1950s Figurative Paintings

"Joni" - Portrait of a Girl in a Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas Skillful portrait of a young girl by Morris Zirlin (American, 1913-1990). A young girl with wide brown eyes poses for ...

Woman portrait. 1955, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 40.6 cm Elegant woman portrait with scarf

Initialed lower left, 'M.S.' for Martin Snipper (American, 1914-2009) and dated 1952. Additionally signed, verso, 'Martin Snipper' and dated on stretcher bar. Artist photo courtesy of The Lost Art Salon. This Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative painter, mixed media artist, and sculptor was born in New York City in 1914 and grew up in Los Angeles. During the Great Depression, he rode the rails back to New York with just $5 in his pocket to attend the National Academy of Art, where he met his first wife. Snipper applied to the academy twice to ensure he would be accepted: once under his given name and once under his mother's maiden name. When he was accepted as Martin Snipper, he adopted the name permanently. In addition to his career as a fine artist, Snipper became a foundational figure in the development of the San Francisco Bay Area art movement of the 1960's and 1970's. Snipper remains a legendary figure in San Francisco, both for boldly expanding the Arts Commission during his tenure as Executive Director (1967-1980), and for helping shepherd the Neighborhood Arts Program into existence over 40 years ago. His innovative grass-roots approach inspired similar programs in cities across the United States while San Francisco's own program continues to bring writers into public schools, oversee the city's publicly owned cultural centers, and fund art programs and events. "He took the commission from being a sleepy operation ... and transformed arts in this town to a place it had never been before," said Stephen Goldstine, who ran the Neighborhoods Art Program under Mr. Snipper and later became president of the San Francisco Art Institute. "He was a person of unusual vitality - into his 90s he was still driving his truck to a stone yard...

William Schock (American, 1913–1976) The Fisherman, c. 1955 Oil on canvas Signed lower right 26 x 40 inches 34 x 48 inches, framed William Schock was...

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 91.44 cm)

Original oil on canvas provocative figurative painting by the American artist Martin Rosenthal. Mid century modern. Signed lower right. Circa 1955. Condition is very good. Present...

Girl with fruit. Market. Year 1958. Signed Sergio Cirno Bissi (Carmignano, 1902 - Florence, 1987). The very colorful and expressive painting is created...

Mid-Century Italian Impressionist view of the Church of the Madeleine in Martigues, France. A fantastic view in the classical Italian 20th-century Impressionist style of the famous ...

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...

BORIS CHEMETOV "AU PORT DE BORDEAUX" OIL ON CANVAN, SIGNED FRANCE, C.1950 26 X 32 INCHES FRAMED 33.5 X 39 INCHES ______________________________________________________ Boris C...

Marie Lucie Nessi-Valtat Bouquet of flowers, ca. 1950 Oil on canvas Paper: 15 7/10 × 12 3/5 in l 40 × 32 cm Frame: 20 3/4 17 1/2 l 53 x 45 cm Marie-Lucie Nessi Valtat was a French p...

Somewhat like Gertrude Abercrombie but the work is better painted, conceived, and designed - Magazine Illustration. Most likely for: Good Housek...

Signed lower right, 'Paula Melcher' (American, 20th century) and dated 1956.

Abstract Expressionist Bay Area Fauvist Oil on Paper Honora Berg Berkeley 1959 San Francisco Bay area abstract expressionist painting by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985).A brilliant fauvist example of the bold slashes of colors Honora Berg creates. Splashes of blue over red and green hues with bright canary yellow swirls and patches. Estate stamp on verso "Estate of Honora Berg - Miller Fine Art" Unframed. 30"H x 22"W. Larry Miller 1958-2003, Larry was a specialist in bay area abstract artists and purchased numerous bay area artists estates. He purchased the entirety of the Honora Berg Estate and we purchased many of those works directly form Larry. Honora Berg, an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist, studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff and James Budd Dixon...

Pierrot the Musician Singing Little Girl Clown Paris Pretty street musician "Pierrot by French artist Santini Poncini (unknown) (French/Italian, B-20th...

