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Period: Mid-20th Century
1930's French Impressionist Painting Young Girl by Boat Coastal Estuary Harbour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Coastal Harbor
by Y. Blanchon, French 1930's Impressionist
oil painting on board, unframed
painting: 15 x 17.5 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of this artists...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Sunset Sky over a French Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Landscape
by Michel Kritz (French 1925-1994)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 15 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound c...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Red Barn Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3281a Red Barn,vintage acrylic palette on board, set in a wood frame, signed by M.Federe lower right .Image size 13.5 H x 9.5 W
Age wear on the frame
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
1950's Modernist Painting Bright Watercolour Chateau In Green and Blue Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour on artist paper
size: 13 x 16 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the art...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride, Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape
By Walter Thomas Sacks
Located in Soquel, CA
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride - Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape
A bright, crisp morning and a sleigh ride through new snow in Stowe, Vermont...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"A View of Notre-Dame" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Parisian Street Scene
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist Andre Franchet. He was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seville Guadalquivir River Spain oil on canvas painting
By Carlota Rosales Martínez de Pedrosa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Carlota Rosales Martínez de Pedrosa was born in Madrid in 1872 and was the second daughter of the painter Eduardo Rosales, after the birth the Rosales...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Provence Landscape - Large Mid 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large c.1960 French oil on paper laid on board cubist influenced landscape by Oleg Zinger. The work depicts a summer landscape with white build...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
Point Lobos Cove, Carmel California by Adelaide Bartleme
Located in Soquel, CA
Point Lobos Cove, Carmel California by Adelaide Bartleme
Point Lobos Cove circa 1940s by Carmel artist Adelaide Bartleme, (American, 1881-1973). The niece of a well known New York ar...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Swedish Mid Century Impressionist, cafe scene in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Impressionist scene from Sweden
Painted with a great deal of care this scene is of an outside cafe scene with figures in an extensive landscape and town.
The artist was...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Spain oil painting urbanscape houses
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Spain - Oil on canvas on board
Oil measurements 22x27 cm.
Frameless.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter, nep...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
A Walk in the Forest - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Gustave Cariot
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on board figures in landscape by French post impressionist painter Gustave Cariot. The piece is set in Wiesbaden, Germany depicts a breathtaking view of the Rive...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Colorful New York Catskills Landscape Painting; Ukrainian-American Artist, 1952
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a highly stylized 1952 New York State fall landscape oil on board by noted Ukrainian-American artist Mychajlo Moroz. The vintage painting has modernist tendencies that are ...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape with Spanish village oil painting surrealism expressionism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Agustín Úbeda (1925-2007) - Landscape with Spanish village - Oil
Oil on paper glued to board
Oil measurements 34x44 cm.
Frameless.
Origin: Family of the artist.
Includes certificate of authenticity from Galeria Sastre
Agustín Úbeda (Herencia, December 1, 1925-Madrid, November 27, 2007) was a Spanish painter. Due to his pictorial style, halfway between figurative expressionism and surrealism, he has been framed within the so-called School of Madrid and School of Paris.
He began his artistic training in 1944, at the San Fernando Superior School of Fine Arts, in Madrid, where he was a disciple of painters such as Daniel Vázquez Díaz, Eugenio Hermoso...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper, Board
Landscape with a willow. 1964, oil on cardboard, 48x67 cm
Located in Riga, LV
A. Zviedris was a member of the Latvian Artists’ Union since 1945 and had more than 50 solo exhibitions in Latvia. He travelled extensively by yacht around Scandinavia and Western Eu...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
"Autumn in New England, " Aldro Thompson Hibbard, Impressionist Marsh Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Aldro Thompson Hibbard (1886 - 1972)
Autumn in New England
Oil on canvasboard
18 x 25 inches
Signed lower right; estate stamped on the reverse
Born in Falmouth, Massachusetts, Aldro Hibbard was an Impressionist landscape painter much concerned with light and shadow. He was one of the founders of the Rockport Art Colony, and the Rockport Art Association now occupies his former studio. Hibbard grew up in Dorchester and Boston and spent much time in the summers in Boston and Cape Cod. He showed early artistic talent, an interest he shared with a life-long love of baseball, which led to his becoming a professional baseball player.
