20th Century Paintings

One of the most striking and remarkable Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this depiction of a group of 1940s sailors visiting a New Orleans brothel is full of boisterous energy and strong color, providing an amused and amusing view of Navy life during or after World War II. The sailors -- in their tight white pants and youthful swagger -- are enjoying the company of an array of brothel workers, reigned over by a madam dressed in ruby red, with two young paramours to her side. Taking it all in is a group of jeering young men in straw hats to the right, and a young gay...

Large Vintage French Style 58" x 70" Gold Frame Still Life Oil Painting with Bouquet of Flowers. Item features a large gold carved wood frame, oil on canvas, stately impressive size,...

Hans Osswald (1919-1983), Swedish artist. Oil on board. Modernist composition, mid-20th century. Visible dimensions: 43 x 35 cm. Signed. In very good c...

Abstract Expressionism Modern Art Painting signed M Chavez geometric art abstract expressionism painting signed M Chavez oil on canvas board  in the style of Mark Rothko  original pr...

Orig Robert Crowder Painting of a Pheasant in Jerry Solomon Giltwood Frame.

Attributed to Giorgio Lucchesi (1855-1941) A large and impressive early 20th century oil on canvas "Madonna and Child" after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo...

Dimensions: (FRAME)-H: 7 3/4in W: 9 1/8in D: 1 3/4in (PAINTING)- H: 4 1/2in W: 5 7/8in D: 1 3/4in This Miniature Antique Neoclassical Grand Tour Style Oil Painting On Board of A ...

Contemporary School (American, 20th c.), "Strata XVII', signed, titled and dated in pencil verso, unframed with canvas on wood stretchers. An abstract oil and wax work on linen. Dimensions: 70"h x 83"w x 2"d Condition: Good. No visible condition issues observed. About the Artist: Alfonse Borysewicz...

Husain by Maqbul Fida Husain, Richard Bartholomew, Shiv S. Kapur · H. N. Abrams · hardback · 60 pages. A terrific copy of one of the best monographs on this important Indian artist. Illustrated in color and black & white. 60 pages of text and 192 illustrations. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1st Edition 1972. First edition. Oblong hardcover. First printing. Text by Richard Bartholomew and Shiv S. Kapur. Includes 192 illustrations with 53 tipped in color plates. A fine and tight copy in a very near fine dust jacket price clipped dust jacket. Hardcover, bound in brown cloth. In a dust jacket. Title: Maqbool Fida Husain Author: BARTHOLOMEW, Richard and Shiv S. Kapur - Maqbool Fida Husain Book Condition Used PublisherHarry N. Abrams Place Of Publication New YorkDate Published1972 Keywords: Art Monographs. Maqbool Fida Husain Born ; 17 September 1915 Pandharpur, Maharashtra, British India Died : 9 June 2011 (aged 95) London, England, UK Nationality Indian (1915-2010) Qatari (2010–2011) Education Sir J. J. School of Art Known for Painting, drawing, writer, filmmaker Notable work Meenaxi a tale of three cities Through the eyes of a painter Movement Progressive Art Group Awards Padma Shri (1966) Padma Bhushan (1973) Padma Vibhushan (1991) Husain was associated with Indian modernism in the 1940s. His early association with the Progressive Artist's Group, or "PAG of Bombay" used modern technique, and was inspired by the "new" India after The Partition of 1947. His narrative paintings, executed in a modified Cubist style, can be caustic and funny as well as serious and sombre. His themes—sometimes treated in series—include topics as diverse as Mohandas K. Gandhi, Mother Teresa, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the British raj, and motifs of Indian urban and rural life. Early in his painting career, and until his death, he enjoyed depicting the lively and free spirit of horses in many of his works. Often referred to as the "Picasso of India", Husain is the most celebrated and internationally recognized Indian artist of the 20th century. Husain is primarily known for his paintings, but is also known for his drawings and his work as a printmaker, photographer, and filmmaker. Some of his later works stirred controversy, as they depicted traditional Deities of India in non traditional ways. He also directed a few movies. In 1967, he received the National Film Award for Best Experimental Film for Through The Eyes of a Painter.[3] In 2004, he directed Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities, a film he worked on with his artist son Owais Husain, which was screened in the Marché du Film section of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Husain was born on 17 september 1915 in Pandharpur to a Sulaymani Bohra family who trace their roots back to Gujarat within the last 200 years, and then originally to Yemen. He picked up taste in art through studying calligraphy while he stayed at a Madraasa in Baroda. Husain attended the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in Mumbai. Early in his career Husain painted cinema posters in Mumbai. To earn extra money, he worked for a toy company designing and building toys. He often travelled to Gujarat to paint landscapes when he could afford to. This was a clique of young artists who wished to break with the nationalist traditions established by the Bengal school of art and to encourage an Indian avant-garde, engaged at an international level. The artists cite "The Partition" of India and Pakistan 14 August 1947, with its resulting religious rioting and heavy loss of life as their reason for forming The Progressive Artist's Group in Bombay in December 1947. The artists saw the Partition as a "turning point" for India, and their new style of art was urged on by, and was also a turning point for, (modern) Indian Art. Husain's first solo exhibit was in 1952 in Zurich. His first U.S.A. exhibit was at India House...

