Mid-20th Century Paintings

Palette Knife oil painting of fishing boats. A finely detailed oil painting, signed lower left corner in a gilt and ebony frame. Circa 19...

This is a stunning oil on canvas by Gaston Sébire entitled, "Le Bouquet de Paquerettes", Pitcher With Flowers. Depicted is a pitcher with a handle holding what appears to be daisies and grasses.The pitcher and flowers stand out against the black and brown background. His thoughtful attention to detail can be seen in the fallen flowers...

Fabulous 1950’s oil on canvas painting depicting the Medway Queen paddle steamer. Celebrating its centenary this year. The Medway played...

D. NELSON - 'Untitled' - mid-century Expressionist landscape oil painting on canvas board - signed lower right - Canada - circa 1950's. Excellent vintage condition - professionall...

Lars Bertle (b. 1925), listed Swedish artist. Oil on canvas mounted on board. Abstract composition. Coloristic palette. Dating: 1960s. Signed. In perfect c...

This original painting was done by the well known Canadian-American Rolph Scarlett, dating to approximately 1950 and done in his Non-Objective Modern style. This abstract painting is...

Watercolor painting on paper of a tropical scene with houses, palm trees, and figures executed in a lush pallet. Signed by American artist Margaret Morrish in 1956 at Port Antonio Ja...

Large seascape with cove and ship. Either Gloucester Mass or coastal Maine. Well rendered and showing a rocky cove with trees ,ocean etc. Lester Stevens 1888-1969 is a well noted Am...

A painting from a Kwoma ceremonial house ceiling depicting an abstract polychrome pattern on a sago palm spathe. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art: "...

1960s Mid-Century Modern art watercolor abstract landscape Signed Johnson 62 15.75 x 22 watercolor Mat 24 x 20.13 Preowned original vintage condition. See images provided please.

This majestic traditional painting is executed in the Rajasthani miniature style, one of the most refined expressions of classical North Indian art. It depicts a royal nobleman dress...

Great whimsical mid century painting of a clown. Period attire with big expression. Signed Perl '62

Very rare, Vivid, Mid Century Modern, Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting on Canvas, hand Signed M. Q. Rothwell. (Michael Quincy Rothwell) This eye-catching, modernist Rothwe...

The midcentury still life painting is oil on masonite and is signed in the lower left corner. The focus of the composition is a yellow bowl of ba...

Original mixed media entitled "W.D. Snodgrass Come out of the Storm" by Deloss Mcgraw, circa late 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and comes unframed; it measures 2...

Immerse your space in the sun-kissed charm of this Vintage Boho Original Still Life Oil On Board, a beautifully rendered piece that captures the vibrant essence of nature's bounty. T...

Mid century portrait of a young girl on board in red, blue and yellow tones, custom frame, 1960-70's vibe.

An ornate large framed oil painting of a cafe in a city street with high raise building , inspired art work by Clark Hulings (1922-2011) Ville Franche , It is framed with ornate wi...

Framed watercolor on paper of a racing yacht under full sail by Sandor Bernathy. The work has been de-acidified and framed with archival mat under UV filtering glass. American, circ...

Stunning Norwegian / Scandinavian Art-- "Winter Mood" by A. SCHREINER. Oil on canvas, A Museum Quality antique art from Norway. Title: "Winter Mood / Vinterstemning" Medium: Oil on ...

