Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Vintage Signed Lee Reynolds Studio Textured Abstract Painting
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Lee Reynolds, Vanguard Studios original signed textured abstract oil painting.
Large Lee Reynolds abstract oil painting by Vanguard Studios.
Gorgeous large-scale Lee Reynolds abstract painting, Mid-Century Modern.
A vintage abstract painting composed of angled brush strokes in white, beige, blue, orange hues in varying intensities.
The piece is signed Lee Reynolds in the lower right corner and is a production of his well known Vanguard Studios.
Measures: Height: 48 inches; width: 60 inches.
Circa 1960s.
Lee Reynolds
Lee Reynolds Burr (1936–2017) opened his Vanguard Studios in Beverly Hills, California, in 1964 to make oil paintings an attainable decoration for any American household. With seascapes, nautical scenes, still lifes, bullfights, cowboys, pastoral views, hot-air balloons, horse races and abstractions, there was a Vanguard Studios creation to match any taste and interior.
Born in Los Angeles, Burr studied art at the University of Southern California. After graduating and a stint in the U.S. Army, he worked in a local studio as a painter before becoming a home decor entrepreneur with financial support from his mother.
Only a fraction of the alleged hundreds of thousands of oil paintings produced by Vanguard were actually painted by Burr, even though they were signed “Lee Reynolds,” “Lee Burr...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Daphne Covington Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Painting by Daphne Covington. Her influences come from such artists as Picasso, Chagall, Matisse, Kandinsky, and Basquiat. It is her unstructured appr...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Mid-Century Modern Style Abstract Signed Oil On Canvas Signed Art, T.Fisher
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a large scale Mid-Century Modern style signed oil on canvas painting in gold and blue hues. It depicts geometric inter-locking patterns. It is unframed and signed T.Fisher on...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Elephant Face Persian Kilim
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Square size Persian kilim from the late 20th century within an elephant's face
Measures: 3'3'' x 4'5''.
This was originally belonging to a private Persian collector wh...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wool
Antoni Tàpies Lithography, Cartrons, Papers, Fustes, Collages del 1946 al 1964
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Lithography by Antoni Ta`pies 1964.
In good original condition.
Antoni Ta'pies born in Barcelona in 1923, Ta'pies started his artistic run during a long convalescence due to a ...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Antoni Tàpies Etching Cordill, 1971
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antoni Tàpies etching
Cordill 1971 edition 75
Measures: 78 x 60 cm
We have several copies, the number that you purchase my change from the one ph...
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Marcel Duchamp 'Esquivons Les Ecchymoses Des Esquimaux Aux Mots Exquis', 1968
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Marcel Duchamp 'Esquivons Les Ecchymoses des Esquimaux aux Mots Exquis'.
Multiple of photograph record with printed collage.
Published by The Letter Edged in Black Press, Inc., New...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Stevan Dohanos FBI Agent Collage Decorative Tray Bar Tray Serving Tray
Located in East Hampton, NY
This tray, an FBI Agent collage by Dohanos was purchased on Long Island, NY, from a Dohanos relative who claims this was the artist's own piece. Stevan Dohanos, American artist, 1907...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Plastic
Sam Provenzano, Oil on Canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
Abstract expressionist painting with geometric color fields of yellow, blue, white, and green.
Signed along the lower right.
Provenzano (American, 1923-1999) was a student of Hans Hoffmann...
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paint, Canvas
Selection of Alexander Calder Lithographs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Alexander Calder color lithographs, France, circa 1960s. We purchased a group of these color lithographs from the estate of a couple that lived in France from 1951-1983. These are most likely from the limited edition folio “Derriere le Miroir”, published by the legendary Galerie Maeght. Please see our other 1stdibs listings for more Alexander Calder and Joan Miro lithographs from...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Aharon Kahana Israeli Artist Signed Large Original Mid-Century Abstract Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic original Mid-Century Modern abstract gouache painting by famed Israeli painter/ artist Aharon Kahana.
Kahana was born in Stuttgart, Germa...
