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Period: Mid-20th Century
1940 John Edward Thompson Modernist Still Life Oil Painting of Flowers
Located in Denver, CO
This original 1940 Modernist still life oil painting by celebrated American artist John Edward Thompson (1882–1945) showcases a bold and expressive floral arrangement, rendered with ...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Oil Painting - Floral
Figurine
Located in Bristol, GB
FLORAL & FIGURINE
Size: 50 x 71 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
An elegant and serene mid-century still life interior scene, executed in oil on board.
The composition presents a...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Original Oil Painting of a Shell and Blossoms on Crimson Fabric
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of a Shell and Blossoms on Crimson Fabric
Artist: Roland Pichard
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 13.5 (height) x 10.75 (width), (Inclu...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$411 Sale Price
37% Off
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Abstract Oil Painting - Geometric Still Life
Located in Bristol, GB
GEOMETRIC STILL LIFE
Size: 57 x 48 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A striking and brilliantly executed mid-century modernist style still life composition, executed in oil onto boa...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Still Life of Pears
, Carlisle, Philadelphia, Post-Impressionist Woman Artist
By Eleida Bosler Ashcraft
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Eleida Ashcraft' for Eleida Bosler Ashcraft (American, 1875-1940) and dated 1931/2.
Framed dimensions: 23.5 H x 2.5 D x 25.25 H inches
Displayed in a carved 22kt...
Category
Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1947 Mid Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Tulips in a Blue Vase
Located in Bristol, GB
TULIPS IN A BLUE VASE
Size: 64 x 54.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A very well executed floral still life composition, painted in oil onto board and dated 1947 on the reverse.
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Flowers in Blue Vase - British Slade School 30s floral still life oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely British 1930's Art Deco floral still life oil painting is by much exhibited Slade School female artist Grace English. Painted in 1930 the composition is of a mixed floral...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Tropical Pineapple and Oranges Still Life Painting
By Savino
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3294 Pineapple Still Life, vintage acrylic on board displayed in a wood frame,signed by Savino. Image size 9.5 H x 7.5 W
Category
Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$250 Sale Price
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An Vibrant, Expressive Mid-Century Floral Still Life Painting by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vibrant, Expressive Mid-Century Floral Still Life Painting by Rudolph Pen. Artwork size: 15” x 10"; Framed size: 19 1/2” x 14 1/2”. Signed Pen, lower right. Provenance: Esta...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid 20th Century, Painting of Seashells with Collage
Located in San Francisco, CA
There’s a weathered, driftwood feel to this painting, "Archaeology," by California artist R.W. (Richard) Hacket (1917-1988). Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Hackett was undoubt...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Panel, Paper
Still Life - Oil Paint by Cristianus - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life is a modern artwork realized by Cristianus in the mid-20th Century.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Includes frame.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Breakfast Room
Located in New York, NY
A great early date for this artist where he was coming out of the origins of expressionist and fauve works of art. A unique composition depicting a woman setting out a table laden w...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Flowers in Vase 1950
s French Signed Oil Painting Interior Room Scene framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flowers in Interior
French School, circa 1950's
indistinctly signed upper corner
oil on board, framed
framed: 23 x 20 inches
board: 18 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection, Fra...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Floral Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful oil still life of a vase of assorted flowers, with two roses on the table. Unframed. Unsigned. Image, 16"H x 20"L.