For his art training, he graduated from the Massachusetts Normal School and studied at the Boston Museum School with Edmund Tarbell...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Alpine Landscape - 20th Century Impressionist Snowy Winter Canadian Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1940's impressionist oil on canvas laid on board depicting a snow covered Alpine Landscape by Canadian RA artist Adolphus George Broomfield.
This excellent quality and c...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Threesome' - 1960s Vintage Mountain Landscape Painting, Deer in Yellowstone
Located in Denver, CO
Original vintage 1960s landscape painting with deer grazing in a meadow in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming by Harold Skene (1883-1978). Golden As...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Cote d'Azur - French Riviera from Balcony Coastal Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful c.1950 oil on board by French artist Lucien Potronat depicting a view of the Cote d'Azur / French Riviera from a balcony. Excellent quality...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century Autumn Trees Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid mid century landscape of autumn trees blurring into colorful abstraction by Helen Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Presented in a giltwood frame. Image size: 10" H X 8" W.
G...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
1930's French Impressionist Oil Purple Mountains Green Coastal Path
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Painting
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on board, unframed
measures: 5 high by 8.5 inches wide
conditi...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
1970's English Post Impressionist impasto oil painting BEACH SCENE ESSEX signed
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Ian Hay (1940-) British
TITLE: "Groynes Dovercourt Beach Essex"
SIGNED: lower left
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 41cm x 34cm inc frame
CONDITION: very good
DETAIL: Artist in...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modernist Mid century Swedish tram and figure scene in Fauvist colors
Located in Woodbury, CT
Acquiring a mid-20th-century Fauvist painting by Wilhelm Henning is an opportunity to own a piece of art that captures the vibrant spirit and expressive color palette of the Fauvist ...
Category
Fauvist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
XX century Spanish school oil on burlap painting landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil on burlap.
Oil measures 50x65 cm.
Frameless.
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil
Located in New York, NY
Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil. Signed lower left.
Not much is known about Marco de Marco, but just look at...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930's French Impressionist Tall Green Cyprus Trees Purple Mountain Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Louise Alix, French 1950's Impressionist
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting: 25 x 16 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of this artis...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
20th Century Impressionist River Landscape Oil Painting by French Modern Artist
Located in Preston, GB
“Moulin de Charbonneau" - Rare Original 20th Century Impressionist River Landscape Oil Painting by French Modern Artist. View of a water mill embedded in a fertile green landscape on the river Sèvre Nantaise. Signed on the lower right, titled on the reverse of the canvas, and presented in a beautiful authentic period frame.
Art measures 21.7 x 18 inches
Frame measures 28 x 24 inches (approx)
Born in Paris in 1903, Georges Charles Robin was a student of Paul Michel Dupuy...
Category
Post-War Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Paint, Oil
Vintage American School Mid Century Modern Abstract Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 12H by 16L.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 1960 California "Abstract Landscape" Jack Stuck Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Jack Stuck (1925-1993)
"Abstract Landscape"
1960
Collage oil paint, charcoal, paper and canvas laid down on masonite
48"x46" natural wood frame 51" x 49"
Si...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Charcoal, Oil, Laid Paper
Adolph Kronengold (1900-1986) - Alaska Landscape Oil on Board, ca 1940’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
Adolph Kronengold was born in New Orleans in 1900. He studied locally at Tulane, before moving on to New York and Philadelphia. There he studied at the Art Students League and the P...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's French Fauvist Signed Oil St. Tropez Pink Houses Gardens & Palm Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
St. Tropez
French School (Fauvist), mid 20th century
indistinctly signed lower front
oil painting on artists board, unframed
size: 15 x 18 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from a private collection in Paris
Stunning mid 20th century French Fauvist...
