Abstract Abstract Paintings
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
Period: 1950s
Untitled Expressionist Style Figurative Abstract On Masonite
By Morris Gluckman
Located in Houston, TX
Early Morris Gluckman abstract painting of a black shadow figure holding a pink item.
Artist Biography: Morris Gluckman was born in 1894 in Kiev, Russia. He was an active artist in...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Masonite, Oil
Untitled
By Leon Wall
Located in Lawrence, NY
Like many AbEx painters of his era, Wall first painted in a WPA, or Social Realist Style, but this changed in the mid-1950s and he gained early prominence as an Abstract Expressionis...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Improversation #3 - Early Abstraction
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated lower right;
inscribed, Dated and Signed on Verso
Provenance: Ashley John Gallery
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
No Title 1958 Abstract Watercolor on Paper by Erich Keller
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense abstract watercolor has drawed on sheet of Fabriano paper, an Italian high quality paper specially made for artists and its artworks.
About Keller arworks was told many words but we want to add that every time we look at his creations we can feel at once his whole world.
Erich Keller...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Paper
Squares - Color Field Painting - like Mondrian
Located in Miami, FL
Squares is a bridge between Mondrian and the Hard-edge abstraction movement. Clearly, this is a very early work because the artist has not yet found his mature style. The flat squares of uneven proportion, are in a formal but off-axis vertical /horizontal grid structure. Perhaps it's the artists take on a "drunk Mondrian" where the squares stumble to align themselves. Each square shape is different in shape and color and with visible brushstrokes and light impasto. Look carefully at the gray squares. They all have a slightly different hue. The squares are all unique individuals and not a repetition To Goodnough this was his departure from his influencer.
Squares show the influence of his teachers including Hans Hofman...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil
'Fireflies', Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Art Association, Seattle
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Laisner' for George Laisner (American, 1914-1984), titled, verso, 'Fireflies', and painted circa 1955.
Born in Czechoslovakia, Laisner first studied at the Uni...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Encaustic, Board
Untitled Abstraction
Located in Summit, NJ
Gorgeous gouache on paper by Rolph Scarlett c. 1950s. The piece is in perfect condition. Unframed it measures 13.75 high by 16 wide. It is signed "Scarlett" lower right.
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Gouache
Large Sculptural Cubist Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Large colorful sculptural abstract painting by Texas artist Patrick Cronin. Painted with acrylic paint and mixed media, dated 1986.
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Mixed Media
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting "Window"
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich.
Toma Yovanovich (1931-2016)
Yovanovich was a painter/printmaker whose work is in collections a...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Adine Stix
Located in Summit, NJ
Gorgeous watercolor by Adine Stix. This piece was painted in the 1950s and was acquired directly from Adine's daughter. It is beautifully framed and matted in a gold cube frame under...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Cool Birches
By Harold Nickerson
Located in New York, NY
Harold Nickerson "Cool Birches", Abstract/Landscape Oil on Canvas, 28 x 36, Mid 20th Century, 1958
Colors: Green, Yellow, Blue, White, Brown, Black
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Forms in Charcoal and Jade', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, SFMFA, CWS
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Gilberg' for Robert George Gilberg (American, 1911-1970) and dated '58'.
Born in Oakland, Robert George Gilberg first studied at the Oakland Art Center during t...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Gouache, Laid Paper
"Corrida" Abstract The Bullfight
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leopoldo Gonzales Jr
Born 1921
San Antonio Artist
Size: 36 x 22
Frame: 42.5 x 28
Medium: Casein
Circa 1958 Mid Century Modern
"Corrida"
Biography
Leopoldo Gonzales Jr Born 1921
Exh...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstraction
Located in Kensington, MD
Signed: Gendron '59
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Abstract Composition - Oil on Canvas by E. De Tomi - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original oil on canvas painting realized by Enrico De Tomi in the 1950s
Good conditions. Includes contemporary wooden frame: 54 x 4 x 66 cm
Hand-signed i...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled Figure (c. 1950s)
By Adine Stix
Located in Summit, NJ
Gorgeous oil and watercolor on paper by abstract expressionist artist Adine Stix. Beautiful shades of pink, purples, cobalt blue with s hint of orange cover the paper to create the h...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Watercolor
Espace en Gris, Abstract Expressionist Painting by Raymond Abner 1956
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original oil painting by Egyptian Born French Artist, Raymond Abner (1919 - 1999) entitled "Espace en Gris". Abner rubbed shoulders with the top arti...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Signals
Located in Sheffield, MA
Remo Michael Farruggio
American, 1905-1981
Signals
Oil on canvas
24 by 35 in. W/frame 28 by 39 in.
Signed lower right & titled on stretcher “Signals”
Circa 1959
Remo Michael Farru...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Covered Bridge
Located in Sheffield, MA
Remo Michael Farruggio
American,1905-1981
Covered Bridge
Oil on canvas.
22 in. by 30 in. W/frame 26 in. by 34 in.
