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
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
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
Very Large Vintage Oil on Canvas of a Seated Nude
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Impressionistic and serene oil on canvas of a nude seated on an antique chest in which the artist is reflected in the mirror.
Overall condition is very good with a custom white wa...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Abstract Painting by Gilbert Henderson (1925- )
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Oil on canvas painting by Gilbert Henderson (1925 - ). We believe this painting is from the late 1950s. Painting framed measures 24" wide, 1.5" deep and 30" high. Unframed (in fra...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1969, Acrylic on Board, Signed, Art, No Frame, Germany
By Peter Keil
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...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Peter Passuntino 1950s New York School Painting Zabriskie Gallery Label
By Peter Passuntino
Located in Sharon, CT
Passuntino was an exhibitor with, and founding member of the "Rhino Horn Group" of New York figurative painters. However, this interesting Oil represe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Remy de Pillecyn 'Man met hoed' Oil on Canvas Belgium 1964
Located in Meer, VAN
Remy de Pillecyn 'Man met hoed' Oil on Canvas, Belgium, 1964.
This is a very distinct and well painted work by Belgian painter Remy de Pillecyn (1920 - 1986). Signed and dated 1964....
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
A. Smith Abstract Bright Blue & Yellow Sci-Fi Painting, circa 1960
Located in Bainbridge, NY
American Mid Century Other Worldly Oil Painting by A. Smith. Featuring varied blue tones, detailed with yellow, orange, greens, black and white. Horizontal stretched canvas with thi...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Vintage Painting on Canvas by E.M. Kaufman
Located in West Palm Beach, US
Vintage Painting on Canvas by E.M. Kaufman
This vintage painting on canvas by E.M. Kaufman features a beautifully rendered basket, showcasing the artist's unique perspective and tech...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Original Abstract Painting "Cascades or Waterfalls" by C. Azuelos on Rice Paper
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful original abstract painting perceived as "Cascades or Waterfalls", created by C. Azuelos using oil on rice paper.
This artwork is professionally framed.
Measures: 24 1/...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Big Eye Painting Self Taught, 1968
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A funky big eye girl painting by a self taught artist-signed W.D.Rossi 1968.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
1971 Original Oil on Canvas by Artist Bruce Hasselle, Signed and Dated
Located in Monrovia, CA
1971 Original oil on canvas by Artist Bruce Hasselle, signed and dated B. Hasselle '71.
Original oil on canvas signed B. Hasselle, dated...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
One-of-a-Kind 1950s Tile Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental painting done on ceramic tiles with a matte finish.
The piece consist of 24, 8" x 8" tiles, the piece is really magnificent and eye-catching.
The tiles are attached ...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Mid 20th Century Floral Still Life Painting
Located in Rochester, NY
Vintage mid century floral still life. Beautiful colors. Oil on canvas. Signed Nessler. Dated 1951.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Paint
Adrian Contemporary Abstract Painting on Wood, 2017
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Contemporary abstract painting by Adrian. 2017.
Mixed-media on wood.
We offer free worldwide shipping for this piece.
Handsigned and dated on the back.
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
German Artist Oil Pastel "Abstract Landscape" 1960s Fine Quality
Located in Handewitt, DE
German artist 1960s, oil pastel on cardboard . Fine paintings abstract / expressionism landscapes. Monogrammed and framed behind glass. Original condition. High quality! See the the ...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood
"The Pool Players" by Vincent Richard Campanella
By Vincent Campanella
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on artist board signed and dated lower right featuring pool players playing a point match in the pool hall. Great WPA feel and texture impasto. Most likely the original frame measuring 15.25" x 19.25" overall.
Born in New York in 1915, Campanella studied at the Leonardo Da Vinci Art School where the curriculum was based on the Naples Academy founded in the 1440s. He took this classical Renaissance training to the streets of New York, then-rural Astoria, Monhegan Island, and Wyoming.
As an easel artist for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s he painted and taught in Rock Springs, Wyoming. There his style became Abstract and works of Classical Abstraction were recognized in art reviews and exhibitions. He was represented by the Rehn Gallery in New York until the death of Frank Rehn in 1956. His work has been shown at The Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Institute, Brooklyn Museum, Corcoran Art Gallery, Denver Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, San Diego Museum, San Francisco Museum, Seattle Museum, Toledo Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Universities of Nebraska, Tennessee and Wyoming. He was a Fellow at the MacDowell Colony in 1968. Retrospective shows of his work have been held at Hunter College (1995) and the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art (2007).
Campanella taught at the University of Wyoming (1940), Columbia University (1946-49), the Kansas City Art Institute (1949-52) and Park College (1952-80). Notable students include Robert Morris, Wilbur Niewald...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Buoys by James Mattinson, 36x48, Oil on Wood Canvas, 2024
Located in Deland, FL
James Mattison (1990) is a self-taught fine artist focusing on contemporary impressions of people and his surroundings both of his home in New England and beyond. Born in Portland, M...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Artist Abelardo Zaluar, Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in St. Louis, MO
Abelardo Zaluar (Brazilian, 1924–1987) Mid-Century Modern artist. This gem of a painting is titled "Arca" and is signed and dated 1973. Zaluar incorporation of the lines of the Baroq...