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$319 Sale Price
20% Off
Still Life by Window, Cubist Oil Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Still Life by Window (14)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Canvas, unsigned
Size: 16 in. x 20 in. (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"STILL LIFE FRUIT" MID CENTURY
Located in San Antonio, TX
Michael Frary
(1918 - 2005)
Austin Artist
Image Size: 16 x 20
Frame Size: 17.5 x 21.5
Medium: Oil
"Still Life Fruit"
Biography
Michael Frary (1918 - ...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bouquet of flowers
By René Guinand
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
64 x 55 x 5.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Art Deco Sea Airplane - Aviation Art Design
Located in Miami, FL
High-impact Art Deco Illustration of a WWII Sea Plane, viewed with today's eyes, is sleek, stunning, and campy Kitsch. The work is in surprisingly good to excellent condition for its...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Illustration Board
Mid-Century Art Deco Figurine w. Dogs
Lilies Still Life by Nell Walker Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Romantic still-life of a beautiful porcelain lady and her two dogs - perhaps Borzoi - set among a display of fresh cut lilies by listed artist Nell Walker Warner (American, 1891-1970). Signed "Nell Walker Warner" lower left. Displayed in a giltwood frame with linen liner. Image, 30"H x 36"L.
Nell Walker Warner was born in Richardson County, Nebraska on April 1, 1891. She was educated in Colorado Springs, Colorado and graduated from the Lexington College in Missouri in 1910. She moved to California in 1916 where she studied and graduated from the Los Angeles School of Art and Design. After her marriage to Dr. Bion Smith Warner in 1920, the couple settled in La Canada. During the 1920's, Nell was the curator of the Tuesday Afternoon Club in Los Angeles and further studied with Nicolai Fechin, Paul Lauritz and Fritz Werner. Her floral paintings are radiant; an article in the Christian Science Monitor stated, ''California flowers...
Category
Art Nouveau Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Art Deco Still Life -- Spring Tulips in Vase
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful art deco style still life of yellow and lavender tulips in vase with sugar bowl by Hamlin (American, 20th Century), circa 1935. Signed lower right "Hamlin" Condition: Good;...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Mid Century Modern Burgundy Calla Lilies in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Burgundy Calla Lilies in Oil on Masonite
Gorgeous still life of burgundy calla lilies by listed artist Helen Enoch Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Signed "Gleif...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Original Parisian Vintage Jewelry Design Art by Van Cleef
Boucheron Designer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Starlight and Feather Pendants Symbols of Grace and Strength Jewelry Design
circa mid 20th century
by Paul Touzet (French b. 1917)
original gouache painting, with pencil on tracing p...
Category
French School Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Potted daffodils - Still life oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
Gilded wooden frame
70,5 x 48 x 4,5 cm
Unsigned
Category
Academic Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Mid 20th Century French Still Life Painting Ornate Flowers in Glass Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ornate Flowers in Glass Vase
Pair of original French paintings, circa 1950's period
2 x oil paintings on unframed board, with added collage/ mixed media
each of the boards measures: ...
Category
French School Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Brass Coffee Grinder and Bowl, Photorealist Oil Painting by Andras Gombar
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Andras Gombar, French (1946 - )
Title: Still Life 1
Year: circa 1965
Medium: Oil on Canvas mounted to Wood, signed
Size: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Bright
Colorful French Cubist Abstract Oil Painting Flowers in Vase, 20thC
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: signed initials ' MD', French mid 20th century
Title: cubist abstract still life composition
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 28.75 x 19.5 inches
Provenan...
Category
Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life of Flowers in Cases - Oil on Canvas by G. Salvini - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Still life of flowers in vases" is the artwork realized by Giuseppe Salvini.
Oil painting on canvas 70 x 100 cm, frame included 92 x 122 cm.
Signed lower right G. Salvini.
Good...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950
s French Modernist Signed Oil - Colorful Fruit against dark background
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1951, signed with initials and stamped reverse.
Title: Modernist still life coffee pot and fruit
Medium: oil...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$928 Sale Price
86% Off
Original Parisian Vintage Jewelry Design Art by Van Cleef
Boucheron Designer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of six Silver Rings Jewelry Design
circa mid 20th century
by Paul Touzet (French b. 1917)
original gouache painting, with pencil on tracing paper, unframed
measurements in left ...
Category
French School Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Arrangement de fleurs - Impressionist Still Life Painting Oil by Leon Detroy
By Leon Detroy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed still life oil on canvas circa 1930 by French impressionist painter Leon Detroy. The work depicts a vase filled with roses and peonies in deep reds and pinks.
