Mid-20th Century Paintings

Study of a woman in front view, composed of high-contrast and geometric fields. Titled in ukrainian “жiнки ” meaning “women” at the top left, unsigned. In the style of Kazimir Malevi...

This is a handsome mid century vintage oil on canvas impressionist painting of a day at the races. This painting comes in its original dark walnut frame with a burlap linen mat. This...

This is a lovely vintage French painting! The artist used warm and yet bright tones and did an excellent job depicting the sunlight. The focal pint of the painting is the city buildi...

Painting by Rune Hagberg, Sweden, 1960s Signed. Artwork dimensions: H: 44 cm W: 60 cm Frame dimensions: H: 63 cm W: 72.5 cm D: 6 cm Rune Fredrik Hagberg was a renowned Swedis...

An antique 20th Century oil on canvas piece by Frederick Thomas Daws portraying a Fox Terrier. This framed picture shows sketch work and painting of this champion dog. It is signed F...

A very beautiful and engaging signed original Mid-Century Modern Impressionistic oil on canvas painting of a serene ballerina caught in a moment of quiet contemplation. Exquisitely h...

Vintage mid century gouache on paper black, gray and white geometric abstract painting. Unsigned, I have a number of similar pieces listed which are student works. Unframed, it has b...

Vintage Painted Copper Metal Relief Art By A Gilles 26”x20 ” Japanese Sakura. Circa Mid to Late 20th Century. Measurements: 26" H x 20" W x 1" D.

Vintage mid century gouache on paper black, gray and white geometric abstract painting. Unsigned, I have a number of similar pieces listed which are student works. Unframed, it has b...

Oil on canvas signed ROBJ, France, 1930s. Couple near the Pound. with frame - 134.6x107x7 cm - 53"x42"x2.75" ; without frame - 116x89 cm - 45.7x35 inches. 50F format. Signed "Robj" l...

Vintage mid century gouache on paper gray and white abstract painting. Signed margie Espinoza on verso, I have a number of similar pieces listed which are student works. Unframed, it...

Vintage mid century gouache on paper black, gray and white geometric abstract painting. Signed Jesse Arias on verso, I have a number of similar pieces listed which are student works....

Vintage mid century gouache on paper black, tan, gray and white geometric abstract painting. Unsigned, I have a number of similar pieces listed which are student works. Unframed, it ...

A bright yet serene mid century modern oil painting on canvas titled “Crystal.” Signed bottom right and dated 1958. The painting depicts a red and orange abstracted landscape with sl...

A gorgeous Grand Tour style framed oil painting of an Italian Capriccio landscape with ruins Italy, Mid-20th Century Oil on canvas, gilt frame Measures: 9.5"W x 1"D x 9.5"H. Exce...

A 20th Century oil on canvas piece by Frederick Thomas Daws portraying "Musket", a beautiful Basset Hound.Daws, famed for his depictions of champion dogs created this piece in the 19...

Christine Swane, Denmark, 1876-1960, Oil on canvas. Stillife. Visible size: 61x44 cm. With gilt wood frame: 71x54x5 cm Signed with monogram CS and dat...

Splendid painting by Henri Pfeiffer, “Pas de deux”, 1931, Bauhaus, Germany Henri Pfeiffer is a German artist who pursued artistic studies at the University of Bonn and later at the B...

Unsigned oil on canvas California plein-air Impressionist landscape study of a California cypress tree on the fence line of a field. The palette is ...

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

Colorful Mid-Century Architectural or Industrial manufacturing scene watercolor of a plant , illustrating the building , smokestack, hoppers , railroad tracks and man pushing wheelba...

A very decorative, vintage, landscape painting sourced in France. This oil painting on stretched canvas is signed by artist, G. Paël, in the lower right corner (see photo). The artwo...

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...

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

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...

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

Oil on canvas board abstract orange and blue spheres by Bruce W. Clements (1936-2008) Mass. Unsigned from the artists estate. Unframed.

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

An original pensive oil painting on canvas titled “Seated Girl” by American artist Raphael Soyer. Hand signed bottom right. Circa 1950s. The painting depicts a young woman in red dressed in mid-20th century attire that was fashionable in the era. The walls behind her are bare, creating a stark and minimal composition. The main figure seated seems isolated among dramatic shadows and lighting, like the artworks by Edward Hopper. A unique opportunity to own an original painting from a New York Modernist painter. From a private collection. Dimensions: 34”h x 39.75”w x 1.5”d (framed). In very good vintage condition. Raphael Soyer (1899-1987) was a painter, draughtsman, and printmaker who believed that art is to survive, it must describe and express people, their lives and times. It must communicate. From an early age Soyer and his brothers Moses and Isaac were encouraged to draw by their father, a teacher of Hebrew literature and history. Forced to leave Russia in 1912, they immigrated to the United States and settled in Brooklyn. In the mid 1920s, having studied at Cooper Union, the National Academy of Design, and the Art Students League, Soyer painted scenes of life on New York's east side. His portrayals of derelicts, working people, and the unemployed around Union Square during the Depression reveal more of a poignant vision of the human condition than the art of social protest popular with many of his contemporaries. Throughout his life Soyer painted people his friends, himself, studio models with an unerring eye...

Vintage mid century oil on canvas painting of still life with flowers on table by a sunny window. Interesting perspective w...

Geometric abstract by California artist Gerald Rowles (1929 - 2019), titled "Before the Time of Now". Acrylic on masonite. Without frame, art is 20" x 29"

An original introspective oil painting on canvas titled “Lovers” by American artist Raphael Soyer. Hand signed bottom right. Circa 1950s. Original gallery tag from Garelick’s Gallery...

