20th Century Paintings

Large Victorian style still life in gold frame of white and pink roses with white dogwood flowers in a vase on a stone bench

Exceptional pair of oil paintings on canvas featuring two views of elegant homes in broad daylight. They are titled The Shadow of the Tree on the White Facade and The House with the ...

This warm and vivid painting -- probably made in response to the opening salvos of World War II -- depicts the mythological Eros figure, with wings outspread, placing his arm on an i...

Original Airbrushed artwork Flamingos (original airbrushed over a print) for the Turner Company, circa 1948 in the original hardwood frame carved into a bamboo shape. A great example...

For sale: Eugene Montgomery's 1950s Oil on Canvas with Original Frame, Signed Lower Left Renowned artist Eugene Montgomery, known for his prowess as a painter, illustrator, and mura...

Serving, perhaps, as a commentary on the futility and horror of war, this allegorical painting of "Two Philosophers" was made by Arthur Kampf in 1948-49, shortly after the end of World War II and toward the end of his long life. Kampf was known for his historical and allegorical paintings, including a large scene showing a group of nude soldiers...

Large American abstract modernist impressionist oil painting on masonite board in the great original artist hand painted sgraffito combed decorated wood frame by Zoute ( born Leon Sa...

'Simply Fabulous Transformation' - exceptional mid-century cartoon style illustration art - gouache over graphite/colored pencil - signed (unidentified artist/maker) - unframed - Can...

A French Barbizon School framed oil on canvas painting from the early 20th century, depicting a pastoral farmyard scene and signed Theodore Linsyer. Born in France during the early y...

Incredible vintage hand-painted screen panels designed by Robert Crowder in the United States, circa 1960s. These screen panels have a design that takes us back to the typical gardens of ancient Japan, which fell in love with the eye and spread peace to visitors. It features six rectangular panels with a white background, which simulates an elegant oil painting...

A triumphant celebration of color and form, this oversized vintage still life is an electrifying piece of original art. Executed in oil on canvas and signed by the artist "Pivet," th...

Copy of a hunt scene painting showing Arabs on horse flying their falcons for sport at water's edge

Flowers artwork, oil painting, floral vase painting which represents Yellow Daisies. It also has a golden frame realised in the 1900s. Art Deco. Golden frame. This floral oil pain...

A light-yellow, green antique German oil on canvas painting, portraying a sunny day in a breakfast room with red, white flowers in a vase, painted by Wilhelm Kricheldorff in good con...

Mid Century Abstract Square Painting by E.S Greenberg. Nice square shape with soft pastels colors. Housed in a chrome frame. Signed lower right

Knud Nedergaard modernist landscape. Oil on canvas. Signed KN. 1970s. Measures: 90 cm. x 70 cm. The frame measures 10 cm. In very good condition.

Falcucci Robert (1900-1989). A large oil on board depicting a nude bathing female figure, circa 1940s, signed lower left Falcucci.

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...

Beautifully painted and with an arresting subject, this piece -- with its male nude subject having removed his own fig leaf -- reveals the sly humor of its painter, Leon Dusso...

Gino Hollander 1974 Vintage Abstract Female Portrait Painting Offered for sale is a vintage expressionist abstract female portrai...

Hans Andersen Brendekilde (1857-1943) Painting “Girl in front of a farmstead in the snow”, oil on canvas, signed on the canvas lower right “HA Brendekilde”, dimensions with frame 61....

ROSELIN HAMMOND A.O.C.A. - Canadian Impressionist landscape oil painting on panel - signed lower right and verso - framed - Canada - early 20th ...

Figura imposible 1971 Serigraph on paper Year 1971 Edition: P.A. Signed: José María Yturralde. Every item LA Studio offers is checked by our...

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...

This captivating abstract oil painting by Heidi Melano evokes the vibrant style of Sonia Delaunay. Created during Melano's renowned collaboration with artistic giants like Fernand Léger, Chagall and Braque on monumental mosaics, this artwork reflects a period of artistic exchange and exploration. Melano's signature bold style shines through, evident in the vivid colors and dynamic geometric patterns. Signed "HMH" in the lower left corner and inscribed "H. Melano" on the verso, this piece is a unique opportunity to own a work by a highly acclaimed artist. Heidi Melano's legacy extends beyond her collaborations, with her own mosaics prominently displayed at the Fernand Léger National Museum. This professionally cleaned painting, measuring 29 7/8" x 37 3/8", is in excellent condition and ready to be a stunning focal point in any setting, from mid-century modern to contemporary. This is a true collector's item by none other than one of the most famous artist of the 20th century. Heidi Melano's monumental mosaics decorate the east and west sides of the Fernand Leger National Museum. The mosaics were inspired from Fernand Léger’s master pieces. Her mosaic art and paintings have sold throughout the world. More About the Artist: Heidi Melano studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva settled in France with her husband, Lino Melano...

