Mid-Century Modern Paintings

"sunbathing", a unique wall hanging. Paste resist painting on a thick woven fabric, by Michael O'Connell, mid century, UK. An impressive piece. Michael O'Connell (1898 – 1976) was an English modernist artist who worked in Australia between World War I and World War II and then in England. He is best known as a textile artist with significant works held in the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Museum of English Rural Life, the National Gallery of Australia etc... He was commissioned to produce a very large 56 meters long wall hanging...

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...

Silkscreen on paper by Agenore Fabbri, 1971 Silkscreen created on a white paper background with a black figurative-abstract design. At the bottom right there is the signature, while ...

This is a large vintage Tuscan landscape. An Italian, framed oil on canvas, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1990. Self taught, and known as 'the artistic voice of Tuscany', B...

An atmospheric French 1970’s abstract oil on canvas. Original slip frame.

Mid Century modernist abstract painting from 1976. Oil on wood. Signed. Condition as seen on photos.

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...

Particular and magnificent canvas made by painter M. Diklic in 1967. Postwar Serbian artist-painter transited briefly in Italy, leaving some on achievements such as this one, and the...

Pierre FILLETTE (1926-2003) "les premieres feuilles" oil on canvas, signed oil on canvas, signed and dated 1967

Born in 1938 in Auzolle-Grande, Gaston Planet died in Nantes in 1981. After fine arts in Nantes and the Jullian Academy in Paris, Gaston Planet devoted himself to painting. From 1961...

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...

Rare colour lithograph by Bernard Buffet ( 1928 – 1999) depicting the Panam building, New York City. The lithograph is in excellent condition, professionally framed, and signed and n...

Impressive and very beautiful oil on panel made by Paul Robert Bazé, an artist of French origin. It represents a still life with a bouquet of flowers in the foreground on a dark background. It mainly shows dahlias and camellias, which give the work its name. The traditional still life genre shows its evolution here. It presents the characteristic style of the genre to which it corresponds, realistic and meticulous, especially noticeable in the way it works with the different qualities of the flowers and leaves. The dark background is also inherited from the still life genre, with a marked dark interest reflected in the dark backgrounds. Signed in the lower left corner. Paul Robert Bazé (1901-1985) was born in Paris, although he soon moved to Bayonne and then to Bordeaux, where he was a student of Paul Quinsac...

Superb oil painting by Pierre Adrien Ekman (1904-1993). Beautiful representation of the Discovery of the New World. Painting style with touches of the Romantic, Naif, Art Deco, surre...

Large and powerful piece by Dutch artist Joop Vreugdenhil. A piece from his early career. Although abstract in composition, upon a closer look one can see hints or architecture Abou...

Beautiful modern painting from the 1970s by the artist Claudio Cazzola. An abstract motif of rare intensity and originality, this very elegant painting has two exhibition stamps on t...

A fantastic contemporary oil painting on canvass by Josep Moncada titled: Don’t be scared to make a mistake Josep Moncada (b. 1967) is a gifted and renowned Spanish painter, mostly ...

Unique Maurizio Tempestini watercolor one of a set of 11 dedicated to "Forte dei Marmi" La Capannina di Franceschi al Forte dei Marmi - Watercolors on paper, a variant Measure: H 103 x 50 cm x 2 on rope frame some little signs of moisture Sold with a letter of authenticity Part of a total forniture of 11 watercolors All the original works for the projects in Forte dei Marmi, Lucca-Italy with the collaborations of the famous garden designers Nello Baroni...

This is a wonderful painting of a male lion. Please take a look at all our pictures to see the intricate detail of his face and mane. We like the simplicity of the rest of the pict...

