Modern Paintings
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Period: Mid-20th Century
Jean Miotte - Abstract composition
By Jean Miotte 1
Located in PAU, FR
Painting on canvas by Jean Miotte from 1959
Abstract composition in India ink on canvas without frame (sent rolled).
Dated and signed by the artist.
Unframed: 42.5 x 33 x 1.5 cm
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Pressac, South France Landscape French Riviera, 1960s, Watercolor Framed
By Paul Cézanne
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
Large Watercolor Painting of a Southern France Landscape by Emile Pressac.
The painting is well-framed under glass.
Watercolor on paper.
Marcel PRESSAC, born in Paris, in the Faubou...
Category
1960s Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Albert Chubac, Composition, Mixed-media on paper, Stamped, circa 1960, France.
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Composition,
Mixed-media on paper,
Stamped,
circa 1960, France.
Measures: Height 1m73, width 70 cm, depth 1 cm.
Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920. After studying decorative...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Albert Chubac Painting, Mixed-media on paper, circa 1960, France.
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac Painting,
Mixed-media on paper,
circa 1960, France.
Measures: Height 88 cm, width 62 cm, depth 1 cm.
Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920. After studying decorative...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Albert Chubac, Composition, Mixed-media on paper, Stamped, circa 1960, France.
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Composition,
Mixed-media on paper,
Stamped,
circa 1960, France.
Measures: Height 1 m, width 70 cm, depth 1 cm.
Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920. After studying decorative art, then at the Beaux-Arts in Geneva, he obtained grants to travel to Italy, Algeria, Spain, Egypt and Greece, stages which will mark his work.
He settled in 1964 on the Côte d ‘Azur in Aspremont in a very Spartan house, attracted by the light, the sun and the colors of nature.
The year 1967 is the year of the establishment of the School of Nice. He will work and exhibit alongside Aman, César, Tinguely, Gilli, Ben, Rayse, etc ...
In 1990, it was the consecration with the opening of MAMAC in Nice. Albert Chubac then becomes accessible to the general public.
He will use solid primary colors, will develop modifiable structures and then develop the collages in three dimensions.
Gradually, he broke away from his classical training and figuration to move towards abstraction through the encounters and influences of contemporary artists.
Always in search of simplicity, He will radically limit the plastic means with a reduced palette, geometric shapes and simple gestures to concentrate on minimum conditions of possibility.
His work, which lies between constructivism and geometric abstraction, is playful and imbued with the artist's joie de vivre.
In 2004, following the major retrospective at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nice, he donated around one hundred works to the City of Nice.
Albert Chubac died in 2008 in Tourrette-Levens, near Aspremont.
Bibliography:
- Albert Chubac, MAMAC Nice, Cultures Nice Editions, 2004.
- Albert Chubac: exhibition, Nice, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, January 29 - May 16, 2004.
- Albert Chubac, Galerie Harter, 2013.
- Albert Chubac, a lifetime of artist, Patrick Boussu and Cynthia Lemesle, South Art éditions, 2021.
During the workshop auctions in Nice and Marseille, the Harter Gallery acquired the largest part of his work.
Personal exhibitions:
- 1950: Personal exhibition in Athens at the Zappéion museum.
- 1954: Exhibition at the Arman Gallery in Geneva.
- 1956: Exhibition at the Galerie Connaître in Geneva.
- 1957: Exhibition at the Galerie La Palette in Zurich.
- 1958: Exhibition at the Galerie L’Entracte in Lausanne.
- 1960: Exhibition at the World House Gallery in New York.
- 1967: Exhibition at the Galerie Loo in Geneva, at the Salon Comparaison in Paris, Aspects in Chexbres in Switzerland.
- 1968: “Paintings” exhibitions from March 30 to May 11 at the Galerie Alexandre de la Salle...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
C1930 Impressionist Ashcan Original Painting of a Cafe Scene Oil on Canvas
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Impressionist view of a interior cafe with a chef and patrons. Colorful palette with a Ashcan style in the Painting created about 1930. Unsigned. Framed in what appears to be the ori...
Category
1930s American Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Hardwood, Paint
Framed Painting Representing Bohemian Gypsy Cartomancer, Signed Callewaert, 1940
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Painting of a Gypsy, Bohemian woman drawing the cards.
Representation of a Cartomancer and Fortune Teller.
Oil on canvas.
Very well represented.
fine and pleasant features.
Delicate work.
Signed lower right by M. Callewaert
circa 1940
Maurice CALLEWAERT is a Belgian artist born in Belgium in 1900 and died in France in Paris in 1986. Belgian painter from West Flanders...
