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Period: 1950s
Coffee Break, Saturday Evening Post cover
By Benjamin Prins
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Sight Size 29.00" x 26.00;" Framed 38.50" x 35.00"
Framed under glass.
Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Po...
Category
Other Art Style 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Seductive Femme Fatale Kim Novak Look-a-like Illustration in Red
Located in Miami, FL
A simple palette of red and flesh colors defines this noir portrait by Coby Whitmore, Seductive Femme Fatale Kim Novak Look-a-like Illustration in Red
It's a...
Category
Pop Art 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Kolkhoz in winter. 1950, oil on cardboard, 28.5x35.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
skiers by Kolkhoz at winter
A. Zviedris was a member of the Latvian Artists’ Union since 1945 and had more than 50 solo exhibitions in Latvia. He travelled extensively by yacht aroun...
Category
Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Conductor with Singer, Figurative Oil Painting by William Harnden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: William Harnden, American (1920 - 1983)
Title: Conductor with Singer
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed
Image Size: 11.5 x 23.5 inches
Frame Size: 17.5 x 30 inches
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Polish French Ecole de Paris Mid Century Modernist Oil Painting Clown Juggler
By Abram Krol
Located in Surfside, FL
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 University of Caen. In 1939 at the be...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's Fashion Drawings
Located in Buffalo, NY
A set of four mid-century fashion drawings signed Lilliana. These works were purchased from an estate out of Palm Beach, FL. These charming works eac...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
" Ice-skating " Skating, Children, Blue, White, Impressionism , Oil cm. 46 x 32
Located in Torino, IT
Skating,Sport,Ice-skating,Winter sport,blue, white
KLARA VLASOVA (Moscow, 1926)
MUSEUMS
St. Petersburg, State Russian Museum
Moscow, Pushkin Museum
Moscow, Museum of History and...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Study for decoration Moscow metro station" Kievskaya Tempera, Real socialism
Located in Torino, IT
Real Socialism,Moscow,1970,Russia,Orange,Men at Work,Propaganda
VIKTOR A. KONOVALOV (Uidol, Vladimir region 1912 – Moscow 1995)
Russian painter and gr...
Category
Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Pelligrine Asseolate, Modern Fresco on Board by Mario Toppi, 1959
By Mario Toppi
Located in Long Island City, NY
This piece was created by Italian artist Mario Toppi in 1959. Toppi worked primarily in fresco, creating works that pay material homage to Italy's long artistic history, yet remain m...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Paint, Board
Sam Uhrdin, The Twilight View
By Sam Uhrdin
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This beautiful mid-20th-century oil painting by Swedish artist Sam Uhrdin (1886-1964) depicts a woman playing the guitar in a gently lit room at twilight.
Bathed in a warm radiance ...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Naïve Folk Art Oil Painting by Martin Saldaña – Whimsical Girl, Flowers
Located in Denver, CO
This enchanting original oil painting, Pinky, is a beautiful example of whimsical Naïve folk art by the artist Martin Saldaña. The artwork features a charming portrait of a young gir...
Category
Folk Art 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"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...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Picnic, Modern Figurative Oil Painting by Anton Refregier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Anton Refregier
Title: Picnic
Year: 1959
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 24 x 44 inches (61 x 112 cm)
Frame: 31.5 x 51.5 inches
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
At work. 1950, oil on cardboard, 49x69 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At work. 1950, oil on cardboard, 49x69 cm
Socrealist artworks, women are sorting sprats
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was at National Uni...
Category
Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Study for Oil's First Century
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Lower Right
The present work is a study for the cover illustration of Rockwell's American Petroleum Institute Quarterly: Centennial Issue
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Artist and His Family, 1950s Interior Figurative Oil Painting, American Modern
Located in Denver, CO
"Artist and His Family" is a captivating 1950 oil on board painting by renowned American artist Donna Marecak (1922-1998). This intimate interior scene f...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Latin American Modern Surreal Figure Painting, 1950's
Located in Washington, DC
Wonderful Surreal Latin American painting. Painting is oil on masonite board with original frame. Appears to be unsigned. Condition is excelle...
