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Period: 1950s
1950s Original Signed Abstract Expressionist Watercolor in Soft Pastel Colors
Located in Denver, CO
This soft toned abstract expressionist watercolor painting, created by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968), is an exceptional example of his evolution as an artist. Featuring bold sw...
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Abstract Expressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
V A Hards: 'Design for A Departmental Store' Mid Century architectural drawing
Located in London, GB
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V A Hards (British, c. 193...
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
In the yard 1950. Pastel on paper, 65x49.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
In the yard. 1950. Pastel on paper, 65x49,5 cm
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Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Bicep
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dorothy Dehner (1901–1994) was an influential American artist who worked with drawing, painting, printmaking, and most notably sculpture.
Dehner's legacy has been overshadowed by he...
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Abstract Expressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Lakeside. 1959, oil on cardboard, 36x49, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Lakeside. 1959, oil on cardboard, 36x49,5 cm
Summer landscape by the lake
Edgars Vinters (1919-2014)
Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints ...
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Realist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Clifford Ellis Sheep Charcoal Drawing Modern British Art Mid Century Modern
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings and drawings by Clifford Ellis and his wife Rosemary. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it clic...
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Rosemary Ellis Snail XIV Watercolour Modern British Art Wildlife Mid Century
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from thi...
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pen
D.L Hadden Design for Executive Desks Geo.M.Hammer 1959 Watercolour and Pencil
Located in London, GB
One of a series of designs we have listed for Geo. M Hammer. To see them - and our other architectural and design-related drawings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" and then search.
D.L Hadden (British, 20th Century)
Design for Executive Desks for Geo. M. Hammer
Watercolour and pencil
41x51cm
Signed and dated 1959
Two beautifully detailed executive desks designs with sketches front elevations. Hadden's flair with woodwork design is evident in this drawing.
Hadden was a senior designer for Geo M Hammer, designers and retailers of school and ecclesiastical furniture. Their lift-top school desks are particularly well regarded, and always carried their brass name plate. Hammer were renowned for their interior woodwork, they were commissioned to undertake the choir stalls in Sir Basil Spence...
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Peter Collins ARCA Colliery Mining Scene pen and ink factory England sketch
Located in London, GB
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink
Laurence Dunn, Port of London Authority Ship 'PLA Monstrosity' Drawing (c1950s)
Located in London, GB
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pencil
Rosemary Ellis Snail XVIII Watercolour Modern British Art Wildlife Mid Century
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from thi...
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Classical Female Head (woman portrait)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful 1950 drawing by Spanish artist, Federico Castellon (1914-1971). Graphite on wove paper, sheet measures 12 x 18 inches. Excellent condition with no restoration or damage. Signed lower right. Unframed. From a recently discovered collection of over 60 important Castellon drawings and watercolors c.1939-1950.
Birth place: Almeria, Spain
Death place: New York, NY
Addresses: NYC (immigrated 1921; citizen, 1943)
Profession: Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, etcher, illustrator, teacher
Exhibited: Weyhe Gal., 1934, 1936-40; AIC, 1935-47 (prize, 1938); AFA traveling exh., 1937; WMAA, 1938-45; PAFA, 1938-39, 1940 (prize), 1941-42; Carnegie Inst., 1942; PAFA, 1943-53; Assoc. Am. Ar., 1946 (prize), 1952 (solo); Corcoran Gal, 1947; LOC, 1949 (prize); Paris, France, 1952; Bombay, India, 1952; Gallery 10, 1961; Dintenfass Gal., N.Y., 1963; Phila. Pr. Cl., 1964 (prize); Hudson Gld. A., 1964; Great Neck, L.I., 1964; SAGA, 1964 (prize). In 1953, under the auspices of State Dept. Specialist Div., of I.E.S., he exhibited in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, with lectures in each country. Awards: F., Spanish Republic, 1934-36; fellow, Guggenheim Fnd., 1941, 1950; Nat. Inst. A. & Let. Grant, 1950.
Member: NA; SAGA
Work: WMAA; PAFA; MoMA; PMA; MMA; BM; AIC; NYPL; LOC; Univ. KY; San Diego Mus. FA; Newark (NJ) Pub. Lib.; Princeton Univ. (Frank Jewett Mather Coll.).
