American Modern Still-life Paintings

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Woman with FUCHSIA, 1935 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 31.75 x 27 inches 37 x 32.25 inches, framed Untitled Still Life ver...

American, 20th Century Signed: Klug '67 (Right, Center) " Still Life of Peaches ", 1967 Oil on Masonite 24" x 30" House in a 3 1/2" Frame with a 1" Linen Liner Overall Size:...

Elegant floral still life of a beautiful spring bouquet in an antique ivory soup tureen by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Forbes (Dallam) (American, 1875-1933). Exhibition placard on verso signed "Elizabeth Forbes...

Wind Flowers in a Tzu Chow Vase, 1933, oil on canvas board, signed and dated lower right, 20 x 16 inches, label verso with title and original price ($185.00), exhibited 44th Annual E...

A Fabulous, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting of a Colorful Bouquet of Spring Flowers by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Completed in the vibrant,...

A charming, colorful and quirky 1940s Mid-Century Modern Still Life, "Elephant and Red Pillow" by notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon Artwork size: 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches; Framed...

Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016) Title: Still Life Year: c.2000 Medium: Oil painting on paper Paper: Thick oil painting paper Size i...

"Coney Island" Brooklyn NYC Amusement Park Mid-century American Scene WPA Modern Ludwig Bemelmans (1898 – 1962), “Coney Island" 35 x 27 inches Oil on board Signed lower right Origi...

A captivating 1944 oil on board, still-life painting of the artist's studio by Harold Haydon. The painting is framed in a dark brown, painted wood frame. Artwork size: 10" x 13 1...

"California Poppy" Original Vintage Oil Painting Like a scientific illustration, Edith Bruning (American, 1899-1961) depicts California Poppies in budding and flowering stages. Brig...

Mary Elizabeth Price Dahlias and Lustre, circa 1925 Signed within a cartouche lower right, titled verso Oil and gold leaf on Masonite Oval 16 1/4 x 22 inches Provenance The artist F...

Still Life, 1959 Oil on canvas 31 1/16 x 21 15/16 inches (78.9 x 55.72 cm) Framed dimensions: 39 1/2 x 29 3/8 inches Signed and dated lower left: Fairfield Porter 1959 Provenance Ti...

This is not your grandmother’s typical still life painting. But if she was young and hip for her time, maybe it is. Painted on stretched canvas and dated (19)56, it is only signed ...

Still Life with Daises and Wisteria in Acrylic on Masonite Still life by a window by Richard M. Bacon (American, 20th Century). A still life with a bouquet, a glass of wine, and a b...

Magnolia, c. 1946, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 22 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches, this original oil painting was part of Reindel's Flowers of Our Land series, commissioned by the John M...

Trompe l'Oeil Still Life and Landscape in Acrylic on Masonite Still life in the trompe l'oeil style by Richard M. Bacon (American, 20th Century). A still life with a bottle, fishbow...

Mid Century Naturaleza Muerta Con Mangoes (Still Life w. Mangoes) by Francisco Dosamantes Substantial and brilliant modernist still-life painting mangoes by Francisco Dosamantes (Mexico, 1911-1986) Exhibition label on verso (circa 1957), "Salon De Plasticas Mexicana - Instituto Nacional De Bellas Artes - Francisco Dosamantes, Naturaleza Muerta Con Mangoes." Image 24"H x 31.5"W. "Francisco Dosamantes was born in Mexico City on October 4, 1911. His father was Daniel Dosamantes who was a builder, interior decorator and painter. Since its founding in 1949, the Hall of Plastic Mexican SPM, has accommodated the most representative work of the national art. Throughout its existence they have been part of hundreds of painters, sculptors, engravers, designers, ceramists and photographers of all tendencies and generations. Jut names: Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Gerardo Murillo "Dr. Atl" Frida Kahlo, Rufino Tamayo, Francisco Dosamantes, Jorge González Camarena, Leopoldo Mendez...

