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Mid Century Cubist Still Life Oil Painting, California / Bay Area Artist 1950 s
Located in San Francisco, CA
original linen matting and frame. California / Bay Area artist. Mid Century 1950's.  
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Upper Sacramento River, California" (Large Antique Landscape, Renowned Artist)
Located in New Orleans, LA
This very large, superb California landscape was painted by an artist celebrated for his California
Category

1880s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled Abstract Expressionist Painting Ojai California Artist Wesley Johnson
By Wesley Johnson
Located in Surfside, FL
A listed California painter, muralist, and teacher, Wesley Johnson was born in Ojai, California in
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Painting of San Francisco California Bay Bridge by Contemporary British Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Original Painting of San Francisco California Bay Bridge by Contemporary British Artist, Angela
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Board

Cubist Animal Painting of a Bird by California Artist William Etienne Pajaud
By William Etienne Pajaud
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist painting of a seabird by William Etienne Pajaud (1925 - 2015. Oil on board, circa 1950
Category

1950s Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Barn, California)
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Denver, CO
Landscape painting of a farm with a barn in California. Oil on artist board. Housed in a custom
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract Expressionist Untitled
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an original vintage large Abstract Impressionism California artist oil painting by the
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Pas de Deux / white shirts - oil on canvas
By Elizabeth Barlow
Located in Burlingame, CA
visual artist from California. The oil on canvas painting is 30 x 24 inches. Framed in a classic and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Pool 32, Minimalist Pop Art painting, Figurative, Pool, Oil, Charcoal, Female
By Jeffrey Palladini
Located in Riverdale, NY
Pool #32 by California artist Jeffrey Palladini is Oil and Charcoal on wood panel. It is 20x24
Category

2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Oil, Wood Panel

"Havana" Contemporary Oil Paint on Canvas by Ricardo Ramirez
By Ricardo Ramirez Rivero
Located in Pasadena, CA
Abstract contemporary artwork with references to the cubic style by California artist Ricardo
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Clarence Hinkle oil painting on board landscape."Hill side"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very well known California Impressionism artist Clarence Hinkle oil painting on board landscape
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Maurice Lapp (1925-2014) Mid Century Modern Abstract Cityscape c.1950s
By Maurice Lapp
Located in San Francisco, CA
California artist Maurice Lapp. Original oil on panel. Dimensions 23.5" x 18.5". The original frame
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Peter Lowe Figurative Symbolic Painting Dated 1981
Located in Fulton, CA
Late 20th century symbolic oil painting of a woman by California artist Peter Lowe. Highly textured
Category

Late 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Paint, Canvas, Wood

CONTEMPORARY NORTHERN CALIF. IMPRESSIONIST FOLK ART
Located in Los Angeles, CA
GREAT FOLK ART PAINTING OF SHEEP BY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IMPRESSIONIST FOLK ARTIST JANE BRADFORD OIL
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas

Edward Lupper (1936-2016) Whimsical Illustration Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
California artist. Oil on Masonite 11" x 14" unframed, 16" x 19" framed.
Category

Late 20th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

" California Hills " Hill Side Landscape California Artist
Located in San Antonio, TX
Angel Espoy "California Hills & Mountains"Biography (1879-1963) California Artist Image Size
Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

In the Paddock , Impressionist Equestrian oil, Monterey, California artist
By Thad Emory Leland
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
this notable California plein-air artist.
Category

1950s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Handmade Paper

Vintage Abstract Expressionist California Artist Portrait Signed Oil Painting
By Rex Ashlock
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist portrait oil painting by Rex Jesse Ashlock (1918 - 1999). Oil on board
Category

1930s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Burlingame, San Mateo , Post-Impressionist California oil landscape, WPA artist
By Galen Russell Wolf
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
the 1930's and is well-listed in all reference works, including 'Artist's in California, 1786-1940' by
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique American California Plein Aire Woman Artist Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting by Mabel Carruthers (1886 - 1972). Oil on
Category

1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Oil Painting Going Fishing Gregory Sumida California Artist Americana
By Gregory Sumida
Located in Surfside, FL
Gregory Sumida (American, b.1948) Oil paint on masonite board. Hand signed lower left Gone
Category

20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Robert Kaess California Listed Artist Abstract Seascape Oil Painting
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful abstract oil painting by California Listed Artist Robert Kaess, and dates from 1971. The
Category

Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Paint

CALIFORNIA BEACH SCENE BY FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST ARTIST -SIGNED OIL COASTAL SCENE
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"California" by Maurice Mazeilie (French) oil painting on board, unframed stamped verso painting: 6
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

In the Sycamore , Large Figural Oil, Carmel, California Woman Artist, Muralist
By Helen Rayburn Caswell
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
1955. A substantial, mid-century figural oil by this listed California woman artist who showed her
Category

1950s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Winter Solstice , Large Bay Area Abstract Oil, Marin, California, Woman artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Marin Society of Artists exhibition label verso. A large and painterly American abstract oil
Category

1960s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Abstract Oil on Canvas by California Artist Pascal Cucaro
By Pascal Cucaro, 1915-2003
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful abstract oil on canvas by Pascal Cucaro, California listed artist from San Francisco
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art

Shacks by the Sea - California Coastal Landscape in Oil on Artist s Board
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Soquel, CA
Shacks by the Sea - California Coastal Landscape in Oil on Artist's Board Textured coastal
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board

