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Florida
Florida

Florida

By Saul Steinberg

Located in Greenwich, CT

Florida is an oil and ink mixed media artwork mounted on panel, 24 x 20 inches, signed and dated 'STEINBERG/1969' lower right. Inscribed '22 Florida' verso in pencil. Framed in a con...

Category

20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Ink, Oil

"Boy from Mansos, " Karl Zerbe, Green Figurative "Degenerate" Art Collage
"Boy from Mansos, " Karl Zerbe, Green Figurative "Degenerate" Art Collage

"Boy from Mansos, " Karl Zerbe, Green Figurative "Degenerate" Art Collage

By Karl Zerbe

Located in New York, NY

Karl Zerbe (1903 - 1972) Boy from Mansos, 1963 Collage and acrylic on canvas 35 x 23 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Lee Nordness Galleries, New York Karl Zerbe was born on September 16, 1903 in Berlin, Germany. The family lived in Paris, France from 1904–1914, where his father was an executive in an electrical supply concern. In 1914 they moved to Frankfurt, Germany where they lived until 1920. Karl Zerbe studied chemistry in 1920 at the Technische Hochschule in Friedberg, Germany. From 1921 until 1923 he lived in Munich, where he studied painting at the Debschitz School, mainly under Josef Eberz. From 1924 until 1926 Karl Zerbe worked and traveled in Italy on a fellowship from the City of Munich. In 1932 his oil painting titled, ‘’Herbstgarten’’ (autumnal garden), of 1929, was acquired by the National-Galerie, Berlin; in 1937, the painting was destroyed by the Nazis as "Degenerate art...

Category

1960s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Post War Modern Landscape Pickaxe Man On Hill, Joergen Boberg, 1950's
Post War Modern Landscape Pickaxe Man On Hill, Joergen Boberg, 1950's

Post War Modern Landscape Pickaxe Man On Hill, Joergen Boberg, 1950's

Located in Frederiksberg C, DK

Landscape painting with working man by renowned Danish artist Joergen Boberg (1940-2009) is 11,8in (H) x 11,8 (B) / 30cm (H) x 30cm (B). Signed 'B' and dated '57' in upper left corn...

Category

1950s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Tom Goldenberg

Located in Austin, TX

Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil on canvas (diptych). Signed and dated verso. 68.25 x 32.25 in. 69.75 x 33.5. (framed) Custom framed in...

Category

1980s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Yellow Tail I
Yellow Tail I

Yellow Tail I

By Sherron Francis

Located in Austin, TX

Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Acrylic and mixed media on canvas. Signed, titled, and dated verso. 40 x 76.5 in. 41.75 x 78.25 in. (framed) Custom framed in a solid, unfinished maple floater. Provenance Watson/de Nagy & Company, Houston Private Collection, New York Sherron Francis was born in 1940, in Downers Grove, IL outside of Chicago. She originally enrolled at the University of Oklahoma, but later transferred to the Kansas City Art Institute to focus more on art. Initially, Francis' practice was focused on figurative art, with visiting professor and renowned modern realist Philip Pearlstein remarking on Francis’ draftsman acumen. In the early 1960s, art dealers and gallerists from New York would visit the Institute to entice promising artists by offering scholarships and financial aid. Because such financial arrangements were only made for men, Francis had to persuade the school's leadership to allow for women to also be eligible for merit-based aid. Her advocacy was successful, and she ultimately graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1963. She would then proceed to obtain her MFA from the University of Indiana, before assuming a teaching position at Eastern Michigan University. In 1968, with only $300 on hand, Francis moved to 16 Waverly Place in SoHo, New York. The neighborhood was a hotbed for young AbEx artists of the day, and she quickly befriended the likes of Peter Reginato, Walter Darby Bannard, Michael Steiner, Peter Young, Peter Bradley...

Category

1970s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

The Zoo
The Zoo

The Zoo

By Hans Hofmann

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"The Zoo" is an abstract Post War oil on panel painting by Hans Hofmann in 1944. The artwork is 21 3/8 x 24 1/2 inches and, with the frame, is 22 1/4 x 25 1/2 x 2 inches. "The Zoo...

