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Period: 1950s
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The Savior, Paperback Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1952 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 23.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left This is the paperback cover for A Bullet For My Love by Octav...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

Signed M. Maccari Post Impressionist Figurative Painting dated 1956 oil canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The painting (oil on canvas, 44.5 x 35 cm; with wood frame 64 x 54,5 cm) represents a moment on deception. It's signed Maccari on the bottom left, and it's dated 1956 and titled "ins...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Backwoods Hussy, Paperback Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1952 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 22.25" x 16.25" Signature: Signed Lower Left This classic Nappi painting was first published as the cover for Backwoods Hussy by Hallam Whitney (PBO, Original books...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

Woman in Horror and Terror at Gunpoint
Located in Miami, FL
Signed lower right. Inscribed on the reverse 'My first color illustration, Nov. 1954.' Work is unframed, Film Noir in paint
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American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

The Crime Scene
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: 1956 Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Size: 22.70" x 16.20" A Native American finding a Raggedy Ann doll on ...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

The Hatchet - Movie Moment of High Drama
Located in Miami, FL
High drama and fear is exressed on the faces of 5 kids as they anticipate the outcome a scary event. Signed lower left From the Estate of Charles Martignette. Most likey for the Sa...
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American Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Civil Rights, Racial Justice Little Rock
Located in Miami, FL
"Civil Rights." Evergood's early commentary on racial issues in the 1950s depicts four black men gagged, roped and hanging from a tree. In the background, imprisoned blacks look on through a barbed-wire fence. Whites watch in horror but do nothing to help. Meanwhile, a two-legged and three-headed serpent who symbolizes evil - wraps himself around the tree that physically and symbolically separates the races. This is an important work in the history of American art. It may be one of the very earliest examples of a major American painter doing a major work that challenges racial segregation and injustice at a time when no one else would. The title of the work is inspired by a Historic Supreme Court decision on racial segregation. The Little Rock...
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American Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Gathering
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to open to the United States. This period was very important in his life because his father took him to many cities in Europe and exposed him to great works of art. Zorthian arrived in the United States at the age of eleven and settled with his family in New Haven, Connecticut. He obtained his formal education there, after graduating from Yale in 1932, the Winchester Fellowship granted him a year and a half at the American Academy in Rome with travel and study throughout Europe. His art career branched into various directions on his return to the United States. As a mural painter his reputation was established. He has forty two (42) murals throughout the United States. Zorthian worked and taught painting at some of the finest art academiJirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to open to the United States. This period was very important in his life because his father took him to many cities in Europe and exposed him to great works of art. Zorthian arrived in the United States at the age of eleven and settled with his family in New Haven, Connecticut. He obtained his formal education there, after graduating from Yale in 1932, the Winchester Fellowship granted him a year and a half at the American Academy in Rome with travel and study throughout Europe. His art career branched into various directions on his return to the United States. As a mural painter his reputation was established. He has forty two (42) murals throughout the United States. Zorthian worked and taught painting at some of the finest art academies on the west coast including both the Chouinard Art Institute and the Otis Art Institute. es on the west coast including both the Chouinard Art Institute and the Otis Art Institute. The Gathering...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Self Portrait
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to...
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Expressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Kitchen
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present the original paintings by American artist Peter Korling. Peter Korling was classically trained at the Chicago Institute of Art, and then moved to New York wh...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, ABS

Vadstena Town Hall, 1954
Located in Stockholm, SE
Erik Tryggelin (1878-1962) Swedish Vadstena Town Hall, 1954 oil on canvas laid on masonite board signed and dated E.Tryggelin 19-21/9 1954 unframed 10.5 x 16 cm framed 19.5 x 25 cm...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

