Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings

Mediterranean White Village with Mother Child Donkey and Hens Oil Painting Artist: Ignacio Gil Sala Title: Mediterranean Scene with Mother, Child,...

Figure and Dog Sketch by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) Watercolour and pencil painting on artist paper, beautifully painted. very good condition size: 25.5 x inches x 17.5 inches, un...

Mid Century Modern Still Life of Fish in Red Fishing Boat Bold Expressionist Oil Painting signed oil on canvas, framed Framed: 25 x 29 inches Canvas: 20 x 24 inches Provenance: priv...

Vintage American impressionist dog portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 9 by 9 inches. Handsomely framed in giltwood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang ...

Born in 1918 in Fordyce, Arkansas and raised in Louisiana, Fearing first studied art at Louisiana Tech University, and later earned a master’s degree at Columbia University in New Yo...

A tangle of legs, grass flying, hooves raining down from the 1,100-pound thoroughbreds straining at their maximum after charging the hedge at some 30 miles per hour. For the fallen r...

Artist: Reginald Wilson, American (1909-1993) Title: Feeding the Horse a Carrot Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm) Frame Size: 3...

Champion Shire Horse 'Sawgate Menestrel Fashion ,Vol 42' by Fred Thurlby (British, 1865-1946) Signed and dated 1919 Inscribed verso Oil on canvas, framed Framed: 16 x 20 inches Canva...

Champion Shire Horse 'Sawgate Rose of Secundus, Vol 42' by Fred Thurlby (British, 1865-1946) Signed and dated 1919 Inscribed verso Oil on canvas, framed Framed: 16 x 20 inches Canvas: 14 x 18 inches Medium: oil on canvas Provenance: private collection, UK. Condition: the painting is in very good condition A charming equestrian portrait by Fred Thurlby (British, 1865–1946), depicting the champion Shire horse "Sawgate Rose of Secundus", recorded in Volume 42 of the Shire Horse Stud Book. Painted in 1919, the horse is shown standing proudly in profile against an open landscape, allowing its powerful conformation, rich bay coat and distinctive feathering to be fully appreciated. Executed with careful attention to anatomical accuracy and proportion, Thurlby captures the immense strength and gentle temperament for which the Shire breed is celebrated. The simple rural backdrop ensures the horse remains the principal focus of the composition, while the soft sky and open landscape lend the painting a pleasing sense of space and atmosphere. Fred Thurlby (British, 1865–1946) was a respected British sporting and animal painter whose work focused on horses and agricultural subjects. His paintings are admired for their honest observation, accomplished draughtsmanship and faithful portrayal of pedigree livestock, making them highly sought after by collectors of British sporting and rural art. Named portraits of registered Shire horses such as this provide an important record of Britain's agricultural and breeding history. The inclusion of the horse's name and its reference to Volume 42 of the Shire Horse Stud Book enhances both the historical significance and collectability of the work. A fine example of early twentieth-century British sporting art, this painting would make an excellent addition to any collection of equestrian paintings, Shire horse memorabilia...

Bay Hunter Horse Standing in a Summer Meadow by Frances Mabel Hollams (British, 1877–1963) Signed. Framed: 21 × 27 inches Canvas: 18 × 24 inches Medium: oil on canvas. Provenance: fr...

A British Children's Book Illustrator paints a charming picture of two happy boys painting a barn, surrounded by a gaggle of farm animals and a zebra. The present painting blends a s...

Herbert Davidson (American, 1930-2018) Signed: Herbert Davidson, (lower, right) " Young Girl Seated on Stone Slab Holding a Barn Owl", circa 1970 ...

Abraham P. Hankins Piscatory, 1941 Signed and dated lower center Tempera on panel 24 x 30 inches Provenance Private Collection, New York Alexandra Avlonitis, New York (acquired from...

Watercolor on Paper Page Size: 7 x 8.5 in. Frame Size: 13 x 15 in. Hand signed and dated in pencil, bottom left A vibrant watercolor painting that captures a dynamic, expressive mom...