Josine Vignon (1922-2022) was a French artist living on the Rue Beautreillis in the Marais district of Paris. She painted with a beautiful style, largely influenced by the Impression...

Edward Zutrau An Orange Seducing a Lemon while a Bunch of Grapes Look On, 4/20/1953 Signed, dated and titled on stretcher bar, and on the side of the work Oil on linen 18 x 21 inches...

A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the Mid Century by Russian painter Michael Baxte. Mostly known for his abstracted figures on canvas or street scenes, this piece is a wond...

Here for your consideration is a beautiful original oil painting of two ballerina’s waiting to come on stage by the French artist Dietz Edward. Exquisitely executed by a master arti...

Artist: William Harnden, American (1920 - 1983) Title: Concert Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed Image Size: 15.5 x 20 inches Frame Size: 22.5 x 27 inches

RICHARD ANDRES American, 1927–2013 Untitled, c. 1950 oil on canvas signed lower left 10 x 7 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Clevelan...

Lions is an oil painting realized by an unknown artist. Oil on canvas, signed lower right ''Lync...'' (last letter illegible), below dated 1945, patch with retouch on the nose of t...

Image dimensions: 23.5 x 17 cm. Prince is an original artwork realized by Esy Beluzzi in 1956 Original painting on paper. Hand-signed and dated in blue pen on the lower right corner: Esy 56. Mint conditions. Beautiful artwork presenting the incipit of a story. The writing, similar to an ancient...

Artist: Charles Cobelle, French (1902 - 1994) Title: Two Women by the Shore Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 42 x 30 inches

Image dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm. Optique is an original artwork realized by the French artist Esy Beluzzi in 1956. Original tempera on paper. Hand-signed an dated in pencil on the lower right corner: Esy 56. Excellent conditions. Very colored and beautiful artwork representing a big eye inside a black circle. The figure is on a colored background with white pois. In the center of the composition we read "Leroy Verres de contact Optique" written on a colored tape. The work is for sure an advertising of the time that Esy Beluzzi realized for a contact lens...

Italy,Dancer,White ,Grey Little Girl ,Italian Painter Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989) From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to techni...

An interesting, American School Mid-century tempera painting showing a view of a seated clown rehearsing his dogs for a dance routine while a bareback rider in costume observes in th...

Original oil on canvas provocative figurative painting by the American artist Martin Rosenthal. Mid century modern. Signed lower left. Circa 1955. Condition is very good. Presentl...

Original oil on canvas painting of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in Paris. Circa 1955. Signed by the artist lower right. Condition is excellent; recently professionally cleaned. No restorations. Original wood, gesso and gold frame. Overall framed measurements are 13 by 15.5 inches. Provenance: A Long Island, New York collector. Charles Blondin was a French impressionist painter and print maker known for his depictions of Paris during different seasons. Born in 1913 in France his most active period dates from c. 1928 to the 1950s. The Paris Etching Society...

Badri Narayan - Ganapati - 10.25 x 8.5 inches ( unframed size) - 20.25 x 18.5 inches ( Framed ) Condition: A very small tear on the top le...

Here for your consideration is a mid century modern oil painting on masonite by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. The painting depicts an old man with a long wispy beard holding a group of birds. Signed lower right and dated 1954. Presently unframed. Condition is very good. Provenance: The estate of the artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Nahum Tschacbasov Biography : Russian-American artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984) is known for his cubo-surrealistic works which feature a strong psychological element. Some of his work bears a resemblance to work of another Russian-American artist--David Burliuk. He was somewhat of a late starter, moving to Paris in 1932 to study under Adolph Gottlieb, Marcel Gromaire and Fernand Leger. He had his first exhibition in Paris in 1934. He then returned to the US where he joined Rothko and Gottlieb at the Galery Seccession. He was one of the co-founders of The Ten, a group of social conscious abstract painters which included Rothko, Gottlieb, Joseph Solman and Ilya Bolotowsky, among others. In 1944, he began to work at Stanley Hayter's Atelier 17, a center for surrealistic ideas. Between 1936 and 1943, he had five one-man exhibitions at the ACA Galleries and participated in five group shows. He also exhibited at the Whitney, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Knox Albright Museum, the Chicago Institute of Fine Art and Corcoran, among others. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Met, the Whitney, the Brooklyn Museum and the Jewish Museum. Tschacbasov has been the subject of two recent retrospective at Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, NY and Arthur...