Still Life (Untitled), c. 1935 – 1940, oil on canvas, signed lower left, magazine cover has a 1934 date, 32 x 26 inches, remnant of exhibition label verso In their essay for the gro...

(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...

WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural James McCracken (1875 – 1967) WPA Landscape 28 x 36 inches Oil on canvas, c. 1930s Signed lower right ...

A strong modernist oil painting depicted in 1936 by Russian-American painter Ben Benn. With a highly recognizable modern style, fast brush stroke and expressive use of color, shape, ...

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...

A Large, Vibrant 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting / Interior Scene by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Depicts a delightful interior scene painted in subtle harmoni...

Oil on thick card stock, 1960. Signed by the artist in oil, lower right recto. Provenance: the artist, Montclair, NJ; Margaret Kelly, Bloomsburg, PA; private collection; Illinois, ...

A strong modernist oil painting depicted in 1927 by Russian-American painter Ben Benn. With a highly recognizable modern style, fast brush stroke and expressive use of color, shape, ...

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...

Jane Peterson Cattleya Orchids, circa 1940s Signed lower right Oil on canvas 32 x 32 inches Provenance Estate of the artist Artist’s estate sale, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1960s Priva...

Hand signed Irises (purple and yellow flowers) 30 X 37 framed. 20.5 X 26.5 sheet without frame. Bernard Chaet (born 1924, Boston, MA - 2012) was an American artist; Chaet is known for his colorful, dynamic modernist paintings and masterful draftsmanship, his association with the Boston Expressionists, and his 40-year career as a Professor of Painting at Yale University. His works also include watercolors and prints. In 1994, he was named a National Academician by the National Academy of Design. Chaet was instrumental in transforming Yale’s traditional art program into one with a more modernist approach that gained national prominence. Chaet melded landscape and abstraction in a traditional established by Vincent Van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Edvard Munch, Piet Mondrian, and Ferdinand Hodler. His own tenure began in 1951 at Yale, where he worked closely with Josef Albers to revamp Yale’s art program. Between 1959 and 1962 he was the chair of what was then called the Yale Department of Art of the School of Fine Arts — prior to becoming one of the independent professional schools at Yale in 1973. Chaet taught painting and drawing and mentored generations of emerging talents. Chaet was the author of the 1970 textbook “The Art of Drawing” and “An Artist’s Notebook 1979,” both of which have since been reissued several times. In the latter book, alongside examples of work by his favorite artists, are student drawings by Yale graduates such as Robert Birmelin, Michael Mazur and Eugene Baguskas. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1924, Chaet studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and then earned a B.A. at Tufts University. Known for his expressionist landscapes and still lifes, Chaet’s work has continuously been shown in galleries in his native Boston, in New York City, and around the country. In 2010, a retrospective of his seascapes was featured at the Cape Ann Historical Society in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where he had a home and a summer studio in nearby Rockport. His has also exhibited at David Findlay Gallery in New York and at Swarthmore College. Many of Chaet’s students went on to notable art careers, including Janet Fish, Chuck Close, and Richard Serra. His work is represented in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, CT, and the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, MA. Chaet is the recipient of many awards including: the National Foundation of the Arts and Humanities, Sabbatical Grant in 1967-68, the National Academy of Fine Arts, Benjamin Altman Award in Painting in 1997, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Jimmy Ernst Prize in 2001. Chaet was born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, MA. He completed a dual program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—studying painting with Karl Zerbe—and Tufts University, graduating with a B.S. in 1949. Chaet is known for his association as a first generation Boston Expressionist. (along with Hyman Bloom and Jack Levine) Chaet was a contributing editor to Arts Magazine. In 1960 he published the book Artists At Work, which features in depths conversations with artists Pat Adams, Anni Albers, Josef Albers, Al Blaustein, Hyman Bloom, James Brooks, Robert Engman...

