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Period: 1950s
Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air
Located in Soquel, CA
Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air
Santa Cruz Sandstone Cliffs and crashing waves near Natural Bridges circa 1950 by an unknown California artis...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
"Composizione astratta" Gialla e verde olio su cartone 1950 ca cm. 52 x 32
By Dora Maar
Located in Torino, IT
Dora Maar è lo pseudonimo di Henrietta Theodora Markovitch (Parigi 1907 - 1997).
Avvolta nell'ombra monumentale di Picasso, è stata a lungo - e riduttivamente - conosciuta come la su...
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$15,263 Sale Price
25% Off
Large Antique French Avante Garde Abstract Expressionist Surreal Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and finely painted French modernist abstract painting by Jacques Doucet (1924 - 1994) . Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Artist Bio:
Jacques Doucet's work is inextricably bo...
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antoine Blanchard Boulevard De Capucines, Place De La Madeleine
Located in Dallas, TX
Antoine Blanchard (1910 - 1988) Boulevard Des Capucines, Place De La Madeleine. A wonderful and vibrant scene from the Grand Boulevards of Paris under the rain in fall. You can hear ...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Untitled
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Oil with paper collage on found card stock board, with vintage reproduction on reverse, 1956. Signed by the artist and dated in oil, lower right.
Stella (1936-2024) made this work ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
$185,000
Mid Century Figurative -- Adventures - Duleich
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century figurative of romantic adventures by Duleich (American, 20th Century). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Duleich '59" lower left. Image size, 30.25"H x 24"W. Framed si...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Modernist Signed Sunflower Still Life Framed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage French modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 35 by 20 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modern...
Category
Modern 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Mid Century Abstract Oil Painting New York Artist
By John Opper
Located in Beachwood, OH
John Opper (American, 1908 - 1994)
Untitled, 1959
Oil on board
Signed and dated lower right
14.75 in. h x 18 in. w.
20 in. h. x 24.5 in. w., as framed
John Opper described the 1930s...
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Figurative -- Summer Coming of Age Scene
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Figurative - Summer Scene by Honora Berg
Compelling figurative of two teenagers sitting on dock in a summer coming-of-age scene by Honora...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Large Scale Antique American Abstract Expressionist Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Edinburgh Tenements - Large Modern Mid Century British Architectural Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A superb large 1950's oil on board which we believe to depict the tenement buildings of the Milnes Court area in Edinburgh. Clothes hang from T shaped driers as a lady hangs her wash...
Category
Modern 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract Cubist Seascape Lithograph by Roger Lersy
By Roger Lersy
Located in Atlanta, GA
Roger Lersy, "Abstract Seascape with Boats," Circa 1958.
A vibrant lithograph on paper by French artist Roger Lersy (1920–2004), this stunning Cubist-inspired composition features an...
Category
Cubist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
'Abstracted Cityscape', Modernist Abstract Oil, David Rockefeller Estate
By Max Gunther
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Abstracted Cityscape' by Max Gunther, 1958.
Modernist Abstract Oil, David Rockefeller Estate
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Signed lower right, 'Max Gunther' (German, 1934-1...
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seated Figure III 1952 - British Abstract art oil painting red white black
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British 1950's abstract oil on board painting is by noted Slade School trained contemporary artist Leo Davy. Davy was born in Yorkshire but settled in Cornwall in 1968 an...
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,055 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Signed Exhibited Abstract Expressionist Original Framed Oil Painting
By Adele Becker
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American signed abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 41.5L x 31.5H.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Modernist Still Life of Tulips, American School, Oil on Canvas, 1956
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is not your grandmother’s typical still life painting. But if she was young and hip for her time, maybe it is. Painted on stretched canvas and dated (19)56, it is only signed ...
Category
American Modern 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Portrait in Paris - Mid 20th Century French Naif Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A very interesting signed and dated 1957 oil on canvas depicting a self portrait in Paris, by Paul Lucien Dessau.
A leading example of the artist's work which is signed, dated and ...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Forms in Charcoal and Jade', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, SFMFA, CWS
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Gilberg' for Robert George Gilberg (American, 1911-1970) and dated '58'.
Born in Oakland, Robert George Gilberg first studied at the Oakland Art Center during t...
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Gouache, Laid Paper
Vermont Covered Bridge Impressionist Large Landscape 1950
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4095 Covered bridge landscape oil on canvas set on board
Image size 20x24"
Set in a custom wood frame
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
$300 Sale Price
42% Off
'The Seine in Winter', School of Paris, Tonalist, Snowy French Landscape, Mood
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'The Seine in Winter' by Charles Gordon Harris.
