1950s Paintings

1950s Enamel painting of an African Queen.

Leif Knudsen (1928-1975), Swedish artist. Mixed media on paper. Abstract composition. Signed and dated '57. In perfect condition. Total dimensions: 44.0 cm x 33.0 cm. Image dimensio...

Harry Sternberg Mid Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting Of A Beach Scene. it is entitled “Like Father Like Son” and dates to the 1950’s.

Mid Century Modern Harry Sternberg Abstract Semi-Nude Oil Painting Of Poolside Couple. C.1956

An incredible vintage Boho original oil painting on board. A chic Abstract composition in chic muted blues. Signed by the artist. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.

Hand-painted oil paintings on plywood the flower patterns depicted by classical realistic oil painting techniques are delicate and in place, vividly depicting the morphological chara...

René Fumeron: acrylic on paper, tapestry project, signed some halos to report

A fabulous vintage Boho original oil portrait. A chic brightly colored composition of a young woman. Signed and dated by the artist. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.

A stylish mid-century framed original painting of a Cattleya Orchid or "Corsage" Orchid in vintage bamboo frame. Corsage Orchids, or Phalaenopsis are native to Costa Rica and much of South America, this flamboyant, many-colored orchid was extremely popular in flower arrangements (especially for corsages, as its name implies) in the 1950s. Ted Mundorff...

The focal point of the painting is the artist himself, sitting confidently before his Chevalet - an iconic wooden easel - as he diligently works on a new masterpiece. Dressed in a vi...

Just a very nice clean original watercolor, that is signed, but we could not find any information on the artist.

This is a beautiful little rustic country farm oil scene. The painting mixes green and blue hues with the little farm house and barn standing out in the brown tone. The creek flowing...

The “Tre Cime of Lavaredo” – Italian Dolomites - Arno Lemke Work dimensions: 70 x 80 cm Technique: oil on canvas Period: 1950s A suggestive view of the Tre ...

Czene Janos Apatfalvi (Hungary 1904 - 1984 ) Signature: "Czene Janos" lower right corner Period: Mid-1950s Artwork: 80 x 60cm (31 1/2 x 24 IN.) Offered unframed Condition: Overall...

Carlos Aitor Castillo considered that the artist must know how to reconcile the universal with the national to achieve transcendental realization...

Colorful Mid-Century Architectural or Industrial manufacturing scene watercolor of a plant , illustrating the building , smokestack, hoppers , railroad tracks and man pushing wheelba...

An original pensive oil painting on canvas titled “Seated Girl” by American artist Raphael Soyer. Hand signed bottom right. Circa 1950s. The painting depicts a young woman in red dressed in mid-20th century attire that was fashionable in the era. The walls behind her are bare, creating a stark and minimal composition. The main figure seated seems isolated among dramatic shadows and lighting, like the artworks by Edward Hopper. A unique opportunity to own an original painting from a New York Modernist painter. From a private collection. Dimensions: 34”h x 39.75”w x 1.5”d (framed). In very good vintage condition. Raphael Soyer (1899-1987) was a painter, draughtsman, and printmaker who believed that art is to survive, it must describe and express people, their lives and times. It must communicate. From an early age Soyer and his brothers Moses and Isaac were encouraged to draw by their father, a teacher of Hebrew literature and history. Forced to leave Russia in 1912, they immigrated to the United States and settled in Brooklyn. In the mid 1920s, having studied at Cooper Union, the National Academy of Design, and the Art Students League, Soyer painted scenes of life on New York's east side. His portrayals of derelicts, working people, and the unemployed around Union Square during the Depression reveal more of a poignant vision of the human condition than the art of social protest popular with many of his contemporaries. Throughout his life Soyer painted people his friends, himself, studio models with an unerring eye...

An original introspective oil painting on canvas titled “Lovers” by American artist Raphael Soyer. Hand signed bottom right. Circa 1950s. Original gallery tag from Garelick’s Gallery...

Painting on wood by Wilder Bentley dated 1959 titled Inyo VII, Chrysopylae. Painting measure 60.75" wide, 15.5" high and 1" deep.

Jens Søndergaard (1895-1957), listed Danish painter. Modernist landscape. Oil on canvas. In perfect condition. Signed: Jens Søndergaard; verso with v...

Henry Maurice D'Anty (1910-1998). Swedish/French artist. Oil on canvas. Depiction of a clown and horse-drawn carriage. Bold brushstrokes. Coloristic palette. Fauvist style. 1959-1960...

3737 French Impressionist acrylic on artist board Framed Signed D.Costa

This atmospheric and magical view of a single nude male figure on a California beach is imbued with lovely, unexpected colors and textures which rise up to a sky that is a pale shade of green. The blond young man has been sunbathing on a towel stretched along the sand, and seems to be placidly examining the viewer -- the painter -- from afar. The artist is Duane Wakeham...