Category
Surrealist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Crying on Santa's Lap, Original Christmas cover for The Saturday Evening Post
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original Christmas holiday cover for The Saturday Evening Post, published December 6, 1958
We’re thrilled to announce the acquisition of an original 1958 Christmas cover for The Sat...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surreal Children Fantasy Oil Painting 1956
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3981 Children's fantasy figurative oil painting set in a hand painted oak frame
Image size 15.5x19.25"
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pieta
Located in BLARICUM, NL
Spirituality and Christianity played an important role for Hamstra in, as he put it himself, 'the making' of his artworks. combined, he wanted to create a powerful, almost ghostly sa...
Category
Symbolist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax Crayon
Érte, "Les chatters, deuxieme version", unique gouache, hand signed
By Erté
Located in Chatsworth, CA
A unique, original gouache on paper by Érte, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. Érte was a vastly diverse artist who excelled in an array of fields including fashion, jewelry, graphic ...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Portrait. On a yellow background 1950's, oil on cardboard, 49.5x35 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. On a yellow background
1950's, oil on cardboard, 49,5x35 cm
Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not ...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Landscape painting by Paulémile Pissarro - 'Les Deux Arbres...'
Located in London, GB
Les deux arbres au bord de la rivière dans la forêt de Lyons by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972)
Oil on canvas
65 x 54 cm (25 ⁵/₈ x 21 ¹/₄ inches)
Signed lower left, Paulémile-Pissarro...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid-Century Impressionist French view of Montmartre, Paris, France
Located in Woodbury, CT
Y. Gonez (French, mid-20th century)
Market Scene, Montmartre with Sacré-Cœur, ca. 1950s
Oil on canvas, in a Montparnasse-style frame
In this lively street scene, Y. Gonez captures t...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Polish French Ecole de Paris Mid Century Modernist Oil Painting Clown Juggler
By Abram Krol
Located in Surfside, FL
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...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"As the summer wore on..." - Magazine Story Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
The illustration features an older woman shooting a water gun into a little boy's face as two other little boys lay in the grass beside them.
Story illustration for "Adios, Miss Em" by J.H. Giles, published in McCalls, February 1958
The full caption reads: "As the summer wore on, she became accustomed to all their whimsical pretend games and learned to take part in them."
Much like Norman Rockwell, Kurt Ard...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
BMW Isetta, Messerschmitt Cars Autobahn - Humorous Mid-Century Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
One of the hallmarks of great art is recognizing the artist's style instantly. This is the case with Richard Erdoes. His highly stylized comic figures are expressive and communicate the story delightfully and joyfully. Even though this work is rendered in flat, minimalistic two colors, the inventive shape relationships and positive and negative areas convey a very high level of artistic skill. The present work was done on assignment for the prestigious Standard Oil ( Exxon's predecessor ) corporation's company magazine, The Lamp. Although not a newstand magazine, The Lamp had the highest editional and artistic content. Work is unsigned and unframed.
Richard Erdoes (Hungarian Erdős, German Erdös; July 7, 1912 – July 16, 2008) was an American artist, photographer, illustrator and author.
Early life
Erdoes was born in Frankfurt,to Maria Josefa Schrom on July 7, 1912. His father, Richárd Erdős Sr., was a Jewish Hungarian...
