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Paintings For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1950s
Girl at the Morning Toilet - Oil on hardboard by Francisco Ribera Gomez - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Girl at the morning toilet is a contemporary artwork realzied in 1962 by Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990) Mixed colored oil on hardboard. Ha...
Category

1960s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

'Large Abstract', San Francisco Bay Area, North Beach, Beat, Beatnik, Big Sur
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'K. Sanzenbach' for Keith Sanzenbach (American, 1931-1964) and dated 1956. Additionally signed, verso, and with the artist's Lagunitas, California address. The ...
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Gouache

Verbena Flowers by Stéphanie Guerzoni - Oil on Canvas - 55x46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Stéphanie Caroline Guerzoni (1887-1970) was an Austrian-born artist who spent much of her life contributing to the European art scene. Born in Vienna, she experienced the vibrant cul...
Category

1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil on Canvas by Jallais, Boats in Port, 1960s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Jallais, France, 1960s. Boats in port. In its pretty dark brown wooden frame. With frame: 68x58 cm - 26.8x22.8 inches, without frame: 61x50 cm - 24x19.7 inches. 12F ...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Rockwell Kent Copy of "Vermont Winter 1921" Oil on Canvas Painting, 1960
Located in Baltimore, MD
This large painting is a ca. 1960 copy of a famous Rockwell Kent painting that was executed in Vermont in 1921. The work is oil on canvas and well represents the original image, tho...
Category

1960s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Restaurant terrace at evening in Montmartre, Paris. Oil on canvas, 46x38 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Restaurant terrace at evening in Montmartre, Paris. Oil on canvas, 46x38 cm
Category

1950s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 28H by 26L.
Category

1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid 20thCentury Modernist: Harbour Scene in Morning Light Oil circa 1950's
Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine mid 20th Century impressionist harbour scene oil circa 1950's, Signed lower right. oil on canvas 27cmx 46.5cm Painted wood frame 45cmx 64cm Wonderfully painted plein air. Ve...
Category

1950s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Venice Canal, Italy" Claude Venard, French Post-Cubist Mid-Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
Claude Venard (French, 1913 - 1999) Venice Canal, Italy, circa 1950-55 Oil on canvas 24 x 24 inches Signed lower center Provenance: Private Collection, Massachusetts The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Galerie Felix Vercel. Claude Venard was a notable exponent of the French mid-century post-Cubist movement. He was born to bourgeois parents from Burgogne in Paris, on March 21, 1913. At the age of 17, he enrolled and attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, but remained for only two days, not adhering to the school's academic style. Instead, he spent the following six years at the École des Arts Appliqués, taking evening classes and embracing the contemporary Parisian art scene, all the while becoming recognized in its circles. Not able to support himself as an artist, by 1936 he found employment as a restorer at the Louvre, further honing his artistic skills. Paris of the period was dominated by an art trend that strongly favored abstraction. Following a group show at the Galerie Billet-Worms in 1935, art critic Waldemar George declared: "Let's be young again! Painting is not dead… Its course has not stopped. Forces Nouvelles is born." Venard contributed and initially adhered to the strict disciplines of the Forces Nouvelle group. But as with many of his fellow members, he soon abandoned it seeking individual expression. Following WWII, Venard rekindled friendships with past Forces Nouvelles members, joining Pierre Tal-Coat, André Marchand, André Civet...
Category

1950s Cubist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique French Impressionist Portrait Painting Gathering Flowers Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist oil painting by Pierre Eugène Duteurtre (1911 - 1989). Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. ...
Category

1960s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jewish Man Playing Viol, Framed Oil Painting by Abraham Straski, 1952
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jewish Man Playing Viol (3-F) Abraham Straski, Polish (1903–1987) Date: 1952 Oil on Canvas, signed and dated Size: 16 x 11.5 in. (40.64 x 29.21 cm) Frame Si...
Category

1950s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Winter Snow Forest Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted Antique American impressionist winter landscape painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 11"L x 15"H.
Category

1960s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting by Christine Opolus. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed. Framed. Image size, 32L x 12"H.
Category

