1960s Figurative Paintings

Tapered hands and pointy-toed female figures along with the cropped legs of a stagehand are depicted in a dance performance. Blanchard was a fashion illustrator and worked for many years in the advertising department of Lord & Taylor. Work is modestly framed Stamped on back "Copyright Conde Nast...

Folk story. 1960. Canvas, oil, 39x49 cm

Impressive patinated bronze wall hanging with Asian village scene. Quite large measuring 20" H x 70 1/4" W. Signed Philip. Kelvin LaVerne. Created in the 1960's. In excellent conditi...

Italian painting from the second half of the 20th century. Artwork oil on masonite depicting a view with a small house of good pictorial quality. Painting adorned with an octagonal w...

"Upright Bass" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 34" oil on board group portrait of a musician is painted...

Au Bal Masque - Spanish girl at Opera - This spectacularly beautiful post-impressionist portrait t could be reminiscent of Degas. A charming girl with a ...

Man with Bird (21) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board Size: 25 in. x 20 in. (63.5 cm x 50.8 cm)

Religious Scene with Sword (27) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: 1965 Oil on Board Size: 15 in. x 31 in. (38.1 cm x 78.74 cm)

Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), Abstract Figural Composition, Mixed Media on Paper, circa 1965, apparently unsigned, wood frame. Image: 10.5" H x 7.25; frame: 11.75" H x 8.25" W ...

the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate

Youth. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 14x10 cm Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to pu...

Suburb. 1963, watercolor on paper, 27x38 cm Dzidra Bauma (1930) Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions, portraits, l...

Running. 1967. Double-sided, cardboard, tempera, 37.5x39 cm Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translato...

Oil painting on masonite by the french Art Deco and modernist painter Jean Burkhalter. This artist is well-known to be one of the founders of the UAM ("Union des Artistes Modernes" i.e. Union of Modern Artists) with Pierre Chareau, Sonia Delaunay, Jean Fouquet, Eileen Gray, Hélène Henry, Francis Jourdain, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Gustave Miklos...

Karl Zerbe (1903 - 1972) Boy from Mansos, 1963 Collage and acrylic on canvas 35 x 23 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Lee Nordness Galleries, New York Karl Zerbe was born on September 16, 1903 in Berlin, Germany. The family lived in Paris, France from 1904–1914, where his father was an executive in an electrical supply concern. In 1914 they moved to Frankfurt, Germany where they lived until 1920. Karl Zerbe studied chemistry in 1920 at the Technische Hochschule in Friedberg, Germany. From 1921 until 1923 he lived in Munich, where he studied painting at the Debschitz School, mainly under Josef Eberz. From 1924 until 1926 Karl Zerbe worked and traveled in Italy on a fellowship from the City of Munich. In 1932 his oil painting titled, ‘’Herbstgarten’’ (autumnal garden), of 1929, was acquired by the National-Galerie, Berlin; in 1937, the painting was destroyed by the Nazis as "Degenerate art...

Chaim Gross is considered to be one of the greatest American Modernist sculptors, and his graphic work is also highly celebrated. Known for his direct wood carvings of animals, jubil...

Green hue landscape scene of figures tubing in a river. It appears to be either the Guadalupe River or the Dry Frio River both located in West Texas. The painting is framed in a gold...

Signed lower left: "Kainen". Inscribed verso: "U Street Capriccio/ Jacob Kainen 1967/ 24x30".

Abstract acrylic painting of two childlike graffiti figures drawn on a brick wall against a bright blue sky by artist J. P. Smith in 1969. Signed and ...

Medium: Gouache on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Left A well-crafted, stylish, and eye-catching cover painting by the renowned pin up calendar artist and commercial illustrator Fritz Willis. This was used as a cover for a Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies...

MODERNIST BALLERINAS Size: 59.5 x 51 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas An outstanding mid-century figurative composition, executed in oil onto canvas by the established Swedish ar...

