Mid-20th Century Paintings

This stunning, vibrant colour painting is a statement piece. It was part of an estate sale. I could not see any artist signature . I could not also find a duplicate in google an...

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, ...

"The Visual Experience of Art" delves into the intricate interplay between our eyes and the brain, exploring how our visual faculties engage with the diverse elements of various art ...

Original oil painting by noted California Artist William Norris Dakin. Titled "Ranch at Waldo, Marin County, Calif. 1932" Waldo is a region in Marin County in Northern California. Ne...

Large and striking, this painting by Robert Childers presents a reclining ballet dancer, clothed above the waist in a dancer's sleeveless shirt, but nude below, holding a pink ribbon and accompanied by three wire-back chairs. Enigmatic and full of symbolism, the dancer is facing away from the viewer so his expression cannot be seen; the three chairs with heart-shaped backs suggest that the man may be in love. Childers himself had been a dancer for two years; he also studied painting at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and Fleisher Art Memorial, all in Philadelphia. Later he led a peripatetic life, designing for greeting card companies, and creating fabrics, toys and illustrations at one time or another in New York and elsewhere. The painting is oil on canvas, and retains its original wormy chestnut frame...

Mid Century Impasto Cityscape by Coletta. Nice heavy brushstokes made up this amazing cityscape. Deep colors of purple, black, white and yellow make up this busy composition. Perfect...

A beautiful and important painting by the great artist Enzo Benedetto, an absolute protagonist of the so-called ‘Second Futurism’. It depicts a seascape captured in its essence of natural energy with the waves of the sea crashing powerfully on the coast, probably a glimpse of his homeland, Calabria. This artwork, never before on the market, comes from an important private collection and is beautified by an impressive original frame in wood, in almost perfect condition. Enzo Benedetto (Reggio Calabria 1905 - Rome 1993) Benedetto, called Record by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, approached the Second Futurism in 1924 after meeting Mino Somenzi and was active as a Futurist until his death, becoming a tenacious continuer of the movement's principles, revisited in 1967 with the Futurism Today manifesto. Benedetto theorised and practised the union of colour with the word and coined the term chrome-paroise to define the synthesis of painting and writing. In 1926 he promoted the futurist hall for the 4th Calabrian Art Biennial in Reggio Calabria where Depero, Dottori, Tato, Fillia, Pozzo, Benedetto Marinetti and himself, amongst others, exhibited. In 1927 he participated in the National Futurist Exhibition in Palermo. He moved permanently to Rome in 1927 and joined the Manifesto in 1931. In a short time he took part in the ‘great Futurist exhibition’ in Imola, the ‘first exhibition of Calabrian art’ in Rome, the ‘33 Futurists’ exhibition at the Pesaro gallery in Milan, and above all the ‘great Futurist exhibition’ at the ‘international artistic circle’ in Via Margutta in Rome. Benedetto had begun flying in 1926, as a photo of the time documents. That same year, inspired by the exploits of the aviator of the same name, he had executed the painting De Pinedo. He adhered to the Manifesto already signed by Balla, Marinetti, Depero, Dottori, Tato, Prampolini and Fillia, which advocated the triumph of a spatiality enhanced by flight in its dynamic effects and freed from the fixity of the horizon. In World War II he was imprisoned in Africa by British troops until the end of the conflict. Benedetto continued his Futurist activities in the second half of the 20th century. From 1939 to 1946 he volunteered for the African campaign and was sent to Libya, after which he was imprisoned for six years in the concentration camps in Alexandria, Ismailia, and in India in Bangalore and Yol in Kashmir. During this imprisonment he was able to paint and some canvases from this period were brought back to Italy, rolled up as personal luggage, In January 1943, he painted Yol, a new psychological oil portrait of Francesco Tommaso Marinetti. In 1946, he returned to Italy and in April 1947 presented his first solo exhibition in Rome. The exhibition dedicated to the great Italian poet and founder of Futurism was opened by Benedetta Marinetti. He adhered to the Manifesto already signed by Balla, Marinetti, Depero, Dottori, Tato, Prampolini and Fillia, which advocated the triumph of a spatiality enhanced by flight in its dynamic effects and freed from the fixity of the horizon. In World War II he was imprisoned in Africa by British troops until the end of the conflict. Benedetto continued his Futurist activities in the second half of the 20th century. From 1939 to 1946 he volunteered for the African campaign and was sent to Libya, after which he was imprisoned for six years in the concentration camps in Alexandria, Ismailia, and in India in Bangalore and Yol in Kashmir. During this imprisonment he was able to paint and some canvases from this period were brought back to Italy, rolled up as personal luggage, In January 1943, he painted Yol, a new psychological oil portrait of Francesco Tommaso Marinetti. In 1946, he returned to Italy and in April 1947 presented his first solo exhibition in Rome. The exhibition dedicated to the great Italian poet and founder of Futurism was opened by Benedetta Marinetti. In 1948 he had a personal exhibition in Capri at the gallery, ‘l'oblò’, and in Reggio Calabria in the Hall of the ‘Francesco Cilea’ Municipal Theatre. In 1949 he took part in the Calabrian Biennial in Reggio Calabria. In 1950 quanta took part with ceramics in the Selective Exhibition of Artistic Craftsmanship in the Angelicum in Milan, and with paintings in the Historical Review of Futurism in the Palazzo di Re Enzo in Bologna. He then held an important solo exhibition in Milan, at the ‘Centro d'Arte San Babila’ and participated in the sixth Quadrennial in Rome. He had a solo exhibition in Fano and another exhibition in Rome in the Galleria del Palazzo delle Esposizioni and in the Galleria del Teatro ‘il Millimetro’. In 1951 he took part in the collective exhibition ‘Mostra Nazionale della Pittura e della Scultura futurista’ (National Exhibition of Futurist Painting and Sculpture) in Bologna, Palazzo del Podestà, with Acquaviva, Giacomo Balla, Primo Conti, Tullio Crali...