1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Abstract Geometric painting Gold Balls Maroon Framed American
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract geometric painting by an unknown artist in an artist made natural wood frame.
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Manila, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception', Intramuros General Luna Street
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right indistinctly, ( A.B. Delarova? ) and dated, '68''. Inscribed verso, 'Manila, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception viewed from General Luna Street'. A deftly-painted, tonalist oil painting showing of this elegant section of Manila with the silhouette of the dome of the cathedral as viewed from the far end General Luna Street. This minor basilica (Catedral Metropolitana de la Inmaculada Concepción), also known as Manila Cathedral, is located in Intramuros, the historic walled city located in the heart of today's modern city of Manila. It is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary...
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1960s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Still Life with Grapes', French School
Located in London, GB
'Still Life with Grapes', oil on canvas, French School, signed 'Kerlog' (circa 1950s). A naively charming still life with vibrant colours and ha...
Category

1950s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Untitled”
Located in Southampton, NY
Early, original oil on canvas painting by the well known American abstract expressionist artist, John Little. Signed and dated lower right, 1958. Signed and dated verso. Rose Fried...
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

St. Paul de Vence, Large Impressionist painting by Dimitrie Berea 1957
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dimitrie Berea, Romanian (1908 - 1975) Title: St. Paul de Vence Year: 1957 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 29 in. x 39 in. (73.66 cm x 99.06 cm) Frame Size: 41 x 47 ...
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Composition - Oil on Canvas by Mario Asnago - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized in the mid-20th Century by Mario Asnago. Mixed colored oil painting. Hand signed on the lower margin. Includes frame: 90x5...
Category

1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Cubist Girl on Chair - Mid 20th Century Oil by Dennis Henry Osborne
By Dennis Henry Osborne
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Osborne was born in Portsmouth, England in 1919 and died in 2016. He served in WW2 with the Royal Artillery and was a prisoner of war in Italy and Germany for over three years. After the war he pursued his art studies with a grant from the London County Council, and studied at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. After Camberwell, it was his affinity for Irish landscape that brought him in 1950 to live in Donegal, Ireland. In this year he exhibited in the Royal Academy. In 1952 he emigrated to Ontario, Canada with his first wife the late artist Jean Osborne, a protegy of Paul Nietsche...
Category

1960s Cubist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Framed Fauvist Forest Landscape Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstracted forest landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 24H by 36L.
Category

1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spanish seascape Spain oil on canvas painting mediterranean sea
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquín Asensio Mariné (1890-1961) - Landscape - Oil on canvas Oil measures 33x41 cm. Frame measures 60x68 cm. Asensio Mariné (Barcelona, 1890-1961) was a painter who specialized in...
Category

1950s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Rota, Spanish Landscape -- Pobre Casa Cadiz
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful Spanish landscape of a humble farm in Rota, Cadiz, Spain with horses, a cow with two herons, one of which is on cow's back by San Francisco artist John Sackas (American, 1910-2004), circa 1950s. Signed lower Left "Sackas" and verso Rota Farm House Cadiz" "John Sackas" . Verso has location, attribution and full artist's biography. Presented in gilt-toned carved wood frame. Image size: 14"H x 18"W. Born in New Jersey on May 22, 1910. John Sackas studied at the San Francisco Art Institute (1934), Chouinard Art School in Los Angeles, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and California School of Fine Arts, Jerry...
Category

1950s American Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board

Nude with Tree at El Capitan - Yosemite Mid Century Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century figurative landscape of a nude female figure with tree at El Capitan, Yosemite, California by Margaret Wherry Ziegler (American, 1909-1989). Signed "M. Ziegler" lower right. Displayed in a rustic new silver gilt frame. Image, 24"H x 12"W. Margaret Wherry Ziegler was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 27, 1909. At a young age she traveled with her parents to the Philippines, Japan, India, Italy, Greece, and Europe. She studied art at the Cincinnati Art Academy, Minneapolis Art Institute, the University of the Philippines, and the California College of Arts and Crafts. While in Japan she studied Japanese brush painting...
Category

1950s American Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Bedouin Woman in Purple, Modern Framed Oil Painting by Philippe Alfieri
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Philippe Alfieri, Italian/American (1921 - 2009) Title: Bedouin Woman in Purple Year: circa 1970 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm) Fram...
Category

