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This is a stirring and thought-provoking Antique Vintage Mid Century Modern Surrealist Abstract Angel Mystery Painting, airbrush paint (acrylic or oil) on canvas. This work is very unique and unusual, it is created with an airbrush paint machine and stencils for the larger shapes, with hand applied oil or acrylic paint for the finer details. The brush strokes are barely visible, but they are present. In all of mt years of dealing in Mid Century artworks, I have acquired two pieces three pieces produced by this technique. It was very uncommon for the era and cutting edge in many ways. This work depicts a mysterious silhouette of the archangel Gabriel, with a stern facial expression and holding a large sword in his right hand. Gabriel’s head is surrounded by a corona of holy fire, and his body is patinated with the image of a mysterious floral pattern, possibly a reference to the garden of Eden. This work was acquired from an abandoned old multi-million-dollar estate in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. This work is unsigned, but perhaps you recognize the artist or their work? This painting approximately dates to the late 1950’s – 1960’s. Approximately: 25 3/4 x 35 1/8 inches including frame. Actual artwork is approximately 19 1/4 x 28 1/2 inches. Good condition, with some very light scuffing and edge wear to the original period frame. Canvas has some light scuffs in the lower left corner please see photos. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “willsusa_utzeqm” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.

• Size: Large
• Region of Origin: California, USA
• Artist: Unknown
• Production Technique: Airbrush Painting
• Framing: Framed
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Style: Mid Century Modern, Modern, Abstract, Modernism, Surrealism
• Item Height: 35 1/8 in
• Item Width: 25 3/4 in
• Material: Airbrush, Acrylic, Canvas
• Time Period Produced: 1960-1969
• Type: Painting
• Subject: Angels, Biblical, Fantasy, Figures, Mythology, Religious
• Signed: No
• Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original

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This is a striking and thought provoking Vintage Modern Abstract Constructivism Oil Painting on canvas, depicting what I believe is a church or cathedral. The image is highly stylized, and clearly influenced by the geometric bold artworks of the early Constructivism art movement. This work is by Dixon, California painter and educator Char Sylvestri, and approximately dates to the 1970’s – 1980’s. Signed: “Char” in the lower right corner. Additionally, this work is signed on the verso: Char Sylvestri… Approximately 25 1/2 x 31 5/8 inches including frame. Actual artwork is approximately 24 x 30 inches. Good condition, with some light scuffing and edge wear to the original period frame. Sylvestri’s works are quite rare, and seldom appear on the market. She was highly influential in promoting the arts among women, and inspired several important leading female artists in Southern California. Please check my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! About the Artist and her Legacy. Gallery 625:’Five Women Artists: 20 Years of Art Together. “Five Women Artists: 20 Years of Art Together” is a five-person group exhibition opening Friday at Gallery 625 in downtown Woodland. The show will feature the artistry of painting, printmaking, sculpting and mixed media. The five-women in this show have been creating and showing their art in Sacramento each month since 1996, and were early participants in that city’s Second Saturday Art Walk. They got together in an art class led by the late Char Sylvestri of Dixon, and her encouragement brought the five together to form Art Studios in midtown Sacramento in late 1996. The theme coincides with March being Women’s History Month. The Yolo County Women’s History Month Committee is holding its 29th annual Women’s History Month luncheon on Thursday, March 10, at the Woodland Community & Senior Center. The theme for the 2016 luncheon, “Working to Form a More Perfect Union: Honoring Women in Public Service and Government, ” honors women who have shaped America’s history and its future through their public service and government leadership. Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, the 28th Chief Justice of the State of California, is the guest speaker for the luncheon. Meanwhile, the five artists being featured on Friday include Jane Burnside, Barbara De Wein, Sondra Olson, Judy Smith, and Diana Flak Walters. According to information provided by the artists, the quintet of women are painters, printmakers, sculptors, poets and mixed media artists who have shown their work locally, statewide, and internationally through shows, competitions, and other venues. Familiarity, trust, intimacy and honesty with each other over the years continues to be a rewarding experience, as they continue to be bound together by those first years monotype printmaking in Sylvestri’s Dixon art studio. “YoloArts is very excited to feature the art of these five multi-talented women – each with her own unique style, but all sharing the same passion and dedication to the artistry, ” said Janice Purnell, curator of Gallery 625. The exhibit’s opening reception will be hosted by YoloArts board member Joseph Bellacera, from 5:30 to 8:30 p. On Friday, coinciding with downtown Woodland’s First Friday Art Walk. Live piano music will be provided by Julie Dachtler. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “willsusa_utzeqm” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.

