1950s Paintings

Artist: Jose Antonio Velasquez, Honduran (1906 - 1983) Title: San Antonio Oriente, Honduras C.A. Year: 1951 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and d...

Sun reflecting on the snowy mountains at Meadows Valley, Idaho in this mid century winter landscape by Violet Root (Esther Florence Violet...

Painted circa 1950 by Karl Larsen (Danish, 1897-1977) and with certification and seal of of authenticity stamped verso. From 1917, Karl Larsen participated in numerous exhibitions i...

An original modern abstract by American artist James Koenig. This work created in 1954 is featured in the Draw Near exhibition currently on view at Benjaman Gallery.

Original gouache advert depicting four raised sets of arms clutching "Opera Glasses" by Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) chief fashion illustrator for Lanvin of Paris c1950 Art S...

An oil painting by George Marshal Cohen from 1960. An abstract expressionist style painting with dark blue tones and bright yellow accents. Figurative representations of female legs ...

Wonderful mid-century still life of Asian doll on lotus flower with candles, fruit and vase in background by William Douglas Dollery-Pardy (Canadian, 20th C...

Signature: Signed Center Right: John Clymer Ballantine Beer advertisement, 1953

Bette Lou Voorhis "Mexican Pottery Decorator" Born 1930 Austin Artist Image Size: 36 x 24 Frame Size: 43 x 31 Medium: Oil Biography: Bette Lou Voorhis...

Artist: William J. Schultz, American (1919 - 2005) Title: Outdoor Figure Study Year: 1957 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 40 x 25 inches (101.5 x 6...

Presenting an magnificent original oil on panel by American artist Ron Blumberg (1908-2002) Flamenco, is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1955, with an image dimension of 12 x 9 ...

This piece is a unique, original gouache on paper by Erte, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. It was created in 1957 as a costume design for a cabaret show and is from the private coll...

Oil on Board painting for American Weekly Magazine November 15, 1953. The decisive moment of a Cowboy and Horse is captured. As a determined team, t...

Harold Roney Fall colors. Oranges, Yellows, Reds, etc. (1899 - 1986) San Antonio, Boerne Artist Image Size: 26 x 32 Frame Size: 34 x 40 Medium: Oil Texas Hill Country in Fall Biogr...

"The Family", a mid century figurative watercolor by Cock Van Gent (American/Dutch, b. 1925). Presented in a rustic wooden frame. Signed "Cock Van Gent" and dated "1952" lower right. Framed size: 18"H x 24"W. Image: 12"H x 18"W. Mrs. Van Gent was born in Holland in 1925 and began to paint at the age of 10. From 1940 to 1945 she studied at the Art Academy in the Hague, and concurrently learned stained glass making in Maastricht. In 1946 she came to the United States and with encouragement from Alfred Stieglitz, made her way around the country painting impressions. She did as many as three water-colors a day, supplementing this work with continuous drawing...

An early example of Abstract Expressionism executed in 1955 during the movement's heyday and it's period of peak inventiveness. However, this work is still rooted in representation. The dark area the runs along the base of the picture is the ground and to the left, right and center there are black structures that represent trees. The work is very tactile and is composed of globs of paint that grow out from the surface and form a thick impasto. Rich vibrant saturated blues, reds and oranges create optical drama. The work look better in person. frame: 29 x 39 1/2 inches , Provenance: Kennedy Galleries The Currier Gallery of Art...

Lionel Bulmer (1919-1992) 'The Edge of the Field' Signed c.1950s Oil on board 17" x 20" (43 x 51cm) Lionel Bulmer (1919-1992) attended Clapham art school before war intervened; after the war he started again at the Royal College of Art which had been relocated during the conflict to Ambleside in the Lake District. Here he met his lifelong partner Margaret Green...

Charming Mid Century still life of pink, purple, and white petunias in a skillfully rendered translucent glass by listed California artist Helen Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997), c.19...

