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
California Studio Mosaic Navajo Sand Painting Yei Dancers Rainbow 1960 Guardians
By I. D. Henny
Located in Camden, ME
A Navajo sand painting mosaic art wall panel of the Navajo mythological Yei Dancers Rainbow Guardians created in the 1960s in a non traditional fo...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Stone
Midcentury Abstract Oil Painting on Board
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Intriguing midcentury abstract oil painting on board painted with passion using a palette knife and brush in a tight layered composit...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Danish vintage oil on kanvas painting ca. 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Danish oil painting - stilleben, painting on canvas - approx. The 1960s.
The style is modernistic and the motive is a vase with red flowers in it, a yellow bowl and some coconuts on...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antonio Uria Monzon, 'Sevilla', Watercolor Painting, Spain, Mid 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antonio Uria Monzon (1929-1996) - 'Sevilla' - Vintage gouache painting on GVA-PRO watercolor paper - Santa María de la Sede Cathedral (commonly known as Seville Cathedral) set agains...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Nude Oil on Canvas By Jacob Glushakow
Located in Hudson, NY
Jacob Glushakow (1914 – October 12, 2000[2]) was an American painter known for his keen observations of life in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
He graduated from the ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Original Oil Painting on Board, Two Gothic Girls, Framed
Located in Ferndale, MI
Offering an as found framed original mid-century oil painting on board of two gothic style teenage girls, perhaps sisters.
Most likely influenced by the pop surrealism "Big Eyes" paintings of Margaret Keane, this original is slightly more representational and easier to behold while still evoking emotions through the lens of their eyes.
Unsigned, I attribute this to Etienne Roth...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Lars Knudsen Buus (1874-1947) oil painting of classic Danish houses in the 1930s
Located in Ebberup, DK
Danish original vintage oil on canvas painting from 1937 by artist Lars Knudsen Buus (1874-1947).
Lars Buus was a renowned painter residing in the Middelfart area of Funen, mostly k...
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Early 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Period Italian Signed Landscape Painting
By Demetrio Tabacco
Located in Roma, IT
The great art historian Federico Zeri said that painting snow-covered landscapes was one of the most complicated things for an artist.
Well, in this landscape of the Piedmont country...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas Matterhorn Artwork
Located in Barcelona, ES
Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas Matterhorn Artwork
By unknown artist, from France
In fair condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina
Category
1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Adrian Contemporary Abstract Painting on Wood, 2020
Located in Barcelona, ES
Contemporary abstract painting by Adrian, 2020 Mixed-media on wood. Handsigned and dated on the back. Materials: Wood Dimensions: D 4 cm x W 40 cm x H 40 cm.
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Vintage Signed Lee Reynolds Studio Textured Abstract Painting
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Lee Reynolds, Vanguard Studios original signed textured abstract oil painting.
Large Lee Reynolds abstract oil painting by Vanguard Studios.
Gorgeous large-scale Lee Reynolds abstract painting, Mid-Century Modern.
A vintage abstract painting composed of angled brush strokes in white, beige, blue, orange hues in varying intensities.
The piece is signed Lee Reynolds in the lower right corner and is a production of his well known Vanguard Studios.
Measures: Height: 48 inches; width: 60 inches.
Circa 1960s.
Lee Reynolds
Lee Reynolds Burr (1936–2017) opened his Vanguard Studios in Beverly Hills, California, in 1964 to make oil paintings an attainable decoration for any American household. With seascapes, nautical scenes, still lifes, bullfights, cowboys, pastoral views, hot-air balloons, horse races and abstractions, there was a Vanguard Studios creation to match any taste and interior.
Born in Los Angeles, Burr studied art at the University of Southern California. After graduating and a stint in the U.S. Army, he worked in a local studio as a painter before becoming a home decor entrepreneur with financial support from his mother.
Only a fraction of the alleged hundreds of thousands of oil paintings produced by Vanguard were actually painted by Burr, even though they were signed “Lee Reynolds,” “Lee Burr...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
1960s Cubist Art Form Abstract Painting Style Paul Klee
By Paul Klee
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Cubist Art Form Abstract Painting Style Paul Klee
reminiscent of Paul Klee
Signed art lower right corner unable to read
14 h x 15.25 w x 2 Art 11.5 x 9.5
Original vintage
Re...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
1960s Art Modernist Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s abstract modern painting original oil on canvas art.
