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Mid-Century Modern Paintings

MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.

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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Large Vintage Mid Century Hard Edge Abstract Painting
Located in Oxnard, CA
Here is a stunning vintage hard edge painting by Theodora Ilowitz titled "No Exit". Great presence and colors! 37.75" W x 43.5" H *Custom shipping quotes available by request.
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Mid Century Bermudian Watercolor by Alfred Birdsey
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Alfred Birdsey was a renowned English born Bermudian painter. Here is a watercolor representative of his confident loose style and familiar bayscape subjects. Signed in the lower rig...
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Mid-20th Century Bermudian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

A Large Painting by Istvan Lendvay Ca' 1960's
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A large and funky modern painting by Istvan Lendvay, a Canadian artist from Hungary (1929-2016). Istvan was born in 1929 in a small village in the count...
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1960s Canadian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

Early XXth Century Framed Antique Publicity for 'Cafes Tupinamba', circa 1930.
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Framed handapinted antique publicity from 'Cafes Tupinamba' Monkey with antique wood frame. Manufactured in Spain, circa 1930. In original condition with minor wear consistent ...
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1930s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Nudes male female painting on canvas, Italy, 1990s
Located in Nicolosi, IT
Nudes male female painting on canvas, Italy, 1990s This oil painting on canvas features a large painting that captures a poignant scene depicting three nude figures. The central focu...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Germany, Art
Located in New York, NY
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...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Hans Burkhardt Signed Swiss California Original Midcentury Abstract Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, highly engaging large original abstract female nude pastel painting/drawing by Swiss/ American/ Californian painter-artist Hans Burkhardt. This work, titled "Seated Female" is hand-signed and dated (1958) by the artist. An original, one-of-a-kind, and unusually large work by Burkhardt. Would be the crown jewel to any collection of his work or a stunning stand-alone art accent piece in about any setting. His earlier abstract female forms are becoming rare and harder to find. Hans Burkhardt was born in 1904 in Basel, Switzerland. At the age of 20, he immigrated to New York to work with his father. From 1925 to 1928 he attended the Cooper Union School of the Arts, where he befriended mentor Arshile Gorky and Willem de Kooning—sharing Gorky's studio from 1928 to 1937. In 1937 he moved to Los Angeles, California. Burkhardt held his first solo exhibition in 1939 at Stendahl Gallery in Los Angeles. In 1945 he had a highly acclaimed solo exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum. Burkhardt spent most of the 1950s working in Mexico. Art critics of the time considered him a "great Mexican master” alongside Orozco, Rivera, and Siqueiros, and Rufino Tamayo admired his work. He returned to Los Angeles in the 1960s to create some of the most powerful examples of Abstract Expressionism of the time. During this time he also became well known for his richly drawn pastel abstractions of the human figure of which this original work certainly qualifies. He died in Los Angeles in 1994. Burkhardt's solo shows include: 1939: Stendahl Gallery, Los Angeles, March 27 – April 17 1945: Hans Burkhardt, Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1951: Museo de Bellas Artes, Guadalajara, Mexico: Exhibicion de Pinturas Modernas; Comara Gallery, Los Angeles 1953: Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 1957: Pasadena Art Museum, California: Ten Year Retrospective, June 14 – July 14; 1961-62: Thirty Year Retrospective (traveled to Santa Barbara Museum of Art, April 11 – May 7, 1961, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, January 9 – February 4, 1962, Legion of Honor (museum), San Francisco, June 10 – July 9, 1962) 1968: San Diego Museum of Art: Vietnam Paintings...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint, Paper

"Ghostly Figure, " Important Landscape with Translucent Figure by Michigan Artist
By Armand Merizon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An early and important painting by renowned Grand Rapids artist Armand Merizon, this work depicts a ghostly figure -- reputedly the son of a dear family friend -- in the midst of the...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

Meresad Berber Graphic Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A painter born in Bosnia, Berber was one of the best-known graphic artists in the world. He went on to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. From 1992 until his death in Oc...
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1980s Balkan Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paper

Midcentury Painting on Paper, Eventide, Unknown Artist, 1960-1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A midcentury painting on wove paper in cobalt blue and white of a woman, signed in pencil, and inscribed, “For Mike. The artist is the white man’s Indian." CREATOR Unkno...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint, Paper

Mid Century Abstract Modern Painting by F. Brown
Located in Ross, CA
Mid century abstract oil painting signed by F. Brown. Simple but beautiful in shades of gray, cream, purple and browns. Unframed panting measures 8 x 10
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

