1950s Abstract Paintings

Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.

Vintage European modernist coastal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.

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...

This superb British Abstract Expressionist oil painting on board is by noted artist Bernard Kay. It was painted in London in 1955. This striking painting is a mix of shades of black ...

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.

Antique American impressionist landscape painting by Genevieve Pierce Law (1906-1995). Oil on board. Framed. Signed.

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker. Framed. Oil on canvas.

Vintage abstract composition by John W. Hatch (1919 - 1998, American). Exhibited work with a tag lower left. Gouache and watercolor on paper. Signed. Framed.

This superb large abstract oil painting is by Italian born but South African based artist Armando Baldinelli. It was painted circa 1958 after Baldinelli left Italy for South Africa a...

Trees in Bloom Along the River Landscape in Oil on Heavy Cardstock Bold oil landscape by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Trees with pink and white blooms line the bank of a river. The river is shown in streaks of pink, green, and yellow, reflecting the surrounding landscape. At the far edge of the river, bright green mountains sharply rise from the bank. Acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Stamp from the Larry Miller Fine Art on verso. Unframed. Board size: 14.75"H x 22"W Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985) was an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist who studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff and James Budd Dixon...

Like many of her compatriots, Agnes Hart first began to paint in a social realist, or WPA, style. Later in her career, after WWII, she moved to abstraction and created vibrant, impac...

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.

Gen Paul (1895-1955 Fr.) lived in Montmartre, Paris France. He is know for his action painting with quick brush strokes and this work of art was painted around 1955-1960. He was a mu...

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker (1929 - 2021). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.

Provenance: Estate of Samuel Esses, then by descent in the family Gouache on paper Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world aro...

Provenance: Estate of Samuel Esses, by descent in the family Gouache on paper4500 Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world arou...

This stunning British abstract oil on paper painting is by noted radical British artist Robyn Denny. One of his earlier works, it was painted in February 1959. Entitled blue and gree...

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker (1929-2021). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.

Provenance: Estate of Samuel Esses, by descent in the family Gouache on paper Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around h...

Monochrome Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper San Francisco Bay area abstract expressionist composition by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Although this piece only uses black and white paint, the blue paper creates an additional layer of depth. Lines dance across the paper, implying movement and expression, yet the piece is well-balanced and harmonious. Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Unframed. Paper size: 25.5"H x 20"W Larry Miller 1958-2003, Larry was a specialist in bay area abstract artists and purchased numerous bay area artists estates. He purchased the entirety of the Honora Berg Estate and we purchased many of those works directly from Larry. Honora Berg, an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist, studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff and James Budd Dixon...

Provenance: Estate of Samuel Esses, then by descent in the family Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Sc...

This superb Scottish Abstract oil painting is by noted sixties Edinburgh artist Alexander McNeish. An early work, painted circa 1957 when McNeish was just 25 years old, it demonstrat...

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.

Antique American modernist New York City oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found. Label from Kamil Kubik (1930 - 2011).

Antique American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.

Abram Abraham Krol was born January 22, 1919, in Pabianice (Lodz), Poland. Abram Krol went to France in 1938 to study civil engineering at the Universit...

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.

Vintage American abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 18L x 24H.

Salvatore Grippi was my art professor at Ithaca college from 1970- 1971 Who was doing paintings like this in 1950? Jackson Pollack, Willem De Kooning and Salvatore Grippi, and a few...

An original very large British Abstract Expressionist oil on canvas by Trevor Bell, the last of the St Ives modernists. Titled December in Anticoli and painted in 1959 after Mark Rot...

Antique English modernist landscape oil painting by Phillip Castle (Born 1943). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso.

5-3240a Oil on artist board set in a vintage black wood frame

Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Cardboard San Francisco Bay area abstract expressionist composition by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Blue, red, and yellow-green patches swirl around each other, evoking the image of a nebula or body of water with leaves floating on top. The bold colors contrast with each other, creating a strong impression even from a distance. Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Estate stamp on verso "Estate of Honora Berg - Miller Fine Art" Unframed. Paper size: 29.75"H x 22"W Larry Miller 1958-2003, Larry was a specialist in bay area abstract artists and purchased numerous bay area artists estates. He purchased the entirety of the Honora Berg Estate and we purchased many of those works directly from Larry. Honora Berg, an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist, studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff and James Budd Dixon...

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...

Antique American signed abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.

A Welsh artist, Morgan studied at Cardiff College of Art under Ceri Richards. He was a renowned imaginative artist and friend of Cedric Morris. He was influenced by the Benton End ar...

