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Period: Mid-20th Century
oil on board painting Bullfighting Scene
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Bullfighting Scene Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (Barcelona, 1919 - 1986) Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: 18.1 x 15 inches Signed: Yes, lower right corner "Tuser" Framed: ...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil, Board

Rocky Inlet, Monhegan, Maine
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Rocky Inlet, Monhegan, Maine Oil on canvas mounted on phenolic resin, c. 1940 Unsigned Signed with the estate stamp on the reverse (see photo) Condition: Excellent, recently cleaned ...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Original Oil Painting of Olive Trees in a Serene Landscape with Distant Hills
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Olive Trees in a Serene Landscape with Distant Hills Artist: Roland Pichard Signed: Bottom right Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card Size: 1...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

1930 s French Impressionist Oil Group Of Figures Gathered In Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Oil Painting by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on artist paper stuck on board, unframed measures: 10 high...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Provençal Landscape
Located in London, GB
'Provençal Landscape', oil on canvas, by Anna Costa (circa 1950s). This is an exceptional landscape painted by the artist in vibrant colours in an Impressio...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early Mexican City Scene by Chicago Artist Francis Chapin, San Miguel de Allende
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, vibrant, early Mexican city street scene by famed Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Depicting a quiet, picturesque view of the rooftops and cathedral...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

The Côte d Azur. Mid-Century Oil Landscape Painting.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century oil on board of a Mediterranean coastal scene by Janoti. Signed bottom right. This artwork beautifully captures a sunlit Mediterranean landscape, dominated by the bold v...
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Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil, Board

Antique American Realist Framed Summer Lake Landscape by Horlstone Fairchild
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6040 Antique American realist landscape Impressionist landscape .Set in a period frame. Signed Horlstone Fairchild 1947. Ready to hang and enjoy, Image size 11.5x15/5"
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Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Vieile Rue Rome - Large Mid 20th Century French Naïf Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful and large mid 20th century French oil on canvas depicting an old street in Rome, by Maurice Loirand. Striking and excellent quality work from the 1960's by this very inte...
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Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Blue and Green Tablescape (WPA abstract still life painting c. 1960)
Located in Hudson, NY
Blue and Green Tablescape (Post-War Modern Abstract Oil Painting on canvas) by New York School Painter and WPA artist, Lionel Gilbert Mid century modern, abstracted still life painti...
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Post-War Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"St. Patrick s Cathedral" Impressionist Snow Street Scene Oil on Canvas Board
Located in New York, NY
A stunning and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City winter scenes depicting St. Patrick's Cathedral in the snow. St. Patrick’s Cathedral is the largest Roman Cath...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Antique French Impressionist Oil Tranquil Riverbank Scene Luminous Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tranquil Riverbank Scene first half 20th century Charles Marvin - Sauvaigo ( 1881 - 1970) signed oil on canvas, framed Canvas: 18 x 21.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Franc...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Two Young Pugs
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Two Young Pugs" c.1940, is an oil painting on board by Cincinnati artist Laura E.Cassidy, 1886-1962. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The board siz...
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American Realist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century French Glass Ornament In Yellow Box Gouache Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Glass Ornament Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Gouache

Head Portrait of Old English Sheep Dog Signed Vintage English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old English Sheep Dog English School, circa 1950's period signed oil on board, framed framed: 10 x 8.25 inches board : 7 x 10 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition:...
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English School Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Antique Glouster Harbor New England Fishing Boat Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5169 Antique American Large Impressionist seascape oil painting .Oil on canvas circa 1930 Framed Image size 15.5x19.5"
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Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Women in Deckchairs
Located in London, GB
'Women in Deckchairs', oil on canvas, by Camille Hilaire (circa 1960s). Folding wooden chairs with woven or cane seats and backs, of the type now...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Terrier Puppy Spaniel Dog in Barn Antique British Signed 19thC Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Young Puppy British School, 19th century indistinctly signed with a monogram oil on canvas, framed framed: 18.5 x 21 inches canvas: 14 x 16 inches provenance: private collection,...
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Victorian Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Yuletide Spirit
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Whimsical Kate A. Williams arts and crafts impressionist painting circa 1930. Perfect for the holiday season. 20"x 16" oil on board, signed lower left. Frame is about 25x21. Painter...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Boulevard Haussmann Paris Night Scene Watercolour by Pierre Neveu French Artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Boulevard Haussmann Paris Night Scene Watercolour by Pierre Neveu French Artist Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 8.5 x ...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Watercolor