Category

20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Untitled (#222)
Untitled (#222)

Untitled (#222)

Located in Austin, TX

Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil on canvas. Signed and dated verso. 49.5 x 34.5 in. 51 x 36.25 in. (framed) Custom framed in a maple fl...

Category

1950s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape No. 108
Landscape No. 108

Landscape No. 108

By Hans Hofmann

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Landscape No. 108" is an abstract Post War oil on panel painting by Hans Hofmann in 1941. The artwork is 23 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches and with the frame is 31 1/8 x 37 1/8 x 2 5/8 inches,...

Category

20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Sky, Inoue Yuichi, frozen ink on Paper, 1962 (#023029)
Sky, Inoue Yuichi, frozen ink on Paper, 1962 (#023029)

Sky, Inoue Yuichi, frozen ink on Paper, 1962 (#023029)

By Yuichi Inoue

Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE

YU-ICHI (1916-1985) Sky Frozen ink on Japanese paper Japan, 1962 85,5 x 61 cm Catalogue Raisonné Vol. 4 (1949 - 1985, additional works), 2024 CR no. 62073a YU-ICHI (1916-1985) is o...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Horizontal Abstract #4
Horizontal Abstract #4

Horizontal Abstract #4

By Leslie Luverne Anderson

Located in Soquel, CA

Bold abstract expressionist painting by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Oil on masonite. Titled "For the Spouse no Longer in my House" on verso. From the estate ...

Category

1960s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Untitled, Figure Study
Untitled, Figure Study

Untitled, Figure Study

By Hans Burkhardt

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Untitled, Figure Study" is an abstract figurative Post War pastel on paper paintings by Hans Burkhardt in 1967. The artwork is 21 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches and, with the frame, is 28 3/4...

Category

20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Untitled
Untitled

Thomas NozkowskiUntitled, 1994

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Untitled

By Thomas Nozkowski

Located in Palm Desert, CA

An abstract, oil on linen on panel painting executed in bright oranges, blues and dark tans and browns by Post War artist Thomas Nozkowski. Signed verso, "Thomas Nozkowski." Nozk...

Category

1990s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas in blues and greens by Korean, Post-War artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower left, "J...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sergio C. Bissi Still Life with Paintbrushes Oil
Sergio C. Bissi Still Life with Paintbrushes Oil

Sergio C. Bissi Still Life with Paintbrushes Oil

Located in Astoria, NY

Sergio Cerno Bissi (Italian, 1902-1987), Still Life Scene with Paintbrushes, Oil on Canvas, signed lower left, sponge painted wood frame. Image: 27 H x 18.75" W; frame: 35" H x 27" ...

Category

20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Making Firends", Galina Pshenitsina, Post-War, Figurative, Oil/Canvas, 37x44in.
"Making Firends", Galina Pshenitsina, Post-War, Figurative, Oil/Canvas, 37x44in.

"Making Firends", Galina Pshenitsina, Post-War, Figurative, Oil/Canvas, 37x44in.

By Galina Vasilevna Pshenitsina

Located in Dallas, TX

Galina Vasilevna Pshenitsina was born in 1940 in the town of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod). She began her studies at the Art School named after Johanson in St. Petersburg. In 1959, she...

Category

Early 2000s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Street Scene
American Street Scene

American Street Scene

By Irving Norman

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Irving Norman. "American Street Scene" is a macabre social surrealism city scape, oil on canvas in a bold palette of reds, blues, and yellows by artist Irving Norman. T...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Day After - Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting, 1963
The Day After - Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting, 1963

The Day After - Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting, 1963

By Michael (Corinne) West

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"The Day After" is an abstract Post War oil on canvas painting by Michael (Corinne) West in 1963. The artwork is 85 1/4 x 50 1/8 inches and is 86 7/8 x 51 5/8 x 2 inches with the fra...