Category
Outsider Art 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil
Helen - Mid 20th Century Pencil Figurative Nude Lady by Arthur Royce Bradbury
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Born on the 17th September 1892 in Preston, Lancashire. He specialised in painting portraits, landscapes and marines on oil, watercolour and pastel and was an accomplished etcher and...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Expressionist Figure
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern abstract expressionist oil painting signed illegibly and dated 1956.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Les Competiteurs, American Modernist, Abstract Figurative Oil on Canvas, 1952
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Les Competiteurs" by American modernist painter Leonard Nelson is a 36" x 26" oil on canvas abstract figurative painting, created in 1952. The work is framed in classic black and si...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Geometric Abstract Oil & Collage Painting - Le Club 55
Located in Bristol, GB
LE CLUB 55
Size: 33 x 24 cm
Oil on canvas
Le Club 55 is a legendary and glamorous beach club in the south of France, and we can infer that the setting of the ...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Impressionist Mid Century Modern, Book sellers by the Seine , Paris, France
Located in Woodbury, CT
Acquiring a French mid-20th-century modern Impressionist view of book sellers along the Seine, with Notre Dame in Paris by Joseph Tretter is an opportunity...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Girl on a Balcony
Located in Sheffield, MA
Kurt Polter
German, 1914-1987
Young Girl on a Balcony
Oil on Canvas
31 ¼ by 39 ½ in, w/ frame 39 ⅝ by 47 ½ in
Signed lower right
Kurt Polter was born in 1914 in Kassel, Germany. Hi...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Phi-Phi, rideau - Phidias - Premier acte fait pour les Bouffes-Parisiens
By Erté
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a unique, original gouache on paper by Erte, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. Erte was a vastly diverse artist who excelled in an array of fields including fashion, jew...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Forains sur la plage
By Celso Lagar
Located in Madrid, ES
CELSO LAGAR
Spanish, 1891 - 1966
FORAINS SUR LA PLAGE
signed "Lagar" (lower right)
signed, located, dated and titled “Lagar Pennedepie sur Honfleur / 1951 / Forains dans la Grove” (o...
Category
Fauvist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sacred Family" 1950s Abstract Figurative Impasto Oil Painting, Red, Blue, White
Located in Denver, CO
"Untitled (Sacred Family)" is a powerful abstract oil painting on board by renowned American artist Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968), created circa 1950. Signed by the artist in the lower right corner, this striking piece portrays an abstract interpretation of several figures grouped together, capturing the essence of human connection. The dynamic composition is enhanced by vivid, contrasting colors of black, red, blue, green, orange, yellow, and white, creating a sense of depth and movement within the piece.
This exceptional painting is presented in a vintage frame with outer dimensions of 34 ½ x 29 x 1 ¼ inches, and the image size measures 23 ½ x 18 ¾ inches. It remains in good condition, showcasing Bunnell’s mastery of color, texture, and abstraction. Expedited and international shipping options are available—please contact us for a quote.
About the Artist: Charles Ragland Bunnell, born in 1897 in Kansas City, Missouri, developed a deep passion for art from a young age. His early artistic explorations included drawing on walls and textbooks, eventually leading him to study at the Broadmoor Art Academy (now Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center) under the GI Bill in the early 1920s. After marrying fellow art student Laura Palmer...
Category
Abstract 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
French School 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Village Cottages”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well painted oil on artist board painting by “Cappy” Amundsen who painted under many aliases, including F. H. McKay. Signed lower left F.H. McKay. Circa 1955. Condition is excellent. Recently professionally cleaned. Catalda Fine Arts copyright stamp verso. Overall very nicely framed in a period gold leaf ornate frame 15.75 by 13.75 inches in fine condition.
The sheer volume of high quality sea and coastal village themed paintings that was on view at the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum several years ago was astounding. The work was by a select group of artists such as André Picot...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Les Iles à Cantepie by Paulémile Pissarro - River scene painting
Located in London, GB
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Les Iles à Cantepie by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972)
Oil on canvas
54 x 65 cm (21 ¹/₄ x 25 ⁵/₈ inches)
Signed l...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Falcon hunt after a 16th century tapestry
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Maurice ALBE
(Beaugency 1900 - Périgueux 1995)
Falcon hunting, from a 16th century tapestry
Oil on canvas (hessian type)
H. 150 cm; L. 120 cm
Signed and dated lower right 1554 (for 1...
Category
French School 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 emotions of the story come alive. This Golden Age of illustration artist depicts fathers and children watching...
