1960s Figurative Paintings

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...

Hermann Schütte (1893 Osnabrück - 1973 Hamburg), White Mask on Violet Ground. Enameled copper plate on wooden base, 37 x 29.5 cm, monogrammed and dated "S[chütte] [19]62" in the lowe...

This deceptively naive painting was most likely done for a children's book. Upon close study, the viewer will recognize that this painting is anything but a child's effort. It's a g...

Brilliant American Illustrator Bob Peak captures the fury and power of a punch to the face with rapid broad strokes of the brush. Combined with a somber color scheme and gestural bru...

Lorraine Fox (1922–1976) was an American illustrator and commercial artist who illustrated magazines, book covers, and advertisements. Among the magazines, she illustrated for was Wo...

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...

Illustration legend Bob Peak depicts a boxer that has fallen to the matt and is being given the 10-count by the referee. Peak captures that peak moment of drama and then exaggerates...

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

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...

The Monkey Killer by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Oil on canvas 76 x 101 cm (29 ⅞ x 39 ¾ inches) Signed and dated lower right Orovida 1963 Provenance: The Leicester Galleries, Londo...

The artist invents and then captures a moment of a peak drama with soldiers being shot and bombs exploding. It's beautifully rendered. This work was published as a two-page spread...

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...

Made for the movie poster for "Oliver" Signed Lower Right

Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, July 2,1960. The Post described, ““Golfe '' was outlawed during its infancy in Scotland because too many archers, on whom ...

20th Century Italian Illustrator Gianna Renna depicts a emotionally-charged scene of three men on a raft descending into a fiery abyss. His conception and execution of Jules Verne's ...

Italian illustrator Gianni Benvenuti depicts a dramatic scene from the epic Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. With unrivaled skill, Benvenuti captures a peak moment of drama when...

Date: 1968 Medium: Acrylic on Board Dimensions: 20.00" x 27.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right The Lincoln Highway, 1916 Chevrolet, calendar illustration, Great Moments in Early Amer...

HENRYK BERLEWI 1894-1964 Warsaw 1894-1964 Paris (Polish/French) Title: Reclining Figure Technique: Original Signed Oil Painting on canvas laid on ...

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...

The work looks much better in person with snappy bright colors that form a complex abstract composition of interconnected shapes. Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, The Work is Signed lower left - Provenance: Forum Gallery, New York - Label on verso Swann Gallery...

The old west depicted in a graphic and dramatic manner. Paperback Novel Cover Painting Original Art (Avon, 1963). Work has a matted image area of 12.5" ...

Paperback book cover illustration for Eagles Where I Walk by Stephen Longstreet, published by Popular Library, 1961. The publisher describes the story: “Anger had burst into rebellion, and rebellion had exploded into war—and across the Colonies brave men and women joined together in a passionate struggle which there was no turning back. Such a man was David Cortlandt—robust, daring, never one to avoid danger. He was a man who must have what he desired, be it freedom from a tyrant or possession of a strange and deadly beauty named Roxanne.” The cover features a soldier embracing a woman above a small illustration...

Approximate Date: 1961 Medium: Acrylic on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Size: 19" x 13" Paperback Four Year Hitch, paperback cover, c 1961

Art Seiden was a children's book illustrator in New York City. Seiden was a members of The Society of Illustrators

GEORGES ANATOLOVITCH DE POGEDAIEFF 1897-1971 Pogedaievska 1897 - 1971 Ménerbes (Russian/ French) Title: Bouquet of Lilacs and Orange / Bouquet de lilas à l'orange, 1964 Technique:...

Date: 1966 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 10.50" x 9.75" Signature: Signed Lower Right Men magazine, upper half cover, March 1966

Hand Signed by Ken Heyman Born in New York City in 1930, Ken Heyman first became interested in photography in high school. Later, during his student days at Columbia College-which were interrupted by a two-year stint in the army-his skill as a photographer grew, but still regarded photography as no more than a hobby. Then two events in college helped to direct him toward his career in photography. First, he sent off selections of his work to two national photography annuals and was pleased, indeed surprised, when both indicated they were eager to print his pictures-and did. But perhaps more important was his becoming a student of the distinguished anthropologist Margaret Mead...

The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate

The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate

Medium: Gouache Painting Signature: Signed Lower Right An interesting piece by the Hall of Fame illustrator whose best works don’t show up all that frequently.

Signature: Signed Lower Left Cover of the Army v. Navy Football Program 1968. 204 page Army Navy Almanac Official Program for game played at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia The program ...

Date: 1964 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 20.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Hello Dolly & Others

Turkish Beach Scene, 1966 - Euan Uglow (Oil on Panel) Twentieth Century Painting Euan Uglow (1932-2000) Turkish Beach Scene, 1966 Inscribed ‘Euan Uglow, Oil’ on label on reverse Oil...

Raphael Soyer (1899–1987) is celebrated as a masterful chronicler of everyday life, capturing the quiet dignity of ordinary people with a humanistic touch that defined much of 20th-c...

JEAN SOUVERBIE (1891-1981) DEUX BAIGNEUSES, 1965 Signed lower left Titled & dated verso Signed lower left Titled & dated verso Souverbie painted compositions of figures, especially ...

Andrew Karoly (Hungarian-American, 1893-1978)/ Louis Szántó (Hungarian-American, 1889-1965) Alice in Wonderland, 1960 Oil on canvas Signed and dated low...

