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Pair of Mid-Century Modern Milton Cavagnaro Modernist Sterling & Wood Cufflinks
By Milton Cavagnaro
Located in Philadelphia, PA
for silver fineness and Cavagnaro. Great cufflinks from the renowned California (Bay Area) Mid
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modernist Cufflinks

Materials

Sterling Silver

Mount Diablo, Mid Century Bay Area Hills Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid-century Bay Area hills landscape watercolor of the distinctive peaks of Mount Diablo
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist - Cats & Birds
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Cats and Birds Composition in Acrylic on Paper How
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Mid Century Autumn Bay Area Mountains Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful plein air painting of Bay Area mountains in autumn by Charles Eades (American, 1949-2009
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

1950s "Slit" Mid Century Painting Bay Area Artist
Located in Arp, TX
artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Nude with Wineglass - Mid Century Bay Area Figurative
By Marjorie Cathcart
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial period Berkeley School figurative study of a woman with a wineglass by listed Berkeley artist Marjorie Cathcart (American, 1918 - 2014). Circa 1967. Signed in lower left ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mid Century Abstracted Bay Area Landscape, Black & White Pastel Drawing
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract black and white pastel landscape drawing by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). Unsigned, but was acquired from the estate of the artist. Presented in a new black mat wit...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Reclining Nude - Mid Century Bay Area Figurative Movement Female Figure Study
By Hubert Buel
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century watercolor figure study, a lively depiction of a reclining nude woman by Bay Area
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Mid Century Bay Area Figurative Movement Nude Study
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude study by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Image, 26"H x 20"W on artsits cardboard. Signed/stamped "Estate of Honora Berg" on verso, from a collection of her works. Berg studi...
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Mid Century "Sunburst" Stone Lithograph Abstract Bay Area Figurative Movement
By Gloria Dudfield
Located in Arp, TX
, 2015 Came from a portfolio of her work in the San Francisco Bay Area. Gloria had a Master of Arts
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Mid Century Fruit Still Life Gouache Painting Bay Area Artist
Located in Arp, TX
", tiger maple wood frame 18.5"x1"x22.25" unsigned Early still life expressionist painting by Bay Area
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Mid Century Bay Area Figurative Landscape, Woman on the Shore
By Genevieve Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful mid century figurative landscape study of a nude woman reclining on the shore beside a
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

Mid-Century Modern Dancers Figurative Abstract, Bay Area Figurative School 1960s
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-Century Modern Dancers Figurative Abstract, Bay Area Figurative School 1960s A gorgeous and
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Chariot', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Mid-Century, Maxwell Gallery
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
became a notable exponent of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism. He exhibited with success including at
Category

1960s Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Reclining Woman, Mid Century Bay Area Nude Figurative with Red Drape
By Marjorie Cathcart
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century Bay Area figurative painting of a reclining nude by Berkeley artist Marjorie
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1950s "Black Floor" Mid Century Bay Area Figurative Movement Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
areas of mutual influence and shows the impact of San Francisco on the New York School, including
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Woman at the Lake, Mid Century Bay Area Nude Figure Study
By Genevieve Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century nude figure study of a woman seated on the shore of a lake by California artist
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

'Alpine Landscape', Bay Area Abstraction, Mid-Century Woman Modernist, CCAC
By Marjorie Cathcart
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Cathcart' for Marjorie Cathcart (American, 1918-2014) and painted circa 1965. Additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Alpine Landscape'. Marjorie Cathcart firs...
Category

1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist - Blue Hydrangeas by Honora Berg
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Blue Hydrangeas in Acrylic on Paper Vining Blue
Category

1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

'Canyon River', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Mid-Century, Maxwell Gallery
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
moved to San Francisco in 1960, where he became a notable exponent of Bay Area abstract expressionism
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Bay Area Figurative Movement -- Reclining Nude in Pastel Tints
By Warren Edgar Lamm
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful Bay Area Movement figurative of a reclining nude women in pastel tints by Warren Edgar
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century "Neon Comet" Gouache and Oil Pastel Abstract Bay Area Female Artist
By Gloria Dudfield
Located in Arp, TX
San Francisco Bay Area. Gloria had a Master of Arts degree from the Art Institute of San Francisco
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache

Mid Century Gouache and Oil Pastel Figurative Painting 1960s Bay Area Female Art
By Gloria Dudfield
Located in Arp, TX
exhibited with many of the most notable painters of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, Elmer Bischoff, David
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Paper, Gouache

Mid Century Lake Anza Berkeley Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Landscape W/C
By Howard Margolis
Located in Soquel, CA
Brilliantly colorful mid century expressive abstracted landscape of Lake Anza in Berkeley by Bay
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Mid Century "Red at Top" Gouache and Oil Pastel Abstract Bay Area Female Artist
By Gloria Dudfield
Located in Arp, TX
exhibited with many of the most notable painters of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, Elmer Bischoff, David
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache

Mid Century California East Bay Hills Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Francisco and Oakland. In his leisure he painted many watercolors of the San Francisco Bay area coast and
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Paper
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Cardboard San Francisco Bay area abstract
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Cardboard
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Cardboard San Francisco Bay area abstract
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Bay Area Figurative Movement -- Impasto Berkeley Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
, Bay Area Figurative Art, Bay Area Figuration, and similar variations) was a mid-20th Century art
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Constantine Bay Cornwall - Mid 20th Century English Impressionist Beach Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
This very beautiful mid 20th century impressionist oil on board by Gilbert Adams depicts
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Monochrome Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Monochrome Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper San Francisco Bay area
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil Pastel on Cardboard
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil Pastel on Cardboard San Francisco Bay area
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Cardboard