• Size: Large
• Region of Origin: California, USA
• Artist: Char Sylvestri
• Production Technique: Oil Painting
• Framing: Framed
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Style: Expressionist, Abstract Expressionism, Modern, Constructivist, Abstract, Constructivism, Expressionism, Modernism
• Item Height: 31 5/8 in
• Item Width: 25 1/2 in
• Material: Oil, Canvas
• Time Period Produced: 1980-1989
• Type: Painting
• Subject: Abstract, Architecture, Religious
• Signed: Yes
• Signed By: Char Sylvestri
• Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original

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This is an intriguing and enigmatic Antique Mid Century Modern Abstract Impressionist Fauve Oil Painting on canvas, depicting three humanoid figures in a colorful and surrealistic outdoor setting. A red figure stands stoically, while the blue figure animatedly raises his arms in the hair. To their right, a yellow figure of a woman kneels in front of a small cross on the ground. She appears to hold an infant. This figure may represent the Virgin Mary and Jesus. In the lower right. I could not find any information on this particular artist, but perhaps you recognize the painter or their work? Good condition overall, with some light edge wear. Stretcher bars are slightly askew, and the painting does not lay flat against the wall. It is recommended that this work is removed from this stretcher and attached to a new set of stretcher bars, for optimal display purposes please see photos. Approximately 24 1/4 x 30 inches. Please check my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “willsusa_utzeqm” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.

• Size: Medium
• Region of Origin: California, USA
• Artist: Massey
• Production Technique: Oil Painting
• Framing: Unframed
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Style: Fauve, Surrealist, Expressionist, Modern, Mid Century Modern, Abstract, Expressionism, Fauvism, Modernism, Surrealism
• Item Height: 24 1/2 in
• Item Width: 30 in
• Material: Oil, Canvas
• Time Period Produced: 1970-1979
• Type: Painting
• Subject: Figures, Landscape, Religious
• Signed: Yes
• Signed By: Massey
• Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original

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This is a Magnificent and profound Antique Mid Century Modern Abstract Cubist Oil Painting on Masonite board, depicting an Expressionist interpretation of The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. A cubist and abstracted Christ is depicted on the cross, with an anguished expression on his face. He is depicted with nails in his hands and feet, with the Spear of Longinus piercing his side. Another cross can be seen in the background behind him, and a cubistic skull lays beside him. This painting is Gargantuan! Over 6 feet tall! This painting is approximately 48 1/4 x 72 inches including frame. This painting is signed: “Newberry 53″ toward the lower center edge. I could not find much information on a painter named Newberry, but perhaps you recognize the artist? Some areas of scuffing, scratching, minor paint loss and light craquelure from 60+ years of age and storage. This painting is an absolute masterpiece and a breathtaking and large statement piece in any Mid Century Modern home. Please check my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! I SPECIALIZE IN THE FOLLOWING ART GENRES: Antique California Plein Air Impressionism, Asian Modernism, Mid Century Modern, African American, American Folk Art, 19th c. American Painters, European Old Masters, etc. If you collect such works, please check my listings often! This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “willsusa_utzeqm” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Painting Surface: Wood
• Features: Framed, Signed
• Region of Origin: US
• Width (Inches): 48 1/4
• Production Technique: Oil Painting
• Subject: Religious
• Size: Giant (over 60in.)
• Material: Oil
• Height (Inches): 72
• Date of Creation: 1950-1969
• Artist: Newberry
• Year of Production: 1953
• Style: Abstract
• Color: Multi-Color
• Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
• Type: Painting

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This is a visually stunning and beautiful Antique Mid Century Modern Abstract Cubist Oil Painting on canvas, depicting the Madonna Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus in a tender and loving pose. This work is signed: “Mary Jane Bong 69″ in the upper left. If this is the artist’s real name, it’s a very interesting one. Perhaps you know more about this painter? The subjects of this work are depicted in mesmerizing colors and cubistic forms, and really commands the attention of the viewer. Good condition, with some light craquelure in some areas from age please see photos. Approximately 32 5/8 x 44 5/8 inches including frame. Actual artwork is approximately 23 3/4 x 35 7/8 inches. Please check my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “willsusa_utzeqm” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, China, Mexico, Germany, Japan, Brazil, France, Australia, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.

