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Paintings For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: 1920s
Japanese Six Panel Screen Various Trees in a Garden Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
With training lines on some branches, typical in Japanese arboreal sculpting. Colorful mineral pigments on paper. Beautiful hand-printed back paper.
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1920s Japanese Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Religious Architecture
Located in Cirencester, GB
Architecture by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour/ gouache mounted painting on paper board, unframed size: 11.5 x 8.25 inches condition: very good and...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist / Cubist Painting, Male Portrait
Located in Cirencester, GB
French landscape by Bernard Labbe (French, mid-20th century) Original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper, mounted on board, unframed Size: 13 x 10 inches Condition: very good...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Drawing, Large Historic French Building
Located in Cirencester, GB
French landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) Original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed Size: 8.25 x 11.75 inches condition: very good and re...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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20th Century Oil on Board Italian Painting with Calf, Signed Alberto Cecconi
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful oil painting on board. A splendid countryside with grazing calf in the foreground. Excellent pictorial quality. Signed Alberto Cecconi (1897-...
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1950s Italian Vintage Paintings

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Wood

1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Drawing -The Bridge At The Stream
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed size: 8.25 x 11.75 inches condition: very good and re...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist / Cubist Painting, Two Figures in Historic Landscape
Located in Cirencester, GB
French landscape by Bernard Labbe (French, mid-20th century) Original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper, unframed size: 9.75 x 8.75 inches condition: very good and ready to ...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Drawing, Black & White Steps to the French Town
Located in Cirencester, GB
French landscape by Bernard Labbe (French, mid-20th century) Original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed Size: 13 x 9.75 inches Condition: very good and read...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Monumental Oil on Canvas Bar Backsplash Painting
By Paul Gauguin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large oil on canvas jungle scene. Probably the back bar decorations of a restaurant or bar area. Nice quality and signed bottom right corner by 2 artists. Pai...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Signed, Biro Drawing of French Town
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) Signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, mounted on card, unframed Size: 16.75 x 11 inches Condi...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Signed Painting, Interior of a Ballroom
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) Signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, mounted on board unframed Size: 25.5 x 21 inches Condit...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting, Side Portrait of Lady
Located in Cirencester, GB
French landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) Original watercolour/ gouache painting on board, unframed Size: 10 x 7 inches Condition: very good and ready to be enj...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Signed Painting, Three Men Smoking Illustration
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe French mid 20th century signed original watercolour/gouache painting on paper, unframed size: 8.25 x 11.75 inches condition: very good and ready...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting, Orange & Red Tall Building
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe French mid 20th century original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed size: 16.5 x 9.5 inches condition: very good and ready ...
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Portrait of a Handsome Man Oil Painting by Mid Century Artist
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This beautiful mid century painting of a handsome man was painted in the 1950s. The subject was the owner of a beautiful San Diego Estate. Artist was F Stanley Herring. Beautiful antique fold leaf frame with ruby color fillet trim. Subject is seated in a royal blue chair...
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1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Canvas

1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Signed Painting, French Landscape by the River
Located in Cirencester, GB
French landscape by Bernard Labbe (French, mid-20th century) Signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, mounted on board unframed Size: 11.5 x 16 inches Condi...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Framed Winter Landscape Oil Painting by John Fabian Carlson, 1920's
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Oil on canvas winter landscape by the renowned Swedish-born American Impressionist painter, John Fabian Carlson. Framed in a lemon gold molding. A...
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1920s Vintage Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Crown Devon Fieldings Hand Painted Sporting Gun Dogs Scene Signed R Hinton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A superb Art Deco Crown Devon fieldings framed ceramic plaque depicting two sporting gun dogs by R Hinton and dating from around 1920. The plaque is well ...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Paintings