Category
Fauvist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Emile Albert Gruppe 'Mass 1896-1978' “Covered Bridge” Snow Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Another delightful large painting by the post impressionist master; Emile Albert Gruppe. The landscape take you down a snow covered road by a cool icy running stream through a New En...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paint
Huge French Post Impressionist Signed 1960's Oil Painting Boats in Harbor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Landscape
by Michel Kritz (French 1925-1994)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 26 x 36 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound c...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Woman sitting: Hilary Hennes Miller c.1940 English Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, including others by Hennes, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Matterhorn Switzerland 1940's Original Oil Painting Signed & Dated 1946
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Matterhorn
Swiss artist, indistinctly signed
dated 1946
oil on board, framed
framed: 22.5 x 26.5 inches
board: 20 x 23.5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: ver...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
SIGNED FRENCH POST-IMPRESSIONIST OIL - PROVENCAL LANDSCAPE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Provencal Landscape"
by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016)
oil painting on canvas, signed
canvas: 9.5 x 6.25 inches
Superb original oil painting by Fernand Aude...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Orange Infusion - Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Orange Infusion - Watercolor and Ink On Paper
Abstract painting depicting colors of orange, black and green. The black contrasts against the orange burst.
Signed and dated on verso...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper
Vintage American School Mid Century Modern Abstract Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 12H by 16L.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's French Impressionist Oil Painting Old Town Harbour Port with Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Town by the Sea
French Impressionist artist, mid 20th century
oil on canvas laid over board, framed
painting: 5 x 8 inches
framed: 5.75 x 9.5 inches
condition: overall very g...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century French Forest Landscape Oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
Landscape of Fontainebleau
Georges Bousquet Moret (1904-1976) was, first, an engineer passionate about arts. This passion led him to devote his f...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century French Illustration Sketches Of Colorful Jug Designs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Designs
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed
pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed
painting: 13 x 20 inches
good condition
provenance: from the artists estate, France
Josine V...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
1950's French Impressionist Oil Painting Harbor Scene Vintage Sailing Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harbor
French Impressionist artist, mid 20th century
oil on canvas laid over board, framed
painting: 4.25 x 6 inches
framed: 4.75 x 6.5 inches
condition: overall very good, a few...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Repos dans un champs de coquelicots - Pointillist Landscape Oil by Yvonne Canu
By Yvonne Canu
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointillist oil on panel figures in landscape by French neo-impressionist painter Yvonne Canu. This stunning piece depicts a couple resting under a parasol in a field of wildf...
Category
Pointillist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Carnivale in Venice' by Dietz Edzard (Bremen 1893 – 1963 Paris)
By Dietz Edzard
Located in Bruges, BE
Dietz Edzard
Bremen 1893 – 1963 Paris
German Painter
'Carnivale in Venice'
Signature: signed lower right ‘D Edzard’ c. 1958-1960
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: image size 35 x 2...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting signed - Tall French Buildings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tall French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper , unframed
size: 18.5 x 12.5 inches
condition: very good and r...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Watercolor
French Impressionist Mother and Child Figurative Landscape Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2858 A mother and child,figurative impressionistic style palette oil on canvas applied on board.Displayed in a wood frame.Artist unknown.Image size 10.5 H x 13.5 W
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique California Coastal Seascape Landscape Painting circa 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2751 California seascape oil on masonite displayed in an 19 century antique gitl -black wood frame,signed lower left by Mellin.
Image size 11 H x 17 W
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Swedish Oil on Canvas, Lars Herder (1923-1976)
Located in London, GB
A large abstract landscape scene, painted in oil on canvas. Signed to the lower right corner by the Swedish artist, Lars Herder. Herder was represented at the Modern Art Museum Stock...
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Calvados : River in the forest - Original oil painting, Handsigned
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Emile PISSARRO (1884-1972)
Calvados : River in the forest
Original oil on panel
Handsigned on bottom
On panel 46 x 55 cm (c. 18 x 22 in)
In a golden wood frame size 60 x 67 cm
...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Stormy weather
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Brown and gold wooden frame
49.5 x 57.5 x 4 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th C. Irish Artist Oil Painting County Wickow Ireland Cloudy Landscape
By Frank Forty
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Co. Wicklow
by Frank Forty (1902-1996) Irish
signed oil painting:
Framed: 10 x 12.5 inches
Board: 7.5 x 10 inches
very good condition (frame is antique and has some losses).
