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 legendary 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.
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
Period: 1940s
Primitive Figural Abstract Painting - Zoute 1942
Located in Rochester, NY
Primitive abstract modernist oil painting on homosote board by Zoute ( born Leon Salter 1903 - 1976 - North Rose NY ) two figures - signed bottom right Z. '42. This painting is remin...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
Large Abstract Modernist Painting - Zoute, 1949
Located in Rochester, NY
Large American abstract modernist impressionist oil painting on masonite board in the great original artist hand painted sgraffito combed decorated wood frame by Zoute ( born Leon Sa...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Wood, Masonite, Paint
Mid Century Modern Abstract Painting by Flora Crockett (1892-1979)
By Flora Crockett
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Attributed to Flora Crockett (American, 1892-1979), Untitled Abstraction.
Flora Crockett is a newly discovered American abstractionist whose career spanned the middle decades of th...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Canvas
Vintage Original Signed Watercolor Painting Titled “ Hampton Court “
Located in Seattle, WA
This beautiful watercolor on paper Shows a viewpoint of buildings through an archway. Signed, dated, and titled in the lower corner. Professionally framed and matted. Vintage Conditi...
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1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Wood
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
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Masonite, Paint
Pierre Adrien Ekman (1904-1993), Discovery of the New World, Framed Oil Painting
Located in PARIS, FR
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...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
Orig Pre-War Beach Polynesian Girl Oil Painting on Velvet, Roger Fowler, Tahiti
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original late 1930s/1940s Polynesian girl on beach oil painting on velvet signed "Roger Fowler, Tahiti"
Fowler's paintings were sold at Don The Beachcombers...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Velvet
"The Meeting" Modern Oil Painting by Ron Childers
Located in Pasadena, CA
Ron Childer's "The Meeting" is an oil painting on thick paper . The painting offers a highly graphic work, borrowing some influences from cubism and semi-...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paper
Carlo of Hollywood Arizona Desert Midcentury Painting
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1950s painting of the California desert in custom frame signed by Carlo of Hollywood. Needs professional restoration, due to a small tear on the canvas. The price has been l...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Wood
Mid Century Southwestern Impressionist Watercolor Panting Stucco Cottage Framed
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid 20th century watercolor on paper painting of a south western white stucco cottage with a tile roof and brick porch with columns. Signed and dated 1949 in lower right corner. Orig...
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1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint, Paper
"Provincetown Ice House, 1940s" by Bruce McKain
Located in New York, NY
"Provincetown Ice House, 1940s"
Bruce McKain (American, 1900-1990)
C. 1940s
Oil on Canvas
Canvas Dimensions:
41.5 in. Width
31.5 in Height
Frame Dimension...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
Jankel Adler Erotic Work on Paper, Standing Couple - Monotype and Gouache, 1940s
Located in London, GB
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,...
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1940s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paper
"Standing Male Nude", Rare, Early Painting by Paul Goadby Stone, 1949
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exquisitely accomplished, this lovely male nude by Paul Goadby Stone is the earliest piece we have ever offered by the artist. Although it has the a...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
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
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Acrylic
Surrealist Abstract Painting Late 1940s
Located in Oakland, CA
Surrealist abstract oil on linen painting dated 1945 with an image size of 8.75” x 12.25”. Having a softer more organic form to its abstraction. Signed and dated.
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Linen, Paint
Abstract Modern Nude Oil Painting on Canvas, Zoute' 1940
Located in Rochester, NY
Abstract modernist oil painting on canvas female nude ( his wife Thelma ) signed lower left corner Zoute '40. A great example of his earliest work. Zoute' - born Leon Salter 1903-197...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Canvas, Wood, Paint
"Chickens" by Clifford Jones
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Clifford Edgar Jones 1915-1975 American
Chickens, 1948. Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches unframed and 34" x 27.5" inches including the frame. Signed at lower right Clifford Jones ‘48’. ...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
Mid Century Swedish Norwegian Landscape Oil Painting Artist Brita Nordencreutz
By Brita Nordencreutz
Located in London, GB
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 ...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint, Canvas, Wood
Restored Post-War Hawaiian Bird and Botanical Airbrush Painting, Framed
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Billy Seay Airbrushed Parrot Lovers artwork (original airbrushed over a print) for the Turner Company, circa 1948, in the original white painted frame. This a great example of the post-WWII Hawaiian and tropical art/decorating boom. Great for vintage Art Deco dwellings and rattan-inspired rooms. The print is new old stock and has never been displayed until now.