The Prophet, Modernist Judaica Oil Painting Biblical Jewish Rabbi at Prayer
Located in Surfside, FL
An oil on board Judaic painting by modern artist Ben-Zion Weinman. The work depicts a standing prophet with white robes raising his arms towards heaven. The work is signed "Ben-Zion" in the bottom right corner. The work is signed and dated "4/14/59" on verso. Provenance: Ex. Sotheby's Parke Bernet Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw Reymont, as well as Hebrew literature, Ben-Zion wrote poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.” An emigrant from the Ukraine, he came to the US in 1920. He wrote fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist needed only one name. Ben-Zion was a founding member of “The Ten: An Independent Group” The Ten” a 1930’s avant-garde group, Painted on anything handy. Ben-Zion often used cabinet...
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American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Head with Plant
Located in New York, NY
Lester Johnson "Head with Plant" 1959 oil on paper. Early figurative expressionist painting on paper. Nicely framed.
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Expressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Snow White
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard Golden wooden frame 38.8 x 46.5 x 3.2 cm
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Banana Plantation Guadeloupe
Located in London, GB
'The Banana Plantation Guadeloupe', oil on canvas, by Robert Humblot (1959). In 1959, when the artist visited French Guadeloupe, he painted several colo...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Meditation on African Sculpture, mid-century figural abstract painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Beni E. Kosh/Charles Elmer Harris (American, 1917-1993) Meditation on African Sculpture, 1957 Oil on found wood panel Signed and dated lower left 20 x 15 inches Charles Elmer Harris...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Réalisme Fantastique, L'Etabli, The Work Bench, Mid Century Fantasy Surrealist
Located in Cotignac, FR
French, réalisme fantastique, Surrealist oil on board by Claude Verlinde. Signed and dated bottom left. Presented in plain wood frame with gilt filet. ...
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Surrealist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

1950s Abstract Painting New York Skyline Cityscape, Buildings, Blue Yellow Red
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage 1950s original signed abstract painting of New York City by Charles Ragland Bunnell from 1951, cityscape mid century modern skyline. Presented in a custom black frame, outer dimensions measure 21 ⅜ x 26 ⅜ x 2 inches. Image size is 19 x 24 inches. Painting is clean and in very good vintage condition - please contact us for a complete condition report. Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote. About the artist: Charles Bunnell developed a love for art at a very young age. As a child in Kansas City, Missouri, he spent much of his time drawing. When he was unable to find paper he drew on walls and in the margins of textbooks for which he was often fined. Around 1915, Bunnell moved with his family to Colorado Springs, Colorado. He served in World War I and later used his GI Training to study at the Broadmoor Art Academy (later renamed the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center) during 1922 and 1923. In 1922, he married fellow student, Laura Palmer...
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Abstract 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Demitasse
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present outstanding original oil on canvas by American artist William Gropper (1897-1977.) William Gropper was an artist and illustrator, known for his exceptional a...
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American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Woman reading after Henri Matisse by Claire Ragueneau
Located in Soquel, CA
Woman reading after Henri Matisse by Claire Ragueneau Impressionist seated woman reading a book after Henri Matisse by San Francisco artist Claire Ragueneau (American, 1901-1971). Cl...
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Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Illustration Board, Oil

"Fishermen Houses" Landscape Horizontal Oil Painting by Edgar Kiechle 1911-1946
Located in Pasadena, CA
This oil painting made in 1958 expresses perfectly the 1950s period, very minimalist with a vigorous and colorful layering of paint. Edgar O. Kiechle was born in 1911. He was a movie illustrator and a painter. Edgar studied landscape painting with Jean Mannheim, and architecture, and became an excellent watercolorist. After studying at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, he interned with leading architects and designers in the area. He worked at most major studios but his career as an illustrator saw him primarily at the Universal Studio Art department. In 1933, Edgar joined Lwerks as a background artist and worked on many films produced by Animated Picture Corporation through 1935. In the summer of 1941, Ed Kiechle joined the Universal Studio Art Department as an illustrator for motion pictures. His career as an illustrator saw him primarily at Universal. He also produced hundreds of oil paintings. His first public showing was in an exhibition of motion picture artists in 1945, His work came to the attention of the motion picture colony and many purchases were made by such notables of his day as Ida Lupino, Hedy Lamar...
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Minimalist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mid-Century Cyclists- Bike Race; On the Line Bosco #46 (Italy/France, 1909-1993)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Bike Race; On the Line Bosco #46 Pierre Bosco (Italy/France, 1909-1993) 1950s Oil on canvas 25 x 13 inches, frame size “The savage art of Bosco bears its ru...
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Abstract Expressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Portrait of Wine Enologist Claude Wolf
Located in Soquel, CA
Wine Enologist Claude Wolf - Mid Century Portrait A stately mid-century portrait of Claude Wolf (1904-1973), a vintner Enologist by Abel George Warshawsky...
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American Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Sexy Woman in a Swamp Storm - Pulp Magazine, Hispanic Artist, Mid Century
Located in Miami, FL
Rafael Maria de Soto y Hernandez was born February 18, 1904 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. It's high drama in the swamp. Woman in the Swamp is a masterfully executed example of Pulp Art and showcases Rafael DeSoto's full command of academic painting. DeSoto did pulp covers up until the industry's demise in the 1950s for such magazines as Adventure, Argosy, Black Mask, Captain Zero, Crack Detective, Fantastic Novels, 15-Story Detective, Fifteen Western Tales, New Detective, Smashing Detective, and Walt Coburn's Western Magazine. He also painted many covers and interior story illustrations for men's adventure magazines, such as Action For Men, Adventure, Battle Cry, For Men Only...
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Academic 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