In the evening, 1950-ties, cardboard, oil, 46,5х34 cm Anatoly Lebedev (1935-2014)

Signed lower right, 'Vivian R. Huebler' for Vivian Ruth Lewis Huebler (American, 1890-1975); additionally signed, verso, with artist address and painted circa 1955. Vivian Huebler...

The hunter is a modern artwork realized by a european artist in 1952. Mixed colored oil on plywood. Includes frame:34.5 x 3 x 26.5 Monogrammed "GV" and datet 1952 on the lower lef...

Albert Heckman Untitled, circa 1950 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 25 1/4 x 32 1/4 inches Albert Heckman was born in Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at the art world in 1915 after graduating from high school and landing a job at the Meadville Post Office. In 1917, at the age of 24, Heckman enrolled part-time in Teachers' College, Columbia University's Fine Arts Department to begin his formal art education. He worked as a freelance ceramic and textile designer and occasionally as a lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the early 1920s, at the age of almost 30, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia Teachers College. He was especially impacted by his instructor at Columbia, Arthur Wesley Dow. After graduating, he was hired by the Teachers' College as a Fine Arts instructor. He stayed with Columbia Teachers' College until 1929, when he left to attend the Leipzig Institute of Graphic Arts in Leipzig, Germany. Isami Doi (1903-1965), who was born in Hawaii, was arguably his most impressive student at Columbia. Doi is now regarded as one of the most prominent artists hailing from Hawaii. Heckman became an active member and officer of the Keramic Society and Design Guild of New York in the 1920s as part of his early commercial art career. The Society's mission was to share knowledge and showcase textile and ceramic design exhibits. In 1922, Heckman married Florence Hardman, a concert violinist. Mrs. Heckman's concert schedule during the 1920s kept Albert and Florence Heckman apart for a significant portion of the time, but they spent what little time they had together designing and building their Woodstock, New York, summer house and grounds. A small house and an acre of surrounding land on Overlook Mountain, just behind the village of Woodstock, were purchased by Albert and Florence Heckman at the time of their marriage. Their Woodstock home, with its connections, friendships, and memories, became a central part of their lives over the years, even though they had an apartment in New York City. Heckman's main artistic focus shifted to the house on Overlook Mountain and the nearby towns and villages, Kingston, Eddyville, and Glasco. After returning from the Leipzig Institute of Graphic Arts in 1930, Mr. Heckman joined Hunter College as an assistant professor of art. He worked there for almost thirty years, retiring in 1956. Throughout his tenure at Hunter, Mr. Heckman and his spouse spent the summers at their Woodstock residence and the winters in New York City. They were regular and well-known guests at the opera and art galleries in New York. Following his retirement in 1956, the Heckmans settled in Woodstock permanently, with occasional trips to Florida or Europe during the fall and winter. Mr. Heckman's close friends and artistic career were always connected to Woodstock or New York City. He joined the Woodstock art group early on and was greatly influenced by artists like Paul and Caroline Rohland, Emil Ganso, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Andre Ruellan, and her husband, Jack Taylor. Heckman operated a summer art school in Woodstock for several years in the 1930s with support from Columbia University, where these and other Woodstock artists gave guest lectures. The Potter's Shop in New York City hosted Mr. Heckman's first art show in December 1928. The exhibit received some positive reviews from critics. The American Institute of Graphic Arts chose the plate of "Wehlen, Saxony" as one of the "Fifty Prints of the Year in 1929." There were sixteen etchings displayed. The remaining plates depicted scenes in Saxony, Germany, while five of the plates were based on scenes in Rondout, New York. Heckman started switching from etching to black and white lithography by the early 1930s. A lifelong admirer of Heckman's artwork, Mr. Gustave von Groschwitz organized a significant exhibition of Heckman etchings and lithographs at the Ferargil Gallery in New York City in 1933. The exhibition traveled to the Stendahl Galleries in Los Angeles (May 1933), the Charles Lessler Gallery in Philadelphia (May 1933), J.L. Hudson in Detroit (June 1933), and Gumps in San Francisco (July 1933). Together with his early etchings, the exhibition featured brand-new black and white lithographs depicting scenes in and around Woodstock as well as "A View from Tudor City...

