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Modern Paintings

MODERN STYLE

The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”

Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.

Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chaircrafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.

It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.

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Style: Modern
Period: Mid-20th Century
Lennart Pilotti (1912-1981), Swedish artist. Oil on board. Abstract composition.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Lennart Pilotti (1912-1981), Swedish artist. Oil on board. Abstract composition. Signed. 1960/70s. Perfect condition. Dimensions: 31.5 cm x 23.0 cm. Total: 45.8 cm x 36.8 cm.
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1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings

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Other

Modern Portrait of a Woman Large Original Painting Gold Leaf Frame Orange Tones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
We had to have this beautiful painting when we went to a very high-end estate sale in Palm Desert California. Prominently displayed above the fireplace. We know nothing about the art...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings

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Paper

Juan Salazar (1934-) Tianguis en Toluca Oil on Canvas Mexican Master
By Juan Salazar
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Juan Salazar (1934-) Tianguis en Toluca Signed and dated (lower left), Signed and titled, verso. Oil on canvas. 24" in. x 36" in. (61 x 91.4 cm.) Boldly painted, large and import...
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1960s Mexican Vintage Modern Paintings

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Paint

Domenick Capobianco "Alley Kat" Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928) "Alley Kat" abstract color field in pink tones oil on canvas in the manner of Mark Rothko (Latvian-American, 1903-197...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Capobianco Abstract Color Field Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, born 1928) abstract color filed in purple and yellow tones oil on canvas in the manner of Mark Rothko (Latvian-American, 1903-1970), apparently unsigne...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Capobianco Abstract Expressionism Acrylic on Panel
Located in New York, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, born 1928) abstract expressionism acrylic on panel, depicting three crosses on a red ground, apparently unsigned, unframed. 24" H x 20" W. Provenance: Property from the estate of the artist. Note: Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928) artist, is a graduate of Washington University at St. Louis and a Rutgers Fellow (1979) , and a Guggeheim Fellow (1984/85). Capobianco taught for many years on the faculty at Rutgers University, N.J. His work is in the collections of the Academie des Beaux-Arts, Ljubjana, Slovenia; the Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria ; L’Instituto per la Culturea e L’Arte, Catania, Italy; The Kharkiv Museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine; Le Musee d’Art Contemporain, Skopje, Macedonia; The M.V. Nesterov Museum, Ufa, Russia; The Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ; The Robert Blackburn Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; and the Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, N.C., among many others in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Long a regular exhibitor at the famed 55 Mercer Gallery, Capobianco is well-known in New York art circles together with his wife, the artist Elfi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