Category
1940s Belgian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Large Mural of the Szechenyi Chain Bridge in Budapest Hungary
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous large painting, wall mural of the Chain Bridge in Budapest Hungary. 10 feet x 4 feet with all the trimmings that surrounds the Danube River. Bridge was mostly destroyed by f...
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting, Wacky Interior Scene
Located in Cirencester, GB
Wacky Interior Scene
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper board, unframed
size: 10 x 8.75 inches
condition: very good and re...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting signed, French Chateau
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Chateau
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolor/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed
size: 13 x 15 inches
condition: very good and rea...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's French Painting Signed The Busker
Located in Cirencester, GB
Busker
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on board, unframed
size: 13.75 x 10 inche...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's French Modernist Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, GB
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century).
signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper, unframed.
Size: 11.5 x 9.5 inches.
Co...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Signed, Black & White French Archway
Located in Cirencester, GB
Black & White Archway
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolour/ gouache mounted painting on paper board, unframed
size: 15.75 x 11 inches
condition:...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Signed, The WindMill
Located in Cirencester, GB
The Windmill
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper , unframed
size: 10 x 14 i...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Modernist Painting, French Steps Up to The Church
Located in Cirencester, GB
Church Steps
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original watercolour/gouache painting on paper
overall size: 14 x 10 inches
condition: very good and ready...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Modernist Painting, Red French Tall Building
Located in Cirencester, GB
Red building
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original watercolor/gouache painting on paper
overall size: 16 x 10.5 inches
condition: very good and read...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's French Modernist Painting Signed, Nude Figure in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, GB
Nude figure
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper board, unframed
size: 9.75 x 12.75 inches
condition: very good and r...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's French Modernist Painting Signed, Figures on Horseback in Village
Located in Cirencester, GB
The Roadside Tavern
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper board, unframed
size: 11 x 13.75 inches
condition: very good...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's French Modernist Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, GB
By Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper board, unframed
size: 14 x 10 inches
co...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Signed, Pianist & Violin Duet
Located in Cirencester, GB
The Pianist & Violin Duet
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper, unframed
size: 11.75 x 8.75 inches
condition: very go...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
Classical French Figures in City -1950's French Modernist Cubist Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, GB
Classical figures.
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century).
Signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper board, unframed
Size: 13 x 9.25 inches.
Condition: very good...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's French Modernist / Cubist Painting Signed, Bright Colour Shapes
Located in Cirencester, GB
Colourful shapes.
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century).
Signed original watercolour/ gouache mounted painting on paper board, unframed
Size: 8.5 x 5.75 inches.
Condition: v...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Modernist Painting, Grey Skies Over French Peaceful Town
Located in Cirencester, GB
Grey sky landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original oil painting on paper
overall size: 18 x 15 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enj...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting, Busy French Town Square
Located in Cirencester, GB
French town square.
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century).
Original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper, unframed
Size: 12 x 17.5 inches.
Condition: very good and ready t...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting, Man Playing Tuba
Located in Cirencester, GB
Tuba Player
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper board, unframed
size: 10.5 x 7.25 inches
condition: very good and ready to ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Signed, Woodland over Lake
Located in Cirencester, GB
Woodland over lake
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century).
signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on board, unframed.
Size: 9.5 x 13.75 inches.
Condition: very good an...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Modernist Painting, Landscape of a French Town
Located in Cirencester, GB
French town.
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso.
Original watercolour/gouache painting on paper.
Overall size: 9.5 x 12.5 inches.
Condition: very good and ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Modernist Painting, Portrait of Figure on Gold
Located in Cirencester, GB
Gold man
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original watercolor/gouache painting on paper
overall size: 111.75 x 8.5 inches
condition: very good and ready...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Modernist Painting Signed, Milan Cathedral Cityscape
Located in Cirencester, GB
Milan Cathedral
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper, unframed
size: 16.5 x 11.75 inches
condition: very good and rea...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Signed, Tall French Buildings
Located in Cirencester, GB
Tall French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper, unframed
size: 18.5 x 12.5 inches
condition: very good an...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Signed Modernist Painting, Fine Drawing of Historic Fountain
Located in Cirencester, GB
Historic fountain
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original gouache/watercolor painting on artist paper
overall size: 25.5 x 19.5 inches
condition: very ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Signed Modernist Painting, Two Caricature Figures
Located in Cirencester, GB
Two figures
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original oil painting on artist paper
overall size: 21 x 25.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be en...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Modernist Painting, French Landscape
Located in Cirencester, GB
French landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original watercolor/gouache painting on paper
overall size: 13 x 19.75 inches
condition: very good and...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Modernist Signed Painting, Figures in French Town
Located in Cirencester, GB
French buildings
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), signed, stamped verso
original watercolor/ gouache painting on paper ,
overall size: 19.75 x 16.5 inches
condition: ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Modernist Painting, Lady Reflection in Mirror
Located in Cirencester, GB
Mirror reflection
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original gouache/watercolour painting on board
overall size: 11 x 8 inches
condition: very good and re...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Signed Modernist Painting, Large Landscape of Historic Landmark
Located in Cirencester, GB
French landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original gouache/watercolor painting on artist paper
overall size: 19.75 x 25.5 inches
condition: very ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Signed, French Clock Tower
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Benard Labbe
Title: The Old Church
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Size:
board: 8.75 x 7.25 inches
Provenance: priv...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Modernist Signed Painting, Peaceful French Church Landscape
Located in Cirencester, GB
Church landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), signed and dated 1985 , stamped verso
Original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper, ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Modernist Signed Painting, Tranquil View Of French Buildings
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Buildings
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), signed, stamped verso
original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper,
overall size: 19.5 x 25.5 inches
condition: v...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Signed Modernist Painting, Pianist and Violin Player Interior Scene
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original oil painting mounted on artist paper
overall size: 19.75 x 25.5 inches
condition: very good an...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Modernist Painting, French Building over Lake
Located in Cirencester, GB
Lake scene.