A very interesting and unusual Pfoutz Original Farm Scene Oil Painting by artist J. Earle Pfoutz. The painting is produced on artist and comes complete with what appears to be an original artist decorated/painted frame. The Pfoutz Original Farm Scene Oil Painting is signed on the front by the artist and appears to be dated 1948 on the rear. Known for his unusual subjects Pfoutz outdid himself with this effort, capturing the essence of a Lancaster County farm but with the startling twist of portraying a large turkey vulture in the foreground. Definitely unique. Overall frame Size approximately 33″ wide x 3″ deep x 26″ high J. Earle Pfoutz had a long and distinguished career as a self trained artist. More can be learned about him from reading this article produced by Gary Hawbaker at askART Earle Pfoutz Born: 1891 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania Died: 1957 Known for: Landscape, figure, still life painting An image of J Earle Pfoutz Biography from the Archives of askART J. Earle Pfoutz (John Earle Pfoutz) – (Oct 23, 1891-Nov 9, 1957) “A seventh generation descendant of a Swiss family which arrived in America early in the 17th Century, J. Earle Pfoutz was born in Lancaster, PA, son of John Bachman and Susan Allison Pfoutz. He painted houses for a living and pictures for a life. A self-taught artist, described as a primitive, he was distinctive for his vivid imagination and bold color application. He painted hundreds of Lancaster County scenes. Pfoutz traveled through the hills near his home and along the Susquehanna River in search of scenes. He began painting with a brush when he was fourteen, but added a palette knife after suffering an eye injury. He completed eighth grade in the Lancaster Public Schools and there his formal education ended. However, the Department of Public Instruction of the State of Pennsylvania thought so highly of his work as an artist that officials certified him as an art instructor and he taught for a year in the York (PA) public schools. He also was an art instructor under the program for disabled veterans, sponsored by the Veterans Administration, when he gave private instruction to veterans in their homes. In 1947, J. Earle Pfoutz finally earned national recognition as an artist. His painting, Opalescent October, was chosen by the Museum of Art of Dayton Ohio, to travel all over the country for a year with its Group Exhibition. Described as a “very colorful, calm scene, iridescent in color, sweeping in design,” the painting started on its journey around the country early in 1948. In an interview with the Sunday News (Lancaster, PA – Nov 2, 1947), Pfoutz stated that he didn’t know whether he was a “primitive” or an “impressionist.” No master taught him, no school channeled his style. “Sometimes I didn’t eat, but I always managed to paint,” he recalled. Many of his hundreds of canvases -most of them not sold, but given away to friends – found their way to other parts of the country. “I never remember the day when I did not love color,” Pfoutz said. “I was about 12 years old when I saw my first palette – a string of different colored paint paddles that graced the stores of that day. As a boy I had two great desires. One was to be able to eat all the strawberry jam I could, and the other to possess a string of those beautiful paint paddles. Well, I’ve got my fill of jelly, but I’ve never yet got my fill of beautiful colors.” In 1950, Pfoutz’s one man show of paintings made front page headlines in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal: “Most of the twenty oil paintings on exhibition are landscapes, although there are several interesting figure studies. Colors again, as in all Pfoutziana are rich and full-bodied, but for the most part not as startlingly as in some of the earlier work. Most of the paintings were done during the past year, and also reveal the painter’s characteristic heavy impasto technique, in which the rich swirls of paint carry their own message. Among the figures, The Banjo Picker, and The Magician, are the most provocative. Both are character studies; the first being of a tramp musician whose drab clothing is set-off by a luminous aqua blue background. Modern in feeling and treatment is The Magician, a clown-faced wizard whose spinning ball in the air suggests the fourth dimension – space. The use of the primary colors in this picture serves to emphasize the theme effectively. A large colorful landscape, Opalescent October, depicting rolling hills against a late afternoon sky is new to Lancastrians, as it has just returned from Dayton, Ohio, where it hung in the Dayton Art Institute. Another landscape with soft dreamy colors is Fantasie D’Autumne, and one of the loveliest pictures in the show. Pennsylvania Dutch Country is another with eye appeal, and was one of the works which was hung in the Old Customs House in Philadelphia during Pennsylvania Week, and before that in a collection of Pfoutz work in the same place. In deep contrast to the sunny skies and brilliant foliage of many of the pictures, is the somewhat morbid Worry, in which the center of interest is a