Fritz Stäger 'Village Green' Oil on Canvas 1928. This is a wonderful and very naively painted early work by Fritz Stäger, a Swiss painter. Great atmosphere and colors - lots to se...

A wonderful late 1950s Parisian oil painting, a tourist street souvenir, painted by J. de P. Vétheuil, originally by Claude Monet. In original fr...

Auguste DURST (French 1842-1930). Oil on Canvas - Children playing among chickens in the post impressionist style. Signed lower right. 26.5 x 34.5 cm. Important gilded stuccoed ...

Spectacular large Balinese Painting on Silk with an outstanding bamboo and woven rattan frame. This marvellous painting was realized in Bali around the 1960s and is signed on the bot...

"Ballerinas" impressionist painting by Andre Gisson (1921-2003). Soft colors and bright light are hallmarks of Gissons work. Although American born Andre Gisson is best known for hi...

Wim van Norden (Dutch artist 1917-2001) Dutch Landscape with canal and windmill, signed Wim V. Norden, (signed lower right), oil on canvas measuring 23" inches high x 31" inches wide...

Oil Painting on canvas by Julij Anatolevic VEDERNIKOV. Signed and dated (1987). Rich depiction of a wintry village scenery in Russia. Market hustle and bustle, women collecting fire...

1990s Wall Art Abstract patinated brass bronze metal Raul Monje Mexico unsigned 29.25 x 21 x 1.75 Art 24.25 x 15.75 Wood gilt frame. Original vintage unrestored condition. Expect sig...

We are so proud to offer this original work of art by legendary Palm Springs artist O. E. L. Graves. We discovered his work when we first purchased a second home here in 1997. His work was very difficult to come across, but stories about Mr. Graves were legendary, and the first art we saw of his were his extraordinary and very collectible cover art for vintage mid century Palm Springs villager magazines which we found at some thrift stores! We have since collected 8 original paintings. This is the Rolls-Royce of the collection. His artwork is now collected by a new generation of the Palm Springs younger rich and famous entertainment industry that have brought new life to the town with Coachella Music Festival and the endearing architecture Palm Springs is famous for! We purchased an amazing coffee table book by French photographer Robert Doisneau called “Palm Springs 1960” Mr Graves himself and his artwork is featured in wonderful 1960s vintage photographs. This spurred on more collectors looking for his paintings. This large painting was definitely owned by a Palm Springs/Beverly Hills client. His work was even sought out by Rockefeller that wanted to buy a painting of Mr. Graves that he refused to sell! The paintings were very expensive. Just the original painting’s framing alone shows how chic and special it was. The subject is a bird in its cage with a clock in the corner, In shades of silver, green, black and gold. There is a name on the painting, along side Mr. Graves signature we believe to be the title of the painting, “Orsi” It is such an extraordinary painting! Please check out the pictures to see the amazing color and details of this work. O. E. L. Graves (1897 - 1971) Graves was an American artist and painter/sculptor based in Palm Springs, California during Hollywood's golden years. His client list included many of the rich and famous of his era, from movie stars (Clark Gable, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Janet Gaynor) to business magnates (Raymond Loewys, George R. Hearst Sr.) to shady criminal kingpins. His own personal life was just as full of high intrigue and secrecy as the famous clients he cultivated. As a result, his need to maintain a relatively low profile in his private life has relegated him to near obscurity in death as an artist. Graves experimented constantly with new media and techniques for expressing his art. His works include delicate watercolors, fine detailed portraits, impressionistic oils, sculptures in metal, and some techniques of his own invention. Graves claims to have invented "sculpted oil painting", where multiple layers of thick oil paint are placed on masonite and then cut away to create the image. His sculpted oil paintings were displayed in some of the trendiest galleries and art museums, including the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, which purchased some of his sculpted paintings after they had been shown there. Winthrop Rockefeller...

Enrico Giussani (Italian, Gorgonzola 1938 ) "Colori di Luino" 1972 This painting is from an important Swiss Collection of Raimondo Rezzonico former President of the Locarno Film ...

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...

This handsome and affectionate portrait of a young man, his tousled blonde hair glinting in the light, was painted by the subject's father, the Swedish artist Ture Lennart Nyblom. The artist's brushstrokes are loose and confident, and he beautifully captures the ruddy complexion, blue jacket and white collar of his subject, Staffan. The youth's appearance suggests that he sat for his portrait in his school uniform...