In the style of Francis Bacon.
Dominant colors red and black.
Unframed.
Unsigned.
43.5 l x 29.75 x 1.75
Original unrestored...
Category
1960s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Pascal Cucaro Oil Canvas Mid-Century Painting
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic Mid-Century Modern oil on canvas painting by Pascal Cucaro titled "Festival". The painting depicts Asian women in colorful Kimono robes with bold, vivid colors and thick br...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Silver Leaf
Large Oil on Canvas by Beverley Downie 1978 Red Abstract Expressionist
Located in Melbourne, AU
A large oil on canvas by extensively exhibited Australian artist, Beverley Downie, a painter whose keen interest in opera has strongly influenced her w...
Category
1970s Australian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bright and colorful vintage modern oil painting on canvas.
Please confirm item location (NY or NJ).
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Acrylic Painting of Birds by Stephen Kaye
By Stephen Kaye
Located in New York, NY
Charming decorative large scale acrylic painting by noted Canadian artist Stephen Kaye. The paints depicts stylized birds in branches, on an abstract textured paint surface. Signed l...
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Late 20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Painting by Caxing, Oil on Canvas, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, ES
Painting by Caxing, circa 1940.
Oil on canvas. Handsigned.
After the style of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.
In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and a...
Category
1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Signed Pietri French Mid-Century Modern Framed Oil Painting Resting Nude Woman
Located in Miami, FL
Signed Pietri French Mid-Century Modern framed oil painting resting nude woman.
Traditionally those paintings were hung above the bed in a master...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
"Dancer at Rest, " Large Painting of Half-Nude Male Ballet Dancer, Mid Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and striking, this painting by Robert Childers presents a reclining ballet dancer, clothed above the waist in a dancer's sleeveless shirt, but nude below, holding a pink ribbon and accompanied by three wire-back chairs. Enigmatic and full of symbolism, the dancer is facing away from the viewer so his expression cannot be seen; the three chairs with heart-shaped backs suggest that the man may be in love. Childers himself had been a dancer for two years; he also studied painting at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and Fleisher Art Memorial, all in Philadelphia. Later he led a peripatetic life, designing for greeting card companies, and creating fabrics, toys and illustrations at one time or another in New York and elsewhere. The painting is oil on canvas, and retains its original wormy chestnut frame...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
French Village Scene, Oil on Canvas Painting Village in France
Located in Miami, FL
French Village Scene oil on canvas painting
This charming French oil painting captures the essence of everyday life in a picturesque French village. The vibrant scene features bustl...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Venice Painting in Gilt Frame (Italy)
Located in Round Top, TX
Italian oil on canvas painting of Venice, circa late 19th c. Featuring a canal scene, full of detail in the terra cotta tile roof tops and sailboat masts. Beautifully composed and fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Epifanio Ortega Mid Century Bullfight Painting 1969
By Ortega
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming mid century bullfight painting by Epifanio Ortega, A Mexican artist, ca' 1969. Born in 1947, Ortega's paintings have a very modern, Cub...
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1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
American Modernist Acrylic On Board Painting By Zoute’ C.1948
Located in Bernville, PA
Beautiful American modernist abstract acrylic painting on board in a beautiful new silver wood frame By Zoute’. Bold graphic imagery and vibrant colors. Signed lower right corner Z...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Edna Hibel Color Lithograph and Oil Embellished Mother and Children
By Edna Hibel
Located in Miami, FL
Color Lithograph by Edna Hibel, Mother and Children
This stunning color lithograph is marked as a lithograph but appears to be embellished with oil on silk...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Abstract Impressionist Painting by Zoute - Portrait of Wife Thelma, 1946
Located in Rochester, NY
American abstract impressionist oil painting on maisonite by Zoute' ( born Leon Salter, 1903 - 1976 / North Rose, NY ) a portrait of his beloved wife Thelma sitting on a tall back ch...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Pascal Cucaro 1915-2004 Still-Life Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pascal Cucaro large still-life painting of flowers. Born in Youngstown Ohio in 1915, he moved to San Fransisco after World War 2 and painted numerous S...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
W.E. WITZEL - Mid Century Oil Painting on Panel - Unframed - Signed & Dated 1968
Located in Chatham, ON
W.E. WITZEL - Mid Century original oil painting on canvas covered Masonite panel - signed lower right - dated lower left - untitled - unframed - circa 1968.
