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Period: 1950s
Fire (3) by Yayoi Kusama - Abstract contemporary work on paper
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in London, GB
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Fire (3) by Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)
Gouache and pastel on paper
27.7 x 20.3 cm (10 ⁷/₈ x 8 inches)
Signed, ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
Edna Eicke June 20 1959 New Yorker Cover Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Edna Eicke: 1919-1979. Well listed American artist best known for her fabulous New Yorker magazine covers. From 1946-1961 she painted 51 New Yorker covers mostly focused on scenes of...
Category
American Realist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Pont Marie, Paris - Post Impressionist River Landscape Painting by Francois Gall
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Oil on original canvas circa 1950 by French post impressionist painter Francois Gall. A wonderful and beautifully brushed piece depicting a view of the bridge Pont Marie in Paris, Fr...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait on Horse in Landscape - British 50's art equine rider oil painting
By Lionel Ellis
Located in London, GB
This lovely portrait oil painting is by noted British artist Lionel Ellis. Painted in 1955 the painting is a self portrait of the artist on a beautiful chestnut horse in the foregrou...
Category
Realist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rush Hour NYC Subway Commute
Located in Minneapolis, MN
From an east coast estate auction, Grapefruit Moon Gallery is delighted to have acquired a previously unseen collection of American Impressionist oil paintings dating to the 1940s an...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Adorable Jewel Flowers
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a beautiful, c. 1950, unpublished pastel illustration by the Father of American Pin-Up, Rolf Armstrong. This well-rendered sketch features the artist's muse and lifelong frie...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Illustration Board
“Pitcher and Fruit”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful oil on board still life painting of a pitcher, glass and fruit by the well known French artist, Prosper Rotge. Signed Top right. Circa 1955. Painted in the impressionis...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
'Woman Seated', Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière, California Post-Impressionist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and with Victor di Gesu estate stamp and impressed wax seal verso
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor Di Gesu first at...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Abstract, Turquoise and Rose', Paris Modernist, Guggenheim, Benezit, Italy
By Åge Vogel-Jørgensen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "A.V.J" for Aage Vogel-Jorgensen (Danish, 1888-1964); dated, verso, 1954 and titled 'Nr. 3'. Displayed in a period, silver-gilt frame. Framed dimensions: 26"H x 24....
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Framed Polish Rabbi, Oil Painting by Abraham Straski
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Abraham Straski, Polish (1903 - 1987)
Title: Untitled - Polish Rabbi
Year: 1952
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Image Size: 16 x 12 inches
Frame Size: 26 x 20 inches
Category
Post-War 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Russian/Canadian Modernist Signed Fauvist Pointillist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1957. Signed "Olga" verso. Displayed in a modern frame. Image size, 36"L x 26"H.
Category
Pointillist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century Modernist; 'Meadow Landscape with Wildlife' Expressionist oil
Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine Modernist/Expressionist oil by listed Swedish artist Sune Blomqvist (1919-1989)
'Meadow Landscape with Wildlife' circa 1950-60.
oil on canvas 33cmx41cm
gallery frame 40cmx48cm...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rabbi and Student, Oil Painting by Abraham Straski 1957
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Abraham Straski, Polish (1903 - 1987)
Title: Rabbi and Student
Year: 1957
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 16 x 11 inches
Frame Size: 25 x 20 inches
Category
Post-War 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
A gentle mid-century portrait of a young girl by Pascal "Pablo" Cucaro (American, 1915-2004). Sealed in a layer of clear resin. Signed in a black textured medium, lower left: "cucaro...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Resin, Carbon Pencil
Vintage Mid Century Modernist Abstract Signed Morrow Biomorphic Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. Signed on verso. Displayed in a period frame. Image, 18"L x 20"H.
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Untitled
Located in Buffalo, NY
You are viewing an abstract expressionist painting by American female artist Harrier Holden Nash.
Harriet was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and lived with her husband in ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Ocean Sunset Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderfully vibrant "Ocean Sunset" landscape by Cecil F. Chamberlin (American, 1899-1963). Blue wood frame. Signed "C.F Chamberlin" lower right. Image size, 36"L x 24"H; overall, 44...
Category
Realist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Three Men Hunting
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This illustration was used in magazine advertisements.
Frank C. Bensing was born in Chicago, Illinois, and received his art training there at the Art Institute. Among his te...
Category
Other Art Style 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Ink Painting - Les Mules dans le Champ
By Jean-Baptiste Granger
Located in Houston, TX
Bold black and white ink painting of a group of mules peacefully gathered by French artist Jean Baptiste Grancher, circa 1950. Signed lower right.
