1950s Portrait Paintings

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1950s Figurative Paintings

#5-2522 A Roman Patrician portrait painting,oil on canvas displayed in a gilt wood frame,signed by L.Welly .Image size 23.5 H x 19.5W.

Donald (Don) Hirleman

1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Acrylic, Fiberboard

Mid-century portrait of three clowns by Donald (Don) Hirleman (American, 1911-2007). Signed and dated lower right: "D. Hirleman '56." Presented in a rustic wood frame. Image, 21.5"H ...

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1950s Realist Portrait Paintings

Oil, Board

'Portrait of a Worker', oil on board, by unknown Eastern European artist (circa 1950s). Portrait of a Soviet proletarian in the Socialist Realism style. Here is an idealised depictio...

Gaston Chaissac

1950s Portrait Paintings

Oil

Gaston CHAISSAC "Character", 1959 Oil on wavy cardboard Signed on bottom left. Dimensions : 29 x 18 cm / 56 x 44,5 cm (framed). The authenticity of this work was confirmed by M. Tho...

Alysanne McGaffey

1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Paint, Paper

This 1950-60s distemper figure on paper is by Bay Area artist Alysanne McGaffey (b. 1931). McGaffey is part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement and graduated from the San Francisco A...

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1950s Portrait Paintings

#5-2651 original oil on canvas applied on wood panel,displayed in a gilt wood frame .Artist unknown

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1950s Portrait Paintings

#5-2490 Original gouache on artist board female portrait ,displayed in a gilt wood frame,signed lower left by E.Cops. Image size 11H x 15 W

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1950s Portrait Paintings

Acrylic

#5-2847 A circa 1950's female portrait ,acrylic on artist board,displayed in a black wood frame signed by R.Wolf

Dany Lartigue

1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Canvas, Oil

'Young Fisherman With Dog and Rooster', oil on canvas, (c. 1950s), by Dany Lartigue (1921 - 2017). A young man, barefoot in the fishing port of St. Tropez, heads to market with his c...

William (Bill) Medcalf

1950s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Oil, Illustration Board

A large format, detailed preliminary calendar illustration by William Medcalf for a calendar commission that was titled Lesson Learned for The Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company. These...

Macario Vitalis

1950s Cubist Portrait Paintings

Oil

Rare cubist Portrait by celebrated Filipino artist Macario Vitalis . Vitalis who lived in France from the 1920's to the 80's belonged then to the Puteaux artists' Group. Influence b...

Fritz Muller

1950s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Oil

Fritz Muller (1913-1972) Fritz Müller was born in the Tyrolean Alps of Germany in 1913.  He studied in Munich Germany and Vienna Austria. Müll...

Golda Andrews

1950s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Oil

Golda Andrews. Oil on artist board measures 12 x 16 inches; 16 x 20 inches framed. Excellent condition with no damage or conservation. Signed and dated lower left. Andrews. Golda (...

Charles Cobelle

1950s Modern Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Paris modern school, portrait of two women by Charles Cobelle (1902 - 1998). Oil on canvas, circa 1950. Signed. Displayed in a period impressionist frame. Image size, 20"L x 24"...

Paul Vanier Beaulieu

1950s Post-War Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Portraits of the Canadian Artist, Paul-Vanier Beaulieu created in 1954. In the work presented here, two figures that Beaulieu more and more often represents in the 50s, are positione...

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1950s Cubist Portrait Paintings

Oil, Board

'Portrait of Reclining Woman', oil on board, by artist with the initials STM (c. 1950s). A magnificent cubist depiction, this is a portrait of a shapely young woman in muted hues. Th...

Michael Lenson

1950s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Masonite, Oil

MICHAEL LENSON "TERRIBLE WITH BANNERS" OIL ON MASONITE, SIGNED, TITLED AMERICAN, C.1959 42 X 28.5 INCHES Michael Lenson 1903-1971 Michael Lenson was born in Galich, a Russian ...

George De Goya

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Oil Pastel, Board

Degoya Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he recei...

Jennings Tofel

1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Canvas, Oil

This 1955 Expressionist oil on canvas portrait of two figures entitled "Man and Woman" is by New York artist Jennings Tofel (1891-1959). Tofel was a friend of Georgia O'Keefe and Alf...