Signature:
Sign...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life of Flowers in a Jug
, School of Paris, French Post-Impressionist oil
By Frank Gebhart
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, mid-century oil showing sunflowers informally arranged in a glass vase. An accomplished tonalist work with delicate color and animated, calligraphic brush-work showing...
Category
Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century French Illustration Sketches Of Bright Flower Types
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flower Sketches
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed
pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed
painting: 13 x 19 inches
good condition
provenance: from...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
$163 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Modernist Oil Painting Wild Flowers in Vase WPA Artist Nicolai Cikovsky
Located in Surfside, FL
Nicolai S. Cikovsky, (American, 1894-1984)
Floral Still Life
Oil on canvas. Hand signed (lower right).
Dimensions: canvas 27 x 22 in. frame 35.5 X 30.75
Nicolai S. (Nicola) Cikovs...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950
s French Fauvist Signed Oil Red Roof Tops Pink Houses Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Town
French School (Fauvist), mid 20th century
indistinctly signed lower front
oil painting on artists board, unframed
size: 15 x 18 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from a private collection in Paris
Superb mid 20th century French Fauvist...
Category
Fauvist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Still Life Painting - Motor Oil Cans on Table
Located in Houston, TX
Vibrant still life painting of Shell and Yacco motor oil containers, a reflective silver bucket, and a cork-stopped glass bottle by an un...
Category
Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Oil
French Expressionist Abstract 20th Century Oil Painting Blaze of Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist composition
by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017)
oil on board stuck on board, mounted
mount: 19.75 x 25.5 inches
board: 16 x 22 inches
provenance: the artists...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$928 Sale Price
20% Off
Mediterranean Architecture, Landscape Oil Painting, Signed and Dated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mediterranean Architecture, Landscape Oil Painting, Signed and Dated
By Spanish artist, Mid 20th Century
Signed and dated '54 on the lower l...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Table de Miro
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Just discovered within the archives of American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010), we present for the first time, a magnificent mixed media painting, Table de Miro.
Table de Miro, i...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Original Parisian Vintage Jewelry Design Art by Van Cleef
Boucheron Designer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Silken Knot: The Elegance of Tied Silver Jewelry Design
circa mid 20th century
by Paul Touzet (French b. 1917)
original gouache painting, with pencil on tracing paper, unframed
over...
Category
French School Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Homage to Mirandi, Hamada Cups (~60% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME ONLY)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title: Homage to Mirandi, Hamada Cups
Materials : Oil on Canvas
Date : 1960's
Dimensions : 32 x 47 in.
In the late 1960's, Daniel Brennan had a day job...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
$2,900 Sale Price
60% Off
"Still Life in White" Robert Gilberg 1950s Gouache on Newspaper
Located in Arp, TX
Robert Gilberg (1911-1970)
"Still Life in White"
c.1950s
Gouache on newspaper from Sacramento Bee 1957
22.75"x15.25" unframed
Unsigned
Born in Oakland, CA on April 25, 1911. Gilberg...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Newsprint
$750 Sale Price
50% Off
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Cubist Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century cubist abstract still life. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Great color.
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$980 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Still Life with Burgundy and White African Daisies
Statue
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful vintage impressionistic still life with burgundy and white African daisies (Osteospermum) in brass cache pot with statue by Marie Michael (Am...
Category
Art Nouveau Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Mid Century Modern Swedish Expressive Still Life Oil Painting - Teapot
Bottles
Located in Bristol, GB
TEAPOT & BOTTLES
Size: 41 x 49 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
An expressive and painterly mid-century still life painting that presents a serene arrangement of everyday objects,...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Autumn Gift - Seasonal Harvest Still Life with Flowers
Located in Soquel, CA
Autumn Gift - Seasonal Harvest Still Life with Flowers by Albin Kern.
