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Framed Portrait Painting of a Man with Beard by American Artist Genie Brock
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Vertical portrait painting of a man by American artist Genie Brock. (Oklahoma, circa early 20th
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Early 20th Century American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Early 20th Century European Landscape w/ Trees, Cleveland Woman Artist
By May Ames
Located in Beachwood, OH
May Lydia Ames (American, 1863-1943) European Landscape, 1908 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower
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Early 1900s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid-Century Modern American Oil Painting Abstract cubist still life fruit
Located in Buffalo, NY
brushwork place the piece firmly in the American postwar canon. This painting marks a key moment in
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Church Of The Holy Trinity Paris Early 20th Century Framed Parisian Painting
By Victor Gabriel Gilbert
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
original painting is by the French artist Victor Gabriel Gilbert and dates from the period 1900 to 1920
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

sailboat on water painting early 20th century marine ocean sea boats waves cloud
By C.S. Jones
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sailboat" is a maritime watercolor on prepared board by American artist C.S. Jones, signed in the
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Early 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

The Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962) The Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, 1909 Oil on panel Signed and
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

American Impressionist Oil Painting Provincetown Cape Cod Massachusetts
By Gerrit Beneker
Located in Portland, OR
energy of early 20th century America. In 1912 Gerrit went to Provincetown to attend Charles
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1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Interior J&L Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania American Industrial Scene Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
late 19th and early 20th centuries. At the height of its production, the company employed thousands of
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20th Century American Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Human Silhouettes" Abstract Figures Mid-Century American Oil Painting on Canvas
By Robert Freiman
Located in New York, NY
was six. Early in his childhood, his love for drawing, painting, and studying became apparent. As an
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Entertainment, 20th century American family scene watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century
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1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Eleventh Century Romance, " Walter Griffin, American Impressionism Landscape
By Walter Griffin
Located in New York, NY
Walter Griffin (1861 - 1935) Eleventh Century Romance Oil on canvas 34 x 36 inches Signed lower
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Le Sacrifice d Abraham - Original Drawing by C. Dufresne - Early 20th Century
By Charles Dufresne
Located in Roma, IT
more attracted to painting, however, and began making pastels at Café-chantants and circuses and
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

French North African early 20th century Impressionist, Fishermen coming ashore
Located in Woodbury, CT
French North African early 20th-century Impressionist, Fishermen coming ashore with their daily
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Humming Bird: Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
American Art exhibition at the Art Institute, and the painting was reproduced in the show’s catalog
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Road to Damascus" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field
Located in New York, NY
"Road to Damascus" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field James Daugherty (1887
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"White Whale" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
"White Whale" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction James Daugherty
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Gravity Zero" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
"Gravity Zero" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction James Daugherty
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Emil Carlsen American Impressionist landscape oil Painting Salmagundi Club
By Soren Emil Carlsen
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Carlsen and his aesthetic sensibility in his book on American still life painting "Painters of the Humble
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Early 20th Century Tonalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original Oil Painting Signed by William Harnden American Impressionist 1920-1983
By William Harnden
Located in Palm Coast, FL
golds, and expressive brushwork create a cinematic atmosphere reminiscent of early 20th-century cabaret
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Paul Strisik Marine Painting American Impressionist National Academy Rockport
By Paul Strisik
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
, 1998) was an American plein air painter. The painting and frame are in excellent condition but could
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape Oil Painting Signed Ernest Albert American Impressionist Salmagundi
By Ernest Albert
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
although later works have a heavier application of paint. Possibly an early painting attributed to Ernest
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Village Landscape Scene w/ Trees Buggy, Early 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Signed lower right 14 x 16.5 inches 20 x 22.5 inches, framed Auguste-Louis Lepère was a French painter
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1910s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Graphite

WWI American Scene Ashcan Modern 20th Century Historical Realism Industrial WPA
By Gerrit Beneker
Located in New York, NY
hope and industrial energy of early 20th century America. In 1912 Gerrit went to Provincetown to
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1910s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Bay Area Post-Impressionist Oil Landscape "Woodside Road"
Located in Soquel, CA
Francisco Bay Area’s early 20th-century Bohemian art scene. Born in San Francisco on October 13, 1890, Wulff
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1930s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Haitian Scene #7 Signed Mid Century modern painting, Associated American Artists
By Adolf Dehn
Located in New York, NY
definitive textbook of his era on watercolor painting) joined Associated American Artists gallery in 1941
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache

Vintage Olga Fisch Ecuadorian Rug. Size: 6 10" x 10 4"
By Olga Fisch
Located in New York, NY
Stunning vintage Ecuadorian rug by Olga Fisch, origin: Ecuador, circa mid-20th century. Size: 6 ft
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Mid-20th Century Ecuadorean Art Deco North and South American Rugs

Materials

Wool

Sailboats at Port by Mystery American Artist
Located in New York, NY
Mystery American Artist Untitled, c. Early 20th Century Oil on canvas 20 x 23 3/4 in. Framed: 25 3
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Early 20th C. Oil on Canvas Horse Painting in Gilt Frame by Thomas Toher, 1925
Located in Dallas, TX
the few American painters of the early 20th century to devote his career to thoroughbred portraiture
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Giltwood, Canvas