Portrait of Man San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Movement Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Man San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Movement Figurative portrait of a man by San Francisco artist Peter Witwer (American, 1928-1968). Unsigned from a collection of his work. Provenance estate of Peter Witwer, Lost Art Solon. Image 32"H x 26"W Frame, 32.5"H x 26.5"W x 1.75"D Posthumous show of the artists work exhibit card on verso. Born George Peter...
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Abstract Expressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Seymour Remenick Figurative Oil Painting "Folk Singers"
Located in Surfside, FL
Seymour Remenick (1923-1999) American; Philadelphia, PA. Oil on canvas painting Folk Singers and musicians.Seymour Remenick (1923-1999), was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in ...
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American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Tennis Player
Located in London, GB
'The Tennis Player', oil on canvas, by Georges Joubin (circa 1950s). Delightfully vague regarding the gender of the tennis player depicted in the artwork...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Banana Plantation Guadeloupe II
Located in London, GB
'The Banana Plantation Guadeloupe II', oil on canvas, by Robert Humblot (1959). The second in a series of artworks completed in 1959 when the artist vis...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rowdy Mexican Cantina Brawl with Beer, Men, Guns & Knives
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Oil on canvas board. Framed
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Board

Toits Rouges à Menton by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Toits Rouges à Menton by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Oil on board 40 x 56.5 cm (15 ¾ x 21 ⅞ inches) Sign...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Rock Creek, Mid-century Ohio Landscape Painting, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Rock Creek, 1950 Gouache on artist board Signed and dated 1950 lower right/inscribed verso 14 x 19.5 inches 20...
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American Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

The Horse - Enamel on Paper by Esperia Gava - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Horse is an original artwork realized by Italian artist Esperia Gava. Enamel on paper Applied on cardboard. Hand-signed on the lower right. Very good conditions. The artwork...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Enamel

Marie-Lize, in front of the Vanity Mirror with Flowers
Located in London, GB
FRANCOIS GALL 1912-1987 Kolozsvar 1912 - 1987 Paris (Hungarian/French) Title: Marie-Lize, in front of the Vanity Mirror with Flowers / Marie-Lize Devant la Coiffeuse Fleurie, ca ...
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Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Les Vacances 1958 Family at the Beach - Large Expressionist Oil Painting canvas
By Paul Maas
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Provenance: Collection of the Artist Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Warner, Washington, Connecticut Collection of the Washington Art Association, Inc. Private Collection, California...
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Expressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Indian Ritual Walking on Fire, Firewalking Ceremony, Mythology and Religion
Located in Miami, FL
Narrative artist Robert Riggs captures a highly-charged scene of an Indian firewalking ceremony. Firewalking is part of a religious ritual and is associated with the mystical powers...
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Academic 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Varnish, Pigment