Beautiful oil painting on panel by the great Spanish artist Martin Rebollo Tomas (Granada, 12.5.1858 - Madrid, 7.2.1919). Like most artists, he came to Italy, particularly Rome, for ...

Pair of Hand Painted Wood Chinoiserie Panels in White Gold Giltwood Frames

Diminutive and striking, this Mannerist male nude by Raoul Pène du Bois, the great Broadway designer, depicts a confident figure in the full bloom of youth, with golden hair and blus...

Fine danish expressive / abstract oilpainting 1930s-1950s. Oil on canvas. Signed back "P-Østergard".or " P-Ødtgård " Original frame. Incl frame: H. 80 cm / W. 70 cm / D. 4 cm pain...

Framed Oil "Wild Roses" on Masonite Panel, by John Heliker, American (1909-2000). Retains Gallery Label from Kraushaar Galleries, New York. Kraushaar Galleries was founded in 1885 and is still in business. Determined to become an artist, Heliker dropped out of high school to copy paintings...

Landscape painting by Gustave Fontaine (1877-1952) ,Belgium, oil on canvas. Gustave FONTAINE ( Etterbeek 1877-1952 Brussels). Sculptor–painter. Took courses in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode,...

Beautiful gold leaf antique wood frame. Measures: 27”.25 x 19”.5.

A lovely vintage French still life oil painting on panel of a red hyacinth in bloom, the vibrant hue of the flower is striking against the muted blue and beige stripe background. Art...

PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973 by Carsten-Peter Warncke; Ingo F. Walther Illustrated by Pablo Picasso Published by Benedikt Taschen.Germany 1995 (Vol I: The Works 1890-1936, pp. 1-380, Vol...

Jan Nosek (American, 1876-1966) Seated nude woman in an interior setting by artist and illustrator Jan Nosek. Oil on canvas, mid 20th century Signed lower right: J. Nosek sight: 1...

Astonishingly beautiful and monumental mural spanning eleven individual panels which when assembled are 16 feet long by 6 feet high. The panels are reverse paint and applique on sheets of Plexiglass and were painted by Peter Ostuni (American, 1908-1992) in 1951 for the lobby bar of the Savoy-Plaza Hotel at Fifth Avenue between 58th and 59th Street, New York City under design firm Tom Lee...

Well done painting by Multidisciplinary American artist Beverly Lopez. A well developed male stands in semi nude posture. Framed in a rustic wood frame with linen mat. Signed under Alias Paul Whitney...

Baroque and Rococo Architecture and Decoration Book by Alastair Laing, Anthony Blunt, and Christopher Ernest Tadgell. A study of a period in art ...

1950 Albert Eugene Gallatin Signed Abstract Oil Painting on Board Offered for sale is a nice Albert Gallatin (1882 - 1952) oil painting on board signed on verso September 1950. ...