Here for your consideration is a beautiful original oil painting of two ballerina’s waiting to come on stage by the French artist Dietz Edward. Exquisitely executed by a master arti...

#5-2825 A circa 1950's oil on wood panel,displayed in a off-white wood frame.Artist unknown

Presenting a mid century mixed media painting by American artist Robert McIntosh, "Cubist Nude in Green:, an original oil and collage on panel, ...

Pitcher Crystal is an original modern artwork realized by Antonio Scordia in 1955. Oil painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin. Titled, signed and dated on t...

Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950. A loose study of a woman seated in a dress, resting her chin on her hand and recli...

Artist: Gladys Rockmore Davis, American (1901 - 1967) Title: Young Ballerina Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed 'GRD' l.r. Size: 18 x 1...

Nude study by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Image, 26"H x 20"W on artsits cardboard. Signed/stamped "Estate of Honora Berg" on verso, from a collection of her works. Berg studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff, and James Budd Dixon. Berg's friend Edith Truesdell...

Castle Doorway is an original modern artwork realized in the half of the XX Century by Giuseppe Scognamiglio (Neaples, 1901 - Neaples, 1985). Original oil on cardboard. Hand-sign...

Still life of roses is an artwork of mid-20th made by an unknown artist. Oil on canvas, monogrammed H.v.D. and dated (19)57 lower left. 36 x 30 cm, framed 45 x 38 cm. Very good c...

Hank Laventhol (1927–2001) was an American painter and master print maker. He worked in painting, graphics, sculpture and photography. Associated with ...

Surrealist painting from 1950 by artist Camilo of two relaxing harlequin performers by the seaside dressed in yellow and pink. Signed and dated by artist. Cleaned And Restored.

Portrait of a Man in a Polka Dot Clown Suit - Oil on Canvas Portrait of a man in a white and red polka dot suit by a Joan Tidwell (American, 1930-2005...

This piece is a unique, original gouache on paper by Erte, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. It was created in 1957 as a costume design for a cabaret show and is from the private coll...

Painter's family (Ed. Kalnins). Oil on cardboard, 50x79,5 cm

Beautiful oil on canvas by the french artist Paul Guiramand. Provenience: Important private collection. Very good conditions.

Beautiful view of the hill of the italian region of Marche, where the artist was born and lived. Autenthication on photograph by the Artist dated november 11th 1996. Very good condit...

COASTAL DOCK Size: 45 x 49.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A vibrant and expressive mid-century figurative painting, executed in oil onto board. The composition depicts a bustl...

'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Victor di Gesu es...

Multi-colored figurative oil painting of a woman in bikini bathing in the California sun by listed California artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). The colorful background is...

Irish mid-century landscape of Mulroy Bay, Co. Donegal. Well painted scene of the Irish landscape with water and mountains. The artist was active during the 1950s-1960s and these s...

Stamped verso with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1960. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art ...

Image dimensions: 20 x 28 cm. The Christmas is an original artwork realized by Esy Beluzzi in 1958. Original tempera on paper. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right margin: Esy 58. On the lower right corner "Julie Laure" is written in capital letters in pencil. Mint conditions. Beautiful work representing an angel dressed with a pink long dress and two long wings in the center of a scene theatre. On the left side, a tree without leaves but full of stars. All the composition is enriched with golden stars and the frame is characterized by dark blue curtains...

Along the fence. Plywood, oil, 14x14 cm