1950s Paintings
Period: 1950s
Color: Blue
Oil Painting, blue period "Balloon Man" by Diane Vidito
Located in Greenwich, CT
Balloon Man is done in the tradition of a “blue period” Picasso, which had an influence on Vidito’s work in the 1950s. She did a number of works that all h...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Elegy to a Dead Tree - Kent Landscape - British 1950's art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British 1950's landscape oil painting is by noted artist Laurence Henry Irving. Painted in 1952 it is entitled verso as Elegy to a Dead Tree. In the foreground, towering ...
Category
Realist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Tuba Next Door, Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Right by Artist
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, September 27, 1952
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Fauvist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 18L x 24H.
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coral Reef Painting Life Mag Published 1953. Mid Century Modern American Scene
Located in New York, NY
Coral Reef Painting Life Mag Published 1953. Mid Century Modern American Scene
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994)
The World We Live In
Coral Reef
...
Category
American Realist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Afternoon Stroll - 1950's French Expressionist Mid Century Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large 1950's French expressionist oil on canvas depicting locals taking an afternoon stroll, by Paris painter André Beaucé. Excellent quality ...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Antenna Birds" New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal Mid-Century American Scene Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Antenna Birds" New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal Mid-Century American Scene Modern
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994)
Antenna Birds
New Yorker cover proposal, c. 1950s
12 1/2 X 9 1/4 in...
Category
American Modern 1950s Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Brown landscape
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Brown wooden frame with glass pane
53.5 x 45 x 2 cm
Category
French School 1950s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Radiant Reflections Abstract 1950s Oil Mid 20th Century American Woman Artist
Located in New York, NY
Radiant Relections. Abstract Non-Objective 1950s Oil Mid 20th Century American Woman Female Artist. Signed lower right.
Provenance:
Estate of Foy C. Casper, Norfolk, Virginia (a close personal friend of the artist and a former director of the Irene Rice-Pereira Foundation).
Sothebys American art sale October 10, 2008.
The canvas measures 50 x 40. The work has been restored, relined and is housed in its original frame, made by the artist's second husband, George Wellington Brown, a marine engineer from Boston.
BIO
Periera was an American abstract artist, poet, and philosopher who played a significant role in the development of modernism in America. She is known for her work in the Geometric abstraction, Abstract expressionist, and lyrical abstraction genres and her use of the principles of the Bauhaus school. She helped found the Federal Art Project...
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel”
Located in Southampton, NY
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...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Blue Geometric Abstract
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Signed lower right "Sander"
19.5 x 23.5 inches; 23.5 x 25.125 inches framed
Provenance: Private collection, Denver
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Suburban Backyard)
Located in New York, NY
Artist Freddy Caston, "Untitled" (Suburban Backyard), Abstract Impressionist/ Landscape Oil on Canvas, 30.50 x 38.50, Late 20th Century, 1959
Framed by Joseph Grippi (best known as J...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Grand Canal, Venice', School of Paris, Musee D'Orsay, Toulouse-Lautrec Museum
By Henri d'Anty
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "d'Anty" for Henry d'Anty (French, 1910-1998), titled verso "La Gondole" (The Gondola) and painted circa 1955.
A vibrant view of the Grand Canal painted alla prima...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
"Untitled, " Alan Fenton, Abstract Expressionism, New York School, Color Field
Located in New York, NY
Alan Fenton (1927 - 2000)
Untitled, 1958-1960
Oil on canvas
96 x 78 inches
Fenton's quiet and contemplative nonobjective paintings and drawings were widel...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's Mid Century modern English oil portrait, two women in a artists studio
Located in Woodbury, CT
1950's Mid Century modern English oil portrait, two women in an artists studio
The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s
Great use of color and abstract brush strokes...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Le Port By Georges Hanquet c1959 Painting Mid Century
Located in FR
Le Port by Georges Hanquet c1959 Mid Century
Oil on canvas
Very good vintage condition there is a small repair to the back of the painting
Category
Other Art Style 1950s Paintings
Materials
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 24.25 inches
Signature: Signed lower right
Condition: Very good
Frame: Frame in good condition
This painting attributed to noted artist Julian Maximillian Delbos (1879-1970) depicts a garden scene with Mediterranean style buildings in the background. It is in very good condition. The colors are vibrant. The simple flat gray-black frame is in good condition with a few scratches and a very small separation in the upper right corner.
About the Artist:
Julius M. Delbos, born in 1879 in London, England, was a landscape painter, teacher, and lecturer. He was elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design, New York City, in 1945, an Academician in 1948. He was also a member of the American Watercolor Society; the New York Watercolor Club; the Society of Graphic Art; Old Dudley Art Society, London; American Artists Professional League; National Arts Club; and the Century Club...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Landscape - Tempera - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
"Landscape" is an original painting in tempera and collage on cardboard, realized by Anonymous Artist of 20th Century.
In good conditions.
The artwork represents a summer landscape...
Category
Modern 1950s Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Tempera
Indian with Pipe
Located in New York, NY
This exceptional oil on canvas by master Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein is an exceptional and unique example of his early pre-pop work. It is signed by the artist, upper right.
After m...
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Lush Landscape with Greens and Blues" Mid Century Modern Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This piece is a wonderful Mid Century pertinent example of Nannot de Groot's works from the prime of his career with thick use of impasto oil paint, and gestural brushwork throughout. In 1957 it was a transitional year from painting figures in his New York studio to his new studio into the countryside. And in 1959 he and his wife came back to Provincetown Massachusetts and rented a small cabin that was in a field belonging to Mary Cecil Allen on the west end. It was a small space, and there was a tree that was outside the front door, he was inspired and painted this tree over and over, and soon it was the beginning of a whole new series. The brush landscape that was outside of the window of the cabin became a focal point of this series and every year it would change, picking up inspiration to depict the tree in a new way each year. This piece is signed and dated 59' by the artist upper right corner and it comes housed with the original Mid-Century wood frame with gold rim and hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed.