Fish,red,yellow,sea, animals Italian 1937 Giulio DA MILANO (Nizza, 1895 - Torino, 1990) Giulio Da Milano was a Giacomo Grosso's disciple and he was very close to the artists that...

Leopoldo Gonzales Jr Born 1921 San Antonio Artist Image Size: 48 x 36 Frame Size: 52 x 40 Medium: Oil / Casein Circa 1958 Mid Century Modern "Penguin" Signed and titled on verso. ...

Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1940 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The piece depicts workers loading wood onto a cart being pulled by a white ho...

Marguerite Zorach ( 1887-1968 ) Original Artwork "Signs of Autumn", 1930 A Short Essay by Michael Klein Zorach was born Marguerite Thompson; raised and educated in California, ...

Siamese Cat with Kittens by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Egg tempera on linen 39 x 48 cm (15³/₈ x 18⁷/₈ inches) Signed lower right Orovida and dated lower left 1934 Provenance J Ankri, 8th October 1967 Literature K L Erickson, Orovida Pissarro: Painter and Print-Maker with A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, (doctoral thesis), Oxford, 1992, Appendices, no. 51, p. 56 (illustrated) Exhibition London, The Leicester Galleries, Paintings by Orovida, February 1935, no. 6 Women’s International Art Club, 20th February - 13th March 1937, no. 273 London, Redfern Gallery, Ten Years of Work by Orovida, 5th-28th May 1938, no. 7 London, The Royal Society of British Artists, Summer Exhibition, 1947, no. 281 (possibly the etching) London, O’Hana Gallery, Paintings, Drawings and Coloured Etchings: Orovida, 3rd-18th October 1957, no. 13 Artist biography Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s only child, was the first woman in the Pissarro family as well as the first of her generation to become an artist. Born in Epping, England in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London where she became a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies. She first learned to paint in the Impressionist style of her father, but after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913 she renounced formal art schooling. Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside of any mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed her own unusual style combining elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which for the Pissarro family had become a way of life, together with the simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and simply use Orovida as a ‘nom de peintre’, reflected a deep desire for independence and distance from the weight of the family legacy. Orovida's most distinctive and notable works were produced from the period of 1919 to 1939 using her own homemade egg tempera applied in thin, delicate washes to silk, linen or paper and sometimes embellished with brocade borders. These elegant and richly decorative works generally depict Eastern, Asian and African subjects, such as Mongolian horse...

Sunil Das - Early Horses IX - 21 x 34 inches (unframed size) Charcoal on Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das was one of India's most important postmodernist...

Hans Schmidt Hamburg 1859 – 1950 Weimar German Painter 'Deer in a Landscape' Signature: Signed bottom left, placed Weimar and dated 1941 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image siz...

Really impressive early American modernist painting. Oil on board. Framed.

Vintage American modernist surreal landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Unframed. Image size, 28"L x 20"H.

Dog,Child,Little girl,impressionisme Signed in the lower right corner. KLARA VLASOVA (Moscow, 1926) MUSEUMS St. Petersburg, State Russian Museum Moscow, Pushkin Museum Moscow, M...

Vintage modernist still life with a cat. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.

Vintage American School cat portrait painting. Cubist / Precisionist style Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Framed. Image size, 29.25 by 23.25H.

3875 Japanese gouache landscape painting on silk set in a brass metal frame See matching painting #3874

Artist: Gustav Likan Title: Pond in the Jungle Size: 50" x 39.5" Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Signed, lower left. About the Artist: Born in Yugoslavia in 1912, Gustav Likan achieved ...

A modern art painting of three horses by artist Theodore Polos, in the manner of Marino Marini. Theodore C. Polos, (1901-1976), was a painter, printmaker and educator, was born in Mytilene, Greece. In 1916 Polos immigrated to the United States, settling in Boston first before moving to San Francisco in 1922. He studied art at the San Francisco Institute of Art, and at the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland with Xavier Martinez...