Important watercolour on paper 'Untitled' by the great Italian artist Riccardo Licata. Dated and signed at lower right "74 Licata". This work is representative at the highest level of the great artist of Piedmontese origin; his abstract sign, a very personal artistic signature, recalls the greatest Italian abstract artists such as Giuseppe Capogrossi or Corrado Cagli. This painting, never before on the market, comes from a private collection and is beautified by an impressive vintage frame in silvered metal, in almost perfect condition. Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts. Riccardo Licata (Turin, 20 December 1929 - Venice, 19 February 2014) was an Italian painter and mosaicist. He was born in Turin on 20 December 1929. His family first moved to Paris and then to Rome, where he lived from 1935 to 1945. In 1946, he moved with his mother to Venice. In 1947, he enrolled at the Liceo Artistico. He studied Bauhaus culture and began to try his hand at mosaics. He met the artists Santomaso, Vedova, Viani, Turcato and Birolli. In 1949 - with other young painters: Ennio Finzi...

Painting ‘Untitled (Århus I)’ by Ole Schwalbe, Denmark, 1963. Oil on canvas. Signed.

Danish artist Knud Laursen (1924-) born in Herning in Jutland. The painting is called "Figurative landscape with farm in the background" and shows a land...

Wonderful Guy Harloff large abstract painting Signed, titled and dated on the back “Guy Harloff Positano 1954” Paper on canvas. Mixed technique The work is protected by a plexiglass ...

Enamel on canvas "Untitled" signature on the back. Certification by the artist is present. Archived in 1997 Monte Titano Arte General Archive of Mario Schifano's paintings n. 713/97 dated 19.09.1997 Monte Titano Arte. Bibliography: the work is present in III° Mario Schifano Works on Canvas 1991-1998 page 401 The dimensions are without frame. This painting, comes from a private collection and is beautified by an impressive original frame in natural wood, in almost perfect condition. The painting is also protected by glass Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts. Mario Schifano (Homs 1934 - 1998) was an Italian painter and filmmaker. Together with Franco Angeli and Tano Festa he represented a fundamental point of Italian and European Pop Art. Perfectly integrated in the international cultural scene of the 1960s, he was reputed to be a prolific, exuberant and drug-addicted artist. A keen student of new painting techniques, he was among the first to use computers to create works and was able to process images from the computer and transfer them onto emulsified canvases. Mario Schifano was born in Italian Libya and after the end of the war returned to Rome where, due to his restless personality, he left school early to follow in his father's footsteps who worked at the Etruscan museum of Villa Giulia as an archaeologist and restorer. Thanks to this experience, he approached art, initially producing works that were influenced by Informal Art. His first solo exhibition was at the Galleria Appia Antica in Rome in 1959. In the late 1950s, he participated in the artistic movement Scuola di Piazza del Popolo together with artists such as Francesco Lo Savio, Mimmo Rotella, Giuseppe Uncini, Giosetta Fioroni, Tano Festa and Franco Angeli. The group met at Caffè Rosati, a Roman café then frequented by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alberto Moravia and Federico Fellini, among others, and located in Piazza del Popolo, from which they took their name. In 1960, the group's works were exhibited in a group show at Galleria La Salita. In 1961 he exhibited in a solo show at Galleria La Tartarugadi Plinio De Martiis in Rome. In the meantime, he had met, among others, his future lover Anita Pallenberg at the Caffè Rosati, with whom he made his first trip to New York in 1962, where he came into contact with Andy Warhol and Gerard Malanga at the Factory. During this period he participated in the New Realists exhibition at the Sidney Janis Gallery, a group show that included most of the young artists of Pop art and Nouveau Réalisme, including Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. He then had the opportunity to participate in the New York social scene, which led to his first experiments with LSD.[6] On his return from New York, after participating in exhibitions in Rome, Paris and Milan, he took part in the XXXII International Art Exhibition in Venice in 1964. During this period, his paintings defined as 'Anemic Landscapes', in which it is memory that evokes the representation of nature with small details or allusive inscriptions, and the reinterpretations of art history that later led to his famous pictorial works on futurism appear in embryo. In Rome, he met and frequented Marco Ferreri and Giuseppe Ungaretti to whom, already in his 80s, he offered an evening at Peyote. But one of the acquaintances of this period that most influenced him was that with Ettore Rosboch, with whom he formed a deep friendship, based on a shared passion for music. In those years, also thanks to their constant trips to London, the two became friends with the Rolling Stones, to whom they introduced Anita Pallenberg, who in 1965 began a relationship with Brian Jones, and years later became Keith Richards' partner. In 1969, the flat in Piazza in Piscinula in Rome that then belonged to Schifano was used by Ferreri as the set for the film Dillinger is Dead, on the walls of which some of the artist's paintings can be seen. In 1969, the Rolling Stones dedicated the song Monkey Man to Mario Schifano. In 1971 some of his paintings were included by Achille Bonito Oliva in the exhibition Vitalità nel negativo nell'arte italiana 1960/70. Many of his works, the so-called 'monochromes', present only one or two colours, applied on wrapping paper glued on canvas. The influence of Jasper Johns was manifested in the use of numbers or isolated letters of the alphabet, but in Schifano's way of painting analogies can be traced to the work of Robert Rauschenberg. In a painting from 1960, one can read the word 'no' painted with drips of colour in large capital letters, as in a wall graffiti. The influence of Pop art can be seen in all the artistic production of Mario Schifano, who was fascinated by new technologies, advertising, music, photography and experimentation. In particular, the artist's closest works to Pop Art are those of the 1980s. Among the most important works of this period are the Propagande, a series dedicated to advertising brands (Coca-Cola and Esso) in which we have a clear example of the conveyance of commonly used and easily recognisable images quoted in multiple ways or details of them, bicycles, flowers and nature in general (among the most famous series are the Paesaggi anemici, Vedute interrotte, L'albero della vita...

