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Henry Maurice D Anty. Oil on canvas. clown and horse-drawn carriage.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Henry Maurice D'Anty (1910-1998). Swedish/French artist. Oil on canvas. Depiction of a clown and
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1950s French Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas

Heavenly Transportation - Clowns Fly through the Clouds in a Chariot
By Hal Crecy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
paintings of clowns Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 36.00" x 48.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
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20th Century Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Clowns Playing A Card Game of Poker Outside the Circus
By Hal Crecy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
paintings of clowns Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 24.00" x 30.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
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20th Century Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"THE CLOWN" MICHAEL FRARY MID CENTURY MODERN TEXAS ARTIST
By Michael Frary
Located in San Antonio, TX
Michael Frary (1918 - 2005) Austin Artist Image Size: 16 x 12.5 Medium: Oil "The Clown" Biography
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1960s American Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil

“Clowns, Jugglers and Acrobats” by Edward Marecak, 1986 Abstract Circus Art
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
Bursting with color and kinetic energy, “Clowns, Jugglers and Acrobats” is a dynamic 1986 original
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century Modern Portrait Polka Dot Suit Clown by Joan Tidwell
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Man in a Polka Dot Clown Suit - Oil on Canvas Portrait of a man in a white and red
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1950s Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Bert Lahr as Burlesque Clown - The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz
By Walt Kuhn
Located in Miami, FL
Burlesque Clown Bert Lahr is dipicted in a bowler hat with a wry grin. Lahr shined in the role of
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1940s American Impressionist Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil

Peter Keil Oil On Canvas, The Clown Painting
By Peter Keil
Located in Bradenton, FL
Oil on canvas painting was painted by German/American artist Peter Keil (born 1942). Original
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas

Pierrot the Musician Singing Little Girl Clown Paris
Located in Soquel, CA
Pierrot the Musician Singing Little Girl Clown Paris Pretty street musician "Pierrot by French
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1950s Impressionist Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Clown Painting by Ian Humphreys Oil on Canvas
By Ian Humphreys
Located in Poling, West Sussex
The clown painting by English Artist Ian Humphreys oil on canvas. The painting is still in its
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Late 20th Century British Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Other

Heinrich Richter "Der alte Clown" ( The Old Clown ) Oil Paint on Board, 1977
By Heinrich Richter (b.1884)
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil on hardboard, 1977 by Heinrich Richter-Berlin ( 1884-1981 ), Germany. Signed and dated lower
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Late 20th Century Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil, Board

Charles Sebree Original Pastel Painting Signed Harlequin Clown Portrait Art oil
Located in Bloomington, MN
Charles Sebree Authentic & Original Pastel Painting, Professionally Custom Framed and listed with
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20th Century Expressionist Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Pastel, Handmade Paper

Chuck Oberstein Signed Framed Oil on Canvas "Clown Holding Golf Score Card"
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
, 2002) was an American painter, best known for clown paintings. Oberstein was sometimes called "The
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20th Century Contemporary Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

Materials

Oil

Circus Clowns at rest
By John Steuart Curry
Located in San Francisco, CA
Signed l/l: John Steuart Curry
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20th Century Impressionist Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

Portrait of a Clown WPA
By Maurice Kish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns
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20th Century Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil, Board

Mid-Century Large Scale Oil on Canvas Black Woman Circus Clown
By Keith Lewin
Located in New York, NY
An incredible image of a black woman dressed as a circus clown. The artist, Keith Kerton Lewin, is
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1950s American Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Mid Century Modern Kero Antoyan Abstract Modernist Clown Oil Painting
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Mid Century Modern Kero Antoyan Abstract Modernist Clown Oil Painting.
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Emil Kosa Jr clown oil painting on canvas.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a great painting by the very well known French borned and moved to California at the age of
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1950s American Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

Figurative Pierrot Clown Oil Painting by Georges Prestat, 1948
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Delight in the charm and vibrancy of this captivating oil painting portraying a Pierrot clown. The
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Mid-20th Century Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

