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Seascape Oil Painting Modernist

American Modernist Abstract Oil Painting Landscape Seascape
By Bruce Samuelson
Located in Surfside, FL
educated at PAFA. He has taught painting and drawing at PAFA since 1973. Professor Bruce Samuelson has
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Turquoise Blue Sea French Modernist Seascape Oil Painting
By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Seascape Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) inscribed verso framed oil painting on canvas
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American School Modernist Abstract Seascape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract seascape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Handsomely framed
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1950s Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil, Board

Vintage Modernist Beach Sunset Vibrantly Toned Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
painting alone. Signed. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
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20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Antique American School Modernist Seascape Framed Hamptons Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 18H x 24L. No signature found. Very nicely painted.
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1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique French Riviera Modernist Mediterranean Seascape Signed Boat Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage signed modernist seascape painting by Gabriel Godard (Born 1933). Oil on canvas. Framed
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Abstract Harbor Seascape Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Measuring 18 by 24 inches.
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Abstract Bustling Harbor View Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract seascape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas board
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American School Modernist Framed Original Sunset Signed Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
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1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Sunset Seascape Harbor Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful early American modernist sunset seascape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature
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1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American School Modernist Abstract Nautical Seascape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school signed seascape painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 24L
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1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Coastal Modernist Seascape Framed Figural River Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charming early 20th-century impressionist oil on panel depicting a sunlit coastal scene. Two seated
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1920s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Framed Seascape Signed Fall River Scene Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist seascape oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Antique American Modernist New England Maine Coastal Seascape Beach Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting of coastal New England. Oil on canvas. Signed
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1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American School Coastal Seascape Trompe L Oeil Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
painting—a mesmerizing modernist beach interior scene, capturing the essence of sandy dunes in a burst of
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist Abstract Oil Painting Marine Seascape Sunset w Boat Ralph Della Volpe
Located in Surfside, FL
RALPH DELLA-VOLPE (1923-2017) Fine Art Painter, American Contemporary Sunset Sail Oil on canvas
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20th Century Fauvist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist Boats - Abstract Monterey Seascape in Oil on Canvas
By Virginia Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist Boats - Abstract Monterey Seascape in Oil on Canvas Vibrant abstracted landscape of
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1990s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Modernist Coastal Seascape Framed Fauvist Large Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist landscape painting by Jan Matulka (1890 - 1972). Watercolor on paper. Signed
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1920s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Sunset Seascape Signed Framed Rolling Waves Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist seascape sunset oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique American Modernist "Sailing off Long Island" Framed Seascape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist seascape painting by Lawrence Butcher, Jr. (Born 1936
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1970s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

Antique American Modernist Winter Night Moonlit Seascape Harbor Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist seascape painting. Gouache and watercolor on board, circa 1951. Signed
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1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Watercolor

Vintage American Impressionist Seascape Signed Giltwood Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 16 by 19 inches
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1970s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Contemporary French Modernist Portrait with Beach Seascape Beyond
By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) inscribed verso oil painting on textured canvas 18 x 15
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Ships on the Ocean) Modernist Israeli Seascape
By Shaul Ohaly
Located in Surfside, FL
exhibit in 1957. HaAretz spoke of some of his oil paintings being reminiscent of Dutch masters. His
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20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Gouache

