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Christian Julia (1921-1991) - Mid 20th Century Gouache, Les Mécaniques

20th Century

A delightful modernist study by the artist Christian Julia (1921-1991) depicting nude models in the studio. Signed to the lower right. Well presented in a slim wooden frame. On paper...

A wonderful abstract composition by the South African artist Cyril Fradan. Here the artist has produced an original composition of organic shapes ...

A gouache, pencil, and watercolour composition by the Macedonian artist Djordje Ilic. Signed and dated to the lower right. Well presented in a plum and gold frame. On paper.

An abstract canvas by notable French painter Bernard Dufour (1922-2016) composed of a patchwork of muted tones. The work is titled Urwald to the reverse of the canvas, a German meani...

A striking gouache on paper by Robert Freiman, signed and dated 1957. Robert J Freiman (b. 1917 - d. 1991), deaf from birth, was born in New York City and attended the Lexington Sch...

Mid-century oil pastel abstract incorporating a vast array of color and unique shapes by artist D. Wargon, circa 1950. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a...

Patrick Danion, Painting, Acrylic on Paper, Signed on the bottom right corner, France, 1989. Measures: Width 142 cm, Height 102 cm.

Abstract Work on Paper Mid-Century Modernism Greek American Gouache Drawing. A modernist artist who emigrated to America from Greece in 1904, when he was fourteen years old, Jean Xceron is described as having a reputation as an artist that has mysteriously fallen into obscurity---especially since he was reportedly quite prominent during his lifetime. However, a partial explanation of that omission is the fact that many of his papers and early records have been lost. He was a painter of biomorphic abstractions and did collages, which were influenced by Dadaism. Xceron was active in New York City when modernism was gaining influence. Of him during this period, it was written that his artistic role was "a vital link between what is commonly termed as the first-generation (the Stieglitz group, the Synchromists, etc.) and second-generation, the American Abstract Artists, the Transcendental Painting...