The painting titled "Vielle et Enfant," executed in oil on canvas. The painting is signed by the artist in the upper right corner. The dimensions of the actual painting are 13.25 in...

Born in Latvia, Kalman Aron(1924 - 2018), survived four years in camps during the Holocaust surviving in many ways due to his natural artists talent. As liberations came with the end of the war, he was able to study art at the Fine Art Academy of Vienna. Kalman Aron spent his life paintings portraits, landscapes, cityscapes as well as imagery from his impression of the war. He was widely commissioned and collected. The Chess Players...

“Icarus Suspended” is an extraordinary painting of Ayrton's obsession with flight, myths, mirrors and mazes. This complex piece shows a figure in flight, frozen in action, either swooping down or, perhaps, falling to earth. Named after the Greek mythological figure, Icarus, who along with his father attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax. Flying too close to the sun the wax melted and both fell to earth. The positioning of Ayrton's figure is reminiscent of "The Fall of Icarus" by Jacob Peter Gowy, Museo Nacional del Prado. This is part of a series of artworks on Icarus some sculptural and some three-dimensional paintings on canvas. Verso contains gallery label Matthiesen Gallery, 142 Bond St., London, England, with a signature and text in upper right corner: "To Morton Schotnick. Bought on the occasion of The Archives of American Arts Tour to London, England. October 10, 1961. Michael Ayrton...

Artist: Raimundo de Oliveira, Brazilian (1930 - 1966) Title: Revelation Year: 1963 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size: 28.5 in. x 39.5 in. (72.39 cm x 100.33 cm)

Oil on panel Signed and dated, l.l. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.

Oil painting on canvas board of a sledge pulled by oxen. The painting is done in an impressionist style. The canvas board is signed by the artist on the front and titled, signed and dated on the back. The board is not framed. Artist Biography: John Koenakeefe Mohl was born on 29 September 1903 in Dinokana, Zeerust in the North-West Province. Mohl's father was a carpenter who sculpted objects such as chairs and mealie stampers. During his youth, Mohl drew with 'pepa' on rocks and made clay objects. He attended primary school in Dinokana where his teachers reprimanded him for constantly drawing in class. Mohl's father eventually withdrew him from school to tend to the goats. Nevertheless, Reverend Hale soon recognized Mohl’s talent and convinced his father to allow him to draw. Mohl attended the Moeding Training Institute (later known as Tigerkloof Training School) where he attained a teacher’s diploma. He subsequently accompanied a German artist to South West Africa (now Namibia) where he studied painting at the Windhoek School of Art. The Missionary Society and the Lutheran Church then sent him to Dusseldorf, West Germany where he studied art at the Kunst-Akademie during the following five years. The artist later returned to South Africa and settled in Sophiatown, where he started running art classes from his home. His art school was known to his peers as the ‘White Studio’. He was one of the first Black artists to be involved in art education and training. In the late 1950s, he was prevented from operating a business; therefore he established the Apollo Art...

Title: Still Life with Chess Materials : Oil on Canvas Date : 1960's Dimensions : 42 1/2 x 31 in. In the late 1960's, Daniel Brennan had a day job loading boxcars for Railway Express. During nights, he would go to a coffee house (Lawrence Gallery and Coffee House, at 43rd and Main St., KCMO), to sit and draw before heading home to paint. The gallery owners, Anne and Sidney Lawrence...

Medium: Oil on Masonite Signature: Signed Lower Left The present work was published as the cover illustration of the October 7th, 1961 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. The Post ...

Signed Lower left The present work was published as the cover illustration of the February 3rd, 1962 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. The Post editors wrote of this cover, “The ...

Expressionist painting of two abstract skulls in flowers on a field of red. Framed in a white frame with a white matte. Painting was newly framed. Dime...

Ernest Tino Trova "Figurative Abstract" 1965 Oil on Canvas approx 17 x 12.5 inches Signed and Dated Lower Right Known for his Falling Man series in abstract figural sculpture, he cr...

Presenting a just discovered original pastel by American artist Hans Burkhardt. The Model, is an original pastel on paper, signed, dated 1967, fair original condition with some fol...

Presenting a just discovered early oil by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2012.) The Cavalier, is an original oil on panel, signed, dated 1966, 41 x 60 inches, excellent origin...

Beautiful domestic portrait of two women in blue with linear style by Oris Robertson in 1967. Placed in a thin, black frame. Signed and dated in the top left corner. Artist Biograp...

Artist: Kiki Kogelnik, Austrian (1935 - 1997) Title: Libration on an Eccentric Orbit Year: 1965 Medium: Acrylic and Airbrush on Canvas, signed and titled verso Size: 44.5 in. x 3...

Artist: Raimundo de Oliveira, Brazilian (1930 - 1966) Title: Jonah and the Whale Year: 1962 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size: ...

Artist: Raimundo de Oliveira, Brazilian (1930 - 1966) Title: Elijah and Elisha Year: 1962 Medium: Oil on Panel, signed and dated l.l. Size: 28.5 in. x 39.5 in. (72.39 cm x 100.33...

Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of t...

An early original pastel by American artist Hans Burkhardt. "Cubist Nude", is an original pastel on paper, signed, inscribed, dated 1962, the pastel is unframed and there is some fo...

An original oil on canvas by American artist Joe Lorusso. There is little known about this artist, though certainly a competent painter. Jazz at the Paradise Cafe, is an original ...