Copy of a portrait in a classical style of the young Rospigliosi boy scion dressed as a member of the Swiss Guard; Two of four in a series

Italian painting dated 1930. Framework oil on panel depicting still life with shell and apples of good pictorial quality. Painting signed lower right S. Bonfantini (see photo) refera...

Antiques of London Presenting a captivating still life painting featuring a vibrant floral bouquet, elegantly framed in a gilded frame that enhances its beauty. This exquisite ar...

This is a vintage coastal watercolour. A Welsh, framed painting, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980. Beautifully observed and composed, with tasteful colour Displays a des...

Wolfgang Loesche studied painting at the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences in Germany. A large amusing and colorful acrylic on canvas depicting Donald Duck driving a red auto...

Johan Frederik Cornelis Scherrewitz (Amsterdam 1868-1951 Hilversum) Homebound in the polder Signed ‘Scherrewitz’ (lower right) Oil on canvas, 70x100 cm (incl. frame: 90x120 cm) Width frame: 7 cm Weight: 5 kg Condition: very good condition, only some minor surface dirt Johan Frederik Cornelis Scherrewitz (Amsterdam 1868-1951 Hilversum) Born in Amsterdam, Scherrewitz was initially destined to become a stockbroker, just like his father. Yet this talented artist could not resist his urge to paint and would steer himself into an artistic career. In his spare time, Scherrewitz received drawing lessons from renowned painter Geo Poggenbeek and at the age of 25-years-old he fully commits to his artistic dream. Scherrewitz was heavily influenced by the artists of the famous Hague School, the leading painting style of his youth. Painters such as Jozef Israëls, Anton Mauve...

In an era when the circus provided an affordable and exotic form of entertainment for the Everyman, this vivid painting, glowing with the colors of red clay, slate and dusty pink, ca...

Southern California landscape Plein Air style painting in original period carved and gilded wood frame. Signed, Esther Smee. Recently professionally cleaned. In excellent condition. Esther B...

Original Danish vintage circus poster for Circus Moreno, 1950's. Dimensions within the frame: 85 x 62,5 cm. This is a hand-painted study for a poster print, created using watercolor...

Gouache on paper of a snowy, late afternoon landscape, possibly of the Kettle Moraine valley in Wisconsin. The work has been remounted on archival mat under UV filtering glass and fr...

Niels Grønbech (1907-1991), Danish painter. Oil on board. Modernist landscape. Vordingborg. Dated 1974. The board measures: 34 x 29 cm. The frame measures: 3.5 cm. In excellent condition. Signed and dated. Price example: A painting by NG sold March 25, 2015 for $8551. Grønbech was a student of Aksel Jørgensen...

An oil on artist board featuring an American clipper ship by Antonio Jacobsen. Signed and dated 1916 in the lower right corner. Measuring 23.5" x 35.5" including the frame. 1850 -...

Cockatoo. Framed watercolour. 20th century. Watercolour showing a cockatoo (possibly sulphurous) perched on a stone bench and picking a cherry with ...

We are proud to offer an exquisite early 20th century French hand lettering trade sign. This is truly a unique piece of trade sign retail art in our opi...

Copy of portrait painting of a French woman in gown holding rose, in gold oval frame- (Companion to TR2005)

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...

A decorative 1960's geometric abstract painting - acrylic on canvas, which we have had mounted in an elegant giltwood tray frame. An attractive, whimsical picture, we particularly l...

Lovely pastoral oil paintings. They will want you to visit France.

A large scale and very dynamic painting on canvas comprised of oil and pencil depicting an interior. The interior with chairs surrounding a table set for coffee to the right, two lamps and a vase atop a Pleyel piano...

Intriguing painting of a sea view. Wonderful approach to water and sky. It is a gouache on paper, framed in a wooden gilded frame behind glass. Atm...

These three abstract paintings by Jacob Semiatin (1915-2003) are in wooden frames. Sold one by each.

European Oil Painting of an Artist. Mid-20th Century. Impressionist piece in dark hues and blues. Unsigned and untitled. Oil on canvas. Europe, circa mid-20th century.

Fantastic Japanese late Meiji period two-panel byobu screen by Hashimoto Koshu. The large screen features two white geese amid brightly colored reeds. The symbolism of geese and reeds was introduced to Japan from China in the 13th century. This was a popular subject for Japanese zen artists of the period. Beautifully crafted with exceptional brush strokes and details. Made with natural pigments in dramatic vivid colors of white, pink, and mint green on a silk background of gilt. Circa 1900 with artist seal on bottom right corner. Koshu studied Western art under...