by Bernard Labbe (French, mid-20th century), stamped verso.
Original watercolour/gouache painting on paper.
Overall size: 10 x 15 inches.
Condition: very good and rea...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Modernist Signed Painting, Large French Building Over River
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Buildings
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), signed, stamped verso
original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper,
overall size: 19.5 x 25.5 inches
condition: v...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Modernist Painting, Beautiful & Bright Colour French Oil Landscape
Located in Cirencester, GB
Blue landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original oil painting on paper
overall size: 14 75 x 22 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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1950's Modernist Signed Painting, The Two Trees In Field
Located in Cirencester, GB
The Two Trees
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), signed, stamped verso
original watercolour/gouache painting on paper
overall size: 14.5 x 11.5 inches
condition: very g...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
1950's Modernist Painting, Bright Blue Town Landscape with Horse and Figures
Located in Cirencester, GB
Blue Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original oil painting on paper
overall size: 22 x 14.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoy...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings
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Other
Very Large Huge Oil on Canvas Figurative Style Cubist Years 1950 1960
Located in Lyon, FR
Huge oil on canvas figurative in a style reminiscent of Matisse or Picasso dating from the 50s/60s. Multicoloured canvas representing a scene with characters in the nature in cubist ...
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1960s French Vintage Modern Paintings
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Paint
Large Scale Tile Work by Harris G. Strong
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a master work by the artist Harris G. Strong, circa 1960. The pieces measures 43" x 73". In the original wooden frame.
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1960s American Vintage Modern Paintings
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Ceramic
Joseph Demarais Limited Edition Etching, Signed and Numbered
Located in Pasadena, TX
Limited edition Fecit Etching, numbered 36/200.
Artwork is framed, and depicts a village in neutral tones.
Art dimensions (Without frame): 20" W x 31" H.
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
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Paper
Nantucket Harbor Scene, by Inna Garsoian
By Inna Garsoian
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Harbor Scene, by Inna Garsoian (1896–1984), circa 1946, oil on canvas view of wharves and waterfront from vantage of old Steamship office, signed lower right, and signed and dated on the reverse, mounted in original hand carved wooden frame. Garsoian was a former costume designer in Paris for the Ballet Russe, and summered on Nantucket from 1935-1945. Her work is noted for muted colors, stark light and shadows; she exhibited at the Easy Street Gallery.
From the Nantucket Historical Association's digital exhibition "Nantucket Art...
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1940s American Vintage Modern Paintings
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Canvas
Large Toulouse Lautrec by Peter Max in Peach Pink, Signed and Framed
By Peter Max
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is the largest of the Toulouse Lautrec portraits by famed artist Peter Max in peach pink. Professionally framed, signed and numbered.
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1960s American Vintage Modern Paintings
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Paper
Painting 'October in the Cantina' by Sergio Agostini, Italy, 1960
By Sergio Agostini
Located in New York, NY
"Ottobre in Cantina"
Painting, oil on canvas by Italian artist Sergio Agostini, Rome, 1960.
Signed on lower left with sticker from original exhibition at Galleria L'88 on Via M...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Bernard Buffet, the Rascasse 1950, Mixed Technique on Paper Mounted
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999),
The Rascasse 1950,
mixed technique on paper mounted on canvas (50 cm x 65 cm),
signed upper right "Bernard Buffet 1950", France.
from Galerei Drouant ...
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1950s French Vintage Modern Paintings
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Paint
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