Henri Gadbois (Born 1930) Houston Artist Image Size: 29 x 13 Frame Size: 34 x 18 Medium: Oil 1953 Mid Century Modern Juggler Biography Henri Gadbois (1930 - present) 1930 Born Houston, Texas St. Joseph’s Hospital 1947 Ceramic Bowl accepted in the Texas General 1948 Graduated Lamar High School, Houston, Texas Houston Artists Exhibit 1948 to 1960 1952 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Houston Instructor Museum of Fine Arts, Houston School (Now the Glassel School) 1952 to 1965: “16 Texas Painters” Valley House Gallery, Dallas Texas 1953 Master of Letters, University of Houston Registrar, Business Manager, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston One-man Exhibit, James Bute Gallery, Houston, Texas 1954 U.S. Army, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, Camp Gordon, Augusta, Georgia Archives of American Art, Personal Papers 1954 to 1970 “Red Tights” Allied Art Purchase Prize, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston “Clump of Trees, Hermann Park” Western Artists Exhibit, Denver, Colorado Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Art Rental Exhibit 1955 One-Man Exhibit, Herbert Institute, Augusta Georgia 793 MP Battalion, Nurnberg, Germany Studio space at University of Georgia, Furth, Germany 1956 Married Leila McConnell August 18, 1956 Art Teacher, Houston Public Schools Chaired Exhibit “Contemporary German Graphics” Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas Exhibit, Men of Art Guild, San Antonio, Texas “Landscape-Stuttgart” Flaxman Purchase prize, Houston Artists Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 1957 “Three Tiered Formation”, American Federation of Arts Survey of Texas Painting “Illogical Organism” Bute Gallery 1958 “Budding Stump”, Feldman Collection Exhibit, Little Studio, New York, New York “Espaliered Burlap” Autumn Show, Delgado Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana One-Man Exhibit, Rudi’s Club, Houston, Texas Texas Fine Art Association Exhibit, Austin, Texas TFAA Circulating Exhibit 1958-1959, San Marcos, Seguin, Corpus Christi, Edinburg, Brownsville, and Kingsville “Night Crossing”, Four-man Exhibit Petroleum Club, Houston, Texas “Gold Flow” Texas ’58 Circulating Exhibit “White Out” Honorable Mention, Houston Artists Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston “Spring”, Terrace Show, Handmakers, Houston, Texas “Winter”, “Start With Art” Exhibit, Junior League, Houston, Texas 1959 One-man Exhibit, Driscoll Gallery, Austin, Texas One-man Exhibit, Houston Geophysical Club, Houston, Texas Faculty-Student Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas Dallas Art Rental, Dallas, Texas “Winter”, Western Artists Exhibit, Denver, Colorado “Portrait of a Dress” Junior League, Houston, Texas 1960 “Field Patterns, Europe” One-man exhibit James Bute Gallery, Houston, Texas 1961 Instructor Hill Country Arts Foundation 1961 to 197? “ Katy Road”, Texas Annual Exhibit, San Antonio Art league Purchase Prize, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas 1962 “Field Pattern, Wurzburg” Western Arts Exhibit, Denver Colorado One-man Exhibit, St. Luke’s Church, Houston, Texas “Mystic Road, Germany” Azalea Trail Exhibit, River Oaks Garden Forum, Houston, Texas Art Teacher, Robert E. Lee High School, Houston 1963 One-man Exhibit, James Bute Gallery, Houston, Texas “Landscape at Nysa”, Longview Invitational, Longview, Texas 1964 Chaired...

A great abstract composition by the well known french painter Pierre Jourda, (1931-2007), painted in 1958. An important dimension, it is not framed. Pierre Jourda À Paris, il décou...

William Brooker (1918-1983) Ibiza signed and dated ‘Brooker. 53’ (lower right) oil on canvas 18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 60.9 cm.) frame 23 ⅛ x 29 ¼ in. (58.8...

Presenting a just discovered mixed media painting by American artist Robert McIntosh, (1916-2010.) Ascension, is an original mixed media gouac...

An original modern landscape painting by American female artist Virginia Tillou.

Signed lower right. Inscribed on the reverse 'My first color illustration, Nov. 1954.' Work is unframed, Film Noir in paint

Artist: William Harnden, American (1920 - 1983) Title: Concert Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed Image Size: 15.5 x 20 inches Frame Size: 22.5 x 27 inches

Most likely for a Magazine like Redbook, Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal or Woman's day Lorraine Fox is Hall of Fame member of the Society of Illustrators She...

Three masks abstract by Novak (American, 20th Century). Presented in a white wooden frame. Signed "Novak" lower right. Image: 28.5"H x 26"W.

Abstract oil painting on canvas by the french painter François Jousselin. Not framed. Signed and dated 1954 François Jousselin, né à Laval le 27 octobre 1926 ...

Large colorful sculptural abstract painting by Texas artist Patrick Cronin. Painted with acrylic paint and mixed media, dated 1986.

Oil on masonite encaustic painting by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed and dated top right, 1952. In good to very good condition. Provenance: Est...

