1960s Figurative Paintings

Beautiful oil painting of nude study titled "The Red Table Cloth" by Bay Area, California artist Shirley Loyst (American, b-1928), circa 1960. Exhibition...

Oil on canvas painting of “Bouquet and Figure” by the well known Spanish artist, Ramon Pichot. Signed lower right. Titled and signed verso. In excellent condition. Original gold l...

Sunny seascape of seagulls over ocean waves breaking on the coast by Joe Hazel Conrad (American, 20th century). Presented in a wood frame. Signed ...

Paracentese de L'homme C Post-Minimalist Original Art Monumental Museum Piece His work was featured at MOMA as part of their permanent collection and was exhibited as part of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection exhibit in 1969. Stunning post-minimalist earth toned abstract with organic forms titled "Paracentese de L'homme C" (Paracenthesis of the man C) by Peruvian artist Emilio Rodriquez-Larrain (Peruvian, 1928-2015), 1964. This was entered into the XXXII 1964 Venice Biennale, arguably one of the most prestigious art events. Signed on verso and entry label for XXXII 1964 Venice Biennale, and Staempfli Gallery label attached to verso. Condition: Very good: professionally cleaned, structurally sound with no issues beyond normal wear with age. Image size: 56.50"H x 55.50"W. Presented in rustic wood slat shadow box frame. Emilio Rodríguez Larraín was a Peruvian postwar and contemporary painter and sculptor who was born in 1928. He was trained at the Lima School of Engineers (currently the National University of Engineering) from 1945 to 1949. This is how he entered art and was able to learn tools and techniques that would help him in his future works. In the 1950s he ventured into painting under the influence of the French architect and abstract art painter Jean Dewasne, thus developing a painting style based on the abstract and the geometric until his trip to Europe where he migrated to the style of modernist informalism. and made paintings that alluded to the cultures of ancient Peru. His work demonstrates versatile artwork of horizontal geometric constructions, expressive paintings and architectural interventions categorized as post minimalism. Received a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation award for his art. Fellow: Awarded 1976 Field of Study: Fine Arts Competition: Latin America & Caribbean His work was featured at MOMA as part of their permanent collection and was exhibited as part of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection exhibit in 1969. key galleries and museums, including the Revolver Galeria, Lima and the Galeria Lucia de la Puente. His work has also been exhibited in Lima, Madrid, Florence, Venice, Milan, Bergamo, Frankfurt, Berlin, Copenhagen, Mexico City, and Paris. In 2016, the Lima Art Museum presented a retrospective exhibit of his paintings and sculptures, calling Rodriquez Larraine "An important avant-garde sculptor, architect and painter who knew how to adapt to the artistic changes of the time and play a very important role in the visual arts of Peru." The piece we offered the front over of Staempfli Gallery's exhibit of Rodriquez-Larrain work. The write-up of Rodriquez-Larrain's work by The New Yorker, November 3, 1962 states: "Talk story about Emilio Rodriguez-Larrain, a Peruvian painter, who currently has 46 paintings on display at the Staempfli Gallery. A photograph of Emilio, distributed by the gallery, showed a great resemblance to Zero Mostel. He doesn't look like Mostel at all. The picture was taken in Paris last May, when he had the mumps. He was born in Lima in 1928, the son of an industrialist. His father's family came to Peru in the 17th century. Mr. Staempfli met Emilio in Llansa, Spain, last summer. Gordon Washburn, the director of fine arts at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, who had shown him last year, told Staempfli to look up Emilio, because he knew a tailor in Llansa who would make you a corduroy suit...

This large green field overlooking the Long Island Sound Beach depicts a parent without definition, mother or father, observing their child in the gr...

Oil on canvas painting by the Polish born artist, Ernest Kosmowski. The painting is done with palette knife and brush typical of his style and children theme in the 1960’s. Two young children dressed...

Wonderful two-sided mid century pulp art figurative painting of a woman at party in black evening gown and formal gloves, and on verso couple dancing by unkno...

Acrylic on canvas painting by Washington DC artist Joe Shannon (b.1933). The painting is titled "In Bad Spirits" and is dated 1969. The painting was exhi...

