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Striking Xlarge Contemporary Painting by California Artist Allen Perrier
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful colors and great technic on this striking geometric acrylic on canvas by san Diego artist Allen Perrier circa 2012. Large size.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary North American Post-Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Mid Century Modern Abstract Watercolor by California Artist Caroline Harris
Located in San Diego, CA
Large Framed original watercolor on canvas abstract by California artist Caroline Harris, comes
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Glass

Signed Pastoral Farmhouse Barn California Landscape Large Oil on Board Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
painting from a Southern California collection we are listing it as a California painting but it could
Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

"Trees, " Vivid California Impressionist Painting by Edwin James Pond, Oakland
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of California Impressionist painting, this view of the East Bay hills
Category

Vintage 1920s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Mid Century Abstract Painting by California Artist Martin Snipper
By Martin Snipper
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large oil on canvas signed M. S. and dated 1950. Martin Snipper b.1914-d.2008, he was a San Francisco/Bay Area artist and patron of the arts. American, mid 20th century.
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Large Mid-Century Nude Figural Painting, California Artist Signed Ladin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large impressive painting of nude figures. Oil on canvas, recently framed, signed Ladin (California
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Abstract City Scape Painting by California Artist Jean Halpert-Ryden
Located in San Mateo, CA
Acrylic on masonite abstract painting by Jean Halpert-Ryden. The painting is titled "Toward the
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Paint

Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
By Boris Deutsch
Located in New York, NY
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s An artist on the
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Collage Painting by California Artist Robert Gilberg circa 1960
By Robert Gilberg
Located in San Francisco, CA
1960's India ink and watercolor painting on paper by California artist Robert Gilberg (b. 1911 - d
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

Diamond Auto Electric , California Modernist oil
By Keith Longcor
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
forecourt in Modesto, California. This listed California painter lived, painted and exhibited in Modesto
Category

1980s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Mid-Century Abstract Mixed-Media Painting by Diana Diamond, California, 1968
Located in San Francisco, CA
A heavily textured large abstract mixed media painting by American California artist Diana Diamond
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Acrylic, Canvas

Street Scene WPA American Scene Mid-20th Century Modern Coin Tower California SF
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
Street Scene WPA American Scene Mid-20th Century Modern Coin Tower California SF Victor Arnautofff
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Hillside Cypress Trees, Monterey California Landscape
By Virginia Shackles
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful American Impressionist oil painting of two Cypress trees upon a hilltop in Monterey
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

International Harvester , Industrial auto shop scene, California
By Keith Longcor
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
original artist card, verso. A view of a California auto shop with a Jeep International Harvester on a
Category

1990s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Vintage Oil on Canvas Painting, "Pa", Framed, by Thelma Hope, California, US
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage oil painting, canvas mounted on board, "Pa", by Thelma Hope, 1898 - 1991, United States
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Wood

Vintage Oil on Canvas Painting, "Ma", Framed, by Thelma Hope, California, US
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage oil painting, canvas mounted on board, "Ma", by Thelma Hope, 1898 - 1991, United States
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Mid Century California Lake House Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Lovely landscape oil painting of quaint lake houses along the water front with vibrant gold and
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1920 Historical Church of Soquel, California Landscape
By Mary DeNeale Morgan
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful historically significant oil painting of the Congregational Church of Soquel by Mary
Category

1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"California Lifeguards, " Mid-Century Painting w/ Male Nude in Red, Yellow Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
expression, looking past each other into the distance. The painting is signed, though the signature is
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Happy California Prune Farmers - Female Illustrator - Mid Century
Located in Miami, FL
Commercial illustration depicting happy California framers for California Prunes. The work is
Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Southern California Foothills oil by Anni Baldaugh
Located in Hudson, NY
, Baldaugh joined the California Watercolor Club, the California Society of Miniature Painters, the Bookplate
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Northern California Mountain Lake Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Northern California Mountain Lake Landscape Serene landscape by Margot Wilson Lowe
Category

1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Mid Century California East Bay Hills Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous plein air landscape of California East Bay Hills titled "Waning Light" by Francis Woodcock
Category

1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Early 20th Century California Industrial Scene Landscape
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant California modernist industrial landscape by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). Signed and
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Farm in the Valley - Plein Air California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Farm in the Valley - Plein Air California Landscape Beautiful mid century landscape of a
Category

20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sailing off Monterey , Carmel, California Post-Impressionist Seascape, Stanford
By Robert Canete
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A bold and animated seascape showing a view of a sailing boat in waves off the California coast
Category

Early 2000s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

California Coastal Plein Air Impressionist Seascape 1979
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Sublime California coastal oil on canvas plein air impressionist painting signed and dated. The
Category

20th Century American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

"Moving Houses" Mischa Askenazy, Modernist, 1930s, California Hills Landscape
Located in New York, NY
to Montecito, California in 1928. Charmed by the California climate, he decided to settle in Los
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1970 s California Neighborhood Landscape in Oil on Canvas
By P. DeRosa
Located in Soquel, CA
1970's California Neighborhood Landscape in Oil on Canvas Charming oil painting of typical mid
Category

