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Period: 1950s
Along the fence. Plywood, oil, 14x14 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Along the fence. Plywood, oil, 14x14 cm
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Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Plywood

At the autumn garden. Oil on cardboard, 80 x 57 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At the autumn garden. Oil on cardboard, 80x57 cm Janis Rikmanis (1901.5.IV – 1968.25.III) graduated Figurative painting studio of Latvia Art academy (1931). He took part in exhibiti...
Category

Expressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

View of Paris from Montmartre. 1955, oil on canvas, 38x46 cm
Located in Riga, LV
View of Paris from Montmartre. 1955, oil on canvas, 38x46 cm
Category

Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Little girl with dog " Oil cm.35 x 25 1950
Located in Torino, IT
Dog,Child,Little girl,impressionisme KLARA VLASOVA (Moscow, 1926) MUSEUMS St. Petersburg, State Russian Museum Moscow, Pushkin Museum Moscow, Museum of History and Reconstructio...
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Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"The Long Road", Surreal Desert Landscape Painting
By Martin Dreyer
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist style painting painted with casein paint. Titled and dated by the artist as well as signed. Painting was shown in many exhibits around Texas. Framed in a rustic wooden fra...
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Surrealist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Casein

Happy California Prune Farmers - Female Illustrator - Mid Century
Located in Miami, FL
Commercial illustration depicting happy California framers for California Prunes. The work is rendered in a charming and highly stylized manner. Unfr...
Category

American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

In the evening, 1950's, oil on cardboard, 46, 5х34 cm
Located in Riga, LV
In the evening, 1950-ties, cardboard, oil, 46,5х34 cm Anatoly Lebedev (1935-2014)
Category

Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Mr Millerson with Mrs. 1959. Paper, mixed media, 16x6.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Mr Millerson with Mrs. 1959. Paper, mixed media, 16x6.5 cm Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in 1990 his relatives give his artist...
Category

Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Cosi Fan Tutte Fleurdelise (original gouache on paper)
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte; titled with studio catalog number on verso. Sheet size 15 x 10.5 inch...
Category

Art Deco 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Woman in a Red Dress, Mid Century Female Illustrator/ Artist, Elizabeth Taylor ?
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-century female illustrator/artist Gladys Rockmore Davis paints a compelling portrait of a contemplative beauty who looks like Elizabeth Taylor. Frontal and lateral forces work together in this pyramidal composition. The sitter stares down at the viewer creating a frontal tension. Her hypnotic gaze is counterbalanced by the lateral movement of her crossed hands and triggers an emotional response. Gladys Rockmore Davis is both a work-for-hire illustrator and a fine artist- She was an illustrator for clients such as Upjohn, Munsingwear, Elgin Watches, and Johnson & Johnson. Davis had a show at the prestigious Midtown Gallery and Babcock Gallery in New York. She studied at the California School of Fine Arts, Art Institute of Chicago, and Art Students League. William R. French Gold Medal...
Category

American Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman portrait. 1955, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Woman portrait. 1955, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 40.6 cm Elegant woman portrait with scarf
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Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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, ...
Category

1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Erté, Raspoutine, troisieme mannequin, unique gouache, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
A unique, original gouache on paper by cabaret costume designer, Erté, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. Created in 1959 for the cabaret show, Folies Pigalle. From the private collect...
Category

Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Mid-Century Children's Party Scene . Red and Orange, Native American
Located in Miami, FL
Broad areas of bold, flat red, magenta, and pink characterize this mid-century painting by Barbara Warren Ebersole ( Barbara Tate Ebersole ). It depicts a block party festooned with balloons and a street organ grinder with a smartly dressed performing monkey. The overall look of a lot mid-century art inspires many of today's most celebrated contemporary artists. Signed and dated upper left. Oil on Masonite. Barbara Warren Ebersole was a painter and an author. She may have been of Native American...
Category

American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Americana "For a horrible instant Carter thought the jet was going to crash
Located in Miami, FL
Mid Century Americana "For a horrible instant Carter thought the jet was going to crash in the street." Saturday Evening Post Work is unframed
Category