Reclining Nude en Plein Aire
Located in London, GB
'Reclining Nude en Plein Aire', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1960s). The reclining figure is one of the most popular poses in art history...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Cityscape of Lucerne Switzerland Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Cityscape of Lucerne signed by Colbert Cassan (1899-1979) oil on canvas, unframed dated 1955 Canvas: 20 x 25.5 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condi...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century French Pastel Drawing of Coastal Town with Hills Overlooking the Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Pastel Drawing of Coastal Town with Hills Overlooking the Sea Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Oil Pastel on artist paper Size: 19.75 (he...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Antique Italian Large Figurative Framed Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Woman
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5154 Antique Italian oil painting of a reclining nude woman Framed Image size 24x36"
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Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Vintage American Modernist Interior Still Life Cubist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Handsomely framed in modernist wood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Traditional English Summer River Landscape Oil Painting Harvest Picnic
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Summertime Harvest by Don Vaughan (British, 20th century) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 25 x 35.5 inches canvas : 20 x 30 inches Provenance: private collection, Surrey, Englan...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Cubist Portrait of a Woman
By Anita Payró
Located in Columbia, MO
Anita Payró (Argentine, 1897 - 1980) was born into a culturally sophisticated family. Her father, Roberto J. Payró, was a noted writer and war correspondent, and her brother Julio Pa...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Biomorphic Abstraction , Large Mid-Century American Abstract Leaf Form Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'E.B.S.' for E.B.Stetson (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1965; additionally signed, verso, 'E. B. Stetson'. A substantial, mid-century American Sch...
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Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

1950 s English Marine Oil Painting Three Masted Sailing Ships Choppy Seas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailing on the High Seas English School, mid 20th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 19.5 x 25.5 inches canvas: 14 x 20 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: v...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Rockport Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful 1931 painting by American artist, Giovanni Martino (1908-1997). Oil on canvas measures 25 x 30 inches. Measures 35 x 39 inches framed. The scene depicts what is definitively the Rockport, Mass. fishing pier. Excellent condition with a few very minor areas of paint flaking. The darker areas in the sky is a result of unpainted areas. The canvas is sized with glue but not primed white: observable areas of natural linen color results. Signed wet into wet and dated lower left. No restoration or overpaint. Giovanni Martino, National Academy of Design* member, was born on May 1, 1908 in Philadelphia PA where all seven brothers and one sister, Filomina, Frank, Antonio, Albert, Ernest, Giovanni, Edmond, and William became painters. They were under the tutelage of their eldest brother, Frank, who in the late 1920s, founded the first commercial art* studio, Martino Studios, at 27 South 18th Street. Besides studying with his two eldest brothers, Giovanni also studied with Albert Jean Adolph at La France Institute, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts*, The Graphic Sketch Club, and Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia. In his mid teens he accompanied his two eldest brothers to New Hope searching for subjects to paint. In the 1930s, he also started to paint in Manayunk, a hilly mill town along the Schuylkill River...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Two Blue Dancing Birds Thick Oil Impasto Animal Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dancing Birds by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) stamped verso oil painting on board, unframed board: 29 x 20 inches Colors: Grey colors, blue, pink, pi...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Lady - Mid 20th Century Hungarian Oil on Canvas Painting