Waves off the Coast , Monterey, California, Large Modernist Seascape
By Alberto Conti
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. Conti specialized in landscapes and still lives painted in oil, acrylic and watercolor. In the mid 1940
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Vibrant Mid-20th Century Modernist Med Seascape Sailboats Coastal Buildings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Modernist Seascape by Henry D'Anty (French 1910-1998) signed oil on canvas, framed Framed: 10 x 12
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20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract surrealist seascape with vibrant geometric forms French modernist oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
near the right edge Description: A captivating abstract oil painting by French modernist artist Guy
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Boathouse at Night, Modernist Two Toned Color-field Abstracted Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Boathouse at Night, Modernist Two Toned Color-field Abstracted Seascape Nocturnal seascape by
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1980s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Morning Sun , San Francisco Bay Area Modernist Harbor Scene, Seascape, Seafood
By Jack Wilson
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Wilson developed a unique painting technique using palette knives that he forged by hand. A successful
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1960s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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American Modernist Abstract Oil Painting Landscape Seascape
By Bruce Samuelson
Located in Surfside, FL
educated at PAFA. He has taught painting and drawing at PAFA since 1973. Professor Bruce Samuelson has
Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Italian Modernist Impressionist Oil Painting Seascape Village
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Modernist Impressionist Oil Painting Seascape Village, 1950's Italy A very restful large
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Mid-20th Century Italian Other Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Vintage Modernist Swedish Abstract Seascape Oil Painting - Harbour Boardwalk
Located in Bristol, GB
century oil painting depicting a coastal harbour. The painting is well balanced with equal visual weight
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1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique American Moonlit Modernist Arctic Alaskan Sailboat Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist moonlit winter seascape sailboat painting. Oil on board, circa 1925. Unsigned
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1920s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Canadian Modernist Lunenburg Harbor Nova Scotia Seascape Oil Painting
By Earl Bailly
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Canadian modernist seascape painting by Earl Bailly (1903 - 1977). Oil on board, circa
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1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Coastal Beach Seascape Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist beach oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1970. Signed. Image size, 12L
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1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Coastal Beach Seascape Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist beach oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1970. Signed. Image size, 12L
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1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1957 Vintage Modernist Swedish Framed Seascape Oil Painting - The Boat
Located in Bristol, GB
THE BOAT Size: 22 x 43.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A small, mid century oil on board
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

French Modernist 20th century Oil Painting Atmospheric Beach Seascape Sandy
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Open Sea signed by Lucien Gondret (French 1941-2023) signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 13
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20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Israeli Modernist Abstract Expressionist Seascape Oil Painting Tel Aviv Harbor
By Motke Blum
Located in Surfside, FL
surface. The resulting work emphasizes the physical act of painting itself as an essential aspect of the
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Male Beach Bather Large Signed Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist beach painting by Henry Ernest Schnakenberg (1892 - 1970). Oil on
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1920s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist Abstract Seascape
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract seascape with a sunset. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Unsigned. Displayed in a
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1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist Abstract Seascape
Modernist Abstract Seascape
H 28 in W 34 in D 2 in
Contemporary French Modernist Signed Oil, Blue Coastal Scene seascape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed Title: The Blue Coast Medium: signed oil painting on
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modernist New England Seascape Sunset
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist New England seascape paintijng with figures and a sunset. Oil on board, circa 1940
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1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist Seascape by Albert Sway
Located in Buffalo, NY
Original oil painting of a beach by Albert Sway (b.1913). Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed lower
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Ships on the Ocean) Modernist Israeli Seascape
By Shaul Ohaly
Located in Surfside, FL
exhibit in 1957. HaAretz spoke of some of his oil paintings being reminiscent of Dutch masters. His
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20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Gouache

Exhibited Modernist Oil Seascape Titled "Three Sages" by Jean Gernand, 1953
Located in Peabody, MA
Oil on canvas by Washington D.C. artist Jean Gernand, seascape featuring three pelicans, titled
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Modernist Beach View
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist seascape oil painting of a rocky beach. Oil on board, circa 1930. Unsigned. Displayed in
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modernist Beach View
Modernist Beach View
H 15.5 in W 19.5 in D 2 in
Antique American Impressionist Landscape Coastal New England Signed Oil Painting
By J. Barry Greene
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist seascape oil painting by J. Barry Greene (1895 - 1966). Oil on canvas
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1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Painting the Sunset Sail
By Louis Michel Eilshemius
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist seascape oil painting with an artist on the shore. Oil on board, circa 1900. Signed
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Early 1900s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Modernist Abstract Surrealist Seascape Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage original surrealist oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1988. Signed illegibly. Image size
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1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Framed American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Fauvist Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Sandy Beach Seascape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
rediscovered again. Title: Sandy beach with blue sea Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed Size: 13 x 9.5
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20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Signed American Modernist Abstract Seascape Sunset Framed Exhibited Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist seascape signed oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image
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1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Seascape Framed Summer Nautical Boat Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist seascape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Abstract Crashing Wave Seascape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract seascape oil painting by Richard Michael Gorman Powers (1921
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1940s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Modernist Abstract Seascape Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist seascape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category