Kalman Istokovits (1898-1990) Hungarian Artist Painter, graphic artist. In 1918 he decided to go to America but changed his mind and returned from Milan. H...

This unique artwork by Richard Proctor is part of a series of 3 (see last pictures and other listings). It is a self-portrait repeated 3 times in diffe...

Wayne A. Timm MFA In the 1960's, Wayne Timm rubbed elbows with the likes of Warhol, Lichtenstein, Rauchenburg and many others, in the time he had an Art studio loft in New York City ...

Silver Teapot and Roses by Lu Haskew Oil 28x22" image size Vintage Still Life of pink and red roses in a silver teapot. This painting has been in the a...

“Sybils Telling Cosmic Jokes on Mankind” is a vibrant and compelling 1960s semi-abstract oil painting by renowned Denver modernist Edward Marecak (1919–1993). This dynamic artwork bu...

Famed American Illustrator Paul Davis of 1968 Che Guevara poster fame illustrates an article about Whisky from Ireland, Scotland, Canada, and the United States. He executes the wor...

Beautiful Godzilla like monster illustration from 1961. Wenzel was a prolific Disney Artist for decades. The work is beautifully matted and framed and lookes better in person.

Egon Hofmann war nicht nur als Maler wichtig und wegweisend, sondern auch als Netzwerker, der als Gründer und langjähriger Präsident der Künstlervereinigung „März“ eine wichtige Roll...

"Seated Figure" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 48" x 35.75" oil on board portrait is painted in energetic and bold brushstrokes, with vi...

Signed. Signed again and dated on the reverse. The estate of the artist

"Indian Pow-Wow" is an original painting in tempera, signed in the lower right. It features gestural blue outlines, decorated in shades of yellow, blue, and green. Art size: 24" x 1...

Ferruccio Gard (Italy, 1940) is one of the pioneers and leading artist representatives of the Neo-Constructivist art, Programmed Art and Optical Art, which he has practiced since 1969. He is considered to be a master of colour, in his painting Gard creates original formal and compositional solutions of forms and colours. Exploring the geometric composition with chromatic and special themes Gards clasps the complexity of black and white and the extremes of the tonal scale of colours. Gard's work have been the subject of many writers, including Piero Dorazio and Virgilio Guidi, as well as renowned poets art art curators such as Jorge Amado...

Woman with cigarette​, oil painting. Francois Batet was born in 1923 in Barcelona, Spain. He studied painting at the School of San Jordi (Beaux-Arts) and also at Tarrega Academy. When he lived in Madrid he studied masters like Goya and Valasquez. He then moved to Paris and studied famous French impressionistic painters. He has lived and worked in France since 1950. Batet's classic School of Paris style recalls the spirit of Paris in the 1920s and 1930's. In addition to being a master printmaker, he has illustrated over 100 books...

Model in Studio is an original contemporary artwork realized by Dimitri Godycki Cwirko (1901-1987) in 1968. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on the lower...

Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021) Untitled, c. 1960s Oil on canvas 35 7/8 x 23 3/4 x 3/4 in. Provenance: Estate of the Artist Syril Harriet Frank was born in Brooklyn to Israel and...

Playing Guitar 1964 Signed by the artist “S. Kahn” in the upper right hand corner Susan B. Kahn was born in (1924 -2010) New York. American painter pr...

George Botti Italian, 1923-2003 Ballon Man Oil on canvas 36 by 36 in. W/frame 42 by 42 in. Signed lower right Barrel George Botti was born on  24 Mar...

THE LONELY DINER Size: 63 x 48 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas An emotive mid-century figurative composition, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1962. The focal point of the ...

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 22.00" x 29.00;" Framed 22.00" x 29.00" America's Women Get the Vote Calendar Illustration

'Beneath the Stars' by Leon D'Usseau, Jr. Lovers, Moghul, Isfahan, Chouinard, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Dallas Museum ----- Signed lower right, 'Dusso' for Leon D'Usseau, Jr....

