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Painting Portuguese LEVY LIMA Naval battle Copper war ships
Located in PARIS, FR
Abraham LEVY LIMA Lajedos (Portugal), 1948 - Oil on copper Signed lower right "Abraham Lévy Lima" Framed It could be the naval battle that took place on the Tagus, Portugal, on July...
Category

20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Frederick L. Owen Marine Oil Painting on Canvas of a Sailing Ship
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking oil painting on canvas of an American four mast sailing ship, in all its glory, in ocean
Category

Early 20th Century Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Ship Diorama
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A good early 20th century four masted ships diorama in maple frame.
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Early 20th Century English Paintings

Portrait Painting of a Captain of a Ship with American Flag
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A portrait painting of a bearded man with American flag. A lovely portrait painting by Oklahoma
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20th Century American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Paint

Mid Century German Ship Sea Oil Painting in the Original Wooden Frame, 1956
Located in Berlin, DE
This Mid Century german oil painting in the original wooden frame was painted in 1956. It shows a
Category

Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Ghost Ship 2
By Leonardo Nierman
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
Abstract painting. Nierman's work has been shaped by his interpretation of nature and his search
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

John Sutton (b.1935) - Framed 20th Century Watercolour, Ships in the Sea Port
By John Sutton
Located in Corsham, GB
A dramatic and busy shipping port scene by the British marine and landscape artist John Sutton. Signed in pencil to the lower left edge. Well-presented in a fine gilt-effect frame wi...
Category

20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

G Gaston Signed French Nautical Maritime Sea Ship Tempest Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Nottingham, GB
G Gaston Signed French Nautical Maritime Sea Ship Oil Painting on Panel Good condition overall
Category

20th Century Paintings

Materials

Wood

Large Seascape Oil Painting, Steamer Ships, Marine, Art, Original
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large, seascape oil painting by the renowned marine and equine artist David Chambers
Category

20th Century English Paintings

Materials

Paint

2 Sided Expressionist Detroit Modernist Painting Female Nude, Night Cruise Ship
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a two sided painting. Nude reclining woman and a ship lit at night. Harold Cohn (1908
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

2 Sided Expressionist Detroit Modernist Painting Female Nude, Night Cruise Ship
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a two sided painting. Nude reclining woman and a ship lit at night. Harold Cohn (1908
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Moonlight Sailing Ship
By James Gale Tyler
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left.
Category

Early 20th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

C.H. Lewis - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Dutch Ships at Sea
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour painting with gouache details by C.H. Lewis, depicting a seascape with Dutch
Category

20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Sid Willis "Sails" Model Ship Still Life Maritime Oil Painting on Board Framed
Located in Dayton, OH
"Vintage Sidney Willis (aka Sid, b.1930), still life oil painting featuring model stailboats
Category

20th Century American Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

2 wooden panel paintings of Gokstad (Norway) and Gotland (Sweden) viking ships
Located in Oostende, BE
is a 9th-century Viking ship found in a burial mound at Gokstad in Sandar, Sandefjord, Vestfold
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Vintage Original Oil painting on canvas Seascape, Sailing Ship in the ocean
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an Original Vintage signed Oil painting on canvas depicting a sailing ship, cutting through
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sailing Ship at Sea
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 13.00" x 18.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category

Early 20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Seascape Painting of Clipper Ship on High Seas, circa 1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique seascape painting offers oil on canvas maritime scene of clipper ships on high seas with
Category

Early 20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Ships on the Water
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-939 An abstract oil painting in a custom maroon wood frame.
Category

Late 20th Century Paintings

"U.S.S. Wisconsin" US Naval Steam Ship Painting by Antonio Jacobsen
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Wiscasset, ME
"U.S.S. Wisconsin" US naval steam ship painting by Antonio Jacobsen. This piece dates 1901.
Category

Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Chinese Vintage Reproduction Reverse Painting of Ship on Glass
Located in San Francisco, CA
A well-executed Chinese reverse painting on glass of a fully rigged sailing ship in an appropriate
Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Frederick L. Owen Marine Oil Painting on Canvas of a Sailing Ship
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking oil painting on canvas of an American four mast sailing ship, in all its glory, in ocean
Category