Signed lower left, 'Davenport' for Jill Davenport (American, 1930-2019) and painted circa 1985; titled, verso, 'Attic Series- Yellow'. Framed dimensions: 28 x 1.5 x 25 inches. Born in Kansas, Jill Davenport moved to California in 1963. A lifelong artist and art enthusiast, she raised a family before focusing, in her early forties, on her vocation as an artist. In 1976, she graduated from Sonoma State University with a Bachelors in Art, subsequently continuing her studies with the California Post-Impressionist, Maury Lapp...

Jack Hooper "View From the Window" c. 1950s Oil on Canvas 32"x25.25" silver and black wood frame 26.5"x33.25" Unsigned Minor wear consistent with age and ...

Artist: Gladys Rockmore Davis, American (1901 - 1967) Title: Summer Flowers Year: circa 1940 Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed lower right Size: 24 x 20 inches Frame: 33 x 29 inches

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...

Mid Century Floral Still-Life in Oil on Canvas-Wrapped Illustration Board Classic mid century floral still-life with impasto in warm, autumn colors by Frances Christensen American, ...

A mid-century modern oil painting by listed female artist Helen L. Roberts. This painting depicts an interior scene with a vase of beautiful flowers and decorative pitcher. Housed ...

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 ...

Japan Issue Fortune Magazine Cover Proposal Japanese Mid-Century Illustration Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) JAPAN ISSUE Fortune cover proposal, c. 1936 14 1/4 x 12 inches (sight) Framed 19 3/4 X 17 3/4 Inches Gouache on board Signed lower left BIOGRAPHY: Antonio Petruccelli (1907-1994) began his career as a textile designer. He became a freelance illustrator in 1932 after winning several House Beautiful cover illustration contests. In addition to 24 Fortune magazine covers, four New Yorker covers, several for House Beautiful, Collier’s, and other magazines he did numerous illustrations for Life magazine from the 1930s – 60s. ‘Tony was Mr. Versatility for Fortune. He could do anything, from charts and diagrams to maps, illustrations, covers, and caricatures,’ said Francis Brennan, the former art director for Fortune. Over the course of his career, Antonio won several important design awards, designing a U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Steel Industry and designing the Bicentennial Medal...

Provenance Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist); Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Sale #2326, 27 January 1965, Lot 168; Private Collection (acquired from the abo...

A unique, contemplative 1930s Modern table top still-life painting featuring a spoon, egg and an artichoke by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin. Image size: 11 1/4 x 15 1/4 inc...

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...

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 - ...

Mid Century Modern Calla Lily in Bloom Still-Life in Oil on Board Gorgeous Mid Century Modern still life of Calla Lily with orange background by Agnes Stoklosa (American, 20th Centu...

Beautiful still life of a vase of bearded irises, begonias, and daffodils by Helen Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Signed "Gleiforst" lower right. Unframed. Image size: 14"H x 10"W. Helen Gleiforst was born in Crete, Nebraska and soon moved to Oregon where she studied at the University of Oregon. Gleiforst then settled in Beverly Hills where she began to paint. Her teachers included Nicolai Fechin, George Melcher, and John Hubbard Rich...

Oil on canvas, 18 x 20 inches, Signed lower right This painting is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Exhibited: 1) (likel...

George Deem (American, 1932-2008) Oil painting on wood board Depicting a still life arrangement with grapes, pears, and a pomegranate alongside a white ceramic pitcher and wine gla...

This 20th-century watercolor painting, “New Mexico,” by Polish-American artist Pawel Kontny, captures the enduring architecture and serene spirit of the American Southwest. The work ...

Henry Schnakenberg is mostly known for New York City scenes. This is clearly a departure. It is signed at the lower left and dated '4-53' on the r...

A wonderful little abstract gem by Sarkis Sarkisian entitled Still Life with Cream Pitcher. It is a vibrant and beautiful example of mid-century modern abstraction. Framed in a t...

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...

William Meyerowitz (1887 - 1981) Oil painting on canvas Depicting a still life scene with fruit bowl, bananas, flowers and quilt. Post Impressionist oil painting. Hand signed low...