Category
1960s Israeli Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Elephant Face Persian Kilim
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Square size Persian kilim from the late 20th century depicting a pigeon within an elephants face
Measures: 3'5'' x 4'2''.
This was originally belonging to a private Persia...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wool
Large Grey Green Abstract Oil on Canvas by Beverley Downie 1978 Original Frame
Located in Melbourne, AU
A very large framed oil on canvas by extensively exhibited Australian artist, Beverley Downie.
Downie's keen interest in opera has always influenced ...
Category
1970s Australian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Jean-Bapiste Rigail French Midcentury Modern Art Featuring Musicians
Located in Miami, FL
Multidisciplinary artist Jean Bapiste Rigail best known for his mixed media works, he incorporates myriad techniques and materials to create his expressive, unique compositions. This...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Contemporary Still Life with Alexander The Great Bust and Orange Apple iBook
Located in Chicago, IL
Still Life painting, with origins dating back to the 16th century, often depicts simple everyday objects. Conklin sets his composition with both antiquities and modern elements to bring the Still Life genre into the contemporary. Yet when a closer look is taken, his modern elements are already obsolete by today's standards. The ancient bust of Alexander is placed next to an iBook begging to ask the question - what will stand the test of time?? The piece is framed in a simple walnut frame measuring 26 x 26 inches.
Andrew S. Conklin
Square still life with Alexander Bust and ibook
oil on linen
Measures: 25 H x 25 W in
63.50 H x 63.50 W cm
ACK038
Andrew S. Conklin
Andrew S. Conklin is a figurative painter. He holds an MFA from the Academy of Art University, and studied painting at the National Academy of Design in New York City with Harvey Dinnerstein...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Linen
Hans Burkhardt Signed Swiss California Original Midcentury Nude Figures Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, highly engaging large original abstract pastel painting / drawing of three nude female figures by Swiss / American / Californian painter-artist Hans Burkhardt.
This work is hand pencil signed and dated (1967) by the artist.
An original, one-of-a-kind relatively large work by Burkhardt. Would be a great addition to any collection of his work or a stunning stand-alone art accent piece in about any setting. His original female/ women nude works are becoming rare and harder to find.
Hans Burkhardt was born in 1904 in Basel, Switzerland. At the age of 20, he immigrated to New York to work with his father. From 1925 to 1928 he attended the Cooper Union School of the Arts, where he befriended mentor Arshile Gorky and Willem de Kooning—sharing Gorky's studio from 1928 to 1937. In 1937 he moved to Los Angeles, California.
Burkhardt held his first solo exhibition in 1939 at Stendahl Gallery in Los Angeles. In 1945 he had a highly acclaimed solo exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum. Burkhardt spent most of the 1950s working in Mexico. Art critics of the time considered him a "great Mexican master” alongside Orozco, Rivera, and Siqueiros, and Rufino Tamayo admired his work. He returned to Los Angeles in the 1960s to create some of the most powerful examples of Abstract Expressionism of the time. During this time he also became well known for his richly drawn pastel abstractions of the human figure of which this original work certainly qualifies.
He died in Los Angeles in 1994.
Burkhardt's solo shows include:
1939: Stendahl Gallery, Los Angeles, March 27 – April 17
1945: Hans Burkhardt, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1951: Museo de Bellas Artes, Guadalajara, Mexico: Exhibicion de Pinturas Modernas; Comara Gallery, Los Angeles
1953: Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1957: Pasadena Art Museum, California: Ten Year Retrospective, June 14 – July 14;
1961-62: Thirty Year Retrospective (traveled to Santa Barbara Museum of Art, April 11 – May 7, 1961, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, January 9 – February 4, 1962, Legion of Honor (museum), San Francisco, June 10 – July 9, 1962)
1968: San Diego Museum of Art: Vietnam Paintings...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Large Scale Mid-Century Modern Signed Abstract Seascape Oil on Canvas
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an incredible large scale Mid-Century Modern signed abstract oil on canvas depicting a seascape. The coloration is so vibrant and will add depth to any design project. It is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Marcel Duchamp 'Esquivons Les Ecchymoses des Esquimaux aux Mots Exquis' 1968
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Marcel Duchamp 'Esquivons Les Ecchymoses des Esquimaux aux Mots Exquis'.