Category

20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Nathan Oliveira

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Nathan Oliveira. "Untitled" is a Bay Area Figurative Painting, oil on canvas in a brown and tan palette by American artist Nathan Oliveira. The artwork is signed in the lower right, "Oliveira 64”. A Californian whose work is of preeminent importance during the post war period, Oliveira is most often associated with Park, Diebenkorn and the other artists with whom he sketched early in his career. Yet it was not an oversight when Oakland Museum director Paul Mills chose not to include Oliveira in the 1957 exhibition “Contemporary Bay Area Figurative Painting.” All came to figuration by initiating a sophisticated dialogue with abstraction, yet it is Oliveira, the often characterized ambivalent loner among Bay Area artists whose work is most often compared to Alberto Giacometti, Francis Bacon, or Willem de Kooning with whom he shared walls and space at The Images of Man exhibition held in New York at the Museum of Modern Art in 1959. During the early years, Oliveira’s lone figures often suggested an existential angst similar to that of Giacometti, but there was also a weightlessness and a transcendent aura that envelopes these figures; they appear as elemental, universal and eternal projections of selfless consciousness better understood within the bodiless realm of metaphysics. These qualities would remain in his work throughout his long career, yet he would find other themes to explore — the natural world where the essential nature of birds and animals exist in equal profundity with their human counterparts, the transient world of evanescent perception when memory must reconstruct momentary experience, and later, the ‘site’ paintings and monoprints that suggest the abandoned remnants of a long-lost civilization or tribe uncovered at an archeological dig. Through and through, flesh to bones, and bones to dust Nathan Oliveira has left us with a legacy of art that will surely remain untarnished by time or changing trends. His work exists within a realm rarely achieved by artists striving in a similar mode of expression. Unclouded by ego or wayward sentiment, it is also in the warmth and humble nature...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue Walls

Blue Walls

By Alain GAZIER

Located in Atlanta, GA

Alain Gazier has been born in 1956 in Paris, France. Quietly the viewers’ gaze is drawn through the deserted interiors created by Alain Gazier (1956). Sil...

Category

20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas by Korean artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower right, "Je Kon park 92". Born in South...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas by Korean artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower right, "Jae Kon Park, 1993". Born in South Korea, Park Jae Kon (1937 – 1993) attended Seoul National University of Fine Art. Not long after graduating, Park Jae Kon left Korea with his wife and two daughters. He and his family traveled widely, eventually settling in Argentina. He spent the rest of his life in South America, traveling to various regions and using the landscape and cultural history as inspiration for his artworks. As an artist, his output spanned various media, styles, and subject matter, producing work that ranged from gestural abstract...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Jae Kon Park. ""Untitled"" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas in reds, yellows, and blues by Korean, Post-War artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower right, ""Jaw Kon Park, 92"". Born in South Korea, Park Jae Kon...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled

Untitled

By Carl Morris

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Carl Morris. This Untitled, abstract, acrylic on canvas painting is executed in a deep and lush palette of orange reds, blues, white and browns by Post War artist Carl ...

Category

1980s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Mem Sahib
Mem Sahib

Mem Sahib

By Arne Hiersoux

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Arne Heirsoux. "Mem Sahib" is an acrylic and paper on canvas, abstract painting by Post War artist Arne Hiersoux. "Mem Sahib" is depicted in deep reds, blues, blacks, t...

Category

1960s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Paper

Visions

Visions

By Alain GAZIER

Located in Atlanta, GA

Alain Gazier has been born in 1956 in Paris, France. Quietly the viewers’ gaze is drawn through the deserted interiors created by Alain Gazier (1956). Sil...

Category

20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas by Korean artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower left, "Jae Kon Park, 1992". Born in So...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil

Infinity Field (Jerusalem Series III #1)
Infinity Field (Jerusalem Series III #1)

Infinity Field (Jerusalem Series III #1)

By Theodoros Stamos

Located in Austin, TX

Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Acrylic on canvas. Signed lower left; signed, titled, and dated verso. 65.75 x 50.25 in. 67.25 x 51.75 in. (framed) Custom framed in a maple floater with a matte white finish. Provenance Takis Efstathiou, PTE Fine Arts, New York Private Collection, New York Theodoros Stamos is heralded as one of the few abstract painters who bridged the New York School’s first and second generations. His age, in particular, afforded him this unique position, as he was the youngest member of the “Irascibles,” the core group of fifteen New York School painters publicized by Nina Leen...

Category

1980s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract Figural Composition
Abstract Figural Composition

Abstract Figural Composition

By Elfi Schuselka

Located in Astoria, NY

Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), Abstract Figural Composition, Mixed Media on Paper, mounted on board, circa 1965, apparently unsigned, unframed. 8.5" H x 11" W x 0.75" D. Provena...