Early 20th Century American Edwardian Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Sunset - Far Pacific" Marine Seascape Painting of Clipper Ship by Henry Scott
By Henry Scott
Located in Shippensburg, PA
the "Cape Horners". Many of his paintings were completed as commissions for wealthy ship owners and
Category

20th Century British Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Navy with ships - Pastel on paper
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper Golden wooden frame with glass pane 68,5 x 84 x 2,5 cm Illegible signature
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Oil Canvas of Clipper Ship
Located in Norwell, MA
Oil on canvas of a clipper ship underway. Sailing vessels in the background. Framed in silver. On
Category

20th Century Paintings

Mikhailoff - 1972 Oil, A Ship at Sea
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming oil painting, depicting a ship at sea. Signed and dated to the lower right-hand corner
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Oil on Board Painting, Seascape with a Tall Mast Sailing Ship, Framed, C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Oil on Board Painting, Seascape with a Tall Mast Sailing Ship, Unsigned, Framed, C1900
Category

Early 20th Century Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Frank Rawlings Offer (1847-1932) - Framed Oil, Tall Ship Up River
Located in Corsham, GB
This serene landscape painting by Frank Rawlings Offer (1847-1932) captures a tranquil estuary
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique Oil on Canvas Seascape Painting with Sailing Ships by M.E.King
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique oil on canvas painting by listed artist Mary Elizabeth King (American, 1899-1991) depicts
Category

Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

M. Morris - 1912 Oil, Pulling The Passenger Ship
Located in Corsham, GB
This maritime painting depicts a bustling harbour scene with a large passenger ship being pulled by
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Red ship. 1962, watercolor on paper, 49x69 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Industrial landscape with ships A. Zviedris was a member of the Latvian Artists’ Union since 1945
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Antique Oil On Canvas Seascape Painting of a Tall Masted Ship by T. Bailey C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Oil On Canvas Seascape Painting of a Tall Masted Ship by T. Bailey C1900 Measures- 20.25"H
Category

Early 20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Untitled (Ships on the Ocean) Modernist Israeli Seascape
By Shaul Ohaly
Located in Surfside, FL
exhibit in 1957. HaAretz spoke of some of his oil paintings being reminiscent of Dutch masters. His
Category

20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Gouache

Ship Portrait of Steamer "Morro Castle"
Located in Nantucket, MA
, Cuba. The ship was named for the Morro Castle fortress that guards the entrance to Havana Bay. On the
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings

HAND CARVED PAINTED FOLK ART WOOD SHIP
Located in Los Angeles, CA
THIS SIGNED AND DATED 1924 FOLKY HAND CARVED AND HAND PAINTED SHIP HAS GREAT PRESENTS.WITH GREAT
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

Antonio De Simone Gouache On Paper, The Astrea Ship 1904
By Antonio De Simone 1
Located in Milan, IT
paintings, some of which are called "portraits of ships": the production of the Neapolitan brothers De
Category

20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Set of Four Framed Sailing Ship Watercolors
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Intriguing set of four watercolors depicting English sailing ships from the 18th and 19th century
Category

20th Century English British Colonial Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper

Antonio De Simone Gouache On Paper, The Astrea Ship 1904
By Antonio De Simone 1
Located in Milan, IT
. They specialized in painting portraits of important and famous luxury ships, both sailboats and
Category

20th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Roger Steel (b.1928) - 1971 Oil, The 1956 Tall Ships Race
Located in Corsham, GB
Danish ship "Georg Stage II" vying for first place. The painting has been signed and dated to the lower
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Clipper Ship in Tempestuous Seas" by John Bentham-Dinsdale
By John Bentham-Dinsdale 2
Located in Wiscasset, ME
British Sea Painters Group in 1970, Dinsdale is included in Marine Painting by Omell and 20th Century
Category

20th Century English Victorian Paintings

Materials

Paint

LARGE SIGNED ENGLISH OIL - CLASSIC TALL SHIP ENTERING OLD TRADITIONAL HARBOUR
By Norman Olley
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
painting, on board. Size: frame: 28 x 40 inches painting: 24 x 36 inches
Category

20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

“Ships at Sea” by Theodore Victor Carl Valenkamph
Located in Sheffield, MA
Oil on canvas
24 by 36 in. W/frame 36 by 48 in.

Valenkamph lived in Gloucester, Ma. He was a member of Boston Art Club.