Category
Academic 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Crystal City - Pushed Color Greens and Yellow
Located in Miami, FL
This is most likely a self-portrait. We see the artist in a reflection holding a small 1950s camera while his wife in the foreground holds a large bran...
Category
Fauvist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Abstract Figurative Framed Oil Painting - Enigma
Located in Bristol, GB
ENGIMA
Size: 49 x 57 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
An emotive and skillfully executed mid-century abstract figurative composition, painted in oil onto canvas.
The piece featur...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Girl with Guitar”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a young girl with guitar by the Russian/French artist, Boris Simon. Signed top right. Circa 1955. Condition is excellent...
Category
Post-Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Violinist
Located in Sheffield, MA
Denes Holesch
Hungarian, 1910-1983
The Violinist
Oil on board
26 ½ by 22 in. W/frame 33 by 28 ½ in.
Denes Holesch (Denes de Holesch) was born in 1910...
Category
Post-Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
Academic 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Relaxed Day in the Park - Mid 20th Century Impressionist Oil by Peter Gardner
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Born in London, Peter studied at Hammersmith School of Art 1935-1938 & 1947-1950 and at the London Institute of Education 1951 & 1971. He was awarded the Art ...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Once The Master - Mid Century Figurative Landscape
By Benjamin G. Vaganov
Located in Soquel, CA
Once The Master - Mid Century Figurative Landscape
"Once the Master" a portrait of a Zuni Master Potter in contrast with the emergent modernism around him. He is beneath an adobe an...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Egg Tempera, Cardboard
1950s Capitola California Seascape Marine Oil Painting, Framed Ocean Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Capitola, California – Original Oil on Board Seascape Painting by Jon Blanchette (circa 1955)
This captivating marine seascape painting titled "Capitola, California" by Jon Blanchet...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of the artist's mother
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Elisabeth DUJARRIC de LA RIVIÈRE
(Jouy-en-Josas 1930 – Excideuil 2005)
Portrait of the artist's mother
Oil on canvas
H. 171 cm; L. 70 cm
Signed on the back
Provenance: Private collection, Périgord
Born in the heart of the Bièvre valley, a few kilometers from Versailles...
Category
Cubist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Polish Woman - Impressionist Mid 20th Century Oil Painting by Helena Krajewska
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Helena Malarewicz-Krajewska (born 14 July 1910 in Biecz , died May 7, 1998 in Warsaw) is a Polish painter, active advocate of socialist realism.
Studied between 1928 and 1929 at the...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Child-like Art - Child with Bull Horns in Boat with a Fish
By Paul Rand
Located in Miami, FL
Paul Rand is remembered as one of history's greatest and most famous graphic designers. He was also a painter. The fact that Paul Rand used Naïve Art in much of his corporate identit...
Category
Outsider Art 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
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
Voodoo Devils Take the Sick - The Fight of Good vs Evil - Vodou
Located in Miami, FL
Devils depicted. Artist Wilson Bigaud paints a graphic narrative of mid-century life in Haiti without modern medicine. A man is dying yet there is no doctor present. In the struggle...
Category
Outsider Art 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Plage de Trouville" Sept. 1953, 20th Century oil on canvas by Emilio Grau Sala
Located in Madrid, ES
EMILIO GRAU SALA
Spanish, 1911 - 1975
TROUVILLE, SEPTEMBRE 1953
signed Grau Sala (lower left)
signed again, located & dated "Grau Sala, Trouville, Septembre 1953" on the reverse
oil...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The cliffs of Marqueyssac and Castelnaud in Dordogne
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Hans SEILER
(Neuchâtel 1907 – 1986)
The cliffs of Marqueyssac and Castelnaud, seen from La Roque Gageac
Oil on canvas
H. 40 cm; L. 83 cm
Signed lower right, dated 1973
Provenance : ...
Category
French School 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The 11 Gauge Shotgun - Saturday Evening Post illustration
By Amos Sewell
Located in Miami, FL
Saturday Evening Post interior illustration
Signed lower right
Category
American Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