Excellent vintage condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Signed Belgian painting of a still life with a bouquet of flowers, ca. 1950
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1950 / painting / wood, canvas / Mid-century / Vintage
Vibrant oil painting of a green vase with a bouquet of flowers on a orange, yellow and green background. Signed in t...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Original Acrylic on Board Seascape Painting by John Horsewell
Located in San Diego, CA
Original acrylic on board seascape painting by John Horsewell, circa 1990s. The piece is in very good condition with vibrant colors and measures 26.5"x 26.5" overall; the painting it...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Great Oil on Canvas Sicilian Artist Salvatore Mulè Nude Characters, 1972
By Salvatore Mulè
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Great oil on Canvas Sicilian artist Salvatore mulè nude characters 1972.
Salvatore Mulè was born in Erice on 2/9/1954. In 1973 he obtained the maxim...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
A Colorful Abstract Oil on Canvas by Lee Reynolds For Vanguard Studios
By Lee Reynolds
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A large and impressive oil on canvas by Lee Reynolds Burr for Vanguard Studios. Heavy impasto brushstrokes on canvas with fire engine reds, black, white and yellow. Framed in a perio...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Busiri Vici Pencil Drawing Architectural Sketch Project, Italy, 1928
Located in Rome, IT
An original pencil architectural sketch on paper realised in 1928 by the Italian architects Michele Busiri Vici and Clemente Busiri Vici for the large vill...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
William Fredericksen Signed Mid-Century Modern Encaustic Painting Fear, 1956
By William Fredericksen
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite engaging encaustic painting (the process of which heated wax is mixed with paint to provide texture and expanded color range) by Norwegian born American artist ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Reynaldo Maya O/C Landscape Painting Mexico Latin American Mid Century Art 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Reynaldo Maya (1911-Mexico) Landscape oil on canvas painting of Mexican town in the distance and snow coverd mountains (volcanos) in the backgro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Female Figure Mid-Century Modern Painting
Located in Fulton, CA
Large-Scale Mid 20th century painting of a pensive girl seated at a table. Retains original wood frame. Painted on reverse Masonite. Circa. 1960.
54.25 inches high.
26.25 inches wid...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
1970s Modern Abstract Italian Painting by Claudio Cazzola
By Claudio Cazzola
Located in Roma, IT
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...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Metal
Antique early 20th century landscape oil painting from Denmark by Nicolai Tving
Located in Ebberup, DK
Danish original antique oil on canvas landscape painting from 1932 by artist Nicolai Jensen Tving (1893-1973).
The painting is signed by the artist in the lower left corner and fram...
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Early 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
French Landscape Art Impressionist Original Oil Painting signed
By Jules Dupré
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, an Original Impressionist French Landscape Art Painting
oil on wood signed
Frame 36.75 w x 29 h x 1.5 d-Art 25.5 w x 18 h
Signature lower left corner appears ...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
French landscape painting by René Genis green “The alley of the cypresses”
By René Genis
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind and very beautiful work by René Genis, a French painter known for his serene and poetic style, depicts a sown field from an unusual perspective, cut by a foreground of...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Midcentury Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Midcentury abstract oil painting framed in simple wood frame.
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Juan Quevedo original muliti media contemporary cubist painting c.2003
By Juan Quezada Junior
Located in Buffalo, NY
This unique and stunning artwork by Juan Quevedo is a masterpiece of contemporary art that embodies the essence of Cubism. The painting, titled "Adoracion...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Glass, Paint, Paper
A Wide EXPRESSIONIST Figurative PAINTING, in FERNAND LEGER Style, France 1950.