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

A very interesting and unusual Lancaster Bridge Original Oil Painting by artist J. Earle Pfoutz. The painting is produced on artist board and comes complete with what appears to be an original artist decorated/painted frame. The painting is signed on the front by the artist. Overall frame Size approximately 42″ wide x 2″ deep x 30″ 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...

Fabulous period of abstract expressionism 1962 created by Zubel Kachadoorian, "Andromeda" signed and dated in verso. Madison Ave Gallery label affixed. Gallery 831 Madison Nordness p...

Antique Art on Board. Wonderful depiction of a Catholic Roman on the ocean guided by a star being taken care of by 2 angels on each side. Measures approx - 39h x 23w x 1 deep

Mid 20th century French oil on canvas painting of Montmartre, indistinctly signed, titled and dated 1947. Presented in a painted frame of the same period.

A pair of inscribed watercolors by the noted Swiss artist Werner Holenstein. They are a matched pair and one is signed with his customary monogram Ho and dated 1966. Framed in simple...

A colorful and striking piece of original art dating from around the 1940/50s. This oil painting on stretched canvas has been sourced in France. Unfortunately, the artist, evidently very skilled, has not signed nor dated his/her piece. Clearly inspired by impressionism, the artist has created a enchanting and colorful forest...

Snowy Landscape – Alex Weise Work dimensions: 70 x 85 cm Measurements with frame: 74 x 89cm Technique: oil on canvas Period: 1930s One of this artist's favorite subjects: snow in t...

Excelente obra de temática costumbrista donde podemos observar una conversación entre bellas telas, instrumentos y armas firmado por el pintor Sánchez. Dimensiones marco: 59 x 49 cm ...

Vintage oil painting "Remnants of Guernica" by Donna circa 1970s A fantastic vintage oi painting of a partial section of Picasso's "Guernica". Done i...

An energetic and bright watercolor on paper showcasing an example of modern American Impressionism by Harry Glassgold. Signed bottom right and dated 19...

"Marilyn in Nature" is a mixed-media acrylic on canvas by international artist Dominic Pangborn, is a captivating portrait that places an iconic figure amidst the lush vitality of a blooming garden, merging the allure of celebrity with the timeless beauty of the natural world. This painting offers a unique interpretation of Marilyn, one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century, depicted in a serene and natural setting that contrasts with the usual glitz and glamour associated with her image. From the personal collection of Dominic Pangborn. The painting was a marquee painting in the artist's studio, and it was never offered to the market until now. Signed in the bottom corner. Dimensions: 34""h x 26”w (unframed). In very good condition. World renowned artist Dominic Pangborn has been a celebrated Detroit artist for decades. In 1978 Pangborn moved to Detroit, and in 1979 he opened Pangborn Design, Ltd. Over the years, his clients included Kmart, Sears, General Motors, Chrysler, and Procter...

Large Modernist Impressionist Oil Painting Seascape Village, 1950's Italy A very restful large Mid-20th Century Mediterranean seascape composition, painted in oil. Seemingly simple...

A moody still-life very much in a mid-century spirit. This vintage oil painting on stretched canvas has been sourced in the wine region of Alsace, France. It is very likely that it has been painted in this region as well since the wine bottles and the tall glass depicted have the typical shapes of Alsace wine bottles wine glasses. The painting is signed by the artist in the lower right corner and dated December (XII) 1960. In addition, as can be seen in the lower left corner, the painting has been dedicated to René Fullgraff (In Memoriam). The artist has efficiently experimented with contrasts of dark shadows and lighter, sharp reflections in this artwork. There is also a visible study of vertical and horizontal lines still visible. And last but not least, a lovely work with layers and textures (see photos). The result is a somewhat dramatic and masculine, mid-century still-life. Perfect for a dining room, kitchen or library. Maybe over a MCM bar cart...

Portrait of a young woman, drawing / pastel framed under glass. By M.Ducoin, signed and dated. France, 1934. Art Deco. Gilded wooden frame from the same period as the work. Framer'...

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

HECTOR BORLA (Argentine School, 1937 -) THE GRANDFATHER AND THE GRANDMOTHER, oil and collage signed on the back H.Borla 64. Also titled and inscribed "from the series El Amor de l...

Hans Walter Sundberg (1922-2004), Swedish artist. Oil on panel. Mixed media. Abstract composition. Approximately from the 1960s. In perfect condition. Signed in the lower right cor...

Step into the vibrant world of the 1960s with the Mid Century Modern Abstract Bridge Painting by Gillingham. This original oil on canvas piece, signed by Gillingham on the middle rig...

Oil on canvas representing three young naked women who have just bathed, each of them holding a towel in their hand. One is represented from the front, the one in the middle from the...

Painting on wood by Wilder Bentley dated 1959 titled Inyo VII, Chrysopylae. Painting measure 60.75" wide, 15.5" high and 1" deep.

Jens Søndergaard (1895-1957), listed Danish painter. Modernist landscape. Oil on canvas. In perfect condition. Signed: Jens Søndergaard; verso with v...

Henry Maurice D'Anty (1910-1998). Swedish/French artist. Oil on canvas. Depiction of a clown and horse-drawn carriage. Bold brushstrokes. Coloristic palette. Fauvist style. 1959-1960...

2568 Antique impressionist oil painting of a horse drawn carriage on a snow covered road Framed in a period frame Canvas applied to board Image size 17.5x23.5"

Charming framed oil on canvas of a french marina by Swedish artist Gertrude de Val dated 1936. Painted mainly in tones of blue and green the view is out to the marina with the sea be...

Embark on a visual journey with this pair of mid-20th century American paint-by-number paintings, each capturing the serene beauty of a winter landscape. Each scene features a red ba...