By Zsuzsi Roboz
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and dated 1957 Hungarian oil on canvas portrait of a lady wearing a yellow shirt, by Zsuzsi Roboz. Excellent quality work by this important female Hungarian pain...
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Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Floral Still Life - Cup with Cascading Flowers
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Floral Still Life - Cup with Cascading Flowers Detailed and moody still life of flowers in a ridged cup by Alan Inger (British b. 1901 d. 1978.) The background is full of de...
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Folk Art Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Yellow Flowers in Yellow in a Terracotta Pot British Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Yellow Flowers by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil painting on artist paper, unframed size: 6.5 x 5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: very good Irina Ha...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Monterey Bay cypress tree California Impressionist landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Edwin B. Kelley Jr. (American). Monterey Bay Cyprus tree Landscape. Oil on panel measuring 12 x 16 inches. Unframed. Signed lower left.
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris
Located in London, GB
'Parc des Buttes-Chaumont' in Paris, gouache on art paper, by Lucien Génin (circa 1930s). A charming depiction of well turned out Parisians enjoying a day at the park. Boaters, strollers and swans all co-mingle around the peaceful lake. The reflection of the rocky bluff in the water is superbly treated by Génin. It's a cheerful and uplifting image of days-gone-by in 1930s Paris. The park takes its name from the 'bare hill' (chauve-mont) that once occupied the site. It became a place where gypsum was mined, and where the limestone was quarried to be used in buildings in Paris and the United States. Worse, though, it was a site that also became a dumping ground. Luckily, during the 19th-century renovation of Paris under Napoleon III, chauve-mont was chosen as a place for a large park, as part of the emperor's fascination with endowing Paris with green spaces. The artificial lake created at that time wraps around a hilly central island. The lake attracts waterfowl and other birds and is stocked with fish. The 19th-century planners cleaned up the site and added tons of soil to fill the pits left by a limestone mining operation. Then dynamite was used to "sculpt" the site into the craggy shapes seen today, including the 50-metre-high central hill with cliffs, an interior grotto, pinnacles, and arches. Up on top, overlooking the rest of the park - and depicted in this artwork - is a small, round belvedere, based on the Roman Temple of Vesta in Italy. From that spot you can see a lovely view of Montmartre and the white cupolas of the Sacre-Coeur. The painting is in very good condition. It has been newly framed and glazed with museum-quality glass (anti-reflective and UV protection) to preserve this significant artwork for decades to come. Dimensions with frame: H 62 cm / 24.4" W 76 cm / 29.9" Dimensions without frame: H 48.5 cm / 19.1" W 63 cm / 24.8" About the Artist: After the devastation of the First World War, Lucien Génin (1894 - 1953) left his provincial home in the autumn of 1919 to find his fortune among the lively Parisians in the heart of Montmartre. Génin befriended the painters Frank Will, Gen Paul, Émile Boyer, Marcel Leprin...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Sunset on the Cheshire Plain - Large Impressionist Horses in Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large signed and dated 1943 English impressionsit oil on board depicting horses in a landscape at sunset, by William Ongley Miller. Excellent quality and condition atmos...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