Bill Seay (1922-2012) started his working life as Billy Seay, a child actor, in the late silents and early talkies (“Kid Millions” with Eddie Cantor, “Topaze” with John Barrymore, and “The Unknown” with Lon Chaney and the young Joan Crawford, are the most noted of these films), then followed in his father’s footsteps as an artist, joining the designer Sacha Brastoff in his studio from 1952 to 1959, remaining a life-long friend and co...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paper
Ivan Kurach Brutalist Abstract Oil Painting ca. 1941
Located in Springfield, OR
Ivan Kurach (1909 - 1968) was a Ukranian born artist who continued his studies throughout Europe before settling into Milan, Italy. He began his career as an artist in 1939 and this ...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
Joaquim Terruella Matilla - Coloured Etchings (4) - Bullfighting
Located in Pewsey, GB
A Fabulous set of Hand Coloured Etching by Joaquim Terruella Matilla (1891-1957) of Bullfighting
Nephew and follower of Segundo Matilla, Joaquín Terruella was also a disciple of Sa...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
Jean Thomas (1923-2019) "monkey with camembert" large oil on canvas 1949
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jean Thomas (1923-2019) "monkey with camembert" large oil on canvas signed and dated 1949
origin: "sale of Workshop"
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
Mid-Century Modern Green Orange Painting Motif Fish Robert Libeski 1946 Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage painting animal motif fishes by Robert Libeski 1946 Vienna.
An amazing painting with a motif looks like the painter was situated in the middle of a sea su...
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1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
Depero Fortunato Painting, Title: Horse and Stained Glass, Archive Certificate
Located in Milano, IT
Rare and beautiful painted work by Fortunato Depero from 1948, Title: Horse and Stained Glass Window. Technique: Indian ink and diluted Indian ink on paper. Details: Signature top le...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Mario Carreño "Serenade" Oil Painting on Canvas, Cuba 1941, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
Mario Carreño "Serenade" Oil Painting on Canvas, Cuba 1941, Signed
Offered for sale is an important oil on canvas painting by Cuban artist Mario Carreño (1913-1999) signed and date...
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1940s Cuban Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Paul Wightman Williams, Midcentury Abstract Mixed Media on Paper, 1944
Located in Norwalk, CT
Paul Wightman Williams, American (20th century).
This diminutive mixed-media watercolor, pastel, and ink on paper depicts a haunting abstracted face. It is float-mounted in a faux-g...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paper
Modernist Brass Frame for Painting, Drawing or Mirror, 1940s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This French frame in polished brass dates from the 1940s. It will be perfect to include a painting, a drawing, a lithograph, a mirror, or any other DIY decoration. Its rectangular sh...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Metal, Brass
Early Signed Jack Lord Oil Painting / Tile / Wood Frame, USA, c. 1940's
Located in Deland, FL
This exceptional signed oil painting by John Joseph Patrick Ryan (December 30, 1920 - January 21, 1998) is perfect for collectors. Better known by his sta...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
Stephen Etnier Modernist Painting of a Harpswell, Maine Seascape, Circa 1940s
Located in Peabody, MA
An early work by the American realist Stephen Morgan Etnier (1903-1984) depicting the village of Harpswell, Maine were he built his home and studio in the 1940s and lived until his d...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
Collection of Vintage Painter's Palettes, Wall Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collection of Vintage Artist's Palettes, American, circa 1940s - 1960s. The largest palette measures 15.5"H x 19.5"W. The smallest measures 7.5"H x 10.5"W.
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Mid-Century Modern Picasso Style Abstract of Face E. Ruff, 1945
Located in Redding, CT
Mid Century Modern Picasso style Abstract of a face by E.Ruff 1945.
Amazing composition and color. Nice gilt frame. One small tear can be repaired.
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1940s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Canvas, Wood, Paint
Framed Print of Saint Peter by Unknown Artist, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Framed print of Saint Peter with the keys to heaven.
By unknown artist, circa 1940.
In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and age, preserving a beautif...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Leonard Maurer Oil Painting "Ferry" 1949
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming modernist painting by Leonard Maurer, ca' 1949. Influenced by Matisse, but clearly in his own style with a uniquely American mid-century feel.
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Canvas
Colorful Framed Print of Saint Anthony by Unknown Artist, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Framed Print of Saint Anthony.
By unknown artist, circa 1940.
In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and age, preserving a beautiful patina.
Material...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
Realistic Flower Still Life Oil Painting by the Belgian Artist Jan Verdoodt
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful flower still life by the Belgian painter Jan Verdoodt (1908-1980). He studied from 1926 at the Art Academy in Sint Jans Molenbeek. He developed his own artistic style, insp...
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1940s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
"FANTASY" Oil on Canvas by Thomas Hart Benton
Located in New York, NY
"FANTASY" by Thomas Hart Benton. Oil on canvas laid on wood with a gorgeous gold gilded frame. Price upon request.
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Canvas, Paint
Allan Gwynne-Jones '1892-1982' "H M The Queen When Princess Elizabeth" Study
Located in Pewsey, GB
ALLAN GWYNNE-JONES (1892-1982) "H M The Queen when Princess Elizabeth" study for No. 47 depicting the Princess in Windsor Great Park, oil on board, ...
