Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

American, 1917-2013

A plein-air landscape painter in styles of both realism and abstraction, Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf was known as Martyl, a name given to her by her artist-mother, Aimee Goldstone Schweig, for her daughter to use as an artist signature. She lived in Missouri and Illinois, although she traveled widely. From 1945 to 1972, she was art editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and from 1965 to 1970, she was an instructor at the University of Chicago. Martyl was born and raised in St. Louis, and her natural talents combined with the tutelage of her mother, led to early recognition as a child artist. At age eleven, she won a first prize for drawing at a competition of the St. Louis Art Museum, and the next year she won second prize. Throughout her career, she had numerous exhibition venues including the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, the Royal British Artists Gallery in London, and the Gibbes Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. Her mother became her frequent painting and traveling companion, and they went to "many parts of the globe in search of subject matter." (205) One of their early trips together was in 1930, when Martyl was twelve, to Provincetown, Massachusetts. Other trips included New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona where the Grand Canyon was one of the destinations. Early in her career, Martyl was a WPA (Works Progress Administration) muralist, and two of her murals are in post offices, one titled Wheat Workers in Russell, Kansas, and the other, La Guignolee, in Sainte Genevieve. Another mural, The Courageous Act of Cyrus Tiffany, completed in 1943, is in Washington DC at the Building of the Recorder of Deeds. Martyl graduated from Mary Institute in St. Louis and enrolled in Washington University where she studied art and history. In Missouri, she also attended Sainte Genevieve Summer School, which her mother had founded and served as director. In 1940 and 1941, Martyl went to Colorado Springs where she studied at the Fine Arts Center with Boardman Robinson and Arnold Blanch. In 1941, she married Alexander Langsdorf, Jr., who was a nuclear physicist, and the couple had two daughters. They lived in the St. Louis area until 1943 and then moved to Illinois, living in Chicago, Roselle, and from the 1970s in Schaumburg. Source: Phil Kovinick and Marian Yoshiki Kovinick, An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West

Artist: Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf

Martyl Suzanne Schweig LangsdorfMartyl Schweig Victor Colorado 1942 Ghost Town Landscape Oil Painting, 1942

$9,500

Martyl Schweig Victor Colorado 1942 Ghost Town Landscape Oil Painting

By Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf

Located in Denver, CO

A historically significant 1942 American modernist oil painting by Martyl Schweig Langsdorf depicting Victor, Colorado, a high-altitude mining ghost town nestled within the Rocky Mountains. The composition captures the stark beauty and atmospheric stillness of a fading Western settlement, where abandoned structures, rugged terrain, and expansive mountain forms merge into a powerful narrative landscape. Painted in oil on masonite, the work features Schweig’s expressive plein-air brushwork and a richly grounded palette of deep greens, muted golds, earthy browns, and atmospheric grays. The paint handling is both fluid and structured, emphasizing light, elevation, and the emotional weight of the post–Gold Rush landscape rather than strict topographical accuracy. This early American modernist Western painting carries strong narrative presence while remaining visually balanced, making it highly effective in both traditional interiors and more contemporary, curated environments. Created in 1942 during Schweig’s Colorado painting trips with fellow artist Adolph Dehn...

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1940s American Modern Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Farren Jensen"Sea Cliff" Mid Century Modern Coastal Cliff Seascape in Acrylic on Masonite, c. 1970

$1,500

H 31 in W 27 in D 2 in

"Sea Cliff" Mid Century Modern Coastal Cliff Seascape in Acrylic on Masonite

Located in Soquel, CA

"Sea Cliff" Mid Century Modern Coastal Cliff Seascape in Acrylic on Masonite Expansive seascape by notable California artist Farren Jensen (American, 19...

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1970s American Modern Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

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Masonite, Acrylic

Robert Smullyan Sloan“Central Park in Winter, 1949” Manhattan New York City Snow Day Sleds Children, 1949

$5,500

H 29.75 in W 35.75 in D 2 in

“Central Park in Winter, 1949” Manhattan New York City Snow Day Sleds Children

Located in Yardley, PA

With a studied hand, Sloan captures the human theater of a snow-covered Central Park filled with bundled-up New Yorkers, sledding, walking, chatting, and caring for children. The exp...