Artist: William Harnden, American (1920 - 1983) Title: Conductor with Singer Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed Image Size: 11.5 x 23.5 inches Frame Size: 17.5 x 30 inches

Signed lower right, "Derk Smit" (American, 1889-1985) and painted circa 1950. An Impressionist oil landscape showing riverside, autumnal trees with scarlet, rust and ochre foliage ...

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...

Charming mid century figurative landscape of two sisters on an opulent terrazza, complete with a fountain and villa in the distance by Ingvar Helgi (Swedish/American, 19th- 20th cent...

Watercolor on paper, signed in the lower right corner, signed verso, in decorative frame, overall 21" x 25".

Artist: B.G. Bradley, Americn XXth Title: Television Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed 'BGB' l.r. Size: 20 x 24 inches Frame: 25 x 29 inches

A lyrical watercolor of flowers informally arranged in two vases and contrasted against a lilac and purple background. Signed lower left and lower right, 'Ament' for Janet Ament De ...

Signature: Signed Lower Left Following World War II, the United States Brewers Foundation (USBF) wanted beer to be seen in a more positive light, as an integral part of the American...

Contact for exact dimensions. The Atlantic Magazine Cover Illustration. November 1956, Volume 198

Portrait of a Woman Mixed media on board , Redbook magazine interior illustration done in the 1950's , Work is unframed

Gorgeous watercolor by Adine Stix. This piece was painted in the 1950s and was acquired directly from Adine's daughter. It is beautifully framed and matted in a gold cube frame under...

Artist: Charles Cobelle, French (1902 - 1994) Title: Two Women by the Shore Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 42 x 30 inches

Signed Lower Left This illustration was published as the paperback cover for Tragic Ground by Erskine Caldwell, Signet, 1958.

Approximate Date: 1958 Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Size: 25.00" x 22.00" The Progressive Farmer magazine cover, January 1958 Exhibited: Masters of the Golden Age: Harvey Dunn and His Students South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, South Dakota May 5, 2015 - September 13, 2015 Norman Rockwell Museum...

Audrey Hepburn, c13_23 -- Audrey Hepburn and William Holden on the set of Sabrina. Photographed in 1953. Image size is 13.75" x 20" (for 17" x 22" paper size). All Mark Shaw prints a...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon ...

Artist: Eugene Stevens, American (1882 - 1959) Title: Boat Dock Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.l. Size: 14 x 18 in. (35.56 x 45.72 cm)

Jack Grisham (1913-1994) California, Texas Artist Image Size: 24 x 30 Frame Size: 31 x 37 Medium: Oil 1953 Adobe Huts. Professionally Cleaned. Some craquelure that adds to the character of the piece. Unusual scene looking out from inside. Original Period Frame has some scuffing. Bio: Jack Grisham was born in Denton Country, Texas in December of 1913. He died in Denton County, Texas in May of 1994. He lived most of his life in southern California where he owned Jac's Art Shoppe...

The actors is an original artwork realized by Maurice Rouzée in the 1950's. Tempera on paper; signed by the artist on the upper left margin. Very good condit...

Artist: Paul von Ringelheim, Austrian/American (1933 - 2003) Title: Sanford Beresofsky's Bathroom Year: 1958 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated Size: 44 x...

Artist: J. van Buiksloot, Dutch XXth Title: French Village in Winter Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas mounted to Wood, signed l.l. Image: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm) Frame Si...

Oil on canvas painting by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed top right and dated 1957. Condition is good. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Biography : Russia...

Beautiful oil on canvas by the french artist Paul Guiramand. Provenience: Important private collection. Very good conditions.

Beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Francois Gall. " After the Bath" signed lower left. Condition is very good. In original gold gilt wash frame in fine conditi...

Quaint historical landscape of the Wells Fargo Express Office building in the gold country town of Columbia State Historic Park in Columbia, California by ...

Artist: Alexandre Sacha Garbell, French (1903 - 1970) Title: Israel Year: circa 1958 Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed Image Size: 4.5 x 6.5 inches Frame Size: 12.75 x 15.25 inches

An original oil on board by American artist Julius Richter. Julius Richter, was a physician, surgeon and educator. He was born Dec. 19,1876, in Alleghany, Pennsylvania. He was educ...

Charming rural western scene of a tree lined county lane painted during bright daylight by listed artist Frank Leslie True (American, 1877-1963). Signed and dated by the artist, lower right: "Frank L. True 1050." Cut down painting of flowers on verso. Presented in an vintage, rustic wood frame. Image, 9"H x 12"W. Frank Leslie True was born in Iowa on May 22, 1877. True moved to California in 1906. For 45 years, he worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad...