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Nell Sinton Abstract Expressionist Landscape San Francisco California Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
Sinton began painting in the 1920s. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute (then called the
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

San Francisco Cable Car WPA Artist Adolf Dehn Modernist Art Gouache Oil Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
ADOLF ARTHUR DEHN (American, 1895-1969) San Francisco Bay Area street scene, with Trolley
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Gouache

'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
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1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

'Baghdad by the Bay', SFMOMA, Oakland Museum, San Francisco, Bay Area Modernist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
San Francisco and the bay, composed in vividly contrasting shades of ochre, teal, lilac and magenta
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1980s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Untitled - San Francisco in the Fog
Located in San Francisco, CA
in fair condition. This impressionist painting of San Francisco in the fog is by Richard Danskin
Category

1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

Untitled - San Francisco in the Fog
Untitled - San Francisco in the Fog
H 19.75 in W 23.75 in D 1.75 in
Francisco Zuniga Mexican Modernist Watercolor, 1984, “Mujer Sentada con Rebozo"
By Francisco Zúñiga
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Francisco Zuñiga was born in Costa Rica where he took drawing lessons at the Art School of San Jose. He
Category

Vintage 1980s Paintings

Materials

Paper

'San Francisco', Mid-century California Modernist, SFMOMA, Whitney Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A vibrant expressionist watercolor showing a view of San Francisco and the bay contrasted against a
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1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

White Abstract Cubes -- San Francisco Abstract Expressionist School
By James McCray
Located in Soquel, CA
. Unframed. Image size, 24"H x 30"W. As one of the second wave of San Francisco abstract expressionists
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Signed Interior Modernist Abstract San Fran Museum Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed interior oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image
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1930s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Woman in Red', California Modernist, San Francisco Bay Area Modernism, Thiebaud
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
City, California where he remained until shortly before his death in San Francisco. Gilberg exhibited
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1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Paper

'Ponies Dancing' California Post-Impressionist, San Francisco Art Association
By Clement Samuel Wilenchick
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, Wilenchick was able to both make his feature film debut and his first exhibit with the San Francisco Art
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1950s Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Large Scale San Francisco Bay Abstract Geometric Landscape -- "Tidal Planes"
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstracted geometric landscape of mountains surrounding San Francisco Bay Area titled
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mid Century Modern Abstract Landscape - San Francisco Hills in the Fog
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Abstract Landscape - San Francisco Hills in the Fog Beautiful mid-century
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Organic Abstract', 1950's Woman Artist, San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, including at the San Francisco Art Association and the Carmel Art Association. We are pleased to offer an
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Large Bay Area Abstract', Smithsonian, San Francisco, CCAC, SFAI, MoMA, Milan
By Bruce Lauritzen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others. At the age of eight. Bruce Lauritzen was
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic

San Francisco Salt Ponds II, Large Scale Modern Geometric Abstract Landscape
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
San Francisco Salt Ponds II, Large Scale Modern Geometric Abstract Landscape A bright and
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Old Carmel Village', 1950's Woman Artist, San Francisco Bay Area, SFAA
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
1950s and '60s, including at the San Francisco Art Association and the Carmel Art Association. We are
Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Mid Century Abstracted San Francisco Bay Line Drawing Landscape
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
. Unframed. Image size: 9"H x 11.75"W Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999) was a modernist of urban-coast views
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Paper

'Young Woman Seated', Cincinnati Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum, San Francisco
By Jerry Opper
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
returned to Los Angeles where he worked again in the film industry. In 1947, he moved to San Francisco
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1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

India Ink, Paper, Watercolor

Mural Studies, Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco WPA American Modernism 1930s
By Frank Van Sloun
Located in New York, NY
Mural Studies, Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco WPA American Modernism 1930s. 9 x 12 inches
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Egg Tempera

'Reclining Nude', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts, CWS
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
until shortly before his death in San Francisco. Gilberg exhibited widely and with success and was the
Category

