20th Century Paintings

Mbuti painting on Bark Cloth Ituri Forest, DR Congo 20th century 34.75 x 12 ins. 87 x 30.5 cm The eccentric biomorphic and linear geometries of Mbuti bark cloths, painted by women,...

20th Century heavily textured signed skull painting raised on a linen background and framed in a 19th Century black and gilt frame with crossbones at each corner.

Handsome portrait of a Great Dane by painter, Lawrence Shelby. Oil paint on rust-colored velvet canvas, framed by stained oak. Artist-signed.     ...

HELEN RYF - French Canadian mixed media/collage landscape painting on paper - untitled - unframed - signed lower left - Canada - circa 1990. Good vintage condition - over-all fadi...

Art in Seventeenth Century Holland : the National Gallery, 30th September to 12th December 1976 : by Christopher Brown National Gallery London. Published by Order of the Trustees, Pu...

A monumental diptych oil on canvas. Done in the abstract expressionist style with bold apparently spontaneous strokes conveying a sense of universal humanity.

Intense acrylic on masonite painting Titled Bird Fury by Leonardo Nierman signed and dated in the lower right Nierman 66. According to Art Brokerage: Leonardo Nierman Mexican Artist: b. 1932. Leonardo Nierman's paintings vibrantly come to life as they capture the intensity and spontaneity of the dynamic forces that rule both nature and the cosmos. With swirling whirlpools of color, darting flame-like wisps, and brilliant hues as dazzling as a sun, they are dramatic in their representation of that which is unchallenged, though perhaps not quite understood. Leonardo Nierman's full career includes numerous distinctions, awards, and exhibitions. He has painted murals for the School of Commerce of the University City in Mexico, 1956; the "Golden West...

English Renaissance style (dated 1903) framed incised wood and oil paint portrait of Queen Elizabeth against a black background in a rectangular w...

Portrait of a woman in a pink hat. Oil on board. Signed but signature is illegible. 1930's-1940's

Striking original oil of horses, zebra and camel running in the wind. Canvas size 24" 30". This extraordinary piece is probably one of the best you will find of this artist work.

William Scharff, painting. "Nude Woman". Modernist painting, Danish art. Signed. Measurements without frame/with frame (cm): H 63/75, W 52/63.  

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

In a Gold Frame, an original oil Painting. Representing a River and Trees It has been made in France circa in the Early XX century. Signed. Caroline Bu...

Monumental oil on canvas by caricaturist Georges Goursat, also known as SEM. Georges Goursat - 23 November 1863 - 26 November 1934 - was a French caricaturist and portraitist famous during the Belle Époque and Art Deco periods. This painting greeted visitors to the cellars...

Stunning mid century still life depicting bottles and jars. Great colors in a complimenting thin walnut frame. Artist signed.

Pair of vintage original Hawaiian mini portrait paintings by Tip Freeman, circa 1940s. . Both works are signed on the lower portion "Tip Freeman Honolulu". The paintings are presented in rustic wood frames and measure 4" x 5.25". Really cool original Hawaiian works of art! #3639 TIP FREEMAN Tip Freeman, celebrated for his Hawaiian motifs, moved to Honolulu in the 1930s and opened a studio in 1943. He was a film and theater stage designer who was also among the nation's top airbrush artists. Graduating from the Chicago Art Institute, Freeman traveled internationally throughout the 1930s, working on the movie production of "40,000 Horsemen" in Australia, for which he created the scenery and sets and played the part of an Arab sheik. In late 1939, he opened the Tip Freeman Art...

A pair of mixed technique abstract Mid-Century Modern art paintings from Italy. This pair of tempera and paper on canvas has been painted by Italian Artist "Guglielminetti". These ha...

Copy of Orientalist painting of a sleeping harem girl with vase of poppies & a white feather fan.

Dutch visual artist Han Sterk, owner of gallery studio "Han Sterk," is an artist whose creative output consists of both paintings and sculptures, at times figurative but more often a...

