Mid-20th Century Paintings
Period: Mid-20th Century
Color: Beige
Ernest Wagner Japanese Landscape Scene Gouache 1949
By Ernest Wagner
Located in Encino, CA
Ernest Wagner
Gouache on paper depicting a Japanese scene, dated 1949-1950 and wears the artist's stamp on the back.
H.20" x W.18"1/2 ( drawing ) - H.22"1/2 x W.18"1/2 ( sheet )....
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Haywagon, " Charming Art Deco-WPA Era Painting with Folk Art Influence
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable oil painting, clearly influenced by American Folk Art, Art Deco stylization and the idealization of rural workers promoted by the WPA, depicts a farm family and a han...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Diana Running with Deer, " Fabulous, Large Art Deco Mythological Mural, Square
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fabulous example of large, Art Deco decorative painting in 1930s Europe, this oil-on-board work depicts the goddess Diana running with two deer from the woods into a field. The col...
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Spanish Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Nice Abstract Painting by the Noted Artist Arnold Weber
By Arnold Weber
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice brownish hued abstract painting by the noted artist Arnold Weber (1931-2010). The abstract is in a strip frame which has marks scratches and some minor losses. It is signed an...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Lion Cub Watercolour by Ralph Thompson MBE
By Ralph Thompson
Located in London, GB
Pencil, ink, and watercolour
Signed 'Ralph Thompson' lower left
Ralph Thompson MBE (1913-2009) was an artist and book illustrator renowned for his illustrations of animals.
Category
English Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper
Aux Chaise by Gabriel Godard, Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sheffield, MA
Gabriel Godard.
French, born 1933.
Aux Chaise.
Oil on canvas:
29 by 36 in. with frame 33 by 40 in.
Signed lower left and dated 62.
Gabriel Godard was born on April 28, 1933 in Delo...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Jacob Semiatin Abstract Painting
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Jacob Semiatan abstract watercolor painting. We have many more original paintings from this artist so please view our other listings. This painting is unframed but we can have it fra...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings
Colette Gueden Signed Watercolor Painting, circa 1948-1949
Located in Encino, CA
Colette Gueden (1905-2000).
"Leaves and fruits."
Extremely rare signed watercolor on paper. Collette Gueden was a very famous and popular French artist and designer in the 1950s....
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Michael Loew India Ink Art Piece
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
Michael Loew, American 1907-1985, ML-10-68 India Ink, 1968, Signed Lower right
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper
Jacob Semiatin Abstract Painting
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Jacob Semiatin abstract watercolor painting. We have many more original paintings from this artist so please view our other listings. This painting is unframed but we can have it fra...
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings
"Nude with Basket, " Striking Art Deco Gouache Painting by Hentschel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by William Hentschel, one of Rookwood Pottery's most celebrated artisans in the Art Deco era, this very rare gouache depicts a half-nude female figure carrying a basket fille...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gouache
India Ink Nude Painting in White Wood Frame (Signed Loew, 1959)
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
Post-War American India ink on paper painting of a seated nude leaning on a table, executed in a minimalistic, contoured style in a white wooden frame (signed LOEW '59)
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper
Aaron Levy 'American, 20th Century' Abstract Oil
By Aaron Levy
Located in Bridgeport, CT
In silver gilt decorated wood frame.
Pencil signed and dated 1962 in lower right.
Image: 16" by 12.25"
Condition: Minor losses to silver on frame.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Jacob Semiatin Abstract Painting
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Jacob Semiatan abstract watercolor painting. We have many more original paintings from this artist so please view our other listings. This painting is unframed but we can have it fra...
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings
Jacob Semiatin Abstract Painting
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Jacob Semiatan abstract watercolor painting. We have many more original paintings from this artist so please view our other listings. This painting is unframed but we can have it fra...
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings
Jacob Semiatin Abstract Painting
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Jacob Semiatan abstract watercolor painting. We have many more original paintings from this artist so please view our other listings. This painting is unframed but we can have it fra...
