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Oil on Canvas of Northern California Town by Jerrold Turner
By Jerrold Turner
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jerrold Turner (b. 1933) "Last lite-2nd Street" A lovely oil on canvas depicting a small northern
Category

Mid-20th Century American Paintings

"Twin Palms" Oil on canvas by California Artist Danny Heller
By Danny Heller
Located in Palm Springs, CA
have been forgotten. Primarily focusing on the area’s mid-century identity, I play with lighting
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint, Canvas, Wood

Near Watsonville, California, Mid Century Landscape Oil Painting House Trees
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Denver, CO
Mid 20th Century oil on artist board of a white house near Watsonville, California. 1950s landscape
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Large Mid Century California Modernist Sunset Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso.
Category

1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Mid Century California Modernist Sunset Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category

1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist California 1971 Oil Painting
By Ernest Posey
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American abstract painting by Ernest Posey (1937 - 2007). Oil on canvas, circa 1971
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern California Bridge Landscape Signed San Francisco Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early American modernist painting from California. Oil on canvas. Nicely framed. Signed. Image
Category

1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Aiko Cios Signed Mid-Century California Mission Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and wonderfully composed Mid-Century framed original oil on canvas painting by Santa
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Vintage American Mid Century Modern Abstract California Oil Painting, Etta Cien
By Etta J. Benjamin (Cien)
Located in Buffalo, NY
Abstract Expressionist original oil painting by Etta Benjamin Cien (1924 - 2009). Oil on canvas
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century California Oak Tree in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting
By Louise Grossett Cunningham
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century California Oak Tree Original Oil Painting by Louise Cunningham Iconic California Oak
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Mendocino (California), Coastal California Landscape Oil Painting, Gray, Blue
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Denver, CO
'Mendocino, California' is a mid 20th Century oil on board painting by Jon Blanchette (1908-1987
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid Century California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant mid-century painterly California landscape by Harland A. Riker (American, 20th Century
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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Giving Chase California Modernist Oil Painting
By Herman Roderick Volz 1
Located in Surfside, FL
was appointed to the position of supervisor in the Northern California Art Project and supervisor for
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Davenport, California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid-century naive painting of Davenport, California homes on the edge of the coast by an
Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marble Sea, Mid Century California Seascape
By Genevieve Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful mid century seascape depicting a large multicolored rock on the Pacific coast by
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

Big Sur California Seascape Original Mid-Century Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Big Sur California Seascape Original Mid-Century Oil on Linen Exceptional Seascape ainting in Oil
Category

1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

1950s American Modernist California Landscape Oil Painting, Barns and Trees
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Denver, CO
Mid 20th Century oil on canvas board of an old farmhouse in a California landscape. Presented in a
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Mid Century California Monterey Hillside Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant mid century landscape of the mountains near Pebble Beach, California by California artist
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Mid Century California Sunset Seascape
By Joyce Maryatt
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful seascape of sunset waves by Santa Cruz artist, Joyce Maryatt (American, b. 1934), c.1960s. Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Joyce Maryatt" lower right. Image size, 15"...
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mott Street, Santa Cruz , Southern California, 1950s Oil Painting with House
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Denver, CO
Mott Street, Santa Cruz (California) is an oil painting on canvas board by Jon Blanchette (1908
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid Century California Colors Autumnal Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid century landscape of autumnal tree on the hillside overlooking blue and green
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Cardboard

Mid Century Mill Valley, California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful California oil landscape titled "Mill Valley California" by Margaret Carlson (American
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Mid Century California Landscape -- Mendocino Hills
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful landscape of the Mendocino Hills by listed California artist Jon Blanchette (American
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cardboard, Oil

Mid Century Natural Bridges California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Cruz, California with blocks of color fields and tiny figures dotting the cliffs by an unknown artist
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Deer in California Redwoods Mid Century Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene mid century oil painting of the California redwood forest with deer by Monterey, California
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Lone Cypress Carmel California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid century oil painting of the "Lone Cypress" on Point Lobos, Carmel California by
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century California Grapevine Foothills in Autumn
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century oil painting of California Grapevine foothills with oak tree with autumn
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Fauvist California Redwood Original Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
California Redwood Forest Fauvist Landscape Oil Painting Vibrant mid-century landscape of
Category