Signed lower right & titled on verso...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Studio
Located in Sheffield, MA
Remo Michael Farruggio
American, 1905-1981
Studio
Oil on canvas
24 by 35 in. W/frame 28 by 39 in.
Signed lower right & titled on stretcher “Studio”
Circa 1959
Remo Michael Farrugg...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Composition - Tempera on Have paper by P. Sadun - 1953
By Piero Sadun
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a suggestive artwork realized by Piero Sadun (1919-1974) in 1953.
Original Title: VII n.912.
Tempera on heavy paper.
Signed and dated by the artist on the...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Abstraction Pink
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on linen mounted to board by American modern female artist Harriet Holden Nash. The piece will come with custom framing either black or natural wood based on the buy...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Board
Mountains
By Omar Rayo
Located in Long Island City, NY
An early painting by Omar Rayo from 1955. An abstract geometric work with multi-colored shapes on a surrealist horizon.
Artist: Omar Rayo, Colombian (1928 - )
Title: Mountains
Year:...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Penguin" Large Mid Century Piece on Masonite.
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leopoldo Gonzales Jr Born 1921 San Antonio Artist Image Size: 48 x 36 Frame Size: 52 x 40 Medium: Oil / Casein Circa 1958 Mid Century Modern "Penguin"
Signed and titled on verso. ...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Storm Composition #3
Located in Miami, FL
An early example of Abstract Expressionism executed in 1955 during the movement's heyday and it's period of peak inventiveness. However, this work is still rooted in representation. The dark area the runs along the base of the picture is the ground and to the left, right and center there are black structures that represent trees. The work is very tactile and is composed of globs of paint that grow out from the surface and form a thick impasto. Rich vibrant saturated blues, reds and oranges create optical drama. The work look better in person. frame: 29 x 39 1/2 inches , Provenance: Kennedy Galleries
The Currier Gallery of Art...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Figures / Alakok
By Antal Biro
Located in London, GB
ANTAL BIRO 1907-1990
Pozsony 1907-1990 Székesfehérvár (Hungarian)
Title: Figures / Alakok, 1950-1952
Technique: Original Signed and Oil Painting on Board
size: 21 x 31 cm / 8.3 x...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Modern Boats and Bridge, Abstracted Maritime Landscape Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Boats and Bridge, Abstracted Maritime Landscape Painting
Wonderful mid-century modern abstracted maritime seascape by listed San...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Harriet Nash, Gouache on board, Abstract Painting, Circa 1950, Green and Black
Located in Buffalo, NY
A mid-century gouache on board painting by American female artist Harriet Holden Nash depicting an abstract Matisse like floral composition in shades of green and black.
The board i...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil, Board
Fruit Cluster
By James Koenig
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original modern abstract by American artist James Koenig. This work created in 1954 is featured in the Draw Near exhibition currently on view at Benjaman Gallery.
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Departing, Large Figurative Expressionist Painting by George Marshal Cohen
By George Marshal Cohen
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by George Marshal Cohen from 1960. An abstract expressionist style painting with dark blue tones and bright yellow accents. Figurative representations of female legs ...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pigeon Holes Abstract"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed and dated 1950 lower right.
Richard Peter Hoffman (1911-1977)
Richard Peter Hoffman was a precisionist painter, ph...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Tempera, Watercolor
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 ...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Abstract Expressionist 1959 New York Female Artist Irene Zevon Musical
By Irene Zevon
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist oil painting by American female artist Irene Zevon created and dated in 1959.
This piece entitled "Musical" is a prime example of Zevon's relation...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Textured Red, Green and White Amorphic Relief Abstract
By Petitjean-Sart
Located in Houston, TX
Unique red, green and white abstract image on canvas. White portion of the canvas is elevated from the rest of the image. Canvas is not framed. Painting is signed by the artist on th...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Seated Figure
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful figural abstraction by American artist, Alan Tompkins (1907-2007). Seated Figure, 1956. Oil on Devoe academy board measures 11 x 13 inches; 15....
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Board, Oil
Expressionist Figure
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern abstract expressionist oil painting signed illegibly and dated 1956.
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Board, Oil
L'Universo"
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original oil and sand on canvas by Italian artist Gastone Breddo, "L'Universo.".
Born in Italy in 1915, Breddo worked throughout his life as an abstract/futurist art...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil
'Abstract, Indigo and Ivory', Large SF Bay Area Modernist oil, Legion of Honor
By Fenton Kastner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso "F. Kastner" for Fenton Kastner (American, 1915-2008), dated 1955, and titled "Waterfront-IV".
Old label verso inscribed with artist's name and title.
A dynamic, mid-...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
"Deer Isle, Maine"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Mercedes Matter (1913 - 2001)
Best known as a painter of abstract still life and founder of the New York Studio School, M...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
abstract 1, 1954 - oil on panel, 100x65 cm., framed
By Henriette Gremeret
Located in Nice, FR
Wonderful oil on panel by Henriette Gremeret. Dated 1954, signed low left. The painting has been wonderfully framed on a glass support frmed in oakwood.