Materials

Paint

Circus Universal, Large Modernist Oil Painting with Clown Harlequin
By Stella Drabkin
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Other Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States Dimensions: 44" x
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1950s Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage American School Modernist Clown Musician Portrait Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage american modernist figure painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. No signature found
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1950s Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Italian "Clown Dentist" Oil on Canvas Painting Signed Barcelo
By Miquel Barceló
Located in Queens, NY
Italian "Clown Dentist" oil on canvas painting signed Barcelo with original frame 20th century
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20th Century Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

Materials

Paint, Canvas

French 1961 "Clown a la Colerette" Figurative Expressionist Oil Painting
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Surfside, FL
WEISBUCH, Claude. Oil on Canvas "Clown a la Colerette" 1961. Signed lower right, further signed
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1960s Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Italian "Clown Doctors" Oil on Canvas Painting Signed Barcelo
By Miquel Barceló
Located in Queens, NY
"Clown Doctors" oil on canvas painting signed Barcelo with original frame. 20th century. Very fun
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20th Century Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Alfano Dardari (Italian, 1924-1988) "Surrealist Clowns Painting" Oil on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Alfano Dardari (Italian, 1924-1988) "Surrealist Clowns Painting" A fantastic 1950's Italian oil on
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20th Century Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Clown Comedy "The Loser" Genre Scene Interior Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist interior painting of sad clown. Oil on board, circa 1964. Signed lower
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1940s Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Clown
By Milton Avery
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Milton Avery, American (1893 - 1965) Title: Clown Medium: Oil and gouache, signed and dated
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1950s American Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil, Gouache

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
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1950s Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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
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1950s Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Naive European Folk Art Oil Painting Lazar Obican French Scarecrow Clown
Located in Surfside, FL
Lazar Obican 1944-2004 Genre: Other Subject: People Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Dimensions: 35" x
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1960s Folk Art Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Whimsical Oil on Board Painting Clown by Joe Arcos 1952
By Joe Arcos
Located in Buffalo, NY
Whimsical oil on board painting 'Clown by Joe Arcos 1952.
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Masonite, Paint

Clown Heaven
By Hal Crecy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 64.00" x 78.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Image of
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20th Century Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Clown Parrot
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Courtland Butterfield (1904-1977). Clown and Parrot, ca. 1965. Oil on panel measures 15 x 30 inches
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Mid-20th Century Realist Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Clown
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
culture are overtly humorous: a painting of a big jolly wedding guest, looking invitingly over her
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20th Century Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil, Board

Antony Litri - 20th Century Oil, Portrait of a Clown
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking full length study of a circus clown. Boldly signed to the lower right. On hessian on
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20th Century Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Figurative Primary Color Circus Acrobat Clown Painting
By Forrest Bess
Located in Houston, TX
/clowns and is a unique piece amongst his larger body of work. The abstract painting includes hues of blue
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil

José Christopherson (1914–2014) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Applauding Clown
Located in Corsham, GB
A strikingly vibrant and eye catching mid Century oil showing a miserable clown applauding. The
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Mid-20th Century Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil

Ken Nishi, “Laugh, Clown” Agony of a Clown, Oil on Canvas, Signed
By Ken Nishi 1
Located in Astoria, NY
Expressionist oil on canvas titled “Laugh, Clown” (Agony of a Clown) by American artist Ken Nishi
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1990s Expressionist Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas

Samuel Dresner (1928-2019) - 20th Century Oil, Pale Faced Clown
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait of a clown with their face painted white and an oversize black collar. The
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20th Century Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil

“Clown with Flute”
By Senen Ubiña
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting by the Spanish born artist Senen Ubina of a young clown with a
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1950s Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Jesters, Harlequins, Clowns
Located in Surfside, FL
Provenance: Grammercy Art club collection NYC New York. Painting is Mint Condition, Antique look
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20th Century Romantic Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Clown Oil on Canvas By Vassyl Khmeluk
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine vintage framed oil on canvas portrait of a Clown by renowned Ukrainian artist Vassyl Khmeluk
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Mid-20th Century Ukrainian Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas

Le clown du Pardon
By Bernard Lignon
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful expressionist style representation of a clown begging for forgiveness, by Bernard LIGNON
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1960s Expressionist Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Clown with Red Cap Smiling"
By Armand (François Joseph) Henrion
Located in Lambertville, NJ
portraits which captured the facial expressions of clowns laughing, singing, smoking (pipes and cigarettes
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20th Century Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Oil on Canvas Signed Russin of Clowns Playing Cards
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful oil on canvas signed Russin of a bunch of clowns playing cards. It is titled "The Card
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1940s American Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Canvas

Sad Clown with a Flower
By Red Skelton
Located in Houston, TX
the Hollywood Walk of Fame, began his show business career in his teens as a circus clown and
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1970s Other Art Style Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil

"Clown with Blue Cap Smoking Cigar"
By Armand (François Joseph) Henrion
Located in Lambertville, NJ
portraits which captured the facial expressions of clowns laughing, singing, smoking (pipes and cigarettes
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20th Century Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Clown by Franco Rognoni Oil on the Cardboard, Italy, 1953
Located in Milano, IT
The clown, 1953, oil on cardboard, by Franco Rognoni (1913-1999). Signed and dated at the bottom
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1950s Italian Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

The Clown N.2 (In Green)
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
culture are overtly humorous: a painting of a big jolly wedding guest, looking invitingly over her
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20th Century Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil, Board

The Clown N.2 (In Green)
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
culture are overtly humorous: a painting of a big jolly wedding guest, looking invitingly over her
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20th Century Modern Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Clown by Franco Rognoni (1913-1999)
By Franco Rognoni
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on cardboard. Signed and dated at the bottom on the right. At the back a pencil numeric mark
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Mid-20th Century Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil

Folk Art Mexican Girl, Circus Clown Juggler
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
collaboratively. As a teenager, de Servin studied at one of Mexico's Schools of Open-Air Painting, free art
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Burlap, Oil

Folk Art Mexican Girl, Circus Clown Juggler
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
collaboratively. As a teenager, de Servin studied at one of Mexico's Schools of Open-Air Painting, free art
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Burlap, Oil

W. Persona clown oil of stock market crash owned by Lehman exec
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A great oil on board by the noted artist William Persona (1903-1996) of a clown reading about the
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1960s American Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

"Circus Parade" Jugglers, Strong Men, Clowns, Horses Old School Circus Parade
By Leslie Larsson
Located in San Antonio, TX
his partners Frame Shoppe. I wanted to add that in addition to abstract painting, he did many still
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1940s Impressionist Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

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Oil

Barber Surrealist Clowns Oil Painting by Alfano Dardari
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alfano Dardari, Italian, 1924 to 1988, oil painting on canvas, The Barber, depicting a caricature
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20th Century Italian Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Two Clowns, Mid Century Oil Painting
By Abram Krol
Located in Surfside, FL
painting and self-described himself as a “Sunday painter.” Krol moved to Paris in 1944. The first
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Mid-20th Century Vintage Clown Oil Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Vintage Clown Oil Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of vintage clown oil paintings available on 1stDibs. Browse a selection of Modern, Impressionist or Contemporary versions of these works for sale today — there are 18 Modern, 11 Impressionist, 9 Expressionist, 8 Abstract and 2 Contemporary examples available. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. You can search the vintage clown oil paintings that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, black, gray and blue. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Marjorie May Blake, Maurice Kish, Abram Krol, Miquel Barceló and Bernard Lignon are consistently popular. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric.

How Much are Vintage Clown Oil Paintings?

Vintage clown oil paintings can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $2,067, while the lowest priced sells for $200 and the highest can go for as much as $145,000.

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