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings
"Build Together, " Important 1950 Painting for Marshall Plan Poster Competition
By Norman Jaques
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This bold and vividly hued gouache by Norman Jaques, a British artist, was painted in 1950 for the "Intra-European Cooperation for a Better Standard of Living" poster contest. Three years after George C. Marshall first called for a massive investment program to rebuild post-war Europe and two years after the Marshall Program became operational, this contest was held to promote cooperation and trade among Western European nations. A total of 10,000 entries were submitted and judged by 12 graphic artists, representing each of the Marshall Plan...
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British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Francois Gall Oil on Canvas, "Le Pont Neuf a Paris"
Located in Houston, TX
Francois Gall 1912-1987
Gall was the recipient of the Medaille D'ore at the Paris salon of 1947. This fine painting in the path of the great impressionist, Pissarro, represents th...
Category
Hungarian Post-Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
French 1940's Gouache on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French 40's Gouache on paper. Custom framed with sandblasted oak frame with acid free paper and UV glass.
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Baltimore Harbor Activity" Painting by Bennard Perlman, 1953
By Bennard Perlman
Located in Nantucket, MA
Oil on Masonite, 19 ½” x 23 ½”.
Signed and Dated Bennard Perlman, 1953
Perlman received his BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MA from the University of Pittsburgh. For 3...
Category
American Expressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Masonite
Jacob Semiatin Abstract Painting
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Jacob Semiatan abstract watercolor painting. We have many more original paintings from this artist so please view our other listings. This painting is unframed but we can have it fra...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings
Jacob Semiatin Abstract Painting
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Jacob Semiatan abstract watercolor painting. We have many more original paintings from this artist so please view our other listings. This painting is unframed but we can have it fra...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings
Jacob Semiatin Abstract Painting
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Jacob Semiatan abstract watercolor painting. We have many more original paintings from this artist so please view our other listings. This painting is unframed but we can have it fra...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings
"Exotic Figure with Bird of Paradise, " Fabulous Art Deco Watercolor by Forbes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vivid and striking, this Classic Art Deco watercolor of an exotic female figure in harem pants and geometric-patterned blouse, balancing a bird of paradise on...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Eduard Buk Ulreich WPA Artist Proposed Mural, 1940s, Freedom of the Seas
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Eduard Buk Ulreich (1899-1966) mix-media on panel, 1940s
Design for a Mural. Titled: Freedom of the Seas.
Measures: 12.75" H x 35.25" W
In excellent condition.
The inscription ...
Category
American Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Carved Three Dimensional Burmese Buddha Story
Located in New York, NY
A very unusual and rarely seen three dimensional carved and painted Buddha story. This piece is part of a larger series of panels which together told one complete story. The piece co...
Category
Burmese Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood
"500 LB Lady, " Colorful and Charming WPA-Era Carnival Scene by Lincoln
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and vivid color, this atmospheric and charming scene of a small-town carnival, complete with a barker, boys with balloons, a blue tent in the foreground and a sign announcing the "500 LB Lady," was painted by E. Wilder Lincoln in the 1930s or 40s. Painters and sculptors were fascinated with circuses and carnivals...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Original Watercolor by Boris Lacroix, France, Art Déco, circa 1930
Located in Paris, FR
Original watercolor by Boris Lacroix (1902-1984) representing architecture elements, a boat and the seaside.
Wall paper design from the Art Deco p...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Two Female Nudes, " Mid-Century Masterpiece by Alexander Cañedo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Author of "How Cañedo Draws the Figure" and one of the acknowledged masters of the nude in the Art Deco and Mid-Century periods, Alexander Cañedo painted this remarkable scene of two female...
