an impressionist.
Oil, Panel
"First Kiss"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Mixed Media, Oil, Board
"Beauty"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Oil, Canvas
Still Life by Vaclav Vytlacil
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Hudson, NY
Under the tutelage of the famous portraitist John C. Johansen, Vytlacil learned to paint as an impressionist.
Paper, Tempera, Casein
Eliot Noyes IBM Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare telephone/side table for IBM by architect and industrial designer Eliot Noyes, the man who created IBM's design program and was part of The Harvard Five in New Canaan Connecticu...
Metal
$3,995
H 49 in W 38 in D 2 in
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Signed Cubist Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in thin modernist wood molding. Excel...
Canvas, Oil
$1,476Sale Price|20% Off
H 27 in W 26 in
Large 20th Century French Abstract Cubist Composition Signed Oil Painting
By Jean Besnard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Composition by Jean Besnard (1922-2007) oil on board, unframed signed with initials, dated board: 27 x 26 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: good and sou...
Oil
$2,995
H 42 in W 31 in D 2 in
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Signed Cubist Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in thin modernist wood molding. Excel...
Oil, Canvas
$549Sale Price|20% Off
H 9.5 in W 6 in
Woman Reading by French Window Interior Modernist 20th Century Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Woman Reading by French Window Interior Modernist 20th Century Oil Painting Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024), pupil of André Lhote Canvas: 9.5 x 6 inches Medium: Oil on canvas...
Oil
The Collector, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, August 11, 1951. The Post described, “Make the acquaintance of Kit Dunham, a Westport, Connecticut, lepidopterist. This is...
Acrylic, Board
$2,495
H 49 in W 37 in D 2 in
Large Vintage American Cubist Abstract Original New York School Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American cubist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Unsigned. Measuring: 49 by 37 inches overall, and 48 by 36 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang a...
Canvas, Oil
$2,475
H 31 in W 42 in D 2 in
"Metropolitan Abstraction" Signed Mid Century Cubist Architectural Abstraction
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract cubist street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 31 by 42 inches overall, and 25 by 36 painting alone. In excellent original con...
Oil, Board
$850
H 16 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
An Intimate, Colorful Modern Portrait of a Young Woman Reading by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Colorful, Intimate Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman Reading by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A wonderfully painted studio work dating from the 1930s. ...
Board, Oil
$2,102Sale Price|20% Off
H 24 in W 36 in
1950's French Large Post-Cubist Oil Painting Abstract Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 36 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist...
Oil
Abstract Mid-century Cubist Painting
By Wesley Lea
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Wesley Lea (1914-1981). Cubist Composition, ca. 1960. Oil on masonite panel, measuring 14.5 x 22 inches. Framed measurement: 19.5 x 27 inches. Signed lower left.
Oil, Masonite
Where Architects Sleep, The Most Stylish Hotels in the World
Located in New York, NY
In the tradition of the bestselling Where Chefs Eat: the definitive global hotel guide by the real experts who know - architects No one appreciates a building quite like an architect...
Paper
$1,020Sale Price|20% Off
H 32 in W 28 in D 2 in
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Cubist Framed Mid Century Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
Canvas, Oil
Exhibit A Exhibitions That Transformed Architecture, 1948-2000
Located in New York, NY
The first book to explore the world's most significant architectural exhibitions of the 20th century How do you exhibit a building, a locality, a city? Exhibit A reveals how arc...
Paper
$2,800
H 8 in W 12 in
Joseph Solman, "Girl Reading" Expressionist Interior Figure Painting
By Joseph Solman
Located in Rockport, MA
Painting size without frame: 8"x12" Painting size with frame: 12"x16" Painting is signed lower left corner. An expressive interior portrait by renowned American modernist Joseph So...
Oil, Board
$3,820Sale Price|20% Off
H 43 in W 31 in D 2 in
Mid Century Modernist NYC Cubist Abstract Large Framed Exhibited Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract cubist composition "Terra Firma Theme 10" by Augustus Goertz (Born 1948) . Oil on canvas, circa 1958. Housed in a period giltwood frame. Image size, 30L x...
Canvas, Oil
Postmodern Architecture
Located in New York, NY
A curated collection of Postmodern architecture in all its glorious array of vivid non-conformity This unprecedented book takes its subtitle from Postmodernist icon Robert Venturi...
Paper
$281,177Sale Price|20% Off
H 52 in W 40 in D 2 in
Exotic - Scottish 1920's exhibited 'Glasgow Girl' art portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning much exhibited 1920's Scottish portrait oil painting is by noted Glasgow Girl artist Norah Nielson Gray. Painted circa 1923, the model for the painting was Rita McIlrai...
Oil
$235,000
H 29.63 in W 24.44 in
Pablo Picasso, "Grand Tête" original linocut in colors, hand signed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Grand Tête, Portrait of Jacqueline with sleek hair Color linocut printed in beige, yellow, red, blue, and black on cream wove paper with Arches watermark Numbered 14/50 from the edit...