Category

1960s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Oil, Board

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Jae Kon Park. ""Untitled"" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas in greens and oranges by Korean, Post-War artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower left, ""Jae Kon Park, 92"". Born in South Korea, Park Jae Kon (1937 – 1993) attended Seoul National University of Fine Art. Not long after graduating, Park Jae Kon left Korea with his wife and two daughters. He and his family traveled widely, eventually settling in Argentina. He spent the rest of his life in South America, traveling to various regions and using the landscape and cultural history as inspiration for his artworks. As an artist, his output spanned various media, styles, and subject matter, producing work that ranged from gestural abstract expressionism and typographic woodcuts. Throughout his career, travel continued to inspire him. Park Jae Kon created abstract landscapes that reflect the colors and light of the Andes Mountains and geometric abstractions that incorporate iconography from the South America’s ancient civilizations. Park Jae Kon himself found a deep spiritual resonance with South American and Indian cultural history, and his work captures this personal connection to Aztec, Incan, and Hindu iconography. In his later work, Park Jae Kon attempted to reconcile his Korean identity with his adopted homeland of South America. These works often combine the colors and patterns of ancient Incan and Aztec art...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil

INTERESTING SIGNED 1970s Full Length PORTRAIT OF A LADY oil painting UNUSUAL !
INTERESTING SIGNED 1970s Full Length PORTRAIT OF A LADY oil painting UNUSUAL !

INTERESTING SIGNED 1970s Full Length PORTRAIT OF A LADY oil painting UNUSUAL !

Located in Cirencester, GB

ARTIST: Unknown (mid 20th Century) Enlgish School TITLE: " Full Length Portrait Of An Austere Lady" (1974) SIGNED: monogrammed upper right MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 103cm x 61cm ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil

3 Heures D'Après Midi
3 Heures D'Après Midi

3 Heures D'Après Midi

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Kumi Sugai. "3 Heures D'Après Midi" is a geometric abstract, acrylic on canvas in a palette of blues, pinks, and reds by Japanese Minimalist artist Kumi Sugai. The artw...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

A Unique Abstract Surrealist Wall Assemblage, Chicago Imagist Tradition
A Unique Abstract Surrealist Wall Assemblage, Chicago Imagist Tradition