tremendous rat. This, the painter explains, was symbolic of 1948 in China, which was ‘The Year of The Rat’ in the Chinese calendar. Background material for the picture was furnished to Pfoutz by author Pearl Buck. Other pictures include Autumn Prelude, Miners Village, painted at Cornwall, PA; Humid Day, Saint Peters Kierch, at Middletown, PA; Lady Pfoutz, inspired by the painter’s wife; Sun Flowers, Sentimental Journey, Gyne, Luzon Woman, Old Bridge, The Cow Path. Lemures, based on Roman mythology, and Ethiopian, painted from an ebony wood carving from Kenya Province, S. Africa.” In 1953, Pfoutz was installed as President of the Lancaster County Art Association. A. Z. Kruse, New York City artist, writer and member of the faculty of the Brooklyn College and the Cartoonists and Illustrators School, Manhattan, was the guest speaker. In January of 1953, thirty-five Pfoutz oils were exhibited at the Old Custom House in Philadelphia, PA under the sponsorship of the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation. Several Lancaster County landscapes and covered bridges were included as well as Katy, a Pennsylvania Dutch scene. Symbolic paintings included End of the Second Day, the artist’s visualization of the second coming of Christ, and Twilight, typifying the grief of mothers of all lands for sons lost in battle. In June of 1953, a Pfoutz oil made history in Lancaster. From the Lancaster New Era: “For the first in local art history, a painting has been withdrawn from an exhibition because of objections from viewers and hostesses serving at the show. The painting, Jeune Fille, a standing nude done by Pfoutz, was one of the paintings in the annual spring exhibition of the Art Association and had become the center of the controversy. Pfoutz said he took the painting down… ‘graciously but reluctantly.’ ‘From an artistic standpoint, there is nothing offensive about the painting,’ Pfoutz said. ‘This community just wants its nudes with clothes on.’ “It is most brilliant in color, and because it is so brilliant I thought it would make a nice lively spot for the show. This is the first time I’ve had to take a picture off the walls. I substituted a seascape for it.’ Pfoutz said he felt the painting brought a lot of viewers to the show because it was so controversial. It had never been exhibited before. ‘If this had been shown in a metropolitan city,’ he commented, ‘people wouldn’t have given it a second glance. But the viewpoint here is more conservative, even though I don’t think moderns would have minded.’ He said he felt the painting was neither ‘objectionable nor pornographic,’ but had complied with the wishes of fellow members of the Art Association who telephoned him to relay the protests they had received. The art controversy was the first to arise here publicly since the showing of Amish Grandmother, an oil by William Gropper which was part of the Gimbel Pennsylvania exhibit at the Griest Building several years ago. — Numerous viewers of Amish Grandmother, [a painting showing an Amish woman holding a white goose], expressed themselves quite vocally, calling it an affront to the Plain Folk. But it stayed on exhibit throughout the length of the Gimbel show. Pfoutz expressed no rancor, implying that if Gropper could take it so could he.” After his death, there were several shows of Pfoutz’ work organized by his son J. Earle, Jr. J. Earle, Jr. also saw to it that President Eisenhower would receive an oil called The Cow’s Path. The president first saw the painting in 1950 when, as president of Columbia University, he visited Lancaster to address a student assembly at Franklin and Marshall College. After his address was over, the then Gen. Eisenhower stopped at the Fackenthal Library on the campus to view an exhibition of Pfoutz’s paintings. The Cow’s Path intrigued him. For some time, as his aides fumed to get him back on his time schedule, Eisenhower and Pfoutz talked, as artist to artist. Prior to his death, Pfoutz requested that The Cow’s Path be given to the President if he wanted it. The painting was presented to Ike at the White House in November of 1959. Mrs. Eisenhower owned a Pfoutz painting titled, In the Manor. Though house painting was his livelihood, he worked for Millersville State Teachers College (now a university) for a time during World War II, and called himself “the Chimney Sweep of MSTC.” During that period he knocked out a dizzying canvas in the surrealist style (he thought it was terrible) and got into the campus newspaper when one of the students spotted it. Earle Pfoutz was not the humble, downtrodden artist, not the Douanier Rousseau type at all. As he developed his skill and style through the years, he also fashioned a resilient confidence in himself as an artist. Whether he was building his own home (he built two) or painting one for somebody else, he never lost faith in his ultimate recognition—though he was never sure he would live to see it. Whether he was working as a rigger for a hoisting company, in the Stehli Silk Mill of Lancaster, carving Cloister-style chairs, decorating old chests, cementing bricks from the old Safe...