Gerald Wasserman

1950s Modern Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Entitled "Zeno the Fisher" this 1950-60s oil on canvas portrait is by Monterey/Carmel artist of Russian descent, Gerald Wasserman (1920-2011). Wasserman studied at the Chicago Art I...

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1950s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Linen, Oil

Charming portrait of a young girl wearing a typical mid-century frilly dress and high-cut bangs. Artist's signature (indistinguishable) and date (1951), lower right. Presented in a b...

Eugene Tissot

1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Eugene Tissot was a 20th Century French artist who painted many scenes of Paris with beautiful women and backgrounds of Paris landmarks. This is an excellent example of his with in ...

Salvador De Regil

1950s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

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...

Pal Fried

1950s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Paper, Pastel

An alluring and provocatively moody original pastel by Hungarian-born artist Pál Fried, which is signed by the artist in the lower left corner and housed behind glass in a beautiful,...

Fritz Schwaderer

1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Oil

Noted German Expressionist artist Fritz Schwaderer(1901-1974), , was classically schooled in fine art in Germany in the early-mid 1920as. Fritz Schwaderers paintings were exhibited...

Samuel Rothbort

1950s Modern Portrait Paintings

Oil

Samuel Rothbort began sculpting at an early age, making animals from bread dough in his mother’s kitchen. As a young man, he worked in a glassware store while also painting fifty-cen...

Stevan Dohanos

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Casein

Meticulously rendered account of three prospectors trying to rustle up some water before they can dig up some gold. Magazine Illustration of the Old West, American West, Cowboys Case...

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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Oil, Board

A dramatic and psychologically penetrating American school portrait showing a young man dressed as a harlequin and looking contemplatively away from the viewer. The subject's strikin...

Carlos Orozco Romero

1950s Modern Mixed Media

Mixed Media

Guadalajara 1898-1984 Mexico city Successful cartoonist and accomplished illustrator, Orozco Romero, as with many of his generation, broke away from the tradition of social realism ...

Dimitrie Berea

1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Artist: Dimitrie Berea, Romanian (1908 - 1975) Title: Michelle Morgan in Paris, France Year: 1959 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed u.r. Size: 29 x 23.5 in. (73.66 x 59.69 cm) Frame Size...

Pauline Glass

1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil

An original oil on canvas by female artist Pauline Glass who was educated on the continent at the Academy Julien and who exhibited throughout her career. This stunning oil is a bold...

Victor Kalin

1950s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Gouache, Illustration Board

A captivating, lustful, original cover painting by Victor Kalin created for use as cover art for the 1959 Dell paperback edition of the Scott Jordan mystery Murder on Broadway by Hal...

Lorraine Fox

1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Gouache

Magazine Illustration. Most likely for: Good Housekeeping, Seventeen, Redbook, McCall's, and Cosmopolitan or Better Homes and Gardens. Unframed. Lorraine Fox (1922–1976 She became t...

Nathan Wasserberger

1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Canvas, Oil

NATHAN WASSERBERGER "AFTER THE BALL" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED AMERICAN, C.1950 24 X 36 INCHES Nathan Wasserberger 1928-2012 Widely collected and admired in Europe and the United ...

Bernard Fleetwood Walker

1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil

Painted by the noted British Impressionist Bernard Fleetwood Walker, this fine oil on panel depicts Pauline and was painted circa 1950. It was exhibited at The Royal Academy the same...

Caroline Hutchinson

1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil

This large oil on canvas was painted by Caroline Hutchinson circa 1955. It depicts a lady reclining on a sofa and is painted in an Impressionist palette and manner. A beautiful portr...

Pauline Glass

1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil

An original oil on panel by female artist Pauline Glass who was educated on the continent at the Academy Julien and who exhibited throughout her career. This stunning oil is a bold, ...

Jacquelinne White

1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Canvas, Oil

This 1957 oil on canvas Expressionist figure entitled "Portrait of Kenneth #1" is by Bay Area artist and teacher Jacquelinne White (1919-2008). White was a musician who transitioned...

Jennings Tofel

1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Entitled "Sacrifice of Isaac", this 1955 oil on canvas allegorical Expressionist scene is by New York artist Jennings Tofel (1891-1959). Tofel was a friend of Georgia O'Keefe and Alf...