• Painting Surface: Canvas
• Features: Framed, Signed
• Region of Origin: US
• Width (Inches): 32 5/8
• Production Technique: Oil Painting
• Subject: Religious
• Size: Large (up to 60in.)
• Material: Oil
• Height (Inches): 44 5/8
• Date of Creation: 1950-1969
• Artist: Mary Jane Bong
• Year of Production: 1969
• Style: Abstract
• Color: Multi-Color
• Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
• Type: Painting

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This is a beautiful, important and RARE Antique Mid Century Modern Abstract Basque Oil Painting on wood, by Spanish Basque modernist painter Miguel Marina 1915 – 1989. This work depicts an abstracted and surrealist interpretation of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, with heavy influences of Medieval and Byzantine art. Marina’s religious works were done during the early 1960’s, and this particular painting is from his renowned and exhibited “Palomares” series. In the painting, the crucified Jesus is shown surrounded by various figures, such as a winged angel, Saints Peter and Mary Magdalene at his feet. Good condition overall, with some areas of light scuffing and edge wear please see photos. Signed: “Miguel 62″ in the upper right. Approximately 11 x 33 inches. An exhibition label on the verso reads: October 13 to November 8, 1968. Miguel Marina: Recent paintings and selections from the Palomares series. Esther Bear Gallery, 1125 High Road – Santa Barbara, California 93103. Gallery open Wednesday, Friday, Sunday 2-5 or by appointment… Marina’s works are very rare, and seldom seen. In recent retrospectives, he has been identified as one of the most important Basque artists of the 20th century. Please check my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! I SPECIALIZE IN THE FOLLOWING ART GENRES: Antique California Plein Air Impressionism, Asian Modernism, Mid Century Modern, African American Folk Art, and 19th c. If you collect such works, please check my listings often! Miguel Marina’s distinctive expressionism reflects the longing of a life spent in exile and the hope for a world free of violence. His dreamlike tableaux of angels, saints, and the symbolic objects of his Basque Country are unique depictions of an earthly paradise tinged with the sorrow of a homeland lost. Born in Bilbao in 1915, Marina grew up the eldest son of a middle-class Basque family. When the Spanish Civil War erupted in 1936, Marina joined the fight against General Francisco Franco, the leader of the Nationalist forces who were attempting to crush the democratically elected government. In 1939, with Franco’s victory imminent, he escaped from Spain, crossing the Atlantic with eight other Basques in a small fishing boat. He eventually arrived in the United States as a political refugee. Marina honed his original style on the grounds of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, a prominent think tank located in Santa Barbara, California, where he lived with his wife, Madeline, and daughter, Constance. There, he worked out of a converted stable behind his family’s cottage and found himself amidst a lively group of writers, intellectuals, and activists, including W. Ferry, John Cogley, Donald MacDonald, and Scott Buchanan. This group gathered regularly at the Marinas’ cottage for long conversations about politics, philosophy, and religion. Marina’s art also became part of the think tank’s culture. His paintings made their way into the homes of many of the Center’s resident intellectuals and he designed the cover for two of the Center’s publications. From 1959 to 1977, Marina regularly exhibited one-man shows at the Esther Bear Gallery in Montecito, and was included in group shows in Los Angeles and Pasadena. While living in Madrid in 1972, his work was shown at the Galería Antonio Machado, and the Exposición nacional de arte contemporáneo. Earlier in his career, he also assisted José Vela Zanetti on “Mankind’s Struggle for a Lasting Peace, ” a massive mural inside the United Nations Conference Building in New York City. He continued to live and work in Santa Barbara until his death in 1989. Posthumously, Marina’s work has seen three exhibitions. From November 17, 2009 to January 10, 2010, paintings from Marina’s. Stations of the Cross. At the Instituto Cervantes in New York City. In 2015, the centenary of the artist’s birth, Professor Anthony L. Geist of the University of Washington organized a retrospective of Marina’s work in his native city of Bilbao. A trilingual catalogue with reproductions of his work and a short biography was produced for the exhibition, Icons of Memory: The Work of Miguel Marina, Basque Painter. That was shown at the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados del Señorío de Vizcaya from October 21st to November 13th. In 2016, the exhibition traveled to the