Mario Tozzi Mid-Century Italian Signed and Archived Still Life
By Mario Tozzi
Located in Roma, IT
‘Natura morta con figurina smarrita” (Still Life with a Lost Figurine), an unpublished work on the market, signed Mario Tozzi top right. It represents one of the works from the peri...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Large Square Abstract Mid Century Painting by Carol Bertrand
Located in Redding, CT
Large Square Abstract Mid Century Painting by Carol Bertrand. Entitled " Hit the Hot Note" Mid Century to Post Modern Style. Colorful Large Impasto composition of pink, red, yellow, blue and orange housed in a simple wooden frame. Signature of artist in the lower right corner. Carol Kuhlman Bertrand grew up in Missouri and studied Occupational Therapy at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee WI...
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1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Wood, Paint

Norman Laliberte's “Hommage to Picasso” Original Signed Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Redding, CT
Norman LaLiberte's “Hommage to Picasso” original signed oil on canvas painting. His cubist style in this piece is a bow to world renown Pablo Picasso....
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas

1960s Mexican Modernism Vibrant Oil Painting Abstract Original Art
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Mexico Modernism Vintage Abstract Oil Painting signed initials K A in the lower righthand corner. Oil on plywood 25.25 w x 32.5 x 1 d frame is .5 thick facing front Original vi...
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1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint, Wood

Painting by Peter Keil, Mid-Century Modern Art "Abstract Face", C 1959, Framed
Located in New York, NY
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 an artistically talented woman, took her son and struggled her way to West Berlin where they settled. This is where Peter Robert Keil grew up in the working-class neighborhood of Berlin-Wedding and where he discovered his interest in painting – particularly in expressionistic artists and in Pablo Picasso's work. From 1954 on, the East Berlin-based painter Otto Nagel became his mentor and taught him first craft skills and painting techniques. In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metal worker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin. When the Berlin Wall was built, he lost contact with his mentor Otto Nagel and from the early 60s on, Keil started to spend more and more time abroad. During his studies at the University of Arts in Berlin, he came in contact with numerous other artists who later became influential artists of their generation, like for example Georg Baselitz, Eugen Schönebeck, Markus Lüpertz and Joachim Schmettau. During his time in Mallorca, he also met with Joan Miró in his studio several times. From the early 60s on, Keil established studios in Paris, London, Berlin and in the US. Today he mainly lives and works in Zimmerau (Bavaria, Germany), Berlin and Los Angeles. This painting is painted on newspaper. It was painted in Palma Mallorca...
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1967, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Art, Germany
Located in New York, NY
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 an artistically talented woman, took her son and struggled her way to West Berlin where they settled. This is where Peter Robert Keil grew up in the working-class neighborhood of Berlin-Wedding and where he discovered his interest in painting – particularly in expressionistic artists and in Pablo Picasso's work. From 1954 on, the East Berlin-based painter Otto Nagel...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Jose Maria De Servin Colorful Modern Abstract Original Painting Mexico 1950s
Located in Troy, MI
Colorful gouache painting by Mexican artist Jose Maria de Servin circa 1950s A modernist folk art piece in bold and vibrant colors with m...
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

Large Yellow and Red Abstract by Carol Bertrand
Located in Redding, CT
Large Yellow and Red Abstract Painting by Carol Bertrand . Carol Kuhlman Bertrand grew up in Missouri and studied Occupational Therapy at Mount Mary Co...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Large Delft Blue Tile Panel "the smiling boy" Frans Hals
Located in Den Haag, NL
Love this painting. The original "The smiling boy" by Frans Hals, 17th century. This Delfs blue tile panel image is hand painted by Nico Koelewijn in the 19...
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1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Ceramic

Oil Painting by Victor Tempest
Located in London, London
Oil painting By Victor Tempest On canvas Framed Mid/late 20th century.
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Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas

Original Gold leaf 23K engraving Pines Collection by A. Carullo, Italy, 1980s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Vintage gold leaf engraving "Pino Collection", by A. Carullo made in Italy in the 1980s, gold 23K. Vintage engraving has certification of authenticity and a signature. This artisti...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Charles Hersey Vintage Mid-Century Modern Op-Art Painting, circa 1968
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charles Hersey vintage Mid-Century Modern op-art painting, circa 1968 Black, silver and red Vintage 1960s acrylic op-art painting on canvas by San...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas

Philip & Kelvin LaVerne Unique Pair of Paintings "Redemption" 1960s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Pair of unique Impressionist paintings "Redemption" in patinated and engraved bronze and pewter with enamel cloisonne by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, American 1960s (signed twice on on...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Bronze, Enamel, Pewter