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1940s American Modern Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

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Tempera, Oil, Masonite

Francis ChapinA Charming, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Harbor Scene of Martha's Vineyard, circa 1950

$950

H 12.25 in W 12 in D 1.25 in

A Charming, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Harbor Scene of Martha's Vineyard

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

A Charming, Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Harbor Scene of Martha's Vineyard by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Painted near the artist's longtime studio ...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Francis ChapinA Quiet, Sunlit 1940s Vintage Mexican City Scene, Archway, San Miguel de Allende, circa 1940

$950

H 19.25 in W 15.25 in D 1.5 in

A Quiet, Sunlit 1940s Vintage Mexican City Scene, Archway, San Miguel de Allende

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

A quiet, sunlit, vintage 1940s Mexican city street scene (Archway) by famed Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Depicting a picturesque view of a colorful plaza ar...

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1940s American Modern Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Francis ChapinA Quiet, Sunlit 1930s Vintage Fauvist Summer City Park Scene with Fountain, circa 1935

$850

H 13 in W 13 in D 1 in

A Quiet, Sunlit 1930s Vintage Fauvist Summer City Park Scene with Fountain

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

A quiet, sunlit, vintage 1930s American Scene city park scene with a fountain by famed Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Depicting a picturesque landscape comple...

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1930s American Modern Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

John OpperNinth Avenue El (New York City), Mid 20th Century Cityscape Oil painting, c. 1935

$12,000

H 30.125 in W 24 in

Ninth Avenue El (New York City), Mid 20th Century Cityscape Oil painting

By John Opper

Located in Beachwood, OH

John Opper (American, 1908-1994) Ninth Avenue El (New York City), c. 1935 Oil on canvas Signed lower left and verso 30.125 x 24 inches The Ninth Avenue El was the first elevated rai...

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1930s American Modern Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

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Oil

George AdomeitCoastal Scene, 20th Century Seascape, Cleveland School Artist

$4,000

H 19 in W 23 in

Coastal Scene, 20th Century Seascape, Cleveland School Artist

By George Adomeit

Located in Beachwood, OH

George Gustav Adomeit (American, 1879-1967) Coastal Scene Oil on canvas Signed lower left 19 x 23 inches 21.5 x 25.5 inches, framed A major painter of American scene subjects, Georg...

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20th Century American Modern Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

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Oil

George Schwacha JrModernist Oil Painting George Schwacha Brooklyn Street Scene Fruit Market WPA, c.1940's

$1,500

H 18.25 in W 22.25 in

Modernist Oil Painting George Schwacha Brooklyn Street Scene Fruit Market WPA

By George Schwacha Jr

Located in Surfside, FL

Hand signed lower left corner Oil on masonite Dimensions: Frame H 18.25" x W 22.25". Sight H 11.25" x W 15.25 This is a great scene, vintage Americana. Possibly Crown Heights in Brooklyn New York City. Done in a mid century modern style with great vibrant colors and loose, adept, brushwork. Fruit vendor with ladies shopping. George Schwacha, Jr. (1908 - 1986) New Jersey artist. Known for Landscape painting and snow scenes. He studied Arthur W. Woelfle; John Grabach; Edward Dufner and A. Schweider. George Schwacha was president of the American Artists Professional League and a past president of the Audubon Artists and Art Center of New Jersey. He belongs to the American Watercolor Society, The National Society of Painters in Casein, and the Philadelphia Watercolor Club. His paintings have been shown throughout the country at museums such as the Pennsylvania Academy, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC and the Birmingham Art Museum, The Butler Art Institute in Youngstown, Ohio the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, as well as in leading New Jersey and New York exhibitions, including the American Society of Arts and Letters. He is listed in Who's Who in American Art and International Directory of Arts. His work is represented nationally in over 30 museums and public collections including the Newark Museum, Montclair Museum, Birmingham Art Museum, the Isaac Delgado Museum in New Orleans, and the Butler Art Institute. Worldwide he is also represented in collections in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, Israel, Scotland and Switzerland. Seymour Zayon, Bertram Hartman, Hugh Campbell, Frank Herbst, Joseph Newman, Theodore Valenkamph, Robert John McClelland, Nicolai Cikovsky, Ben Benn, George Howell Gay, Robert Brackman, Vernon Wood...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Ora ColtmanHouse in Hudson, Ohio, Late 19th Century Painting by Cleveland School Artist

$6,250

H 27.5 in W 31.5 in

House in Hudson, Ohio, Late 19th Century Painting by Cleveland School Artist

Located in Beachwood, OH

Ora Coltman (American, 1858-1940) House in Hudson, OH Oil on canvas Signed lower left 22 x 26 inches 27.5 x 31.5 inches, framed 21 Aurora Street is locally known as the Isham-Beebe ...

