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Mid 20th Century French Painting Portrait of Man with Moustache in Flat Cap
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
10 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overall very good
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Airplane Abstract Original Painting Collage on Paper -- "Airfoul 1"
By Marc Foster Grant
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Airplane Abstract Original Painting Collage on Paper -- "Airfoul 1" This is dynamic
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Foil

"Portrait of a Man Writing" American Mid-20th Century Oil Painting on Canvas
By Robert Freiman
Located in New York, NY
A stunning Mid-20th Century depiction of a man writing with the with thick use of paint and vibrant
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Flowers - Gouache by Nita Wallenberg - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Dardel's painting and resulted in several pictures of womanly figures that resemble Nita.
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

1950 s French Modernist Blue Figurative Oil Painting of a Fisherman Mending Nets
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Le Filet" Fisherman Mending Nets French School, mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Landscape and Lake - Oil Paint - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape and lake is an original artwork realized in the second half of the 20th Century by an
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Wonderful, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait Painting of a Boy with a Trumpet
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Wonderful, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait Painting of a Boy with a Trumpet by Noted Chicago
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Jon Blanchette “East Santa Cruz, California” Mid-Century Original Oil Painting
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Denver, CO
This vibrant mid-20th-century oil painting, “East Santa Cruz (California)” by noted California
Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Modern Portrait of Woman in Green Dress Original Oil Painting
By Genevieve Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Portrait of Woman in Green Dress Original Oil Painting Evocative mid century
Category

1960s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Woman in Bloom - Figurative Nude Study Oil on Canvas
By Patricia Gren Hayes
Located in Soquel, CA
Woman in Bloom - Figurative Nude Study Oil on Canvas A nude woman, seemingly pregnant, sits
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Polish French Ecole de Paris Mid Century Modernist Oil Painting Clown Juggler
By Abram Krol
Located in Surfside, FL
Art. He also began studying painting and self-described himself as a “Sunday painter.” Krol moved to
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Composition - Oil Paint by Maria Merita - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a modern artwork realized by Maria Merita. Mixed colored oil painting. Hand signed
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape - Oil Paint by Raul Viviani - Mid 20th Century
By Raul Viviani
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an artwork realized by Raul Viviani (1883-1965). Oil on Board, mid-20th Century. 28
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Seaside - Oil Paint by Egeo Venturi - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seaside is a modern artwork realized by Egeo Venturi. Oil painting. Hand signed on the lower
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blue Landscape - Oil Paint by Antonio Mellone - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Blue landscape is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Mellone in the mid-20th century. Mixed
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract Composition - Oil Paint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is a contemporary artwork realized by Artist of the mid-20th century.  Mixed
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Geometric Abstract Oil Collage Painting - Le Club 55
Located in Bristol, GB
the south of France, and we can infer that the setting of the painting is within its interior
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

HAVANA Cuba Mid Century Surreal Male Nude Graphic Painting, Gay Interest
Located in New York, NY
Painting depicts a male nude lying down with hanging vibrantly painted vegetables like cabbages, eggplants
Category

1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Graphite

Strees of Paris - Paint by Eliane Diverly - Mid-20th Century
By Eliane Diverly
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is a modern artwork realized by Eliane Diverly in the Mid-20th Century. Oil on Wooden
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Jardin des Plantes - Paint by Henri Hamm - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Jardin des Plantes is a modern artwork realized by Henri Hamm in the mid-20th Century. Oil on
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Mid Century Modernist Israeli Sabra in Haifa Landscape Harbor Oil Painting
By Bacia Gordon
Located in Surfside, FL
military of all ranks. I lived among people of many lands sketching and painting. I felt a great urgency to
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Polish Woman - Impressionist Mid 20th Century Oil Painting by Helena Krajewska
By Helena Malarewicz-Krajewska
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Painting and Drawing in Cracow , from 1929 to 1934 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw : painting by
Category

1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Landscape with Boats - Paint by Mustapha Yehya - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
 Realized by Mustapha Yehya in the mid-20th century. Hand signed. In excellent condition, it
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ballerina - Oil Paint by Miroslava Vrbová-Štefková - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dancer  is a beautiful oil on panel realized by  Vrbová-Štefková in the mid-20th Century.  Signed
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mystery Mid Century French School
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming mid century French School oil on canvas. Signed Bornheizel?? I think. Either way a very
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Gouache Painting Of Boy With Milk Bottle In Mid-Century School Setting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Vintage Gouache Painting Of Boy With Milk Bottle In Mid-Century School Setting By Tony
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

English School Mid 19th Century Oil - Blacksmith Shoeing a Horse
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming early 19th-century genre scene depicting a blacksmith shoeing a horse outside a tavern
Category

Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

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
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Frida Kahlo Study
By Genevieve Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
as an artist, painting mostly landscapes and figurative works, until her death in 1984.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

Mid Century Mothers, Children Oil Painting Frank Kleinholz WPA Era NYC Tenements
By Frank Kleinholz
Located in Surfside, FL
Frank Kleinholz (Brooklyn, 1901 - 1987) Mothers with children oil on canvas painting Frame: 27 X
Category

20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Juliet in Prayer - Oil Paint by Miloslava Vrbova - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Painting on plywood realized by Miloslava Vrbova (1909-1991) in the mid-20th century, depicting
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Stormy Sea - Mixed colored Oil on Canvas - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Stormy sea is an original modern artwork realized by Artist of Northern Europe School of the mid
Category

Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Oval Still Life - Oil on Canvas - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oval Still Life is an artwork realized by an unknown in the mid-20th centry. Oil on canvas mounted
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Still life with Apples and Bottle - Oil Paint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with apples and bottle is a modern artwork realized by an Artist of the mid-20th Century
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original Painting. New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal WPA Mid Century American Scene
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal WPA Mid Century American Scene Antonio
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

"Porch People" - Figurative Composition in Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
University in the 1970s. By the mid-70s, she had won 43 awards in state, regional, and local competitions
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Landscape - Bohemian Forest - Oil Paint by Miloslava Vrbova - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on Canvas realized by Miloslava Vrbova (1909-1991) in the mid-20th century. Good condition.
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Polish French Ecole de Paris Mid Century Modernist Oil Painting Clown Juggler
By Abram Krol
Located in Surfside, FL
painting and self-described himself as a “Sunday painter.” Krol moved to Paris in 1944. The first
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1950 s Mid Century French Modernism Abandoned Fiat Automobile Art Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Porcher, French, 1927, La vieille 'Fiat abandonnée', Oil on canvas modernist painting
Category

1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

British, mid century oil painting by Gerald Rose of London tube station
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Gerald Hembdon Seymour Rose (British, 1935-2023) Rush hour at the station, London Oil on canvas 28 x 35.3/4 in. (71 x 91 cm.) Provenance: from the estate of the late Gerald Rose.
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Snow in the City, American Winter Scene Painting, Ornate Frame, Mid-Century Oil
Located in Marco Island, FL
American life is captured in this Clyde Singer painting, Snow in the City (1954), where he depicts
Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Minimalist Painting House Polish Bergmann B&W Mid Century 1973 Gallery Label
Located in Buffalo, NY
Fils Gallery in London from an exhibition for the artist in 1974. This charming painting comes housed
Category

1970s Minimalist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Laszczyn - Building a Stack 2 - Mid 20th Century Oil Painting by H Krajewska
By Helena Malarewicz-Krajewska
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Painting and Drawing in Cracow , from 1929 to 1934 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw : painting by
Category

1940s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

People at the Café - Oil Paint by Miloslava Vrbova - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Painting on plywood realized by Miloslava Vrbova (1909-1991) in the mid-20th Century. Good
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Mountain View - Original Jonjo Elliott Pop Mid Century Modern Painting on Canvas
By Jonjo Elliott
Located in Los Angeles, CA
and is constantly exploring where painting can take him and the viewer as a means of expression. This
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Landscape - Oil on Canvas by Alberto Sillani - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an artwork by Alberto Sillani, realized in the mid-20thCentury. Oil on Canvas 49 x
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Books and Pears - Oil Paint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with books and pears is an artwork with frame, realized by an unknown artist of mid
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Under the Rain - Oil paint by Eliano Fantuzzi - mid-20th Century
By Eliano Fantuzzi
Located in Roma, IT
Under the rain is a contemporary artwork realized by Eliano Fantuzzi. Mixed colored oil painting
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid 20th Century European Fauvist Signed Oil Nude Figure Group Portrait Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait Group European artist, mid 20th century Fauvist style work indistinctly signed oil on
Category

Mid-20th Century Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

1945 Portrait of Bessy Lyon by Hayes Lyon, Mid-Century American Oil Painting
By Hayes Lyon
Located in Denver, CO
, making this work a compelling example of mid-20th-century American figurative art. The portrait is
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Costume - Mixed Media on Paper by Alkis Matheos - Mid-20th Century
By Alkis Matheos
Located in Roma, IT
artist Alkis Matheos in the mid.20th Century. Very good conditions. Signed by artist's stamp. The
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Tempera, Watercolor

La Place de Concorde Lithograph, Signed, 92/220, Mid-20th Century
By Paul Lucien Dessau
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is part of my private collection since the mid 1970's. It is pencil signed by the
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Lithograph

Mid Century Seated Nude Figure with Red Robe
By Genevieve Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
A striking mid century figurative oil painting of a seated nude woman posing in a long lavish red
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

Edward Charles Williams (1807-1881) - Mid 19th Century Oil, Loading the Ships
By Edward Charles Williams
Located in Corsham, GB
Several figures load barrels onto ships in this nineteenth-century maritime scene. Other vessels
Category

Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Modern Dancers Oil Painting; Listed Artist Albert Michini, ca 1970’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
If you have an association with dance, yoga or working out, this unusual modernist painting might
Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Abduction of Persephone by Hades - Oil Paint - Mid 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvase realized by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, so called "Il Viterbese" (1610-1662). It depicts the famous abduction of Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter, by Hades....
Category

Mid-17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Interior of Church - Oil Paint by Jules Victor Génisson - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on Board realized by Jules Victor Génisson (1805-1860) in the mid-19th Century. Hand signed
Category

Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

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You are likely to find exactly the midcentury figurative painting you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. In our selection of items, you can find Modern examples as well as a Impressionist version. If you’re looking for a midcentury figurative painting from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 18th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a midcentury figurative painting to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of brown, gray, beige, white and more. A midcentury figurative painting from Simon Goldberg, Alkis Matheos, Suzanne Lalique, Jeanne Daour and Rosy Andreasi-Verdier — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in paint, oil paint and watercolour, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years. If space is limited, you can find a small midcentury figurative painting measuring 1 high and 1 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 210.5 across to better suit those in the market for a large midcentury figurative painting.

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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024
    The first Italian painter to paint realistic figures was Giotto di Bondone. His works marked a departure from the elongated, stylized forms common in early Christian art and served as inspiration for Italian Renaissance painters. Giotto's most famous paintings include Lamentation, the Ognissanti Madonna, the Kiss of Judas and Pentecost. Explore a diverse assortment of fine art on 1stDibs.