Surrealist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

India Ink, Gouache

20th Century Oil on Board Italian Signed Landscape Painting, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Refined Italian painting of the 20th century. Oil on board painting depicting a splendid coastal landscape with maritime pines overlooking a cliff that plunges into the sea. Painting...
Category

1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The call for recess at boarding school
Located in Genève, GE
Oil on canvas Beige wooden frame 60 x 71 x 4 cm
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1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

FAMILY AT THE BEACH
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Watercolor on paper, signed in the lower right corner, signed verso, in decorative frame, overall 21" x 25".
Category

1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

"People on Horseback" Eva Peron Mural Sketch
Located in Austin, TX
By Gustav Likan This piece depicts a couple on horseback followed by a man in a red military uniform. A dog runs by the group. This pieces is from the Eva Perón commissioned mural sk...
Category

Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Resue the Children, Family in Horror Magazine Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
This work is remarkable for its intense dramatic lighting effects and wide-angle composition. Very few artists conceived and executed with acutely dramatic light in the arc of art hi...
Category

Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Red Women - like Gertrude Abercrombie - Surrealist Women Artists
Located in Miami, FL
Somewhat like Gertrude Abercrombie but the work is better painted, conceived, and designed - Magazine Illustration. Most likely for: Good Housek...
Category

Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

20th Century Oil on Board Italian Signed Painting Landscape with Shepherd, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Italian painting from the first half of the 20th century. Artwork oil on panel depicting landscape with shepherd and cows of good pictorial quality. Beautifully sized and pleasantly ...
Category

1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Horses, Chicken, Ducks, Rooster and Pigs Children's Book - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Cover illustration for mid-century children's book publisher Merril Publishers. Signed lower right. Unframed. Retta Scott or Retta Worcester was (February 23, 1916 – August 26, 1990) was an pioneering Female Illustrator / American artist. She was the first woman to receive screen credit as an animator at the Walt Disney Animation Studios. Scott worked on storyboards to develop scenes of Bambi, his mother, and the film’s hunting dogs, on which she spent weeks to develop them into “vicious, snarling, really mean beasts.” Male artists in the company were stunned who initially assumed that only a man could create drawings with such intensity and technical skill. Her sketches caught the eye of Disney, so when the film went into production, she was assigned to animate scenes of hunting dogs chasing Faline. She worked under the film's supervising director, David D. Hand,and was tutored by Disney animator Eric Larson. This was a significant coup for the young woman, since at the 1930s-era Disney studio, women were considered only for routine tasks: "Ink and paint art was a laborious part of the animation process, and was solely the domain of women..." Her promotion to animator was in part thanks to the success of herself and other women such as Bianca Majolie, Sylvia Holland, and Mary Blair as storyboard artists. Even after receiving a promotion to animator, she and her animations continued being under appreciated in the industry. Though the most recognized Walt Disney female artist is Mary Blair, it is Retta Scott who opened up the doors for women in the animation industry. She became the first woman to receive screen credit as an animator. By the spring of 1941, Scott was also considered a "specialist in animal sketches." Scott helped produce Fantasia and Dumbo, as well as an adaptation of The Wind in the Willows that was later cancelled. She also made an appearance in The Reluctant Dragon...
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Feminist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Eisenhower, Time magazine cover Time magazine cover, July 4, 1955 ( alternate)
Located in Miami, FL
Signed lower right, Archivally Matted to 17.75 x 16.75 inches. A noble portrait of Ike as President is depicted against a ringing Liberty Bell. In the...
Category

Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Gouache

Artist's Address - Mid 20th Century Impressionist Oil by Dorothy King - London
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Artist's Address - Mid 20th Century Impressionist Oil by Dorothy King - London Dorothy King was born and lived in London in 1907. She studied at the Hornsey School of Art under JC M...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Below Deck
Located in Miami, FL
Charles Martignette Heritage Auctions, This is a Wonderfully rendered work with high level of detail and color saturation. Norman Rockwellesqu...
Category

Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Mary Vincent and the Convict, Good Housekeeping Illustration - Mid Century
Located in Miami, FL
Al Parker was one of America's greatest and most inventive illustrators. He did work for magazines such as: Chatelaine, Collier's, Ladies' Home Journal and Woman's Home Companion. ...
Category

American Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Gouache, Pencil

Segovie
Located in Sheffield, MA
Marie Antoinette Boullard-Deve French, 1890-1970 Segovie Oil on canvas 29 by 21 ½ in. W/frame 39 by 31 ½ in. Signed lower left and titled and dated 1951 on the back Marie was born...
Category

Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Gathering by the Trees, " Charles Marcon, figurative, abstract, 1959, modern
By Charles Marcon
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Terrenoire in the Loire, France, self-taught painter Charles Marcon was encouraged by Madeleine Castaing and Paulette Jourdain. Marcon exhibited throughout Paris and in Arles...
Category

Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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

Materials

Mixed Media

The Portrait - China ink drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1951
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait is a China ink drawing artwork, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1951. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good conditions. Included passport, 70 x 50 cm. Sergio Barlett...
Category

Contemporary 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink

Shovel Handles, 1950s Framed American Modernist Oil Painting, Green Bronze Blue
Located in Denver, CO
"Shovel Handles" is an original 1953 semi-abstract modernist oil painting on board by renowned Denver artist Paul K. Smith (1893-1977). This captivating piece showcases Smith’s signa...
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American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Toits Rouges à Menton by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
Toits Rouges à Menton by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Oil on board 40 x 56.5 cm (15 ¾ x 21 ⅞ inches) Signed and dated lower left, Manzana Pissarro 1953 The last years of his...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

In the bath house
Located in New York, NY
David Davidovich Burliuk (Ukrainian: Дави́д Дави́дович Бурлю́к; Russian: Дави́д Дави́дович Бурлю́к; July 21, 1882 – January 15, 1967) was a Russian Futurist, Neo-Primitivist, book illustrator, publicist, and author associated with Russian Futurism...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Family - Mid Century Figurative
By Cock Van Gent
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Family", a mid century figurative watercolor by Cock Van Gent (American/Dutch, b. 1925). Presented in a rustic wooden frame. Signed "Cock Van Gent" and dated "1952" lower right. Framed size: 18"H x 24"W. Image: 12"H x 18"W. Mrs. Van Gent was born in Holland in 1925 and began to paint at the age of 10. From 1940 to 1945 she studied at the Art Academy in the Hague, and concurrently learned stained glass making in Maastricht. In 1946 she came to the United States and with encouragement from Alfred Stieglitz, made her way around the country painting impressions. She did as many as three water-colors a day, supplementing this work with continuous drawing...
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Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Mother & Children - Mid 20th Century Impressionist Piece by Muriel Archer
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Born on June 25 1911 - she died just before her 100th birthday, fond of drawing and painting from an early age, she did her first drawing when she was four years old. She later studi...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