Still Life with Italian Bowl, Life Mask, Peach and iPod, Original Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
This still life painting on panel captures a variety of objects. Among the objects depicted are a beautiful venetian glass bowl, a cup of Italian gelato, a ripe peach, a white life mask and an obsolete iPod all placed upon a table. These masterfully painted objects create a tableau of our times. This artwork is framed in a simple antiqued silver wooden frame measuring 8.75 H x 14.75 W inches. Andrew S. Conklin Still life with Italian bowl, life mask, peach and iPod Oil on panel Measures: 7.50 H x 13.50 W in 19.05 H x 34.29 W cm ACK036 Andrew S. Conklin Andrew S. Conklin is a figurative painter. He holds an MFA from the Academy of Art University, and studied painting at the National Academy of Design in New York City with Harvey Dinnerstein...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

Painting Oil on Canvas Representing a Britanny Port Signed Jean Kok, 1966
Located in Labrit, Landes
1966 Oil painting in the impressionist style. Oil on canvas representing ships in a port of Britanny. In the middle distance you can see the village and its church. Beautiful work of...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas

Modernist Nude Portrait of a Lady, Signed Porter, Dated 1983
Located in Peabody, MA
A large scale modernist nude on canvas signed Porter, dated 1983.
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1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

Oil Painting by Victor Tempest
Located in London, London
Oil painting By Victor Tempest On canvas Gold frame Mid/late 20th century.
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Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas

Large Painting Woman in the Sea, Blue Oil on Canvas
Located in Miami, FL
This evocative oil painting depicts a woman standing defiantly amidst a turbulent sea. Clad in flowing white garments, she reaches her hands skyward, her face turned upwards in a ge...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Study in Fresco - Fresco Painting of Male Torso by Melissa Barbieri
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Beautiful large fresco painting by Melissa Barbieri. A commissioned work by the artist - sexy, sensual, and cerebral, with literary references taken from ...
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Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Plaster

Large 1970s Italian Abstract Painting
Located in London, London
Painting Abstract On canvas Signed Gabriele Dali Dated 1970 Italy
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Painting in Colors in the Style of Fernand Leger Painted on Canvas, circa 1970
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Painting in the style of Fernand Leger, circa 1970. Painted on canvas. In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and age, preserving a beautiful patina. ...
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1970s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas

Textured Blue Painting Signed
Located in New York, NY
Heavily textured painting with white paint in the middle radiating to a dark blue. Signed Walker in the bottom left. Framed in aluminium frame....
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Merri Vetrano Oil on Canvas Cityscape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Merri Vetrano Oil on Canvas Cityscape.Done is shades of white, grays and blacks. Nice small scale Cityscape, frame measures 17.5 square. Overall in nice original condition with per...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

Modernist Norman Gorbaty Oil Painting, circa 1950s
Located in Peabody, MA
Abstract oil (16" x 20") by Norman Gorbaty (b. 1932), circa late 1950s. Gorbaty was a young artist in his 1920s when his work was included in a 1954 show of American printmakers at t...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

Ron Fritts (Am., NY, 20th C.) Signed Surreal Oil On Canvas, "Lady With Folded Ha
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A striking Modern Painting fusing Classical Style Elements with Pop sensibility. Signed lower right, title on the stretcher. A formal portrait of a seated lady in black and white rob...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Mid-Century Modern Abstract on Board
Located in Redding, CT
Mid-Century Modern abstract on board by Margaret Malval. Colorful composition in a nice gray and white frame. Cubist and modernist in style. Marga...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Wood, Masonite, Paint

Vintage 1950s French Oil Painting by Henri Miloch Castle
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Oil painting by Henri Miloch, a French artist known for his depictions of Breton maritime life. Miloch was born in Trieste, Italy, in 1898, but he spent most of his life working in B...
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1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

John Mackay Original Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
A fantastic and striking original oil on board painting by the renowned artist John Mackay. This is signed and dated from 2013. It is a great size and b...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

Charles Levier (French, 1920 - 2003) Figurative Large Oil On Canvas Montparnasse
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Charles Levier born of a French Father and American mother. He was was active/lived in New York, California / United Kingdom, France and is known for landscape, still life and figura...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Painting by Peter Keil, Acrylic On Board, Red/Blue/Green/Yellow, C 1970, Germany
Located in New York, NY
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...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Original Untitled Hard Edge Abstract Painting by Billy Criswell, circa 2004
Located in Glendale, CA
Original untitled hard edge abstract painting by Billy Criswell, circa 2004. Executed in paint and pencil on a wood framed canvas with artists signature on back. Purchased directly f...
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Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Wood, Canvas