Super...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Work" Abstract Postwar Avant-Garde, Oil & marble powder on canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
Aiko Miyawaki's 1960 painting stands as a rare and high-quality piece, distinguished by its unique composition and historical significance. Hailing from a private Japanese collection...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Marble
"Bluebonnet Creek" Texas Hill Country 1957 39 x 49 Framed!!!
Located in San Antonio, TX
Porfirio Salinas
(1910-1973)
San Antonio Artist
Image Size: 30 x 40
Frame Size: 39 x 49
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated 1957
"Bluebonnet Creek" Texas Hill Country
Biography
Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973)
Porfirio Salinas was a self-taught artist who painted landscapes of Central Texas with an emphasis on the vast bluebonnet fields that grow there in the springtime. Born in 1910 in Bastrop, Texas, he attended public schools in San Antonio. He also observed works in progress by the director of the San Antonio Art School, Jose Arpa, as well as landscape painter, Robert Wood. Wood is said to have paid Salinas five dollars a picture to paint bluebonnets because "he hated to paint bluebonnets". Salinas served in the military from 1943 to 1945. Although he was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, he was allowed to live at home. At the fort, Colonel Telesphor Gottchalk assigned him to paint murals for the officer's lounge and various other projects, and Salinas continued to be able to paint during his entire conscripted period. Even before he achieved notoriety among galleries, dealers, and museums, Salinas was widely followed and appreciated by many Texans, including former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who may be considered responsible for launching Salinas popularity beyond the boundaries of Texas. In 1973, Texas capital, Austin, honored Salinas for having "done much to bring the culture of Mexico and Texas closer together with his paintings". Salinas died in April 1973 in San Antonio, Texas.
From
the years of the Great Depression through President Lyndon Johnson's
Great Society of the 1960s, Texan Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) remained
one of the Lone Star State's most popular artists. Today, his works
remain popular with Texas collectors and those who love landscapes of
the beautiful "Hill Country" that lies in the center of the
state. One of the first Mexican American painters to become
widely recognized for his art, Salinas was a favorite of President
Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, as well as of Sam
Rayburn, the longest-serving Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and Texas Governor John Connelly. In fact, President Johnson was so
enamored with his Salinas paintings that the artist will forever be
associated with America's first Texas-born President. Works by Porfirio
Salinas are in a number of museum collections, grace the halls of the
Texas State Capitol and the Governor's Mansion in Austin, and are
included in virtually every major private collection of Early Texas Art.
Porfirio
Salinas was born on November 6, 1910, near the small town of Bastrop,
Texas, about thirty miles from Austin. His father, Porfirio G. Salinas
(1881-1967), and his mother, Clara G. Chavez, struggled to make a
hardscrabble living as tenant farmers, but eventually were forced to
give up farming. The family moved to San Antonio, where Salinas' father
was able to get a job working as a laborer for the railroad, but the
scenic area around Bastrop, with its pine trees and the wide expanse of
the Rio Grande River, would forever remain a touchstone for the artist.
For the rest of his life, Salinas and his brothers went back frequently
to visit their grandmother in her little farmhouse. When in Bastrop,
Porfirio painted on the banks of the Rio Grande or in the groves of
pine trees. The Salinas family was close-knit and Porfirio was the
middle child of five children, so he had an older brother and sister as
well as a younger brother and sister. His mother was a native of
Mexico, so throughout his childhood the family made the long drive to
Mexico to visit Clara Salinas' family.
As a child growing up in
the bi-lingual section of San Antonio, Salinas drew and painted
incessantly and by the time he was ten, he was already producing work
that was mature enough to sell to his schoolteachers. Many years later
in an article in the New York Times he was described as a "boy whose
textbooks were seldom opened and whose sketchbook was never closed."
Instead of studying, the young artist spent his spare time watching
artists paint in and around San Antonio. As an aspiring painter,
Salinas was fortunate to grow up in the historic city, which had the
most active art scene in Texas. It was his exposure to older,
professional painters that encouraged the precocious young painter to
leave school early in order to help his family and pursue a career as a
professional artist, despite his father's inability to see art as a
career with any future for his son.