This golden age of illustration work was most likely done for an interior story illustration for the Saturday Evening Post. Joe Bowler paints it in a loose but academically correct ...

Wilson Bigaud is an idea artist in who showcases visual ideas in many of his paintings. In this work, a married Haitian couple tunes their radios in sync as they lie in bed. Bigaud was greatly interested in radios, which appeared in many of his works. This work rises to the level of Surrealism in that Bigaud is doing more than just depicting a normal bedroom moment. There is something very strange and bizarre in the couple's synchronized actions. Also of note, it looks like the woman is swallowing the edge of the radio. Signed lower right in a handmade and hand-painted frame. Wear to the edges of board, including delamination in the corners, some dents and losses. Frame rubbing with associated wear. Areas of white discoloration to the bed and headboard...

Alice RoseProvensen and Martin Provensen were an American couple who illustrated more than 40 children's books together, 19 of which they also wrote and edited According to Alice, "we were a true collaboration. Martin and I really were one artist. The Provensens were a runner-up for the 1982 Caldecott Medal as illustrators of A Visit to William Blake's Inn by Nancy Willard (who won the companion Newbery Medal). Two years later they won the Caldecott for The Glorious Flight, the story of aviator Louis...

"Girl Thinking" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 30" oil on board portrait of a young woman is painted in a vibrant color palette. The painting is framed in a new, black wood frame and signed "B Harmon" on verso. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel. Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke...

Italian painting from the second half of the 20th century. Artwork oil on masonite depicting a view with small houses in the green of good pictorial quality. Painting adorned with an...

Coquillage et réveil en rouge by Henri Hayden (1883-1970) Oil on paper laid down on isorel 33.5 x 46 cm (13 ¹/₄ x 18 ¹/₈ inches) Signed and dated lower le...

What makes this work important? It's not that it's a commissioned artwork for a men's 60s pulp adventure magazine depicting the instant a soldier is shot. The big point of the painting is how brilliantly the formal elements are thought out, designed, and executed. John McDermott tells a story using a complex figural composition in an unexpected wide-angle vision. The work is as abstract as it is representation. His use of light is significant because it creates a high-contrast two-color style that bears the mark of its creator. This is a work done by a master artist/illustrator without peers compared to artists living today. If the contemporary art world gave awards for draftsmanship, painting technique, and graphic design .... John McDermott would win the highest accolades. Initialed lower left - unframed John McDermott (August 30, 1919 – April 20, 1977), also known under the pen names J.M. Ryan and Mariner, was an American illustrator and author noted for action and adventure illustrations.[1] McDermott worked as an in-between and effects animator for Walt Disney Studios and as a US Marine combat artist,before establishing himself as a cover illustrator for 1950s paperbacks and pulp magazines such as Argosy, American Weekly, and Outdoor Life. Under his J.M. Ryan pen name, he wrote the novels The Rat Factory (1971), a derogatory satire of Walt Disney and the Disney studio; Brooks Wilson Ltd (1967), on which the 1970 film Loving was based; and Mother's Day (1969) about Ma Barker. Under his own name, he novelized director-writer Bo Widerberg's screenplay for the 1971 film Joe Hill, which would be his final published book. Early life John Richard McDermott was born 30 August 1919 in Pueblo, Colorado, the younger of two sons of Henry McDermott, an oil broker. McDermott was a young child when his father committed suicide.[4] The family eventually moved to Los Angeles where McDermott's mother, Hazel, worked in a beauty parlor. He graduated from Hollywood High School in 1936. Although he had had no formal art education, he took a job as an artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Career Disney At Disney, McDermott worked as an in-betweener and effects animator on Brave Little Tailor, Pinocchio, The Reluctant Dragon and Fantasia. His experiences while working at Disney, particularly during the time of the 1941 Disney animators' strike, would later become the basis for his 1969 satirical novel The Rat Factory. McDermott left Disney to fight with US forces during World War II. US Marines McDermott World War II sketch titled "Buddy is Wounded" On September 29, 1942, McDermott enlisted with the US Marine Corps. He served as a "pistol and palette" combat artist assigned to the map-making section. As a sergeant with the III Amphibious Corps, McDermott was involved in battles in the South Pacific theater of war, documenting the Guam, Okinawa and the Guadalcanal Campaigns. McDermott considered his wartime years to be his art education. "In the Marines, as a combat artist, I traveled with the troops and for three years got all the drawing opportunity anyone could want. My work changed enormously during this time and I’m sure it was due to constant drawing, every single day, from life, just putting down what I saw around me. In a few instances it was a dangerous kind of scholarship." According to the Marine Corps history journal Fortitudine, McDermott was so prolific that his contemporary style pen-and-ink sketches became easily recognizable to both Marines, from published work in Leatherneck Magazine, and civilians, from glossy copies supplied by the Marine Corps to the nation's press.His wartime art appears in World War II history books and is displayed at the Pentagon and the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Illustration Following the end of World War II, McDermott moved from California to New York City to work as a freelance illustrator. McDermott made his reputation drawing modern action, war and adventure scenes. His work adorned the covers and inside story pages of popular pulp magazines of the 1950s such as Argosy, Adventure, Blue Book, Outdoor Life and American Weekly. McDermott's illustrations appeared on numerous covers of 1950s paperback novels published by Dell, Fawcett Gold Medal, Bantam Mystery and others. His action graphics were geared toward thriller and detective genres, such as Donald Hamilton's Matt Helm books Murderers' Row and The Betrayers. He also created covers for science fiction comic titles such as Voyage to the Deep[citation needed] and horror-themed paperbacks such as the classic 1955 science fiction novel The Body Snatchers...