Art measures 49.5 x 39 inches
Frame measures 51.5 x 40 inches
Nanno de Groot was born on March 23 of 1913, in Balkbrug, Holland. He started drawing at six years of age. Although his father prevented him to study art at an early age, he moved to the United States in the year of 1941, and in 1946 at age 33 he discovered Picasso and he dedicated the rest of his life to painting and drawing. He worked for a year as a cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle. After his marriage to the New York School artist Elise Asher...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Resume Safe Speed, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1959
By Thornton Utz
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, May 30, 1959.
The Post described, “It is so refreshing to get away from...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Lone Navajo Horseman
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial California oil painting of a Navajo horseman in the New Mexico mountains. Stylistically similar to Constantine Cherkas Navajo Rider painti...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'The Basque Harbor at Bermeo, Spain', Munich Art Academy, Karl Caspar
By August Philipp Henneberger
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'A. P. Henneberger' for August Philip Henneberger (German, 1902-1980) and dated 1951.
Framed in a period, gilt-gesso and carved wood, Louis XVI style frame.
A pan...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Sea Rocks Carmel Landscape
By Homer Levinson
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning mid century landscape of Carmel, California titled "Sea Rocks" by Homer Francis Levinson (American, 1894-1975), circa 1940's. Impasto brushwork adds extra depth and interest...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
'Still Life with Songbird', American Modernist, Blue Interior
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, mid-century oil still-life comprising various items arranged on a platter set on a table beside a red bird in a cage. Unsigned and painted circa 1950.
The anonymous h...
Category
Modern 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Soldiers on the Shore. Story Illustration for Male Magazine
By Gil Cohen
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Backyard Campers, The Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, September 5, 1953.
The Pos...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Board, Gouache
Kite Catcher
By Robert Hilbert
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Framed 31.00" x 23.00"
American Weekly magazine cover, October 31, 1954
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Crashing the Surf, Mid-Century Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Classic mid-century seascape with sailboat by Carl Davidson (American, 20th Century), c.1955. Signed "C. Davidson" lower left. Presented in a wooden frame. Image size: 15"H x 30.25"...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Happy Hour
By Benjamin Eisenstat
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'B. Eisenstadt' and painted circa 1955.
A substantial view of a rustic garden showing two women relaxing with martinis on a sun-dappled wooden deck.
A painter, teacher, illustrator and cartoonist, Benjamin Eisenstat...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
1950's Blue Iris and White Pitcher Still-Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful impressionist oil painting of blue Japanese irises in a white pitcher in style of Vincent Van Gogh, by an unknown artist. Signed illegibly. Presented in a giltwood frame. F...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Still Life
Located in Wiscasset, ME
This vibrant work by noted 20th century American artist, Joel Durand, employs a bold palette and sophisticated approach in this dramatic and abstracted sti...
Category
Modern 1950s Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Reclining woman with man in background illustration
By Joe Bowler
Located in Miami, FL
Most likely for a magazine like Saturday Evening Post interior editorial spread. The empty space to the right was for the art director to surprint type. The empty space acts as a com...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil on Canvas Leaping Sailfish by Marshall Anderson
Located in Bristol, CT
Original oil on canvas depicting a deep sea fishing sailfish painting by Marshall Anderson signed (lower right) in a custom silver gilt frame. It ...
Category
Other Art Style 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gambler's Girl
By Rudy Nappi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This illustration was published as the paperback cover for Gambler's Girl by Kermit Welles, Original Novels 704, 1951.
Category
Other Art Style 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Men She Knew
By Rudy Nappi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This illustration was published as the paperback cover for The Men She Knew by Norman Bligh, Venus Books No. 130/Star Guidance, 1951.
Category
Other Art Style 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Enroll For Service
Located in Miami, FL
Enroll For Service,
American Junior Red Cross, poster illustration, 1951
Gouache on board
22 x 14 1/2 in.
Not signed
From the Collection of the American Red Cross...
Category
De Stijl 1950s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
When Couples Meet, Ballantine Beer advertisement, 1953
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Center Right: John Clymer
Ballantine Beer advertisement, 1953
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Curaçao, Travel Advertisement
By C.G. Evers
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: circa 1957
Medium: Gouache on Board
Dimensions: 25.50" x 17.75"
Signature: Signed Left
Original illustration for a poster for the Grace Line Travel c...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Treachery in Trieste, Paperback Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1954
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 24.75" x 15.5"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
This illustration was published as the paperback cover of Treachery in Trieste by Charl...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Kulissenspiel" ( Backstage Game ) 1954 Oil Painting by Walter Wellenstein
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil on cardboard, 1954 by Walter Wellenstein ( Dortmund 1898-1970 Berlin ). Signed and dated lower right: Wellenstein 54. Framed.
Height: 13.78 in ( 35 cm ), Width: 18.5 in ( 47 cm ...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
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
Summer by the Sea, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1956
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Saturday Evening Post Cover, July 21, 1956
This Falter cover was owned by Sarah Johansen, daughter of John Falter. She is the you...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Strolling the Forrest
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a wonderful example from the late `1950's period of American artist Ron Blumberg(1908-2002.)
"Strolling the Forrest", is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1959, with an...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Black Depths
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
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