Original oil on canvas painting "The Back Porch" by listed artist Robert Tyler Lee. Robert Tyler Lee was an Emmy award nominated art director. Also a set decorator painter and scu...

Gorgeous in conception and execution, this vivid and beautiful watercolor rendering, original to the 1930s, depicts an airy and open living space in 1930s modern style. The dramatic black stone...

Using stencils and airbrush to create his images, Mario Yrisarry's (b. 1933) gridded canvases are hard to categorize. WIth his all-over patterns and subtle manipulation of colors his...

Alexander Rosenfeld, the celebrated artist, was commissioned by a Dallas socialite to paint her portrait in 1957. This portrait was recently pur...

Condition: Original Vintage Condition, Has Puncture Holes On Painting Designer: Manucher Manufacturer: Manucher Materials: Gilt-wood Frame, Oil On Canvas Style: Impressionist

This striking American impressionist oil on canvas harbor scene entitled “Sails Up” features colorful boats and figures by well-known Dutch / American artist Anthony Thieme. Signed in lower lefthand corner. “Anthony Thieme 1888 –1954 was a landscape and marine painter and a major figure of the Rockport, MA School of American regional art. Born in Rotterdam, Thieme studied there at the Academie of Fine Arts for two years and then, briefly, at the Royal Academy, the Hague. He traveled widely in Europe, frequently finding work as a stage designer. Thieme traveled to the United States at the age of 22. He quickly found work as a stage designer at the Century Theater in New York, designing sets for the Russian...

Jean Miotte was born in Paris in 1926. He is one of the first generation of “informal” artists. He is often associated with the Lyrical Abstraction movement, with which he shares a t...

(1912-1978).Oil on canvas; 24" x 32". Son of a cowboy, Powell was raised in Apegar, MT, on the south side of Lake McDonald. His father was a stable boss, guide and tracker for Glacier National Park. As a boy, he watched Charles Russell paint in the Bull's Head Lodge in Apegar. PERIOD: Mid 20th century ORIGIN: Montana SIZE: 24" x 32" Biography: Apgar in Glacier Park was the gathering place for multitudes of artists drawn by the scenery, possible employment with Great Northern Railroad and sales to wealthy visiting art patrons. Bull Head Lodge, Charles M Russell summer home near by, was focus of the developing school. One can only guess at how great artists like Russell, Joe de Yong and host of others interacted with the young teen age wrangler who was likely first trying his hands with the tools of the art trade. Here though the seed was planted that would grow and lead Powell upon his own path and would blossom into over ten thousands works of arts drawn from first hand experiences along with those learned from firelight tales. Powell, like many others upon the frontier, followed the "Rounder" path of marriages, army service, hard drinking and cowboying, but like the lonely rider in many of his paintings whose horse is finally tied to the hitching post of a Northern Plains ranch cabin he found his home near Glacier National Park in Hungry Horse Montana . His home here from the 1950's till the 60's was like Charles Russell's with artists coming and going including his wife Nancy McLaughlin and his own son David Powell who started his trail to a Cowboy Artist of America induction here. After a fire in 1964, Ace Powell...

Mid-20th Century Oil on Canvas Floral Still Life with Nautical Background Painting by Michel Henri (1928-2016). Painting depicts a lush purple and yellow ...

Vintage Artwork painting young mother with baby framed and signed Measures: Frame 23.25 tall x 19.5 width x 1.5 depth Art 17.5 tall x 13.25 ...

An authentic painting, both abstract and figurative work, Expressionist, Cubist, gouache on paper appearing to depict a happy stylized marine landscape, freely painted with a beautif...

A wonderful Mid-Century Modern original oil on canvas painting featuring a surrealistic somewhat strange and odd portrait of a dark eyed nude woman/female model sitting pensively in ...

Lovely Art Deco impressionistic, interior still life study of a vase of vivid dahlias, circa 1930. Elegant matching 2 toned limed washed frame. 1930s USA.

Modernist abstract painting circa 1960s by Worcester, Mass, born artist Phillip Callahan, (1918-1991). Callahan was a student at Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts and the es...

Evert Jan Ligtelijn, pseudonym Luciénte (13 November 1893, in Amsterdam - 26 December 1975, Laren) The painter Evert Jan Ligtelijn was a productive painter of very diverse subjects....