Original artwork on paper display...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Unraveled
Located in San Diego, CA
A retired cardiologist, Jacobs’ artwork highlights how learned skills in medicine fueled his dynamic abstract technique. Strongly influenced by abstract expressionists from the 1950’...
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
WPA Still Life with NYC Street Scene Aaron Berkman Circa 1950-60.
By Aaron Berkman
Located in Hallowell, ME
Signed lower left. Oil on canvas in what might be the original frame. Wonderful still life at a table with NYC street scene shown below. RFeally bright colors.
The following is w...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Schlitz Beer Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Advertisement for Schlitz beer, 1950. Published ad included.
It’s part of their “I was curious” series that always features three panels. This one features a scrapbook that, despi...
Category
Other Art Style 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Monterey Pier', California Modernist, Woman Artist, Santa Cruz Art League
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "Muriel Backman" for Muriel Durgin Backman and dated 1955.
An elegant, Cubist-derived, mid-century view of the old Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey, California. A ly...
Category
American Modern 1950s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
Reclning Figures Interior
By Irene Zevon
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern abstract painting by American female New York City artist Irene Zevon titled Reclining Figures Interior created in 1957.
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pinto Equestrian Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-2830a Acrylic on canvas set in a vintage wood frame
Image size 11.5x13.5"
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique American Modernist Abstract Landscape Morris Shulman Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape abstract painting. Oil on board, circa 1953. Signed. Image size, 12"L x 10"H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Santa Maria Novella Firenze
Located in Lawrence, NY
Note: oil pastel on paper
Gandy Brodie (American, 1924-1975) studied dance and jazz before teaching himself to paint, inspired by the paintings of Van Gogh, Klee and Picasso. Brodi...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Mid Century French Impressionist still live of flowers in a vase
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very well painted French Mid century still live of flowers .
Pierre Pilot was a French painter who was active from the 1930's through the 1960's.
His use of color and striking comp...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paper, 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 Ar...
Category
Academic 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Horst Strempel Pastel "Mädchen am Fenster" ( A Girl at the Window ), 1958
By Horst Strempel
Located in Berlin, DE
Pastel on paper, 1958 by Horst Strempel, Germany. Signed lower left. Verso inscribed, titled and dated. Framed.
Measurements: 31.5 x 23.62 in ( 80 x 60 cm )
Category
Realist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
La Place Neuve - Geneva - Expressionist Cityscape Landscape Oil by Gen Paul
By Gen Paul
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated expressionist oil on canvas by French painter and engraver Gen Paul. The work depicts a view of Place de Neuve in the city centre of Geneva, Switzerland. The statue ...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Indian Ritual Walking on Fire, Firewalking Ceremony, Mythology and Religion
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
Narrative artist Robert Riggs captures a highly-charged scene of an Indian firewalking ceremony. Firewalking is part of a religious ritual and is associated with the mystical powers...
Category
Academic 1950s Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Pigment
Untitled (New York), Semi Abstract Night Scene with Black, Blue, and Yellow
Located in Denver, CO
Untitled oil on board painting of New York by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968) from 1951. Presented in a custom black frame, outer dimensions measure 30 ¼ x 12 ¼ x ¾ inches. Image...
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nell Sinton Abstract Expressionist Landscape San Francisco California Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
Eleanor Nell Sinton
Roots and Stems 1950,
Oil on canvas,
Signed lower right N. Sinton,
Provenance: Braunstein Quay Gallery (bears label verso)
Framed: 24.5 X 20.5 sight 21 X 17 i...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cosmos - British Fifties Abstract Expressionist art oil painting red white blue
Located in London, GB
This superb British Abstract Expressionist oil painting is by noted artist Bernard Kay. It was painted in 1957 and is titled Cosmos. The composition is loose block forms of colour in...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
No Title, 1958 Abstract Watercolor on Paper by Erich Keller
Located in Brescia, IT
This beautiful abstract watercolor is drawed on Fabriano paper, an Italian high quality paper specially made for artists and its artworks.
About Keller arworks was told many words bu...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paper
English School Mid 20th Century Oil Painting: Pekingese Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Oil Painting: A Pekingese "Lovely Maid of Kyratown"
by Dorothy Alexandra Johnson (1902-1988)
signed lower right
oil painting on canvas, unstretched
5.0 x 7.0 inches
A delightful ...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Fuji Apples Still Life with Plaid Cloth
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful oil painting of a basket of Fuji apples with a plaid cloth hanging behind by Helen Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Signed "Gleiforst" lower right. Unframed. Image, 24"H x ...