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Ceramic, Oak

1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting, Bearded Man Portrait
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour/ gouache painting on board, unframed size: 13.5 x 9.5 inches condition: very good and ready to be...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Signed, Light Colour French Buildings
Located in Cirencester, GB
French landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) Signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, mounted on card, unframed Size: 18.5 x 10.75 inches Con...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1957, Abstract by George Dergalis
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Our gallery acquired a number of works from the estate of the late George Dergalis on behalf of his widow. This colorful abstract is signed and dated 1957. Artist framed, the piece bears a label on the back from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. It is titled "Landscape." In good condition with minor paint loss and flaws and imperfections to the period frame. A biography of the artist follows; Education: Accademia della Belle Arti, Rome, Italy; MFA, 1951. School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA; diploma with honors, 1957 and 5th year certificate, 1958. Positions: Painting instructor, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1961-69 and DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, 1961-94. Private classes, Wayland, MA. President, Alumni Association, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA , 1966-67. Combat artist, U.S. Army Historical Dept., Vietnam, 1967. Honorary Director, Boston Ballet, 1971. Chairman, curator, "Festival Bostonian for Art & Humanity," City Hall, Boston, MA , 1976. Artist -in-Residence, Partners of the Americas, 1979. Master, Copley Society of Boston, 1981. Designer, Wayland Veterans' Memorial, 2004. Nominating Committee, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards, 2007 & 2008. Awards: Bronze Medal for Excellence, Accademia delle Belle Arti, Rome, Italy, 1951. Prix de Rome, Accademia delle Belle Arti, Rome, Italy, 1951. Boit first prize, Drawing & first prize, Collaborative Design; School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1958. James William Paige Two-Year Traveling Scholarship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1958-60. Civilian Merit Award, U.S. Army Historical Dept., 1969. Excellence in Technique, Copley Society of Boston, 1978. Merit Award, "Through the Looking Glass" Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1989. First Prize, Holiday Card, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2000. Jurors' awards, "Watercolor USA, 2002", Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MA, USA and "Small Works", Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA, 2004. One of "Wayland's Top People of the Year", Wayland Town Crier, 2005. Gold Medal, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, 1969. Selected Solo Exhibitions: Foundazione Besso, Rome, 1950. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1961. DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (two-man), 1962. Boston University, Boston, 1963. Harvard University, Cambridge, 1963. Brooklyn Museum, 1964. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1967. Brockton Art Center, Fuller Memorial, Brockton, MA, (four-man), 1971. Woodstock Gallery, London, 1974. Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, (two-man), 1974. Camara de Comercio, Medellin, Colombia, 1980. Museo de Zea, Medellin, Columbia, 1981. Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL, 1985. Salon des Artistes, Hotel Meridien, Boston, 1987. Wayland Art Space, Wayland, MA, 1994. Group Exhibitions: Prima Mostra Internationale d'Arti, Rome, Italy, 1950. Quadrianale, Museum of Modern Art, Rome, Italy, 1951. Kurhaus, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1953. Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA, 1957. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, 1959 & 1976. Chicago International Arts Festival, 1963. American House Traveling Exhibit, Germany, 1964 & 1965. Helocon, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA, 1971. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1977. Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ, 1980. The Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL, 1983-84. Boston Public Library, 1985, 1988, 1992, & 1994-5. Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN, 2000. Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, 2002 & 2007. The Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO, 2003 & 2005. Collections - Public & Corporate: Boston Public Library, Boston, MA DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA Sanofi Avantis, Switzerland Print...
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1950s American Vintage Paintings

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Romantic Large Fruit and Flowers Still Life Painting
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Romantic large moody oil on canvas still life of fruit and flowers with particularly tantalizing green grapes. Handsomely framed in mahogany molding with gold filet. Not signed.
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1950s Vintage Paintings

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Canvas

Nommie Durell Landscape with Tree Oil on Canvas, England, C1950s
By Nommie Durell
Located in Leicester, GB
Nommie Durell landscape, oil on canvas c1950. UK. Signed bottom edge. Exhibited Sally Hunter Fine Art Gallery April 2005 as no 2 in the catalogue. Nommie Durell (1905-89) ...
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1950s English Modern Vintage Paintings