A funky 1960's mushroom/forrest scene by Lee Reynolds. Nicely done in dark greens/browns and framed in aluminium frame. Measures approx. 41"x41". Framed, stamped on the back "Vanguar...

A large Martin Sumers painting.

Beautiful large oil painting on wood of nude woman. Shades of blue, peach, and brown with great texture. Unsigned. Newly framed in a natural walnut wood frame.

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...

Flowers of the four seasons Isoi Joshin (1883-1964) Pair of six-panel Japanese screens Ink, pigment, lacquer and silver leaf on pa...

A stunning oil painting on a canvas by the French artist Louis Cane, dated 1983. The painting is 130 x 104 cm and is namned "Picknick in the green". It is in excellent condition and ...

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...

A 1930s futurist watercolor painting of a motorbike race by Italian futurist artist Aris Bacci. Mounted in original geometric cream mottled frame, with stun...

A vintage framed inlaid wood painting depicting four horses in a landscape in simple wooden frame. Experience the timeless beauty of this vintage framed inlaid wood painting. This ca...

A lovely vintage painting of a ballet dancer, made by the French artist Pierre Grisot. Oil painting on hardboard, framed in a classic frame. Dimensions frame: 47 x 42 cm Dimensions painting: 25 x 20 cm Free shipping Pierre Gristot. France, 1911-1995 Grisot was born in Paris, he was a French post-Impressionist artist who was a member of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Grisot painted in a light-hearted style that was all his own. Whether he was painting fashionable ladies of the day, nudes or flowers, his work was always full of colour and life and was very different from the styles of his contemporary painters. His paintings now serve as vintage reminders of the style of the mid 20th Century. One of the most enduring features of Grisot's work was his brilliant use of color and his evocative renditions of the female visage. Grisot was born in 1911 in Paris. Grisot worked as an engineer but gave up this career and moved to Paris, where he studied painting for a year at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs. After this he studied at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, where he obtained his diploma as a drawing teacher. Grisot taught drawing and painting for many years, but he also gave up this work to be able to paint freely. The first exhibition of Grisot's paintings took place in Paris in 1942. In 1951 he received a prize for engraving and in 1952 the French government awarded him a scholarship for a stay of several months in Tunisia. At that time the museum of Besançon acquired two of his works. Grisot took part in many exhibitions of paintings in Paris, especially in the Salons des Independants and with the group of "The Paris School", where he exhibited together with artists such as Vlaminck, Raoul Dufy and Villon. He produced an engaging oeuvre that depicts a colorful and light-hearted world of young dancing girls, nude models, coquettes and ladies of leisure...

Framed an original xl large painting of a castle and its ornate colourful garden, after original museum art work by the famous impressionist American artist collin cooper (1850–1937...

Large Floral Still Life Oil on Canvas. Soft pastels with blue and gray , pink and white. Flowers are hydrangeas and tulips. Housed in a silver gray gesso frame. Perfect romantic piec...

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

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...

Landscape Oil Painting with Trees Framed, 1950's-1960's Europe A charming landscape featuring a classic European scene of a house surrounded by lush green trees all set back with ca...

This early and ambitious watercolor painting by John B. Lear shows the growing scale and detail of his best work, here incorporating three nude and semi-nude male figures in a surrea...

