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Period: Mid-20th Century
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Surreal Figurative City Landscape by Varen circa 1950
s
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
2901 City Landscape ,acrylic on canvas
Displayed in a custom gilt wood frame
Image size 18x24" overall 21x26.5"
Signed Varen
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$675 Sale Price
30% Off
Modernist Untitled Color Field Oil Painting in Earth Tones by Herbert MacDonald
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Modernist Untitled Color Field Oil Painting in Earth Tones signed Herbert MacDonald originates from the United States, Circa 1968. Features a rectangular composition in...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 12.75 x 9.75 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ...
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Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Horse Carousel Animal Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really impressive early American modernist painting. Oil on board. Framed.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Mid Century Modern Abstract Landscape Monogrammed American Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
WPA Impressionist Figurative Landscape Oil Painting Panel "Ocho Rios" Jamaica
Located in Portland, OR
A important American Impressionist painting by Isabella Howland (1895-1974), "Ocho Rios", Jamaica, 1940.
Howland was active in both Boston & New York, this impressionistic painting d...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Scale Antique American Abstract Expressionist Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed Antique American Modernist Watermelon Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist watermelon still life pastel painting. Pastel on paper. Signed. Framed. Measuring 18 by 22 inches overall and 16 by 20 painting alone.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Ervin B. Nussbaum (1914 - 1996). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Dated 1950.
Artist Bio:
Ervin B. Nussbaum was born in Co...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unique SIGNED Abstract Expressionist drawing major WPA artist, Estate issued COA
Located in New York, NY
WILLIAM BAZIOTES
Untitled Abstract Expressionist Mid Century Modern ink drawing with Estate COA, ca. 1955
Ink Drawing on Paper
Signed lower right recto. Accompanied by letter of aut...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink
Mid Century Modern Swedish Mini Coastal Landscape Oil Painting -Shoreline Colour
Located in Bristol, GB
SHORELINE COLOUR
Size: 34 x 39 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A mid-century coastal landscape that captures a cluster of moored boats rendered through a beautifully abstracted, ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American Modernist Framed Large Abstract Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract oil painting by Martin Rosenthal (1899 - 1974). Oil on board. Measuring 28 by 42 inches overall and 26 by 40 painting alone. Oil on board. Signed. In exc...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bird Abstraction
— Mid-Century Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Stephen Harty, Untitled (Bird Abstraction), gouache, 1953. Signed and dated lower left. A fine, meticulously rendered, mid-century, modernist gouache painting, with fresh colors on 1...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Antique American School Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school abstract expressionist painting. Oil on board. Signed. In excellent original condition. Nicely framed in a period wood molding. Excellent condition, read...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Modernist Pear Still Life Framed Original Fine Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible early American modernist still life oil painting. Housed in a great antique giltwood frame. Oil on board.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Composition N°1 by Vivaldo Martini - Oil on canvas 70x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
His first name sounds like a concerto. Vivacious, its name is reminiscent of an aperitif or a cyclist. The addition of the two evokes the Italianate. Indomitable and unavoidable. Mor...
Category
Baroque Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Côte d
Azur. Sun, Sea and Sand. Mid-Century Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century oil on canvas of a summer scene on the Côte d'Azur. The work is signed but the artist unknown.
This artwork is a vibrant and eclectic composition that captures the essen...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Signed Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school signed abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 19L x 13H.
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Red Abstract OiI Compostion by Lee Reynolds
By Lee Reynolds
Located in Pasadena, CA
Modern Abstract Year: 1960-1970 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right Size: Abstract oil on canvas by Lee Reynolds was a popular artist in the 1960s known for oversized, color...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sam Gilliam - Ab Ex painting, Ex-Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Collection, Signed
By Sam Gilliam
Located in New York, NY
Sam Gilliam
Untitled Abstract Expressionist mixed media painting on paper, Ex-Museum of Modern Art Collection, 1968
Watercolor and Aluminum Paint on Fiberglass Paper. (Framed with Mu...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fiberglass, Paint, Watercolor
Antique American School 1930s NYC Surrealist Abstract Gold Gilt Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist mixed media painting. Oil on board with gold leaf assemblage, circa 1930. Unsigned. Image size, 13L x 17H. Housed in a period wood frame most li...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$15,800 Sale Price
20% Off
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on thick board
unframed: 8 x 8 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have fo...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Modern American Oil Painting Abstract Female artist black and white
Located in Buffalo, NY
Anita Johnson
Untitled (Monochrome Construct), c. 1960s
Oil on illustration board
Framed dimensions: 21 in. H × 16 in. W
Presented in a contemporary black frame
In this striking bla...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Vintage Signed American School Modernist Abstract Cubist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive signed 1967 abstract landscape. Appears to be an abstract coastal scene. Framed.
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,180 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Expressionist Painting (Mid-century Modern action composition)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting, 1957
Oil on canvas measuring 18 x 30 inches.
Signed with monogram and dated lower right.
Two repair patches on back on painting.
