1950s Paintings

Composition 1956 Oil on panel Signed and Dated 73 x 100 cm The painting is framed. This beautiful painting is representative of David Lan Bar's 1950's compositions. Dav...

c1950s Watercolor depicting six naughty, scantily-clad vixens representing Mans' Ruin Art Sz: 10"H x 12 7/8"W Frame Sz: 15 1/4"H x 18"W w/ gilt bamboo frame

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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...

*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE The Fortune Teller by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm (23 ⁵/₈ x 28 ³/₄ inches) Signed and d...

Persephone Oil on canvas, 1952 Signed lower left (see photo) Titled reverse "Persephone" Signed "V. 52" Exhibited: Columbus Gallery of the Arts label "71/30 Bt. 2", see label Condition: two very small flakes of missing paint Canvas size: 20 1/8 x 16" Frame size: 20 7/8 x 16 3/4" Provenance: Estate of the artist Dehn Heirs An important painting by the artist. Virginia Dehn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Dehn (1922-2005) Virginia Dehn (née Engleman) (October 26, 1922 – July 28, 2005) was an American painter and printmaker. Her work was known for its interpretation of natural themes in almost abstract forms. She exhibited in shows and galleries throughout the U.S. Her paintings are included in many public collections. Life Dehn was born in Nevada, Missouri on October 26, 1922.] Raised in Hamden, Connecticut, she studied at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri before moving to New York City. She met the artist Adolf Dehn while working at the Art Students League. They married in November 1947. The two artists worked side by side for many years, part of a group of artists who influenced the history of 20th century American art. Their Chelsea brownstone was a place where artists, writers, and intellectuals often gathered. Early career Virginia Dehn studied art at Stephens College in Missouri before continuing her art education at the Traphagen School of Design, and, later, the Art Students League, both located in New York City. In the mid-1940s while working at the Associated American Artists gallery, she met lithographer and watercolorist Adolf Dehn. Adolf was older than Virginia, and he already enjoyed a successful career as an artist. The two were married in 1947 in a private ceremony at Virginia's parents house in Wallingford, Connecticut. Virginia and Adolf Dehn The Dehns lived in a Chelsea brownstone on West 21st Street where they worked side by side. They often hosted gatherings of other influential artists and intellectuals of the 20th century. Among their closest friends were sculptor Federico Castellón and his wife Hilda; writer Sidney Alexander and his wife Frances; artists Sally and Milton Avery; Ferol and Bill Smith, also an artist; and Lily and Georges Schreiber, an artist and writer. Bob Steed and his wife Gittel, an anthropologist, were also good friends of the Dehns. According to friend Gretchen Marple Pracht, "Virginia was a glamorous and sophisticated hostess who welcomed visitors to their home and always invited a diverse crowd of guests..." Despite their active social life, the two were disciplined artists, working at their easels nearly daily and taking Saturdays to visit galleries and view new work. The Dehns made annual trips to France to work on lithographs at the Atelier Desjobert in Paris. Virginia used a bamboo pen to draw directly on the stone for her lithographs, which often depicted trees or still lifes. The Dehns' other travels included visits to Key West, Colorado, Mexico, and countries such as Greece, Haiti, Afghanistan, and India. Dehn's style of art differend greatly from that of her husband, though the two sometimes exhibited together. A friend of the couple remarked, "Adolf paints landscapes; Virginia paints inscapes." Virginia Dehn generally painted an interior vision based on her feelings for a subject, rather than a literal rendition of it.] Many of her paintings consist of several layers, with earlier layers showing through. She found inspiration in the Abstract Expressionism movement that dominated the New York and Paris art scenes in the 1950s. Some of her favorite artists included Adolf Gottileb, Rothko, William Baziotes, Pomodoro, and Antonio Tapies. Dehn most often worked with bold, vibrant colors in large formats. Her subjects were not literal, but intuitive. She learned new techniques of lithography from her husband Adolf, and did her own prints. Texture was very important to her in her work. Her art was influenced by a variety of sources. In the late 1960s she came across a book that included photographs of organic patterns of life as revealed under a microscope. These images inspired her to change the direction of some of her paintings. Other influences on Dehn's art came from ancient and traditional arts of various cultures throughout the world, including Persian miniatures, illuminated manuscripts, Dutch still life painting, Asian art, ancient Egyptian artifacts...

Medium: Oil on Masonite

Composition 1955 Oil on panel Signed and Dated 61 x 50 cm The painting is framed. This beautiful painting is representative of David Lan Bar's 1950's compositions. David...

Gritty working class truck driver with tiger painting on truck door, is rendered in a flat and quick style with rapid brushstrokes defining the trucker. The tiger is painted in a t...

Jean Salabet French, 20th Century Vue du Sacre Coeur, Paris Jean Salabet was a School of Paris painter know for his colorful Parisian cityscapes. His work is comparable to those of ...