1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique French Paris Modernist Boat Seascape Monogrammed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French modern seascape oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1930. Signed in monogram
Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Dockside Harbor Folk Seascape Exhibited Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist dock scene oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Unsigned. Image
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1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Beach Seascape Surreal Seashell Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist surreal beach scene oil painting by Ada Weill.. Oil on canvas, circa
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Exhibited Modernist Abstract Maine Seascape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist Maine landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image
Category

1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Signed American Modernist Seascape Abstract Original Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist abstract painting. Oil on board. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 14L x
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1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Modernist Abstract Seascape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. Signed illegibly
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Watercolor, Gouache

Antique American Modernist Cubist Abstract Seascape Framed Fish Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive early American modernist abstract still life. Oil on board. Framed.
Category

1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Nude Ocean Hawaiian Seascape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American impressionist ocean painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Signed. Displayed in a
Category

1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Modernist Signed Seascape Beach Scene Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. No signature
Category

1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Monumental American Modernist Neutral Tone Nautical Seascape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted serene nautical painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Measuring 48"H x 48"L.
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1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Monumental American Modernist Neutral Tone Nautical Seascape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted serene nautical painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Measuring 48"H x 48"L.
Category

1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Modernist Surreal Sailboat Seascape Signed Oil Painting by Reggie Weston
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist beach seascape painting by Regie Reginald Sidney Weston (1912 - 1967). Oil on board
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

George Town Great Exuma Signed Vintage Bahamas Modernist Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist seascape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed verso.
Category

1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Modernist Abstract Expressionist Seascape Oil Painting Tel Aviv Harbor
By Motke Blum
Located in Surfside, FL
surface. The resulting work emphasizes the physical act of painting itself as an essential aspect of the
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Vintage American Modernist Seascape Ocean Oil Painting by Abbo Ostrowsky
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist seascape by Abbo Ostrowsky (1889 - 1975). Oil on board, circa 1940
Category

1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nantucket Night Vintage Signed American Modernist Coastal Seascape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist nocturnal painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Housed in a period frame
Category

1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sailboat Harbor Port Seascape Signed French Modernist Original Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage French seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 9 by 14 inches
Category

1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Sailboat Seascape Painting by Albert Alcalay
By Albert Alcalay
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract painting of sailboats by Albert Alcalay (1917 - 2008). Oil on
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Signed American Modernist Nautical Sporting Art Sailing Seascape Original Art
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist sailing figures seascape drawing. Pencil on paper. Signed. Framed
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1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Expressionist avant garde Seascape Marine Landscape Modernist Mid Century
Located in Norwich, GB
Atmospheric modernist sea-and-landscape Jean Chauffrey (born 1911) dating from circa 1948. The
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1940s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Paris School French Modern Landscape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique french modernist seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 32L x 16H.
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1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist Seascape Oil Painting
By Zamfir Dumitrescu 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed with the artist's monogram. Oil on artist board. "Marea" by Zanfir Dumitrescu
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Late 20th Century Romanian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Modernist Seascape Oil Painting
Modernist Seascape Oil Painting
H 16 in W 21 in D 1.25 in

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Seascape Oil Painting Modernist For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate seascape oil painting modernist for your needs in our varied inventory. There are many Modern, Abstract and Surrealist versions of these works for sale. Making the right choice when shopping for a seascape oil painting modernist may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 20th Century. On 1stDibs, the right seascape oil painting modernist is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes gray, brown, beige and black. There have been many interesting seascape oil painting modernist examples over the years, but those made by Albert Alcalay, Earl Bailly, Motke Blum, Alberto Conti and Shaul Ohaly are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Frequently made by artists working in oil paint, paint and canvas, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a Seascape Oil Painting Modernist?

The price for a seascape oil painting modernist in our collection starts at $450 and tops out at $3,750 with the average selling for $995.

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