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Style: Abstract
Period: 1950s
Bird
Located in Paris, FR
Engraving, 1958
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated "Epreuve artiste"
22.00 cm. x 32.00 cm. 8.66 in. x 12.6 in. (paper)
11.00 cm. x 13.00 cm. 4.33 in. x 5.12 in. (imag...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Engraving
The Rooster, Charcoal Drawing by Etienne Poirier
Located in Atlanta, GA
French artist Etienne Poirier (1919-2002) designed this stunning modernist drawing. This work is a charcoal-on-paper composition depicting a proud roos...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Charcoal
"Harmony" Diptych
By Richard W. Dempsey
Located in Washington, DC
A pair of abstract modern paintings by Richard W. Dempsey (1909 - 1987). Paintings are oil on masonite and signed "Dempsey" front bottom corner. On the back of each painting on tape is written "Harmony".
Richard Dempsey was born in Ogden, Utah, on September 14, 1909. His youth was spent in Oakland, CA, where he attended Sacramento Junior College (1929-31) as an art major. He then studied at The California School of Arts and Crafts (1932-34) and the Students Art Center (1935-40), where he was taught by the sculptor Sargent Johnson. In 1941, he moved to Washington, DC and studied at Howard University...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Derriere Le Miroir No. 141 Stabile 2
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Alexander Calder
Title: Derriere Le Miroir No. 141, Stabile 2
A double page lithograph from the Derriere le Miroir No. 141 publication. With vertical fold in the middle, as ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Boats in the Harbor
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on paper, signed and dated 1950 lower right. Dimensions listed include frame.
Born in 1892, Vaclav Vytlacil was a highly educated and gifted artist, early at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and later at the Art Students League. In the 1920s, his travels to Europe and studies of the old masters helped him gain artistic perspective and knowledge. At the Royal Academy of Art in Munich, Vytlacil met and befriended Hans Hofmann, becoming his teaching assistant. After returning to the US in 1928, Vytlacil became a member of the Art Students League faculty and successfully persuaded Hofmann to teach at the League as well. In 1936, he became a co-founder of the American Abstract Artists group and taught at Queens College in New York; the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California; Black Mountain College in North Carolina; and the Art Students League. Vytlacil was honored with solo shows at The Carnegie Institute, Montclair Art Museum, the Phillips Memorial Gallery, the Krasner Gallery, University of Notre Dame...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Oil, Gouache
Aladin
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1958
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
Edition : 125 + 10 EA
Publisher : L'Oeuvre Gravée (Zurich)
Printer : Mourlot (Paris)
Catalog : Prudhomme 27
51.00 cm. x 67.00 cm....
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
1950s Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting, Blue Brown Orange Sage Green
Located in Denver, CO
Abstract expressionist oil painting on board from 1955 by Charles Bunnell. Abstract shapes in layers of sage green, light blue, brown, gold, and black. Presented in a custom frame, o...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Board, Oil
Antique Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Framed Signed Oil Painting
By Suzanne McCullough
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist abstract painting by Suzanne McCullough (b.1916). Oil on canvas. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 24L x ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1951 Original Poster Tendance : Germain - Kelly - Palazuelo - Pallut - Poliakoff
Located in PARIS, FR
Original Serigraphy
The original poster for this exhibition was created by American artist Ellsworth Kelly, one of the leading protagonists of abstract art at the time. Kelly was re...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Reflets au Port - Etching by Shoichi Hasegawa - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reflets au Port is an artwork realized by Shoichi Hasegawa.
Color aquatint etching, signed lower right, titled in center, lower left num.
Edition of 25
Dimensions: 20 x 25 cm. Pass...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Etching
Vintage American School Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist framed oil painting. Oil on board. No signature found. Framed. Image size, 13L x 12H.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Figures on Horseback', Los Angeles County Museum, Laguna Beach California
By Ben Abril
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Ben Abril' (American, 1923-1995) and painted circa 1955.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Ben Abril is known for his equestrian paintings, primarily in watercol...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Laid Paper
Vintage Mid-Century Abstract Signed Swedish Lithograph - Kinetic Shapes
Located in Bristol, GB
KINETIC SHAPES
Size: 52 x 42 cm (including frame)
Lithograph on paper
A very well presented mid century limited edition (1/211) colour lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil by S...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tête et cactus
Located in Paris, FR
Silksreen, 1954
After a gouache by Fernand Léger
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 10/200
Publisher : Jean Bruller, Paris
Printer : Jean Bruller, Paris
Catalog : [Saphi...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Silk
"Figure de Notier" framed, signed oil on canvas painting by artist Max Papart
By Max Papart
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Figure de Notier" oil on canvas painting of a human figure by Max Papart. Signed Max Papart on front. Signed and titled "Max Papart Figure de Notier" on back. Additional markings o...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Henri Matisse (after) Rosace
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse (after)
Title: Rosace
Portfolio: The Last Works of Henri Matisse
Medium: Lithograph
Date: 1958
Edition: 2000
Frame Size: 17 3/4" x 17 3/4"
Sheet Size: 14" x 10 ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
American Modernist Peter Macchiarini "Brooch Sketch"
Located in Arp, TX
Peter Macchiarini
"Brooch Drawing"
c. 1950s
Pencil on paper
Site 3.5"x3.5" silver carved wood frame 14.75"x16.75"
Studio stamp lower left
Was born to Italian parents on the Wohler Ranch, a hop yard and vineyard spread on the Russian river near Santa Rosa, Sonoma County on August 27, 1909. I attended grammar school and high schools in Sonoma County until the age of fourteen at which time my parents returned to Italy. There I took preliminary courses in the Italian language and having decided on an artistic career, took the entry examinations for the Art Academy Pietrasanta, Province of Lucca, and was accepted. At the Academy I received basic training in marble carving, clay modeling, architectural drawing and general sciences.
