1950s Paintings

Work on canvas Molded frame in plaster and gilded wood 72 x 56 x 6 cm

"Florentine Night" is a vibrant abstract oil painting by Edward (Eduardo) Arcenio Chavez (1917-1995), created circa 1951. Signed and titled by the artist on the back of the canvas, t...

Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil on canvas. Signed lower right, signed and dated verso. 62.25 x 56.25 in. 64 x 58 in. (framed) Custom framed in a natural cherry wood floater. Provenance Washburn Gallery, New York Behnke Doherty Gallery, Washington Depot, CT Born in 1908 in Chicago, John Opper moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1916. In high school, he began studying art and attending classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art. After graduation, he enrolled in the Cleveland School of Art (now Cleveland Institute of Art), only to withdraw after a year and move to Chicago, where he took classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. He eventually returned to Cleveland, enrolling at Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve), receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1931. The Depression has taken hold during this period, so Opper found work by teaching metalworking and sketching classes at the Karamu Settlement House, the oldest African American theater in the United States. In 1933, Opper traveled to Gloucester, Massachusetts, eventually connecting with the artist Hans Hofmann, who was teaching at the school run by Ernest Thurn. Hofmann encouraged Opper to work “in a more modern vein and start finding what it’s all about.” Heeding this advice, Opper relocated to New York, co-founding a mail-order club of American and British prints for dissemination to schools and museums. By the mid-1930s, he joined the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Easel Division, and also began attending the 57th Street school that Hans Hofmann had established after leaving the Art Students League. Looking back at his time at the school, Opper felt that beyond Hofmann’s teaching, most advantageous was his contact with fellow artists, including Byron Browne, Rosalind Bengelsdorf, and George McNeil. At the time, he also met Giorgio Cavallon and the sculptor Wilfrid Zogbaum. In 1936, Opper became a founding member of the American Abstract Artists, along with Balcomb and Gertrude Greene. The organization was formed to provide an opportunity for artists to show abstract works at a time when such opportunities were scarce. This led to his first solo show in 1937 at the Artists’ Gallery in New York. During his summer in Gloucester in 1933, Opper came to know Milton Avery. Painting in Avery’s informal studio in New York City the following winter, he became acquainted with Adolph Gottlieb and Mark Rothko. Opper participated in a couple of shows during the 1930s of the American Artists Congress Against War and Fascism, whose president was Stuart Davis. About the same period, Opper joined the Artists’ Union and served as the business manager of its publication, Art Front. During World War II, Opper worked for a ship design company creating drawings for piping systems used in PT boats...

A modern abstract painting by American female New York City artist Irene Zevon titled "Medusa" created in 1960. This painting was born out of Zevon's Flamenco series, but opened u...

Signed lower left, 'V. Rorup' for Viggo Julius Rorup (Danish, 1903-1971) and dated 1967. A substantial, Post-Impressionist oil landscape showing a view of the Mediterranean with an orange tree and blossoming apple trees in the foreground, framing a view across cultivated fields towards the azure ocean beneath a clouded lilac and ivory sky. A charming and robust work that exemplifies the artist's characteristically lyrical and painterly brushwork, elegantly expressing it here in a gentle palette of moss, teal, lavender and soft pastels. Viggo Rorup was still a student at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts when he made his 1928 debut at the Free Exhibition at the Charlottenborg Palace. Following his graduation in 1930, he moved to Odsherred, where he continued his studies under Karl Bovin. Together, they formed the foundation of the avante-garde group of Modernists, The Corner, that first introduced the principles of Modernism to Danish painting. Rorup traveled widely, including to Italy, Austria, Spain, and most importantly to France, where his studies of the Impressionists and the Post-Impressionists had a great stylistic impact on his later work. His palette grew brighter, and his earlier defined contours were subsumed into the nuances of light. We are pleased to offer a dazzling work from the artist's late period, that exemplifies these later qualities of his mature work, harmoniously capturing the warmth and color of a southern summer landscape. Exhibitions: KE 1928-29, 1933-38; Corner Harvest 1939-41; Corner 1942- 71, 1981; Liljevalchs, Sth. 1946; Union Frcia 1947; Nordic Arts Association. 1947; Wild Wheat, Kunstindustrimus. 1948; New Carlsberg Foundation, Charlottenborg Palace, 1952; Cromisterne 1952;Kalundborg 1952; Da. contemporary art, Charlottenborg Palace 1956, 1958; Danish Institute Contemporary Art, Freedom Hall, Sønderborg 1961; Ostseeländer, Rostock 1961-62, 1969; Artists in Odsherred, 1977; Copenhagen 1978; Danish. landscapes, Norwegian Art Museum. 1981; Danish Cultural Institute, The Artists House, Ukraine 1986. Separate Exhibitions: Binger Gallery Copenhagen. 1938; Art Unite., Copenhagen. 1964 (retrosp.); Haagen-Müller Kunsthdl., Copenhagen. 1966; Farumgaard, Farum 1971 (Artist Retrospective); Odsherred painter Retrospective, Odsherreds Museum, 1983; Norwegian Art Museum. 1985; Odsherreds Art Museum. 1993; et al. Literature: Pol. 1.4.1957; 03/08/1983; 05/17/1985; Holbæk County Venstrebl. 28/06/1958; Ulf Hoffmann in: Cat. Corner, 1959; News 15/11/1964; Gunnar Jespersen: The abstract, 1967, 107; Berl. Time. 17/01/1971; Inger Hjorth Nielsen: Cat. Corner, 1971-72; January Garff in: Corner Book...