20th century figurative landscape oil painting pastoral scene farm field cow
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This early work by American artist Sylvia Spicuzza is an excellent example of Regionalism: in the
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Docked in Town, Early 20th Century Dutch Village Landscape w/ Boat
By Frederick Carl Gottwald
Located in Beachwood, OH
icon of American history known as The Spirit of '76, the painting first known as Yankee Doodle. The
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Early 1900s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Docked in the Mudflats, Early 20th Century Dutch Seascape w/ Boat
By Frederick Carl Gottwald
Located in Beachwood, OH
icon of American history known as The Spirit of '76, the painting first known as Yankee Doodle. The
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Early 1900s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Garibaldi Tortured in South America - Ink and Tempera by E. Matania-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Garibaldi Tortured in South America" is an original drawing in ink and tempera on cardboard
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Tempera, Ink

“Village Street” by Mary Nicholena MacCord, American Impressionist European Town
By Mary Nicholena MacCord
Located in Yardley, PA
left. It is housed in a wonderful custom wood frame. Size: 20 inches tall by 16 inches wide (painting
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Luigi Lucioni attr. Traditional American Still Life, 20th century
By Luigi Lucioni
Located in New York, NY
Italian primitives. He responded immediately to the realism of early Renaissance painting, which left a
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Early 1900s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ninth Avenue El (New York City), Mid 20th Century Cityscape Oil painting
By John Opper
Located in Beachwood, OH
. Indeed, his 1937 show was made up of the still popular regionalist paintings. Earlier, in 1935 and 1936
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lady in a Green Gown Portrait, Early 20th Century Interior Scene
Located in Beachwood, OH
Ora Coltman (American, 1858-1940) Interior Scene with Lady in Green Gown, 1935 Oil on canvasboard
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1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sleeping Cat, Early 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Sleeping Cat, 1929 Watercolor on paper Signed and
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1920s American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

American Modern Painting of New York City, South Street Seaport
Located in New York, NY
Barbara Daly Baekeland (1922 - 1972) was an American socialite who was murdered by her son, Anthony
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Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

After Harry Roseland African American Oil Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
Oil on canvas painting. After Harry Roseland, 1867 to 1950, an American genre artist known
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Large Early 20th Century Country Stream at College Lake Landscape
By William Lemos
Located in Soquel, CA
were done on redwood slabs which were popular with the tourists; in the early days these paintings sold
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1920s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

American Woman Artist Modernist Large Oil Painting Cubist Influenced Landscape
By Lena Gurr
Located in Surfside, FL
is not dated. Lena Gurr (1897–1992), was an American woman artist who made paintings, prints, and
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

In the Art Gallery, Early 20th Century Watercolor, Women Viewing Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Jules Andre Smith (American, 1880-1959) In the Art Gallery, 1936 Watercolor and pen and ink Signed
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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pen, Ink, Watercolor

"The Humber River" George Ennis, Intense Color American Modernist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
George Ennis The Humber River Signed lower left Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches Ennis studied at
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Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Portrait of a Chinese Girl, Cleveland School Artist
By Sandor Vago
Located in Beachwood, OH
Sandor Vago (Hungarian/American 1887-1946) The Chinese Girl, 1925 Oil on canvas Signed lower right
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Streetscape" American Scene WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Industrial
Located in New York, NY
Heyel was a 20th Century American artist who is known primarily for his painting. Born in Connecticut in
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1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Landscape Painting by American Realist Artist John Whalley "The Long Road"
Located in Rochester, NY
. Unframed. Late 20th century. Biography from the Archives of askART Photo of John Whalley Born in
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Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera

Post Impressionist Young Woman Pastel Painting Robert Philipp American Modernist
By Robert Philipp
Located in Surfside, FL
, and Mayer's daughter, Edith Mayer Goetz, wife of William Goetz, who was a co-owner of 20th Century Fox
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1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Landscape in West Virginia w/ Tree, Early 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
August Frederick Biehle American, 1885–1979 Landscape in West Virginia, 1922 Gouache, litho crayon
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1920s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Gouache, Graphite

Rare Early Nude Drawing American Modernist Sculptor
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a wonderful drawing by one of America's most treasured artists, Chaim Gross. Throughout his
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20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Pastel, Pencil

Mid 20th Century American Abstract Large. Comprised of Four Canvases Color Field
Located in New York, NY
Mid 20th Century American Abstract Large. Comprised of Four Canvases Color Field James Daugherty
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

NYC Watercolor Drawing American Modern 20th Century Modernism Mid-Century WPA
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
NYC Watercolor Drawing American Modern 20th Century Modernism Mid-Century WPA. David Fredenthal
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1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Composition- Original Drawing by Charles Dufresne - Early 20th
By Charles Dufresne
Located in Roma, IT
more attracted to painting, however, and began making pastels at Café-chantants and circuses and
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Night At The Water Hole North American Bison Drinking Scene Willett Painting
By Christopher Willett
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Impressionist and scenic a night at the water hole. North American bison travel to a flowing stream
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Late 20th Century American Classical Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

American Folk Painting of Couple in a Garden With Dog
Located in New York, NY
Mystery Artist Untitled, c. 1900 (Late 19th/early 20th century) Oil on canvas 15 3/4 x 21 in
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Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nearing the Peaks, Early 20th Century Mountainous Western Landscape
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century
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1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

American Impressionist "Self-Portrait" Painting of Monhegan Island Maine Coast
By Abraham Jacob Bogdanove
Located in Portland, OR
& American-Belarusian artist, Abraham Jacob Bogdanove (1886–1946), the painting circa 1930. The painting is
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bauer Collection Modern Grey Pattern-Less Rug by Doris Leslie Blau
Located in New York, NY
originate from various early 20th century weaving styles. The vintage Art Deco carpets of France, China or
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern North and South American Rugs

Materials

Wool

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