“Exalt His Name Together” Calendar illustration; publisher: (Shaw-Barton), January 1962; The Household Hints Calendar Original calendar accompanies this piece Sight Size: 24.75" x ...

Santa has a quickie with Mom. Elmer Simms Campbell was the first African American Illustrator to work for major newsstand magazines. Published December, 1963 Signed in pencil lower...

Joe Kaufman, writer, illustrator. Recipient Art Directors Club medal, 1948, New York Academy of Sciences Children's Science Book award, 1973, Gold award, Silver award Art Directors C...

Elegantly painted in a charmingly warm style - Alfred Lord Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade (Golden; Paul Hamlyn, 1964) Signed by th...

ALFRED RETH 1884-1966 Budapest 1884-1966 Paris (Hungarian/French) Title: The Gardeners (Personnages), 1962 Technique: Original Signed and Dated Oil and Collage Painting on wood s...

Renato Guttuso Italian 1911-1987 Father & Child Oil on canvas 30 ½ by 19 in. W/frame 31 ½ in. by 20 in. Signed verso "Guttuso" Signed lower center "Guttuso" Dated 1966 Titled vers...

UNNOTICED Size: 68 x 48 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas An expressive mid-century nude figurative portrait, executed in oil onto canvas. A standing nude figure, with their back...

Artist: Carlos Irizarry Title: Child with Doll and Buggy Year: circa 1965 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 30 in. x 24 in. (76.2 cm x 60.96 cm)...

Haunting yet beautiful with a simple graphic composition and monochromatic palette. The stylized and overly expressive hands are a hallmark of Kingman's style. Hand-signed by artist...

Medium: Gouache and Pencil on Paperboard Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, August 26, 1961. The Post described, “The Post desc...

Artist: Marshall Goodman, American (1916 - 2003) Title: Self-Portrait Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Dimensions: 48 x 30 in. (121.92 x 76.2 cm)

Ink and spray enamel on paper. Signed "Lester Johnson" and dated "1968" lower right recto. Provenance: Martha Jackson Gallery