Linocut
L'hymne du Roi David (King David's Dream)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Boca Raton, FL
L'hymne du Roi David (King David's Dream) Oil on wood by Marc Chagall c late 70's Comes with Numbered and Verified Certificate of Authenticity from Comite Chagall in Paris signed and...
Oil
$29,647
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in
Rivière Saulaie à Lyons-la-Forêt, Eure by Paulémile Pissarro - Oil painting
By Paul Emile Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Rivière Saulaie à Lyons-la-Forêt, Eure by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972) Oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm (23 ⁵/₈ x 28 ³/₄ inches) Signed lower left, Paulémile - Pissarro. Signed and titled...
Canvas, Oil
$368,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 104 in W 45 in D 6 in
104" Historic Tiffany Window "Crusader", a Warrior Knight, after Mantegna c1890
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Big Flats, NY
Magnificent historic Tiffany Studios framed window, "Crusader", a Warrior Knight, after the 1460 work by Italian Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506). Incorporating a harm...
Stained Glass
$81,185Sale Price|35% Off
H 42 in W 29 in D 6 in
Rare Monumental Italian Carved Carrara Marble Model of a Cathedral
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
A Rare and Monumental Italian Carved Carrara Marble Model of a Cathedral, Rome, 19th century, circa 1840. Possibly a representation of Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Floren...
Carrara Marble
Atlas of Brutalist Architecture
Located in New York, NY
This is the only book to thoroughly document the world's finest examples of Brutalist architecture. More than 850 buildings - existing and demolished, Classic and contemporary - are ...
Paper
$48,572
H 7.56 in W 10.83 in
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
By Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
STUDIO OF RAFFAELLO SANZIO, called RAPHAEL (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520) Title The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist Medium Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black ch...
Ink
$8,085Sale Price|20% Off
H 25 in W 31 in D 2 in
Washing Day in Coastal Landscape - Scottish Victorian Impressionist oil painting
By Joseph Henderson
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely Scottish Impressionist Victorian oil painting is by noted artist Joseph Henderson. Painted circa 1880 it is entitled Washing Day. The composition is of two women laying o...
Oil
$36,000
H 9 in W 14 in
Ipswich Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, Early 20th Century, Framed
By Theodore Wendel
Located in New York, NY
Ipswich, 1901, by Theodore Wendel (1859-1932) Oil on canvas 9 x 14 inches unframed (22.86 x 35.56 cm) 14 ½ x 19 ½ inches framed (36.67125 x 49.68875 cm) Signed and dated on reverse ...
Oil
The White Boat, Edgartown
By Jane Peterson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
The White Boat, Edgartown, c. 1916 Watercolor and gouache on board 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61 cm) Framed dims: 24 x 29 1/2 inches Signed at lower right: JANE PETERSON Inscribed on ver...
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
$37,362
H 18 in W 21 in
Barques au Bois de Boulogne - Fauvist Landscape Oil Painting by Louis Valtat
By Louis Valtat
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed fauvist oil on canvas laid on panel riverscape circa 1925 by French painter Louis Valtat. The work depicts several boats being rowed on River Seine in Bois de Boulogne - a for...
Oil, Panel, Canvas
"Fields in Jersey"
By Daniel Garber
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Daniel Garber (1880 - 1958). One of the two most important and, so far, the most valuable of the New Hope Sc...
Canvas, Oil
Spanish Tavern
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Miami, FL
There is no one alive that can paint and draw like Dean Cornwell. How can that be? They do not train artist the way they did. Dean Cornwell in his day was as famous as Normal Rock...
Oil
$38,400
H 48.75 in W 72.75 in D 1 in
50 Million Year Old Fossil Fish Mural from the Green River Formation, Wyoming
By Green River Fossil Company
Located in Logan, UT
Act fast to claim this exquisite piece of natural history, as our fossils will no longer be available through 1stDibs after October 31. A dynamic array of fossil fish flow through t...
Limestone
4-35 abstract oil painting by Charles Biederman
By Charles Biederman
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed and dated "Biederman 4-35" lower right. About this artist: Charles Joseph Biederman was a twentieth century abstract American artist best known for his constructivist, cubist...
Canvas, Oil
Born in 1892, Vaclav Vytlacil was a highly educated and gifted artist, early at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and later at the Art Students League. In the 1920s, his travels to Europe and studies of the old masters helped him gain artistic perspective and knowledge. At the Royal Academy of Art in Munich, Vytlacil met and befriended Hans Hofmann, becoming his teaching assistant. After returning to the US in 1928, Vytlacil became a member of the Art Students League faculty and successfully persuaded Hofmann to teach at the League as well. In 1936, he became a co-founder of the American Abstract Artists group and taught at Queens College in New York; the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California; Black Mountain College in North Carolina; and the Art Students League. Vytlacil was honored with solo shows at The Carnegie Institute, Montclair Art Museum, the Phillips Memorial Gallery, the Krasner Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Rochester Art Gallery and others.
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