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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...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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

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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...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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 ...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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 ...
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Fauvist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

XX century Spanish school oil on burlap painting landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil on burlap. Oil measures 50x65 cm. Frameless.
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Post-War Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Post-War Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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.
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Fauvist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Woman sitting: Hilary Hennes Miller c.1940 English Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
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Modern Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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

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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...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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.
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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.
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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

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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...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Repos dans un champs de coquelicots - Pointillist Landscape Oil 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...
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Pointillist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

'Carnivale in Venice' by Dietz Edzard (Bremen 1893 – 1963 Paris)
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

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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

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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

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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
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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

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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

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Oil

Stormy weather
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Brown and gold wooden frame 49.5 x 57.5 x 4 cm
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Mid 20th C. Irish Artist Oil Painting County Wickow Ireland Cloudy Landscape
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...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Timeless and Classic Nude Girl at Pool - Academic Artist
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...
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Academic Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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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-...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

"Winter Evening at the Grand Army Plaza" Impressionist 5th Ave NYC Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A stunning jewel and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City scenes. Here we find an evening winter scene with The Pulitzer Fountain at Grand Army Plaza covered in s...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

"Central Park Nocturne" Impressionist Oil Painting Figures in Central Park NYC
Located in New York, NY
A stunning jewel and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City scenes. Here we find a Central Park pathway at night and the Manhattan buildings depicted in the far bac...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

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