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

Devils depicted. Artist Wilson Bigaud paints a graphic narrative of mid-century life in Haiti without modern medicine. A man is dying yet there is no doctor present. In the struggle...

Original advertisement for Goodyear Super-Cushion Tires, circa 1950 The image shows three men drinking coffee at a hunting camp in an autumn landscape. Frank C. Bensing was born in Chicago, Illinois, and received his art training there at the Art Institute. Among his teachers were DeForrest Schook, Wellington Reynolds, Charles Schroeder and Walter Biggs...

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...

There is a reason why there are few contemporary painters who can paint a portrait of a man and bear this good. It's hard to do. It's easy to throw some paint or spray a mess of graf...

SNOWFALL Size: 41.5 x 67 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A beautifully detailed mid century winter snow landscape composition, executed in oil onto canvas. A lone figure is depi...

The illustration shows a woman sitting in a chair next to a man lying on a sofa. The scene of the couple's living room is shown from above Published as an illustration for Steve McN...

Marian Schuster was 19 years old in 1954 and attended City College San Francisco where she studied Art. In the old school, Victorian, San Francisco, moneyed household that she was r...

GREGOIRE MICHONZE 1902-1982 KiChinev (Bessarabia) 1902-1982 Paris (Russian / French) Title:Pique Nique beside the Lake, 1957 Technique: Original Si...

Series 67, No. 4 (1955) Oil on masonite 48" x 24 ½" 49" x 25 ¼" x 1 ¾" framed About this artist: Jack Wolsky was born in 1930 in Rochester, New York. He taught in the Department o...

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...

1950’s Cubist abstract arrangements of flags by Edward August Landon (1911 - 1984). Acrylic/oil on board, signed lower right Landon. Housed in the original frame. Overall with fra...

Signed Lower Left Probable Redbook Magazine interior illustration, circa 1950

Original fashion watercolour from the Lanvin Paris archives of noted illustrator Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) this depicting a Vertes (esque) model in a floral headdress 1950...

Date: 1954 Medium: Acrylic on Board Dimensions: 20.00" x 30.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right The events of 1954.

Story illustration for “Frantic Frontier” by Mosser Mauger for The American Magazine, published February 1956, pages 32-33. The “Frantic Frontier” story, promoted with the tagline "...

This oil painting by the artist Gregoire Michonze signed and dated "Michonze 58" in the lower right corner. There is a hand written label verso where the work is described as “Compo...

Ice Cream Picnic by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Oil on board 101 x 76 cm (39 ¾ x 29 ⅞ inches) Signed and dated lower left Orovida 1953 Provenance Richard Pissarro, gifted by the ar...

Marie Antoinette Boullard-Deve French, 1890-1970 Segovie Oil on canvas 29 by 21 ½ in. W/frame 39 by 31 ½ in. Signed lower left and titled and dated 1951 on the back Marie was born...

THE CHILDREN Size: 36.5 x 66 cm (including frame) Oil on board A richly textured and endearing mid century modernist style figurative portrait, painted in oil onto board. Rendered ...

Flooded river 1950s. Paper, pastel. 26,5x35,5 cm The medium used for this artwork is pastel on paper, offering a soft and powdery texture that can effectively convey the atmospheric and natural elements of the subject. The flooding of a river can be a powerful and evocative subject, as it can symbolize the forces of nature and the unpredictable beauty and devastation that water can bring. Aleksandra Belcova...

HOUSES AT SUNSET Size: 44 x 62 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A stunning mid century modernist oil landscape painting depicting rows of houses at sunset. The rooftops of the ho...

Portrait. On a yellow background 1950's, oil on cardboard, 49,5x35 cm Laimdots Murnieks has said: "I am a sunny artist. The sun and a woman are the center of the world. It is not ...

Medium: Oil on Masonite Signature: Signed Lower Right, with Title and Registration Marks in Chalk "Tom pleaded, 'Does one misstep have to ruin our marriage?'" Cover illustration for...

Aaron Berkman (1900 - 1991) “Bowling in Central Park” New York Oil on canvas 10 x 14 inches Signed and titled verso: Aaron Berkman 1950 Provenance: Private collection, USA Aaron Ber...

Huile sur toile. Dimensions avec cadre: 71x63 cm. Isaac Antcher est un peintre moldave né le 21 janvier 1899 à Peresecina et mort à Malakoff le 21 av...

SAIL BOATS & FLOWERS Size: 43 x 48 cm (including frame) Oil on Board A fantastic and confidently executed expressionist mid-century composition, painted in oil onto board. A large brown vase...

Medium: Oil on Masonite Signature: Signed 'John Falter' Lower Right Sight Size 7.00" x 9.375;" Framed 9.50" x 12.00" Johnson & Johnson reproduced the present work as an advertisemen...