William Dean Fausett

1950s Realist Portrait Paintings

Oil, Board

Size: 23.5x36 framed 30x42x2 William Dean Fausett (July 4, 1913 – December 13, 1998) was an American painter. His career spanned over six decades. He painted notable figures like Dwi...

Jonah Kinigstein

1950s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

This handsome portrait (oil on board) was realized by the esteemed American painter Jonah Kinigstein, circa 1950. Rendered in a loose style of figuration, it presents a suited older...

Romeo Villalva Tabuena

1950s Modern Portrait Paintings

Varnish

Doña María is a character who reflects the humanistic side of Tabuena’s painting. The artist devoted much of his work to portraits of people he found taking time off in the street or...

Cornelis Ruhtenberg

1950s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Charcoal

"PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN" SIGNED, DATED 1950 25 X 19 INCHES Cornelis Ruhtenberg 1923-2008 Cornelis Ruhtenberg was born in 1923 in Riga, Latvia Ruhtenberg studied at the Hochschul...

Hyacinthe Hill

1950s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

Oil, Board

Signed verso, 'Hyacinthe Hill' (American) with artist address and painted circa 1955. A striking mid-century work by this notable New York artist and poet showing her flanked by whi...

Gustav Friedmann

1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Masonite, Paint

This mid 20th century portrait of a man with glasses and a beard is by Vienna and San Francisco Bay Area artist, Gustav Friedmann (1897-1982). Friedmann was educated at the German sc...

Samuel Rothbort

1950s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Samuel Rothbort began sculpting at an early age, making animals from bread dough in his mother’s kitchen. As a young man, he worked in a glassware store while also painting fifty-cen...

Howard Connelly

1950s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Cotton Canvas, Oil

A fresh to the market, good girl art painting by Howard Connelly, created as the June 1950 cover of the Thrilling Publications pulp title Thrilling Love. A pretty pin-up girl enjoys ...

Alysanne McGaffey

1950s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Paint, Paper

This 1950-1960s distemper paint on paper portrait is by Bay Area artist Alysanne McGaffey (b. 1931). McGaffey is part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement and graduated from the San F...

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1950s Academic Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Size 15x19 with frame 21x25 Signed illegibly lower right, European School oil on canvas of a beautiful young woman.

Michael Frary

1950s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Gouache

Michael Frary (1918 - 2005) Austin, Texas/California Artist Image Size: 20 x 15 Frame Size: 26 x 21 Medium: Gouache Dated: 1950 "The Old Man" From the Frary Estate Biog...

1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil, Board

An oil painting by Emmanuel Mane-Katz circa 1950. An expressionist style portrait of a man with a forlorn expression in dark gray and red tones. Artist: Emmanuel Mane-Katz, Ukrain...

Piotr Nikiforovich Bogachev

1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Russian art Blonde young girl Piotr Nikiforovich BOGACHEV(Alexandrovka, Moscow province, 1921) Bogachev studied at the Surikov Moscow State Art Institute (1941-1950), where S. Ger...

Patty Pease

1950s Portrait Paintings

Oil

Signed lower right "Patty Pease" (American, 20th century) and titled verso "Tousle Head". An oil study of a young boy with blond hair, wearing a printed summer shirt and shown in p...

Jehudith Sobel

1950s Modern Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Genre: Modern Subject: Portrait Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States Dimensions: 29" x 18" Dimensions w/Frame: 31.25" x 20" Jehudith Sobel (1924-2012 ) Polish/Jewish ...

Abel Warshawsky

1950s Realist Portrait Paintings

Masonite, Oil

Oil painting titled Lisa Mi by Abel Warshawsky (American, 1863 - 1962). Image, 26.5"L x 20"W. Signed upper right.Born in Sharon, Pennsylvania on December 28, 1883, Warshaws...

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1950s Portrait Paintings

Tempera

Mid-century tempera painting on paper in warm orange tones of parent with child by French artist Clairet, 1956. Signed and dated lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on ...

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1950s Portrait Paintings

Oil Pastel

Mid-century French charcoal portrait of woman, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve and Certificate of Authen...

George De Goya

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Paper, Oil Pastel

Degoya Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he recei...