Domenick Capobianco Vivid Abstract Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, born 1928) colorful abstract oil on canvas depicting a red triangle surrounded by six dot in the rainbow palette, apparently unsigned, "Studio Domenick Capobianco" stamp to side, unframed. 32" H x 24" W. Provenance: Property from the estate of the artist. Note: Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928) artist, is a graduate of Washington University at St. Louis and a Rutgers Fellow (1979) , and a Guggeheim Fellow (1984/85). Capobianco taught for many years on the faculty at Rutgers University, N.J. His work is in the collections of the Academie des Beaux-Arts, Ljubjana, Slovenia; the Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria ; L’Instituto per la Culturea e L’Arte, Catania, Italy; The Kharkiv Museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine; Le Musee d’Art Contemporain, Skopje, Macedonia; The M.V. Nesterov Museum, Ufa, Russia; The Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ; The Robert Blackburn Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; and the Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, N.C., among many others in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Long a regular exhibitor at the famed 55 Mercer Gallery, Capobianco is well-known in New York art circles together with his wife, the artist Elfi Schuselka...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Domenick Capobianco Abstract Acrylic on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, born 1928) abstract acrylic on canvas depicting colorful vertical lines on a white ground, signed to verso, circa 1975, unframed. 66" H x 44" W. Proven...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Domenick Capobianco Op Art 3d Acrylic on Board
Located in New York, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, born 1928) "Elfis" op art 3D acrylic on board in the manner of Victor Vasarely (Hungarian-French, 1906-1997), signed to v...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Capobianco "Clayman in..." Acrylic on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, born 1928) "Clayman in Hollowman out" abstract acrylic on canvas, depicting two pair of feet with white and red circles on whuite ground, apparently unsigned, "Studio Domenick Capobianco" stamp to verso, unframed. 30" H x 34" W. Provenance: Property from the estate of the artist. Note: Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928) artist, is a graduate of Washington University at St. Louis and a Rutgers Fellow (1979) , and a Guggeheim Fellow (1984/85). Capobianco taught for many years on the faculty at Rutgers University, N.J. His work is in the collections of the Academie des Beaux-Arts, Ljubjana, Slovenia; the Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria ; L’Instituto per la Culturea e L’Arte, Catania, Italy; The Kharkiv Museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine; Le Musee d’Art Contemporain, Skopje, Macedonia; The M.V. Nesterov Museum, Ufa, Russia; The Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ; The Robert Blackburn Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; and the Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, N.C., among many others in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Long a regular exhibitor at the famed 55 Mercer Gallery...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Capobianco Pop Art Rainbow Acrylic on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, born 1928) abstract pop art acrylic on canvas depicting a black circle on white ground surrounded by a rainbow, apparently unsigned, "Studio Domenick Capobianco" stamp to verso, unframed. 10" H x 10" W. Provenance: Property from the estate of the artist. Note: Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928) artist, is a graduate of Washington University at St. Louis and a Rutgers Fellow (1979) , and a Guggeheim Fellow (1984/85). Capobianco taught for many years on the faculty at Rutgers University, N.J. His work is in the collections of the Academie des Beaux-Arts, Ljubjana, Slovenia; the Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria ; L’Instituto per la Culturea e L’Arte, Catania, Italy; The Kharkiv Museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine; Le Musee d’Art Contemporain, Skopje, Macedonia; The M.V. Nesterov Museum, Ufa, Russia; The Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ; The Robert Blackburn Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; and the Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, N.C., among many others in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Long a regular exhibitor at the famed 55 Mercer Gallery...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Domenick Capobianco Vivid Abstract Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, born 1928) colorful abstract oil on canvas, apparently unsigned, "Studio Domenick Capobianco" stamp to side, unframed. 16" H x 22" W. Provenance: Property from the estate of the artist. Note: Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928) artist, is a graduate of Washington University at St. Louis and a Rutgers Fellow (1979) , and a Guggeheim Fellow (1984/85). Capobianco taught for many years on the faculty at Rutgers University, N.J. His work is in the collections of the Academie des Beaux-Arts, Ljubjana, Slovenia; the Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria ; L’Instituto per la Culturea e L’Arte, Catania, Italy; The Kharkiv Museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine; Le Musee d’Art Contemporain, Skopje, Macedonia; The M.V. Nesterov Museum, Ufa, Russia; The Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ; The Robert Blackburn Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; and the Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, N.C., among many others in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Long a regular exhibitor at the famed 55 Mercer Gallery, Capobianco is well-known in New York art circles together with his wife, the artist Elfi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Capobianco Pop Art Rainbow Acrylic on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, born 1928) abstract pop art acrylic on canvas depicting concentric circles with the rainbow palette, apparently unsigned, "Studio Domenick Capobianco" ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

J. Eklund, Oil on Canvas, 1952
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
J. Eklund, 1952 Oil on canvas The work is dated and signed by the artist Dimensions 46/55 Unframed work Work in original vintage condition.
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1950s Unknown Vintage Modern Paintings

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Canvas

Mid-Century Modern Abstract Landscape by Martin Friedman
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous landscape abstract by Martin Friedman. He has shown at the Whitney and other NYC Galleries. Dramatic use of deep blues indicative of the time period. Well balanced , very en...
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1940s American Vintage Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Mid 20th Century Fauvist Style Figurative Nude Oil Painting
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Great period piece. 1962. Signed and dated. Redlich. Nude woman in red turbin.
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Paintings

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Paint

Robert Quigley Signed Modern Cityscape Abstract Oil Painting on Board Framed
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A bright and expressive mid-century modern oil painting on board by Robert Quigley. Signed bottom right as well as verso. A unique addition to a modern or contemporary space. Created...
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1960s American Vintage Modern Paintings