Exhibitions: Boston A...
Category

Early 20th Century American Paintings

“Ships at Sea” by Theodore Victor Carl Valenkamph
Located in Sheffield, MA
24 by 36 in. W/frame 36 by 48 in.

Valenkamph lived in Gloucester, Ma. He was a member of Boston Art Club.

Exhibitions: Boston Art Club, 1906, 1908.<...
Category

Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Fine 1900 s English Impressionist Oil - Low Tide Estuary Landscape Sailing Ship
By Frank Hobden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
dating to the late 19th century/ early 20th century by the British Impressionist painter, Frank Hobden
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Frederik Ernlund Marine Landscape with Rigged Sailing Ship, circa 1930
By Frederik Ernlund
Located in Milano, MI
Original oil on canvas painting depicting a seascape with a fully rigged ship in the foreground and
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Paintings

Watercolor of Three Ships, 1905, Signed Edward John Russell, (American)
Located in Southampton, NY
Scene This 19th-century watercolor painting depicts a dramatic naval scene with three sailing ships
Category

Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

"Waiting for the ship" Oil on canvas by Robert Frankenberg
Located in Bronx, NY
noted Illustrator. His vast collection of oil paintings were discovered after his death.
Category

Late 20th Century American Paintings

Robert F. Lie (1899-1980) - Signed 1950 Oil, Tall Ship on the High Seas
Located in Corsham, GB
Lie's fascination with tall ships, and the seemingly unending open waters of the ocean. The scene
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Clipper Ship in Open Waters" by Wilhelm Kranz Dated 1913
By Wilhelm Kranz
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Presented in a magnificent hand carved wood frame.
Category

Early 20th Century German Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Small Montague Dawson Oil on Panel of Ships Being Careened, Dated 1960
By Montague Dawson
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A small Montague Dawson oil on panel of ships being careened, dated 1960, in a grisaille palette
Category

20th Century English Paintings

Materials

Paint

Frederick Parr (1887-1970) - Watercolour, Ship Inn Porlock, Somerset
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour painting by the artist Frederick Parr. The scene depicts a street view with
Category

20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Seashell Box Nautically Decorated with Ship Painting
Located in Palm Beach, FL
framed painting of an American sailing ship with a flag flying the stars and stripes. The back of the box
Category

20th Century Canadian Folk Art Nautical Objects

20th Century Ship Painting "Crown of Denmark", Oil on Board, in Life Ring Frame
Located in Nantucket, MA
Ship portrait of the "Crown of Denmark", a full-rigged, three masted steel ship. Built for
Category

Early 20th Century British Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paint

Painting "Danish Sailing Ship", Denmark, Early 20th Century
Located in Chorzów, PL
Painting "Danish Sailing Ship", Denmark, early 20th century. Dimensions with frame: 56 x 42 cm
Category

Vintage 1910s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

"Preparing to Sail" - Framed Antique 20th Century Seascape Ship Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th century. The painting is signed, but unfortunately I cannot make out the signature, and do not
Category

Early 20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique early 20th century impressionist painting of ship in moonlight
Located in Ebberup, DK
This antique oil on canvas maritime painting is alluring due to the nighttime setting with ghostly
Category

Early 20th Century Danish Romantic Paintings

Materials

Paint

Industrial Ship Dockyard British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982) original watercolour painting on board, unframed size: 11 x 16
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

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20th Century Ship Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, there are several options of 20th century ship paintings available for sale. A selection of these works in the modern, Impressionist and Surrealist styles can be found today in our inventory. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add 20th century ship paintings that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of gray, brown, beige, blue and more. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Ulrich Gleiter, Yevgeniy Repiashenko, André Masson, Gabriele Galantara and Rudolph Carl Gorman are consistently popular. Frequently made by artists working in paint, oil paint and paper, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much are 20th Century Ship Paintings?

The average selling price for 20th century ship paintings we offer is $1,748, while they’re typically $1 on the low end and $500,000 for the highest priced.
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    What painting is the most important of the 20th century is largely a matter of personal opinion. Some notable works produced during the period include Paul Cézanne's Mont Sainte-Victoire, Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Henri Matisse's The Dance and Jackson Pollock's Lavender Mist. Shop a large selection of 20th-century paintings on 1stDibs.