Important work in marker on cardboard by the great Roman artist Tano Festa, one of the major exponents, together with Mario Schifano, of the Scuola di Piazza del Popolo. "Homage to ...

Serigraphy by Dordevic Miodrag, Serbia, 1970s

Louis Nallard, “Interior”, circa 1955 – Tempera on cardboard, professionally framed Original artwork by French painter Louis Nallard. In this abstracted Interior the artist blends grey and earthtones with strokes of vibrant blues, orange and green. Signed by the artist, right bottom corner. About the artist Louis Nallard (Algiers 1918 – Paris 2016) was a French non-figurative painter of the Nouvelle École de Paris. Born on June 17, 1918, in Algiers, French Algeria, had a life intertwined with art and creativity. Despite facing early hardships with the loss of his mother to the Spanish flu, Nallard found solace in his ancestral landscapes. Every summer, he returned to the Dombes region, his father’s birthplace, which became a wellspring of inspiration for his artistic endeavors. At the tender age of sixteen, in 1934, Nallard unveiled his debut exhibition featuring portraits and landscapes, showcasing his skills in watercolors and gouaches. The exhibition took place at the gallery owned by Thomas Rouault, the nephew of the renowned painter. In 1941, Nallard enrolled at the Beaux-arts in Algiers, where he encountered fellow artists such as Marcel Fiorini and Robert Lavergne. Lavergne later became his introducer at the prestigious Galerie Jeanne Bucher. During this time, Nallard also met Maria Manton...