Category
1970s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Original Watercolor Painting "Daytona Beach - Florida" by Benjamin Kelman
Located in San Diego, CA
An original watercolor painting entitled "Daytona Beach - Florida" by listed artist Benjamin Kelman, circa 1950's. The painting is in very good vintage condition and presented in a g...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-Century Still Life Oil Painting of a Basket of Flower and Bow in a Giltwood
Located in Queens, NY
Rectangular oil on canvas still life painting of a basket of assorted flowers tied with a blue bow against a dark background in a rectangular carved giltwood frame.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Adrian Contemporary Artwork, 2020
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Contemporary abstract artwork by Adrian.
Untitled.
Mixed-media on metal..
In good condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
M...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Metal
"Elephants and Seals", Two Circus Scene Paintings, Mid Century, Cleveland Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly conceived and executed, in vivid shades of pink, pale blue, slate green and black, this pair of Mid Century paintings bring life, humor and color to scenes of circus life...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
1950s Piero Ino Russian Surrealist Woman with Vase Oil on Canvas
By Pierre Ino
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Surrealist oil on canvas painting created by Russian artist Pierre Ino of Paris, France. Piece measures approximately 16" by 13" including frame and is signed Pierre Ino, lower right...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Canvas
Tad Miyashita '1922-1979' Collage
Located in Sharon, CT
Abstract and expressive Collage by Tad Miyashita. Signed lower right with artists label/address on back. Collage itself 12"x12". Framed: 24 5/8" x 24 5/8...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Cityscape Painting Acrylic on Board Black & White Framed Mid-Century Modern 70s
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and Framed Cityscape Acrylic Painting on Board made in America circa 1970s.
Depicting a Man walking empty Streets in the City.
Framed Black and White in 3D Effect.
The Artist signed the painting at the right bottom side, P. COWDY.
In all original pristine condition with some wear as documented...
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1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Boxwood
"Young Man in Striped Shirt, " Portrait with Harbor Scene by Cuban Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Cuba's most important figural painter in the mid-20th century, this portrait by Victor Manuel depicts a young man with a bicycle cap and a white and red striped shirt, loo...
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1940s Cuban Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Oil Painting of a Landscape in a Venetian Style Frame
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-century oil painting of an abstracted landscape in a Venetian style gilt frame with linen mat. Signed by artist, 1964.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Group of Four Mixed Media Paintings of Birds with a Lesson
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty set of four modernist gouache and acrylic paintings on canvas of birds in a variety of situations as messengers of personal opportunities. Signed by noted Savannah artist Andre...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Oil on Canvas by Evelyne Luez.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Oil on canvas by Evelyne Luez.
Painting on canvas by Evelyne Luez, XXth Century.
h: 55cm, w: 46cm, d: 2cm
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mid-Century Modern Rex Clawson Abstract Cat Oil Painting, Signed, 1956
By Rex Clawson
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Rex Clawson Abstract Cat Oil Painting, Signed 1956
Offered for sale is an encaustic and oil abstract oil painting of a cat on board by renowned American artist Rex Clawson (1929-2007). The painting is presented in the original period frame floating on fabric under glass. We believe that this painting might indeed be the cat painting that was featured in the 1956 Vogue Magazine article.
The following biography has been provided by Rex Clawson. The Artist Rex Martin...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Keith Haring Style Mid Century Modern Framed Painting
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- Framed: H: 22in W: 18 1/4in D: 3/4in
This vintage POP Art painting after Keith Haring is framed and read...
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Painting by Peter Keil, Nude Lady on Paper, Germany, C 1964, No Frame, Signed
By Peter Keil
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...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
20th Century Painting "Sailing Barge, Yarmouth Roads Geoffrey Chatten circa 1950
Located in Banner Elk, NC
20th century sailboat seascape painting, Geoffrey Chatten, circa 1950. Title on reverse, "Sailing Barge, Yarmouth Roads".
From Chatten's website, ...
Category
1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
1950s Miguel Alvarez Acosta Pink Abstract Oil Painting Mexico
By Carlos Mérida
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Art Pink Abstract painting Oil on Canvas by Miguel Alvarez Acosta
former director of the INBA and cultural ambassador to Mexico.
Mexican Modernism
28.5 h x 22.5 w x 1.13 d
Ori...
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1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1974, Lady, Acrylic On Grey Paper, No Frame, Germany
By Peter Keil
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...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Ed Eller American Mid-Century Black and White Abstract Painting
By Ed Eller
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century abstract painting with black paint strokes against a white background (signed: ED ELLER)
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Pablo Picasso "Woman Reading" Rendering by Artist Ray Martinez Oil on Canvas
Located in Monrovia, CA
1930s vintage Ray Martinez oil on canvas rendering Of "WOMAN READING" Pablo Picasso.