School of Paris, Tonalist, Snowy French Landscape, Mood
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Signed lower right, 'Charles Harris', for Charles Gordon Harris (America...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
"Venice" by Joseph Meneses Tapias - Oil on canvas - 58.5x78 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with frame (83 x 101.5 x 5 cm )
Josep Meneses Tapias (born 1930) is a Spanish painter recognized for his vibrant, impressionistic landscapes and urban scenes. Born in B...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"The Belt Parkway, " Lawrence Rothbort, Brooklyn, Cars, Textured Impasto
Located in New York, NY
Lawrence Rothbort
Belt Parkway, circa 1950
Oil on canvas
48 x 48 inches
Lawrence Rothbort was born March 1920 in Brooklyn, New York. He was a model from infancy for his father, Amer...
Category
Modern 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Street Scene Vintage Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school modernist cityscape painting. Oil on canvas, wrapped to board. No signature found.
Category
Modern 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,356 Sale Price
20% Off
'Bird Abstraction' — Mid-Century Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Stephen Harty, Untitled (Bird Abstraction), gouache, 1953. Signed and dated lower left. A fine, meticulously rendered, mid-century, modernist gouache painting, with fresh colors on 1...
Category
American Modern 1950s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
A Spring Sunset, Original Oil Painting from 1952
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite painting by the artist Otto Lindberg (1880-1955) is a mesmerizing depiction of a spring sunset. Crafted in 1952, this piece stands as one of Lindberg's final paintings...
Category
Romantic 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,819 Sale Price
20% Off
“Village Cottages”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well painted oil on artist board painting by “Cappy” Amundsen who painted under many aliases, including F. H. McKay. Signed lower left F.H. McKay. Circa 1955. Condition is excellent. Recently professionally cleaned. Catalda Fine Arts copyright stamp verso. Overall very nicely framed in a period gold leaf ornate frame 15.75 by 13.75 inches in fine condition.
The sheer volume of high quality sea and coastal village themed paintings that was on view at the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum several years ago was astounding. The work was by a select group of artists such as André Picot...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$875 Sale Price
45% Off
Vintage Artist’s Self Portrait Oil Painting - Urban vs Rural Social Commentary
Located in Baltimore, MD
Baltimore-born Thaddeus Haduch was mainly known as a landscape artist. He was born to Polish immigrant parents in East Baltimore in 1905. It seems that he lived his entire life in a...
Category
American Modern 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Female Artist Abstract Expressionist Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist abstract painting by Elsie Orfuss (Born 1913). Oil on canvas. Signed on verso. Nicely framed.
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Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Signed, French Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
Signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed
Size: 10 x 7.75 inches
Condition: very good and re...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Japanese Landscape Painting on Gilt Wood Panel
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4013 Hand painted Japanese wood panel on gold leaf panel
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
1959 Geometric Abstraction by Francis Almeida Luzzatto
Located in New York, NY
Francis Almeida Luzzatto (American, 1935-1999)
Untitled, 1959
Oil on canvas
40 x 48 1/2 in.
Signed and dated lower right: Luzzatto 59
Partial label verso: The Art Rental Gallery, Wa...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"California Round Hills" Mid Century Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
"California Round Hills" Mid Century Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Serene landscape by J. Andrew Bennett (British, 19th/20th Century ). The viewer stands at the end of a v...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Deux Visages en Rouge et Bleu, Surrealist Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
Deux Visages en Rouge et Bleu, Year: circa 1950, Medium: Oil on Canvas, unsigned, Size: 8.75 x 6.5 in. (22.23 x 16.51 cm), Frame Size: 15.25 x 13 inches, Description: From the c...
Category
Surrealist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Signed Female Artist Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Adele Becker
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker (1929 - 2021). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"No. 4" Seymour Franks, Mid-Century Abstract Modernist Lilac, Blue Composition
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Franks
No. 4, 1952
Signed upper left
Dated on verso
Oil on canvas
American painter and designer, Seymour Franks, was born in New York City in 1916.
Seymour Franks contracte...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cubist Nude Study Pastel Painting by John Begg
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant pastel painting on paper was designed by John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974). This artwork features a beautiful blue-gray cubist nude study with contrasting black lines. Ther...
Category
Cubist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Reclined Female Nude
By Esther Meyer
Located in Houston, TX
Striking female nude in reclined back seated position on red blanket in ink and watercolor by English artist Esther Meyer, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a whit...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Cat At The Window Interior Scene Oil Painting By Oldyna Dynowska
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5117 Vintage oil on canvas of a Cat by the window
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern American Still Life Oil Painting Flowers Pitcher Mid Century Female
Located in Buffalo, NY
A mid-century modern oil painting by listed female artist Helen L. Roberts.
This painting depicts an interior scene with a vase of beautiful flowers and decorative pitcher.
Housed ...