1960s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Modernist American Judaica Painting Rabbis in Conversation
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
San Francisco Museum, the Butler Art Institute, the Philadelphia Academy and the Corcoran Gallery
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Large Israel Modernist Landscape Painting Bezalel Artist
By Larry Abramson
Located in Surfside, FL
San Francisco Art Institute in 2000 and 2003. In 2002, Abramson continued to be a leader in art
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

History Farm, California Modernist OIl Painting
By Wade Hoefer
Located in Surfside, FL
, Los Angeles, CA 1994 Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA Thomas Babeor & Co
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1980s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Italian Modernist Oil Painting Boats in the Harbor
By Ferdinando Ambrosino
Located in Surfside, FL
exhibitions held in New York in 1994 and 1997 and at the Italian Institute of Culture in San Francisco, in
Category

1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Guatemalan Latin American Oil Painting Modernist Porch Scene
By Rolando Aguilar
Located in Surfside, FL
. Painting of xelajú in the gallery of San Francisco California, 1997. Contemporary Mayan art in Norway, in
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modernist American Judaica Painting Purim, Dancing on Haman
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
San Francisco Museum, the Butler Art Institute, the Philadelphia Academy and the Corcoran Gallery
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Modernist American Judaica Painting Rabbi Walking to Synagogue
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
country stopping at the San Francisco Museum, the Butler Art Institute, the Philadelphia Academy and the
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

American Neo Expressionist "Wild Horses" Modernist Oil Painting
By Robert Beauchamp
Located in Surfside, FL
and a half at sea and the rest of the three years in San Francisco. Seeking to make money, and to
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20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

American Neo Expressionist "Wild Horses" Modernist Oil Painting
By Robert Beauchamp
Located in Surfside, FL
the rest of the three years in San Francisco. Seeking to make money, and to follow his love for a girl
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20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

'Surreal Boudoir', San Francisco Bay Area Modernist, Atelier 63 Woman Artist
By Jane Voitle Mellin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
North Carolina and San Francisco Bay Area artist who received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the
Category

1970s Surrealist Interior Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Modernist American Judaica Painting Gaon and his Disciples
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
1941. The piece then toured the country stopping at the San Francisco Museum, the Butler Art Institute
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Large American Modernist Judaica Oil Painting Rabbinic Discussion
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
the Central Ohio Competition in 1941. The piece then toured the country stopping at the San Francisco
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

'Evening Encounter', San Francisco Bay Area Modernist, Atelier 63 Woman Artist
By Jane Voitle Mellin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
medium by this North Carolina and San Francisco Bay Area artist who received her Bachelor of Fine Arts
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1970s Surrealist Interior Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Birth, 1940s Modernist Surrealist Abstract Figural Watercolor Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Birth, semi-abstract, modernist, somewhat surrealist, vintage 1943 painting of a female figure
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

'Cosmic Embrace', San Francisco Bay Area Modernist, Atelier 63 Woman Artist
By Jane Voitle Mellin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
difficult medium by this North Carolina and San Francisco Bay Area artist who received her Bachelor of Fine
Category

1970s Surrealist Interior Prints

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Ervin B. Nussbaum (1914 - 1996). Oil on canvas
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Asian Woman I" American Modernist Figurative Painting Académie Julian
By Jack Hooper
Located in Arp, TX
study in at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 1958 M.A., Painting West Coast Modernist School
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1990s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Rag Paper, Conté, Acrylic

"Asian Woman II" American Modernist Figurative Painting Académie Julian
By Jack Hooper
Located in Arp, TX
M.A., Painting West Coast Modernist School Hooper knew many of the artists of the period, including
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1990s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Conté, Acrylic, Rag Paper

Abstract Procession Jewish Wedding Chuppah Oil Painting Modernist Judaica
By Sabina Teichman
Located in Surfside, FL
, Harvard University National Museum of Israel Phoenix Art Museum San Francisco Museum of Art Smithsonian
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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Colorado Mountain Summer Landscape, 1930s Framed Modernist Oil Painting
By Arnold Blanch
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage Modernist WPA era painting by Arnold Blanch (1896-1968) of a Colorado Landscape, likely
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Modernist Watercolor Painting Safed Synagogue Interior Bezalel School
By Mordechai Avniel
Located in Surfside, FL
Art Carnegie Institute of Fine Arts, Pittsburgh Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Category