Comments: A Surrealist painter whose imagery of the 1930s was greatly influenced by Dali. His full name was Federico Cristencia de Castellón y Martinez. Teacher: Columbia Univ., 1946-61; Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, 1952-61. Illustrator: Shenandoah, 1941; I Went into the Country, 1941; Bulfinch's Mythology, 1948; The Story of Marco Polo, 1954; The Man Who Changed China, 1954; The Story of J. J. Audubon, 1955; The Little Prince, 1954; The Life of Robert L. Stevenson, 1954. Reproduction of paintings on The Sumerian Civilization" for Life series "The Epic of Man," 1956; 15 paintings on "The History of Medicine" for MD magazine, 1960-61; The Story of Madame Curie...
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Abstract 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Untitled
By Franz Kline
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Provenance:
Marlborough Gallery
David McKee, Inc.
Manny Silverman Gallery
Private collection, Los Angeles
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Study for decoration Moscow metro station" Kievskaya Tempera, Real socialism
Located in Torino, IT
Real Socialism,Moscow,1970,Russia,Orange,Men at Work,Propaganda
VIKTOR A. KONOVALOV (Uidol, Vladimir region 1912 – Moscow 1995)
Russian painter and gr...
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Realist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Claude Muncaster HMS Ganges from a Naval Helicopter 1956 maritime art watercolor
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings from Claude Muncaster's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller."
Claude Munca...
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Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Nude on Green I, Gouache on Paper by George Zachary Constant
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Zachary Constant, Greek/American (1892 - 1978)
Title: Nude on Green I
Year: 1954
Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed
Size: 11 x 7.5 in. (27.94 x 19.05 cm)
Frame Size: 17 ...
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
The Witch
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art...
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Expressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Seated Nude, Modern Watercolor with Pastel by Byron Browne
By Byron Browne
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Byron Brown (American 1907 - 1961)
Title: Seated Nude
Year: 1957
Medium: Pastel and Watercolor on Paper, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 25.5 x 19.5 in...
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American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Cernay Passage - Drawing by André Gallaud - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by André Gallaud in 1959.
Titled, dated and signed in pencil in top right side.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The Rock - Drawing by Albert Gaulme - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by Albert Gaulme in 1950s.
Not signed.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1958
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1958.
Hand signed and dated lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Still Life', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Academie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Preliminary drawing for a sculpture
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary drawing for a sculpture
Black crayon on paper, 1959
Signed and dated middle right (see photo)
A rare 1950's AbEx drawing.
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Michael and Ala...
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Abstract 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Jazz Panel #3 - gouache, 102x186 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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Art Deco 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Young Man with Flower
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivaled influence on artists and image-making.
...
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American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Abstract Boat Composition - Mid 20th Century Mixed Media by George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he received a de...
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Abstract 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
'Seated Nude' Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Eve Nethercott, "Fall", New England Landscape
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fall (P6.8)
Eve Nethercott
American (1925–2015)
Date: 1951
Watercolor on Paper
Size: 18 x 22 in. (45.72 x 55.88 cm)
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Study of a Woman, Abstract Graphite on Paper by Remo Michael Farruggio
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Remo Farruggio, Italian/American (1904 - 1981)
Title: Study of a Woman
Year: 1955
Medium: Graphite on Paper, signed and dated
Size: 24 in. x 1...
Category
American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Naturalistic Female Nude Figurative Study
Located in Houston, TX
Seated nude women study in a naturalistic style. The work is signed and dated by the artist. The paper is not framed.
Many others are available. Please inquire to buy the entire collection.
Artist Biography: Emile Lejeune...
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Naturalistic 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Jazz Panel #1 - gouache, 102x186 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
Category
Art Deco 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
homme rouge (red man) - gouache on paper, 49x34 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
gouache on paper. Stamped and signed. Not framed.
Last painter of the school of Nice. This is an important painter, the first school in nice to have exhibited in New York at the G...
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Abstract 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Orientalist - gouache on paper, 65x50 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Gouache on paper. Stamped. Frame dimensions: 63x78 cm
Last painter of the school of Nice. This is an important painter, the first school in nice to have exhibited in New York at t...