When Salinas was about
fifteen he came to know the artist Robert W. Wood (1889-1979). He met
Wood while he was employed in an art supply store and he soon began to
work as an assistant to the English-born painter, who had moved from
Portland to San Antonio in 1924. Although the diminutive Englishman was
already an established professional artist, he did not have a great
deal of formal art training and so he was then studying with the
academically trained Spanish painter Jose Arpa (1858-1952) in order to
augment his knowledge and give his work a more polished look. Salinas
was an eager young man, and while working in Wood's downtown San
Antonio studio he learned to stretch canvases, frame paintings and to
sketch in larger compositions from small plein-air studies for the
English artist. He began to accompany Wood and Arpa to the hills
outside San Antonio, where they painted small Plein-air studies of
fields of blue lupin - the state flower, the famous "Bluebonnets" of
Texas - in the springtime and scenes of the gnarled Red Oaks as they
changed color in the fall. He was soon assisting Wood in the tedious
work of painting the tiny blue flowers that collectors wanted to see in
the landscapes they purchased of central Texas. According to a
1972 newspaper story, "Legend has it that one day in the 1920s artist
Robert Wood decided he could not bear to paint another bluebonnet in
one of his landscapes. He hired young Porfirio Salinas to paint
them in for him at five dollars a painting." Whether this story is
accurate or apocryphal isn't clear, but the ambitious and independent
young Salinas wasn't destined to be anyone's assistant for very long.
The
formative event of Porfirio Salinas' teenage years was the Texas
Wildflower Competitive Exhibitions, a Roaring-Twenties dream of the
eccentric oilman Edgar B. Davis (1873-1951). These competitive shows of
paintings of wildflowers and Texas life were mounted in San Antonio
from 1927 to 1929. Held at the newly opened Witte Museum each spring,
the exhibition featured large cash prizes donated by the philanthropic
Davis, which were an inducement for artists to travel from all over the
United States to paint in the Hill Country of Texas. The "Davis
Competitions," as they were known, helped to cement San Antonio's
reputation as an art center, a legacy that remains with the "River
City" today. The shows generated a great deal of excitement in the
area, helping to make celebrities of the some of the artists who had
already settled there and encouraging others to make San Antonio their
home. Over the three years that the wildflower competitions were held,
more than 300 paintings were exhibited, and many thousands of viewers
saw the paintings at the Witte Museum and on tours throughout the state
and in New York. Each year Davis would generously purchase the winning
paintings and then donate them to the San Antonio Art League. Young
Porfirio Salinas would have been able to not only watch his two mentors
- Robert W. Wood and Jose Arpa - paint the works that they entered in
the Davis Competitions, he would have been able to see Arpa take
several of the major prizes, receiving the judge's accolades for
"Verbena," "Cactus Flower" and "Picking Cotton," works that are still
on view at the San Antonio Art League Museum today. Unfortunately,
Davis eventually put his donations to work in other charitable
endeavors, bringing to an end the wildflower events, but only after
they inspired Salinas and other young painters and had helped to make
wildflower paintings the most sought-after subject for traditionalist
Texas collectors.
In 1930, when he was only twenty, Salinas
hung out a shingle and began to paint professionally, augmenting the
sales of his easel paintings with what little business he could garner
by painting signs for local concerns. It was a struggle for the young
artist to make a living, as the effects of the Great Depression were
settling in. His early works are very similar to those of Robert
Wood's, both in subject matter and treatment. Salinas did small
paintings of Bluebonnets for the tourists who visited San Antonio to
see the famous Alamo as well as paintings of the Texas missions...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Timeless and Classic Nude Girl at Pool - Academic Artist
By Leon Kroll
Located in Miami, FL
This painting of a classic nude at a pool, "Hilda at the Pool," is both a portrait and a landscape. Leon Kroll rejected Modernism to triumph in the beauty of Classicism.
During his l...
Category
Academic Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Oil Painting of Cheerful Yellow Roses by Nell Walker Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
1940's Original Oil Painting of Cheerful Yellow Roses by Nell Walker Warner
Antony Anderson, art critic of the Los Angeles Times, stated Nell Walker Shostrum Warner (American, 1891-...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
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Located in New York, NY
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Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
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Located in New York, NY
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Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
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