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Paint

Clemmen Clemmens Painting Flowers in Vase oil on canvas, Denmark 1960
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Modern Clemmen Clemmensen painting oil on canvas. 70 x 66 cm (27,5" x 26"), Denmark circa 1960. The painting is painted in a classic modern style with a slightly expressive character...
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1960s Danish Vintage Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

1930s French Seascape in Watercolor by Frank William Boggs 'Frank-Will, Naudin'
By Frank William Boggs
Located in COLMAR, FR
A small seascape in pencil and watercolor by the French post-impressionist painter Frank William Boggs (1900-1951). He mainly painted under the pseudonyms Frank-Will and later in lif...
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1930s French Vintage Modern Paintings

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Glass, Paint, Paper

Irene Zevon Modern Abstract Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Irene Zevon (American, 1918-2006) Modern abstract Cubist oil painting on canvas, signed and dated 1961 lower right, framed. Dimensions: Image: 35.75" H x 23.75" W; frame 36.75" H x ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Mid-Century Modern Abstract "the Pilgrimage" by Martin Friedman, C1948 Framed
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Wonderful abstract by Martin Friedman, The Pilgrimage which showed at the Whitney Museum and still bears the tag. Fantastic deep blues which suggest a large monolithic mass with two ...
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1940s American Vintage Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Hardwood, Paint

Harry Sandberg, Swedish artist. Abstract composition. Oil on board. 1968.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Harry Sandberg, Swedish artist. Abstract composition. Oil on board. 1968. Signed. In excellent condition. Dimensions: W 70 cm. x H 61 cm.
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1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings

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Other

Ellerdaren, Swedish artist. Abstract composition. Oil on plate. 1958
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Ellerdaren, Swedish artist, abstract composition. Oil on plate. ”Helgmålsringning” (Tolling the bells). 1958. In excellent condition. Signed. Dimensions: 36.0 x 44.0 cm. Total dimen...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings

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Other

Midcentury Oil on Canvas Painting Merchants in an Old Jerusalem Market Setting
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Midcentury impressionist view of a market possibly in Old Jerusalem. Great color and subject matter. Signed but cannot decipher. Period 1960s Frame.
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1960s American Vintage Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Hardwood, Paint

Nils Böcklin, Composition, Oil on Board, 1960s, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Nils Böcklin Oil on the board Work signed by the artist Dimensions 24/45 Framed work Work in original vintage condition. Minor scratches on the frame.
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1960s European Vintage Modern Paintings

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Wood

Italian Painting "Grey Sun" from a Sophia Loren Movie
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Italian vintage painting "Grey Sun" , signed by Osvaldo Malvizzati (Imperia 1923...) and dated 1962. This painter, piedmontese by adoption, lived abroad for many years and then he settled in Pinerolo, near Turin. This painting refers to the famous film "A special day" by Italian producer Ettore Scola, with Sofia Loren...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Paintings

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Canvas

Vintage Oil Painting by Los Angeles Artist Z, Charlotte Sherman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning painting by Los Angeles based artist Zelda Charlotte Sherman. and The piece depicts a lady playing s Piano accompanied by a gentleman playing the cello. The painting is do...
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1960s Vintage Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood

Original Framed Portrait of a Woman, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lovely original framed portrait of a woman, acrylic on canvas with ornate frame. Artist and provenance unknown. Beautifully adorns a wall either on its...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Vintage Framed Women's Wac Army Painting circa 1950, Oil on Canvas, Unsigned
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage framed women's WAC army painting circa 1950. Oil on canvas, unsigned.
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1950s American Vintage Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Walter Stomps Signed 1959 “Seated Nude” Oil on Canvas Abstract Painting
By Walter E. Stomps, Jr.
Located in Indianapolis, IN
A 1959 abstract oil on canvas painting by the American artist Walter Stomps (1929-2020). Titled Seated Nude, the painting depicts a seated nude female fi...
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1950s American Vintage Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Framed Painting Representing Bohemian Gypsy Cartomancer, Signed Callewaert, 1940
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Painting of a Gypsy, Bohemian woman drawing the cards. Representation of a Cartomancer and Fortune Teller. Oil on canvas. Very well represented. fine and pleasant features. Delicate work. Signed lower right by M. Callewaert circa 1940 Maurice CALLEWAERT is a Belgian artist born in Belgium in 1900 and died in France in Paris in 1986. Belgian painter from West Flanders...
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1940s Belgian Vintage Modern Paintings