A wonderful 1960s Parisian oil painting, a Tourist Street Souvenir, by artist J. de P. of the Regatta at Argenteuil originally by Claude Monet. I...

Large and expressive painting with a flower still life of sunflowers in a vase. Beautiful in impressionistic touch and thickly painted. A clear reference to the of Vincent van Gogh, ...

An original oil on canvas painting by French artist Boggio, signed and dated 1971 in the lower right corner. This richly textured work explores geometric abstraction and cubist influ...

Aleksei Alekseevich Shovkunenko (Ukrainian, 1884-1974), Standing Nude Man, Oil on Canvas, signed lower left, signed "Olexiy Shovkunenko / 1884-1974" and in Cyrillic to verso, unframe...

Condition: Original Vintage Condition Designer: Wanda S. Neumann Manufacturer: Wanda S. Neumann Materials: Oil On Canvas, Wood Frame Style: California Realism

Oil painting on canvas depicting a natural summer landscape, created by Henry Markò in the early twentieth century. Ø cm 49 h cm 105 Henry Markò, descendant of the Austrian paintin...

A beautiful oil painting, a Gorden Setter dog on the walk, by the German artist Arthur Heyer. Signed lower right. Beautifully done. The movement and anatomy of the dog are taken fro...

Truly a spectacular piece, this acrylic on canvas is by French artist, Pascal Magis. Known for his use of color, Magis uses acrylics as though the paint h...

An abstract realism canvas entitled “Maple Avenue, Altamont, New York” by Ed Cowley (1925-2014), chair of the fine arts department at Albany State University for over 50 years. He wa...

Original 'Hyde Park' color lithograph by André Derain. Lithograph printed from an original painting made by the author in France in 1906. Published by Fernand Mourlot in Les Fauves. Paris, circa 1972. Framed and signed in the stone. Frame will be slightly different from the one on the photos, each piece will be framed once it sells, this is an exhibition frame. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. About the Artist: André Derain (10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. Derain and Matisse worked together through the summer of 1905 in the Mediterranean village of Collioure and later that year displayed their highly innovative paintings at the Salon d'Automne. The vivid, unnatural colors led the critic Louis Vauxcelles to derisively dub their works as les Fauves, or "the wild beasts", marking the start of the Fauvist movement. In March 1906, the noted art dealer Ambroise Vollard sent Derain to London to produce a series of paintings with the city as subject. In 30 paintings (29 of which are still extant), Derain presented a portrait of London that was radically different from anything done by previous painters of the city such as Whistler or Monet. With bold colors and compositions, Derain painted multiple pictures of the Thames and Tower Bridge. These London paintings remain among his most popular work. Art critic T. G Rosenthal: "Not since Monet has anyone made London seem so fresh and yet remain quintessentially English. Some of his views of the Thames use the Pointillist technique of multiple dots, although by this time, because the dots have become much larger, it is rather more simply the separation of colours called Divisionism and it is peculiarly effective in conveying the fragmentation of colour in moving water in sunlight." He experimented with stone sculpture and moved to Montmartre to be near his friend Pablo Picasso and other noted artists. Fernande Olivier...

Vintage traditional style watercolor and ink landscape painting on silk (applied to paper backing) - hand painted - silk damask textile border - signed with a red seal lower right (u...

A particularly atmospheric painting of a woman with a hat, in oil on Isorel board. Date estimated around 1930. Signed H. Scheiber. It's quite a large painting and it has the charact...

A French oil on panel painting by Fernand Maissen from the early 20th century, depicting a sporting dog hunting a duck. Created in the early years of the 20th century by French artist Fernand Maissen, this horizontal oil on panel painting depicts a hunting scene. An English setter, coming from the right side of the composition, is hunting a river mallard rising from the waters. The high grass on the right, from which the dog is emerging, is perfectly contrasted by the horizontal strokes used to depict the water on the left. The artist further accentuates the contrast by juxtaposing warm and cold colors. Born in 1873, Maissen was an animal painter who was a student of Jules Lefebvre...