1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Autumnal Oil Still Life in Style of Post Impressionist Albert Andre
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful post impressionistic still life of autumn yellow chrysanthemums with boughs of bronze maple leaves in a vase. Painted in style of Albert Andre (French, 1869 - 1954). Circa ...
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Nicely Framed American Modernist New England Coastal Lake Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist landscape oil painting by Harold Saxton Burr (1889 - 1973). Framed. Oil on board. Signed verso. Image size, 16H by 16L.
Category

1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Joy flows away
Located in PARIS, FR
Famous french painter of XXth century, born in Moscow in 1902 and died in Paris in 1976. The Count André Lanskoy works are exhibited in the world's greatest museums like : National ...
Category

1960s French School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Farewell, Nude Oil Painting on Canvas by Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991) Title: Farewell Year: circa 1964 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 18 in. x 10 in. (45.72 cm x 25.4 cm) Frame Size: 23 x 15 inches
Category

1960s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Paris School Nude Female Bathers Double Sided Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist nude woman portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category

1950s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

UNTITLED (1969), [SF69-005], Abstract Painting by Sam Francis
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Sam Francis (1923‐1994) UNTITLED [SF69-005] acrylic on paper 104.7 x 74.9 cm (41 1/4 x 29 1/2 in) Executed in 1969 Signed and dated on the base This work is identified with the int...
Category

1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Livingroom Interior of the Artist Villa, Lidingö
Located in Stockholm, SE
A captivating interior painting by artist Per Fischer, depicting his living room in his villa on Lidingö, a large island just outside Stockholm. Signed and dated "PF 55" (1955), this...
Category

1950s Art Nouveau Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Gouache, Panel

Portrait of a Young Man - Large Modern British Figurative Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A superb large scale Modern British oil on canvas portrait of a smartly dressed young man wearing a striped shirt, suit jacket and tie. Excellent quality and unsusual work, which i...
Category

1960s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Silver Framed Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.
Category

1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist landscape the South of France, with children playing
Located in Woodbury, CT
A wonderful French impressionist landscape of children playing in a playground somewhere in the South of France. The earliest work by the artist is from the late 1960s and this piece...
Category

1960s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Study for Spring Sweep, Signed 1960s painting, Washington Color School, Framed
Located in New York, NY
HOWARD MEHRING Study for Spring Sweep, 1964 Oil, oil stick, charcoal, gouache painting on paper Hand signed, dated and annotated with the names of the colors in graphite pencil on the front This is a unique work Frame included: elegantly matted and framed in a museum quality dark blue wood frame with UV plexiglass This 1964 hard edge painting on paper...
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Oil, Gouache, Mixed Media

Vintage Modernist Exotic Tropical Flowers and Red Bird Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6005 Vintage oil painting of an exotic plumed bird set in a bed of colorful flowers. Canvas set on wood board . Set in a vintage hand painted red wood frame' Image size 10.5x1...
Category

1960s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Antique French Avante Garde Abstract Expressionist Surreal Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and finely painted French modernist abstract painting by Jacques Doucet (1924 - 1994) . Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Artist Bio: Jacques Doucet's work is inextricably bo...
Category

1950s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Sailing off Trouville', Brittany Coast, French Impressionist Oil, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'H. Nourry' for Henri Nourry (French, 1902-1978) and painted circa 1965. Label, verso, with title 'Trouville', artist dates, and inscription, 'Voiliers près de la côte bretonne' (Sailboats near the Brittany coast...
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1960s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

By the Beach, Oil on Canvas Painting by André Hambourg
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant oil on mounted canvas is by André Hambourg (France, 1909-1999) and features a seaside composition. The artwork is signed in the bottom left corner. The landscape is a lo...
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Antique Ukrainian American Abstract Expressionist Thick Impasto Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Ukrainian American abstract painting by Misha Reznikoff (1905 - 1971). Oil on canvas. Signed verso in monogram. Measuring 20.5 by 30.5 inches.
Category

1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Young Boy with Donkey, William Weintraub
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: William Weintraub (1926) Title: Young Boy with Donkey Year: 1962 Medium: Oil on board Size: 33 x 25.5 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed and dated by the artist ...
Category

1960s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

English School Mid 20th Century Oil Painting Staffordshire Bull Terrier Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Staffordshire Bull Terrier: Champion "Fearless Red of Bandits" by Dorothy Alexandra Johnson (1902-1988) unsigned oil painting on canvas, u...
Category