Polly Thayer Starr (1904-2006) Oil Painting Still Life Fruit Bowl Dimensions: Frame: 12.5" X 15.5", Image: 8.5" X 11.5" Polly Thayer (Starr) (1...

This original oil on board by acclaimed American Modernist Paul Kauvar Smith (1893–1977) presents a vibrant still life featuring zinnia flowers in shades of red and orange. Set withi...

Image is 48 X 36 inches. Still life of flowers in a vase. In bold red, orange green and yellow color. Born and educated in Cleveland, Gary Bukovnik has lived in San Francisco for more than a third of a century. Primarily using the media of watercolor, monotype, and lithograph, Bukovnik fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations, creating floral and culinary images of great depth, intensity, and size. In 2003 and 2005, invited Bukovnik was Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome in 2003 and 2005 and was an artist-in-residence at the Michigan Institute of Arts in Kalamazoo in 2010, as well as making a tour of exhibitions and watercolor demonstrations across Japan in 2010. Solo exhibitions include Caldwell Snyder Gallery in San Francisco and in St. Helena, CA, Campton Gallery in New York City; the Concept Gallery in Pittsburgh, the A.C.T. Gallery in San Francisco, and the Bonfoey Gallery in Cleveland. Other recent exhibitions have been organized by the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Paula Brown Gallery, Toledo, Neuhoff Gallery, New York; Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis; Irving Galleries, Palm Beach; Galerie Kutter, Luxembourg; the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Chin Show Cultural Center, Taipei; Takashimaya, Tokyo; the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; and Brevard Museum of Art, Melbourne, Florida. SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario The Art Institute of Chicago Atlanta Botanical Garden Brooklyn Museum Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown Dallas Museum of Art Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Frye Art Museum, Seattle Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow Library of Congress, Washington, DC The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Museum of Modern Art, New York The Richard L. Nelson Gallery, U.C. Davis, California The New York Public Library Oakland Museum of California Philadelphia Museum of Art Phoenix Art Museum Portland Art Museum, Oregon Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence San Francisco Museum of Modern Art University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson University of California, Berkeley Art Museum SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS ALZA Corporation, Mountain View ART In Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State AT&T, New York Atlantic Richfield, Los Angeles BankAmerica Corporation, Charlotte Citigroup, New York Cleveland Institute of Music Clorox Company, Oakland Comerica Bank, Costa Mesa & San Jose H.J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh Illinois Bell...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY “Vernors and Oreos” is a clever colorful piece by Richard Wilson that is full of significant meaning for native Detroiters. The beverage and cookies are specific treats for many people in Detroit and Michigan, but for Stevie Wonder in particular who is also a native Detroiter. The soda is produced and has been manufactured in the city of Detroit since 1862 by the Vernors Co. The story goes that prior to his concerts, Stevie Wonder, always requested that Vernors' Ginger Ale and Oreos be provided in his dressing room. Wilson has a great admiration for Stevie Wonder and as a gift to the city of Detroit he painted a mural of Stevie Wonder on an outside wall of the Music Hall. The “Ginger Ale and Oreos” painting...

framed: 23 x 19.75 image: 15.5 x 11.5 Nicolai S. (Nicola) Cikovsky (1894 - 1984) was active/lived in New York / Russian Federation. Nicolai Cikovsky is known for Shore landscape,...

About the artist: Susan Cohen’s paintings are exhibited with New York City galleries: George Billis, Garvey Simon, First Street,The Painting Center; and the Cynthia Winings Gallery...

Vibrant Spring Bulb Still Life in Oil on Canvas Vibrant floral still life oil painting by an unknown artist. Bright yellow, white, and red flowers are arranged tastefully in a gree...