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 ...

A fine mid 20thCentury Modernist/Post Impressionist Landscape circa 1952 oil on canvas 46cmx54cm Good quality silver gilt gallery frame 59cmx68cm Painted by Thure Wahlstrom (1908- ? ...

Charming hand painted photograph, portrait of a young ballerina as Tinker Bell by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Circa 1957. Signed "Studio d'Art Los Altos...

Clown is an original contemporary artwork, colored oil painting on paper, realized by the Italian artist Antonio Vangelli. Original mixed media artwork. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower left: Vangelli. Excellent conditions. On the back of the artwork, reflected image of the Clown. Beautiful colorful work on paper depicting a Clown: figure of a typical circus games...

Tree silhouette. Oil on cardboard, 43x53,5 cm Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I) His first professional education was at National University at ...

Vintage American modernist southern school painting. A family portrait on a New Orleans porch. Beautiful detail in the wrought iron. Brilliant color palette here. Signed verso. ...

Lakeside. 1959, oil on cardboard, 36x49,5 cm Summer landscape by the lake Edgars Vinters (1919-2014) Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints ...

Richard Anuszkiewicz Old Door, 1953 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated by the artist on the lower right front 20 × 14 inches Unframed This unique and extre...

Jacques van Rooten, is an artist born in Belgium. He was a painter of landscapes and portraits in a realistic style. Regularly exhibited in Belgium. He also made beautiful paintings ...

This vibrant still life oil painting is by Scottish artist Doris Zinkeisen. Painted circa 1950 the composition is a glass, lemon and two fondant fancies. They stand on a pink and whi...

Bela de Kristo Nature morte, circa 1956 Signed lower right Oil on board 19 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches Provenance: Alexander Kahan Fine Arts, New York Private ...

Leon Kroll (1884 - 1974) Portrait of a Woman, circa 1950 Oil on canvas 20 3/4 x 17 inches Signed lower left Provenance: Private Collection, New York Private Collection, North Caroli...

Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Victor di Gesu estate stamp. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los...

A substantial, mid-century Post Impressionist oil still-life comprising a fish on a platter with four lemons, a raffia-wrapped bottle of Italian chianti...

Mid Century Garden Landscape, "In the Old Spanish Garden" by Florence Nuez A charming Spanish home is the focus of this lovely mid century landscape painting by Santa Cruz, Californ...

"Figure de Notier" oil on canvas painting of a human figure by Max Papart. Signed Max Papart on front. Signed and titled "Max Papart Figure de Notier" on back. Additional markings o...

Aleksandra Belcova (1892-1981) Studied at the Art School in Penza (1912-1917), State Free Art Workshops in Petrograd with N. Altman (1918-1919). Together with her husband Romans Su...

Signed lower right "Cornin," dated "LVII" for 1957, and titled verso "Uncial." Jon Cornin first studied with Raphael Soyer at New York's Art Student's League and, subsequently, at the Grand Central School of Art. Using the pseudonym, CorKa, he and his wife, Zena Kavin produced cartoons for Saturday Evening Post and the New Yorker from 1941-1952. The Cornins moved to the San Francisco Bay area in 1940 and settled in Oakland. In addition to his career as a painter, Jon Cornin was also a noted teacher, respected theorist of Modernism and the author of 'Painter's Credo: Selected Notes' (Stone House Press, 1985). He exhibited widely and with success and was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards. Partial List of Exhibitions: Museum of New Mexico, 1937-39; Oakland Art Gallery, 1939-45; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1938, 1940, 1945; California Watercolor...

Acquiring a French mid-20th-century modern Impressionist view of book sellers along the Seine, with Notre Dame in Paris by Joseph Tretter is an opportunity...

Antique American modernist street scene painting. OIl on board. Framed. Signed "Van Zandt 50". Really finely painted and an interesting subject as well!