Small Abstract Oil on Board Painting by California Artist Ken Vares
By Ken Vares
Located in San Diego, CA
Well-presented oil on board abstract painting of a plug and socket by California artist Ken Vares
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Rare California or Western Mining Town Oil Painting by Listed Artist M Treadwell
Located in Baltimore, MD
Western United States, most likely California or Arizona. It is signed by listed California artist
Category

Early 1900s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Listed San Diego California Artist Bess Gilbert Oil Painting Balboa Park
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful oil painting by listed San Diego impressionist artist Bess Gilbert. Dates from the 1930s
Category

Vintage 1930s Paintings

Still Life , California Woman Artist, PAFA, SWA
By Virginia Sevier Rogers
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. A member of the Society of Western Artists, Virginia Rogers studied with Hugh Breckenridge (1934) at
Category

1950s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

California Seascape, Big Sur Coast , Monterey Woman Artist
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
in Los Angeles, this listed California artist spent three years studying art in Switzerland and a
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Pacific Sunset , San Luis Obispo, California artist, Germany
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
towards the rocky California coastline beneath golden sunset clouds. This early California painter
Category

1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Listed California Artist Bess Gilbert Oil Painting San Diego Harbor Pier, 1930s
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful oil painting by listed San Diego impressionist artist Bess Gilbert. Dates from the 1930s
Category

Vintage 1930s Paintings

The Sun Room , Impressionist Interior, Stanford, Cranbrook, California artist
By Thad Emory Leland
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
California plein-air artist.
Category

1950s Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Post-Impressionist Harbor Scene , California Woman Artist, Santa Cruz
By Cathy Puccinelli
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
artist.
Category

Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Monterey California Fauvist Plein Air Landscape Painting Latin American Artist
By Juan Guzman-Maldonado
Located in Surfside, FL
is influenced by both his Chilean background and California roots. Listed in Edan Hughes, "Artists in
Category

20th Century Fauvist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Carmel California Fauvist Plein Air Landscape Painting Latin American Artist
By Juan Guzman-Maldonado
Located in Surfside, FL
, "Artists in California". He began painting with his fingers and realized that objects performed better than
Category

20th Century Fauvist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

At the Beach , California Impressionist woman artist, Carmel, Cooper Union
By Marjory Pegram
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
her fifties. Reference: Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker
Category

1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Large Northern California Landscape , Woman Artist, Mount Mary College, Chicago
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
landscape showing a panoramic view of the hills and dales north of Folsom, California by this listed woman
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Floral Still Life , Bay Area Abstract, California Modernist Woman Artist
By Janice Haefner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
substantial mid-century oil abstract comprising adjoining and overlapping areas of primary and secondary
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

After Glow, Laguna Beach , California Woman Artist, Sunset Seascape, La Jolla
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, California. An exceptionally lyrical and atmospheric work by this listed woman artist. Reference: Artists
Category

1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life of Red Poppies , Mid-century California Expressionist, Woman artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'. Additionally signed verso, 'Marge Southern' with artist's address. A bright and bold Expressionist oil still
Category

1960s Expressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Koi Pond Nishikigoi, Bay Area Woman Artist, University of California, Berkeley
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
University of California, Rita Vogel began her career as a fine artist in 1967. A versatile painter, her
Category

1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Painting of Los Angeles Highway Sunset California by Collectible British Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Los Angeles Highway Sunset California by British Artist with Reds & Yellows. This
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paint, Acrylic, Board, Oil

Large California Modernist Still Life, Pink and Blue Hydrangeas , Woman Artist
By Marion Maxfield
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
floral study, dating to circa 1955. Memberships: Society of Western Artists; San Francisco Society of
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Painting of San Francisco California Bay Bridge by Contemporary British Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Original Painting of San Francisco California Bay Bridge by Contemporary British Artist, Angela
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Board

Los Angeles Traffic Street Scene Study from California Series by British Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Los Angeles Traffic Street Scene Study with Sunshine & Palm Trees from the California Series by
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paint, Oil, Acrylic, Board

Abstract Expressionist Untitled
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an original vintage large Abstract Impressionism California artist oil painting by the
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

California Mid-Century Modernist Abstract Cityscape Painting by Maurice Lapp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Modernist abstract cityscape painting by California artist Maurice Lapp. Framed oil on masonite
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Masonite

Elliot Torrey (1867-1949) Coastal Landscape Oil Painting c.1920s
Located in San Francisco, CA
California / Vermont artist Elliot Torrey. Oil on board. Dimensions 18" x 15". Signed in the lower left
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Santa Barbra Pier
Located in San Francisco, CA
. California artist born in Switzerland Oil on masonite
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Colorado Sunrise by Gordon Provonsha
By Gordon Victor Provonsha
Located in Soquel, CA
with his brother, Clyde. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Oil paint on
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Fiberboard

Untitled
By Tom Holland
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful 1973 Minimalist painting by California artist, Tom Holland (b.1936). Oil on assembled
Category

1970s Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Latex, Illustration Board

Young Pines
By Sharon Levy
Located in Boston, MA
California, USA. Tung-oil finish. Artist Biography: I make sculptural installations, paintings and works on
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Plywood

Oil Painting by M.L. De Nubile
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charming 1906 Landscape by Californian artist. Oil on board in period frame. 12.5 x 18.5 framed.
Category

20th Century Paintings

Materials

Board

Neal Doty Abstract Expressionist Composition Oil on Paper, California Artist
By Neal Doty
Located in Hallowell, ME
39" x 31" oil on paper, signed lower left. IN the frame it is 54" x 46" alifornia artist Neal Doty
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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