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Period: 1950s
"The Clown", 20th Century Gouache on Cardboard by Spanish Artist Celso Lagar
By Celso Lagar
Located in Madrid, ES
CELSO LAGAR Spanish, 1891 - 1966 THE CLOWN signed and dated "Lagar 52" (lower right) gouache on cardboard 10-5/8 x 8 inches (27 x 20.5 cm.) PROVENANCE Private French Collector Cel...
Category

Fauvist 1950s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Cardboard

"The Clown", 20th Century Gouache on Cardboard by Spanish Artist Celso Lagar

Celso Lagar
"The Clown", 20th Century Gouache on Cardboard by Spanish Artist Celso Lagar, 1952

Armando Barrios, India, 1955, Pastel on paper, 41 x 26 cm, 16.1 x 10.2 in.
By Armando Barrios
Located in Miami, FL
Armando Barrios India, 1955 Pastel on paper 41 x 26 cm 16.1 x 10.2 in. The work is illustrated page 70 No. 0256, in the General Catalog (1930 - 1999) La Pintura Como Razón de Ser, edited by Armando Barrios Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela, 2005. " Armando Barrios was born in Caracas on August 21, 1920. Son of Serapio Barrios and Carmen Rodríguez de Barrios, both of Spanish origin. Since his adolescence he developed a great love for the arts, so from the age of 12 he was already studying at the School of Fine Arts and Applied Arts in Caracas. His searches in the artistic field were initially directed towards the study of the Impressionist and Cubist schools...
Category

Modern 1950s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Armando Barrios, India, 1955, Pastel on paper, 41 x 26 cm, 16.1 x 10.2 in.
Armando Barrios, India, 1955, Pastel on paper, 41 x 26 cm, 16.1 x 10.2 in.

Armando Barrios
Armando Barrios, India, 1955, Pastel on paper, 41 x 26 cm, 16.1 x 10.2 in., 1955

Frank O'Hara and Stevie Rivers
By John Button
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas Signed and dated, l.r. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City Born in California, John Button (1929-1982) was educated at University of California, Berkeley. After moving to New York City in the early 1950s, he became friends with Fairfield Porter and Frank O’Hara...
Category

Realist 1950s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Frank O'Hara and Stevie Rivers

John Button
Frank O'Hara and Stevie Rivers, 1956

The Crystal Ball
By Fritz Schwaderer
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Noted German Expressionist artist Fritz Schwaderer(1901-1974), , was classically schooled in fine art in Germany in the early-mid 1920as. ...
Category

Expressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Crystal Ball

Fritz Schwaderer
The Crystal Ball

The Guitarist
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League. "The Guitarist...
Category

1950s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Guitarist

Ron Blumberg
The Guitarist, circa 1957

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