Large Impasto Painting of House on the Water by Lephe Kingsley Holden. Signed lower right. Lephe Kingsley Holden (1881 - 1973) was active/lived in Connecticut, New York. Lephe Holden was a painter and art teacher. She was born in Hadley, Massachusetts on May 1, 1881. She was the daughter of Elbridge Kingsley and Elizabeth (Cook) Kingsley. Elbridge Kingsley was a painter, wood engraver and illustrator for the Century Co. Lephe was a graduate of Hopkins Academy, Hadley, Massachusetts and the Art Student's League, New York. She studied privately with Augustus V. Tack, Dwight Tryon, Guy Wiggins, George E. Browne, Hippolito Hidalgo, and Ed Carviedes. Holden taught art at Maxwell Training College, New York (1908-1912). She married Samuel M. Holden on October 1912, and they were married until his death in January 1936. Holden also served as the Director of Art Instruction in Westport, Connecticut School System (1927-1947). Initially she was the only art teacher, but at the time of her retirement there were five assistant instructors. She exhibited with the American Watercolor Society Education: Pratt Institute; Art Students League, NYC; With George Elmer Browne; Guy Wiggins Summer Art School, Essex, Connecticut, 1936. Membership: Key West Art and Historical Society; Key West Artists...

Starring Bryan Leung, "Cantonen Iron Kung Fu" was a martial arts film from Hong Kong made in 1979. Frequently, theaters in Ghana were unable to import off...

Oil on board of New Hampshire Coastal Scene. Signed on back by artist James Rostron from New Hampshire. Dated 1940 Mount Cranmore North Conway, New Hampshire. Dimensions may not be ...

English Art Moderne oil painting of Stewart's cup horse race in rosewood frame. Signed lower left: "E. Noble /1938". Painted lower right: "Harmachis (Revans) Winning the Steward's cu...

Beautiful, evocative Pencil Drawing Still Life with Flowers and Butterfly Early 20th century Signed at lower right The painting is embellished by a beautiful nineteenth-century la...

Copy of a French Impressionist style painting of figures strolling through a park

1920s Chinese Batou Scatter size Rug Details rug no. j2234 size 3' x 6' 1" (91 x 185 cm)

Italian painting from the first half of the 20th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a contemporary copy of the famous painting by Gino Piccioni, Nude on the Beach (Florence, Fr...

Late 20th Century Watercolor by Gerald Collins Gleeson titled "Rush Hour". Gleeson (1915-1986) was an American artist renowned for his exquisite watercolor paintings. He was celebrat...

Oversized Mid Century Modern Abstract Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting of Reading Woman Signed by Sharie Jones C1968 Measures - 48"H x 36.5"W x 1"D An oversized mid-century mod...

This quintessential Art Deco scene, with its nymph in Arabian costume offering a dish of water to a spotted fawn, was painted by Einar Petersen, a California artist known for his exo...

An impressive painting of President James Madison that's a reproduction of an original antique portrait painted by John Vanderlyn in 1816. Gorgeous black and gold chunky frame with fleur di lis decoration in each corner. Signed Henry Callan...

Signed coastal beach painting by Frank Proschwitzky Freyburg. (1862 -1940) Of British-German descent but lived in the United States. Please confirm dimensions prior to purchase.

Robert Natkin mixed media/ painting from his Field Mouse series, which was primarily done in the years 1969 to 1972 after being after a trip to Europe and being influenced by some ...

A vintage French oil on canvas painting of Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor in a hand carved original gilded wooden frame, painted by S. Chapin in good condition. The wall décor art pie...

Still life artwork, antique oil painting, Still life with fruit  proposed here is an oil painting on canvas of the Twentieth Century.  It also has an original Golden Frame. It is a composition with grape and fruit some vegetables and some tomatoes and some garlic, with a nice white ceramic vase nearby. Antique paintings on canvas, still life, Art Deco, signed DYF at the bottom right a French painter who was born in Paris but grew up in Normandy. DYF Marcel...

A finely rendered equestrian portrait, this early 20th-century American oil on board captures the striking presence of a chestnut racehorse standing in its stable. The animal is pres...

Original oil on canvas by Impressionist artist Lee Reynolds. Black cat walking on a window ledge of a stone house with three dimensional curtain blowing. Overall light crazing. Image...