"Parisian City Street Scene" Town Figures Mid-20th Century Oil Painting Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a colorful Mid Century Street in Paris France, a popular subject of the times painted by many important impressionist 20th Century painters. This piece is a bol...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Panel

French Coastal Sail Boat Dock Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3344a Seascape Painting , palette oil on board displayed in a wood frame ,signed by Mac Gucol Image size 16 H x 11 W
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Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Huge 1950 s French Modernist Oil Mythological Pink Nudes on Rocky Coastline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Naiades" French Modernist artist, circa 1950's The work is faintly monogrammed to the lower corner though hard to tell. There is a name verso but illegible - possibly the artist or ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Large John Hultberg SF Bay Area Artist Abstract Expressionist Collage Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
John Hultberg (American 1922-2005) New American Night 1967 Collage on board, framed Hand signed, titled, dated, and inscribed "Collage 29" on verso Dimensions: framed 31 x 41 image ...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Paint, Paper, Board

The Petrified Origin oil on canvas painting Antoni Pitxot
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: The Petrified Origin Artist: Antoni Pitxot i Soler (1934–2015) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 25.6 x 31.9 in (65 x 81 cm) Date: 1967 Condition: Unframed Signature: Signed lower right: Pitxot Provenance: Private collection Notes: Early work from Pitxot’s mature period, featuring the symbolic and meticulously rendered stone forms that would define his artistic identity. 📝 Work Description In The Petrified Origin, Antoni Pitxot presents a haunting and timeless vision of a single, eroded rock suspended in a dreamlike, undefined space. The stone, modeled with sculptural precision, appears to float over a subtly reflective surface, devoid of background or narrative context. Its porous texture, cracks, and shadows evoke a fossilized memory — a silent relic of geological time. Painted in 1967, this piece exemplifies Pitxot's unique visual language, developed through his practice of collecting stones along the Costa Brava and transforming them into anthropomorphic and symbolic compositions. The result is both surreal and solemn, an ode to nature’s memory and the enduring presence of the inanimate. 👤 About the Artist Antoni Pitxot i Soler (born in Figueres, 1934 – died in Barcelona, 2015) was a Catalan painter deeply rooted in the surrealist tradition. Coming from an artistic family —his uncle was Ramon Pichot, a friend of Picasso and Dalí— Pitxot trained as a draughtsman and painter from a young age. In the 1960s, he settled in Cadaqués, where he developed his distinct artistic universe. His paintings revolve around stone as a symbol of permanence, transformation, and memory. Pitxot created sculptural assemblages from real coastal stones and later immortalized them in oil on canvas. His works often hint at human figures, ancient myths, and allegories of time. 🎭 Connection with Salvador Dalí Pitxot was not only a close friend of Salvador Dalí but also one of his closest collaborators. Dalí admired his work and invited him to co-design the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres. After Dalí’s death...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Follower of Roderic O Connor, Female nude in an interior, large oil painting
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very striking and stylishly painted oil of a shapely nude reclining on a draped sofa, dating from the early to mid 20th century . This large scale oil is presented in an attractive...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Classical Still Life Ornate Flowers in Vase in the Traditional Old Master style
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ornate Classical Flowers oil painting on canvas, framed signed and dated 1947 framed: 17.5 x 12.5 inches canvas: 16 x 10.5 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good ...
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Old Masters Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"St. Tropez" Parisian Marine Harbor Scene Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
As a French Impressionist artist, most of the Delarue's works were produced in the Mid-20th Century. He was known for his charming compositions and with a passion to portray life by ...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Olive Tree Behind the Stone Wall
Located in London, GB
'The Olive Tree Behind the Stone Wall', ink on art paper, by Pierre Dionisi (circa 1930s). Sepia-toned, original drawing in a compelling style depicts a...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Landscape Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 4 by 5 inches overall, and 3.5 by 4.5 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. ...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Woman in Pink Dress with Flowers and Citrus Still Life French Watercolor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Woman in Pink Dress with Flowers and Citrus Still Life French Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Size (H x W): 5.75 x 5.75 i...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Watercolor

Vintage French Impressionist Signed Oil Villefranche sur Mer Harbor Cote d Azur
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Villefranche-sur-Mer by Felix Pierre MANGIAPAN (b.1884) signed oil on canvas, framed Framed: 19.5 x 21 inches Canvas : 14 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, Nice, France Con...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century French Nude Painting Of A Lady Stood Posed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) oil on thin board, unframed board: 27 x 15 inches good condition with some cracks shown in photos provenance: from the artists estate, ...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Mid 20th Century French Oil Pre-Raphaelite Portrait of a Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Working Sketch by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on artist paper stuck on board, unframed measures: 10.5 high by 12 inche...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

"Around Place de l Opéra" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful impressionist oil painting on canvas by Gene Jordan depicting a tremendously vivid and alive street scene from Paris in the 20th Century with a view around the Place de l...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil, Board, Canvas

Breton fisherman with pipe
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Beige wooden frame 90 x 70 x 4.6 cm Breton fisherman with pipe This captivating portrait shows a fisherman with a bushy beard, deep in thought and smoking his pipe. T...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

A Fabulous, Abstract 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Sleeping Female Nude
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, Abstract 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Sleeping Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. A sensuous, intimate studio depiction of a sleeping nude femal...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life of Pears on Purple - British 50 s Post Impressionist art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely British Post Impressionist still life oil painting is by artist Peter Field. Painted circa 1955 on board it is a still life of pears on a purple background. It has echoes...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