This still life by Austrian-American painter Albin Kern (b. 1884, d. 1975) depicts a seasonal spread of gourds...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Roger Cortet (1910-1978) Still-life with a white sculpture, oil on canvas signed
By Roger Cortet
Located in Paris, FR
Roger Cortet (1910-1978)
Still-life with a white sculpture
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
64 x 80 cm
Framed : 70 x 85.5 cm
There is a small but inconspicuous hole in the frame groo...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Basket of Fruits - Original oil painting, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
André Cottavoz (1922-2012)
Still Life with Basket of Fruits, 1960
Original oil painting
Signed in the bottom right corner
Signed and dated on the back
On wood panel 19 x 35 cm (c. ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life - Oil on Table by Ernesto Alcide Campestrini - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an artwork realized by Ernesto Alcide Campestrini (1897-1983).
Oil on Table.
cm 50x60; 55 x 66 cm with frame.
Hand signed in the lower left margin.
Good condition.
Alcide Ernesto Campestrini was born in Milan, where the family had moved in 1897.
After the first rudiments of art with his father, from 1914 he was a student at the Brera Academy in Milan, under the guidance of Ambrogio Antonio Alciati.
In 1919 he resumed his painting studies in Brera, interrupted by enlistment. He concluded them in 1922, the year in which he obtained his teaching qualification.
He lived in Milan and in 1923 he exhibited Smiles of other times at the Palazzo della Società per le Belle Arti and Permanent Exhibition: the so-called Brera Biennale, at the following one in 1925, presented with Ultime note and El disperados.
In 1926 he exhibited Porta Volta, at the First Art Exhibition of Milanese Artists organized by the Meneghina family, the contemporary Self-Portrait is one of the first works by him that we know so far today.
He devoted himself to still life, figure painting and the alpine landscape, the Trentino one in particular, with a technique linked to his father's school and to the late nineteenth-century tradition.
He held several personal exhibitions in Milan. The Campestrini family spends their holidays in Valsugana several times, sometimes as guests of Emma Campestrini's relatives.
The painter falls in love with Lake Caldonazzo, depicted several times in his canvases, such as in the 1949 painting...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930
s French Impressionist Pink Rose On Book Interior Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Scene
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on board, unframed
measures: 14 high by 18 inches wide
condition: overal...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$568 Sale Price
30% Off
Still life with Vase of Flowers - Oil Paint by Claude Deschamps - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Still life is an artwork realized by Claude Decamps, mid-20th Century.
Oil on cardboard.
20 x 25 cm.
Hadsigned in red in lower margin.
Good conditions!
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Modern Swedish Expressive Still Life Oil Painting - Fruit
Brushes
Located in Bristol, GB
FRUIT & BRUSHES
Size: 51.5 x 59.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A painterly and expressive mid-century still life composition, executed in oil onto board.
This expressive compo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Still life by Baldo Guberti - Oil on cardboard 32x45 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on cardboard sold with frame
Wooden frame with glass
Total size with frame 47x60 cm
Baldo GUBERTI is an artist born in Italy in 1907 and died in 1974. His works have been sold ...
Category
Academic Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$544 Sale Price
32% Off
Flower Still Life
By Adrian Dornbush
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(Note: This work is part of our exhibition Connected by Creativity: WPA Era Works from the Collection of Leata and Edward Beatty Rowan)
Oil on canvas, 24 ½ x 19 ½ inches unframed, 32 x 27 inches framed, signed and inscribed “Adrian Dornbush/ Flower Still Life” verso, a remnant of exhibition label verso, stamped “1454” verso, original frame
Exhibited:
i) Midwestern Artist’s Exhibition Representative Work from Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska & Colorado, Kansas City Art Institute, February 1 to March 2, 1931, no. 34 (see catalog with a listing of work with this title); and ii) Special Display and Sale of Late Oil Paintings Produced by Cedar Rapids Own Artists from the Little Gallery, at Newman’s Department Store, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, March 1932 (see [Advertisement], The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), March 15, 1932 – listing a work with this title, together with paintings by fourteen other artists, including Grant Wood, Marvin Cone...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Impressionist Coastal Landscape Wild Flower Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American or possibly European impressionist coastal oil painting by Harry Sutton Palmer (1854 - 1933). Palmer painted in the UK and California. Oil on canvas. Framed. Si...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century Blue Floral Still Life
By Catherine Ristori
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid century still life painting of a white vase with blue daisies by Catherine Ristori (American, 20th Century). Signed "C. Ristori" bottom right. Presented in light carved ...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$516 Sale Price
20% Off
Henri Louis-Ph. Leroux (1872-1942) - Framed Oil, The White Horse
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming oil on panel by the Impressionist painter Henri Louis-Ph. Leroux (1872-1942). The composition depicts a lavish dining room interior with a white ceramic horse positioned a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Exhibited Signed Still Life Modern Baguette Bread Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed lower right.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled
By Richard Pousette-Dart
Located in Miami, FL
Acrylic on masonite. This is a pivotal work in deep and radiant cobalt blue from 1950. It dipicts calligraphic and hieroglyph structures over a grid and pyramidal base by the first generation abstract expressionist.
