Grady McDonald was a part of the Bay Area School of Abstract Expressionists. His work was often a blend of traditional Cherokee imagery with modern abstract fields of expression. About his paintings, Thomas Albright had said in the San Francisco Chronicle, on November 15, 1979, that “There is a kind of spectral presence that illumines the surface qualities of these paintings with something that is not inherent in the materials and forms alone.” Alfred Frankenstein was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle in 1978 saying, “his (McDonald’s) imagery goes back to tribal symbols (Cherokee) and the drawings in tepees, shields and drums, all of it taken out of its literal contexts and given an extra thrust of visual meaning through abstraction.”
Modernist Blue & Yellow Abstract
By Grady McDonald
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful oil abstract titled "Coming Out" by Grady McDonald (American, 1938-1980). Signed lower right, titled and dated 1974 on verso. Unframed. Image, 50”H x 44”W. Grady McDona...
Canvas, Oil
Reclining Figures
By Otis Huband
Located in Dallas, TX
Born in 1933, Otis Huband declared his intention to be an artist at age 6. He earned his BFA and MFA at Richmond Professional Institute of the College of William & Mary, now Virginia...
Canvas, Oil
$3,500
H 38.25 in W 24.25 in D 1.5 in
A Large Mid-Century Modern, Cubist Art Deco Painting, "The Dancers"
By Charles Turzak
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, Colorful, Modernist Art Deco Cubist Painting, "The Dancers" by Famed Chicago Painter and Printmaker, Charles Turzak (Am. 1899 - 1986). A large, vertical composition relating to the artist's notable 1930s woodcut of the same title. The painting is completed in a vividly textured Cubist style, with striking hues of rich greens and yellows, deep blues and rose pinks. The painting is oiI on canvas mounted to Masonite (artist's original mount), and offers a superb visual appeal. A perfect complement to any Mid-Century Modern home or collection. Artwork size: 38 x 24 inches (Framed size: 38 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches). Signed "Turzak" lower right. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Charles Turzak was one of Chicago’s greatest printmakers of the Art Deco-era. Son of a coal miner, Turzak was born in Streeter, IL in 1899. In 1920, Turzak won the first prize a cartoon contest sponsored by the Purina company and he used his prize money to enroll in the Art Institute of Chicago. Best known as a print maker, in the 1920s & 30s, he created woodcuts of many of Chicago’s most notable buildings, including the Merchandise Mart, Palmolive Building and the Old Water Tower, among others. In 1933, he was commissioned to create woodcuts of many of Chicago’s most iconic buildings to illustrate a guidebook called “All About Chicago” by John and Ruth Ashenhurst” that featured the upcoming Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago. During the 1933 World’s Fair...
Canvas, Oil, Masonite
$40,000
H 40 in W 82 in
"Untitled" Edward Zutrau, Mid Century, Modernist, Abstract Composition, Green
By Edward Zutrau
Located in New York, NY
Edward Zutrau Untitled, 1956 Signed and dated on the reverse Oil on linen 40 x 82 inches Edward Zutrau (1922–1993) was an American painter whose career spanned from the 1940s throu...
Canvas, Oil
$2,700
H 36 in W 27 in D 1.5 in
A Large Mid-Century Modern, Cubist Tribal Motif Painting, "Artifact Contour"
By Charles Turzak
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, Colorful, Mid-Century Modern Art Deco Painting, "Artifact Contour" by Famed Chicago Painter and Print Maker, Charles Turzak (Am. 1899 - 1986). Titled "Artifact Contour", t...
Canvas, Oil
$8,000
H 31 in W 39.5 in
"Cubist Landscape" Albert Heckman, American Modernist, Fractured Landscape
By Albert Heckman
Located in New York, NY
Albert Heckman Cubist Landscape Signed lower right Oil on canvas 21 3/4 x 30 inches Albert Heckman was born in Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to tr...
Canvas, Oil
$2,000
H 29.63 in W 34.63 in D 2.38 in
Modernist Abstraction in Newcomb Macklin carved frame
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Abstract painting, ca. 1950s measures 25 x 30 inches. Oil on canvas, unsigned and unattributed. Stunning modernist custom carved picture frame by Newcomb Macklin. ca. 1950 productio...
Canvas, Wood, Oil
$65,000
H 21 in W 25 in D 2 in
WPA American Scene Modernism 20th Century NYC Industrial "Cellar with Horseshoe"
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
"Cellar with Horseshoe" WPA American Scene Modernism 20th Century NYC Industrial Joseph Solman (1909-2008) "Cellar with Horseshoe" 16 x 20 inches, c. 1938 Oil on canvas Initialed "...
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
H 22 in W 28 in D 1.5 in
A Colorful, Dynamic 1960s Mid-Century Modern Florida Abstraction
By Charles Turzak
Located in Chicago, IL
A Colorful, Dynamic 1960s Mid-Century Modern Abstracted Florida Landscape Painting by Famed Chicago Artist and Printmaker, Charles Turzak (A...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Untitled
By James Koenig
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by American artist James Koenig created in 1944.
Canvas, Oil
$9,000
H 38.25 in W 54 in D 1.25 in
Wilma Fiori 1994 Large Abstract Oil Painting, Horizontal Modernist Canvas
By Wilma Fiori
Located in Denver, CO
A striking large-scale abstract oil painting by American modernist Wilma Fiori, created in 1994. This horizontal composition exemplifies Fiori’s mature sty...
Canvas, Oil
"Shrimp"
By Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Lower Right Bror Julius Olsson “B.J.O.” Nordfeldt (1878 - 1955) Bror Julius Olsson was born in Tullstrop, Sweden in 1878. He immigrated to the United States in 1891, later adopting his mother’s maiden name of Nordfeldt. Beginning his art studies at the Art Institute of Chicago where he was chosen to assist fellow artist, Albert Herter, with a large mural project for the McCormick Harvester Company. In 1900, he was sent to Paris by McCormick to help set up the completed mural at the Paris Exposition. While there, he studied briefly at the Academie Julian before traveling to England to study woodblock printmaking under F. Morley Fletcher. Returning to Chicago in 1903, Nordfeldt would spend the next ten years painting mainly figurative works in an academic style similar to that of the Old Masters. By the mid-teens he had developed a bold dramatic modernist style and divided his time between New York and Provincetown, Massachusetts. There, he invented the “Provincetown Print...
Canvas, Oil
$4,000
H 9.75 in W 13.25 in
"Untitled" Edward Zutrau, Modernist, Mid-Century, Abstract, Blue, White, Gray
By Edward Zutrau
Located in New York, NY
Edward Zutrau Untitled, 1960 Signed and dated "11/60" on the reverse Oil on canvas 9 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches Edward Zutrau (1922–1993) was an American painter whose career spanned from...
Canvas, Oil