Musée Basque et de l’histoire de Bayonne in Bayonne, France, where it was shown from June 10 to July 24th. One of his Palomares murals hangs in the Casa de Cultura in Guernica. Opening of the exhibition “From Bayonne to Exile: The Work of Miguel Marina, Basque Painter”. Opening of the exhibition “From Bayonne to Exile: The Work of Miguel Marina, Basque Painter” on June 14th. At 6:00 p. In Bayonne (at the Basque Museum of Bayonne – located at 37 Quai des Corsaires). Born in Bilbao in the heart of the Spanish Basque Country, Marina was commissioned as a captain in the Republican infantry at the outbreak of the Civil War. He fought throughout the northern front before taking refuge in Bayonne at the end of the war. He crossed the Atlantic on a small boat with six others, landing in Venezuela, where he stayed for a year, earning his living as a professional soccer player. Under constant surveillance as a “dangerous radical, ” Marina and a friend set sail for Miami, only to be blown off course by a hurricane and stranded in the Dominican Republic, where he lived under the Trujillo dictatorship for three years. There he met his wife, Madeline, and their daughter Constance was born two years later. It was in New York that Marina began painting seriously, first apprenticing with the Spanish painter Julio de Diego and later working as fellow exile José Vela Zanetti’s assistant on the massive UN mural, “Mankind’s Struggle for a Lasting Peace”. Undocumented and unable to make a living in New York, Marina accepted a position as manager of a banana plantation in Ecuador, realizing soon after arriving that he had been lied to. Madeline and Constance were able to return to the States but he was not. He made his way overland to Mexico and recalled, just after crossing from Guatemala, coming upon a rural tavern called “Aquí mueren los valientes” (The brave die here). He thought, My God, have I come all this way to end like this? Stranded in Mexico, having wound up in jail in Tijuana for lack of papers, his wife and child in the US, he decided that the only way they could be together was in Spain. But the Bilbao of 1956 was not the city he had known twenty years before and he knew they had to leave. In 1958 they resettled in California, and when Madeline got a job the next year at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, in Montecito, Miguel finally was able to devote himself full time to his painting. Marina was largely self-taught as a painter. He painted on wood, bricks and less commonly on canvas. While we can distinguish provisionally three distinct periods in his painting all share certain characteristics: the use of strong primary colors reminiscent of Gothic stained glass windows; the human figures are elongated, particularly their faces and hands, and evoke both Byzantine and Romanesque figures as they directly face the viewer; religious themes, particularly the Crucifixion, the Annunciation, and the Last Supper; recreations of the landscape of his native Basque Country, increasingly present in his later paintings; and a lyricism and deep emotion that runs throughout. Marina had a number of individual exhibits at the Esther Baer Gallery in Santa Barbara, but when the owner retired in 1977, closing her gallery, from then until his death in 1989 he would never have another show. Yet it is in this final period that he creates some of his finest paintings. Marina’s work in the last decade of his life grows more intensely personal and lyrical, recreating images of the Basque Country. He abandons religious themes, exploring instead his icons of memory: fishing boats, dishes of codfish, men wearing Basque berets, wine vessels, bridges and red tiled roofs. In one of his last diary entries Marina wrote: I remember Spain more and more at each turn and at the same time I want to forget it. Agatha, where I sang solo in my baritone voice, in the streets of Bilbao, full of children who followed us every where. I’ll soon be 74 years old and I’ll never return to my beloved Basque Country; for this reason my paintings, like a giant mirage, are memories of my beloved land. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “willsusa_utzeqm” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, China, Mexico, Germany, Japan, Brazil, France, Australia, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.

• Painting Surface: Wood
• Features: Signed
• Region of Origin: Europe
• Width (Inches): 11
• Production Technique: Oil Painting
• Subject: Religious
• Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
• Material: Oil
• Height (Inches): 33
• Date of Creation: 1950-1969
• Artist: Miguel Marina
• Year of Production: 1962
• Style: Abstract
• Color: Multi-Color
• Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
• Type: Painting

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