Sunil Das - Early Horses VIII - 18.5 x 29 inches (unframed size) Charcoal on Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das was one of India's most important postmoder...

JOAQUIM TERRUELLA I MATILLA (Barcelona, Spain, 1891–1957). "Horse Race, Oil on Panel by Joaquim Terruella i Matilla." Oil on panel. Signed lower right. Artwork: 14 × 20 cm (5.5 × 7.9...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984) He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicago as a youth, he took classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, returning to New York when he was 20. From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent), and Anders Zorn. He accepted a teaching position at the Minneapolis School of Art in 1916, remaining there until 1921. This enabled him to travel to Europe to study Cézanne’s paintings and works of the Old Masters. He traveled to Paris, Prague, Dresden, Berlin, and Munich seeking the works of Titian, Cranach, Rembrandt, Veronese, and Holbein, which gave him new perspective. Vytlacil studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Munich, settling there in 1921. Fellow students were Ernest Thurn and Worth Ryder, who introduced him to famous abstractionist Hans Hofmann. He worked with Hofmann from about 1922 to 1926, as a student and teaching assistant. During the summer of 1928, after returning to the United States, Vytlacil gave lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, on modern European art. Soon thereafter, he became a member of the Art Students League faculty. After one year, he returned to Europe and successfully persuaded Hofmann to teach at the League as well. He spent about six years in Europe, studying the works of Matisse, Picasso, and Dufy. In 1935, he returned to New York and became a co-founder of the American Abstract Artists group in 1936. He later had teaching posts at Queens College in New York; the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California; Black Mountain College in North Carolina; and the Art Students League. His paintings exhibit a clear inclination toward modernism. His still lives and interiors from the 1920s indicate an understanding of the art of Cézanne. In the 1930s, his works displayed two very different kinds of art at the same time. His cityscapes and landscapes combine Cubist-inspired spatial concerns with an expressionistic approach to line and color. Vytlacil also used old wood, metal, cork, and string in constructions, influenced by his friend and former student, Rupert Turnbull. He eventually ceased creating constructions as he considered them too limiting. The spatial challenges of painting were still his preference. During the 1940s and 1950s, his works indicated a sense of spontaneity not felt in his earlier work. He married Elizabeth Foster in Florence, Italy, in 1927 and they lived and worked in Positano, Italy for extended periods of time. Later on, they divided their time between homes in Sparkill, New York and Chilmark, Massachusetts, where Vyt, as he was affectionately called, taught at the Martha's Vineyard Art...

Francisco Chico da Silva was born in 1910 in Alto Tejo, Brazil. He started his career in 1935 in the city of Fortaleza. The artist grew up with north B...

Signed expressionist oil, gouache and watercolour on paper figures and animals in landscape circa 1950 by French painter and engraver Gen Paul. This charming work depicts jockeys on ...

Landscape with a river. 1947. Oil on cardboard, 50x72 cm Harijs Veldre (Bullis till 1947) (1927.8.III – 1999.6.V) Harijs Veldre learned in Riga school of appl...

Léon Charles Canniccioni (1879 - 1957) Vue de la baie d'Ajaccio 1936 (?) Huile sur toile Signé et daté en bas à droite 68 x 87 cm Cette vue de la baie d'Ajaccio en Corse, est une hu...

Signed, titled and dated cubist oil on canvas by French painter Andre Masson. The work depicts colourful insects. Signature: Signed lower right and titled and dated 1946 verso Dim...

A complex composition of interlocking pyramids defines Cornwell not only as a great storyteller but a master of painting fundamentals and design. There is no living artist today who can paint and draw at a level comparable to Dean Cornwell. Published in Cosmopolitan magazine: "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway Reproduced in Dean Cornwell, Dean of Illustrators (Broder) The work is rendered in the painterly style of a school of impressionism. Dean Cornwell was Normam Rockwell's favorite Illustrator. He was a student of Harvey Dunn, he in turn taught artists and developed talents for a generation. Oils for Cosmopolitan, Redbook, True, American Weekly, Life, Good Housekeeping. Book art for Man from Galilee and others. Ad contracts for GM, Eastern, Pennsylvania Railroad, Paul Jones Whiskey, Aunt...