Cette artiste peintre ( 1895...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Mid Century Yellow and Blue Large Scale Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning and expressive large scale oil painting by mid-century San Francisco artist Louis Earnest Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Signed "Nadalini" lower right. Unframed. Image size...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Collage, 1958
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Berto Lardera (1911-1989). Collage, 1958. Paper, cardboard, paint. 29 x 40.5 inches; 31.5 x 42 inches framed. Signed and dated lower right. Bears origina...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Paper, Tempera, Cardboard
Untitled
By Henry Botkin
Located in Concord, MA
HENRY BOTKIN (1896-1983)
Untitled, c. 1954
Oil on board
40 x 30 inches
Signed at lower right: Botkin
Signed verso
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Three Masks, Mid Century Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Three masks abstract by Novak (American, 20th Century). Presented in a white wooden frame. Signed "Novak" lower right. Image: 28.5"H x 26"W.
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Landscape
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Our gallery is proud to represent the estate of the late George Dergalis on behalf of his widow. This colorful vibrant abstract is signed and dated 1957-58. Framed by the artist in a...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Medley
By Henry Botkin
Located in Concord, MA
HENRY BOTKIN (1896-1983)
Medley, 1958
Oil on paperboard on board
44 x 34 inches
Signed at lower left: Botkin
Signed, titled and dated verso
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Mixed Media
Composition 56
By Irene Zevon
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by American female painter Irene Zevon.
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Large Surrealist Abstract, Yellow, Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Large Surrealist Abstract, Yellow, Original Oil Painting
By French artist, Sophie Danielle Rubinstain 1922-2018
The painting is stamped with the artis...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil
“Abstract, 1954”
By Irene Zevon
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas abstract painting by the American artist, Irene Zevon. Signed lower right and dated 1954. In very good condition. Not presently framed. Provenance: Estate of the artis...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
'Geometric Interior', New York ASL, California Watercolor Society, Oakland
By Jon Cornin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right "Cornin," dated "LVII" for 1957, and titled verso "Uncial."
Jon Cornin first studied with Raphael Soyer at New York's Art Student's League and, subsequently, at the Grand Central School of Art. Using the pseudonym, CorKa, he and his wife, Zena Kavin produced cartoons for Saturday Evening Post and the New Yorker from 1941-1952. The Cornins moved to the San Francisco Bay area in 1940 and settled in Oakland. In addition to his career as a painter, Jon Cornin was also a noted teacher, respected theorist of Modernism and the author of 'Painter's Credo: Selected Notes' (Stone House Press, 1985). He exhibited widely and with success and was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards.
Partial List of Exhibitions:
Museum of New Mexico, 1937-39; Oakland Art Gallery, 1939-45; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1938, 1940, 1945; California Watercolor...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil, Board
red composition, 1958 - Oil on canvas, cm. 126x166
Located in Nice, FR
A great abstract composition by the well known french painter Pierre Jourda, (1931-2007), painted in 1958.
An important dimension, it is not framed.
Pierre Jourda À Paris, il décou...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Abstract Composition D2, 1950-55 - oil paint, 73x92 cm
By Raymond Dauphin
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on canvas, signed lower right
The painting will be framed at the same price.
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil
"Terraced Landscape", Abstract, Pastel Colored Landscape Painting
By Dan Wingren
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel-colored abstract landscape with an archetypal structure and trees. Framed in a wooden frame. Has the artist signature on the bottom right-hand corner of the work. Artist title...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Red and White Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by Nicolas Ionesco, 1958
By Nicolas Ionesco
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Nicolas Ionesco, Romanian (1919 - )
Title: Untitled
Year: 1956
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. and verso
Size: 23.5 x 28.5 inches (59.7 x 72.4 cm)
Frame: 24.75 x...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Untitled (Autumnal Landscape in Ochre, Red, Green)
Located in New York, NY
Unidentified/Unknown Artist "Untitled (Autumnal Landscape in Ochre, Red, Green) , Abstract Landscape Oil on Canvas signed, 26.25 x 32.50, Mid 20th Century, 1957
Colors: Ochre, White...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil
'Forms in Blue & Gray', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Gilberg" for Robert Gilberg (American, 1911-1970) and dated 1954.
A substantial, mid-century gouache abstract comprising pendant geometric forms in pastel tone...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Gouache, Board
David Lan Bar - Composition - 1955
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Composition
1955
Oil on panel
Signed and Dated
61 x 50 cm
The painting is framed.
This beautiful painting is representative of David Lan Bar's 1950's compositions.
David...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Collage - Still Life
By Marion Huse
Located in Storrs, CT
Brilliantly-colored collage with various texts and butterfly prints. Oil on canvas measures 20 x 24, presented in a modern frame with white linen liner; frame measures 26 5/8 x 30 5/...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Oil
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