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Late 19th Century American Modern Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

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Oil

Francis ChapinA Colorful, 1950s Modern Painting, Sailing Off the Coast of Martha's Vineyard, Circa 1950

$1,200

H 13.75 in W 17.75 in D 1.5 in

A Colorful, 1950s Modern Painting, Sailing Off the Coast of Martha's Vineyard

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

A colorful, blustery painting of sailing off the coast of Martha's Vineyard by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin. Painted in the early 1950s, the painting depicts a vibran...

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1930s American Modern Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Don KlopferBlue and Purple Mountains - Fauvist Landscape, 1986

$1,650

H 13 in W 19 in D 0.13 in

Blue and Purple Mountains - Fauvist Landscape

By Don Klopfer

Located in Soquel, CA

Vibrant and playful landscape by California artist Richard "Don" Klopfer (1920-2009). Signed and dated "R. Klopfer 3.86" on verso. No frame. Board size: 13"H x 19"W Richard "Don" Kl...

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1980s American Modern Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

Francis ChapinEarly Mexican City Scene by Chicago Artist Francis Chapin, San Miguel de Allende, circa 1940

$950

H 13.75 in W 21.25 in D 1.5 in

Early Mexican City Scene by Chicago Artist Francis Chapin, San Miguel de Allende

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

A charming, vibrant, early Mexican city street scene by famed Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Depicting a quiet, picturesque view of the rooftops and cathedral...

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1940s American Modern Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

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Martyl Suzanne Schweig LangsdorfImportant Regionalist WPA Modern Framed And Signed Landscape Oil Painting, 1930

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H 28 in W 32 in D 2 in

Important Regionalist WPA Modern Framed And Signed Landscape Oil Painting

By Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf

Located in Buffalo, NY

Modernist landscape oil painting by Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Martyl (1917/18 - 2013). Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 28 by 32 inches overall and 20 by 24 painting alone.

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1940s Modern Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Martyl Suzanne Schweig LangsdorfEarly, Semi Abstract Landscape Colored Lithograph Print, Blues Gray

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H 27.5 in W 32.5 in D 1.5 in

Early, Semi Abstract Landscape Colored Lithograph Print, Blues Gray

By Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf

Located in Denver, CO

Early, a vintage original signed lithograph on paper by Martyl (Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf), numbered 5 of 10, printed at the Tamarind Institute, New Mexico in colors of Blue, Gray a...

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20th Century Abstract Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

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Lithograph

Martyl Suzanne Schweig LangsdorfMartyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf - Mid Century Abstract Spanish Landscape, 1957

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H 29 in W 33 in D 3 in

Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf - Mid Century Abstract Spanish Landscape

By Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf

Located in San Francisco, CA

This midcentury semi abstract painting is by the well-known artist Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf (1917-2013), better known as Martyl. The painting has an interesting palette - cool grays in the sky contrast with the warmer colors of rooftops and fields in the Midground and foreground. It is as if the observer is witnessing an approaching summer storm. The work is composed of oil on canvas mounted to board. It measures 20”x24” (28.5”x32.5” framed). It is signed “Martyl” in the lower right. As well, it is dated 1957 and monogrammed on the reverse. The frame is a very nice grey stained period wooden frame, very appropriate for the painting. The painting and the frame are in good condition. Martyl Langsdorf was primarily a painter of abstract landscapes who had nearly 100 solo exhibitions during her eight decade-long career. She was represented in many of the National exhibitions. In 1940 she was awarded the first prize in the Midwestern Show at the Kansas City Art Institute and won the hundred dollar purchase prize at the Y.M.H.A., Saint Louis. The following year she was awarded first prize in the annual exhibition of Missouri artists at the Saint Louis City...

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1950s Abstract Geometric Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Paintings

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Oil

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