Large Abstract Acrylic Painting c 1950/1960's by Jules Granowitter
Located in New York, NY
Well done period abstract expressionist acrylic painting by Jules Granowitter, circa 1950/1960's. Jules Granowitter was a Brooklyn born artist, a graduate of Cooper Union, he worked ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

Charles Levier (French, 1920 - 2003) - Signed Watercolor & Ink Coastal Scene
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Watercolor and ink coastal scene depicting colorful boats moored on the sandy beach in the foreground along with a female figure to the lower left. Sun washed white stucco structures...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Metal

Vintage Haitian Oil Painting on Board by Fritz Lamothe
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Enchanting mid century Haitian oil painting on board depicting boats and people in a bayscape executed in an unusual modern minimalist style. Signed F. Lamothe, presented in mahogany...
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Mid-20th Century Haitian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

A large painting by Moacir Andrade, Brazil, 1960s "A Lenda Do Pacu"
By Moacir Andrade
Located in London, GB
A large stunning painting from the legendary Amazonian artist Moacir Andrade "A Lenda Do Pacu" (The legend of the Pacu) Acrylic on canvas depicting a central Pacu which is a lar...
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1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Wood

Signed M. Coloman Framed Oil Painting on Canvas Titled Venice Italy 1940
By Coloman
Located in Miami, FL
VENICE oil painting, featuring the Doges Palacio, Italian School, circa 1940s in its original 1940s frame. Signed M. Coloman, 20th century.  
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Wood, Paint, Canvas

Mid-Century Modernist Oil on Canvas Painting 1960s
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Stunning colors on this midcentury oil painting in an original midcentury frame. Be sure to check our storefront for many more decorating ideas, from primitives, Machine age, Mid-Cen...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

Harris Strong Painting Titled Grove Signed Brent
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Harris Strong Studio was a prominent American design studio renowned for its innovative and artistic approach to ceramic and tile work during the mid-20th century. Founded by artist ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Mid Century Oil on Board by Arthur Maria Rener
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
Arthur Maria Rener (1912-1991) Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Arthur Maria Rener, a distinguished artist whose work transcends the ordinary, inviting viewers into a rea...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Giltwood

P. Stein 1977 Eggplant Purple and Lavender Square Abstract Color Field Painting
By Franz Kline, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This richly textured abstract Color Field painting presents a brooding field of deep eggplant purple with lavender and periwinkle tones breaking through the darkness. The layered, cr...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

American Mid Century Large Abstract Original Painting By Barbara Yeterian
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful abstract large painting by Armenian American artist Barbara Yeterian , {1939-2019] , Title Hospital room unframed well excecuted piece nice colors .
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas

Untitled Abstract Artwork by Javier Agudo, 2019
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
This captivating abstract artwork, created by Javier Agudo in 2019, showcases the artist's unique style and his inspiration from great masters like Mark R...
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2010s German Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paper, Glass, Wood

Running Horses Abstract Impressionist Oil Painting
By Sheila Hendricks
Located in Rochester, NY
"Horses Running", a bold abstract impressionist oil painting with heavy impasto. By Sheila Hedricks. Signed. Oil on board. In a per...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Gesso, Wood, Paint

Modernist Abstract Acrylic Painting Entiltled "Emergence" by Tania
Located in San Diego, CA
Modernist abstract acrylic painting entiltled "Emergence" by Tania, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 24" x 24". Colors and texture are amazing...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

Peter Sedgley (b.1930) Dark Study, 1976
By Peter Sedgley
Located in Oxford, GB
Peter Sedgley is a British *Op and *Kinetic artist, born in London. After no formal training he He began to paint in 1963, influenced by Bridget Riley, with whom in 1968 he set up S....
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

Spanish (Puerto Rican) Figurative Painting on Board by Artist Angel Botello
Located in Miami, FL
Spanish (Puerto Rican) Figurative Painting on Board by Artist Angel Botello Offered for sale is an painting on board by Spanish/Puerto Rican artist Angel Botello (June 20, 1913 – No...
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Mid-20th Century Puerto Rican Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Giltwood, Wood, Paint

Albert Chubac Painting, circa 1950, France
Located in Girona, Spain
Large modernist abstract painting by Albert Chubac Water color on paper. Signed work of art with artist seal. Framed. Midcentury abstract modern. France, circa 1950. Good vinta...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paper, Oak, Paint

Mid-century Modern paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern paintings for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage paintings created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, folk art, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, paint and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern paintings made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Europe pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original paintings, popular names associated with this style include Peter Keil, Jacob Semiatin, Daniel Clesse, and Charles Levier. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for paintings differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $45 and tops out at $275,000 while the average work can sell for $1,851.

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