1950s Post-War Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Cotton Canvas

Mid Century California Farm Plein Air Landscape
By Charlotte Danvers
Located in Soquel, CA
Oil painting of a house in the countryside overlooking the California coast by Charlotte Danvers
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seagull Flying Above Crashing Waves, Mid Century California Seascape
By Joseph Frey
Located in Soquel, CA
painting in various ports. By 1928 he had settled in southern California where he lived and worked as a
Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Mid Century Fauvist Russian River, Californian Landscape
By Karl Baumann
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful substantial and period oil painting titled Russian River Country by listed California
Category

1950s Fauvist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern California Landscape, Barn and Fields, Green, Gray, Gold
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Denver, CO
20th Century oil on board painting by Jon Blanchette (1908-1987). California landscape painting
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid Century Lake Berryessa Napa, California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century landscape of Napa County's Lake Berryessa with sail boats by A. Schaffner
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Mid Century California Bay Area Hills Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
signature member of the Society of Western Artists. She has won over a 100 awards for her paintings.
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Clifford Holmes Northern California Foothills Country Church Oil Painting C.1950
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Clifford Holmes 1876-1963 Northern California Country Church Original oil on canvas Dimensions
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century California Lupines and Poppies Wildflower Landscape
By Loretta Adele Lee Kirchoff
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful, soft mid century California wildflower landscape with lupines and poppies at Fort Hunter
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Mount Konocti, Clear Lake - Mid Century California Landscape
By Margaret E. Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century California landscape of Clear Lake's Mount Konocti by Margaret E. Rogers
Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Mid Century 1960s Palm Springs California Desert Landscape
By Marjorie May Blake
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid-century landscape of Palm Springs Desert by Marjorie Blake (American, 1920-1994
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Fiberboard

Mid Century California Seascape at Near Point, Carmel
By Jane McCullough
Located in Soquel, CA
Picturesque Carmel beach scene titled To the Manor by Jane McCullough (American, 20th Century
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Pacheco Creek, California Plein Air Landscape
By Margaret Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial mid-century California plein air painting of Pacheco Creek by listed Santa Cruz artist
Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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

Mid Century Golden California Foothills with Oaks Landscape
By Maren Baerskoe Thoreson
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful vivid California landscape of golden foothills with oaks by Maren Baerskoe Thoreson
Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Mid Century California Mountaintops Forest Landscape by Joseph Frey
By Joseph Frey
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century California Mountaintops Forest Landscape by Joseph Frey Beautiful and serene mid
Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century California Landscape -- Santa Cruz s Seacliff Park Eucalyptus
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century landscape of Santa Cruz of Seacliff State Park Eucalyptus Tree with farm in
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

California Coastal Landscape (Abstraction, Mid-Century, Modernism, Green, Blue
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Swedish-American artist moved to California during the 1930's and was a veteran of both world wars. Anton
Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

House in the Valley, Mid Century San Gabriel Mountains California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid-century pastoral landscape by California artist A. Wheeling a 1930s-40s Los Angeles
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Mid Century California Mission Courtyard Garden Landscape, San Juan Capistrano
By Marcel Avoux
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century California Mission Courtyard Garden Landscape, San Juan Capistrano Vibrant mid century
Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

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

Mid Century Southern California Plein Air -- Evening in the Vasquez Rocks
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid-century plein air impressionistic landscape of Vasquez Rocks by Paul Miram (German
Category

1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oak Barrels in the Wine Cellar, Saratoga, California Mid Century Interior Scene
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed mid century depiction of a wine cellar with large oak barrels by Zoe Thompson (American, b
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Modernist Mod California Vibrant Pop Art Cubist Painting
By David Rosen (b.1912)
Located in Surfside, FL
pIn this painting the artist David Rosen uses bold and vibrant colors, orange and purple and two
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century California Redwood Forest Trail, Path in the Woods Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful and serene landscape of California Redwoods with path by Gilbert Tonge (American, 1883
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century California Coast Landscape with Oak Tree -- "The Last Stand"
By Cecil F. Chamberlin
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous impressionist painting of oak tree in Santa Cruz Coast foothills titled, "The Last Stand
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Watsonville (California)
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Denver, CO
in Santa Cruz in the late 1940s. He is best known for his paintings of Southern California including
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

California Landscape
By Leonard Borman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Leonard Borman (British/American, 1894-1995) Title: California Landscape Year
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

California Coast
By Howard John Little
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "California Coast" is an original oil on hardboard panel by American artist
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

California Landscape
By Harry Worthman
Located in Houston, TX
, pastels, watercolors and oil. He said, of landscape paintings, "after a series of exacting portrait
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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