Charles Green Shaw (American, 1892-1974) By the Dawn's Early Light, 1955 Oil on masonite Signed lower left, dated and titled verso 35.5 x 23.75 inches 38 x 26.25 inches, framed Provenance: The estate of the artist to Charles H. Carpenter Charles Green Shaw, born into a wealthy New York family, began painting when he was in his mid-thirties. A 1914 graduate of Yale, Shaw also completed a year of architectural studies at Columbia University. During the 1920s Shaw enjoyed a successful career as a freelance writer for The New Yorker, Smart Set and Vanity Fair, chronicling the life of the theater and café society. In addition to penning insightful articles, Shaw was a poet, novelist and journalist. In 1927 he began to take a serious interest in art and attended Thomas Hart Benton's class at the Art Students League briefly in New York. He also studied privately with George Luks, who became a good friend. Once he had dedicated himself to non-traditional painting, Shaw's writing ability made him a potent defender of abstract art. After initial study with Benton and Luks, Shaw continued his artistic education in Paris by visiting numerous museums and galleries. From 1930 to 1932 Shaw's paintings evolved from a style imitative of Cubism to one directly inspired by it, though simplified and more purely geometric. Returning to the United States in 1933, Shaw began a series of abstracted cityscapes of skyscrapers he called Manhattan Motifs which evolved into his most famous works, the shaped canvases he called Plastic Polygons. The 1930s were productive years for Shaw. He showed his paintings in numerous group exhibitions, both in New York and abroad, and was also given several one-man exhibitions. Shaw had his first one-man exhibition at the Valentine Dudensing Gallery in New York in 1934, which included 25 Manhattan Motif paintings and 8 abstract works. In the spring of 1935 Shaw was introduced to Albert Gallatin and George L.K. Morris. Gallatin was so impressed with Shaw's work, he broke a policy against solo exhibitions at his museum, the Gallery of Living Art, and offered Shaw an exhibition there. In the summer of 1935 Shaw traveled to Paris with Gallatin and Morris who provided introductions to many great painters. Shaw regularly spent time with John Ferren and Jean Hélion. The following year Gallatin organized an exhibition called Five Contemporary American Concretionists at the Reinhardt Gallery that included Shaw, Ferren, and Morris, Alexander Calder, and Charles Biederman...

Estate stamp, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955. An elegant figural interior showing a young woman seated on a bed beside a table bearing a vase...

This captivating post-Impressionist portrait is by American artist David L Swasey circa 1953. The painting depicts a seated woman, turning to look at the artist with stunning blue ey...

"Garden Roses" in a Vase Still Life by Masayoshi Himeno Beautiful still life oil painting on canvas of a vase of multicolored Garden Roses sitting upon a table with a background in hues of green and red by Masayoshi (Masara) Himeno (Japanese/American, 19th-20th century). A green vase is the focal point as it sits upon a table with red, pink and yellow roses in full bloom. The artist uses a oil wet brush technique similar to a watercolor artist. Masayoshi a possible San Francisco Bay area artist who emigrated to America form Japan. Signed "M. Himeno" lower right. Presented in a giltwood frame. Image: 19" W x 23"H. Frame: 26"W x 30"H. Signed on verso, artists label, Japanese Kanji...

Anne Estell Rice (1877-1959, American) Still Life With Bottles Oil Paint on Masonite Signed and dated 1958 Unframed 12" x 21.5"

Olģerts Saldavs (1907.29.VII – 1960.1.IV) - Painter, art scholar. Studied in the studio of U. Skulme, later of K. Miesnieks and L. Liberts (1926). In 1936, he graduated from the V. ...

Signed lower right, 'J. Roig' for Jose Roig (Argentinian-Spanish, 1898-1968) and painted circa 1955. This Argentine-Spanish Modernist was born in Spain in 1898 and was painting in A...

"Old Store, Copperopolis California", a 1950s landscape by Cecil F. Chamberlin (American, 1899 -1963). Signed "C. F. Chamberlin" lower left. Unframed. Image, 24"H x 30"W. Cecil F. Chamberlin was born in Santa Rosa, CA on May 5, 1899. Chamberlin was educated at Stanford University and then studied art at the CSFA. He then taught art in San Francisco for many years. During the later part of his life he lived down the coast in Santa Cruz where he operated an art gallery, lectured, and had many students. He was a nephew of artist Winnie Chamberlin...

Stunning and expressive large scale oil painting by mid-century San Francisco artist Louis Earnest Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Signed "Nadalini" lower right. Unframed. Image size...

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Antique French modern painting of a fall forest. Oil on board, circa 1950. Signed. Image size, 15.5L x 9.75H. Housed in a period giltwood f...

Herbert Siebner (1925-2004) was a German-born Canadian painter whose work is characterized by its expressive use of color and texture, and its exploration of themes of war, exile, an...

