Figurative Paintings

Oil on board painting by Martin Saldana (1874-1965) titled "Bird" circa 1950-1955. Painted in bright colors of teal, orange, purple, and yellow. Presented framed, outer dimensions measure 21 ⅞ x 13 ⅞ x ⅝ inches. Image size is 17 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches. Painting is clean and in very good vintage condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report. Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote. About the Artist: Born in 1874, Saldaña grew up at Rancho Neuvo in Mexico. In 1950, at the age of 76, he began attending children's art classes at the Denver Art Museum. For the next fitfteen years, Saldaña Imaginatively documented whimsical memories from his childhood in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, portraying ranch life, landscapes, and his great love of animals. The prolific artist painted every day, completing a new piece about every three days and amassing an impressive body of work for the former cook at the Denver landmark, the Brown Palace...

'Street View of Naples, Italy' oil on board, by Claude Petitet (circa 1950s). Naples is a major national and international tourist destination, being one of Italy and Europe's top tourist cities. Blessed with breathtaking geography, the view of the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvio have been stunning visitors for centuries, including Roman emperors. Naples is famous for its Baroque architecture, its numerous museums and artistic heritage and of course, for its food as the home of the pizza. One of the most photographed features of the city however, are its alley-like streets with cobblestones and hanging laundry such as the one in this artist's charming depiction. In the warmer months residents may even be found dining in the streets particularly to celebrate the feast days of their patron saint, San...

"Abstract Figures" Hand signed and dated 1950 Lower Right. Measures: site, 9" x 7", framed, 16-1/2" x 14-3/4". Lucien Coutaud (French Surrealist artist, 1904-1977) Known for etchings, engravings and printmaking and for theater, ballet and opera set decoration as well as for his superb tapestries produced for Marie Cuttoli and with Jacques Adnet at the Aubusson tapestry atelier Pinton workshop for the Compagnie des Arts Français. Lucien Coutaud was born in a small town in the Gard, between Nîmes and Beaucaire. His father Adrien Antoine Coutaud was a watchmaker and jeweler in Nîmes. His mother Françoise Célestine Priad is from an old Mynoise family. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Nîmes, apart from a short stay in Marseille in 1917. In 1920 he enrolled in the School of Fine Arts of Nîmes where he studied with Armand Coussens. In October 1924, at the age of twenty, Coutaud moved to Paris. He attended the art academies of Montparnasse. He is accepted to the School of Decorative Arts. In 1926, on the advice of André Salmon, he met Charles Dullin who asked him to make the sets and costumes for the Birds, the play by Aristophane, adapted by Bernard Zimmer. In April 1928, he returned to Paris and, in 1929, painted his first important paintings: The Bicycle, Woman and Soldier, Soldiers arresting a spy and Young Girl with three wheels. Rose Adler takes an interest in his work. There he meets Max Ernst, Paul Klee and eventually becoming part of the artistic circles, making friends with key figures of the Parisian cultural scene like Pablo Picasso, Jean Paul Sartre, Jacques Prévert, Paul Eluard, Boris Vian, and others. He is mostly known for Surrealism and erotic symbolism. He was included in the show Surrealism and its Affinities along with Leonor Fini, Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst and Roberto Matta, Andre Breton, Roberto Matta In 1930, he made his first engravings with drypoint on zinc. He enters into a relationship with the writer Jean Blanzat. In 1931, the Quatre Chemins gallery in Paris organized his first private exhibition for him. He befriended Jean-Louis Barrault who made his stage debut at the Théâtre de l'Atelier. In 1932, he works almost exclusively in gouache, painting numerous bouquets of flowers and large esoteric compositions. Sets and costumes for Le Château des Papes by André de Richaud directed by Charles Dullin at the Théâtre de l'Atelier. Sets for Venus and Adonis by André Obey directed by Michel Saint-Denis and represented by the Compagnie des Quinze. He is interested in the activities of the surrealist group, reads Breton, Soupault and Aragon but maintains his independence. He meets Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso in Antibes...

Well painted and very decorative mid-century oil on canvas depicting an abstract interior with figures. This artist was a known Abstract painter from the middle of the 20th century...

A stunning oil on canvas by sought after French post impressionist painter depicting a man on a punt on a tree-lined river in a beautiful landscape. Signed lower right and titled ver...

Ink and wax crayon on cardboard. In the studio frame. Josef Steiner (1899 Munich - 1977 ibid.) lived through a Germany in all its facets as an artist. As a young talented student of...

Beautiful painting of a “View of Arc de Triomphe” by the well known French artist, Jean Salabet. Signed and dated lower right, 1952. In very good to excellent original condition. Ov...

Beautiful figurative painting titled "Saint with Butterflies" by Kelly Fearing. Mixed media, circa 1955. Signed in lower right corner. Dimensions Without Frame: H 50.5 in. x W 11.5...

NATHAN WASSERBERGER "AFTER THE BALL" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED AMERICAN, C.1950 24 X 36 INCHES Nathan Wasserberger 1928-2012 Widely collected and admired in Europe and the United ...

A mid-century oil on board painting by American female artist Harriet Holden Nash depicting an abstract interior scene featuring wonderful colors and a whimsical depiction of sunligh...

Modernist painting of a European street view by Howard Mandel (1917-1999). Oil on board, circa 1950. Signed on the back. Unframed. Image size, 50"...

A superbly colored and illustrated scene of the Turkish dock with the city to the background. Wonderfully presented oil on board signed lower right. Ibrahim Safi (1898–1983) was a Turkish painter...