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Period: Mid-20th Century
New Beginnings
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Signed lower left.
Mary Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910 and toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, summered with the Schubert Light Opera Company, a...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Composition Blue Center Rouge
Located in New York, NY
A painting that almost feels and acts like a sculpture as it is highly built up surface that takes on a 3 dimensional quality. He builds up the acrylic and resin in heavy layers and...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Canvas
Bernard Arnest “Signals, Orange/Black” 1962 Abstract Oil Painting, Signed, Frame
Located in Denver, CO
Signals, Orange/Black is a dynamic 1962 oil painting on masonite by American modernist Bernard Arnest (1917–1986). Signed by the artist in the lower center and titled on the reverse,...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
UNTITLED
By George Hoehn
Located in Portland, ME
Hoehn, George (American, 1935 - ?) UNTITLED ABSTRACTION. Gouache on heavy wove paper, 1969. Signed and dated, lower right. Tondo, 3 1/4 inches diameter, (image), 15 x 11 inches (shee...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work:
Oil on canvas. Signed lower right.
47.25 x 47 in.
48.5 x 48.5 in. (framed)
Custom framed in a solid maple ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist 1945 Abstract Waterfall Watercolor Landscape Painting by Eve Drewelowe
Located in Denver, CO
This striking 1945 abstract landscape watercolor by pioneering modernist artist Eve (Van Ek) Drewelowe, titled "The Champagne Cascades, Crescendos, Crashes," is a bold interpretation...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$13,500 Sale Price
22% Off
Series 67 No.4 abstract oil painting by Jack Wolsky
Located in Hudson, NY
Series 67, No. 4 (1955)
Oil on masonite
48" x 24 ½"
49" x 25 ¼" x 1 ¾" framed
About this artist: Jack Wolsky was born in 1930 in Rochester, New York.
He taught in the Department o...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Untitled" Gene Hedge, Abstract Color Field, Red Pattern Midcentury Painting
Located in New York, NY
Gene Hedge
Untitled, circa 1970
Acrylic on canvas
44 x 43 inches
(P112)
Gene Hedge was born (1928) and raised in rural Indiana. After military service, he briefly attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. There he encountered the writing of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and the following year (1949) went to study at the Institute of Design in Chicago. He received a B.S. degree in Visual Design from the Institute of Design (1953), and he also took courses at the Art Institute of Chicago and began working in collage.
During this period, the influence of Eugene Dana...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1967 "Abstract 8" Ink Brush Drawing NYC Artist Michael Knigin Mid Century
Located in Arp, TX
Michael Knigin
Abstract 8
1967
Ink brush drawing, with acrylic paint on paper
10.5"x14" unframed $675
Signed and dated in ink lower left
Came from ar...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
"Inside the Black Diamond, " Lila Katzen, Pop Art, Color Field Female Abstract
Located in New York, NY
Lila Katzen
Inside the Black Diamond, 1964
Signed, titled, and dated on the reverse
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 24 inches
Lila Katzen said of her pieces in all media: “I feel marvelous w...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Iceberg Scene
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This abstract Alaskan glacier landscape, crafted by a talented Alaskan woman artist, is a striking exploration of nature's icy majesty through the lens of abstraction. The painting i...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1967 Abstract 2 Purple and Yellow" Mid Century Watercolor Abstract
Located in Arp, TX
Michael Knigin
Abstract 2 Purple and Yellow
1967
Ink brush and watercolor on paper
8.25"x11" unframed $675
Signed and dated in ink lower left
Came from artist's estate
*Custom framin...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
H. Wilson Smith Early California Abstract Painting. "Expansion-Contradiction"
Located in Phoenix, AZ
H. Wilson Smith (1901-1981) California Artist $3000
Oil on masonite in the original frame.
Painting measures 26 3/4"h x 20 1/2"w.
Frame: 27 3/8"h x 21 1/8"w.
Titled on the verso ...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
H. Wilson Smith California Artist Geometric Abstract Painting, circa 1940s-1950s
Located in Phoenix, AZ
H. Wilson Smith (1901-1981) California Artist
Oil on board in the original frame.
Painting measures 24 x 20.