Olģerts Saldavs (1907.29.VII – 1960.1.IV) - Painter, art scholar. Studied in the studio of U. Skulme, later of K. Miesnieks and L. Liberts (1926). In 1936, he graduated from the V. ...

Antique American modernist New England barn oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed illegibly. Image size, 24L x 20H. Framed in a period f...

Pointilliste View of Istanbul is a modern artwork realized by Stan Reszka in 1951 Oil on Canvas. Hand signed Stan Reszka. Titled, signed, dated on the reverse. Includes frame. S...

Steinberg's Holiday Magazine Cover, " The North of Jersey " is similar to his famous New Yorker Cover "View of the World from 9th Avenue”. ...

Wonderful mid-century modern oil painting of wheat and fruit by Wanda Faust (American, 20th century), c.1950. Signed lower left corner "Faust." Displayed i...

André MAIRE (Paris 1898 – Paris 1984) Landscape with pagodas in Vietnam Chalk Conté on paper H. 50 cm; W. 32 cm Sensitive to the outline of his artistic gifts, his father enrolled h...

Olģerts Saldavs (1907.29.VII – 1960.1.IV) - Painter, art scholar. Studied in the studio of U. Skulme, later of K. Miesnieks and L. Liberts (1926). In 1936, he graduated from the V. ...

Helena Malarewicz-Krajewska (born 14 July 1910 in Biecz , died May 7, 1998 in Warsaw) is a Polish painter, active advocate of socialist realism. Studied between 1928 and 1929 at the...

Wonderful mid century California landscape of Gold Rush's Amador City with iconic stone building and farm by John Britton Matthew (American, 1896 - 1980),...

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"...

Painter, vacation, summer, impressionism, picnic, 1950s Russia,Green

Signed lower right, "Karl Larsen" (Danish, 1897-1977) and painted circa 1955. Beginning in 1917, Karl Larsen participated in numerous exhibitions in France and Denmark including the...

This lovely British Post Impressionist 1950's landscape oil painting is from a collection of Peter L Field paintings acquired from the family. The compos...

Wonderful old Hollywood portrait of a middle aged Peter Lorre (1904-1964) by Charles Kingham (American, 1895-1984), circa 1955. Unsigned. Acquired with oth...

Genre: Modern Subject: Abstract Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States Dimensions: 18" x 24" Dimensions w/Frame: 18.5" x 24.5" Cubist Surrealism, reminescent of the Later Pop Art works of Roy Lichtenstein. Alan Tompkins a prolific artist, he continued to paint into his 100th year and strongly desired one thing: to be remembered for his art. “I’m not a hobbyist, I’m not an educator,” said Tompkins. “I want to be remembered as a painter.” Tompkins produced thousands of paintings, many showing the influence of Cubism and abstract art, during a long and productive career. Tompkins played a pivotal role in the formation of the University of Hartford. He was director of the Hartford Art School in 1957 when it merged with the original Hillyer College and the Hartt College of Music to become the University of Hartford. He served as director until 1969 and then taught art history and visual studies until his retirement in 1974. A graduate of Columbia University...

Vivid mid-century landscape of South Coyote Buttes Zion National Park by Bob Custis a New Mexico artist (American, 20th Century), 1955. Signed and dated lower right corner B. Custis....

Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Cardboard San Francisco Bay area abstract expressionist composition by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Blue, red, and yellow-green patches swirl around each other, evoking the image of a nebula or body of water with leaves floating on top. The bold colors contrast with each other, creating a strong impression even from a distance. Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Estate stamp on verso "Estate of Honora Berg - Miller Fine Art" Unframed. Paper size: 29.75"H x 22"W Larry Miller 1958-2003, Larry was a specialist in bay area abstract artists and purchased numerous bay area artists estates. He purchased the entirety of the Honora Berg Estate and we purchased many of those works directly from Larry. Honora Berg, an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist, studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff and James Budd Dixon...

Signed lower right 'Di Gesu' for Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1958. A substantial oil a young woman, (possibly Victor's wife, the artist, Janet Ament), sho...

Gorgeous California landscape titled, "The By Road" by Myrtle Sue Redford (American, 20th Century). Signed "Myrtle Sue Redford" on verso. Image, 16"H x 12"L. Myrtle Redford was a Fresno artist whose artwork won her a statewide reputation. She studied with Arthur Hill Gilbert, Abel Warshawsky and Nell Walker Warner. Myrtle was a member of the Carmel Art Association, the Santa Cruz Art League, Central California Art...

Cubist Abstract V Miriam Bromberg Oil on Canvas Size: 18 x 46 in. (45.72 x 116.84 cm)

Gorgeous landscape of artist's interpretation of Santa Cruz and what appears to be Holy Cross Roman Catholic church during late 19th Century by Esther Roebuck (American 1902-1970), p...