The harvest after a 16th century tapestry
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Maurice ALBE (Beaugency 1900 - Périgueux 1995) The grape harvest, from a 16th century tapestry Oil on canvas (burlap type) H. 170 cm; L. 100 cm Signed and dated upper left 51 Proven...
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French School 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Christ"
Located in Astoria, NY
Joachim Probst (American, 1913-1980), "Christ", Impasto Oil on Canvas, 1955, signed lower right "Probst" and inscribed to verso "Probst / 1955 / CHRIST", additionally inscribed "Owne...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Folk Singer oil painting by Byron Browne
Located in Hudson, NY
Lovely oil painting by Byron Browne. Measures 18" x 14" and framed 24" x 20" x 1 3/4". Signed "Byron Browne" lower left. Inscribed on canvas verso: Byron Browne / 1958 / – Folk Singer– / 18 x 14 / N.Y.C. About this artists: Through an oeuvre displaying the re-envisioning of figural subjects and the formation of an abstract expressionist style, Byron Browne stands out among the American abstractionists of his generation. Born in Yonkers, New York, in 1907, the artist was a bright talent at the National Academy of Design in his teens. From 1924 to 1928 Browne studied at the Academy under notable artists Robert Aitkin, Charles Courtney Curran, Charles Hawthorne, Alice Murphy...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Reclining woman with man in background illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Most likely for a magazine like Saturday Evening Post interior editorial spread. The empty space to the right was for the art director to surprint type. The empty space acts as a com...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bonnie B. Paint Book Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Elizabeth Voss was a top mod-century illustrator at Merrill Company and was a major figure in Children's Art and Children's Illustration Signed B. Gartrell was the pseudonym Elizabet...
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Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Princess and Prince, Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina Fairy Tales
Located in Miami, FL
Italian illustrator Gianni Benvenuti paints a charming fantasy scene. It's of an extreme closeup of a tiny crowned and winged Prince and Princess They are standing upright in a dand...
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Surrealist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

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

Materials

Oil

"Fish" original finger painting signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This is an excellent example of one of Sylvia Spicuzza's rare 'finger paintings': not only is it remarkably large, but it also shows her mastery of the...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint

Portrait
By Joseph Pollet
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right. Description A portrait of a stylized young man dressed in a blue coat with a ruffled white shirt in an artistic background suggest that it may be a portrait of a young actor or performer. About the artist. Joseph Pollet was an important member of the Woodstock Art Colony. He emigrated to NYC in 1911 from Albbruck, Germany (born in 1897) and at age 21 had a promising career as an advertising copywriter. While working, he studied painting and his landscapes were immediately successful in NYC galleries. He studied at the Art Student's League with John Sloan, Robert Henri, and Homer Boss...
Category

American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

Materials

Oil

Backyard Campers, The Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, September 5, 1953. The Pos...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Figurative Framed Oil Painting - The Priests
Located in Bristol, GB
THE PRIESTS Size: 60 x 48 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A brilliantly painted mid century figurative portrait of 2 priests, exec...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

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

Materials

Mixed Media, Gouache

Lookout Point, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, July 18, 1953. The Post described, “Gently, gently now, for both side...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Glamorous Redhead Iconic Mid-Century Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Glamorous Redhead is a poster-like iconic image that sums up an era in American visual history - The 1950s. Al Parker is a giant in the history of American Illustration. He possess...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Mid-Century Cosmopolitan Illustration Surreal Family Narrative
Located in Miami, FL
A complex story is portrayed in one picture. American Glamour Illustrator Jon Whitcomb interprets a Mid-Century Cosmopolitan story about a beautiful blond actress who, on set, appea...
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Surrealist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Children's Book Cover - Mid-Century Blond Girl - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering Female Illustrator Barbara Briggs Bradley was an in-demand illustrator in the 1950s. Merrill Publishers of their famous children's books hired Barbara Briggs Bradley to d...
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Academic 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Gouache, Pencil

Djeuner Champtre
Located in Sheffield, MA
Marcel Dyf French, 1899-1985 Djeuner Champtre Oil on canvas 23 ½ by 28 ¾ in. W/frame 31 ½ by 36 ¾ in. Signed lower left Marcel Dyf (Marcel Dreyfus) was born in Paris on October 7,...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

PAUL MAAS Les Vacances 1958 Family at the Beach Large Expressionist Oil Painting
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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Television, Oil Painting by B.G. Bradley
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: B.G. Bradley, Americn XXth Title: Television Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed 'BGB' l.r. Size: 20 x 24 inches Frame: 25 x 29 inches
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American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Easter back cover for The War Cry, a magazine published by the Salvation Army
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Back Cover illustration for the April 8, 1950 Easter edition of The War Cry, a magazine published by the Salvation Army This heartwarming image graced the back cover of the 1950 Eas...
Category

1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Woman portrait. 1955, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 40.6 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Woman portrait. 1955, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 40.6 cm Provenance Bonhams
Category

Expressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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