1970s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"California Rocky Coast After The Storm" by George John Flower
Located in Soquel, CA
artwork depicts a scene of a stormy California coast, with a focus on flowers. Produced using oil painting
Category

1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Beach at Santa Monica, California" George Chann, Chinese American, Modernist
By George Chann
Located in New York, NY
, he and his father went to San Francisco, California. He showed talent in painting and was invited to
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Landscape , California WPA, Corcoran, Whitney, AIC, GGIE, SFAA, LACMA
By Ellwood Graham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
; additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'View Study'. This early California Modernist was born in St. Louis
Category

1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Modernist Figural , California, New Mexico, Oakland Museum, SFAA, SFMA, GGIE
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Berkeley, California, Zena Kavin studied at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco and
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Coat of Many Colors , California Figurative Abstraction, Pacific Art League
By Amanda Danitschek
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, parchment and ivory background. Born in Delano, California, Amanda Danitschek first studied art and design
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Pencil

Azure Sand , California Figurative Abstraction, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto
By Amanda Danitschek
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, California, Amanda Danitschek first studied art and design at San Jose City College and, subsequently, at
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Oil, Pen, Pencil

Ocean View, California , Pasadena Art Institute, Hollywood, Urban Modernist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, on canvas, 'Sean Sult' for Sean Gilbert Sult (American, born 1949) and dated 'Spring, 1980'. A substantial oil showing an ocean view looking across a park toward the ...
Category

1980s Post-Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Soul is Music France, Provence, California, Post Impressionist Figural Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
; Previously with: Chabot Gallery, Campbell, California Born in a tiny jungle village in Mozambique to a
Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

California Plein Aire Landscape, Jason Situ (B. 1949)
Located in Pasadena, CA
California. The painting was exhibited at "Nature's Palette: Garden Views, Visions and Fantasies 1880-2005
Category

Early 2000s Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Original California Figurative Abstract Still Life Ink Drawing Joyce Treiman
By Joyce Treiman
Located in Surfside, FL
paintings she is known to have inserted self-portraits. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

India Ink, Paper

Floral Abstract Still Life California Golden Poppies Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Floral Abstract Still Life California Golden Poppies Original Oil on Canvas Textured abstract
Category

Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Vintage Oil Landscape Art of Redwood Forest California by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
painting captures the majestic beauty of California's iconic Redwood National Park Forest. The towering
Category

1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood, Paint, Wood Panel

1940 s California Hills Landscape
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial and period mid-century modern American Scene watercolor of the Oakland, California
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Attic Series, Yellow , California Woman Post-Impressionist Artist, Sonoma State
By Jill Davenport
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Davenport moved to California in 1963. A lifelong artist and art enthusiast, she raised a family before
Category

1980s American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shaded Path in the California Hills - Original Oil on Canvas (Laid on Board)
Located in Soquel, CA
Shaded Path in the California Hills - Oil on Canvas (Laid on Board) Beautiful and colorful
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Robert Gilberg Mixed Media Abstract California Artist 1911-1970
By Robert Gilberg
Located in Oakland, CA
Northern California artist Robert Gilberg (1911-1970) originally a Bay Area artist, Gilberg moved
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Metal

California Ranch Original Watercolor Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
California Ranch Original Watercolor Landscape A beautiful Ranch-style, single-story home with
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Original Oil On Canvas California Artist Edward Holslag Landscape Countryside
By Edward J. Holslag
Located in Toledo, OH
Beautifully executed original oil on canvas by California artist Edward Holslag. Painted in 1915
Category

Vintage 1910s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

1980s California Art by Barbara West the Green Jug Signed
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Artist Barbara West, The Green Jug Abstract still life Oil on Masonite board Signed and framed. 29.38 w x 25.5 h x 2 d, art 23.5 x 19.5 Original vintage condition See images ...
Category

Vintage 1980s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Paint

California Listed Artist Original acrylic on Canvas The Bridge by Merwin Altfeld
Located in San Diego, CA
Original framed acrylic on canvas by San Francisco artist Merwin Richard Altfeld , California
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Old Mission Station, San Francisco, California
By Dong Kingman
Located in Missouri, MO
project artist for WPA and became a pioneer for a new school of painting, the "California Style." His two
Category

1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Capitola Beach, California - Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Capitola Beach, California - Original Watercolor on Paper Beautiful watercolor painting of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Landscape Drawings and Wat...

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper

California Lake Landscape Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
California Lake Landscape in Watercolor on Paper Serene landscape by Donna N. Schuster (American
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Village in Tuscany , California Modernist woman artist, SFAA
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
circa 1965. This listed, California woman artist exhibited widely and with success throughout the 1950s
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Biomorphic abstract nude by a California abstract artist circa 1938
By Erle Loran
Located in Colfax, CA
Exposition of 1939, the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Category

1940s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

California Valley, Near Capistrano, 20th Century Western Mountainous Landscape
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964) California Valley, Near Capistrano, c. 1937 Watercolor
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Colorado River, Needles, California, 1950s Western Landscape, Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964) The Colorado At Needles, California, c. 1950 Watercolor
Category

1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

The Red Hat, Oil Painting
By Mitchell Freifeld
Located in San Francisco, CA
describe this painting: movie, Hollywood, house, California, architecture, modern , oil painting, beige
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

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