Mid-Century Modern unframed Abstract painting Casein on Art Paper by New York Artist 1950s. Though unsigned, one can tell that an accomplished painter created this work. The artwork...

Charming and romantique painting in the shape of a double circle with oil on hardboard representing sparrows. Delicate and romantic painting. Louis XV style frame with a bow on the ...

Pretty octagonal painting, oil on hardboard representing a dove on a branch. Very romantic and delicate. Octagonal frame in gilded wood. Hook on the...

Set of five German Engraved and parcel Gilt Mirror Panels, Each engraved mirrored panel portrays a different character with hand painting and gilt detailing.

Colorful gouache painting by Mexican artist Jose Maria de Servin circa 1950s A modernist folk art piece in bold and vibrant colors with m...

Large and powerful piece by Dutch artist Joop Vreugdenhil. A piece from his early career. Although abstract in composition, upon a closer look one can see hints or architecture Abou...

Impressive and very beautiful oil on panel made by Paul Robert Bazé, an artist of French origin. It represents a still life with a bouquet of flowers in the foreground on a dark background. It mainly shows dahlias and camellias, which give the work its name. The traditional still life genre shows its evolution here. It presents the characteristic style of the genre to which it corresponds, realistic and meticulous, especially noticeable in the way it works with the different qualities of the flowers and leaves. The dark background is also inherited from the still life genre, with a marked dark interest reflected in the dark backgrounds. Signed in the lower left corner. Paul Robert Bazé (1901-1985) was born in Paris, although he soon moved to Bayonne and then to Bordeaux, where he was a student of Paul Quinsac...

Oil on masonite by Eugenio Fernandez Granell (1912-2001). Fantastic piece of art, realized by the Spanish artist Eugenio Fernandez Granell, back in the 1952. This art-piece were realized during his living period in Puerto Rico, when he decided to emigrated from Spain. Represent several surrealistic animals and personages, like a bull, a horse and the synthesis of a torero with a helmet. Clearly a bullfighting image. Title: Estampa Taurina. Year: 1952 Technique: Oil on masonite wood. Art Measures: 463.55 mm by 368.30 mm (23.5 x 17.5 Inches). Frame Measures: 463.55 mm by 368.30 mm (29.5 x 23.5 Inches). Signature: At lower right corner signed, "GRANELL 52". Eugenio Fernandez Granell As a Surrealist artist, Eugenio's work is principally characterized by its bright and vivid colors that explore nature and the indigenous symbolism of the Americas. His most famous works include Autorretrato (1944), Elegía por Andrés Nin (1991) as well as Crónica de los fiscales de los años horrendos (1986). Granell's work has been incorporated into exhibitions in the Maeght Gallery, the Bodley Gallery, The Museum of Modern Art as well as The Museum of Contemporary Art alongside other Surrealists such as André Breton and Marcel Duchamp. Granell also dedicated himself as a poet, essayist and novelist, publishing 15 books in all. Some his first, and most prominent works, include "El hombre verde" (The Green Man, 1944) and Lo que sucedió (What Occurred), a book he illustrated and designed himself which won Mexico's Don Quixote novel prize in 1969. From the mid-1960s until retirement, he was professor of Spanish literature at Brooklyn College. The Eugenio Granell Foundation was inaugurated in 1995 to conserve the life and work of the artist with an expansive collection of his oils, drawings, constructions, collages and archives. The museum also dedicates itself to the preservation of other Surrealists such as Joan Miró, Wifredo Lam, José Caballero...

An abstract oil on canvas in cerused oak frame by the noted Philadelphia artist Harold Mesibov, dated 1956. Biography via Askart, supplied by The Boston Art Club: "Mesibov was born in Philadelphia, Pa. He was the son of an artist and younger brother of the artist Hugh Mesibov...

Geometric landscape by Helen Gerardia. Signed lower right, Gerardia. Circa 1950-60. Good overall condition with some surface paint scuffs and losses. Ov...

Original artwork by the master. It is in as-found poor condition. It will be shipped in a tube without glass or framing. Pencil signed with information on backing paper, crayon numb...

Wonderful Guy Harloff large abstract painting Signed, titled and dated on the back “Guy Harloff Positano 1954” Paper on canvas. Mixed technique The work is protected by a plexiglass ...

Mid century oil painting on canvas featuring a coastal landscape / nautical seascape scene with harbor and boats. Signed lower right Jver K Madsen Pinx, 1954. Dimensions: 33.5" x 1...