Beautiful and evocative oil painting by the great French school modern artist Moya Dyring specializing in marinas. It depicts a harbor with boats probably from the French Riviera painted with great intensity but giving, at the same time, a sweet sense of serenity. Moya Claire Dyring was born in Coburg, Victoria in 1909. She produced drawings, oil paintings and pastels. She was one of the first women artists to embrace Modernism and exhibit cubist paintings in Melbourne. For several years she was a member of the modern art community known as the Heide Circle, named after the home of art collectors John and Sunday Reed, and now the Heide Museum of Modern Art. Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts. Dyring then travelled to the USA and France, where she lived most her life. Her work is held in the Heide Museum as well as the National Gallery of Australia. One of her earliest works in cubist in style, Melanctha, 1934, was acquired by Sunday Reed. In 1934 Dyring also painted Portrait of Sunday Reed which went into the Reed's collection, along with a cubist style Portrait of a Woman from the same year. While her early works were figurative or cubist, in France she turned to landscape as she travelled to various towns throughout France. In her later years, unable to travel freely, she painted children against the backdrop of Paris. As time passed, she was largely glossed over and not included in major exhibitions of artists, especially women artists, of the 30s, 40, and 50s. In 2002, at the University of Melbourne, Gaynor Patricia Cuthbert delved into her life and work for a doctoral thesis, helping to bring back attention to her work. Collection The Heide Museum of Modern Art holds many paintings and drawings, some acquired through the John and Sydney Reed collection. The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra includes one drawing. The Art Gallery of New South Wales holds multiple works. Third child of Carl Peter Wilhelm Dyring, medical practitioner, and his second wife Dagmar Alexandra Esther, née Cohn, both Victorian born. Moya was educated (1917-27) at Firbank Church of England Girls' Grammar School, Brighton. After visiting Paris in 1928, she studied (1929-32) at the National Gallery schools, Melbourne, and shared fellow student Sam Atyeo's interest in artistic innovation. Classical modernism engaged her attention in the early 1930s. She painted at the George Bell school and studied under Rah Fizelle in Sydney; Mary Alice Evatt and Cynthia Reed were her colleagues. For several months in 1937 she took charge of Heide, the home and garden of John and Sunday Reed, at Bulleen, Melbourne. The Reeds were pivotal both to her sympathy for modernism and her belief in congenial fellowship. She enjoyed something of the intense relationship with Sunday Reed that the latter would subsequently extend to Joy Hester. In June Dyring held an exhibition, opened by H. V. Evatt, at the Riddell Gallery, Melbourne. Less enthusiastic than the Reeds and the Evatts about her art, Basil Burdett wrote of her 'somewhat incoherent interpretation of modern ideas', although he did acknowledge that her work had 'audacity of colour and a certain monumental feeling for form . . . qualities rare enough in Australian painting'. In August Dyring embarked for Panama whence she travelled by bus to New York, breaking her journey to view major galleries. She had intended to paint in the United States of America, but disliked the work of contemporary American artists and sailed for France. In 1938 she was based in Paris, taking advantage of Atyeo's contacts within the avant-garde. She studied at the Académie Colarossi, the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and with Andre Lhote, although by October she denounced him as a 'racketeer'. In 1939 Dyring and Atyeo settled on a farm at Vence, France; inspired by memories of Heide, they grew fruit and flowers. Sam accepted a commission to decorate a house in Dominica, West Indies, leaving Moya at Vence. Evacuated to Australia via South Africa, where she painted and searched for tribal art, she then journeyed to Dominica and married Atyeo. They were not happy, neither painted and Dyring was ill. Evatt offered Atyeo work and Dyring accompanied him to the U.S.A. She viewed art, painted occasionally and claimed to have exhibited in Washington in 1943. After World War II Evatt found Sam various postings, while Moya returned to Paris to pursue a full-time career in art. They were to be divorced in 1950. From about 1946 Dyring's art was more personal than innovative. She gained a considerable reputation among French regionalist and nationalist artists for her sympathetic appreciation of provincial scenes and life. Bernard Smith placed her in the French tradition of intimiste painters. In 1948 she leased and renovated an apartment on the Ile St Louis, which, as Chez Moya, became a centre for Australians who enjoyed her hospitality, cooking and practical assistance. She revisited Australia and exhibited in various cities in 1950, 1953, 1956, 1960 and 1963; the press carried her reports of Parisian cultural life. Dyring held a solo exhibition in London in December 1949 and was in close contact with expatriate Australians, among them Loudon Sainthill, Donald Friend...

Are you looking for a unique and beautiful work of art for your interior? Then this painting of a man in traditional dress might be for you. This pai...

Nude Woman post Fauvisme , superbe by the technique at romantisme atmosphere . rare by the quality Artistic Movement: Post-Fauvism was a significant art movement that followed Fauv...

The category antique paintings, Sea Paintings, proposed here is an oil painting on canvas, 20th century.  This is an ancient painting, depicting a Marine landscape, a stretch of rock...

Oil painting on canvas depicting a motherhood, created by Remo Brindisi in the 1970s. Motherhood original painting by the artist are now rare to be found, especially of this size. ...

Settlement on the river with figures in boats between palm trees, oil on canvas. 117 x 77cm. Signed Yamba Moise 1961. Democratic Republic of the Congo.