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Paint

Vintage Oil Painting by Los Angeles Artist Z. Charlotte Sherman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning painting by Los Angeles based artist Zelda Charlotte Sherman. The painting title is "Piano Man" and it depicts a man playing the piano. The painting is done on a wooden bo...
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1960s Vintage Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood

Ilonka Karasz Original New Yorker Cover Illustration, July 18, 1964
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This vivid oil, watercolor and pencil on board by Ilonka Karasz is one of her 186 commissioned cover illustrations for the New Yorker, and the only one currently on the market. L...
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1960s American Vintage Modern Paintings

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Paint

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Iver Rose Oil Painting of a Clown Soldier
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Vintage MCM Iver Rose oil painting of a clown soldier Additional information: Materials: oil paint, wood Color: Orange Period: Mid 20th Centu...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

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Wood

Reg Holmes, Oil on Canvas, 1969
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Reginald Holmes (Canadian, 1934-2004), “The Lie is in the Reality”, signed, titled and dated verso, in brass slat frame. From a series of 100 painting commissioned by art collector L...
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1960s American Vintage Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Mid-20th Century Modernist Fancy Golden Pheasants Painting
Located in Seguin, TX
Oil on wood panel of a pair of Modernist golden pheasants. Unsigned. Unframed. Edge wear, small areas of paint loss.
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings

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Wood, Paint

Sven Ellekær Pair of Paintings Concrete Composition, Oil on Canvas
Located in Kastrup, DK
Sven Ellekær (Danish) 1926-1984 Pair of paintings, concrete composition. Oil on canvas. 125x75 cm. Signed: Ellekær. 52 Sold as a pair.
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Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Paintings

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Canvas

Mid-20th Century Modernist Portrait Painting of Woman
Located in Seguin, TX
Oil on masonite Mid-Century Modern Expressionist portrait painting of woman. Unsigned. Unframed, edge wear.
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings

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Masonite, Paint

Jacques Villon Style Cubist Still Life
Located in Sharon, CT
A beautiful unsigned oil on canvas in the School of Paris Cubist style of Jacques Villon. (on the back of the stretcher is lettered in pencil- Jonah Konig...
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1940s French Vintage Modern Paintings

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Paint

Eric Lundberg, a Listed Swedish Painter. Modernist Landscape, Oil on Canvas
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Eric Lundberg (1918-1992), a listed Swedish painter. Modernist landscape. Oil on canvas. 1960s. In perfect condition Dimensions: 71.5 x 32.0 / Total: 80.5 ...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings

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Canvas

1960s Raoul Dufy Venice Gouache on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Raoul Dufy "Venice" gouache on paper. Nice new wood frame included. Framed size: 26" x 33" Image size: 16.5" x 23.5".
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1960s French Vintage Modern Paintings

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Wood, Paper

Large Oil Painting of Nude on Linen Canvas/Minimalist Wood Frame
Located in Malibu, CA
Acid toned mid century figurative oil painting on heavy natural linen. Unknown artist. Original hardwood frame.
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings

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Oak, Paint

Swedish Artist, Abstract Composition, Oil on Canvas
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Swedish artist. Abstract composition. Oil on canvas. Indistinctly signed. Dated 1958. In excellent condition. Dimensions: 45.0 x 60.0 / Total: 56.0...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings

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Canvas

Large Leonard Maurer Oil Painting
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large abstract Mid-Century Modern painting by Leonard Maurer (1912-1976). Title on reverse side is, "Ceremonial Vessel". Colors are brown, green and black on tan background. Signed a...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings