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American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Set of Five French Musicians Panels
Located in Stamford, CT
Stunning, stylized paintings of musicians on glazed plaster panels. Painted in shades of green, yellow, and orange. Each panel has a hole at the...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
"Headlock, " Art Deco Painting with Wrestling Theme by Littlefield, 1941
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fascinated with high-energy scenes of men engaged in sporting activities, most often boxing but in this case wrestling, William Littlefield painted this pair of wrestlers in 1941, using black gouache highlighted with white on green paper. Although fairly obscure now, during his heyday Littlefield's paintings and drawings were collected by Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Mrs. Paul Mellon and Victor Mature, among others, and he painted a large and important portrait of Lincoln Kirstein...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Masquerade, " High-Spirited, Colorful Art Deco Genre Scene
By Ellen Carpenter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of life and energy, this marvelous scene of a masquerade party, filled with guests in costume, exotic Japanese lanterns overhead, and swirling colors everywhere, this Art Deco s...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Dorothy Sklar Cubist Charcoal Painting
By Dorothy Sklar
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare cubist charcoal painting by Dorothy Sklar. Framed. Most likely dating to the 1930s or early 1940s.
Dimensions: 31" x 22.25" frame
22.25" x 14 ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings
Series of Nine Ben Fortuna Modernist Gouache Studies for Textile and Wallpaper
Located in Ferndale, MI
From the studio of Ben Fortuna, Detroit, Michigan.
Category
American Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ANN PURCELL Untitled, 1969 Mixed-Media on Panel Collage
Located in New York, NY
Mixed-media collage on panel painting by Ann Purcell (b. 1941). Untitled. Signed/Dated 1969. Black and coral against white.
Provenance: Acquired from U.S. collector. Original metal frame.
Artist bio by Paul Behnke:
Ann Purcell is a nationally recognized and highly respected artist working in Redhook, Brooklyn. Her paintings are represented in over 17 major museums in the United States - including The National Gallery of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Phillips Collection, The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., Santa Barbara Museum, The Baltimore Museum, Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the New Orleans Museum. She has the respect and support of many prominent art museum directors and contemporary curators.
She has had numerous solos and group exhibitions at prestigious galleries around the country including: Tibor de Nagy Gallery , New York City; Bernard Jacobson Gallery in New York and London; Dart Gallery, Chicago; Hokin Gallery in Chicago, Miami and Palm Beach; and Osuna Gallery in Washington, D.C., Bethesda, Md. and Miami; and Misrachi Gallery in Mexico City, and most recently, Berry Campbell in New York City.
Her works are in both prominent private and corporate collections including: ATT, Vesti Industries in Cambridge, the "Art in the Embassies Program" of the U.S. State Department; Pepsico Collection, New York; Philadelphia Life...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Metal
Acrylic and Ink Painting Depicting the Javavnese Art of Waylan Kulit
Located in Chicago, IL
Acrylic paint and ink on board depicting the Javanese art of Waylan Kulit or Shadow Puppetry. The characters are mythological figures from the Javanese culture. Amazing detail, set i...
Category
Unknown Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
Monumental Axel Salto Budding Vase Watercolor Paper Vintage Mid-Century Danish
By Axel Salto
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Original artwork by the master. It is in as-found poor condition. It will be shipped in a tube without glass or framing. Pencil signed with information on backing paper, crayon numb...
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Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper
Striking Pair of Mid Century Gouaches
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very Dramatic pair of Mid Century Gouaches with silver leaf detail. While the pieces are unmarked, they are reminiscent of Italian production of the early 1960's. Excellent Vintage...
Category
Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper
Abstract Venetian Cityscape Painting by Olivier Charles
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Venetian cityscape painting by Olivier Charles, Venice, 1959. (Signed "Olivier Charles 59, Venezia”).
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Assemblage Painting by Umberto Romano
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A mixed-media artwork with a geometric and gridded drawing on the white background with a bold design of abstracted collaged applications in a graphic and contrasting palette.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Michaele Vollbrach Watercolor Painting
Located in Water Mill, NY
Fashion watercolor by famed artist Michaele Vollbrach. Framed under glass.
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
"Two Women with Peony Blossom, " Superb Art Deco Painting, circa 1939
By Margaret Thomas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Quintessentially western and modern and yet hinting at classical Chinese painting also, this double portrait of two stylized women, one holding a pink peony blossom, is a lovely example of decorative Art Deco work. The figures are expressed in lovely shades of gouache, while the background and highlights are executed in silver paint. The painter may have been Margaret Thomas...