A Fine Italian 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1483-1520). The circular painted canvas depicting a seated Madonna holding an infant Jesus Christ next to a child Saint John the Baptist, all within a massive carved gilt wood and gesso frame, which is identical to the frame on Raphael's original artwork. This painting is a 19th Century copy of Raphael's Madonna della Seggiola painted in 1514 and currently exhibited and part of the permanent collection at the Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy. The bodies of the Virgin, Christ, and the boy Baptist fill the whole picture. The tender, natural looking embrace of the Mother and Child, and the harmonious grouping of the figures in the round, have made this one of Raphael's most popular Madonnas. The isolated chair leg is reminiscent of papal furniture, which has led to the assumption that Leo X himself commissioned the painting. A retailer's label reads " Fred K/ Keer's Sons - Framers and Fine Art Dealers - 917 Broad St. Newark, N.J." - Another label from the gilder reads "Carlo Bartolini - Doratore e Verniciatori - Via Maggio 1924 - Firenze". Circa: 1890-1900. Subject: Religious painting Canvas diameter: 28 inches (71.1 cm) Frame height: 54 inches (137.2 cm) Frame width: 42 1/2 inches (108 cm) Frame depth: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Italian, March 28 or April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his death at 37, leaving a large body of work. Many of his works are found in the Vatican Palace, where the frescoed Raphael Rooms were the central, and the largest, work of his career. The best known work is The School of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura. After his early years in Rome much of his work was executed by his workshop from his drawings, with considerable loss of quality. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, though outside Rome his work was mostly known from his collaborative printmaking. After his death, the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when Raphael's more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models. His career falls naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio Vasari: his early years in Umbria, then a period of about four years (1504–1508) absorbing the artistic traditions of Florence, followed by his last hectic and triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close associates. Raphael was born in the small but artistically significant central Italian city of Urbino in the Marche region, where his father Giovanni Santi was court painter to the Duke. The reputation of the court had been established by Federico III da Montefeltro, a highly successful condottiere who had been created Duke of Urbino by the Pope - Urbino formed part of the Papal States - and who died the year before Raphael was born. The emphasis of Federico's court was rather more literary than artistic, but Giovanni Santi was a poet of sorts as well as a painter, and had written a rhymed chronicle of the life of Federico, and both wrote the texts and produced the decor for masque-like court entertainments. His poem to Federico shows him as keen to show awareness of the most advanced North Italian painters, and Early Netherlandish artists as well. In the very small court of Urbino he was probably more integrated into the central circle of the ruling family than most court painters. Federico was succeeded by his son Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, who married Elisabetta Gonzaga, daughter of the ruler of Mantua, the most brilliant of the smaller Italian courts for both music and the visual arts. Under them, the court continued as a centre for literary culture. Growing up in the circle of this small court gave Raphael the excellent manners and social skills stressed by Vasari. Court life in Urbino at just after this period was to become set as the model of the virtues of the Italian humanist court through Baldassare Castiglione's depiction of it in his classic work The Book of the Courtier, published in 1528. Castiglione moved to Urbino in 1504, when Raphael was no longer based there but frequently visited, and they became good friends. He became close to other regular visitors to the court: Pietro Bibbiena and Pietro Bembo, both later cardinals, were already becoming well known as writers, and would be in Rome during Raphael's period there. Raphael mixed easily in the highest circles throughout his life, one of the factors that tended to give a misleading impression of effortlessness to his career. He did not receive a full humanistic education however; it is unclear how easily he read Latin. Early Life and Works His mother Màgia died in 1491 when Raphael was eight, followed on August 1, 1494 by his father, who had already remarried. Raphael was thus orphaned at eleven; his formal guardian became his only paternal uncle Bartolomeo, a priest, who subsequently engaged in litigation with his stepmother. He probably continued to live with his stepmother when not staying as an apprentice with a master. He had already shown talent, according to Vasari, who says that Raphael had been "a great help to his father". A self-portrait drawing from his teenage years shows his precocity. His father's workshop continued and, probably together with his stepmother, Raphael evidently played a part in managing it from a very early age. In Urbino, he came into contact with the works of Paolo Uccello, previously the court painter (d. 1475), and Luca Signorelli, who until 1498 was based in nearby Città di Castello. According to Vasari, his father placed him in the workshop of the Umbrian master Pietro Perugino as an apprentice "despite the tears of his mother". The evidence of an apprenticeship comes only from Vasari and another source, and has been disputed—eight was very early for an apprenticeship to begin. An alternative theory is that he received at least some training from Timoteo Viti, who acted as court painter in Urbino from 1495.Most modern historians agree that Raphael at least worked as an assistant to Perugino from around 1500; the influence of Perugino on Raphael's early work is very clear: "probably no other pupil of genius has ever absorbed so much of his master's teaching as Raphael did", according to Wölfflin. Vasari wrote that it was impossible to distinguish between their hands at this period, but many modern art historians claim to do better and detect his hand in specific areas of works by Perugino or his workshop. Apart from stylistic closeness, their techniques are very similar as well, for example having paint applied thickly, using an oil varnish medium, in shadows and darker garments, but very thinly on flesh areas. An excess of resin in the varnish often causes cracking of areas of paint in the works of both masters. The Perugino workshop was active in both Perugia and Florence, perhaps maintaining two permanent branches. Raphael is described as a "master", that is to say fully trained, in December 1500. His first documented work was the Baronci altarpiece for the church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in Città di Castello, a town halfway between Perugia and Urbino. Evangelista da Pian di Meleto, who had worked for his father, was also named in the commission. It was commissioned in 1500 and finished in 1501; now only some cut sections and a preparatory drawing remain. In the following years he painted works for other churches there, including the Mond Crucifixion (about 1503) and the Brera Wedding of the Virgin (1504), and for Perugia, such as the Oddi Altarpiece. He very probably also visited Florence in this period. These are large works, some in fresco, where Raphael confidently marshals his compositions in the somewhat static style of Perugino. He also painted many small and exquisite cabinet paintings in these years, probably mostly for the connoisseurs in the Urbino court, like the Three Graces and St. Michael, and he began to paint Madonnas and portraits. In 1502 he went to Siena at the invitation of another pupil of Perugino, Pinturicchio, "being a friend of Raphael and knowing him to be a draughtsman of the highest quality" to help with the cartoons, and very likely the designs, for a fresco series in the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral. He was evidently already much in demand even at this early stage in his career. Influence of Florence Raphael led a "nomadic" life, working in various centres in Northern Italy, but spent a good deal of time in Florence, perhaps from about 1504. Although there is traditional reference to a "Florentine period...