A Unique Abstract Surrealist Wall Assemblage, Chicago Imagist Tradition

Located in Chicago, IL

A Unique, Unusual and Striking 1999 Abstract Surrealist Wall Assemblage Painting in the Chicago Imagist Tradition by Notable Artist, Stanley Dean Edwards (Am. Born 1941). Titled "The Dude with the Ball Bearing Eyes...", the assemblage is a diminutive, mixed media collage composition of found objects and acrylic on board in a hand painted shadowbox frame. Shows a unique synthesis of Post-War Surrealist influences, including the avant-garde Italian artist Enrico Baj and the Chicago Imagist school, including H.C. Westermann and others experimenting with assemblage and the integration of inanimate objects. Artwork size: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Signed and dated "Edwards 1999" on the reverse; inscribed with the title "The Dude with the ball bearing eyes, tipped you a $20 and stared into the emptyness of his own night". Provenance: The Artist; Private Collection, Chicago, IL (circa 2010). Born 1941 in Joliet, Illinois, Stanley Dean Edwards moved to Chicago early in life to pursue his life as an artist. His mother was a Chicago public school teacher, and his father was a Methodist minister. He studied painting and design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), receiving a BFA in 1967. While at SAIC, Edwards was influenced by Vera Berdich's printmaking classes and Daniel Massen's design classes. After a brief stay in New York (1967-1970), where he was profoundly shaken by urban rioting and general upheaval of this time, Edwards returned to Chicago and later set up a studio in the Pilsen Neighborhood. Edwards is primarily a figurative painter whose work is informed by both Surrealism and Constructivism. Early hard-edge paintings from the mid-1960's feature a series of screaming babies set in brightly colored environments. These works offer religious suggestions, as the infants are paired with ecclesiastical figures presented atop an altar. Other protagonists of his series include dogs and faceless men. (1) In the early 1960's, Stan Edwards was part of a diverse group of artists that included George Kokines, Ray Siemanowski, Michael Hurson and Peter Holbrook among others. These artists and Edwards were part of that decade's vanguard and their work was included in an exhibition titled, "Twelve Chicago Artists" at the Walker Art Center. The curator was Jan Van der Marck. Edwards called his paintings of babies, dogs and erotic torsos from that period "image painting" because they were taken not from the model stand but cast off photo images. One painting from this period, Infant in Altar IV, is a 60" x 60" an oil and acrylic painting and was loaned by the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian to the Museum of Contemporary Art for its fifty year retrospective titled, "Art in Chicago, 1945 to 1995." The painting is part of the Martha Jackson memorial collection at the National Museum of American Art. (2.) Recent paintings, which Edwards calls "Icons for a New Era: Assembled Art Imagery," feature iconic images composed of items from popular culture; witty titles often allude to the materials from which they were made. The found objects, vibrant colors, and slick presentations of his works indicate their relationship to and a continuation of Pop art. Both humorous and sinister, Edwards' paintings reflect the psychological uneasiness associated with the close of the twentieth century. (3.) One painting of this series titled Surveyor is a 66" x 60" oil and acrylic painting and appears in the book Humor in Art by Nicholas Roukes, published by Davis Inc. The book is widely used as a text for art and design projects. (4.) In October of 2002 Edwards presented a retrospective exhibition of his work at the Illinois Institute of Art where he taught art and design in the foundation program. His lecture and exhibition were presented as part of "Chicago Artist's Month" sponsored by the Department of Cultural Affairs for the City of Chicago. In 2004 Edwards completed a major commission for the new Veterans' Administration building in Chicago. The commission centered on patriotic themes and one large 6 and 1/2' x 10' painting is dedicated to prisoners of war. Five others are 48" x 48" and depict the military branch seals, and four paintings 32" x 32" are based on 19th century patriotic engravings. Stan Edwards, who retired from the Illinois Institute of Art in 2009, lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. Sources: (2. & 4.) Press release (1. & 3.) "Art in Chicago 1945 1995, MCA.) COLLECTIONS: Selected corporate & institutional collections National Museum of American Art/Smithsonian Corcoran Gallery of Art Ceco Corporation Crain Communications Thrall Railcar Company American Hospital Association Plyzynski & Associates, Inc. NYC North American Jet Corporation Ball State University Illinois Institute of Art at Chicago State University of New York Harris Bank & Trust Dallas Theater Center Electronic Media Magazine Johnson Controls Central National Bank of Cleveland Associates Commercial Corporation Corporate Art Source Veterans' Administration Commission, Chicago, 2004 Ten site specific paintings Siemens Corporation COLLECTIONS: Selected private collections Walter & Dawn Clark Netsch Beatrice "Buddy" Mayer Douglas Ross Larry Aronson Marc & Ilana Platt Phil & Joan Krone Craig & Janet Duchossois Sally Fairweather Shirley Hardin Brian Boyer Pritzker collection James Speyer collection Michael Greany Ed & Lindy Bergman Collection Leigh Block Collection Professor Harold Platt Professors Lew Erenberg & Susan Hirsch Dr. David Gross Professor Mihaly Csiksentmihalyi Dr. Paula Young Dr. & Mrs. Imre Hidvegi EXHIBITIONS: Selected exhibitions Biennial Drawing Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, 1962 Momentum II, Lexington Hall, University of Chicago, 1964 The Sunken City Rises, Hermann Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology,1964 Eye on Chicago, Hermann Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1964 29th Corcoran Biennial, 1965, Washington, D.C. Inaugural exhibition, Fairweather-Hardin, 1965 Society for Contemporary Art, Art Institute of Chicago, 1965 12 Chicago Painters...