Italian 1970s mixed-media art by Roffi (Roberto Fraschetti). Accompanied by Artist authentication and signature. In excellent vintage condition.   

Framed signed Daude Vintage Mid-Century Oil Painting Cityscape French Girl with Black Hair Brown Eyes Green Coat. Circa 1960’s oil painting on canvas depicting a young girl with jet ...

Mid-Century 20th Century Oil Painting of Flowers in Vase by Gerald Cooper (1898-1975). Lovely painting of poppies, hibiscus, Nicotiana an...

Striking Haitian acrylic painting on board depicting a busy street scene executed in a distinctive naive style with bold colors and plenty of action. Signed J N Robert and presented ...

Standout vintage Haitian acrylic painting on canvas of a still life with fruit, executed with a spirited naive flair by noted artist Gabriel Alix. Present...

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

Watercolor on paper framed under glass with original frame. Frame and matting show staining and wear. The watercolor itself in in great condition.Jean Feugereux (1923 - 1992) was a...

One of six fun vintage study for an Italian Classic Garden Fountain. Probably some scenographic preparation. Really pleasant scenery and nice vivid color on the blue and white scale,...

This exquisite vintage oil painting on canvas by Walcutt beautifully captures the serene essence of Old Florida. Featuring three elegant white egrets in a lush tropical setting, the ...

Pair tall framed and matted Chinese silk water color paintings depicting exotic birds and flowers and shrubbery. Both with calligraphy inscription and red seal. Expertly crafted with...

Guatemalan folk art oil on canvas painting of native Mayan women vending fruit from baskets. They are dressed in the hand woven native clothing of Santiago Atitlan, which is located on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Juan Sisay...

Edouard Léon Cortès (1882–1969) was a French painter of French and Spanish ancestry. He is known as "Le Poète Parisien de la Peinture" or "the Parisian Poet of Painting" because of h...

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...

Pat Rini Rohrer is well established, West New York State based artist and gallery owner, who exhibited nationally in galleries and group exhibitions. She holds BA and MS in Art Educa...

Vintage folk art watercolor painting on paper - double bevel edged matte board - birch wood frame with glass - Canada (likely) - circa 1970's. Good vintage condition - artwork not v...

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,...

Circa 20th century Hudson River School style painting by William H. Schwarz of a landscape scene in the medium oil on canvas. Gilt l...

Large 1945 John Sennhouser Abstract Oil Painting On Canvas, Framed and Signed Offered for sale is a large 1945 John Sennhouser ((Swiss-American 1907-1978) abstract oil painting on ...

Incredible painted, highly decorative large oil on canvas depiciting a beautiful scenery of a rainy night in Montmatre - Paris around 1900. This artfully, early mid century painting ...

A stunning midcentury abstract oil on board by the listed artist William Ernst Burwell (1911-1974). It is entitled 'Water Symphony' a...

Dick Sutphen oil painting, circa 1968. Beautiful flow of color and movement.

Modern Clemmen Clemmensen painting oil on canvas. 70 x 66 cm (27,5" x 26"), Denmark circa 1960. The painting is painted in a classic modern style with a slightly expressive character...

An expressive modern oil painting on canvas titled “Orchids in my Studio” by American Social Realism painter Philip Evergood. Signed mid left bottom by the artist with the roman nume...

Another whimsical portrait of Radoczy's wife, her favorite subject. Albert Radoczy was a master at exploring the female form. Throughout his care...

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...

Rune P. Swedish artist. Oil on canvas. Modernist landscape, mid-20th century. The canvas measures: 89 x 64 cm. The frame measures: 2.5 cm. Signed. In very good condition. 20th c...

Midcentury impressionist view of a market possibly in Old Jerusalem. Great color and subject matter. Signed but cannot decipher. Period 1960s Frame.

The Antique Painting, Vase Of Flowers paintings on canvas depicts a beautiful bouquet of flowers with Dahlias, Asters and Chrysanthemums above a table. The flowers are gathered in a...

Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Erwin Kettemann (1897–1971) was a landscape painter from Munich. He was a representative of late Impressionism as well as the 19th century “Karlsr...

Stunning oil painting on canvas of a European waterfront buildings. It look like a strip in the French Rivera. Framed with ornate wide gold frame. It had fresh air color and calm fe...

Ancient Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This genre scene painting is divided into eighteen squares bordered by a black frame and divided into three lines. The scene depicts the story of a couple with three children through the stories of their domestic life and their rural activity; each box has a caption written in the Amharic language. In the first line: they grind; they drink; …illegible… while they spin; they bring water. In the second line: comb, cut your hair; treats your teeth; grind; they bring the wood; they bring water. In the third section: they prepare beer; they prepare bread; they cook bread; they prepare lunch; while they eat; while they drink. This canvas is painted in shades of ocher and is mounteed on a ebonized frame. Dates back to the late 1930s. The canvas show minimal tears and signs of wear but we can customize a restoration. The human figures are characterized by unrealistic proportions of the head and body and depicted in static positions. This sense of fixity and the narration in successive chapters in domestic environments make the paintings easily intelligible and suggestive. A particularly fascinating aspect of Ethiopian art...