Hazel DeVorss Sailboat Regatta Art Painting 1976 Oil on Canvas 20 x 16 x .63 Original vintage unrestored Review all images listed

Untitled by Tadasky, acrylic painting on paper, stripes signed. Small scale hard edge acrylic painting on paper by Op artist, Tadasky (Tada...

1963 English artist Derek Middleton ( 1928 - 2002 ) extra large black and white painting with accents of rectangular shaped color. Can b...

A large early original oil painting by Gino Hollander in the Modigliani style. A very unusual and unique style for him. Known as an abstract expressionist. In collections of Jacqueline Kennedy, Norman Rockwell, Steve Mc Queen...

Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...

Immerse yourself in the captivating depths of this vintage original abstract oil painting on board. A stunning example of textural artistry, this piece features a rich tapestry of gr...

Geoffrey Bowman (1928-2009) "Black Diamond", Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas, 1984 Beautiful colorful and textural smaller scale painting by California artist Geoffrey Bowman. Measures 21-1/2" high, 21-1/2" wide as framed. Canvas measures 21" high, 21" wide. Signed and dated on reverse. Retains partial artist tag. Geoffrey Bowman was born in San Francisco on December 29, 1928. In 1946, he quit high school and joined the Navy and traveled to China, Korea, the Philippines, and Hawaii. In 1948 after being discharged from the Navy, Bowman earned his high school equivalency diploma. Five years later he met and married his first wife Mill, and graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Social Science. During this time he also became intensely interested in art and printmaking and began to study art formally. By 1957 Geoffrey had earned his graduate degree in art and began to teach art in San Quentin. In 1960 Bowman left his teaching job at San Quentin to spend more time working on his art and examining Asian philosophy at the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco. During this time to support himself and his wife Geoffrey drove a taxi at night so that he could have his days free to work in the studio. In 1964 he joined the art faculty at San Jose State University and moved to San Jose and became a full professor in 1973. Geoffrey taught at SJSU for twenty-nine years, specializing in lithography and intaglio printmaking techniques. At the same time he was deeply involved in his own work and accumulated an impressive professional exhibition record and his work was exhibited regionally, nationally, and internationally. Bowman’s work is in several public permanent collections including the San Jose Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Art, Achenbach Foundation of Graphic Arts San Francisco, Lannan Foundation New York, and Crown Press Berkeley. After retiring from teaching in 1994 Geoffrey turned to painting as his primary medium of expression. Although there was a media shift he continued to focus on one subject: the consistency of change. This he accomplished in part with combinations of paint and an assortment of reflective materials such as metallic flake and leaves, glass beads, and light-refracting pigments. Bowman became quite private in his later years and had his last one-man public exhibition in 2001 at the Fredrick Spratt Gallery in San Jose. Bowman died in San Jose, California on October 9, 2009. Source: The Annex Galleries

1960s abstract modern painting original oil on canvas art. In the style of Francis Bacon. Dominant colors red and black. Unframed. Unsigned. 43.5 l x 29.75 x 1.75 Original unrestored...