20th Century Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Colorado Mountain Town, Framed Summer Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
By Doris Lee
Located in Denver, CO
Russell Lee, a relationship that terminated. In 1930, she studied in San Francisco with Arnold Blanch
Category

20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Canadian Mexican Modernist Figurative Abstract Collage Painting Landscape
By Leonard Brooks
Located in Surfside, FL
Francisco; San Antonio Biennial Interamericana, Mexico and at the 2nd Annual exhibition at San Miguel (1960
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1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Laid Paper

Large Pastel Landscape Purple Mountains Landscape American Modernist Painting
By Larry Horowitz
Located in Surfside, FL
SF, San Francisco, CA 2017 Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA 2015 Art Silicon Valley, CA 2014
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1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

'Woman Standing', Modernist Sculpture, San Francisco Bay Area, de Young Museum
By Wedo Georgetti
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
later worked up into paintings. He made frequent visits to France, where he was influenced by the Post
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1950s Modern Nude Sculptures

Materials

Wood

"Green Nude 1" 1980s Modernist Jack Hooper Female Nude Painting
By Jack Hooper
Located in Arp, TX
., Painting West Coast Modernist School Hooper knew many of the artists of the period, including Frida Kahlo
Category

1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Magazine Paper

"Green Nude 2" 1980s Modernist Jack Hooper Female Nude Painting
By Jack Hooper
Located in Arp, TX
., Painting West Coast Modernist School Hooper knew many of the artists of the period, including Frida Kahlo
Category

1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Magazine Paper, Acrylic

Large Modernist Colorful Atelier French Expressionist Oil Painting Tony Agostini
By Tony Agostini
Located in Surfside, FL
1957. 1963 Galerie Charpentier, 1959. 1962 New York, San Francisco 1960. 1962 and so on. Tony Agostini
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist American Judaica Painting Jewish Men Outside Synagogue Eastern Parkway
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
San Francisco Museum, the Butler Art Institute, the Philadelphia Academy and the Corcoran Gallery
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Central City, Colorado, 1950s Modernist Cityscape Oil Painting with Buildings
Located in Denver, CO
-45); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco (1946); Springville Museum of Art, Utah
Category

1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Duo with a Flute, Judaica Klezmer Musicians Modernist American Painting
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
the Central Ohio Competition in 1941. The piece then toured the country stopping at the San Francisco
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Werner Drewes Modernist American Painting, Southwest Subject, 1947
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
, Germany on July 27, 1899. Drewes was a pupil of Klee and Kandinsky. He arrived in San Francisco in 1926
Category

Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Paint

Boston Modernist Painting Floral Foliage Collage German Expressionist Karl Zerbe
By Karl Zerbe
Located in Surfside, FL
Museum, San Francisco; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1954: The Allan
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1960s Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Paint

French Pop Art Modernist Textured Painting Abstract With Stencilled Letters
By James Coignard
Located in Surfside, FL
the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, California. He is
Category

20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Jute, Oil, Mixed Media, Board

French Pop Art Modernist Textured Painting Abstract With Stencilled Letters
Located in Surfside, FL
the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, California. He is
Category

20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

American Neo Expressionist Woman with Monkeys Abstract Modernist Oil Painting
By Robert Beauchamp
Located in Surfside, FL
as an Armed Guard, he spent a year and a half at sea and the rest of the three years in San Francisco
Category

20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Charles Hersey Vintage Modernist Op-Art Painting, circa 1971
Located in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco artist Charles Hersey. The painting is filled with eye-catching color and movement. A
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Rare Modernist Oil Painting Line Drawing Nude Man Louis Stettner
By Louis Stettner
Located in Surfside, FL
Museum of American Art New Britain, Connecticut New York Public Library, New York San Francisco Museum of
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
the Central Ohio Competition in 1941. The piece then toured the country stopping at the San Francisco
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

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