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Period: 1950s
Antique American Abstract Cubist Mid Century Framed Cat Portrait Signed Geist
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract composition signed Geist. Oil on board, circa 1950. Signed lower right. Displayed in a wood frame. Excellent ready to hang condition.
Category
Cubist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Modern American Colorful Abstract Expressionist Painting Circa 1950's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2765a A circa 1950's bold abstract expressionist painting on canvas set in a gilt wood frame Signed verso by Zari
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Foil
The Orchestra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Orchestra, 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 21 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches, labeled verso “Brown University, Trustee, The Walter Feldman Trust for Artwork” titled verso,...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Mid Century Figural Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring 30 by 36 inches overall and 22 by 28 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handso...
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,500 Sale Price
20% Off
Large American Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting "Blue Landscape" Oregon 1955
Located in Portland, OR
A large American Abstract Expressionist oil on canvas painting by Pacific Northwest artist Frederick Heidel ( 1915-2000), "Blue Landscape", Oregon, circa 1955.
This is a large & earl...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Houses and Church on the French Countryside (quaint village scene)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A rare color lithograph by late French artist, Éliane Thiollier. Edition of 275, certificate of authentication is provided. Minor acid staining from the old mat.
Éliane Thiollier s...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
'Expressionist Woodland', Paris, Morocco, Danish Royal Academy, Charlottenborg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Mogens Valeur" (Danish, 1927-1999) and dated 1956.
Mogens Valeur first studied with Peter Rostrup Boyesen and, later, attended the Copenhagen Art Academy. He su...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Tropical Ocean Cove Hawaiian Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American impressionist tropical beach landscape. Oil on board. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period wood molding. Excellent condition, re...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$700 Sale Price
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Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil Pastel on Cardboard
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil Pastel on Cardboard
San Francisco Bay area abstract expressionist composition by Ho...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Cardboard
Vintage American School Framed Modernist Fall Signed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting by Frank Barry. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 27 by 31 inches overall and 18 by 22 painting alone. Nicely framed in a wood...
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$700 Sale Price
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Blue and Green Summer Abstract
By Carl Holty
Located in Greenwich, CT
A fresh and intriguing composition that keeps you looking at it. The composition is composed of summer greens, whites, blues and lavenders and also conveys figures and movement. Ho...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Framed Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful early American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,160 Sale Price
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Mid Century Abstracted Figurative -- Downtown Couple Art Exhibit
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant mid century modern abstracted figurative in orange, red and black by Bay Area artist Paul Sheppard. Dated 1959 and signed "Sheppard." Presented i...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White Landscape, Abstract Expressionist Collage by Keith Morrow Martin 1959
Located in Long Island City, NY
An abstract collage on wood by Kenneth Morrow Martin, American (1911-1983). Exhibited: 1st Knoxville Art Center National Exhibtion, 1961
White Landscape by Keith Morrow Martin...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Varnish, Magazine Paper
Antique American School Cubist Signed Framed Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 12H by 10L.
Category
Cubist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,180 Sale Price
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Untitled (Highrise)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Untitled (Highrise), 1954, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 20 x 20 inches, presented in its original frame
Karl Benjamin was a California-based artist who is best known...
Category
Hard-Edge 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Antique American Abstract Expressionist Vintage Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
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Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Ervin B. Nussbaum (1914 - 1996). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Dated 1950.
Artist Bio:
Ervin B. Nussbaum was born in Co...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Cubist Signed Rare Early Framed Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed.
Category
Cubist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Framed Modernist Abstract Coastal Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canas. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, read...
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage American School Abstract Expressionist Large Neutral Tone Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,871 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique American School Summer Beach Scene Framed Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist seascape beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. No signature found. Framed. Image size, 18L x 14H.
Category
Impressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage New York Modernist Cityscape Brooklyn Bridge Dusk Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Framed Modernist Romantic Leaves Falling Waterfall Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso.