Antique American impressionist pastel painting. Pastel on paper. Framed. Signed.

Vintage Indonesian modernist nude oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.

Antique American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso.

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Majorie Shaw Kubach. Oil on canvas. Framed in a minimal white wood frame.

Antique American modernist beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 20L x 16H.

Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 24L x 18H.

Richard Anuszkiewicz Near and Far Acuity, 1957 Gouache and watercolor painting Hand signed and dated 1957 by Richard Anuszkiewicz on the right front Frame included Anuszkiewicz' artworks from the late 1950s are rarely found on the market. This historic painting is one of the works that helped launch the artist's career. It was done in 1957 - the year the artist arrived in New York. Near and Far Acuity has been removed from its original frame, and re-framed in an elegant wood frame with conservation materials and UV plexiglass. The original gallery label from The Contemporaries has been preserved and affixed to the new backing, and the collector who acquires this work will also be provided with a copy of the original receipt - signed by Karl Lunde (director of the Contemporaries and author of a major monograph on the artist). Measurements: Frame: 32 x 28 x 2 inches Artwork: 21 x 25 inches This work was first exhibited in the groundbreaking, and career-making 1960 exhibition at The Contemporaries gallery (New York, February 29, 1960 - March 19, 1960) and was featured in the exhibition catalogue, shown in the images here. In his essay entitled "Richard Anuszkiewicz: Color Precisionist" by art historian John T. Spike, he writes, "In the spring of '57, Richard Anuszkiewicz left Ohio for good. "I was ready. I came to New York with a substantial amount of work. I was ready to go around to the galleries and I was prepared because I really had something. I had an idea. I had a series of paintings that showed this idea and I felt good about it and I felt now that's the only place for me to be." A friend helped him get a job touching up the plaster models of classical temples and statues in the Junior Museum of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He took off six months the next year to travel around Europe in a Volkswagen, also seeing some places in North Africa. "When I came back, I remember taking my work around to the galleries and receiving interesting comments — positive comments from the various people. But Abstract Expressionism was very popular. My things were very hard-edged, very strong in color — a use of color that nobody was using. Everybody would say. 'Oh, they are nice, but so hard to look at. They hurt my eyes". Leo Castelli considered him seriously but the gallery was developing a specialization in pop artists like Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. "I can remember going to Martha Jackson and having her look at the work and she would put her hands straight out in front of her and block out parts of the painting with her hand and she'd say, mmm no rest areas." He finally caught on with The Contemporaries Gallery in the fall of 1959. The gallery at 992 Madison Avenue mainly represented new European talent. Karl Lunde, the gallery director, saw some of his canvases hanging...

Antique American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.

Work sold to benefit the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART Joseph B. O’Sickey (American, 1918–2013) Untitled, c. 1950 Oil on paper Signed lower right 12.5 x 19 inches Joseph O'Sickey, bo...

Antique American impressionist beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 20L x 16H.

Home in the desert  is an artwork realized by Mario Asnago (Barlassina, 25 March 1896 – Monza, 28 January 1981).  Oil paiting on canvas. 107 x 85 cm; framed. Hand signed in the lo...

Oil on canvas modernist city scape painted circa 1950 by Paul K Smith (1893-1977) titled Central City, Colorado. Portrays a city scene of historic buildin...

2901 City Landscape ,acrylic on canvas Displayed in a custom gilt wood frame Image size 18x24" overall 21x26.5" Signed Varen

Antique American impressionist street scene oil painting by Kamil Kubik (1930 - 2011) . Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.

Born in Germany, Weisenborn was an early American modernist painter. Encounters with the proto-cubist work of French artist Paul Cézanne and other avant-garde artists spoke to Weisen...

Antique American modernist abstract minimalist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso.

This Untitled Abstract Composition signed by the Polish Born artist Zvi Mairovich, originating from Haifa Israel, Circa 1950. Features a highly gestural abstracted landscape in hues ...

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.

Step into the captivating embrace of autumn with this exceptional vintage American School modernist abstract landscape oil painting. This finely painted original work invites you to ...

'Cubist Still Life', oil on board, with guitar, wine bottle and glasses, (circa 1950s - 1960s), by an unknown artist. A masterly cubist still life representation depicting items atop...

Seascape view of a boat dock. Painting is in a cubist style with neutral tones. The artist uses color and shape to create depth in the painting. Placed in a thick wooden frame. Artis...