"Rosemary" with feather boa - Bay Area Figurative Movement Study Oil on Canvas
By Patricia Gren Hayes
Located in Soquel, CA
"Rosemary" with feather boa - Bay Area Figurative Movement Study Oil on Canvas A dark-haired woman
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Curves and Angles - Large Scale Bay Area - Abstract Expressionist
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold patterned abstract by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Several pieces of
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"He Walks Away" - Large Scale Bay Area - Abstract Expressionist
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold patterned abstract by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Several pieces of
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

San Francisco Bay Area Seascape with Ships in Oil on Cardboard
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
San Francisco Bay Area Seascape with Ships in Oil on Cardboard Seascape with large ships by Honora
Category

1950s American Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Oil

Bay Area Artist Robert McChesney Linocut Figurative Abstract "Jubilee" 1947
By Robert McChesney
Located in Oakland, CA
Bay Area artist Robert McChenesy figurative abstract linocut titled "Jubilee" circa 1947. Abstract
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Prints

Materials

Paper

1960s "Leaning Over" Gouache & Oil Pastel Bay Area Figurative Movement
By Gloria Dudfield
Located in Arp, TX
many of the most notable painters of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, Elmer Bischoff, David Park
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Paper, Oil Pastel

Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Standing Nude from Behind in Oil on Cardboard
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Expressionist Standing Nude from Behind in Oil on Cardboard Standing nude woman from
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

1960s "After Clyfford Still" Bay Area Artist Acrylic Painting on Paper
By Gloria Dudfield
Located in Arp, TX
from a portfolio of her work in the San Francisco Bay Area. Gloria had a Master of Arts degree from
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Vintage Bay Area Farm Landscape, "Livermore Ranch" by June Hood
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Bay Area Farm Landscape, "Livermore Ranch" by June Hood Beautiful late 1960's rural Bay
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Large Scale Bay Area Figurative Inspired -- The Young Trumpet Player
Located in Soquel, CA
Large Scale Bay Area Figurative Inspired -- The Young Trumpet Player Compelling Bay Area Figurative
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Dynamic Abstract', California San Francisco Bay Area Modernism, Thiebaud
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, mid-century watercolor abstract comprising interrelated geometric and biomorphic
Category

1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pen

"Pink Triangle" "Pink Triangle" 1950s Bay Area Figurative Movement Female Artist
Located in Arp, TX
. Crack in stretcher bar. Small areas of paint loss, craquelure, 1/2"tear in canvas. Frann Spencer
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Island in the San Francisco Bay, Mid Century Landscape by Alexander Nepote
By Alexander Nepote
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Island in the San Francisco Bay Landscape by Alexander Nepote Lovely late 1930's
Category

1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"ULANDA - Painting in Studio Class" Bay Area Figurative Movement Oil on Canvas
By Patricia Gren Hayes
Located in Soquel, CA
: 24"H x 20"W Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Abstract, Ebony & Rust', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Large Oil
By Eral Leek
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, mid-century oil abstract comprising bold, overlapping rectangular compositional elements in shades of
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Handcrafted Jewelry Box by Bay Area Artist Dean Santner c.1970 (FREE SHIPPING)
By Dean Santner
Located in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Bay Area artist, started his wood practice in the late 1960s. Early in his career, he
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Felt, Walnut

Handcrafted Jewelry Box by Bay Area Artist Dean Santner c.1970-FREE SHIPPING
By Dean Santner
Located in San Francisco, CA
Francisco Bay Area artist, started his wood practice in the late 1960s. Early in his career, he offered his
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Felt, Walnut

Mid Century Hyper Realist Marine with Boats Vigo Bay Spain, French Oil
Located in Norwich, GB
had their first exhibition at the Carmine Gallery - in the Saint Germain area of Paris - in 1949
Category

1950s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Mid 20th Century, Wales, Two Paintings of Red Wharf Bay, Coastal Anglesey
By Leonard Machin Rowe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wales: Two Paintings of Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey by Leonard Machin Rowe (1880-1968) both signed to
Category

1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Portrait of Man San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Movement Peter Witwer
By Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Man San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Movement Figurative portrait of a man by San
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Golden Gate, San Francisco', Bay Area Woman Modernist, Crocker Art Museum
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
verso "The Cool Gray City". An elegant mid-century view of the San Francisco skyline and the bay with
Category

1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Colorful Modernist Duck/Geese Hunting Oil Painting, dated 1966 - Hudson Bay Area
Located in Baltimore, MD
the overall composition good. An unusual mid century hunting painting it surely is.
Category

1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

'View of San Francisco with Coit Tower', Bay Area, California, Pointillist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial mid-century, pointillist oil cityscape showing a view of San Francisco with Coit
Category

1950s Pointillist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Old Carmel Village', 1950's Woman Artist, San Francisco Bay Area, SFAA
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
pleased to offer an exuberant Modernist view of mid-century Carmel by this listed California woman artist.
Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

'Abstract, Indigo and Ivory', Large SF Bay Area Modernist oil, Legion of Honor
By Fenton Kastner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
"Waterfront-IV". Old label verso inscribed with artist's name and title. A dynamic, mid-century abstract
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Forms in Blue & Gray', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
substantial, mid-century gouache abstract comprising pendant geometric forms in pastel tones of sage, ivory
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

St. Mary, Morro bay, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
established at Morro Bay, he will paint every variety of fowl in the area and present the pictures to Amsel
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"San Francisco Bay" Abstract Impressionist City Landscape Oil Painting on Board
By Edna Marie Schmidt
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts a unique impressionistic landscape of the San Francisco Bay depicting the Golden
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

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How Much is a Bay Area Mid Century?

The average selling price for a bay area mid century we offer is $985, while they’re typically $275 on the low end and $4,500 for the highest priced.