Multiple of photograph record with printed collage.
Published by The Letter Edged in Black Press, Inc., New York in 1968.
Edition of 2,500 for cover of S.M.S. portfolio
This is one of the first prototypes, it doesnt includes the vinyl, instead is printed on the carboard.
Materials:
Paper
Multiple of photograph record with printed collage
Dimensions (frame included):
D 3.5 cm x W 24 cm x H 32.5 cm
William N...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Pablo Picasso Signed Ceramic Plate, Scène De Plage Edition Picasso Madoura, 1956
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, original ceramic plate by famed artist Pablo Picasso titled "Scène De Plage". The work features a black and white abstract design/contrast with black engobe and white gl...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Macchina Inutile 2 Lithograph by Renato Volpini, 1970s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Machine useless2" one of a series of useless machines by Renato Volpini (Naples, December 10, 1934 - Milan, February 3, 2017) material screen printing w...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
W. Carl Burger Painting
Located in New York, NY
1996 Large artwork by W. Carl Burger tittle "Montana #1", with brand new custom frame and museum quality glass.
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Gouache Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Woman Helen Wagner Malta 1930s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
An early contemporary still-life Gouache portrait painting of a woman. On paper, this piece depicts a seated woman reclining in a pigmented blue chair. Her hair is short and dark and she wears a red dress. This sketch was created by Helen Wagner Malta and is signed at the bottom right in black ink "Helen Wagner" before her marriage. Her later works are signed "Helen Wagner Malta".
Helen Wagner Malta was born in 1912 and worked in New York City in the 1930s teaching at the Harlem Art...
Category
1930s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Large Original Hand Drawn Pencil Sketch of 'the Philosipher
By Gio Ponti
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
This very rare and interesting piece of historically important art was purchased from the family of the Great Gio Ponti.
It was a sketch which was part of the preperatory work for t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Modern Painting Depicting Liberty Titled "Krach" by Nico Rush
Located in Miami, FL
A mid-century painting on canvas signed N. Rush, dated 1963.
The title of this work is "Krach" as written on the back of the canvas. Translated from the French language means noise....
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
Ramon Horts Contemporary Metal Abstract Minimalist Artwork 1/2 N 003
By Ramon
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ramon Horts, minimalism artwork.
Structures of metal compositions made in Barcelona, circa 2017. For a solo exhibition.
Signed by himself in engrav...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Selection of Modernist Art or Gallery Wall
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Modernist Art, circa 1950s. From top left to right, then bottom left to right, they are:
1) *ON HOLD* Abstract lithograph by , circa 1960s. Pencil signed by the artist, ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Macchina Inutile 1 Lithograph by Renato Volpini, 1970s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Machine useless1" one of a series of useless machines by Renato Volpini (Naples, December 10, 1934 - Milan, February 3, 2017). Textile screen printing w...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Dube 'Duilio Barnabe' Fontana Arte Slab Crystal, 1955 Max Ingrand
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Dube 'Duilio Barnabe' Fontana Arte slab crystal, 1955 max ingrand.
It has a break in the upper part, but well fixed.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Crystal
Daiki Takemoto 'Seda 19' Painting, circa 2000
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Daiki Takemoto 'Seda 19' painting, circa 2001.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Materials:
Paper.
Category
Early 2000s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Silk, Paper
Modernist Still Life Painting by Bill Condon
Located in Denton, TX
Highly textured mixed media impressionist still life on board with giltwood frame.
Bill Condon was a native Houstonian, a practicing architect a...
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Selection of Modernist Lithographs or Gallery Wall
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of modernist lithographs or gallery wall, French, circa 1960s. From top left to right, they are:
1) Joan Miro color lithograph, from Derriere Le Miroir, circa 1960s. Seen at upper left. It measures 18.5" H x 25.5" W framed. Newly framed in clean lined black lacquer gallery frame under conservation grade glass.