Category

1990s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

A Unique Abstract Surrealist Wall Assemblage, Chicago Imagist Tradition
A Unique Abstract Surrealist Wall Assemblage, Chicago Imagist Tradition

A Unique Abstract Surrealist Wall Assemblage, Chicago Imagist Tradition

Located in Chicago, IL

A Unique, Unusual and Striking Abstract Surrealist Wall Assemblage Painting in the Chicago Imagist Tradition by Notable Artist, Stanley Dean Edwards (Am. Born 1941). Titled "Maquete #1", the assemblage is a diminutive, mixed media collage composition of found objects and acrylic on canvas. The artwork shows a unique synthesis of American Machine Age aesthetics with Post-War Surrealist influences, including the avant-garde Italian artist Enrico Baj and the Chicago Imagist school (including H.C. Westermann and others experimenting with collage, assemblage and the integration of inanimate objects). Artwork size: 10 x 8 inches; Signed and dated "Edwards 2005" on the reverse and titled "Maquette #1". Provenance: The Artist; Private Collection, Chicago, IL (circa 2010). Born 1941 in Joliet, Illinois, Stanley Dean Edwards moved to Chicago early in life to pursue his life as an artist. His mother was a Chicago public school teacher, and his father was a Methodist minister. He studied painting and design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), receiving a BFA in 1967. While at SAIC, Edwards was influenced by Vera Berdich's printmaking classes and Daniel Massen's design classes. After a brief stay in New York (1967-1970), where he was profoundly shaken by urban rioting and general upheaval of this time, Edwards returned to Chicago and later set up a studio in the Pilsen Neighborhood. Edwards is primarily a figurative painter whose work is informed by both Surrealism and Constructivism. Early hard-edge paintings from the mid-1960's feature a series of screaming babies set in brightly colored environments. These works offer religious suggestions, as the infants are paired with ecclesiastical figures presented atop an altar. Other protagonists of his series include dogs and faceless men. (1) In the early 1960's, Stan Edwards was part of a diverse group of artists that included George Kokines, Ray Siemanowski, Michael Hurson and Peter Holbrook among others. These artists and Edwards were part of that decade's vanguard and their work was included in an exhibition titled, "Twelve Chicago Artists" at the Walker Art Center. The curator was Jan Van der Marck. Edwards called his paintings of babies, dogs and erotic torsos from that period "image painting" because they were taken not from the model stand but cast off photo images. One painting from this period, Infant in Altar IV, is a 60" x 60" an oil and acrylic painting and was loaned by the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian to the Museum of Contemporary Art for its fifty year retrospective titled, "Art in Chicago, 1945 to 1995." The painting is part of the Martha Jackson memorial collection at the National Museum of American Art. (2.) Recent paintings, which Edwards calls "Icons for a New Era: Assembled Art Imagery," feature iconic images composed of items from popular culture; witty titles often allude to the materials from which they were made. The found objects, vibrant colors, and slick presentations of his works indicate their relationship to and a continuation of Pop art. Both humorous and sinister, Edwards' paintings reflect the psychological uneasiness associated with the close of the twentieth century. (3.) One painting of this series titled Surveyor is a 66" x 60" oil and acrylic painting and appears in the book Humor in Art by Nicholas Roukes, published by Davis Inc. The book is widely used as a text for art and design projects. (4.) In October of 2002 Edwards presented a retrospective exhibition of his work at the Illinois Institute of Art where he taught art and design in the foundation program. His lecture and exhibition were presented as part of "Chicago Artist's Month" sponsored by the Department of Cultural Affairs for the City of Chicago. In 2004 Edwards completed a major commission for the new Veterans' Administration building in Chicago. The commission centered on patriotic themes and one large 6 and 1/2' x 10' painting is dedicated to prisoners of war. Five others are 48" x 48" and depict the military branch seals, and four paintings 32" x 32" are based on 19th century patriotic engravings. Stan Edwards, who retired from the Illinois Institute of Art in 2009, lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. Sources: (2. & 4.) Press release (1. & 3.) "Art in Chicago 1945 1995, MCA.) COLLECTIONS: Selected corporate & institutional collections National Museum of American Art/Smithsonian Corcoran Gallery of Art Ceco Corporation Crain Communications Thrall Railcar Company American Hospital Association Plyzynski & Associates, Inc. NYC North American Jet Corporation Ball State University Illinois Institute of Art at Chicago State University of New York Harris Bank & Trust Dallas Theater Center Electronic Media Magazine Johnson Controls Central National Bank of Cleveland Associates Commercial Corporation Corporate Art Source Veterans' Administration Commission, Chicago, 2004 Ten site specific paintings Siemens Corporation COLLECTIONS: Selected private collections Walter & Dawn Clark Netsch Beatrice "Buddy" Mayer Douglas Ross Larry Aronson Marc & Ilana Platt Phil & Joan Krone Craig & Janet Duchossois Sally Fairweather Shirley Hardin Brian Boyer Pritzker collection James Speyer collection Michael Greany Ed & Lindy Bergman Collection Leigh Block Collection Professor Harold Platt Professors Lew Erenberg & Susan Hirsch Dr. David Gross Professor Mihaly Csiksentmihalyi Dr. Paula Young Dr. & Mrs. Imre Hidvegi EXHIBITIONS: Selected exhibitions Biennial Drawing Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, 1962 Momentum II, Lexington Hall, University of Chicago, 1964 The Sunken City Rises, Hermann Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology,1964 Eye on Chicago, Hermann Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1964 29th Corcoran Biennial, 1965, Washington, D.C. Inaugural exhibition, Fairweather-Hardin, 1965 Society for Contemporary Art, Art Institute of Chicago, 1965 12 Chicago Painters...