Category
American Modern 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Signed Painting, Beautiful Flowers in Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, mounted on board
size: 19 x 15 inches
condition: very good and rea...
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Charming Naivist Painting Depicting a Horse
Located in Stockholm, SE
This charming naivist painting by Swedish artist Olof (Olle) Casimir Ågren (1874–1962) depicts a horse standing gracefully beside a tree. Executed with bold, textured brushstrokes an...
Category
Naturalistic 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Charming, Vibrant 1950s Modern Painting of Martha’s Vineyard by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, vibrant 1950s painting of Martha’s Vineyard by notable Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin. Depicting a bustling view of Main Street in the historic whaling port town o...
Category
American Modern 1950s Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Mid Century Pink & White Roses in Crystal Vase Still-Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate mid century still-life of white and pink roses in crystal vase with a soft, lime green background by listed California artist Helen Mae Enoch Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997)...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Me and My Pal: Fishing Raft, Four Seasons Calendar Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
For Norman Rockwell's Four Seasons calendar series for Brown & Bigelow
By the end of World War II, Norman Rockwell was a household name throughout the United States and considered...
Category
American Realist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage European River View Sailing Landscape 1950
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5045 Vintage river view sailing landscape painting.
Set in a custom gilt wood frame. Image size 7.75x8.75"
Signed lower left
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Palm Springs Desert Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Palm Springs Desert Landscape
Wonderful mid century bright and vibrant landscape of a classic Palm Springs desert scene by K. Neidlinger (American 20th Century), circa 1...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
SALVADOR DE REGIL 1951 Surrealist Landscape w Figures, Hidden Faces & Nude Woman
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Oil on canvas board. Signed and dated lower left. Unframed.
Salvador de Regil’s 1951 surrealist oil painting transports viewers into a mesmerizing dreamscape where architecture and ...
Category
Surrealist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Winding Road Landscape Oil Painting 1957
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3925 Oil on artist board landscape painting
Image size 15.5x19.5"
Set in a period oak frame
Category
1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Cubist Nude Study Pastel Painting by John Begg
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning pastel painting on paper by John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974) is an outstanding cubist nude study in blue, purple, and orange-rust colors with contrasting black lines. The...
Category
Cubist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Vintage Impressionist Still Life Oil Painting on canvas of figs and grapes
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Mid Century still life oil painting on canvas, signed in the bottom right Adeline Hugonnard (1906-1987). A richly textured still life of figs and grapes with an abundance of swirlin...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Rose Garden" Mid Century Oil Painting on Canvas Abstract Landscape & Figure
Located in New York, NY
An abstract Mid-Century piece with lighter color tones accentuated with the use of basic colors, blue, red and yellow. In this abstract composition we see a figure, tending to their ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Little Initiation" Kurt Seligmann, Surrealist Knights, Mythical Figures
Located in New York, NY
Kurt Seligmann
Little Initiation, 1955
Signed lower right and titled on the reverse
Oil on wood panel
17 1/4 x 13 inches
Provenance
Private Collection, New York
Born in Basel, Swi...
Category
Surrealist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Lilies
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Jane Peterson (1876-1965)
Lilies
Oil on canvas, 1952-1953
Signed by the artist lower right: JANE PETERSON
(see photo)
Painting size: 29 x 23 inches
Frame size: 38 x 32-1/2...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Oil
$24,000
Rabbi with Torah, Framed Oil Painting Portrait by Abraham Straski
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Abraham Straski, Polish (1903 - 1987)
Title: Rabbi with Torah (15-F)
Year: circa 1957
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
A Scenic Snowy Winterscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is for your personal cozy spot in the Aspen house. Fire in the fireplace below where it will hang. A fringed, warm white cashmere throw on your down-stuffed chaise lounge, as so...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Abstract Expressionist 1955 New York Female Artist Irene Zevon Portrait
By Irene Zevon
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist oil painting by American female artist Irene Zevon created and dated in 1955. Signed. Really amazing cubist portrait.
Irene Zevon, born in Bro...
Category
Cubist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Surreal Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on paper. Framed.
Category
Abstract 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$521 Sale Price
25% Off
A villa near Saint Tropez South of France Cote d'Azur architecture with Figures
Located in Norwich, GB
Artist André Strauss was known for painting outdoors, on the motif. It gives his paintings a wonderful freshness and immediacy - you feel as if you were right there, in the grounds o...
Category
French School 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
$1,050 Sale Price
34% Off
Dorothy Dehner, Mid Century Modern signed abstract sculptural drawing, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Dorothy Dehner
Untitled Mid Century Modern abstract sculptural drawing, 1955
Marker and graphite on paper
Signed and dated by Dorothy Dehner in black felt tip pen on the front
Frame ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Graphite
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