Frame: 25 x 21.
Titled on the verso “Nude - Automatic Elevator”
Signed lo...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
KUPFERMAN 1969 American Abstract Treescape
Located in New York, NY
Lawrence Kupferman (1909-1982) is an American Abstract painter and founder of the Boston Expressionist school. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Mu...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Harold Christopher Davies Abstract Expressionist Painting, circa 1960s
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Harold Christopher Davies (1891-1976) abstract painting.
Signed lower right, circa 1960s
Measures: 18 1/4" H x 8 3/4" W
Oil on paper, unframed
Davies began his formal art education ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Bryan" Amaranth Ehrenhalt, Unique Painting, Woman Abstract Expressionism, 1958
Located in New York, NY
Amaranth Ehrenhalt (1928–2021)
Bryan, 1958
Gouache on thick paper
Painting: 38 x 28 cm l 15 x 11 in.
Frame: 52 x 42 cm l 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.
Signed, titled and dated
Amaranth Ehren...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
"Cosmogramme" Louise Janin, Unique Painting, Woman Abstract Symbolist, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Louise Janin (1893–1997)
Cosmogramme, 1953-1965
Ink wash and watercolor on thick paper
Painting: 20 x 24 cm l 8 x 9 1/2 in.
Frame: 33 x 38 cm l 13 x 15 in.
Signed lower left
Louise...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Work C.266, 1965 Oil on canvas painting by Masaaki Yamada
Located in Hong Kong, HK
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Cyan Abstract
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic mid century cyan abstract by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). Signed "Erle Loran" and dated "51" lower right. Presented in silver toned metal frame with mat sans glass. Image size: 21.75"H x 15"W. Framed size: 25"H x 18"W.
Erle Loran was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied at the Minneapolis School of Art under the direction of Cameron Booth...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
"Abstraction I, " Rolph Scarlett, gouache, modernism, American art, ca 1940-50
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Ontario, Canada, Rolph Scarlett left home at age eighteen for New York City, making that city his home for long periods during his lifetime. While beginning his career as an ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Cityscape on Water II, Signed Abstract Oil Painting by Miriam
Midge
Karr
Located in Long Island City, NY
Cityscape on Water II by Miriam 'Midge' Karr, American
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Canvas, signed verso
Size: 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.56 cm)
Frame Size: 15 x 19 inches
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Bauhaus Style Building Oil Painting
Located in Rochester, NY
American abstract Bauhaus style high rise building. Oil on canvas, signed "E.M." dated 1958.
period sculpted artist sculpture Egyptian gold
collection collector ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Curves and Angles - Large Scale Bay Area - Abstract Expressionist
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold patterned abstract by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Several pieces of paper and stamps affixed to canvas. Titled on stretcher bar. Unsigned, but was acquire...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Moving On, Landscape Abstract
By Albert Stadler
Located in New York, NY
Albert Stadler was an innovator in American art, particularly in the 1960's. He was in Clement Greenberg's exhibition of 1964 titled "Post Painterly Ab...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large 1960s Modernist Bicycle Oil Painting by Mary Chenoweth – Postmodern Art
Located in Denver, CO
This striking large-format oil painting on canvas by renowned 20th-century Colorado artist Mary Chenoweth dates to the 1960s and exemplifies the bold sp...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Blue Still Life
Located in Wiscasset, ME
This vibrant work by noted 20th century American artist, Joel Durand, employs a bold palette and sophisticated approach in this dramatic and abstracted sti...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract Expressionist Golden Gate Bridge and Coastal Highway
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic abstract landscape painting in the San Francisco Bay Area Abstract Expressionist School-style by an unknown California artist (American, 20th Century), c.1965. Unframed. Imag...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Still Life of Vase Fruit on Table Watercolour - Late 1960s by Nina
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Nina - 1969
Watercolour in a wooden frame under glass
Keywords: abstract, vase, table, tablecloth, still life, fruit, apple, watercolor, red, animal, eggs, blue, flowers.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$712 Sale Price
35% Off
Mid Century Modern Swedish Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Rhythms of the Wind
Located in Bristol, GB
RHYTHMS OF THE WIND
Size: 48 x 57.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A vibrant mid-century modernist abstract painting that captures the essence of a dynamic landscape through exp...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract
Located in New York, NY
Painter, born 1911, Poland.