Antique American Realist Horse Portrait Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American horse portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Signed verso. Framed. Measuring: 9 by 7 inches overall, and 7 by 5 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Hands...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Bluebonnets Texas Hill Country"
Located in San Antonio, TX
Robert Wood (G. Day) (1889 -1979) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 20 x 24 Frame Size: 29 x 33 Medium: Oil Signed Lower left "Bluebonnet" Biography Robert Wood (G. Day) (1889 -1979) A painter of realistic landscapes reflecting a vanishing wilderness in America, Robert Wood (not to be confused with Robert E. Wood) is reportedly one of the most mass-produced artists in the United States. His painting became so popular he was unable to meet all of the demands, and many of his works were reproduced in lithographs and mass distributed as prints, place mats, and wall murals by companies including Sears, Roebuck. He was born in Sandgate, Kent on the south coast of England near Dover, the son of W.L. Wood, a famous home and church painter who recognized and supported his son's talent. In fact, he forced his son to paint by keeping him inside to paint rather than playing with his friends. At age 12, Wood entered the South Kensington School of Art. As a youth, he came to the United States in 1910, having served in the Royal Army, and he never returned to England. He traveled extensively all over the United States, especially in the West, often in freight cars, and also painted in Mexico and Canada. His itinerant existence took him to Illinois where he worked as a farmhand, to Pensacola, Florida where he married, briefly in Ohio, Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. In 1912, he was in Los Angeles, and in the late 1920s and early 1930s, in San Antonio, Texas, where he lived and in 1928 exhibited in the "Texas Wildflower Competition." From San Antonio, he gained a national reputation for his strong colored, dramatic paintings. Some of that prestige has been credited to his association with Jose Arpa, prominent Texas artist. Wood also gave art lessons, and one of his students was Porfirio Salinas. During this period, Wood sometimes signed his paintings G. Day or Trebor, which is Robert spelled backwards. In 1941 he went to California and painted numerous desert and mountain landscapes and coastal scenes. He lived in Carmel for seven years, and then moved to Woodstock, New York, but he soon returned to California, settling first in Laguna Beach, then San Diego, and finally in the High Sierras, where he and his wife built a home and studio near Bishop and lived until his death in 1979. Robert Wood was born March 4, 1889, in Sandgate, England, a small town on the Kentish coast not far from the white cliffs of Dover. His father, W. J. Wood, was a successful painter who recognized Robert's unusual talent. At the age of twelve, his father enrolled Wood in art school in the small town of Folkstone. He then attended the South Kensington School of Art. While attending art school, Wood won four first awards and three second awards, one each year, a record. In 1910 after service in the Royal Army, nineteen-year-old Wood and his friend, Claude Waters, immigrated to America. Initially, he settled in Illinois and worked as a hired hand on a farm belonging to Water's uncle. He would then strike out on his own, living the life of an itinerant painter. Wood traveled as a hobo, hopping freight trains and selling or bartering small paintings to support him along the way. When times were hard, he worked at whatever job was available. In this manner, he saw most of the United States and fell in love with rural America. By 1912, Wood visited Los Angeles for the first time, arriving on the day of the Titanic tragedy. Later that year, he had met, courted and married young Eyssel Del Wagoner in Florida. The couple moved to Ohio where a daughter, Florence, was born. During World War I, the family moved to Seattle where a son, John Robert Wood, was born in 1919. In the early 1920's, the young Wood family was almost constantly on the move. They stayed for short periods in Kansas, Missouri, California and for a longer time in Portland, Oregon, where Wood's friend Claude Waters had settled. Wood's seemingly endless wanderings disrupted his family life and delayed his development as a painter. However, through his travels he developed an appreciation for the American landscape that would inspire him for the rest of his career. Although aware of the current movement away from traditional realism in American art, he elected to travel that solitary path and remain true to his own vision of American’s grandeur and beauty poetically translated through his landscape and seascape paintings. In 1923, the Wood family discovered the beautiful city of San Antonio, Texas and it was there that he and his family would finally settle. He studied briefly at the San Antonio Art School with Spanish colorist Jose Arpa y Perea (1860-1952), who had arrived in San Antonio that same year. In the latter part of the 1920’s, Jose Arpa’s influence quickly became evident. Wood after several years of experimentation was becoming fine easel painter, capable of great subtlety with a new mature original style. Like Texas painters Robert Onderdonk (1853-1917) and his son Julian Onderdonk (1882-1922), Robert Wood concentrated on the distinctive Texas landscape with its Red Oak trees and wildflowers that covered the hill country landscape. He developed a reputation for his scenes of Blue Bluebonnets, the state flower. In the spring, the Texas prairie is covered with wildflowers, especially in the hill country surrounding San Antonio and Austin. Wood incorporated native stone barns and rough wood farmhouses that added authenticity and romance to his compositions. In 1925, Wood was divorced from his wife. In 1932, he moved to the famous scenic loop on San Antonio's outskirts. While still living in Texas, he took extensive western sketching trips that brought him to California. It is evident that his 1930’s California...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

1930 s Atmospheric French Provencal Countryside Landscape Cypress Trees in Lane
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provencal Lane French artist, indistinctly signed signed oil on board, framed in deep wooden frame dared 1932 Framed: 17.5 x 21.5 inches Board : 13.5 x 18 inches Provenance: priv...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Oil

1940 s Provence France Painting Landscape - Post Impressionist artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) Signed and dated 1947 From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947 watercolour painting on paper, unframed mea...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

British Hunting Scene Oil Painting Master of the Fox Hounds on Horseback
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Master of the Fox Hounds by John Renney (British circa 1960's) signed to label verso oil painting on board, framed painting: 18 x 22 inches framed: 23.5 ...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil

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