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Abstract 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Jean Arp (1886-1966) - Constellation, from Art of Today, Masters of Abstract Art
By Jean Arp
Located in Varese, IT
silkscreen print, made in 1953 for Art of Today, Masters of Abstract Art, Album I
Limited edition of 300 copies ,
paper size: 65 x 50 cm
framed size: 74 x 58 cm
artist's pencil signa...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
C Print
Italian Village - Mid 20th Century Impressionist Watercolour by Bennett
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Sterndale Bennett Honor 1886-1975
Watercolour artist, born in Watford, she married into the famous family noted for its composers and for its military members. As an army wife she s...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Transformista 3 - Original Figurative Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
Transformista 3 - Original Figurative Drawing by Jose Luis Cuevas (b. 1934 d. 2017.)
This original ink drawing by Cuevas depicts two distorted figures pressing their faces together....
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
ABSTRACT American Woman Abstract Non-objective Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing
Located in New York, NY
ABSTRACT American Woman Abstract Non-objective Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing
Irene Rice Pereira (1902-1971)
Abstract
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
Watercolor, gouache, and ink on black paper
Signed lower right
Framed by Bark
BIO
rene Pereira was born in 1902 in Chelsea, Massachusetts and grew up in Great Barrington. She was strongly influenced by her mother who was an amateur artist. Irene began art lessons at the age of fifteen; she took a secretarial job because her father had died. She took art classes at the Art Students League in New York City. At the age of twenty-one she married the first of three husbands, Humberto Pereira, whose name she kept.
She traveled extensively in Europe and North Africa and was much inspired by the expansive vistas of the Sahara Desert. Returning to New York, she began incorporating these visions into her work, increasingly experimental in her styles and methods. At first she painted on canvas, then she devised a means of actually incorporating light into her works by painting on layers of glass and mounting the layers together.
In 1942 she married George Brown, an engineer, who helped her experiment with a variety of materials. By the 1950s she became more interested in writing poetry and, divorced from Brown in 1952, she married George Reavey, an Irish Poet...
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Abstract 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Male Torso
By John Koch
Located in London, GB
Pencil, coloured pencil and chalk on paper, titled (lower left), signed (lower right), 31cm x 46cm, (51cm x 68cm framed).
John Koch was an American painter and teacher, and an impo...
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American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pencil, Color Pencil
“Feet” USA, 1950s, Stamped by the estate of Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unparalleled and iconic influence on artistic culture and image-making.
During the 1950's Warhol became established in New York City as an illustrator for many fashion publications, often designing advertisements for shoes. This period informed his continued fascination with representing the body – both nude and adorned. His minimal line drawings...
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
" Elégante à la rose et l'éventail " . Carlton Cannes .
By René Gruau
Located in CANNES, FR
René Gruau ( 1909 - 2004 )
" Elégante à la rose et l'éventail "
Dessin original et unique .signé .
Graphite et fusain sur papier .
taille feuille : 83 x50 cm
taille globale : ...
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Art Deco 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper
1950s Denver Skyline Painting – Graphite & Watercolor Colorado Cityscape Art
Located in Denver, CO
A captivating midcentury cityscape titled "Denver Skyline", this original 1950s watercolor and graphite painting offers a rare industrial-era view of lower downtown Denver, Colorado....
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Flowers - Drawing by Albert Fernand-Renault - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers is a drawing realized by Albert Fernand-Renault in the early 20th Century.
Pencil on paper.
Stamped signed.
Good Conditions with diffused foxing.
The artwork is realized ...
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Seated Nude with Mirror /// Figurative Chair Lady Woman Byron Browne Drawing Art
By Byron Browne
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Byron Browne (American, 1907-1961)
Title: "Seated Nude with Mirror"
*Signed and dated by Browne in pencil lower right
Year: 1957
Medium: Original Graphite Pencil Drawing on u...
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Graphite
Surrealist Figure in Space-scape, Surrealist Wax Crayon Drawing by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 -2002) - Surrealist Figure in Space-scape, Year: 1956, Medium: Wax Crayon on paper, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm), Frame Size: 20.5 x 18 inches...
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Surrealist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Wax Crayon
Japanese culture drawing, Kimono, Japanese dress, traditional clothing.
By Jean Jansem
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Title is Fillette en Kimono, 1954 .Drawing by Jean Jansem, 1954. Included the certificate of authentic by Stephanie's gallery.