Saturated, intimate depiction of sharing a bed with a partner by Narcissus Robert Quagliata (Italian-American, b. 1942). While four fingers dominate the composition, the focus of the...

Richly colored landscape of sailboats on the water at Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts. Signed "De Geno" in lower right corner. Presented in a gilt wood frame. Image size: 17.5" L x ...

La Rue (The Street) Charles Levier, French (1920–2003) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 37.5 x 32.5 inches

Dynamic, mid century multi colored abstract by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). Depicts a group of hunters and their horses participati...

Constantine Kluge (French 1912-2003) Les Pommiers en Fleurs Oil on canvas of apple trees in bloom Hand signed lower right. Provenance: purchased from Wally Findlay Galleries. (bear...

Houses is an original modern artwork realized in 1964 by the artist Claudio Mossino. Mixed colore oil painting on canvas. Includes frame. Hand signed and dated on the lower right ...

Wonderful mid century impasto seascape of Brittany fishing boats on the water by Walter Prescher van Ed (German/French, 1916-1988), circa 1960. ...

Beautiful Godzilla like monster illustration from 1961. Wenzel was a prolific Disney Artist for decades. The work is beautifully matted and framed and lookes better in person.

Playing Guitar 1964 Signed by the artist “S. Kahn” in the upper right hand corner Susan B. Kahn was born in (1924 -2010) New York. American painter pr...

The work looks much better in person with snappy bright colors that form a complex abstract composition of interconnected shapes. Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, The Work is Signed lower left - Provenance: Forum Gallery, New York - Label on verso Swann Gallery...

Oil on board painting of a girl in a pink polka-dot dress in a pensive pose by the well known Spanish artist, Ramon Pichot. Signed lower left. In excellent...

Venice,Italy,Blue, Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989) From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to technical and expressive results dominated...

Pair of two vintage portraits of Native American figures, one older and one younger, in profile with braids and headdresses by Victor S. ...

Striking Fauvist portrait with a vibrant, high voltage color palette, featuring a green woman with red hair by Sydney Helfman (American, 1926-2010). Aut...

Folk story. 1960. Canvas, oil, 39x49 cm

The painting is signed Sykes and dated 1960 lower right. It has "Maltby Sykes, 1911- for Leon" written on the stretcher verso It is a Surrealist Folk Art ...

Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, Signed (as Emmett Kaye) lower right it was Mort Kunstler's pseudonym, unframed

Realistic mid century portrait of a boy playing with an antique toy car by Ralph Joosten (American, 1928-2009). Signed "R. Joosten" in the lower left ...

'Grand Prix Racer', French School, oil on board (circa 1960s). The 'good ole' days' of Formula One racing are depicted in this thrilling mid-century...

Mid century portrait of a clown by Marjorie Blake (American, 1920-1994). Signed "Blake" in the lower left corner. Unframed. Marjorie May Gulley Blake w...

Wonderful mid-century abstract figurative by North Carolina artist Charles Chapin (American, 20th Century), 1964. signed and dated lower right (Chapin 8/64). Condition: Excellent. Image size: 38"H x 28"W. Presented in painted slat rustic frame. Framed size:: 39"H x 30"W x 1". Charles Chapin received his BA from North Carolina and was associated with the Chapel Hill...

A printmaker, painter, and commercial artist, Marion Huse created work that ranged from realism to abstraction and included portraits, figure subjects, landscapes, and floral still l...

With vibrant yellows and oranges, the artist depicts workers unloading sacks of cargo off of a sailboat. Incised with bold lines that give a lively surface. Encaustic/ Mixed Media.. ...

Health Club, 1960s (Bank Street Series) 23 x 29 inches, acrylic on Hammer paper, signed lower middle and inscribed: “Besser an die wand alsin die hand” (“B...

Vintage 1960s original semi abstract oil painting, "Sybils Telling Cosmic Jokes On Mankind", by 20th century Denver modernist, Edward Marecak (1919-1993). Painted in bright colors of...

Oil on canvas by Rodriguez Candhales, an Uruguayen painter. it represents the old port in cannes and the Suquet que est l'eglise sur la colline. Painting ...