Category
British Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Bouquet de Jonquilles, " Midcentury Oil Painting by Miguel Guzman Paris c.1968
By Miguel Guzman
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century oil on canvas by painter Miguel Guzman entitled "Bouquet de Jonquilles," signed and dated 1968.
Framed with original giltwood hand-carved frame.
Brass plaque attached w...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Chat et Glaieuls" Oil on Canvas Painting, Italy, 1958
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Decorative painting representing a black and white cat on a red marble trompe l'oeil commode, stepping around a deep blue and gold vase containing a bouquet of gladioli, against a fl...
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Italian Mid-20th Century Paintings
"Bathers, " a watercolor pochoir by circle of William Hentschel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This large and important pochoir, probably by an artist in the circle of William Hentschel, one of the leading decorators for Rookwood Pottery in Cincinnati, depicts three nude femal...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Mid 60's Landscape
Located in Seattle, WA
interesting 1965 landscape - good colors , great found object
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
"Fresh New World, " 1944 Masterpiece Depicting Early Suburban Life in America
By Allan Dudley Jones
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A true masterpiece of genre painting, with its depiction of idyllic World War II-era suburban life filled with children playing and adults attending to their homes and chores, this piece was created by Allan Jones in 1944. It is a stunningly beautiful spring day, and the view is looking through an open window with a blackbird sitting on the sill, into the backyards of a half dozen tidy brick and wood houses. The homeowners are attending to their Victory Gardens...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Amy Kasi Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Amy Kasi, Japenese American oil over canvass over masonite board.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Steven Sles City Landscape Oil on Linen Painting, 1957
By Steven Sles
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Early oil on linen landscape painting depicting a city by Steven Sles circa 1957. This example has a thick textured background and foreground with architectural and natural forms in ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Linen
Colette Gueden Signed Watercolor Painting circa 1948-1949
Located in Encino, CA
Colette Gueden (1905-2000).
"Leaves and fruits."
Extremely rare signed watercolor on paper. Collette Gueden was a very famous and popular French artist and designer in the 1950s....
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Pacific Basin, " Important Art Deco Painting of Golden Gate Expo
By May French Worth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in tones of burnt sienna, cream and watery blue, this rare and early view of the Golden Gate Exposition was painted in 1937, just as Treasure Island was being cre...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Fabulous Contemporary Painting by Arnold Weber
By Arnold Weber
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Wonderful Contemporary painting by Arnold Weber ( 1931-2010 ). Marvelous Energy and Color. Signed and dated by the Artist ( Sept. 1968 ). Canvas measures 45.5"w x 31.5"h. Measu...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"In the Park, " Fine Watercolor by Woodstock artist, circa 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly stylized, reminiscent of the work of George Bellows and other masters of the 1920s and 1930s, this watercolor presents a placid view of a riverside park...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Art Deco Beach Scene Painting by Martin Lindenau
By Martin Lindenau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil painting depicting summer beach scene. Signed by Martin Lindenau on lower right hand side. Decorative frame with gold leaf.
Category
German Art Deco Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Art Deco Beach Lifestyle Painting by Martin Lindenau
By Martin Lindenau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Deco oil on canvas painting depicting a summer beach scene. Signed on lower left corner. Beautiful decorative frame with gold leaf.
Category
German Art Deco Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Labor Dulcis, " Important Painting by Muralist Milton Bancroft
By Milton Bancroft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The rich Impressionistic brushwork and bright palette of this painting makes it a vivid find. No doubt painted in preparation for a mural, the text in Latin – translated as “Work is Sweet and Conquers All” – would have been a noble sentiment for a public space at the time. The painter, Milton Bancroft...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Vibrant Water Color Of A Mountain Homestead Signed Brockway.
By Brockway Carpets
Located in Chicago, IL
Excellent color and technique in this vintage water color by Brockway. Beautiful purple and orange mountains and a dusk sky with three outbuildings...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Paintings
Jack Zajac Abstract Expressionist Painting, 1955
By Jack Zajac
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1929
American artist,
known for big bronze sculptures.
His art is in collections and museums throughout the USA and abroad.
This is a rare and early painting.
It was done when he st...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
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