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Style: Modern
Period: 1950s
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
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century Modern Impasto Oil Painting - Venice St. Mark's Basilica at Sunset
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Impasto Oil Painting -- Venice at Sunset with St. Mark's Basilica
Wonderful and evocative modern painting of Venice with gondolas and St. Marks Basilica by postw...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Stretcher Bars
Untitled (Elevated Platform)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our current exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s
Untitled (Elevated Platform), 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 30 x...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Untitled”
Located in Southampton, NY
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...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Untitled #2”
Located in Southampton, NY
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...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Joni" - Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Girl in Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"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 ...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
School of Paris, Sleeping Woman, Nude, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Fortunato Pirazzini (1907-2003), School of Paris, ca.1950. "Sleeping woman, Nude". Measurements : with frame : 56x71 cm - 22x28 inches
without frame : 46x61 cm - 18....
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
People Lawn Bowling in Central Park New York City 1950 oil/canvas NYC blue green
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Aaron Berkman (1900 - 1991)
“Bowling in Central Park” New York
Oil on canvas
10 x 14 inches
Signed and titled verso: Aaron Berkman 1950
Provenance:
Private collection, USA
Aaron Ber...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Madeleine, Paris Street Scene
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century oil on canvas painting of a Paris street scene with the columns of La Madeleine in the distance, signed Deuvray bottom left. The canvas is on its original stretcher ...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Listed Signed Female Vintage Modernist Paris Cafe Street Scene
Located in Buffalo, NY
Listed female vintage modernist Paris cafe street scene by Elise Shaw. Oil on board. Framed.
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Gouache
"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
Woman with Arms Crossed
By Byron Browne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woman with Arms Crossed
Mixed media collage-painting on stone chip surface, mounted on fabric, mounted on wood support by the artist, 1955
Signed and dated lower center
Image size: 1...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Other Medium
R. QUEYRIE, Walking the Streets, Oil on Hardboard, 1950s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on hardboard signed R. QUEYRIE, France, 1950s. "Walking the streets". With frame: 55x47 cm - 21.65x18.5 inches - without frame: 46x38cm - 18.1x15 inches. 8F format. Signed "R. Qu...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Swedish Mid century modern Impressionist landscape of a Village
Located in Woodbury, CT
Choosing to acquire a Swedish mid-20th-century modern Impressionist landscape by Helge Cardell is an opportunity to bring a harmonious blend of artistic innovation and natural beauty...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Portrait Framed Oil Painting - Lone
Located in Bristol, GB
LONE
Oil on Board
Size: 52 x 44.5 cm (including frame)
A very well done mid-century modernist portrait composition, executed in oil onto board.
A single seated figure sits alone, l...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
'Figure Seated in Interior', Woman Artist, Berkeley, San Francisco Museum of Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Millicent Tomkins' for Millicent Hanson Tomkins (American, 1930-2021) and dated 1959.
Millicent Tomkins began painting at a young age and, as a child, was awarde...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid-Century Modern Figural of Two Women and Child by Harold Kitner Kent State
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive Mid-Century figural painting of two women and child in pastel hues by Harold Kitner (American, 1921 - 2004).
Image, 33"H x 48"W
Walnut frame, 34"H x 49"W x 2"D
Harold Kitner was born on May 18, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio and was the son of Isaac and Frieda Kitner. He obtained his MA from Case Western Reserve University in 1947. Kitner was a postgraduate from Cleveland Institute, Ohio University, Cleveland College, Washington and Lee University. He obtained his Doctorate from Kent State University. Exhibition: Harold Kitner - Active / Figure / Exaltation at Kent State School of Art Gallery in Kent, Ohio in 2014.
Harold Kitner taught for over 30 years at the Kent State University School of Art.
Harold Kitner began teaching art and art history at Kent State University in 1947. During his career, he served as Director and Chairman of the Fine Arts Division. Kitner played a significant role in creating the Art School’s core program, organizing the Kent State Arts Festival, and the Blossom Festival School. He also served as President of the Kent chapter of the American Association of University Professors, and was an art critic for the Akron Beacon Journal. In 1967, Kitner became Kent State University’s first Faculty Ombudsman, officially titled Dean for Faculty Counsel. He held this position until 1974. At the time of the Kent State shootings, Kitner’s position as Ombudsman meant that he was involved in many of the decisions regarding University administration in the weeks and months following the Kent State shootings. Kitner began a partial retirement in 1980, and left Kent to become the director of the Institute of the South Florida Art...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Abstract Figurative Framed Oil Painting - In the Shadows
Located in Bristol, GB
IN THE SHADOWS
Size: 39 x 30 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
An outstanding mid-century abstract figurative painting, executed in oil onto board.