Fillette en Kimono" is a captivating black and white drawing that beautifully captures the essence of Japanese culture and traditional clothing...
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Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Reclining Nude Woman Covering Her Face
Located in Houston, TX
Reclining nude woman covering her face from the viewer. The work is signed by the artist. The paper is not framed.
Many others are available. Ple...
Category
Naturalistic 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" Original Broadway Set Design Mid 20th Century American
By Jo Mielziner
Located in New York, NY
Jo Mielziner (1901 – 1976) "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," 7 ½ x 11 ½ inches. Pencil on paper. Label verso from Richard Stoddard, Dated June 18. 1996. Mr. Joe W...
Category
Performance 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Hôtel de la Marine, Place de la Concorde, Paris, Watercolor
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
The Hôtel de la Marine, Paris.
Watercolor signed and dated (19)50.
Signature to be identified.
Paper laminated on cardboard.
Insolation.
39 x 50 cm
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Painter Giorgio De Chirico - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950 ca
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccarin in the 1950s. It depicts the painter and Master of Pittura Metafisica Giorgio De Chirico.
Hand signed.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Minister Scelba - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1954
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
China Ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by Mino Maccari in 1954, and depicting the former italian Prime Minister Mario Scelba.
Hand signed.
Very good condition
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
The Holy Family - Original Drawing by Giselle Halff - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Holy Family is an Original Drawing in Pastel realized by Giselle Halff (1899-1971). Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right margin.
Good conditions.
Giselle Halff (1899-...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Androscoggin River Falls, study for The Manufacturers National Bank of Lewiston-
Located in Miami, FL
If there ever were a perfect work in the canon of art history, this masterpiece study by Dean Cornwell would be it. Every line has meaning and not a line out of place, as Cornwell d...
Category
American Realist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Interior (Untitled)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
nterior (Untitled), 1958, watercolor and ink on paper mounted on cardboard, signed and dated lower right, 11 ½ x 16 ½ inches (sight); 12 x 18 inches (sheet); inscribed lower left “To...
Category
American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Trillium" original watercolor painting by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this small painting, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a simple trillium flower, the white petals framed by blue-green leaves.
10 x 7.25 inches, artwork
19.75 x 17.25 inch...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Sunset - Original Watercolor - 1951
Located in Roma, IT
"Sunset" is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by anonymous artist of the XX century. date in 1951, hand-signed not readable.
The state of preservation of the artw...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
“Monhegan Island, Maine”
By Ted Davis
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor of Monhegan Island, Maine on archival paper by the well known American watercolorist, Ted Davis. Signed lower right and dated 1950. Cond...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Un chapeau de Paille d'Italie - Original China Ink Drawing by Flor David - 1951
By Flor David
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 55.2 x 32.3 cm.
Un Chapeau de Paille d'Italie is a superb original pencil and ink drawing on ivory glossy paper realized by Flor David in 1951, as it is reported i...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Young Man with Flower
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivaled influence on artists and image-making.
In recent years there has been new scholarship and increasing commercial interest in Andy Warhol's early works, material created prior to Pop Art.
During the 1950's Warhol established himself in New York City as a trendy illustrator contributing to a wide number of fashion publications and retailers. His simple line drawings were modern and gentle, with a subtle but unmistakably gay touch. In a short period of time, he created an aesthetic that was both versatile and distinctively his.
Like the consummate artist that he was, Warhol was frequently drawing. The images he created during this era, independent from his fashion commissions, were romantic, hopeful, and unabashedly gay. It is worth emphasizing that Warhol was almost exclusively dedicated to drawing during this period, only creating a handful of paintings - which were intended to be used for window displays.
Taschen, the legendary art book publisher, recently released the book Andy Warhol: Love, Sex, and Desire 1950-1962 which celebrates his drawings of the male form from the pre-Pop era.
This portrait is a paradigm of Warhol's mastery of line and visionary framing. A man's profile commands the composition as he gazes forward with his hand raised towards his mouth, holding a delicate flower. With the lightest touch, Warhol masterly portrays this male ideal with the details of his chiseled jawline, softened gaze, and timeless elegance.
Warhol drawings from the 1950s are marked by a gentle whimsy that embodies Warhol's vivid imagination. With fanciful details such as exaggerated lips and eyebrows, "Young Man with Flower...
Category
American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
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