Education:
Academy, Berlin, with Karl Hoffe, 1929-34
Paris
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Structure XXIII - Acrylic painting by Nato Frascà - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Structure XXIII is an original contemporary artwork realized by Nato Frascà in 1964.
Acrylic painting on canvas.
Title, signature and date on the back of...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract Composition - Original Paint by Ramón Sánchez Cascado - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original mixed media artwork on paper realized by Ramon Sanchez Cascado in 1961.
Hand-Signed on the lower and dated.
Good Conditions.
Poetic representat...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Astract Composition - Original Oil Paint by André Rogi - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Astract Composition is an Original Oil on Paper realized by André Rogi (1905-1970).
Good condition of the two works included a cream colored cardboard passpartout (50x35 cm).
Signe...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
By Peter Stroud
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas. In very good condition with bright colors.
Provenance: Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, New York, with the label verso; private collection, New York.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$10,000
Abstract Harvest Festival - Mid 20th Century Mixed Media by John Bolam
By John Bolam
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
John Bolam was born in 1922 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. He originally studied painting at Hornsey School of Art and furniture design at High Wycombe School of Art. He subsequently became a member of the Great Bardfield group of artists (named after the village in Essex where many of the members settled). Close friends and colleagues from that time included Michael Rotherstein, Edward Bawden, John Aldridge and Edward Middleditch...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$1,336 Sale Price
35% Off
Edward Marecak “Mystic Writing” Abstract Ink
Acrylic Painting, Mid-Century
Located in Denver, CO
This captivating abstract composition, Mystic Writing, by celebrated Denver artist Edward Marecak, masterfully blends ink and acrylic on paper to create a visually rich and symbolic ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Robert Mus Untitled 7
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Robert Mus
Untitled 7
Oil and hessian on canvas / stretcher
1968
Signed and dated lower right
60 x 90 cms
1400 euros
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
Angelo Di Benedetto 3D Abstract Painting – Shaped Canvas Mobile, c.1950
Located in Denver, CO
This rare and striking mid-century modern abstract painting was created circa 1950 by celebrated Denver modernist Angelo Di Benedetto (1913–1992). Painted on a shaped, three-dimensio...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (Los Angeles)
By Sam Francis
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Sam Francis (1923-1994) is one of the most distinctive and collected 20th-century abstract artists.
After serving in the Air Force in WWII, Francis returned to his native Californi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Harold Christopher Davies Abstract Expressionist Oil on Paper, 1968
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Harold Christopher Davies (1891-1976) abstract painting.
Signed lower left
Rubber stamp on the back from Hoover Gallery, San Francisco
Initialed and dated on the back, 1968
Oil on pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Abstraction, " Rolph Scarlett, ca 1947, abstract expressionism, gouache
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Ontario, Canada, Rolph Scarlett left home at age eighteen for New York City, making that city his home for long periods during his lifetime. While beginning his career as an ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Robert Mus Untitled 2
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Robert Mus
Untitled 2
Mixed media on Isorel
1965/1966
119 x 90 cms
Certificate from the artist's daughter
2300 euros
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
Robert Mus Untitled 3
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Robert Mus
Untitled 3
Oil, newspaper, curling, fabric and cardboard on Isorel
1968
Signed and dated lower right
104 x 73 cms
Certificate from the artist's daughter
1600 euros
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
Abstract Composition
Located in Astoria, NY
Marc Heine (German/American, 1919-2007), Abstract Composition, Mixed Media on Canvas, signed lower right, wood frame. Image: 66.25" H x 35.25" W; frame: 67" H x 36" W x 1" D. Provena...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Oil
Robert Mus Untitled 5
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Robert Mus
Untitled 5
Oil , canvas and painted aluminium on canvas / frame
1967/1968
60 x 90 cms
Certificate from the artist's daughter
1300 euros
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
Correspondance by Max Gubler - 1949
Located in Roma, IT
This Correspondance between Max Gubler and Nesto Jacometti, written in 1949, in French, is in excellent conditions and includes 3 items:
Autograph Letter S...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Greeting Letter by A. Gerardi - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
This is a Greeting Letter Signed by the Alberto Gerardi to the Countess Pecci-Blunt.