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$636 Sale Price
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1959 Geometric Abstraction by Francis Almeida Luzzatto
Located in New York, NY
Francis Almeida Luzzatto (American, 1935-1999)
Untitled, 1959
Oil on canvas
40 x 48 1/2 in.
Signed and dated lower right: Luzzatto 59
Partial label verso: The Art Rental Gallery, Wa...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1950s Abstract 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
Post-Impressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
French, Mid-Century View of a Port dated "59"
Located in SANTA FE, NM
View of a Port "59"
French Modernist School
Oil on canvas
Illegibly signed. l.r., dated "59"
28 3/4 x 23 3/4 (30 x 25 frame) inches
A positively brilliant, Modernist view of a French port...
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,140 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Cubist Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century cubist abstract. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Cubist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$980 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Abstracted Cape Cod Landscape Original Modernist Pastel Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape pastel painting. Pastel on board. Framed in plexi box.
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Art Deco Bird Still Life Signed Oil Panting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Signed.
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$221 Sale Price
25% Off
abstract 3, 1954 - Oil on canvas, 92x65 cm.
By François Jousselin
Located in Nice, FR
Abstract oil painting on canvas by the french painter François Jousselin. Not framed. Signed and dated 1954
François Jousselin, né à Laval le 27 octobre 1926 ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Art Deco Formula Two Grand Prix Car Racing Modernist MCM Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very rare and well painted Formula Two racing painting. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Nicely framed.
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
Provençal Landscape
Located in London, GB
'Provençal Landscape', oil on canvas, by Anna Costa (circa 1950s). This is an exceptional landscape painted by the artist in vibrant colours in an Impressio...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,804 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Mountain Stream Modernist Landscape
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Mountain Stream Modernist Landscape by Honora Berg
This mid century modernist landscape painting by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985) depicts a vibrant mountain stream, ...
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Laid Paper
"Untitled, 57-10" Stephen Pace, Dynamic, Vibrant Orange, Abstract Expressionism
By Stephen Pace
Located in New York, NY
Stephen Pace
Untitled, 57-10, 1957
Signed and dated lower right
Oil on canvas
47 x 38 inches
Born in Charleston, Missouri, Stephen Pace grew up in Indiana, where his parents operat...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,239 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique American Framed Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted mid century abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Great colors and bold brush strokes.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
French Abstract Expressionist Color Field Black and White Painting 1950's
By Jacques Simons
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3422 Black and white acrylic on paper
Displayed in black wood frame under glass
Image size 8x11.5"
French artist
Signed Jacques Simons
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'West Side, New York', Central Park, Manhattan Modernist Abstract, BMFA, Harvard
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Stoltenberg' for Donald Hugo Stoltenberg (American, 1927-2016) and dated 1957. Titled, verso on original artist's label, 'West Side, New York'.
Provenance: Mr. & ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Painter's Studio, Colorful Post-Cubist Oil Painting by A. Rigollot
By A. Rigollot
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning post-cubist and colorist still life oil on board painting is by A. Rigollot (France, 20th Century).
Colorist painting is characterized by intense color use, which becom...
Category
Cubist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Untitled, 58-26" Stephen Pace, Interlocking Forms, Blue and Black Abstract Work
By Stephen Pace
Located in New York, NY
Stephen Pace
Untitled, 58-26, 1958
Signed and dated lower left
Oil on canvas
56 x 40 inches
Born in Charleston, Missouri, Stephen Pace grew up in Indiana, where his parents operate...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Byzantine" Gertrude Greene, 1955 Abstract Heavy Impasto Layered Composition
By Gertrude Greene
Located in New York, NY
Gertrude Greene
Byzantine, 1955
Signed and dated lower right; signed titled and dated on verso
Oil on canvas
36 x 28 inches
A political leftist and social activist, Gertrude Greene...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Green abstract composition" Oil cm. 27 x 26 1950 ca Green , Yellow
By Dora Maar
Located in Torino, IT
Green, Yellow, abstract, Picasso,
Atelier stamp lower right
Dora Maar, original name Henrietta Theodora Markovitch (Marković), (born November 22, 1907, Paris, France—died July 16, 1...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Expressionist Beach Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage abstract beach scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, ready to han...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
100-10
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a collaboration between Marshall Simpson (1900 – 1958) and Roslynn Estelle Middleman (1929 – 2003), 100-10, by 1958, oil on Masonite, signed and titled verso, 22 x 30 inches,...