Perhaps the finest portrait we have ever offered, this depiction of a young jockey in 1941, his complexion warm and glowing and his blue eyes echoing the color of his shirt, was pain...

3745 Oil on canvas board of a litter of kittens frolicking on a sofa Set in a black woof frame Signed F. Carson

A framed original African midcentury oil on board painting, Democratic Republic of Congo, signed bottom right Atamb(?), (19)60, depicting abstract dancing figures, in a fiolated pati...

Large John B. Lear watercolor, "Aftermath". Painted in the early 1960's, probably one of his most provocative and important works! Jesus on the Cross is a common theme in LGBT Christ...

Amy Jones (Frisbie) (New York, 1899-1992) Still life with zinnias in original Newcomb-Macklin frame, c.1930. Signed lower left. Artists name and address on ...

One of the most beautiful and tender depictions of maternal love from the Art Deco period that we have ever seen, this richly-toned oil painting by Gino ...

Charles Melikoff is a Belgian Orientalist Impressionist & Modern painter. In an era when fine art and natural history museums commissioned artists to...

One of six fun vintage study for an Italian classic garden. Probably some scenographic preparation. Really pleasure scenery and nice vivid color on the blue and white scale, circa 1940.

Lee Porzio, Untitled, Oil on Gesso Board with String, ca 1960s. Painting measures 32: high x 48" wide; with frame painting measures 33-1/2 high x 49-3/4" wide. Painting is in good vintage condition with new gold wood frame. LEE PORZIO (1913-2004) Lee was born in Paterson, New Jersey in September 1913 to Italian immigrant parents. Growing up in nearby Hawthorne, New Jersey, Lee met first husband Angelo di Benedetto, by then a well-known artist in his own right. They married in 1942 while Angelo was serving in the Air Force. In 1946, when he was discharged, they remained in Colorado, where he had been stationed, settling in Central City near Denver. Apparently, Angelo’s years-long obsession with turning a warehouse into a giant art studio created tension in their relationship ending in their divorce. By 1953, Lee had met Allen Ditson and moved to Arizona; they married in 1954. Once in Arizona, they began building their reputations as artists able to work in various media. Allen was a sculptor in metal and wood and a furniture designer. Lee was known for her skill as a graphic artist and could execute her designs in clay, oils, fabrics and fibers. Her work was sold at fine galleries nationwide. Together, their commissions include works of dramatic size and scope in the architectural and commercial field throughout the United States as well as intimate pieces for homes and small offices. Their work adorned numerous banks, offices, restaurants, churches and university buildings all over Phoenix, Arizona. Lee passed away in Paradise Valley, Arizona in 2004. Allen died in 2007. Exhibitions: - Syracuse Ceramic National Exhibition, 1948 - Art Institute of Chicago, 25th Annual Exhibition by the Society for Contemporary American Art...

American artist from Ohio, Indiana. Robert Hayes (1915 - ?) was a member of the American Watercolor Society, also the D.C. Watercolor Society/ Association, and the best known for hi...

Inspired by "Kublai Khan," the famed Romantic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and one of a series painted by Milton Bond dating from the 1940s and 1950s, this depiction of a nude youth...

Abstract mixed media painting on panel titled "Pacific #2" by Margaret Ash, circa 1950s. Retains label from Esther Bear Gallery in Santa Barbara, California.

This striking vintage Balinese Kamasan painting, rendered on handwoven cotton, beautifully captures the timeless elegance of classical Wayang-style st...

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...

Large format Vintage Mid-Century Modern painting of a Snow Leopard. The painting maintains its original frame and is signed by the artist. The theme of this painting was very popul...

Beautiful flower still life by the Belgian painter Jan Verdoodt (1908-1980). He studied from 1926 at the Art Academy in Sint Jans Molenbeek. He developed his own artistic style, insp...

Beautifully and sensitively painted, this view of a young, nude male model, facing away from the viewer, places him in an artist's studio or atelier, with painters and their easels v...

Still life by Frederick Arthur Jessup entitled " Garden gourds ". Framed and signed work. Born in Victoria in 1920, Frederick Arthur JESSUP educated at East Sydney Tecnichal College ...

Painted on artist board. Abstract still life in a arts and crafts frame.