Mid century still life oil painting on canvas showing a crumpled newspaper and a multi-colored checkered top hat. Signed in lower left corner Russo ‘55. Marked on verso Giornale e Ca...

Swedish artist, oil on canvas. Abstract composition. Colouristic palette. In excellent condition with minimal wear. Indistinctly signed and dated '55. Visible dimensions: 67.5 cm x 5...

Very rare Carlo of Hollywood Mid-Century watercolor painting featuring a full jazz band with an array of musical instruments and scrolling music notes. The painting comes in the orig...

Jean Nerfin Oil on Canvas Canadian, born 1922 Landscape in the Mid-Century Modern Paris School style. Painting in nice original condition! Signed and dated bottom right corner.

We recently acquired a number of paintings from the estate of the noted outsider artist Peter Paul Sakowski (1915-2000) of Holyoke, Mass. His style tended to vary from an illustrativ...

Cityscape oil on canvas painting by James Coignard, France (1925-2008). Signed and framed. Early period. Canvas size 28.5" x 23.5. Size with frame 35" x 30".

S U P E R B ! MID CENTURY MODERN C I T Y S C A P E P A I N T I N G ! ICONIC HELLER MID CENTURY STYLE! OIL ON BOARD HUGE! Approx. 29 " x 53 " C I R ...

Lennart Lilja Oil on canvas Dimensions 62/72 Unframed work Lennart Lilja (1924-2008). He was a Swedish artist. Student of Isaac Gründewald and Otte Sköld. In the 1950s he wrote play...

A large French painting, featuring motifs from the Kabbalah, the dualism of yin and yang, as well as themes of seasons and the cycles of life. Dating back to the 1950s, it is a work ...

A somber rendering of a young girl with a page boy haircut wearing a red dress seated in a high back chair. Her arms are raised above her head. Oil paint on board. Entitled "Seated" ...

Louis Nallard, “Interior”, circa 1955 – Tempera on cardboard, professionally framed Original artwork by French painter Louis Nallard. In this abstracted Interior the artist blends grey and earthtones with strokes of vibrant blues, orange and green. Signed by the artist, right bottom corner. About the artist Louis Nallard (Algiers 1918 – Paris 2016) was a French non-figurative painter of the Nouvelle École de Paris. Born on June 17, 1918, in Algiers, French Algeria, had a life intertwined with art and creativity. Despite facing early hardships with the loss of his mother to the Spanish flu, Nallard found solace in his ancestral landscapes. Every summer, he returned to the Dombes region, his father’s birthplace, which became a wellspring of inspiration for his artistic endeavors. At the tender age of sixteen, in 1934, Nallard unveiled his debut exhibition featuring portraits and landscapes, showcasing his skills in watercolors and gouaches. The exhibition took place at the gallery owned by Thomas Rouault, the nephew of the renowned painter. In 1941, Nallard enrolled at the Beaux-arts in Algiers, where he encountered fellow artists such as Marcel Fiorini and Robert Lavergne. Lavergne later became his introducer at the prestigious Galerie Jeanne Bucher. During this time, Nallard also met Maria Manton...

MONUMENTAL! ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING CARLO OF HOLLYWOOD ARAB MARKET DIMENSIONS: ( LARGE Approx 53" By 22" Framed ) If you're a mid century art collector, you've likely heard of Carlo of Hollywood and his unique and coveted pieces! In the post war period, original art for the home was a rarity. There was no internet, very few art galleries in the new suburbia or throughout most of middle America...

Marvelous. GEOMETRIC ABSTRACT PAINTING 1959 After Alexander Calder This Geometric Abstract painting is an important and vibrant work by artist F.S. Tinnuzo. Done in 1959, it captu...

A RARE BOTTO! SAILING BOATS SEASCAPE PAINTING! MID CENTURY BEAUTIFUL COLOR & STYLE! Circa 1950 Signed: MARY BOTTO Dimensions: APPROXIMATELY. 30" By 25 " FRAMED The mood a...

Japanese painting, Svampar, Denmark Mixed technique on artistic fabric The work is signed by the artist Work dimensions 34/96 Unframed work Work in original vintage condition. It h...

‘The Forest Road, Boldrewood, Hampshire’ by Montague Dawson, oil on canvas, showing a road winding past a stand of tall conifers. Signed, framed and glazed, a paper label on the rev...