Early Florida painting "Spanish Garden" St. Augustine Florida. Painted by Eric Stry. Oil on canvas board. Original carved frame. Circa 1950. Signed lower left. Titled on the reverse...

Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Oil On Canvas, Gilt-Wood Frame Style: Realism

German Expressionist landscape painting on fine sheer silk (mounted to paper) - painted with colored inks - unsigned - 'Galerie Lehmann' label verso - Hamburg - mid 20th century. ...

In this listing you will find an oil painting depicting a woman in a seating position, painted by a Yugoslav artist Uros Toskovic. Best known for his drawings, Uros Toskovic is a wel...

Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York , “An Important Collection of Early American Miniatures and Silver. Property of Mrs Dorothy Draper Hamlen Removed from Her Home in Wayland, Mass...

Rayograph He´liogravure by Man Ray for Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d'Electricite´, 1931. Printed in Heliogravure and signed in the negative 500 copies. Man Ray (1890–...

Painting by unknown artist, circa 1940. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and age, preserving a beautiful patina. Unfra...

Striking oil on board with gold leaf collage. Quite interesting and unusual technique that brings to mind the illuminated manuscripts of the middle ages, but done in a modern fun sec...

1960s Abstract Art Oil on Canvas Still Life vegetable eggplant signed as S Justin- difficult to read. 22.75 h 26.75 x 1.75 Art 12 x 16 Original vintage unrestored condition. Refer to...

Great Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Oil on board artwork depicting a mountain landscape with river and impressionist-style houses. Painting of exceptional size adorned ...

Mid century 1950s framed German pastel painting of a hilly landscape by a river centered on a stone castle or chateau and farmhouse. Purchased in the 50s in Frankfurt. Measures: 3...

Lithograph by Gianni Dova, created in the 1960s. Measures: Ø cm 60 H cm 84 Gianni Dova (Rome, 8/01/1925 - Pisa, 14/10/1991) was an Italian painter. He was among the protagonists of the Spatialist Movement that grew up around the Galleria del Naviglio in Milan and he signed several posters including: - the fourth (Manifesto of Space Art...

Stupendous oil painting on plywood "la Grecque" of 1951 signed Georges Cassan,the author manages to convey in an extraordinary way the plasticity of the female figure ,it looks almos...

Belgium / 1950 / Painting / Piet van den Buys / oil paint on canvas / Expressionisme / Vintage / Mid-century Vibrant and large painting by Piet Van Den Buys which beautifully captur...

A large Impressionist style floral still life painting by American artist Rosetta Bohnert (1885-1980). Bouquet of bright yellow and orange zinnias and pink and white phlox in white pottery pitcher...

Richly painted oil on paper of a snowy river landscape. The view is through a wood with a pond or a stream in the midground and a snowy embankment in the foreground. As a post impres...

Painting on the theme of the countryside at the water's edge, depicting a boat moored on the shore and two children drying off after taking a bath and dryin...

A finely executed mid-20th century still life oil painting on canvas, signed and dated lower right by an unidentified hand and dated 1942. The composition centers around a richly d...

For sale is this very nice well done mid century oil painting.

Condition: Original Vintage Condition Designer: Wanoa S. Neumann Manufacturer: Wanoa S. Neumann Materials: Oil On Canvas, Wood Frame Style: Landscape

Hans Osswald, Swedish artist. Oil on canvas. Abstract composition. Titled "Då Hösten kommer sollereön" (When Autumn Comes to Sollerön). 1965. Perfect condition. Signed. Dimensions: W...

Crashing waves: a painting by Virginia Lynn, oil on canvas, 20th century. Expert brushwork from this American artist shows the tide crashing upon basalt ...

Midcentury Painting Impressionist Landscape Calif Art signed Impressionism oil on canvas with frame Signed Beata Inscription on back 20.25 h x 25.5 w x 1.75,...

TEAK & BIRCH HAND CARVED DANISH SHIP WALL ART! BEAUTIFUL! SIGNED NGGAARD Circa 1955 Mid Century Danish Modern Expressionism Dimensions: This mid century carved wood ship art is...