Provenance: Skinner: November 13, 1992 [Lot 00219}, The entry in the Skinner catalog indicates that the painting came directly from the artist to the family of the consignor to Skinner. Kaminsky Auctions. There is an unbroken paper trail that traces the ownership of the painting from the current owner, through two auction houses to the artist. Perfect unbroken provenance.
Pousette-Dart was among the most inventive of the Abstract Expressionist generation, His uncanny talent was to expand the nature of abstraction and still make each mark each element very much his own; a reflection of what he called "the concealed power of the spirit," he said, “not of the brute physical form." His was not aiming for a singular, realized aesthetic formula but to expand the possibilities of painting; the transcendental in painting. Typical of such invention and exploration is this painting Untitled 1950 when the artist was only 34 years old and represented by one of the champions of the new American painting, Betty Parsons.
A banner year for Pousette-Dart, the Museum of Modern Art acquired their first painting by the Minnesota born artist. He worked on easel size works such as this painting an oil on masonite. At the same time Pousette-Dart was also working on larger scale works such as Path of the Hero, running over ten feet in length now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Both contain fields of color articulated by a highly sophisticated white hieroglyphic vocabulary. Rather than demonstrate an expressionist sensibility, Pousette-Dart harnesses his more cerebral ideas transforming thick areas of paint into a more refined composition of geometric forms akin to the pattern and forms of say a stained glass window. In a way he is looking back at Fugue, 1940 a black and white composition which makes use of a similar format of painting albeit smaller. Color and form are minimal, but what Pousette-Dart has maximized is the rhythmic and syncopated character of painting casting his ideas into purely symbolic terms that one might link to the pictograms of Adolph Gottlieb. Nonetheless, nature is always at the core of Pousette-Dart’s thinking and dreaming. Here he has transformed the local Ramapo Mountains—where he will eventually move with his family to live and work— into a complex series of articulated fragments linked by style, scale and color. The painting’s imagery built on two large triangles and reduced to just two colors, cobalt blue and white all outlined in black. Pousette-Dart symbols stacked in horizontal and vertical rows: blue is ground, white is language, symbolic of light, consciousness and awareness . The painting maintains a mystical character images compounded that formulate a secret code and linked to the series of white paintings Pousette-Dart authored in the first half of the 1950s. Get up close to the picture and you discover images within images a kind of picture puzzle...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
$1,150,000
Modern Still Life, Strong Colors, Mid Century Modern, Vintage
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Unknown, American 1970s
Still Life, 1970s
Oil on Canvas
24" x 30"
Housed in a 2 3/4" Frame
Overall Size: 29" x 35"
A lovely vintage still life with strong colors. Ready to be ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cecile Hertz-Eyrolles (1875-1974) - Oil, The Pink
Yellow Bouquet
Located in Corsham, GB
An expressive still life of pink and yellow flowers in a sculptural ribbed vase. Signed to the lower right with the artist's studio stamp verso. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