Charming mid century figurative landscape of Aptos Village Apple Shed and Market by listed California artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Aptos is just south of Santa Cruz,...

Powerful mid century American modern painting of 3 musicians. Really well painted mystery piece. It is oil on canvas dated on back with a name of either a...

Andre Renoux: 1939-2002. Listed French artist with auction results over $5000, but sells for much more in galleries. This is a truly wonderful mid century...

A fantastic MidCentury interior scene painted in 1963 and signed illegibly. This work comes in a contemporary wood frame.

Jonah Kinigstein is an artist living in Brooklyn. He works in the scorched earth tradition of such 18th- and 19th-century cartoonists as James Gillray, George Cruikshank, and Joseph Keppler, and embraces their somewhat rococo pen and ink technique as well as their penchant to exaggerate the grotesque. In the 1990s, he used to paste...

Black, grey, and cream toned figurative abstract painting by Mexican artist Francisco Moreno Capdevila. The work features various headless g...

Haunting yet beautiful with a simple graphic composition and monochromatic palette. Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, signed E. Kingman and dated (lower right) Looks better in pe...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Landscape with Flowering Tree) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condition: Good P...

3895 Three farm girls acrylic on board in a gilt frame

An idyllic painting of the bustling Seine river in Paris, by French artist Charles Cobelle. Cobelle was an accomplished French artist who studied under Marc Chagall and Raoul Dufy. U...

At the ball. Paris. Oil on canvas, 50,2x69,3 cm

"Drums" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 34" x 40" oil on board group portrait of three musicians playing t...

Gorgeous abstracted figurative of Caryatids titled "Ring Three" by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed, titled, and dated "Warner 1970" on verso. Displayed in rustic wood ...

Charming mid century figurative landscape of a man walking along a pathway to a red barn with multi-colored trees along side by M. House. Signed "M. House" lower left. Presented in a...

Figures on Black, 1960s, pastel on black acrylic ground on paper, signed lower middle.

Wonderful French street scene by Ruth Williams Brickner, (American, 1926-2015). Signed "Ruth Brickner" lower right and verso. Williams above lower and Ruth Williams on verso. Circa 1950's. Image size, 16"H x 20.75"L. Impressionist painter from Los Altos...

A breath of modernity animates this iconic work, inspired by Velázquez' portrait of the Infanta Margarita, which reveals the immense talent of the pa...

Sea. 1968. Paper, gouache, 86x60 cm

#5-3401 Red Hair Portrait, a vintage oil on board displayed in a wood gilt frame signed by Longo.Image size 8.75 H x 5.75 W

Signed lower right, 'Marda' (French, 20th century) and inscribed verso 'Street Scene by Marda #4'. A substantial, mid-century oil cityscape showing a view of a rainy Parisian boulev...

Signed lower right, 'Marian Stahl' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1960. Inscribed verso, 'Meyer St, Tucson AZ' with artist address. A finely drawn, mid-century view of ...

Heights & fast sketch. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 9,5x6 cm; 9x6cm Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in...

Elegantly painted in a charmingly warm style - Alfred Lord Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade (Golden; Paul Hamlyn, 1964) Signed by th...

Unique figurative harlequin painting with Picasso style and abstract elements with dream-like layering by Robert Moesle (American, b.1932). Signed "Moesle" lower left. Titled "The Harlequin Prince" on verso. Displayed in a rustic painted giltwood frame with linen liner. Image size: 40"H x 32"W. Framed Size; 45"H x 37"W. Robert Moesle was born in San Jose, California in 1932. He graduated from San Jose State College and attended The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, England. Moesle lives in the Chateau region of France, which he finds to be an ideal location for a watercolorist. Moesle paints outside and enjoys watching the landscape change through the seasons. Unlike most watercolorists, Moesle takes his time painting and tries to capture the feeling of durability in his subjects. Moesle has exhibited his work in shows in London, Paris and throughout the United States. “Figurative painting by Robert Moesle are…lyrical, visionary, softly dream-like… Moesle’s Harlequin Prince offers a memory of early Picasso...