2) SOLD Alberto Giacometti lithograph...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
M P Marion Mid Century Landscape Mixed Media Collage
Located in Countryside, IL
M P Marion mid century landscape mixed media collage
This collage measures: 22.25 wide x .75 deep x 28.25 inches high
This Collage is in Good Vintage Co...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Schumacher by Porter Teleo Binary Wallpaper Mural in Black
Located in New York, NY
A stylish study of geometric shapes, this graphic pattern by Porter Teleo has a two-panel repeat. It's a striking, mural-like design that's ideal for larg...
Category
2010s British Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Large Sci Fi ‘Crash Landing’ Oil Painting by Fahellyn 1979
By Artistic Finishes
Located in Whitburn, GB
Medium
Original oil painting on archival cradled board. Produced using oil paints and finished with varnish.
Dimensions
92 cm × 106 cm
Artwork Description
Created in 1...
Category
1970s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
Extraordinary and Massive Jamali 'India/US', B. 1944 Abstract Print
By Jamali
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Brilliant Abstract print of an original painting in raw pigment on cork by Iconic Modern artist Jamali. Very large and expressive with vivid color and mo...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Joan Miró Lithographs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Joan Miro color lithographs, France, circa 1960s. We purchased a group of these color lithographs from the estate of a couple t...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Joan Miró Lithographs
By Joan Miró
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Joan Miro color lithographs, France, circa 1960s. We purchased a group of these color lithographs from the estate of a couple t...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Original Oil on Paper Painting by Alexander Gore, Dated 2012 and Certified
Located in Miami, FL
This is an original painting titled "Illumined Pleasures". The piece is signed and dated 2012, painted in the manner of Pablo Picasso.
Professionally framed.
Measures: 16 7/8" H x...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Paint
Harry Bouras Transitional Message, Oil on Board, 1974, Signed
By Harry Bouras
Located in Dallas, TX
Mr. Bouras(1931 - 1990) earned a master of fine arts degree at the University of Illinois and also did postgraduate study at the University of Chicago.
He was an artist-in-residen...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Sandro Contemporary Artwork, 2013
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Contemporary Artwork by Sandro from 2013.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Large Sci Fi ‘Days of Blood & Dying’ Oil Painting by Fahellyn 1976
By Artistic Finishes
Located in Whitburn, GB
Medium
Original oil painting on archival cradled board. Produced using oil paints and finished with varnish.
Dimensions
66cm × 92cm
Artwork Description
Created in 1976...
Category
1970s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
Sculpture Work by Dedessus les Moustier
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
A wall-mounted sculpture with the signature of Dedessus les Moustier. It was discovered in France. It has a mysterious charm due to its unique color and motif.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
Hans Burkhardt Signed Swiss California Original Midcentury Abstract Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, highly engaging large original abstract female nude pastel painting/drawing by Swiss/ American/ Californian painter-artist Hans Burkhardt.
This work, titled "Seated Female" is hand-signed and dated (1958) by the artist.
An original, one-of-a-kind, and unusually large work by Burkhardt. Would be the crown jewel to any collection of his work or a stunning stand-alone art accent piece in about any setting. His earlier abstract female forms are becoming rare and harder to find.
Hans Burkhardt was born in 1904 in Basel, Switzerland. At the age of 20, he immigrated to New York to work with his father. From 1925 to 1928 he attended the Cooper Union School of the Arts, where he befriended mentor Arshile Gorky and Willem de Kooning—sharing Gorky's studio from 1928 to 1937. In 1937 he moved to Los Angeles, California.
Burkhardt held his first solo exhibition in 1939 at Stendahl Gallery in Los Angeles. In 1945 he had a highly acclaimed solo exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum. Burkhardt spent most of the 1950s working in Mexico. Art critics of the time considered him a "great Mexican master” alongside Orozco, Rivera, and Siqueiros, and Rufino Tamayo admired his work. He returned to Los Angeles in the 1960s to create some of the most powerful examples of Abstract Expressionism of the time. During this time he also became well known for his richly drawn pastel abstractions of the human figure of which this original work certainly qualifies.