Beautiful and evocative oil painting by the great French school modern artist Moya Dyring specializing in marinas. It depicts a harbor with boats probably from the French Riviera painted with great intensity but giving, at the same time, a sweet sense of serenity. Moya Claire Dyring was born in Coburg, Victoria in 1909. She produced drawings, oil paintings and pastels. She was one of the first women artists to embrace Modernism and exhibit cubist paintings in Melbourne. For several years she was a member of the modern art community known as the Heide Circle, named after the home of art collectors John and Sunday Reed, and now the Heide Museum of Modern Art. Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts. Dyring then travelled to the USA and France, where she lived most her life. Her work is held in the Heide Museum as well as the National Gallery of Australia. One of her earliest works in cubist in style, Melanctha, 1934, was acquired by Sunday Reed. In 1934 Dyring also painted Portrait of Sunday Reed which went into the Reed's collection, along with a cubist style Portrait of a Woman from the same year. While her early works were figurative or cubist, in France she turned to landscape as she travelled to various towns throughout France. In her later years, unable to travel freely, she painted children against the backdrop of Paris. As time passed, she was largely glossed over and not included in major exhibitions of artists, especially women artists, of the 30s, 40, and 50s. In 2002, at the University of Melbourne, Gaynor Patricia Cuthbert delved into her life and work for a doctoral thesis, helping to bring back attention to her work. Collection The Heide Museum of Modern Art holds many paintings and drawings, some acquired through the John and Sydney Reed collection. The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra includes one drawing. The Art Gallery of New South Wales holds multiple works. Third child of Carl Peter Wilhelm Dyring, medical practitioner, and his second wife Dagmar Alexandra Esther, née Cohn, both Victorian born. Moya was educated (1917-27) at Firbank Church of England Girls' Grammar School, Brighton. After visiting Paris in 1928, she studied (1929-32) at the National Gallery schools, Melbourne, and shared fellow student Sam Atyeo's interest in artistic innovation. Classical modernism engaged her attention in the early 1930s. She painted at the George Bell school and studied under Rah Fizelle in Sydney; Mary Alice Evatt and Cynthia Reed were her colleagues. For several months in 1937 she took charge of Heide, the home and garden of John and Sunday Reed, at Bulleen, Melbourne. The Reeds were pivotal both to her sympathy for modernism and her belief in congenial fellowship. She enjoyed something of the intense relationship with Sunday Reed that the latter would subsequently extend to Joy Hester. In June Dyring held an exhibition, opened by H. V. Evatt, at the Riddell Gallery, Melbourne. Less enthusiastic than the Reeds and the Evatts about her art, Basil Burdett wrote of her 'somewhat incoherent interpretation of modern ideas', although he did acknowledge that her work had 'audacity of colour and a certain monumental feeling for form . . . qualities rare enough in Australian painting'. In August Dyring embarked for Panama whence she travelled by bus to New York, breaking her journey to view major galleries. She had intended to paint in the United States of America, but disliked the work of contemporary American artists and sailed for France. In 1938 she was based in Paris, taking advantage of Atyeo's contacts within the avant-garde. She studied at the Académie Colarossi, the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and with Andre Lhote, although by October she denounced him as a 'racketeer'. In 1939 Dyring and Atyeo settled on a farm at Vence, France; inspired by memories of Heide, they grew fruit and flowers. Sam accepted a commission to decorate a house in Dominica, West Indies, leaving Moya at Vence. Evacuated to Australia via South Africa, where she painted and searched for tribal art, she then journeyed to Dominica and married Atyeo. They were not happy, neither painted and Dyring was ill. Evatt offered Atyeo work and Dyring accompanied him to the U.S.A. She viewed art, painted occasionally and claimed to have exhibited in Washington in 1943. After World War II Evatt found Sam various postings, while Moya returned to Paris to pursue a full-time career in art. They were to be divorced in 1950. From about 1946 Dyring's art was more personal than innovative. She gained a considerable reputation among French regionalist and nationalist artists for her sympathetic appreciation of provincial scenes and life. Bernard Smith placed her in the French tradition of intimiste painters. In 1948 she leased and renovated an apartment on the Ile St Louis, which, as Chez Moya, became a centre for Australians who enjoyed her hospitality, cooking and practical assistance. She revisited Australia and exhibited in various cities in 1950, 1953, 1956, 1960 and 1963; the press carried her reports of Parisian cultural life. Dyring held a solo exhibition in London in December 1949 and was in close contact with expatriate Australians, among them Loudon Sainthill, Donald Friend...

Gudmund Olsen: “Trois Bateaux”. Signed on the reverse Gudmund Olsen, Nice 1952, Nr. II. Oil on canvas. Provenance: Kunsthallen auction no. 468, cat. no. 201, June 1996.

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Ibiza Oil painting and Canvas by J.Masia Artist Valenciano / Baleare . "Ask quote for shipping "by UPS Spanish painter, caricaturist and journalist, creator of Calvito for C.D. Val...

A signed oil on canvas abstract painting by the American artist Reginald Murray Pollack (1924-2001). Dated 1959, the painting features an abstr...