Rome, February 29th, 1940, XVIII. One page, single-sinded. In Italian. Excellent condition, incl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Letter of Thanks by A. Gerardi - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
This is a Letter of Thanks Signed by the Italian artist Alberto Gerardi to the Countess Pecci-Blunt.
Rome, April 6th. Around 1938. One page, single-sinded. In Italian. Excellent con...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Red to Black, 1954 Abstract Oil Mid-20th Century Modern Non-Objective. Published
Located in New York, NY
Red to Black, 1954 Abstract Oil Mid-20th Century Modern Non-Objective. Published. Signed and dated upper left. 40 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches oil on canvas.
Provenance: Estate of O. Louis Guglielmi. Robert Schoelopf Gallery. Andrew Crispo Gallery. Published in the artist's monograph as seen in the attached photos.
BIO
Painter O. Louis Guglielmi moved stylistically from a symbolic Social Realism, Precisionism, and Surrealism, ultimately to abstraction, but his subject matter, when it existed, dealt with society's underdogs. He had experienced slum living as a youth, moving from place to place because of his violinist father's need to find employment. Though Guglielmi was born in 1906 in Cairo, Egypt, his Italian parents moved the family to Italy. In 1914, they were living in New York City in Harlem's Italian slum.
Guglielmi was involved in the political and artistic protests of the trial, conviction as anarchist bombers, and execution of Sacco and Vanzetti...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Composition, Untitled 2, Lambert Werner (1900-1983), Oil Canvas, 1948
Located in New York, NY
Lambert Werner (1900-1983)
Untitled, 1948
Oil on canvas
29 1/8 × 26 1/3 in l 74 × 67 cm
30 3/4 x 28 in l 78 x 71 cm (Frame included)
Signed and dated lower right
Exhibition history:...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid Century Abstract Figurative Oil Painting - Picnic Under the Pines
Located in Bristol, GB
PICNIC UNDER THE PINES
Size: 54 x 66.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A mid-century figurative painting that captures a lively outdoor gathering beneath two abstracted pine trees...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Composition by Aika Brown - Abstract, Mixed media, Modern, Black, Large-scale
Located in London, GB
Composition by Aika Brown (1937-1964)
Mixed media on canvas
130 x 89cm (51 ¹/₈ x 35 inches)
Signed and dated on the reverse, B. AIKA Paris 1961
Executed in 1961
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
Abstract Face - Mid 20th Century Mixed Media Piece by George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he received a de...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media
$1,068 Sale Price
35% Off
ABSTRACTION Mid-Century Abstract Color Field oil American Modern James Daugherty
Located in New York, NY
ABSTRACTION Mid-Century Abstract Non-Objective Color Field oil American Modern
James Daugherty (1887 – 1974) "Unidentified Flying Object," 12 x 16 inc...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The actors
Located in Roma, IT
The actors is an original artwork realized by Maurice Rouzée in the 1950's. Tempera on paper; signed by the artist on the upper left margin. Very good condit...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
1960s Abstracted Figural Triptych
The Dance of Salome
Vibrant Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"The Dance of Salome" is a striking 1960s Triptych painting by Edward Marecak, capturing the iconic Dance of the Seven Veils in a semi-abstract, cubist style. The three oil-on-board ...
Category
Folk Art Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Found Objects, surrealist composition c.1940
Located in London, GB
Found Objects
Gouache
55 x 38 cm
Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell.
Little is known about the artist other than the fact that he studied under the celebrated artist A. E. H...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Geometry in Abstraction, gouache by A W Wallis
Located in London, GB
A W Wallis
Geometry in Abstraction
Gouache
21 x 26 cm
Signed to reverse
Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell
Little is known about the artist A W Wallis, though the fact tha...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Robert Mus Untitled 6
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Robert Mus
Untitled 6
Oil on Isorel / stretcher
1965/1966
60 x 90 cms
Artist's certificate
1300 euros
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
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