Red Tulips, 1987, oil on canvas, signed and dated verso, 40 x 34 inches, exhibited: Marina Stern Venice – New Works, Forum Gallery, New York, N.Y., from March 4 to April 1, 1989 (label verso) Marina Stern was a multifaceted New York-based artist whose works ranged from Expressionism and Pop Art to the Neo Immaculate paintings and pastels for which she is best known. A native of Venice, Stern and her family fled in 1939 to escape Italy’s repressive racial laws. After living in England for several years, the family arrived in the United States in 1941. A bright and capable student, Stern graduated from New York’s Julia Richman High School at age 15 and soon enrolled in the Pratt Institute to pursue an interdisciplinary education in the arts. Despite majoring in advertising design, Stern favored her fine art courses. She graduated from Pratt in 1946 at age 18 and began working for advertising agencies. After a brief marriage which ended in divorce, Stern married her second husband, who encouraged the artist to study at the Art Students League of New York, under the renowned Japanese American modernist, Yasuo Kuniyoshi. In Fall 1953, Stern gave birth to her first child, Michael, as she continued to study at the Arts Students League. Later in the Spring of 1957, Stern gave birth to her daughter Nina, as she continued to balance motherhood with her fine art practice and commercial art and design work. Stern’s first significant exhibitions were in 1962 at the Waverly Gallery and the Osgood Gallery, both in New York, followed by inclusion of her work in the Bertha Schaefer Traveling Collage Show from 1963 to 1964. Stern made a splash in the avant-garde art world in 1964 when Time magazine reviewed a show at Amel Gallery which featured three of her audio-visual paintings. Time’s critic noted that Stern created the “cleverest noisemakers” in the exhibition. Time dubbed this work “Talkie Pop,” a label which Stern rejected. Following this recognition, Stern was selected for inclusion in The New American Realism at the Worcester Art Museum—a major showcase of leading artists, including Andy Warhol, Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jasper Johns. After the Worcester exhibition, Stern began to shift away from her “talking” Pop paintings to mysterious, interior scenes with orange, blue or black walls with windows or doors rising above black and white floors, often depopulated, but sometimes with figures. One of these works, Seven Minus Twenty-One Equals Seven, entered the permanent collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 1966. By 1969, Stern began to incorporate industrial images into these scenes, and in the early 1970s, Stern created her first Neo-Immaculate works of rural, and urban landscapes, which she described as her most satisfying work. Stern often depicted locations that she held close -- New York, New Jersey, Iowa (where her son attended college), Sharon, Connecticut (where her family spent weekends and vacations) and her native Venice, Italy. Stern’s success as a Neo Immaculate painter led to consistent New York gallery representation for over two decades, first with Lee Ault Co and James Yu Gallery, and then Forum Gallery, where she had six solo shows. In 1971, Stern completed a Neo-Immaculate mural commission for the Port Authority of New York, George Washington Bridge #1 and #2, followed by another commission from the NY Cityarts Public Art Program in 1976 for a mural on Mulberry Street. Stern also enjoyed solo exhibitions in Boston (Eleanor Rigelhaupt Gallery), Connecticut (Silo Gallery, the Hotchkiss School, J. Rosenthal Fine Arts Gallery, Tremaine Gallery, and Staib Gallery), Chicago (Michael Rosenfeld Gallery), and Santa Fe (Santa Fe East Gallery). Her work was included in group shows at over a dozen public institutions, including The National Academy of Design, The Staten Island Museum, Worcester Art Museum, the Oklahoma Art Center, and the Arkansas Art Center. The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art hosted a retrospective of four decades of Stern’s work from January 19 to April 22, 2007, entitled Perception and the Cultural Environment: The Paintings of Marina...

Original Painting Published Fortune Mag Cover 1935 Jewels Jewelry Illustration Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) Fortune cover published, Decembe...

"The Morning Paper" 1949, a fine original tempera painting on board by listed artist Elsa Warner (1900-1988). Elsa Warner was born on June 6, 1900 in Illinois. After studying at the ...

Midcentury oil on canvas , Wharf scene, possibly Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco. Signed lower right. Mel Fowler (1921-1987) was a listed Italian-American painter known for his cub...