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Paint

1940's Oil Painting on Canvas of Rural Scene
Located in Houston, TX
1940's Oil Painting on Canvas of Rural Scene. Rural scene oil painting on canvas in a gilt wooden frame.
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1940s Unknown Vintage Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Simone De Dardel, a Listed Swedish Artist, Exterior with the Person, Oil /Canvas
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Simone De Dardel (1913-1996), a listed Swedish artist. Exterior with the person. Post-Impressionist style. Oil on canvas. In perfect condition. Signed and d...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings

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Other

Oil on Canvas Signed Léon Broquet, the Old Bridge in Sospel
Located in BARSAC, FR
Léon Broquet (1869-1935) Oil on canvas representing the old bridge at Sospel in the Alpes Maritimes (FRANCE). We can make out the alps mountains in the background. Beautiful c...
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Mid-20th Century French Modern Paintings

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Paint

Andre Minaux Pochoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Andre Minaux pochoir. Numbered and signed 147/150 Minaux. Art size: 25: 25" x 17" Framed size: 36" x 28".
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1960s Vintage Modern Paintings

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Painting, Midcentury, Color Collage of Flower Motif, C 1950, Signed, On Paper
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful midcentury painting. A very decorative color collage of flowers. The painting is signed PL and named Monachez. The painting has a red original frame. The painting has a wa...
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1950s Italian Vintage Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

Frank Dobson Modern Drawing Female Nude
By Frank Dobson
Located in Roma, IT
Red chalk drawing of a reclining Female nude Signed and dated by Frank Dobson This drawing, never before on the market, comes from an important European private collection and is beautified by an antique frame in gilded wood, in almost perfect condition. The painting is also protected by glass Dimensions whit frame cm 71 x 58.5 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. Frank Owen Dobson (London 1886 – 1963) was a British artist and sculptor. Dobson began as a painter, and his early work was influenced by cubism, vorticism, and futurism. After World War I, however, he turned increasingly toward sculpture in a more or less realist style. Throughout the 1920s and the early 1930s he built a reputation as an outstanding sculptor and was among the first in Britain to prefer direct carving of the material rather than modelling a maquette first. The simplified forms and flowing lines of much of his sculptures, particularly his female nudes, showed the influence of African art. From 1946 to 1953 Dobson was Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1953. While Dobson was one of the most esteemed artists of his time, is now seen as one of the most important British sculptors of the 20th century. Dobson grew up in Clerkenwell where attended school in Forest Gate. After eighteen months in Reynolds-Stephen's studio, Dobson moved to Devon and then to Cornwall where he lived, for two years, by selling landscape paintings. In 1906 he obtained a scholarship to study at the art institute in Hospitalfield House in Arbroath and studied there for four years. From 1910 to 1912 Dobson attended the City and Guilds of London Art School in Kennington, after which he returned to Cornwall. In Newlyn, he met Augustus John who used his influence and contacts and in, or around, 1915 Dobson created his first sculpture, a small piece in wood. In 1915, during the First World War, Dobson enlisted in The Artists Rifles and served in France from October 1916. In April 1918 he married Cordelia Clara Tregurtha. Dobson was formally invalided out of the Army in November 1918 and by then had already submitted several drawings to the British War Memorials Committee. Dobson set up a studio in the Tregurtha family home in Newlyn but towards the end of the war he took a studio in Manresa Road in Chelsea and would live there until the start of the Second World War. Throughout the 1920s Dobson focused increasingly on sculpture, exhibited work in several influential exhibitions and played a leading role in a number of artistic groups. He was the only sculptor to take part in the 1920 Group X exhibition. Dobson was a founding member of the London Artists Association and spent three years as President of the London Group between 1923 and 1927. He made bronze portraits of several public figures. At the Group X exhibition he exhibited two sculptures and studies of Ben Nicholson and his bronze head of H. H. Asquith was shown at the Leicester Galleries in late 1921. Other subjects included Osbert Sitwell, Lydia Lopokova and Tallulah Bankhead. Dobson exhibited at the Venice Biennale in both 1924 and in 1926, was featured in the 1925 Tri-National Exhibition which visited London, Paris and New York and was also included in the 1926 European artists exhibition that toured America and Canada. In March 1927 he had his first major one-man exhibition when the Leicester Galleries exhibited twenty-three of his sculptures and several bronzes. In 1930 the Tate purchased a larger-than-life sculpture from Dobson and erected it outside the gallery on Millbank. During the early 1930s Dobson continued to receive portrait commissions, most notably for Sir Edward Marsh and the actress Margaret Rawlings. Dobson worked in other media including textiles and silver, as well. His silver gilt cup, Calix Majestatis, to mark the coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth is now in the Royal Collection. During 1933 Dobson fractured his left arm which greatly limited his ability for heavy carving and his last monumental stone carving was to be Pax, which was first shown at the London Group in 1935. At the start of World War Two, Dobson and his second wife [Caroline] Mary Bussell, whom he had married in 1931, moved to Bristol, where a large retrospective of his work was held in March 1940. Dobson lived in the city throughout the Bristol Blitz and like several other artists painted the ruins of churches destroyed in the bombing. Dobson contacted the War Artists' Advisory Committee and offered his services as both a painter and sculptor. WAAC were reluctant to offer sculpture commissions but eventually did offer Dobson a short-term contract for two portrait busts of Naval personal. Later WAAC commissioned some paintings, including one of workers arriving for work at a factory that had been relocated to a tunnel. Dobson was appointed head of sculpture at the Royal College of Art in 1946, a post he held until his retirement in 1953. For the Festival of Britain site on the South Bank of the Thames in 1951, Dobson created London Pride. The sculpture was originally exhibited as a plaster cast but was later, after Dobson died, cast as a bronze and placed in front of the Royal National Theatre in 1987. Among his last commissions were a bronze head of Sir Thomas Lipton and the zodiac clock...
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1930s British Vintage Modern Paintings