Category

Early 2000s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Abstract Figural Composition
Abstract Figural Composition

Abstract Figural Composition

By Elfi Schuselka

Located in Astoria, NY

Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), Abstract Figural Composition, Mixed Media on Paper, circa 1965, apparently unsigned, wood frame. Image: 10.5" H x 7.25; frame: 11.75" H x 8.25" W ...

Category

1960s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Lacquer, Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Oil

Love in Spring at Big Sur California original Acrylic on Canvas
Love in Spring at Big Sur California original Acrylic on Canvas

Love in Spring at Big Sur California original Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Soquel, CA

Love in the Spring at Big Sur California original Acrylic on Canvas Blossoms and flowers with Love (written on painting) and a spring mélange is a creation by Judith W Winslow (Amer...

Category

Early 2000s Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is a figurative painting, oil on canvas in blues and browns by Korean, Post-War artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower left, "...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas in blues, oranges, and greens by Korean, Post-War artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lowe...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled

Untitled

By MORRIS, CARL

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Carl Morris. “Untitled” is an abstract expressionist painting, acrylic on canvas in reds and browns by American artist Carl Morris. The artwork is signed in the lower r...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas in blues, oranges, and greens by Korean, Post-War artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower left, "JE Kon Park. 93". Born in South Korea, Park Jae Kon...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bacchanal
Bacchanal

Bacchanal

By Irving Norman

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Irving Norman. "Bacchanal" is a macabre social surrealism painting, oil on canvas in a dark palette of reds, blues, and blacks by artist Irving Norman. The artwork is u...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Black Wooden Assemblage, 1951, A Mid-century Post-war Abstract Relief Sculpture
Black Wooden Assemblage, 1951, A Mid-century Post-war Abstract Relief Sculpture

Black Wooden Assemblage, 1951, A Mid-century Post-war Abstract Relief Sculpture

Located in Frederiksberg C, DK

This unique black wooden assemblage from 1951 is a captivating example of mid-century post-war abstract relief art. Signed with an illegible signature, the piece carries a mysterious...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Untitled (Triptych)

Untitled (Triptych)

By MORRIS, CARL

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Carl Morris. "Untitled" is an Abstract Expressionist triptych painting, acrylic on canvas in blues and oranges by American artist Carl Morris. The artwork is signed on ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Arne Hiersoux

Located in Palm Desert, CA

An abstract acrylic and paper on canvas painting by Post War artist Arne Hiersoux. This untitled work is executed in bold strokes, splashes and drips of white, black, red and blue ag...

Category

20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Acrylic

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas in blues and greens by Korean, Post-War artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower right, "Jae Kon Park 1986". Born in South Korea, Park Jae Kon...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas in blues, oranges, and greens by Korean, Post-War artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lowe...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Paintings

Materials

Oil

Post-war paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Post-War paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, green, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Irving Norman, Alexander Calder, Inji EFFLATOUN, and Abraham Straski. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Post-War paintings, so small editions measuring 5.75 inches across are also available. Prices for paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $229 and tops out at $4,500,000, while the average work sells for $18,000.