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Large Format Lee Reynolds Birds of a Feather Tree of Life Op Pop Painting
By Lee Reynolds
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large Lee Reynolds painting colorful birds sitting in a tree of life.
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Endre Szasz, "The Big Bird"
By Endre Szasz
Located in Houston, TX
"The Big Bird". Original grizzle on photo paper, signed lower right. Hungarian artist, exhibited
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Mid-20th Century Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Japanese Antique Delicate Hand Painted "SINGING WARBLER" Silk Bird Painting
Located in South Burlington, VT
painted painting of a singing warbler bird - ready to mount in your favorite frame and proudly display or
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Antique Painting of Cat and Dog Fighting Over Small Game Birds Hunting ca. 1850
Located in Lisse, NL
Mid 19th century, oil painting in black laquered wooden frame. One of the most difficult things in
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Paintings

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Wood, Pine, Lacquer, Paint

Naive 19th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Girl Holding a Bird
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Engaging 19th century oil on canvas naive school portrait of a girl in a blue dress holding a bird
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Huge French Modernist Oil Lady with Geese Birds, signed framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, signed Title: The Goose Girl Medium: oil on
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Wally Hatny Contemporary Acrylic on Canvas, Abstract White Bird
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Signed lower right and on verso and dated Nov. 21. 11. An abstract white bird on a vibrant bright
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas

Collection of Dolls, Birds, Shells, Marbles, Toys
By Deborah Jones
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
had an extraordinary career, which famously included film star Cary Grant buying every painting in her
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Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oiseau Perche by Raymond Debieve, French Cubist Bird Painting on Paper
By Raymond Debieve
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unframed this piece measures 7 x 7.5 Raymond Debieve (1931-2011) Born in northern France as a twin to brother Michel Debieve (who also become an accomplished artist later in life), ...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

1960 s Surrealist Fantasy Birds in Landscape Oil - ELVIC STEELE (1920-1997)
By Elvic Steele
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist landscape scene with
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Paintings

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Oil

Early Victorian Portrait of a Child with Bird
Located in Redding, CT
Early Victorian portrait of a child with bird. Heavy paint with some crackling. Oil on board with
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Antique Mid-19th Century Early Victorian Paintings

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Gesso, Paint

Bird and Branches
Located in New York, NY
Signed in pencil. Blanche Grambs, whose career started with the WPA, later developed a career in illustration. Her botanical illustrations are especially admired.
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Still Life of Birds and Lemons" Studio of Miguel Canals
By Studio of Miguel Canals
Located in Palm Beach, FL
); 17th century in style, oil on canvas with giltwood inner frame; similar painting of "Still Life of
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Baroque Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Japanese Fine Old Garden Pavilions, Bridges, and Birds Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
multiple garden pavilions, bridges, three birds, and pine tress galore. All are finely executed in hinoki
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Japanese "Bird Waterfall" Screen, Byobu
Located in South Burlington, VT
maple trees, birds, and an outcrop. This attractive screen dates to the early Showa period and is signed
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Chinoiserie Hand Painted Four Part Screen of Birds and Flowers
Located in West Hartford, CT
birds and flowers, bringing a vibrant burst of color and nature-inspired elegance to any space. The
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paint

Japan Large Antique "BIRD CHARGER" Hand Painted Blue and White Porcelain
Located in South Burlington, VT
Ozara crafted in Imari with exotic foo bird design. Period: Edo period, mid-19th century.  Reverse
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Porcelain

Still Life with Game Bag, Hare and Birds - Oil on Canvas Neapolitan Sch. - 1700
Located in Roma, IT
Caro and his school were very well known is the first half of 18th century as painters of still lives
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Mid-18th Century Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Japan Brilliant Colors Kingfisher Bird Hand-Painted Silk Scroll Fine Details
Located in South Burlington, VT
Found on our most acquisitions trip to Japan. A beautifully hand painting on silk scroll of a
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Bone

Japanese Asian Four-Panel Byobu Showa Siver Screen Yellow Birds Goldfinch Tree
Located in Studio City, CA
playful yellow and black birds (likely Japanese goldfinch birds) frolicking in nature among the branches
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Vintage 4 Panel Gold Japanese Silk Byobu Folding Room Screen Wall Art Bird
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage hand painted Japanese byobu room screen featuring a bird perched on a flowering tree branch
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Mid-20th Century Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Hardwood, Paint

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Showa Folding Byobu Screen Playful Birds
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous and whimsical four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting birds playing in a
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Two Orchids and a Bird of Paradise" William Jacob Hays, Western American Floral
Located in New York, NY
William Jacob Hays (1830 - 1875) Two Orchids and a Bird of Paradise, circa 1860 Oil on canvas 15 1
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Mid-19th Century Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

17th c. Flemish, Still life with birds and raisins, workshop of Frans Snyders
Located in PARIS, FR
early 17th century, long before its arrival to Paris in the 1630s & 40s. Our painting presents on an
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Classical Still Life of Flowers with Birds Nest Wine Urn Signed British Oil
By Robert Dumont-Smith
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Flowers and Birds Nest by Robert Dumont-Smith (British 1908-1994) signed oil on
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Mid-20th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Showa Folding Byobu Screen Playful Birds Tree
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous and whimsical four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting birds playing in a
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Nature Tree Blossom Bird Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
blossoming tree flowers, birds and a flowing river or lake. The rich colors, gold leaf, and beautiful hand
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Nesting Birds and Fish
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful four panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting nesting birds, pine trees and fish
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Asian Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Hunting Hawks Falcons Bird Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
and tamed hunting birds of prey - hawks or falcons (Takagari) - sitting upon their perch. The rich
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Four Panel Square Silver Leaf Bird Flower Folding Screen
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An impressive silver leafed 4 panel screen or room divider featuring flying geese, as well as blue, green and white lotus flowers throughout. This beautiful architectural screen is e...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Black Lacquered Four-Panel Screen with Polychrome Bird, Foliage and Tree Décor
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage black lacquered four-panel screen with polychrome décor showcasing birds, trees, foliage
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Japanese Fine "Boating Birds on Mountain Blue Lake" Two Panel Screen Byobu
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan fine hand painted two panel tea screen byobu ink on silk, Boating & Birds on Mountain Blue
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Playful Yellow Bird
Located in Studio City, CA
and green bird frolicking in nature among the blossoming/blooming bamboo and forest trees. The bold
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Colorful Large Batik Fabric Painting with Birds
Located in Antwerp, BE
Colorful and large batik fabric painting with birds. Height:148 cm. width:87 cm. Depth:3 cm.
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Mid-20th Century Indonesian Mid-Century Modern Tapestries