A figure standing in an interio...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, ABS
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
Oil, Canvas
East Santa Cruz (California), Farm House with Storm Clouds Landscape Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"East Santa Cruz (California)" is an oil on canvas board by Jon Blanchette (1908-1987) of a yellow farm house with dark gray storm clouds overhead. Presented in a custom frame, outer dimensions measure 21 ¾ x 25 ¾ x 1 ½ inches. Image size is 16 x 20 inches.
Painting is in very good vintage condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report.
Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote.
About the Artist:
Jon Blanchette
Born England, 1908
Died California, 1987
Jon Blanchette was born in Somerset, England on March 29, 1908. He immigrated to Battle Creek, Michigan in 1918. Artistically inclined at age six, he later studied at the Pittsburgh Art...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Canvas
Antoni Costa Woman. original figurative academician drawing painting
By A. Costa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
woman. original figurative academician drawing painting. virtual frame
Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965
It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and t...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Figurative Framed Oil Painting - Girl in the Garden
Located in Bristol, GB
GIRL IN THE GARDEN
Size: 35.5 x 30 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A richly textured and charming mid-century figurative painting, executed in oil onto canvas.
Small yet impact...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage Mid-Century Abstract Figurative Oil Painting, Ivar Morsing - Altea
Located in Bristol, GB
ALTEA
Size: 25 x 38 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
A brilliantly executed semi-abstract mid-century modernist oil composition, painted in 1959 by the established Swedish artist I...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century French Color Lithograph "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage)
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful early 20th Century color lithograph of abstracted man with leaves titled "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage) by French artist Jean Lucat (French, 1892 - 1966), circa 19...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Screen, Paper
Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Framed Figurative Oil Painting - The Store
Located in Bristol, GB
THE STORE
Size: 42.5 x 34.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A vibrant and lively mid-century narrative painting, executed in oil onto canvas.
The composition captures a scene at...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Framed Cityscape Oil Painting - City Dream
Located in Bristol, GB
CITY DREAM
Size: 56.5 x 66cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A poignant and atmospheric mid-century cityscape composition, executed in oil onto canvas.
In the foreground, a group o...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
Still life with Vase of Flowers - Oil Paint by Claude Deschamps - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Still life is an artwork realized by Claude Decamps, mid-20th Century.
Oil on cardboard.
20 x 25 cm.
Hadsigned in red in lower margin.
Good conditions!
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Framed Portrait Oil Painting - Painterly Portrait
Located in Bristol, GB
PAINTERLY PORTRAIT
Size: 53 x 44 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A very striking and emotive mid-century figurative portrait, executed in oil onto canvas.
The painting portrays ...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large American Modernist Post Impressionist Framed Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1957 Mid-Century Abstract Signed Swedish Lithograph by Esaias Thorén - Baskets
Located in Bristol, GB
BASKETS
Sheet size: 58 x 45.5 cm
Image size: 49 x 38 cm
Lithograph on paper
A mid century limited edition (164/260) coloured lithograph, signed by Esaias Thorén and dated 1957.
It ...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Still Life with Candlestick and Book by Joseph Pressmane - Still life painting
Located in London, GB
Still Life with Candlestick and Book by Joseph Pressmane (1904-1967)
Oil on board
35.5 x 42 cm (14 x 16 ¹/₂ inches)
Signed and dated lower...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Folk Singer oil painting by Byron Browne
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
Oil, Canvas
1950s Academic Realistic Study of Hands Oil Painting Signed Stuart Whyte
Located in Surfside, FL
1950s Academic Realistic Study of Hands Oil Painting Signed Stuart Whyte
In the manner of Auguste Rodin.