1930s oil On canvas rendering by Artist Ray Martinez During Pablo Picasso's Surrealism period. The canvas is titled "Woman Reading".
Signature bottom left hand corner of canvas. Artist Ray Martinez's oil on canvas painting using...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Il Contadino" Enamel on Copper by Bruno Santini, 1954
Located in Hanover, MA
Enameled copper sheet mounted on canvas wrapped board with a painting depicting the harlequin style costume of a standing male figure. Signed on reverse by the artist, Bruno Santini...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Copper, Enamel
"Charon Rowing Souls to the Afterlife, " Striking Midcentury Mixed-Media Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and striking, this depiction of Charon rowing departed souls to the afterlife was painted by Richard Schwarzkopf, renowned for his paintings and illustrations in what has been called the German Expressionist Art...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Three Original Watercolor Paintings "Century of Progress" by Benjamin Kelman
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful set of three original watercolor painting "Century of Progress" by listed artist Benjamin Kelman, circa 1950's. Each painting is in very good vintage condition and presen...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
Outsider Art "Deer and Houses" Oil on Panel Landscape by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970.
Fine example showcasing Del Favero's aptitude for creating fantastical backdrop...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Painting by Peter Keil, Signed, Acrylic On Grey Paper, C 1970, No Frame, Germany
By Peter Keil
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...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Midcentury Painting of an Asian Artist in His Studio
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Interesting mid-century modern oil on canvas painting depicting an Asian artist seated in front of Asian paintings in his studio. The canvas measures 18 i...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Matriarch, by Robert Springfels, 1970
Located in Queens, NY
Matriarch, by Robert Springfels, 1970
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Yellow, Red, Germany
By Peter Keil
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...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1965, Signed, Acrylic On Paper, Germany, Art, No Frame
By Peter Keil
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...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Leo Russel Gouache, Dated 1956
By Leo Russell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Leo Russel Gouache 1956. Organic abstract shapes on paper framed in distressed gold leaf and under glass. Image is 8.5 x 11. Frame is 26.5 x 33.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Charles Levier (French, 1920 - 2003) Oil On Canvas Harlequin In Red
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Oil on canvas depicting a harlequin, with a forlorn expression, attired in red, standing next to an open window.
Presented in a silver gilt and mahogany frame with linen fillet.
Sign...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Painting by Peter Keil, Acrylic on Board, Germany, Red, Yellow, Orange, No Frame
By Peter Keil
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...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Framed Acrylic Abstract Painting of Geometric Shapes in Black, Red, and White
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-century acrylic on canvas abstract painting featuring geometric shapes in black and red against a cream colored background in a rectangular black painted wooden frame.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood
Paint Scraper ‘96 Mixed Media Oil on Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, US
**Title:** "Paint Scraper"
**Year:** 1996
**Medium:** Oil on Canvas with Mixed Media
**Dimensions:** 37.5" x 41.5"
**Signature:** Monogram AB 96
Paint Scraper" is a mixed...
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Metal
Painting by Peter Keil, Acrylic On Grey Paper, Germany, Signed, C 1964, No Frame
By Peter Keil
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
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Painting by Peter Keil, Acrylic On Grey Paper, Signed, No Frame, Germany, Art
By Peter Keil
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...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Multi-Dimensional Cut Canvas Painting by Robert Gordenier, circa 1970s
Located in Peabody, MA
A multi-dimensional and mixed-media cut and stitched canvas painting titled "A Look Inside" by Minneapolis artist Robert Gordenier, circa 1970s. The i...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Canvas
Mid-Century Cubist Figure Painting by Louise Pershing
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Mid-century cubist oil on masonite signed in the lower right. Presented in what is most likely its original frame and presents well. Original label from Contemporary Arts on E 57th in NYC on stretcher. This painting probably dates from the 1940s.
Louise Pershing (May 24, 1904- October 14, 1986) was an American painter and sculptor, and a founder of the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.
Pershing exhibited extensively, beginning in 1927 with the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. One of her paintings, "Seedlings," was included in the 1937 Carnegie International...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Abstract Street Scene Oil-on-Paper Painting
Located in Sheffield, MA
The 1970s oil-on-paper painting illustrates semi-abstractly a street scene with two figures, vehicle and building. Mulberry, yellow and green are the stand-out colors. Cream mat with...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare mid-20th century Dida (Ivory Coast) hand-plated Shibori tie-dyed raffia ceremonial kerchief mounted on a linen stretched frame. This kerchief was not woven on ...
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Mid-20th Century Ivorian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Raffia
Selection of Abstract Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Modern Abstract paintings, probably American, circa late 1950s-early 1960s.
From left to right, they are:
1) The framed abstract painting on paper on the left measure...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Paper
Traditional Style Vintage Framed Signed Scenic Abstract Mid CenturynPainting
Located in Seattle, WA
"A Window into Simpler Times".This vintage painting isn't just a painting-it's a quiet moment, frozen in time. Two figures rest against a weathered fence, gazing at the world beyond,...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Mid-century Modern paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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