Sunil Das - Early Horses I - 18.5 x 29 inches (unframed size) Conte on Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das was one of India's most important postmodernist p...

Decorative Chinese school painting. Fine detail and painted with rich colors. In a wonderful carved frame painted in pastel blue.

Vernon Ward British (1905-1985) Pintails in May Medium: Oil on canvas Framed size: 28 x 24 inches Unframed size: 22 x 18 inches Signed and dated 48 Provenance: Frost and Reed Gall...

6166 Gold pegasus painted in gold paint Framed signed Image size 14x11"

Dynamic abstract oil on board painting executed in 1959 in the spirit of the New York School, presenting a powerful horizontal composition dominated by saturated cobalt and ultramari...

This work is an exceptional example of Kádár's mature Cubist style. It's effortlessly designed around a complex composition of nude men and women tending to horses in a surreal landscape with Greek columns, friezes and marshmello clouds set against a rich blue saturated sky. Kádár was a Hungarian painter influenced by Der Blaue Reiter...

Enchanting mid century Haitian acrylic painting on canvas of African animals and ducks in a pond in a jungle setting executed in a distinctive naive style, signed Jean Claude in the ...

Mid-Century - Horse Race #28 Pierre Bosco (Italy/France, 1909-1993) Oil on canvas Signed lower right. 9 /78 x 6 7/8 (17 7/8 x 14 5/8 inches, frame size) *Frame appears to be original...

Vintage American impressionist dog portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 9 by 9 inches. Handsomely framed in giltwood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang ...

Here we have a delightful painting on masonite of an elephant and two birds, indistinctly signed in the lower left. Painted with bicycle paint in the distinctive naive Tingatinga style.

Medium: Gouache on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Magazine story illustration, Cosmopolitan, 1930; Exhibited: Fall 2004: Brandywine River...

Reuben Mednikoff Untitled, 1946 Watercolor on paper Artwork: 9 x 11 7/8 in. l 23 x 30 cm Framed: 12 5/8 x 15 1/3 in. l 32 x 39 cm Signed lower left and dated on the back Born in Lo...

This mid-20th-century oil on canvas by Swedish artist C. Landin is an expressive hand-painted recreation of the famous work "Grazing Horses IV" (also known as "The Red Horses" or "Di...

A stylized horse is depicted grazing in an abstract landscape. Most likely, the location is Woodstock, New York, where the artist lived. Signed Lower Right; Framed; Note: titled and signed on verso. Ethel Magafan (August 10, 1916 – April 24, 1993) was an American painter and muralist. Magafan was born in Chicago to Greek parents who had recently immigrated to the U.S. The family soon relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Magafan's artistic training occurred at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center under the tutelage of Peppino Mangravite, Boardman Robinson and Frank Mechau, who hired Magafan and her twin sister, Jenne, to assist on mural projects. In 1937, aEthel won the commission to paint a mural in the U.S. post office in Auburn, Nebraska, making her the youngest recipient of such a commission. It would be the first of seven government-sponsored commissions for the artist. Murals "Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1814" E. Magafan, 1943 Under President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, several programs were created to employ Americans during the Great Depression. The Magafan twins worked under the New Deal's Section of Painting and Sculpture, a program that hired thousands of artists to paint murals in public spaces, particularly post offices. Ethel and her twin sister, Jenne Magafan, became widely known for their murals painted during the Great Depression. Ethel received her first of seven Government commissions when she was commissioned to produce a painting for the United States post office in Auburn, Nebraska, titled Threshing.Other murals commissioned by the US Government hang in the United States Senate Chamber, the Social Security Building and the Recorder Deeds Building in Washington, D.C., and in post offices in Wynne, Arkansas, titled Cotton Pickers in 1940; in Madill, Oklahoma, titled Prairie Fire in 1941; and Englewood, Colorado, titled The Horse Corral in 1942.Her final mural, entitled Grant in the Wilderness, was installed in 1979 in the Chancellorsville Visitor Center at the Fredericksburg National Memorial Military Park in Virginia, She was a member of the National Academy of Design. Magafan died April 24, 1993, in Woodstock, New York, at the age of 76. References "Collections National Academy Museum". Retrieved 2017-03-08. "Jenne Magafan". Retrieved 2017-03-08. Marlene Park and Gerald E. Markowitz, Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1984. "Browse New Deal projects by State and City". Living New Deal. Retrieved 9 January 2015. "Ethel Magafan Passes Away". New York Times. No. Obituary. April 29, 1993. Opitz, Glenn B, Editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book...