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Fabric, Wood

Japan Old Blue Bird Garden Lantern With Vibrant Blue Hand painting
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese acquisitions Beautiful near mint grade "Blue Bird" lantern in original
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Iron

Mid 20th Century Modernist Bird of Paradise Still Life Painting, Cassetta Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early to mid 20th century era oil on canvas painting signed M. Pintado in the lower right corner
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Mid-Century Raven Woodblock | "Searching Birds" by William Grusendorf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Striking woodblock of ravens in new black frame with white mat. Artist proof signed by artist, William Grusendorf.
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Mid-Century Modern Painting of Sun and Birds by Korean Artist Kyung Kim
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gorgeous square painting of a small flock of birds resting on the floor on a sunny day. Oil on
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Mid-20th Century South Korean Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens

Materials

Canvas

The Bird’s Nest, 1865
By John Emms
Located in New York, NY
Still Life of Flowers Around the Bird Nest with three eggs Oil on canvas, 9 x 12 inches Framed
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Mid-19th Century Paintings

Rare Set of Five Mid-18th Century Water Colors of Birds
Located in London, GB
Consisting of a Scarlet Ibis, a Toucan, a male Ruff, a Duck and a pair of Herrons, all rendered in exquisite detail in water color on laid paper. Presented in bespoke parcel-gilt fra...
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Antique 1750s European Paintings

Materials

Paint

Set of 4 Miniature Chinoiserie Bird Paintings, France, 1950s
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely set of four small chinoiserie bird paintings on silk, circa 1950. Painted silk mounted on
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Mid-20th Century French Chinoiserie Paintings

Materials

Silk, Glass

Five Vintage Chinoiserie Style Chinese Paintings of Birds and Flowers on Silk
Located in Antwerp, BE
A group of five, circa 1950 Chinese paintings on silk of birds and seasonal flowers and foliage
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Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Paintings

Materials

Silk

Al Pounders, "Tuxedo with Sixteen Birds" Oil on Canvas, 1971
By Al Pounders
Located in Southampton, NY
Pounders, Professor Emeritus of painting at Purdue University, received his B.F.A. from Cornell University
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Aussi Libre qu un Oiseau / Free as a Bird (c. 1880) by Emile Villa
By Emile Villa 1
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Louis Emile Villa's "As Free As a Bird" shows a quiet moment of a young woman, sitting
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Beautiful Large Asian Screen, Byobu or Paravent Painted with Birds on Gold Leaf
Located in Bavaria, Munich, DE
This is a vintage Asian wood four panel wall hanging silkscreen or divider. Has a painted scene of quails in a landscape on a gold foil paper, some of the paint is flaking but mainly...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Large Batik Painting Portraying a Woman Surrounded with Birds, 1970s
Located in Budapest, HU
Large batik painting portraying a woman surrounded with birds, 1970s.
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Vintage 1970s European Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Canvas

Abstracted Figures With A Bird Mid Century Watercolor
By Ross Curtis
Located in San Francisco, CA
This mid 20th century watercolor on paper line drawing of two faces and a bird is by California
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Mid-1800 British Landscape, "The Bird s Nest"
By Alfred H. Green
Located in Chamblee, GA
looking at a birds nest with a windmill and flying birds in the background. He signed with a monogram AHG
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Other Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Pair of Watercolor Paintings of Birds by Purcell, Signed
Located in Pataskala, OH
Lovely pair of watercolor paintings of birds by Purcell. One is titled Mr Mrs Grosbeak and features
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Expressionist Paintings

Jean Lurcat Original Gouache Painting Signed Nature Animal Bird Modern Artwork
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Bloomington, MN
Jean Lurcat Authentic and Original Gouache Painting, Professionally Custom Framed and listed with
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Pair of Vintage Framed Japanese Paintings of Birds on Silk
Located in Antwerp, BE
A pair of Japanese circa 1950 paintings of birds on silk. Fine detailed hand paintings on silk
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Vintage Framed Japanese Handmade Paintings on Silk with Birds and Flowers
Located in Retie, BE
Lovely and original vintage Japanese hand painted watercolor paintings on silk with birds - birds
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens

Materials

Glass, Wood, Silk

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Mid Century Bird Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of mid century bird paintings available for sale. The range of distinct mid century bird paintings — often made from fabric, wood and canvas — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of mid century bird paintings available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Mid-Century Modern, Victorian and Baroque mid century bird paintings are consistently popular styles. Many mid century bird paintings are appealing in their simplicity, but Gordon Bird, Studio of Miguel Canals and Al Pounders produced popular mid century bird paintings that are worth a look.

How Much are Mid Century Bird Paintings?

Prices for mid century bird paintings can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, mid century bird paintings begin at $88 and can go as high as $42,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,800.
Questions About Mid Century Bird Paintings
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