Horse Traners
Located in Los Angeles, CA
UMBERTO ROMANO "HORSE TRAINERS" OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED AMERICAN, DATED 1952 23.74 X 35.75 INCHES Born: 1905 - Naples, Italy Died: 1984 - New York C...
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American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Football Game, Oil Painting by Miriam Bromberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Miriam Bromberg, American XXth Title: Football Game Year: 1959 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower left Size: 28 in. x 36 in. (71.12 cm x 91.4...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Girl with Sunflowers
Located in Lawrence, NY
Oil on masonite Russian-Jewish-American artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984) is known for his intriquing cubo-surrealistic-symbolist works which feature a strong psychological elemen...
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Symbolist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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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
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Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a little girl with a ball of thread. Oil on cardboard, 46x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait of a little girl with a ball of thread. Oil on cardboard, 46x40 cm
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Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Father and children in front of TV - Mid-Century
Located in Miami, FL
John Falter arranges figures and faces in a way that rival the old masters in their compositional perfection. And he makes it look easy. The expressions are captured so the emotion...
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Academic 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Winter Evening Fifth Avenue - New York at Night - Mid-Century.
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-century New York City is represented as a moment in time. The artist populates his scene with isolated figures that are more shapes of people as opposed to specific individuals....
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Love Story. Mid Century Desaturated Color
Located in Miami, FL
Most likely for Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Collier's Weekly, Good Housekeeping or Macall's
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American Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Winter Evening Fifth Avenue - New York at Night
Located in Miami, FL
Ernest Fiene depicts Fifth Avenue looking down from 57th Street with an unobstructed view of the Empire State Building. The absence of newer glass and steel architecture gives the painting the charm of old New York. The artist captures a dark, moody blue sky as light bounces back from the clouds. This contrasts with the somewhat haunting yellow glow given to pedestrians and street traffic. The people have somewhat of a zombie quality akin to George Tooker. Best viewed with a top and direct gallery light...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Untitled"
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting by Jean Calogero. Circa 1950. Signed lower right. Condition: Good. Overall in museum quality gold leaf frame 17.5 by 15.75 inches. Provenance: Manhattan Co...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Indian sacrificial ceremony - Aztec Human Sacrifice
Located in Miami, FL
The sacrificial ceremony, Freemans The Collection of Philip Desind Signed Three times Riggs l.r. A powerful account of moments a tribe member is cut open and the heart is handed over to a young brave, There is a reason why there are few contemporary painters who can paint a portrait this good. It's hard to do. It's easy to throw some paint or spray a mess of graffiti on canvas. That's easy. To execute a portrait with a great depth of anatomy and structure takes years of academic training. In Riggs's time there were teachers who knew how to pass on this knowledge. He studied at the Art Students League and the Académie Julian . Today, they are very few and far between. - Robert Riggs was a Gay Artist...
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American Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

"Untitled"
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting by the Italian artist, Jean Calogero. Circa 1950. Signed lower left Overall in museum quality gold leaf frame 17.5 by 15.75 inches. Condition: Good. Provenan...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Nature morte - Huile sur toile, 50x38 cm.
By Isaac Antcher
Located in Nice, FR
Huile sur toile. Dimensions avec cadre: 71x63 cm. Isaac Antcher est un peintre moldave né le 21 janvier 1899 à Peresecina et mort à Malakoff le 21 av...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

View of Via Margutta - Original Oil on Canvas by N. da Cosenza - 1954
Located in Roma, IT
View of Via Margutta is an original contemporary artwork realized by Nicotra da Cosenza in 1954. Original oil on canvas. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right corner. Decorated frame is included. Mint conditions. Beautiful intense view depicting the buildings and the roofs in Via Margutta. Interesting light effect and dense and pasty color characterize this painting. This work has been realized by Nicotra Alberto. Nicotra Alberto (best-known as Nicotra da Cosenza) (Cosenza, 1899 - Rome,?) was an Italian painter. He studied in Naples and attended the studies of Michele Cascella...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Indiscretions of a French Model, Paperback Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1953 Medium: Oil on Canvasboard Dimensions: 15.00" x 12.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left This illustration was published as the cover for Indiscretions of a French Model by Ba...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil, Canvas

The Stamp Collector, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas with an Element of Collage Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, February 27th, 1954. The Post described, “...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Native American Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century Native American portrait by B. Shepard (American, 20th Century). Signed "B. Shepard" lower middle. Unframed. Currently on a mat, ...
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American Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Cardboard, Oil

Cubist Nude in Green
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a mid century mixed media painting by American artist Robert McIntosh, "Cubist Nude in Green:, an original oil and collage on panel, signed and c.1959. Provenance: Per...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Adoration of the Golden Calf - Oil Painting by Willemsz I de Wet - 17th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Adoration of the Golden Calf is an original modern artwork realized by Jacob Willemsz I de Wet (Haarlem, c. 1610 – between 1675 and 1691) in the half o...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Love at War, Lovers in a troubled moment . Handsome men and beautiful women.
Located in Miami, FL
Jon Whitcomb was know for is dipictions of Handsome men and glamous women. Most likely for a major newsstand magazine like. Cosmopolitan, McCall's and Pl...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Gouache

Cover of 'Swords of Casanova'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil Painting Signature: Unsigned Contact for exact dimensions.
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Eugene Higgins, Age 80.
By Alphaeus Philemon Cole
Located in Storrs, CT
Portrait of Eugene Higgins, Age 80. 1954. Oil on canvas. 30 x 25 (framed 35 x 30). Signed and dated lower right. Cole and Higgins (1874-1958), both lived in Lyme, Connecticut. Higg...
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American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Social Hour
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left Probable Redbook Magazine interior illustration, circa 1950
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1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

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