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1940s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paint
Painting by Unknown Artist, Oil on Canvas, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Esteve Serrat Paxinc painting.
Made in Spain, circa 1979.
Hand signed by the author
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a bea...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mid-Century Modern Figural Painting of Indigenous People, Oil on Board, c. 1940
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Outstanding 1940's oil on board painting in original custom shadowbox wood frame with distressed finish. The figural painting depicts an indigenous people...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Wood, Paint
Painting by Unknown Artist, Oil on Canvas, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Painting by unknown artist, circa 1940.
Oil on canvas. Handsigned. Ilegible signature.
In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and age, preserving a beau...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"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
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Paint
Painting by Jordi Casacuberta Codinach, Oil on Canvas, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Painting by Jordi Casacuberta Codinach, circa 1940.
Oil on canvas. Handsigned.
In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and age, preserving a beautiful patina...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting by Unknown Artist, Oil on Canvas, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Painting by unknown artist, circa 1940.
Oil on canvas. Ilegible signature.
In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and age, preserving a beautiful patina...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Leonard Maurer Painting, 1949
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Important painting by Leonard Maurer (1912-1976), titled "Bridge #2", 1949. A great example of American 1940's modernism with clear influences of Jackso...
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1940s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Canvas
Painting by Caxing, Oil on Canvas, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
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 ...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting by Unknown Artist, Oil on Canvas, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Painting by unknown artist, circa 1940.
Oil on canvas. Unsigned.
In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and age, preserving a beautiful patina.
Unfra...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Canvas
Mid-Century Modern Art Work by Joseph Roelants
By Jospeh Roelants
Located in Weesp, NL
Mid-Century Modern ceramic tiles Art by Joseph Roelants for Gilliot & Cie, 1948
"The allegorical representation of Architecture and sculptural art blo...
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1940s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Ceramic
Original Bavarian Tyrolian Folk Art Painting, Signed and Dated
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Original Bavarian Tyrolian Folk Art painting, signed and dated
This charming folk painting is executed in oil on artist board. A beautiful and rus...
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1940s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Other
Landscape by Leonard Maurer, 1949
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant and fine abstract painting by Leonard Maurer, signed and dated 1949, titled "Summer Landscape", in original painted frame. Leonard Maurer (19...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Canvas
Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting, Portrait of Boy by Robert Rukavina, circa 1948
By Robert Rukavina
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Vintage portrait of a young boy wearing a striped red shirt with blue argyle sweater. Oil on canvas painting by artist Robert Rukavina (1914-1977), who lived in the United States and...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Canvas, Reclaimed Wood, Paint
Original Pre-War Beach Polynesian Oil Painting on Velvet by Roger Fowler, Tahiti
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original late 1930s/1940s beach Polynesian girl oil painting on velvet signed "Roger Fowler, Tahiti"
Fowler's artwork paintings were sold at Don The Beac...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Velvet
1949 Fernand Léger Lithograph "Est elle Aimee"
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1949 Fernand Léger lithograph, pochoir Medium Remarks: black ink
Estelle Aimee (illustration for "Les Illuminations" by Arthur Rimbaud)
Lux...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Glass, Wood, Paper
"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
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Paint
Orig Pre-War Beach Polynesian Beauty Oil Painting on Velvet, Roger Fowler Tahiti
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original late 1930s/1940s Polynesian beauty portrait oil painting on velvet signed "Roger Fowler, Tahiti"
Fowler's paintings were sold at Don The Beach...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Velvet
1940's Cubist Art Painting of New York City Skyline by Artist Theodore Hancock
By Theodore Hancock
Located in St. Louis, MO
Rare Mid-Century Modern signed 1949 cubist gouache painting of skyscrapers, rooftops and skyline of the City of New York including The Chrysler building by painter Theodore "Theo" Ha...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paper
Postwar Hawaiian Airbrush Tropical Hibiscus Floral in White Wood Frame, Signed
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Postwar Hawaiian airbrush tropical hibiscus floral on paper in original period white wood frame.
Signed by artist Hammis
Measures: Art 26" x 36"
...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paper
Post War Hawaiian Airbrush Zebra in Original Frame w/ large Mat, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Post-War Hawaiian Airbrush zebra in original period white painted wood frame with large mat border, Pair.
Art: 21" X 26"
Frame: 25.25" X 28.25"
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paper
Robert Libeski Painting Lady with Dog 1946 Mixed Media
Located in Vienna, AT
A mixed media painting by Robert Libeski, which shows a Lady with Dog, 1946 in soft colors.
Robert Libeski ( 1892 - 1988 )
Robert Libeski was activ in...
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1940s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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Paper
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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