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"Flamenco Dancer, " Brilliant Art Deco-Cubist Oil Painting by Schyl, 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of Cubist-influenced Art Deco painting, this view of a young flamenco dancer, with a wide-brimmed hat and roses on her hair, was painted by Jules Schyl, one of Sw...
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1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist / Cubist Painting Signed, View of Green French Village
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century). Signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on thin paper, mounted on board. Size: 12.5 x 15 inches. Condition: ver...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Mother & Child Vs Objects Scene
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper, unframed size: 13.5 x 10 inches condition: very good and ready to be ...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Signed, the Three Boats
Located in Cirencester, GB
Three boats by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) Signed original watercolour/ gouache mounted painting on paper board, unframed Size: 11 x 12.5 inches Condition: very good ...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Signed - Male Portrait
Located in Cirencester, GB
Male Portrait by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) Signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on board, unframed Size: 11 x 10.5 inches Condition: very good and ready to...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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20th Century Signed and Dated Italian Seascape Signed Painting, 1926
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the first half of the 20th century. Artwork oil on canvas, on the first canvas, depicting a seascape in impressionist style, View with boats and characters of g...
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1920s Italian Vintage Paintings

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Canvas

Maurice Alvo Painted screen from Galerie Jean Royere
By Maurice Alvo
Located in Encino, CA
Maurice Alvo. Very interesting screen for the Galerie Jean Royere. An important and rare oil on canvas mounted in two panels of a wooden screen, depicting musical Harlequins. The o...
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1950s French Vintage Paintings

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Canvas

Esaias Thoren Abstract Composition Oil on Board Sweden 1952
Located in Leicester, GB
Esaias Thoren Abstract Composition, Oil on Board, Signed and dated '52 bottom right. Image size 9.1x13.3 inches. Esaias Thorén (1901-81) was a leading Swedish artist who studied...
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1950s Swedish Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Signed Painting, Interior Table Objects
Located in Cirencester, GB
French landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, mounted on board size: 14 x 17 inches condition: very good and...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Signed Painting, Beautiful Flowers in Vase
Located in Cirencester, GB
French landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, mounted on board size: 19 x 15 inches condition: very good and...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Red Fine Landscape
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed size: 9.5 x 6.25 inches condition: very good and read...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting, Boats on the River
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed size: 8.25 x 11.75 inches condition: very good...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Mid-Century African Warriors and Women Painted Glass Panels
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Utterly unique pair of Mid-Century Modern painted glass panels depicting African figures. The diptych features African warriors on one side, and women ...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Glass, Hardwood

1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Signed, through the Mountains
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) Signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper , mounted on card, unframed Size: 13.75 x 12.75 inches C...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Oil Painting on Plate Wilhelm Link 1920s Urban Fall Berlin Rainy Day Framed
Located in Neuss, NW
Wilhelm Willy link Urban Fall. Autumn day in rainy Berlin. Old gas lanterns line the side of a street. People are crossing the wet road. Oil on plate from the 1920s. Glued on a white...
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1920s German Art Deco Vintage Paintings

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Wood

Fashion Watercolor Painting of a Dress by Orval Hempler
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist: Orval Hempler Untitled (dress) Watercolor on paper Signed to the lower right Measurements: 19.50 inches wide x 26 inches high x 0.1 inches...
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1950s American Expressionist Vintage Paintings

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Paint, Paper

1950s Mid Century German Castle River Landscape Pastel Painting Drawing
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid century 1950s framed German pastel painting of a hilly landscape by a river centered on a stone castle or chateau and farmhouse. Purchased in the 50s in Frankfurt. Measures: 3...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Antique Liegoise Louis XIV Trumeau with Romantic Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Liegoise Louis XIV Trumeau with Romantic Painting will make an instant focal centerpiece for any room! Timeless styling embraced by the court of the Sun King includes a magni...
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1920s French Romantic Vintage Paintings

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Oak

1920s Charles Laborde Watercolor of Paris Street Scene
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1920s French illustrator Charles ( Chas ) Laborde watercolor of a Parisian street scene.
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1920s Vintage Paintings

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Paper

"Knitting by the Hearth" by Sam Uhrdin
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on canvas, signed and dated in the upper left and inscribed on the reverse. Painting features a Swedish girl knitting by the fire. The work has a lovely warm feel to it. Sam Uhrdin...
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1950s Swedish Aesthetic Movement Vintage Paintings

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1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Signed - Stunning French Buildings
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on thin paper size: 18 x 14.5 inches condition: very good and ready to b...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Early Abstract Expressionist Norman Gorbaty Oil Painting, circa 1950s
Located in Peabody, MA
Abstract oil (24" x 20") by Norman Gorbaty (b. 1932), circa late 1950s. Gorbaty was a young artist in his 1920s when his work was included in a 1954 show of American printmakers at t...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Iris Brody Oil Wash on Masonite Figural Study
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Iris Brody (American - d. 1961, NY, drug overdose) oil wash on paper laid on masonite figural study of a boy. Brody, part of the Kerouc / Ginsberg Lower Eas...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Monumental Painting, Landscape Painting, Germany
Located in Berlin, DE
Monumental painting, landscape painting, Germany Oil on canvas, landscape painting. Signed R. Siegert 1929 in Bernau near Berlin.
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1920s German Vintage Paintings

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Canvas

"Love and Matter" Graphic Painting by Jae Carmichael
Located in Pasadena, CA
"It's not just love, it's a matter of being" A statement piece and graphic painting full of emotion and color. Jae Carmichael (1925-2005) Signed. Jae Carmichael, painter, sculptor, photographer, writer, and independent filmmaker. She was founding director of Pasadena's Pacific Asia Museum. She staged more than 200 solo exhibitions in galleries in Los Angeles, Japan, and Europe and has works included in permanent collections of the Oakland Museum of California, the Long Beach Museum of Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others. Jae Carmichael was born in Hollywood, Ca. in 1925. She studied art with Francis de Erdely, Millard, Sheets, Phil Dike...
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1950s American Vintage Paintings

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Wood, Paper

Early 20th Century Oil Painting on Board Portrait of Girl
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful early 20th century Italian oil painting on board, not signed. Portrait of a young woman. High pictorial quality. Sold with frame.  
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1920s Italian Vintage Paintings

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Wood

1950's French Modernist / Cubist Painting Signed, Orange and Pink Landscape
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid-20th century) Signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper , mounted on card, unframed Size: 15.75 x 12 inches Cond...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Antique Landscape Oil Painting Signed 'Liner'
Located in London, GB
A stunning vintage oil painting depicting a landscape of what I think is Venice. I would date this to around the early-mid twentieth century. It is beautifully executed and is a l...
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1950s Italian Vintage Paintings

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Canvas

African-American Woman Life Study Painting by Leonard Buzz Wallace
Located in Garnerville, NY
Purchased directly from the estate of William Buzz Wallace. Straight from his studio. Wallace taught fine art at Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY. He also exhibited ex...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Oil Painting, Alps, Snowy Landscape, 1920s
Located in Albignasego, IT
Winter in Tyrol – Snowy landscape Kusche Alfred 1884–1984 Measures: 56 x 70 cm (dimensions referring to the canvas only; the painting is sold with frame), oil on cardboard, ...
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1920s German Vintage Paintings

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Abstract Oil Painting "Spiders House"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Spiders House, 1957 Oil Painting. Signed Scudder Florence. Heavily applied oil paint to stretched canvas. Abstract Painting.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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"Two Nudes and Bowl of Fruit, " Masterful Cubist-Influenced Art Deco Oil Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In our opinion, the finest work ever painted by Jules Schyl, one of Sweden's leading Modernists in the 1920s and 1930s, this spectacular piece depicts a female nude in the upper righ...
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1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Paintings

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Paint

Spring Bouquet Oil on Hardboard Still Life Framed Spring Flowers White Blue
Located in Neuss, NW
Flower bouquet of hyacinths and marguerites on a blue background in an impressionist manner. Oil on plate from the 1950s. Glued on a white-painted wooden plate in an ash wood picture...
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1950s German Vintage Paintings

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Ash

Sumptuous Floral Still Life by Listed Artist Pearl Van Sciver
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Sumputous floral still life by Pearl Van Sciver, (1896 – October 10, 1966) born in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pearl's life is reflected in her oil p...
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1950s American Vintage Paintings

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Canvas

Leonard Maurer Tempera Painting of Woman, 1955
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Beautiful tempera on board by Leonard Maurer (1912-1976), painted in 1955. Portrait of a woman, exaggerated, with great depth and expressive character. ...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Paint

Antique and Vintage Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs

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Later, the people of Ancient Greece — who learned about art from the Egyptians before them — conceived panel paintings of wax and tempera that were collected and publicly displayed. In the centuries that followed, artists would be commissioned to create large-scale wall murals and frescoed ceilings in sprawling European palaces and in the homes of the aristocracy.

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