Dave Pavelonis Untitled (Valley of the Dolls) Acrylic on canvas 60.5 x 50.75 Signed and dated lower right recto

Benton Clark (American, (1895 - 1964) “Fox Hunting” Signed and dated 1931 Oil on canvas, 46” x 30”, signed, 54 x 38 framed, American sporting painting, hunting scene No conservation ...

“Circus Yard” by Paul Starrett Sample (American, 1896-1974). A vibrant circus scene by the noted American regionalist, Paul Starrett Sample. This work captures the lively bustle beh...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Saturday Evening Post cover June 19, 1937

Denes Holesch Hungarian, 1910-1983 White Horses Oil on panel 8 by 10 in, w/ frame 11 ⅞ by 13 ¾ in Signed lower right Denes Holesch (Denes de Holesch) was born in 1910 in Beszterceb...

Sunset over the Waves English Impressionist artist, circa 1970's signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 17 x 21 inches canvas: 12 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condit...

Firmado por el artista en la parte inferior En la parte trasera, va nuevamente firmado Se presenta enmarcada la obra (el marco presenta alguna leve falta) Medidas obra: 14 x 20 cm...

Title: Dalmatian Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (Barcelona, 1919 – 1986) Technique: Oil on canvas mounted on board Dimensions: 43 x 32 cm (16.9 x 12.6 in) Signature: Signed “Tuser” in the lower left corner Support: Canvas mounted on board (reverse side unprimed and visible) Condition: Good. Minor superficial scuffs, no loss of paint. Unframed. Artistic Description The work depicts the bust of a Dalmatian dog against a monochromatic coral-toned background, which contrasts sharply with the animal's black-and-white fur. The artist employs an impasto oil technique, with loose and dense brushstrokes that add energy and volume to the portrait. The dog’s reddish gaze conveys calm and presence, standing out for its restrained expressiveness. The choice of a flat, saturated background enhances the painting’s modern aesthetic, focusing attention on the figure while avoiding unnecessary decorative elements. This visual synthesis is characteristic of Tuser’s expressive style, where plastic strength takes precedence over naturalistic detail. Although primarily known for his bullfighting and folkloric scenes, Dalmatian reveals Tuser’s versatility in the genre of animal portraiture, with a painterly treatment reminiscent of certain contemporary figurative expressionist approaches. About the Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (1919–1986) José María Tuser Vázquez was born in Barcelona in 1919 and trained at the School of Arts and Crafts in the Catalan capital. He was a prolific artist, specializing in bullfighting scenes, popular figures, and Mediterranean landscapes. His painting is characterized by confident brushwork, expressive use of color, and straightforward compositions that convey vitality. He worked on various supports—canvas, board, cardboard—and also mastered techniques such as watercolor and ink. Throughout his career, he exhibited in galleries and fairs, and his works have been widely auctioned in Spain and France, including a record-breaking sale in 2025. His style blends elements of Spanish costumbrismo with a modern sensibility, distancing itself from strict academicism. A portion of his work is known to be held in a dedicated collection in Nîmes (France), a city with strong ties to bullfighting. Comparable Artists In terms of style, subject matter, and vigorous brushwork, his work can be compared to: José Caballero (1916–1991): Especially for his expressive portraits and textured brushstrokes. Eduardo Úrculo...