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
The Fisherman, 20th century Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
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...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Procession Jewish Wedding Chuppah Oil Painting Modernist Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Abstract
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Country: United States
Sabina Teichman: (1905-1983) Studied at Columbia Univ. (BA, MA), also with Charles J. Martin and A...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Signed Surreal Black Farming Figures Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist surreal landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shovel Handles, 1950s Framed American Modernist Oil Painting, Green Bronze Blue
Located in Denver, CO
"Shovel Handles" is an original vintage 1953 modernist oil painting by mid 20th century Denver artist, Paul K. Smith (1893-1977). Signed dated by the artist in the lower margin, titl...
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American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
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American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Untitled, Watercolour on Paper by Modern Artist Suhas Roy "In Stock"
By Suhas Roy
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Suhas Roy - Untitled
Watercolour on Paper, 11 x 15 inches, 1954
( Unframed & Delivered )
Suhas Roy 's mystic woman which he calls 'Radha', either Oil on canvas or soft colored past...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Antique American School Framed Exhibited Artist Sculpting Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school artist portrait painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Image size, 16L x 24H.4
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Figurative Oil Painting - Coastal Dock, Framed
Located in Bristol, GB
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...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
“Jest a Hornblower”
By Roy M. Steinberg
Located in Southampton, NY
Very beautiful oil on masonite painting by the American mid century modern artist Roy M. Steinberg. Signed lower left. Circa 1955. Condition is very good; no issues. A jester blowi...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Neoclassical Head in profile
By Byron Browne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Neoclassical Head in profile
Watercolor and graphite on paper, 1950
Signed and dated lower left in ink (see photo)
Provenance: Washington, D.C. priva...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Vintage Mid-Century Framed Figurative Oil Painting - Double Sided Portrait I
Located in Bristol, GB
DOUBLE SIDED PORTRAIT I
Size: 48 x 30cm unframed
Oil on board
An intriguing double sided oil on board: one side depicts a pair of women looking into a book, and the other side featu...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Exotic Landscape - Painting by Kabemba Situna WA - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Exotic Landscape is an artwork realized by Kabemba Situna WA in 1970s.
Acrylic on Canvas
58.5 x 38 cm ; 85.5 x 65.5 cm.
Good conditions!
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Mid-Century Framed Figurative Oil Painting - Double Sided Portrait II
Located in Bristol, GB
DOUBLE SIDED PORTRAIT II
Size: 48 x 30cm unframed
Oil on board
An intriguing double sided oil on board: one side depicts a pair of women looking into a book, and the other side feat...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Rowdy Mexican Cantina Brawl with Beer, Men, Guns & Knives
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Oil on canvas board.
Framed
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
Artist and His Family, 1950s Interior Figurative Oil Painting, Red Green White
Located in Denver, CO
Oil on board painting by Donna Marecak (1922-1998) titled 'Artist and his Family' from 1950. Interior scene with four figures, a baby, and a cat gathered around a table. Painted in ...
Category
American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Portrait Framed Painting, The Royal Guard
Located in Bristol, GB
THE ROYAL GUARD
Size: 63 x 29 cm (including frame)
Watercolor & Gouache on Paper
A small yet impactful watercolour and gouache figurative composition of an upright figure of a royal...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'The Harmonica Player', Bay Area Modernism, San Francisco Art Institute, Harp
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Earl Thollander' (American, 1923-2001) and painted circa 1955; additionally signed, verso, on paper and titled, 'The Harmonica Pla...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Casein, Board
Rare 1950s New York Modernist Judaica Rabbi Oil Painting signed A. Einstein
By A. Einstein
Located in Surfside, FL
Rare Mid Century Judaic figure of a Jewish rabbi at prayer. signed A. Einstein.
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Swedish Figurative Oil Painting, Brita Hansson - Market Square
Located in Bristol, GB
MARKET SQUARE
Size: 37 x 42 cm (including frame)
Oil onto paper laid to board
A richly coloured mid century modernist figure scene, painted in oil onto paper laid on board, by the ...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Laid Paper
Circus Universal, Large Modernist Oil Painting with Clown Harlequin
By Stella Drabkin
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Other
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Country: United States
Dimensions: 44" x 27" x 3/4"
Dimensions w/Frame: 52" x 35"
Born (Stella) Molly Friedman to Carlaman a...
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seated Nude - Oil Paint by Giuseppe Torelli - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Seated Nude is an artwork realized by Giuseppe Torelli in 1950s.
Oil on cardboard.
64x48 cm with frame.
Handsigned in the lower right margin.
Category
Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