Artist...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Tempole" Seymour Franks, Bright Red and Yellow, Abstract Mid-Century Painting
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Franks
Tempole, 1948
Signed lower right; signed, dated, titled on verso
Oil on canvas
35 x 42 inches
American painter and designer, Seymour Franks, was born in New York Ci...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American School Abstract Expressionist Large Neutral Tone Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,871 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Framed American Modernist Surreal Beach Scene Fauvist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist beach scene oil painting by Brooks Kelly (1935 - 2012). Framed. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Signed. Image size, 12H by 16L.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century "Untitled Abstract" Vibrant Oil On Canvas Painting signed Cohn
Located in New York, NY
This striking Mid-Century Modernist "Untitled Abstract" Vibrant Oil On Canvas Painting signed Cohn originates from the United States, Circa 1960. The painting exudes an untamed vibra...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Trafalgar, London
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Thelma Speed Houston – American (1914-2000)
Title: Trafalgar
Year: unknown
Medium: Watercolor on heavy watercolor paper
Sheet size: 18 x 24 inches
Signature: Signed lower lef...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Large 1970s Modern Sailing in Sunshine, Colorful Vintage, Abstract
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
" Sailing in Sunshine ", circa 1970s
Oil on Canvas
50" x 40"
Housed in a Slat-wood frame
Overall Size: 50 1/2" x 40 3/4"
Appears to be in very good condition.
We are looking f...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,875 Sale Price
25% Off
Abstract composition
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
63 x 72 x 5 cm
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,184
Mid 20th-Century French Oil Painting Cubist Portrait of Nude Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Models
by Therese Hummel (French, 1911-1999)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 15 x 18 inches
Provenance: private collection of this artists work, Paris
Condition: sound and good...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$895 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Outsider Pop Art Abstract Large Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Abstract Geometric Study In Polymerised Macro-Molecular Paint.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid Century Abstract in polymerised macro-molecular paint on canvas applied to a painted wooden board by Belgian artist Paul H Saffre. Signed and dated {1963) on the board below the ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Cubist Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century cubist abstract. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$980 Sale Price
20% Off
1969 Monumental Red Abstract Milburn Smith
Located in Arp, TX
Monumental Red Abstract
Milburn Smith
March 1969
Acrylic paint on canvas
65 x 64 x 1.25
Signed and dated lower right in ink
Very Good Condition: Consistent with age and history.
Fro...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique American Modernist Abstract Houses Architecture Precisionist NY Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Abstract Cubist Mid Century Framed Composition Signed Geist
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract composition signed Geist. Oil on board, circa 1950. Signed lower right. Displayed in a wood frame. Image size, 7"L x 10"H, overall 15"L x 17"H.
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American School Modernist New England Landscape Framed Lake Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Josef Albers, Echoed (Homage to the Square), 1954
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
1954
Oil on Masonite
60 x 60 cm
Unique
Signed and dated, lower right
Provenance:
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York.
Galerie Denise René, Paris.
Edward Totah Gallery, London.
Acquired f...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Metallic Water, unique 1960s Op Art painting (signed), Art Institute of Chicago
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Metallic Water, 1964
Painting with Liquitex on canvas. (1964 Art Institute of Chicago Exhibition and J.L. Hudson Gallery)
Signed boldly and dated 1964 on the ver...
Category
Op Art Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas
1947 Abstract Biomorphic Painting by Leo Cahn
Located in New York, NY
Leo Cahn
Untitled, 1947
Oil on board
35 3/4 x 23 3/8 in.
Framed: 42 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 2 in.
Signed and dated lower left
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
David Hammons, Gray
Rust Abstract
Located in San Francisco, CA
This signed painting by acclaimed African-American artist David Hammons displays an early experimental use of painted material during the artist’s formative years at Otis Art Institu...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 43 by 31 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood mo...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1970
s French Abstract Expressionist Signed
Dated Large Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Expressionist circa 1970's
signed and dated
oil on canvas
canvas: 25.5 x 32 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition, age related...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$966 Sale Price
20% Off
Paolo Buggiani Mid Century Modern Abstract
By Paolo Buggiani
Located in San Francisco, CA
magnificent abstract, painting by the well listed Italian artist Paolo Buggiani relationship relationship. Born in Italy in 1933, but worked in America from the 1950s. He has auction...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 9.5 x 9.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we hav...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
oil painting on board
unframed: 11 x 7.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have for sale ...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Anza-Borrego Desert California Modernist Large Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape signed oil painting of the Anza-Borrego desert. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 36 by 44 inches overall. In excellent original condit...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Plant-like
By James Brooks
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
James Brooks (1906-1992). Plantlike, c.1945. Oil on canvas measures 18 x 24 inches; 24 x 30 inches in a painted wood frame of the period. Signed "J. David Brooks" lower right, Signed...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting by Christine Opolus. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed. Framed. Image size, 32L x 12"H.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960s "House with Yellow Windows" Encaustic Oil Paint Abstract NYC Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Martin Rosenthal
"House with Yellow Windows"
c. 1960s
Encaustic & Oil paint on paper
20"x13" unframed
Signed and dated in ink lower left
Martin Rosent...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Encaustic, Oil
French, Mid-Century View of a Port dated "59"
Located in SANTA FE, NM
View of a Port "59"
French Modernist School
Oil on canvas
Illegibly signed. l.r., dated "59"
28 3/4 x 23 3/4 (30 x 25 frame) inches
A positively brilliant, Modernist view of a French port...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,846 Sale Price
45% Off
Fine 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Figurative Modernist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Composition
by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 26 inches
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist h...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Orchestra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Orchestra, 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 21 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches, labeled verso “Brown University, Trustee, The Walter Feldman Trust for Artwork” titled verso,...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colorful Abstract painting by Arnold Weber 1968
By Arnold Weber
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arnold Weber, American (1931 - 2010)
Title: Colorful Abstract
Year: 1968
Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed, titled and dated l.l.
Size: 32 x 44 in. (81.28 x 111.76 cm)
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Signed Still Life Framed Interior Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted American modernist still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 22H by 28L.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist New York City Skyline Framed Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 29 by 25 inches overall, and 20 by 24 painting alone. In excellent original condition. ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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