This striking mid 20th century sympathetically framed oil on canvas of Norwegian hills and mountain landscape. By Swedish artist Brita Nordencreutz who was along with her figurative ...

As an artist Jankel Adler personified the European avant-garde in Britain in the 1940s, becoming a central figure in the art worlds of Glasgow and then London. Though born in Poland,...

Oil on canvas, Painting by Evelyne Luez, XXth Century. Oil on canvas, painting by Evelyne Luez, unsigned, XXth Century.     h: 55cm , w: 46cm, d: 2cm

This is a very large and graphic oil on wood panel by French artist Yves Plantevin, signed Y.Plantevin and dated 1974 in the lower right corner. It’s been framed with a black shadow ...

Monument forms are a series of paintings by Louis Jobst experimenting with form and color. Here there are two black abstract forms amongst a metaphysical landscape. The painting focu...

Painting 'Homage à Tatlin III' by Ole Schwalbe, Denmark, 1962 Signed. Oil on canvas. With frame: H: 102 cm / 3' 4'' W: 83 cm / 2' 8 1/2'' Without the frame: H: 98.5 cm / 3' 3'' W:...

Denise Malfet (1945) Églomisé Clown. Signed. Behind glass painting. Denise Malfet is an artist born in 1945 in France.

Beautiful painting by Kees Verwey Flower Still Life Signed (1900-1995) Haarlem. This is a beautiful work by Kees Verwey, signed and numbered 50/100. The...

Stunning painting by Peter Klasen (born in 1935), “Expérience I”, 1972, Acrylic on cardboard. Peter Klasen is a German artist settled in Paris in 1959. He joined the international Av...

Nico Molenkamp painting Giraffe edition 2/20 (1920-1998) Netherlands. Nico Molenkamp (1920-1998, Enschede) frames his subjects in a special, almost cinematic way. As if a cameraman...

Large modern abstract painting by Albert Chubac. Acrylic painting on cardboard. Signed by the artist. Mid-Century abstract modern. France, circa 1950. Good vintage condition. Slig...

Ballet dancers painting by Werner. Width 28.3" - 72 cm Height 22" - 56 cm.

A nice mid-century modern expressionist watercolor, made and signed by Tony-Luc Blickx. Painted at the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area in Paris, the heart of the Latin quarter. Signed an...

Painting, oil on canvas. Playing a shuffleboard game on deck, on a cruise ship of HAL (Holland Amerika Lijn). Circa 1950, recent frame.

A wonderful example of a vintage, mid-century still-life: a soft, harmonious color-scheme and a natural subject that has, together with the background, been interpreted in a graphic ...

'GESTO', quadro eseguito nel 1977, manifattura Italina. Il pittore con il gesto della pittura crea un'esaltazione grafica e metaforica alle azioni. Il quadro mostra la grande padrona...

Set of 4 sanguine drawings made by Giulio Falzoni in pastel and watercolor in the 1960s Ø cm 29 h cm 33 Giulio Falzoni was born in 1900 and died in 1979 Milan. He was an Italian pa...

Painting in Style of Van Gogh. Manufactured in France by unknown author, circa 2000. Mixed media. In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beau...

M. Bires, painting Hst "landscape Naif" Slovak School, located in Kovacica, dated 1967.

, This highly decorative mid 20th century oil on canvas follows the influence of the early 16th century Dutch artists with its dark atmospheric background and vibrant still life disp...

This beautiful lacquered and gilding painting has been made on a wooden panel. The painting represents Chinese characters, one of them riding a dragon. The scene is surrounded by sty...

A super artwork. Attributed to Iris Hardcastle Cut paper collage This picture is not signed but another one from the same source is initialed " I.H " Shown in the final image Circ...

This eye-catching mid-century original oil painting has been sourced in Alsace, France. It features a colorful kitchen still-life. The painting is signed by the artist, interpreted a...

Cubist Style Painting Oil on Board, Family Moment, 1960s Oil on board, the subject being a family, members hugging each others, 1960s. Unidentified artist, signed HL lower left. Goo...

Nice Watercolour Painting with a Roebuck Grazing Additional information: Dimensions: 30 W x 50 H cm Condition: In good condition