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Painting Scenery from Greenland by Eva Weis Bentzon
Located in Kastrup, DK
The painting depicts the Greenland ice sheet with several icebergs. One of Eva's last big project was to paint motifs from the arctic. This painting is from her estate and there...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Paintings

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Canvas

Josephine Mahaffey Vintage Abstract Mixed Media Dove Painting
Located in Seguin, TX
Peace dove abstract mixed media painting by Josephine Mahaffey (1903-1985), circa 1960. Signed lower right. Unframed. Displayed mounted on original gold ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings

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Paper

Carl Johansson, Listed Swedish Artist, Abstract Composition, Oil on Canvas
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Carl Johansson (1906-1993), listed Swedish artist. Abstract composition. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1965. In perfect condition. Dimensions: 45.0 x 30.0 / Total 58.5 x 45.0 cm.
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1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings

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Canvas

1946 Vintage Ray Martinez Oil on Canvas Rendering of the Girl before a Mirror
Located in Monrovia, CA
1946 Vintage Ray Martinez oil on canvas rendering of the girl before a mirror. 1946 oil on canvas rendering by artist Ray Martinez during Picas...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Daniel Bidon, Oil on Panel, Throw of Flowers
Located in BARSAC, FR
Oil on panel representing a throw of flowers in spring colors. In its original gilt frame. Signed lower right. Daniel BIDON is a painter from Bordeaux, he studied at the Sch...
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Mid-20th Century French Modern Paintings

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Paint

French artist. Abstract composition. Oil on canvas.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
French artist. Abstract composition. Oil on canvas. Indistinctly signed and dated 1966. In great condition. Dimensions: 40.0 x 32.0 cm. / 43.0 x 35.5 cm. with frame
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1960s French Vintage Modern Paintings

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Eric Lundberg, Modernist Landscape. Oil on Canvas
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Eric Lundberg (1918-1992), a listed Swedish painter. Modernist landscape. Oil on canvas. 1960s. In perfect condition Dimensions: 71.5 x 32.0 / Total: 80.5 x 40.5 cm. with frame.
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1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Paintings

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Leonard Maurer Oil Painting, 1948
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming oil painting by noted Washington DC artist Leonard Maurer, ca' 1948. Depicting children climbing trees. Wonderful sense of color and a real m...
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1940s American Vintage Modern Paintings

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