Category
Op Art 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Large Signed Cubist Abstract Framed Colorful Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$796 Sale Price
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Antique American School Signed Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school signed abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 19L x 13H.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$556 Sale Price
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Work B.0., 1957, Oil on canvas painting by Masaaki Yamada
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Masaaki Yamada, Work B.0., 1957
Oil on Wooden Panel
22.50 x 15.50 cm (8.86 x 6.10 in)
Work B.0. from 1957 is an exemplary piece from Masaaki Yamada's crucial early period, vividly ...
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Signed Framed Modernist "Massage" Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American signed interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Signed. Framed. Image size, 14L x 11H.
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$236 Sale Price
20% Off
Surreal Figurative City Landscape by Varen circa 1950's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
2901 City Landscape ,acrylic on canvas
Displayed in a custom gilt wood frame
Image size 18x24" overall 21x26.5"
Signed Varen
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract Non Objective Mid 20th Century American Modern Color Field 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Non Objective Mid 20th Century American Modern Color Field 1950s
James Daugherty (1887 – 1974)
Abstraction
84-1/2 x 42-1/2 inches
Signed and ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract 1955 - British abstract oil painting Slade School artist
Located in London, GB
This superb British 1950's abstract oil on board painting is by noted Slade School trained contemporary artist Leo Davy. Davy was born in Yorkshire but settled in Cornwall in 1968 an...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$10,909 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Rural Barn Scene Farming Bucolic Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage realist barn landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, ready to ha...
Category
Realist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Monumental Pop Art Architectural Cityscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century abstract cityscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,140 Sale Price
20% Off
Multicolor Geometric Cubist Gouache and Watercolor Painting by André Morin
Located in Atlanta, GA
This outstanding post-cubist and multicolor geometric composition, gouache, and watercolor painting was designed by French artist André Morin (20th Century).
Geometric art is the use...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'Abstract in Coral and Jade', Large Mid-century American Biomorphic Abstraction
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, mid-century American Abstract oil comprising biomorphic and dimensional forms in shades of coral, jade and straw, shown gathered around a central, rectangular element ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nell Sinton Abstract Expressionist Landscape San Francisco California Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
Eleanor Nell Sinton
Roots and Stems 1950,
Oil on canvas,
Signed lower right N. Sinton,
Provenance: Braunstein Quay Gallery (bears label verso)
Framed: 24.5 X 20.5 sight 21 X 17 inches.
Nell (Eleanor) Sinton (1910-1997) was a painter, art collector and educator in San Francisco, California
Nell Sinton began painting in the 1920s. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute (then called the California School of Fine Arts). Nell Sinton, one of the early California woman abstract expressionist painters.
A member of a family that moved to San Francisco in 1851, Nell Sinton began painting in the 1920s. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute (then called the California School of Fine Arts) a decade before abstract expressionism emerged there, and, later, with Lucien Labaudt and Maurice Sterne, (1937-1938). She also worked as an apprentice to Sterne on the Federal Art Project (WPA) murals in San Francisco (1938-40) and was a member of the San Francisco Art Commission (1959-63). In 1959, Sinton was acknowledged as one of the Ten Most Distinguished Bay Area Women. A notable Bay Area Expressionist...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Indian with Pipe
Located in New York, NY
This exceptional oil on canvas by master Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein is an exceptional and unique example of his early pre-pop work. It is signed by the artist, upper right.
After m...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Mid Century California Modernist Sunset Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
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