Category
Fauvist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Vintage 1957 Modernist Boat Dock Signed Original Large Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist harbor view by Aksel Jorgensen (1883 - 1957). Oil on board, circa 1957.
Signed. Displayed in a period frame. Image size, 24"L x 20"H.
Category
Modern 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Sonia, Oil Painting by Jan De Ruth c1950
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Portrait of Sonia Berg
Year: circa 1950
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 24 in. x 20 in. (60.96 cm x 50.8 cm)
Frame Size: 33 x...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Textured Impressionist Floral Still Life
By Pat Colville
Located in Houston, TX
Untitled still-life of yellow flowers in a vase by Pat Colville. Oil on board. Circa 1957.
Dimensions without Frame: H 28 in x W 23 in.
Artist Bio:
Pat Colville was born in New Orl...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Trastevere Fountain
Located in Milford, NH
A nice impressionist oil on masonite city scene with a young crowd in Rome, Italy, probably the Fontana del Prigione, illegibly signed lower right, title inscribed on verso “Trastev...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Mid Century Multi-Color Abstract Expressionist Nude Figure
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Exceptional mid century Abstract Expressionist figurative painting from her study with David Park by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Signed lower right "Honora Berg" and on verso...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nothing but Ashes
By Eugenia Sumiye Okoshi
Located in Greenville, DE
The painting represents the artist's interpretation of the scene she observed while traveling slowly through Hiroshima by train in 1945/46 as a young woman, shortly after the bomb wa...
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Gathering by the Trees," Charles Marcon, figurative, abstract, 1959, modern
By Charles Marcon
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Terrenoire in the Loire, France, self-taught painter Charles Marcon was encouraged by Madeleine Castaing and Paulette Jourdain. Marcon exhibited throughout Paris and in Arles...
Category
Modern 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract in Brown Tones
Located in Milford, NH
A fine abstract in brown tones by American artist David Lund (b. 1925). David Lund’s illustrious painting career spans over 65 years. Born in New York, the youngest child of Jewish ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Arabesque with Bull - Bull Fight - Mid-century
Located in Miami, FL
Arabesque with Bull by Fletcher Martin is masterfully conceived in a Mid-century post-cubist style. This work is a wonderfully complex design of intertwined shapes and patterns. Ever...
Category
Cubist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Farmer's Wife
By Rudy Nappi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Unsigned
Paperback Digest Cover, 1952
This illustration was published twice, first as the paperback cover of Farmer's Wife by Peggy Gaddis, Venus Boo...
Category
Other Art Style 1950s Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Untitled (Still Life)
Located in New York, NY
This refined and sophisticated still life painting was realized in Italy, circa 1950, by the esteemed Italian artist Romano Campagnoli. Executed in oil paint on canvas, the still lif...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Northern Skies" Oil Painting on Canvas by Ralph Rosenborg, Framed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Northern Skies," an original oil on canvas by Ralph Rosenborg, is a piece for the true collector. In 1988, Louise Nevelson wrote: "Ralph Rosenborg was the first recognized pioneer w...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
"La Vierge" Homage to Surrealism Original Painting by Charles Levier, Framed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"La Vierge" (The Virgin), an original mixed media on board by Charles Levier, is a piece for the true collector. Levier's vivid use of color projects from the painting, immediately c...
Category
Surrealist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Steeple and Pond Mid Century Landscape
By Lynn Winans
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century landscape featuring an English Cathedral with steeple and pond by Lynn Clark Winans (American, 1897-1982). Signed "Lynn Winans" lower left. Artist logo on verso. Image si...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
L'Eau, Abstract Painting by Jacques Zimmermann 1959
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jacques Zimmermann was born in Antwerp in 1929. He said: "The abstraction is not for me or a genre painting, nor a limit. It is a starting point. From there, by the automatic gesture...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French Abstract study of figures
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted and very decorative mid-century oil on canvas depicting an abstract interior with figures.
This artist was a known Abstract painter from the middle of the 20th century...
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Julius M. Delbos
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Julius M. Delbos (Attributed to) – American (1879-1970)
Title: Untitled
Year: unknown circa 1950
Medium: Watercolor
Sight size: 17 x 13.75 inches.
Framed size: 28.75 x 24.2...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
(Untitled)
By Tom Lovell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1958
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 23.20" x 33.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Story illustration for Good Housekeeping magazine, December 1958. Image of woman and two sai...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Industry Along the River
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Signed lower left, dimensions listed include the frame.
Joseph Wolins was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1915. He studied at the National Academy of Design from 1935 to 1941 un...
Category
Post-War 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paris Opera
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lovely oil painting of elegant people at the Paris Opera.
Nice original frame.
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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