He died in Los Angeles in 1994.
Burkhardt's solo shows include:
1939: Stendahl Gallery, Los Angeles, March 27 – April 17
1945: Hans Burkhardt, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1951: Museo de Bellas Artes, Guadalajara, Mexico: Exhibicion de Pinturas Modernas; Comara Gallery, Los Angeles
1953: Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1957: Pasadena Art Museum, California: Ten Year Retrospective, June 14 – July 14;
1961-62: Thirty Year Retrospective (traveled to Santa Barbara Museum of Art, April 11 – May 7, 1961, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, January 9 – February 4, 1962, Legion of Honor (museum), San Francisco, June 10 – July 9, 1962)
1968: San Diego Museum of Art: Vietnam Paintings...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Victor Vasarely Lithograph
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Artist: Victor Vasarely
Medium: Lithograph
Movement/Style: Modern
Signed and Numbered : 133/250
Condition:
This Victor Vasaerly lithograph is in very good vintage condit...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Leopoldo Torres Aguero Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large painting by Leopoldo Torres Aguero
Oil on canvas in bleu and white colors.
Signed and dated on the back.
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
John Mackay Original Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
A fantastic and striking original oil on board painting by the renowned artist John Mackay. This is signed and dated from 2013.
It is a great size and b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
Oscar Piatella Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas "La Lunga Strada", 1958
Located in Dallas, TX
Early work on canvas by Italian artist Oscar Piatella titled "La Lunga Strada" which translates as "The Long Way" executed in 1958.
Bio: (Source: Brun Fine Art)
Oscar Piattell...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Sandro Contemporary Artwork, 2013
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Contemporary Artwork by Sandro from 2013.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Belgian Vintage Modernist Hand Painted Ceramic wall art by Juliette Belarti 1960
Located in Markington, GB
Contemporary Belgian vintage modernist hand painted ceramic wall art by Juliette Belarti 1960's
Measurments: H 60cm, W 120cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
Selection of Alexander Calder Lithographs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Alexander Calder color lithographs, circa 1960s. They have been recently framed in clean lined black lacquered wood gallery frames...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Ramon Horts Artwork One N 002
By Ramon
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ramon Horts, minimalism artwork.
Structures of metal compositions made in Barcelona, circa 2017. For a solo exhibition.
Signed by himself in engraving ...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Metal
Victor Vasarely Lithograph
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Artist: Victor Vasarely
Medium: Lithograph
Movement/Style: Modern
Signed and Numbered : 133/250
Condition:
This Victor Vasaerly lithograph is in very good vintage condit...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper
Ship Yard Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This charming mid-century modern acrylic painting depicts boats on a marina under the moonlight. This beautiful painting is ready to be displayed in any room or entryway for years to...
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Brass
Abstract Midcentury Painting by Claffy Williams
Located in Atlanta, GA
Abstract midcentury painting by Claffy Williams, circa 1980s.
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Rudolf Wolf Stainless Steel Artwork Holland 1972 / 8
By Rudolf Wolf
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Large abstract modern shaped stainless steel wall artwork designed by Rudolf Wolf and manufactured in his own atelier in 1972. This wall panel is made of white laminated board and ha...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Italian Abstract Expressionist Painting by Ugo Sterpini, Signed and Dated 1958
Located in Stamford, CT
Ugo Sterpini (Italian, 1927-2000)''La Lotta Sulla Duna" (The Battle On The Dune). Mixed media on canvas, signed and dated ''58'' lower right, signed, titl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Parisian Cityscape, Signed and Framed Oil on Canvas by Serge Belloni
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Parisian cityscape, signed and framed oil on canvas by Serge Belloni, ‘57
This painting has all the quintessential features of Belloni’s renowned Parisi...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
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Canvas
Rudolf Wolf Triangle Artwork Holland 1972 / 7
By Rudolf Wolf
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Large abstract modern shaped stainless steel wall artwork designed by Rudolf Wolf and manufactured in his own atelier in 1972. This wall panel is made of white laminated board and ha...
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1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
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Stainless Steel
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