Three dimensional construction of painted and mounted blocks by the Chicago Imagist George Marshall Cohen (1919-1999). Cohen was a founder of the Chicag...

A dark-blue, black abstract interior with chairs and window surround, oil on wood in canvas on a blue frame by Daniel Clesse, painted in France, signed and dated circa in 1970. Dani...

A fine antique German hand painted porcelain plaque. In the Royal Berlin (KPM) or Royal Vienna style. Depicting the Reclining Mary Magdalene Reading In the Wilderness after Pompeo Girolamo Batoni. Mounted in a contemporary black foliate frame. Simply a wonderful antique porcelain plaque...

Mexican modern mid 20th century abstract art style of Pedro Coronel Colorful Oil on Canvas painting signed Gustavo. Unable to read last name of artist. ...

Stunning still life of fruit by German artist Franz Priking. Painted primarily in shades of gold, deep green and black and housed in a beautiful frame that has gilded accents, this original work of art is a stunner. Signed and dated in the upper right hand corner "Pricking 1955". There is a label on the reverse side from World House Galleries on Madison Ave in NYC. The label states the artist is French (where he resided at the time this work was painted). Priking was born in Germany and was eleven years old when WWII broke out. It is said that the war influenced him and his art for the rest of his life. Immediately after the war he began to show an affinity for the Expressionist art that was banned by the Nazis. Priking was a student of Max Pechstein by 1948 at the Bauhaus, and by 1952 he had moved to southern France, meeting Picasso at Vallauris. Picasso is said to have strongly encouraged him, saying he would become one of the great artists of the century. He exhibited mostly in Europe but also in Tokyo and Sao Paolo. The artist's use of black (prominent in this work) is said to reflect the darkness of his early years during the war. His work moved through various phases, beginning with Fauvism and Cubism, moving through Expressionism and finally on to abstraction in his final decade. In 1958 he was awarded the Prix de la Jeune Peinture in Paris, in 1961 he was elected a member of the International Institute of Arts and Letters in Geneva. He died at barely age 50, cutting short a promising career. In 1990 when Ecole de Paris paintings...

Original oil on canvas laid on board, coastal scene with vibrant sunset. Signed and dated AW, 1918. Artist: Albert Wang (b. Horsens 1864, d. Hellerup 1930) Condition: May benefit from surface cleaning. Minor retouches. Please refer to professional photos to clearly understand finish, details, condition, etc. With over 37 years of experience selling European antiques, our brick-and-mortar storefront, Round Top Ranch...

Higgins and Bower Print on Canvass signed W M Chase. Higgins & Bowers used the Oleograph English technique, which involved photographing the original painting, then making a high qua...

This French vintage oil on board painting illustrates a peaceful moment at a modest homestead in rustic landscape. The vintage carved wood frame emphasizes the architectural and deco...

Austrian Framed Oil on Canvas Painting of European Countryside, circa 1950's. A very charming lifelike rendering of a Countryside typical in any European city. This 20th Century ...

Beautiful original plein air impressionistic and realistic style, oil on canvas painting, features a wooded landscape, with magnificent trees which dwarf a woman and child, who are w...

Italian school early 20th century (year about 1910) Oil on canvas depicting gentleman with wooden frame finished in gold leaf.

Copy of a classical portrait of the Grand Duchess of Russia, Elena Pavlovna, in her Ermine cape with the steppes in background

Rimpa Floral Scene with Chrysanthemum, Morning Glories and Blue Bell Flowers. Pigment on gilded silk, signature and seal read: Hattori Shunyo. Bold colors and strong design elements combined with the trademark tarashikomi (diluted elements created when water is applied to the surface before or after pigments causing them to diffuse) exhibit the artists deep devotion to this important Japanese painting tradition. Notes about artist: Hattori Shunyo (b. 1883) was an artist from Kyoto who graduated the (now) Kyoto Municipal University of Art and fell under the circle of Yamamoto Shunkyo...

Fantastic whimsical oil on canvas painting of a 19th century woman in a dancers costume by artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). The vibrant colorful painting depicts a 19th centur...