1950s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Mediterranean Provencal Oil On Canvas, Boats in Martigues, 1940-1950s
By François Bernard
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
French mediterranean provencal painting. Oil on canvas by François Bernard, France, 1940-1950s. Boats in Martigues, Provence. With frame : 61x111 cm - 24x43.7 inches, without frame :...
Category

1950s Naturalistic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morning Sunrise, Mid Century Laguna Hills Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century plein air figural landscape of Laguna Niguel, California by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). The morning sun gli...
Category

1950s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Place de la Republique - Le Soir - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Edouard Cortes
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist oil on canvas landscape circa 1950 by sought after French painter Edouard Cortes. The work depicts an evening scene of the Place de la Republique square in Paris France. The ground, bare trees and buildings are covered in a dusting of white snow. The street lights are glowing and the Monument a la Republique is visible in the distance. Signature: Signed lower left Dimensions: Framed: 19"x24" Unframed: 13"x18" Provenance: International Galleries - Chicago c. 1950 This work is included in the Catalogue Raisonne of the painters work "Edouard Cortes (1882-1969) : The Complete Works" Ref: EC001317 A photo certificate of authenticity accompanies the painting Edouard Leon Cortes, the son of the painter Antonio Cortès, was sent to the front during World War I to sketch enemy positions. In civilian life, his base was in Lagny in the former studio of Cavallo-Peduzzi. Although he travelled extensively in France. Notably in Normandy, Brittany, the Champagne region and Savoy painting...
Category

1950s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Work C.87. Oil on canvas by Masaaki Yamada (1961), geometric abstract painting
By Masaaki Yamada
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Masaaki Yamada (1929-2010) Work C.87 Executed in 1961 Oil on canvas 65.2 x 45.6 cm. (25 5/8 x 17 6/8 in.) Signed, dated and artist’s seal in Japanese (on the reverse)
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Composition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aaron Levy was born in New York City in 1899. After retiring in 1951 from a career as president of E. Milius & Company, a textile company, Levy began a new career as a fine artist. ...
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Anna Costa (circa 1960s). This is a beautiful, expressive portrait of a young woman painted by the artist using her trademark vibrant c...
Category

1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Repos dans un champs de coquelicots - Pointillist Landscape Oil by Yvonne Canu
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointillist oil on panel figures in landscape by French neo-impressionist painter Yvonne Canu. This stunning piece depicts a couple resting under a parasol in a field of wildf...
Category

1960s Pointillist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

'Abstract in Coral and Ivory', Mid-century Modernist Abstraction in Warm Colors
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, 'M. Rosera' (American, 20th century) and dated 1963. A substantial mid-century abstract comprising contiguous and overlapping forms in variegated tones of coral, purp...
Category

1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Greece by Edouard Arthur, Oil on canvas 38x61 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame Total size with frame 48x71 cm Edouard ARTHUR is an artist born in 1917 and died in 2002. His works have been sold at public auction 12 times, mainly ...
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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Figurative Landscape -- Aptos Village Apple Shed and Market
Located in Soquel, CA
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,...
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1960s American Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Mid Century Nude Study, Reclining Figure on Blue Original Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Nude Study, Reclining Figure on Blue in Oil on Board Mid Century nude study of a female figure in a reclining pose with a rich blue background by listed artist Jon Blanc...
Category

1960s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board

"View from the Docks on the East River, New York" Bela de Tirefort, Cityscape
By Bela de Tirefort
Located in New York, NY
Bela de Tirefort View from the Docks on the East River, New York, 1958 Signed and dated lower right Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches Bela de Tirefort was born in Eastern Europe, painted...
Category

1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Reading Rabbi, Oil Painting by Abraham Straski
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Abraham Straski, Polish (1903 - 1987) Title: Untitled - Polish Rabbi 12F Year: circa 1957 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Image Size: 10.5 x 7 inches Frame Size: 20 x 15 i...
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1950s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid Century Modern Large Geometric Abstract Framed Hard Edge Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted large geometric abstract painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 48 by 36 inches.
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Sierra Mountain California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century impasto landscape of tall trees and mountain peaks in the Sierras by an unknown California artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned and unframed. Image size: 2...
Category

1960s American Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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