Date: 1951 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 23.00" x 15.75" Signature: Signed Lower Left Book Cover of Casualty by Robert Lowry (Popular Library #387)

Archivally Matted to 17.75 x 16.75 inches Signed lower left

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Cover illustration for the book Many Rivers to Cross by Steve Frazee (Fawcett Gold Medal #935, October 1959) - (#S1371, December 1963)

This is a Post -Wa painting with a great date of 1957. The way he has abstracted the clouds and bird forms is typical of this time frame as artists were experimenting with symbols and forms in place of representational elements. It is atmospheric and a great size for certain mantles or spots that require or want a longer and thinner format!!! A great urban apartment painting that goes well with post modern furniture...

A panicked little boy looks at his watch in alarm as his father tries to fix the broken television while the mother and daughter look on. HÖRZU, May 16, 1959, cover illustration. Panorama, November 14, 1959, cover illustration. Familie Journal, February 9, 1960, cover illustration. Much like Norman Rockwell, Kurt Ard...

Mid-century New York City is represented as a moment in time. The artist populates his scene with isolated figures that are more shapes of people as opposed to specific individuals....

A handsome man and a beautiful woman are depicted in a rapturous pose. Their bodies are intertwined with each other and with the surrounding floral elements. This masterfully render...

Broad areas of bold, flat red, magenta, and pink characterize this mid-century painting by Barbara Warren Ebersole ( Barbara Tate Ebersole ). It depicts a block party festooned with balloons and a street organ grinder with a smartly dressed performing monkey. The overall look of a lot mid-century art inspires many of today's most celebrated contemporary artists. Signed and dated upper left. Oil on Masonite. Barbara Warren Ebersole was a painter and an author. She may have been of Native American...

Signature: Signed Lower Left Framed 31.00" x 23.00" American Weekly magazine cover, October 31, 1954

Date: 1950s Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Unsigned Color study featured in Step By Step Graphics, 1950's.

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...

OFF TO SCHOOL Oil on canvas Size: 32 x 25.5 cm (including frame) A lovely and endearing miniature oil on canvas depicting a scene of a pedestrian walkway on a fine summer’s day. A ...

O MARA'S MUNICIPAL TAVERN - Saturday Evening Post Illustration Supreme technical skill allows the artist to realistically capture an...

The Board measures 13.5 x 12.5 Ernest Hamlin Baker is one of America's greatest artist that no one has ever heard of. Take a look at his full body of work. If you haven't noticed, Er...

RED COTTAGE Size: 25.5 x 33.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A small and characterful mid century modernist landscape painting, executed in oil onto canvas. This atmospheric an...

Saturday Evening Post interior illustration Signed lower right

Art Seiden was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1923. He received a BA at Queens College and studied for eight years (!) at the Art Students League. Mario Cooper was among his instructors. Up...

*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Nylons and Bric-a-Brac by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Oil on canvas 73 x 60 cm (28 ³/₄ x 23 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed and dated upper right Orovida 1951 Provenance Estate of the artist With John Bensusan-Butt, cousin of the artist G Hassell, 25th November 1988 With John Noott, 10th June 1992 Literature K L Erickson, Orovida Pissarro: Painter and Print-Maker with A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, (doctoral thesis), Oxford, 1992, Appendices, no. 141 (illustrated) Exhibition London, Redfern Gallery, Recent Paintings: Orovida, 3rd-26th January 1952, no. 51 Artist biography Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s only child, was the first woman in the Pissarro family as well as the first of her generation to become an artist. Born in Epping, England in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London where she became a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies. She first learned to paint in the Impressionist style of her father, but after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913 she renounced formal art schooling. Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside of any mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed her own unusual style combining elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which for the Pissarro family had become a way of life, together with the simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and simply use Orovida as a ‘nom de peintre’, reflected a deep desire for independence and distance from the weight of the family legacy. Orovida's most distinctive and notable works were produced from the period of 1919 to 1939 using her own homemade egg tempera applied in thin, delicate washes to silk, linen or paper and sometimes embellished with brocade borders. These elegant and richly decorative works generally depict Eastern, Asian and African subjects...

Grosset & Dunlap, Illustration, Art Seiden was a top children's book illustrator in the 1950' - 1060's Work comes in two parts that are butted together by the artist

"Civil Rights." Evergood's early commentary on racial issues in the 1950s depicts four black men gagged, roped and hanging from a tree. In the background, imprisoned blacks look on through a barbed-wire fence. Whites watch in horror but do nothing to help. Meanwhile, a two-legged and three-headed serpent wraps himself around the tree that physically and symbolically separates the races. This is an important work in the history of American art. It may be one of the very earliest examples of a major American painter doing a major work that challenges racial segregation and injustice at a time when no one else would. The title of the work is inspired by a Historic Supreme Court decision on racial segregation. The Little Rock...

Legendary Graphic designer Paul Rand was also a Fine Artist/Painter. In the present work, " Untitled: Asian Calligraphic Shapes Over Biomorphic Forms," Paul explores the relationship...

This Mid-Century illustration/painting is rendered in a Neo-Classical style and showcases young lovers in a morning embrace. The man is holding a small bouquet as the woman leans int...