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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Period: 1940s
Running Horses Abstract Impressionist Oil Painting
By Sheila Hendricks
Located in Rochester, NY
"Horses Running", a bold abstract impressionist oil painting with heavy impasto. By Sheila Hedricks. Oil on board. In a period hand...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Wood, Paint

Original Earl MacPherson Pastel Painting of a Pin-Up Girl with Balloons, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Offered here for your consideration is a vintage original Earl MacPherson pastel painting of a pin-up girl. Depicting a blond, smiling, nude pin-up girl dressed only with two larg...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paper

Juan De'Prey Modernist Oil Portrait Painting of a Young Boy on Chair
Located in New York, NY
Modernist oil on board portrait painting of a young boy seated on a chair by Juan De'Prey (1904 - 1962, Puerto Rican). The piece was painted in...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Wood

Surrealist Landscape Watercolor Signed R. E. Schwelke and Dated 1947
By R.E. Schwelke
Located in Pasadena, CA
Framed colorful surrealist watercolor, signed by artist R.E. Schwelke in 1947. Titled "Landscape #1". Dark stained frame.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Paint, Wood

Fredlin Tor Otto Sweden Oil Painting Animals Frog and Bird Forest Pond
Located in Munich, DE
A frog is sitting on a stone by a pond and is being observed by a small brownish black bird sitting on a tree stump looking down on the frog across the water. According to Vollmer's dictionary of visual artists Tor Otto Fredlin...
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Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Wood, Oak

"Adolescent Parallels, " Midcentury Mural Design with Male Youths, 1949
By George Frederick Hinchcliff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable vision of brotherly utopia, with a hint of homoeroticism, this beautiful study was painted by British artist George Frederick Hinchcliff in preparation for a proposed mu...
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British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paint

Marcello Boccacci Natura Morta ‘1914-1996’ Still Life with Woman Painting
Located in Garnerville, NY
Oil painting on board. Boccacci was a contemporary of Morandi and was a proponent of Natura Morta (still life painting) and portrait painting, circa 1950. Boccacci has rendered a Cha...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paint, Paper

Mid Century Black Art Watercolor “Friends Fishing off a Bridge” by Marcia, 1949
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Nice black art watercolor depicting a family or friends fishing off a bridge, signed by the artist, Marcia, 1949.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Unfinished Portrait of a Young Lady in Violet, circa 1940s
Located in Pasadena, CA
This portrait of a young, beautiful woman in a 1940s style dress features an unfinished background in varying violet hues. Her thoughtful expression and the unfinished quality make t...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

1940s Abstract French Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstract Cubist oil painting on canvas from 1940s France. Moody and dynamic, the image depicts the beginnings of a town. A smoky gray sky gives the scene an industrial feeling, while...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paint

Marjorie Bishop "New York Sunset" Painting with Sand on Canvas 1940s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Mixed-media painting with sand on canvas titled "New York Sunset" by Marjorie Bishop, American, 1940s (signed on front, title on sticker on back). This...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Hayward Veal Australian Nocturne Cityscape Painting
By Hayward Veal
Located in Essex, MA
An oil on board painting by Australian painter W. Hayward Veal (1913-1968), entitled Nocturne No. 4, depicting a night scene of a park and tree in the foreground with a man walking, ...
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Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Pine, Masonite, Wood, Paint

Irina Shtenberg, Portrait of a Young Woman, Watercolor on Paper, circa 1940s
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned. Attributed to Irina Valeryanovna Shtenberg. Period frame. Dimensions (unframed): Height: 13”, width: 11” Dimensions (framed): Height: 15”, width: 12-7/8” All the w...
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Russian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Paper

Simone Colombier Abstract Gouache, Bordeaux School, France, 1947
By Simone Colombier
Located in La Teste De Buch, FR
Framed abstract gouache on paper by French painter Simone Colombier. Signed and dated 1947. Simone Colombier took part of the abstract movement in Bordeaux, France in the mid-1940s...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

Depisis Style Midcentury Oil Panting Vase Rose Flowers 1940s Classic Frame
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Depisis style midcentury oil panting vase rose flowers signed T.Rossi 1940s classic frame. Elegant and refined as a picture of Depisis.
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European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Jute, Wood, Paint

Oil on Cardboard Boats on the Sea in 1940 with Lacquered Frame
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Oil on cardboard boats on the sea in 1940 with lacquered frame.
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Wood

Mid Century Modern Artist James Koenig 1948 Buffalo NY Titled 'Net Work'
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Titled ‘Net Work’ buffalo artist James Koenig paintings reflected many phases of American painting styles including scenes from the WPA period, abstract...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas

Signed M. Coloman Framed Oil Painting on Canvas Titled Venice Italy 1940
By Coloman
Located in Miami, FL
VENICE oil painting, featuring the Doges Palacio, Italian School, circa 1940s in its original 1940s frame. Signed M. Coloman, 20th century.  
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint, Canvas

Rollin Crampton Early Abstract Expressionist Oil on Board
Located in Sharon, CT
An early "over-all painting". Oil and graphite on 'beaver board'. This painting is illustrated in "The Art of the Artist" Arthur Zaidenberg, Crown Publishers NY 1951. Signed on back....
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Table with Fruit, " Vivid Cubist Still Live in Oranges and Greens
By Helen Manchester
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of American Cubism, this vividly-hued still life depicts an autumnal array of fruit, green and red grapes, lemons, figs and persimm...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

"One United Nations Indivisible, " Stunning, Original Painting for UN Poster
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking example of graphic design in the 1940s, which was moving from elegant Art Deco stylization to a looser, collage-like assemblage of overlapping images, this original painti...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Gouache

"Legacy, " Original Painting by Ivan Bartlett, Mid-Century Fabric Designer
By Ivan Bartlett
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In his early years, artist Ivan Bartlett was known for his WPA mural painting, such as for the Ada County courthouse in Boise, Idaho, but in the 1940s and 1950s he became famous for ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Gouache

Rolph Scarlett Abstract Expressionist Painting, 1945
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Abstract expressionist gouache and watercolor on paper by noted artist Rolph Scarlett - Signed and dated lower right. Archivally matted, unframed. Image size: 11" H x 15" W. In excellent condition. Rolph Scarlett was a painter of geometric abstraction during the American avant-garde movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada in 1889, he left Canada at the age of 18 to go to New York City and returned to Canada during the years of World War I. However, by 1924 he had established New York City as his home. While he was beginning his career as an abstract painter, he was designing stage scenery for George Bernard Shaw...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paper

Post War Hawaiian Airbrush Hibiscus Floral on Velvet in Frame, Signed Frank Oda
By Frank Oda
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Post War circa 1948 Hawaiian Airbrush hibiscus floral on velvet in the original period wood frame. Signed artist Frank Oda Measures: Art: 15.25"...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Velvet

Mid-Century Modernist Oil on Canvas Still Life
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Classic impressionist modern still life oil on canvas painting with original carved wood scrubbed giltwood frame. Vibrant color pallet with a vase of citrus branches with an assortme...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Germaine Verna Double Sided Oil Painting
By Germaine Verna
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Germaine Verna double sided oil painting, circa late 1940s. These masterful works employ thick brush work and expert blending of colors. Either side of the painting can be exhibited.
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Paint

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