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Dora Masters Art

American, 1916-2003

Dora Masters was an American artist born in 1916. She exhibited widely and with success throughout the 1950s and 60s, including at the San Francisco Art Association. Masters passed away in 2003.

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'Organic Abstract', 1950's Woman Artist, San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Dora Masters (American, 1913-2003) and painted circa 1960. Stamped verso with certification of authenticity. Dora Masters exhibited widely and with success throughout th...
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1960s Abstract Dora Masters Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Old Carmel Village', 1950's Woman Artist, San Francisco Bay Area, SFAA
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Dora Masters (American, 1913-2003) circa 1960. Stamped verso with certification of authenticity. Acquired from the artist's son. Dora Masters exhibited widely and with su...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Dora Masters Art

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

'Lady in Yellow and Blue', American Post Impressionist Woman Artist
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Inscribed verso "Dora Masters" and painted circa 1960. A large, Post-Impressionist figural oil of a young woman shown facing the viewer with her gaze averted and surrounded and over...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Dora Masters Art

Materials

Oil, Board

'Abstract in Ochre, Rust and Jade', Mid-century Modernist American Woman Artist
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, on canvas with certification of authenticity for Dora Masters (American, 1916-2003), bearing stamped wax seal and painted circa 1955. Provenance: Acquired from the a...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Dora Masters Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Village in Tuscany', California Modernist woman artist, SFAA
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A semi-abstracted study of a Tuscan townscape with warm terra-cotta roofs and stucco hues of saffron and crimson. Signed lower right, 'D. Masters' for Dora Masters (American, 1916-...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Dora Masters Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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