This atmospheric and magical view of a single nude male figure on a California beach is imbued with lovely, unexpected colors and textures which rise up to a sky that is a pale shade of green. The blond young man has been sunbathing on a towel stretched along the sand, and seems to be placidly examining the viewer -- the painter -- from afar. The artist is Duane Wakeham...

This French vintage Mid-century abstract painting on canvas is signed by the artist, Katzyi. View all images to see the current condition.

Mid-20th Century Signed painting of a lighthouse in a harbor. Colorful, happy composition of colors. Signed Vera Bettinger? Solid wooden frame. This item can parcel ship domestically...

Large Early 20th century Oil on Canvas Painting of Civil War Scene by W. Smithson Broadhead (British, 1888-1960). Broadhead lived in United Kingdom ...

Mid century Jacallo 'Architectural Landscape' Signed oil on canvas painting This piece measures: 40.25 wide x 1.75 deep x 28.5 inches high This Painting is in Excellent Vintage...

A rare offering. This amazing vintage hand painted Thangka depicts the Tibetan female celestial goddess Dakinis, whose ferocious expression subdues negative and demonic forces. In Alidh Asana posture, she wears a garland of human skulls, with a Khartwanga wand resting against her shoulder. Her face wrathful in expression, her feet firmly pressing down on devils masqueraded in human form above lotus base. With her right hand the deity holds a blue Kartika symbolizing severance of all material. With her left hand she drinks blood from a skull cup...

The category Antique Paintings, Portraits Of A Girl features an Oil Painting On Canvas From The Early 1900s. It is a portrait of a young woman dressed in peasant clothing and holdin...

Large Rare Vintage 1940’s Artist Ruben Kupur Oil painting of Art Deco Tropical scene with herons within a scene of lush tropical orchids. Ruben Kupur was born In the Russian Federation...

Still life of flowers signed J van Neesen encased in gilt frame. Dimensions Height 30.5 inches Width 26 inches Depth 1.5 inches.

Highly atmospheric and richly colored, this 1929 vintage landscape by a Swedish painter depicts layers of history and tradition, from the man in traditional Arab garb plowing the fie...

Discover an exceptional 40" x 60" oil on masonite by the renowned Mexican artist Leonardo Nierman (1932 to 2023). Titled 'Jungle,' this striking original painting exemplifies Nierman...

Gorgeous ,Framed original x large painting of Venice canal in Italy with lots of colorful flowers and building. With wide black and gold fram...

A fine collection of Five original silhouette portrait miniatures by the Miniaturist painter Dorothy Turton ( 1900 to 1990s). These are all hand painted...

1753 Four dancing male nudes set in a brass frame Image size 21x7" Signed B.Tapiz 76

Large Mid Century Lee Reynolds Vanguard studio Painting on canvas. Large abstract composition in yellows, whites and greens with a chrome fram...

Still life with flowers in a vase, oil on canvas, signed Manuela Bonati encased in carved frame. Dimensions Height 28 Inches Width 24 Inches Depth 2 Inches.

This antique oil on canvas maritime painting is alluring due to the nighttime setting with ghostly ships under a gloomy full moon with looming clouds and uneasy waters. This little p...

Henri D'Anty 1910-1998, oil painting on canvas, still life of fruit and bottles on a tray table. Brass frame with umber linen liner; framed 24.5" H x 21" W x 1" D. He studied at t...

Allen Noonan Originals Millennial Designs Painting on Plywood. A treasure in art-no more than six of each design in the world. Allen Noonan was a UFO enthusiast and owner of a Cafe-A...

Landscape with Hut depicts a typical Mediterranean setting (" Barraca valenciana en la Albufera) , featuring a large hut and another one partially hidden among lush vegetation. ROcam...

Danish artist Arne A. Hansen born in 1922 Motif of a young girl studying at her desk with yellow tulips Oil on canvas in wooden frame with gold. Measurements: Height 73.5 cm includ...

Town landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original ink and watercolor on paper size: 11.75 x 8.5 inches signed, stamped verso Condition: very good and ready to b...