Located in PARIS, FR
A large figurative "and" abstract gouache painting on paper and mounted on canvas, powerful and colorful art work obviously expressing the artist's creative performance, at the cross...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint, Canvas, Paper
Fauvist Abstract Oil Painting by Lokensgard in Original Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fauvist or Post-impressionist landscape painting featuring an unknown European city with heavy oil painted impasto technique. This painting is wildly dynamic with buildings, houses, ...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large Abstract Oil on Canvas by Lee Reynolds Burr For Vanguard Studios
By Lee Reynolds
Located in Redding, CT
Large abstract oil on canvas by Lee Reynolds Burr for Vanguard Studios. Heavy impasto abstract canvas with fire engine reds, black, white and yellow....
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Oil On Canvas Seascape Painting
Located in Bradenton, FL
Vintage mid-century modern oil on canvas Seascape Painting. Painting features a calm tranquil coastal scene with sailboats docked in a marina. All in soft colors of blue, green and w...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Raymond Moretti Original Painting
Located in Miami, FL
Original painting by Raymond Moretti.
Raymond Moretti was a French abstract painter. Combining Hebrew letters, lines, and colors he created dynamic works, which flit in and out of ...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Mid-Century Modern Signed California Modernist Portrait Framed Art Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully composed/designed and a bit oddly alluring Mid-Century Modern artist portrait oil on board painting (perhaps a self portrait. The subject looks a little akin to Dylan T...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
1959 Watercolor Abstract Architectural Painting signed Dow
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Watercolor Painting. Abstract architectural landscape.
Signed upper right corner Dow 59.
Signed in verso in pencil
Framed by Duane 8-18-64
36 h x 30 w x 2.5 d art 23.5 w x 29.5...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper, Paint, Wood
1980s Oil on Canvas Abstract in Gold Leaf Frame, Manner of Rothko
By (after) Mark Rothko
Located in West Palm Beach, US
1980s Oil on Canvas Abstract in Gold Leaf Frame, Manner of Rothko
This 1980s oil on heavy cotton canvas artwork measures 54 inches wide by 52.5 inches high and is presented in a gol...
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1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Tadasky, Acrylic Painting on Paper, Op Art, Geometric, Blue, Pink, Signed
By Tadasky / Tadasuke Kuwayama
Located in New York, NY
Untitled by Tadasky, acrylic painting on paper, stripes signed. Small scale hard edge acrylic painting on paper by Op artist, Tadasky (Tada...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
Colorful Painting by Joan Longas: 'Abri las Ventanas'
Located in Barcelona, ES
Embark on a visual journey with this captivating artwork by Joan Longas, titled "Abri las Ventanas." Created around the year 2000, this vibrant painting emanates the warmth and charm...
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Early 2000s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Abstract Mid Century Modern Painting Heavy Paper Unknown New York Artist 1950s
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern unframed Abstract painting Casein on Art Paper by New York Artist 1950s. Though unsigned, one can tell that an accomplished painter created this work. The artwork...
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Mid Century Clown Painting on Board Perl '62
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Great whimsical mid century painting of a clown. Period attire with big expression. Signed Perl '62
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1960s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Figurative painting 'The myths Picasso', acrylic on canvas by Bruno Rinaldi 1993
Located in Milan, IT
Figurative painting 'I grandi miti.. Pablo' 1990s, Italian manufacture.
The painting is made on canvas, with acrylic technique.
On the back there is the signature, date and title.
Ti...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid Century Tiki Parrot Painting Van Lowe
By Witco
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Great period piece. Van Lowe painting of a whimsical Parrot perched on a limb set in a deep wooden stepped frame. Wonderful colors and expression. Perfect for the mid century, Tiki, ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Watercolour Painting, English, Framed Art, Plant Study, Signed, C.1990
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage watercolour painting 'Wild Monstera Deliciosa.' An English, framed plant study signed by the artist, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1990.
Charming waterco...
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Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Midcentury Oil Championship Golf Club Painting, Brown Wood Frame, 1960s, Europe
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Oil painting with Golf motive. Hand painted in England.
In the set of gold wood frame. Very nice decoration for every interior.
Only one unique piece.
Category
1990s English Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
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