Era Midcentury Furnishings & Art has closed its retail location.

I will continue to make available some of the best names in Vintage Modern Design Furnishings here on the website and, as always by appointment from my new warehouse location off of SE Powell just a few block east of the Ross Island bridge.

Currently I am taking some time off to complete some personal projects and organize the new warehouse space. Look for the website to be completely updated by the end of October. In the mean time if you are interested in something on the site or would like me to keep an eye out for a specific item for you please feel free to write or call sales@midcenturyera.com or 503-234-1133.

ART

My interest in art grew as an extension of my attraction to the wonderful lines used to design the best Modern Design furniture.

Most of the art I show was created by artists active in the Northwest scene in the period between 1940 and the early 1970s.

At any time when you visit us here online or in the gallery in Portland, Oregon, you will find paintings, prints and sculpture by artists such as Jack McLarty, Hank Kowert, Charles Voorhies, Milton Wilson, Louis Bunce, Albert Patecky, Tom Hardy, and Ken Shores, as well as the occasional iconic piece of mid-century art by one of the great masters such as Picasso, Calder or Miro

Visit us here online or at our showroom in SE Portland , just 10 minutes from downtown in the charming "Sellwood" district at 7901 SE 13th Portland, OR 97202.

We are currently only open Friday through Sunday 12:00pm to 5:00pm,
or other times by appointment.

FEATURED ARTIST

MILTON WILSON
1923-2004
Milton Wilson Gallery

Milton Wilson was a brilliant painter, a fabulous party host, a volatile charmer who reveled in excess and in life, a singular personality whose Abstract Expressionist paintings and drawings can barely contain his bold, vibrant spirit. Now, less than a year since Wilson's death at 81, this quintessential Portland artist receives an extensive showing of his work. Era is proud to present the first of several shows of paintings and drawings from the estate of Milton Wilson.

Wilson was born in Portland in 1923. He served in World War II, and then studied at the Portland Museum Art School (now known as Pacific Northwest College of Art) under Louis Bunce. His art is characterized by a vibrant palette and bold, fluid brush strokes with an almost calligraphic quality. The bulk of his work is abstract--multi-layered, voluptuous riots of lines and curves and shapes--but in his later years faces and figures began to emerge in his work, which often have a sly, playful quality.

In his life as in his art, Milton Wilson flouted convention. Known for his sharp tongue and for speaking his mind, he cut a Truman Capote-like figure in social circles. He was openly gay long before homosexuality gained any social acceptance. Eschewing cars, he rode his bicycle everywhere. Though he lived for a time in New York, San Francisco, and Europe, he ultimately returned to Portland to live and work. When he died in Portland in June of 2004, he left behind a singular artistic and personal legacy.

Artwork by Milton Wilson is held in numerous private collections as well as The Portland Art Museum, The Oakland Museum of Art, Yale University, Reed College, University of Oregon as well as many corporate collections.

Please join us at Era for this unique look into the studio of one of Portland's most beloved and important artists.