In 1928 I returned to the United States and was gainfully employed as a stonecarver with several San Francisco Bay Area firms. I continued my art studies in San Francisco at the California School of Fine Arts, taking night courses. In 1936, I worked on projects under Beniamino Bufano and Ralph Stackpole...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil
Radcliffe Camera, University of Oxford lithograph by John Piper
Located in London, GB
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Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Provence Ville Chaude
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1958
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
State test
Publisher : L'Œuvre Gravée (Paris)
76.50 cm. x 56.50 cm. 30.12 in. x 22.24 in. (paper)
63.00 cm. x 45.00 cm. 24.8 in...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Edge
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on board. Signed and dated lower right and verso, titled verso.
36.25 x 48 in.
40.5 x 52.25 in. (framed)
Framed in contemporary silver, tiered floater frame.
Dennis Eugene Norman Burton was a Canadian modernist who was born in Lethbridge, Ontario. He attended the Ontario College of Art from 1952 to 1956, and worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a graphic designer until 1960.
Inspired by a 1955 exhibition of the “Painters Eleven” at Toronto’s Hart House, as well as American Abstract Expressionist artists such as Robert Motherwell, Jack Tworkov, and Willem de Kooning, Burton shifted his focus toward abstraction in the mid-1950s.
Burton showed with the famed Isaacs Gallery in Toronto, becoming one of the youngest members on the gallery’s roster. A talented musician, he also played saxophone in the Artist’s Jazz Band in Toronto - a pioneering Canadian free-jazz group...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Board
Rare Candelabra Sculpture Mid Century Danish Design
By Einar Dragsted
Located in Surfside, FL
Danish mid century modern silverplated candelabrum sculpture. circa 1957 signed E. Dragsted Denmark. Dragsted goldsmiths, established in 1854, was purveyor to the danish royal family...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1950s Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Multicolor Geometric Cubist Gouache and Watercolor Painting by André Morin
Located in Atlanta, GA
This outstanding post-cubist and multicolor geometric composition, gouache, and watercolor painting was designed by French artist André Morin (20th Century...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Encaustic Abstract Untitled Painting 010 by Frederik Ottesen
Located in Hudson, NY
The bold texture of this artwork engages the viewer. The textures Ottesen created are not as apparent until seem from close up. A subtle stunner.
Framed this piece measures 29.25" ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Encaustic
Giuseppe Capogrossi - Stencil
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Giuseppe Capogrossi - Stencil
1958
Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm
Edition: G. di San Lazzaro.
Giuseppe Capogrossi
B. 1900, ROME; D. 1972, ROME
Giuseppe C...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Oiseau multicolore
Located in Paris, FR
Etching and aquatint, 1950
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 83/200
Publisher : Maeght (Paris)
Printer : Aldo Commelynck (Paris)
Catalog : Maeght 1020
45.00 cm. x 64.00 cm. 17.72 in. x 25.2 in. (paper)
26.00 cm. x 49.00 cm. 10.24 in. x 19.29 in. (image)
This horizontal print...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Antique American School Signed Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school signed abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 19L x 13H.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Encaustic Abstract Untitled Painting 002 by Frederik Ottesen
Located in Hudson, NY
The texture of this artwork by Frederik Ottesen is mesmerizing. Seen from a distance, it invites the viewer to come closer and they are rewarded with the gorgeous encaustic surface O...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Encaustic
Encaustic Abstract Untitled Painting 001
Located in Hudson, NY
The texture of this artwork is both subtle and engaging. Standing far away this painting invites the viewer to step forward and see up close the eye-catching texture Ottesen created....
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Encaustic
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1959 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 116) and published in Paris by the Maeght atelier. Size: 15 x 22 inches (377 x 560 mm)...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled - Etching by Antonino Verduzzo - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a modern artwork realized by Antonino Verduzzo in 1959.
Black and white etching.
Hand signed, dated and numbered on the lower margin.
Edition of 86/169.
Includes fram...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Etching
The Bird - Original lithograph - (Mourlot #185)
By Joan Miró
Located in Paris, FR
Joan MIRO
The Bird, 1952
Original Lithograph (5 color stones)
Printed in Mourlot workshop
On vellum 31 x 23 cm (c. 12,2 x 9,4 in)
Published by San Lazzaro in 1952
REFERENCES : Catalog raisonne Mourlot / Maeght #185
Very good condition, edge of the sheet lightly yellowed - A rare early lithograph...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Ossip Zadkine a pair of original etchings made at Atelier 17 Hayter Paris Couple
Located in Norfolk, GB
1 Ossip Zadkine, Untitled - Couple, etching on paper, c 1959/1960, sheet size 52cm x 38cm, image size 27cm x
21cm. Signed and initialed in the plate.
2 Ossip Zadkine, Untit...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
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, 36L x 30H.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
John Piper Cartoon for Coventry Cathedral Baptistry Stained Glass Window
Located in London, GB
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John Piper (1903 - 1992)
Cartoon for Baptistry Chapel Window, Coventry Cathedral...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache
Vintage Modernist Abstract Flower Field European Town Landscape Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique European flower field oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 24L x 18H.
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir. Printed at the atelier Jacomet in 1958 for the hard-to-find XXe Siecle (issue No. 10) published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Size: 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches (315 x 242 mm). ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Abstract Composition - Etching by Jean Bertholle - 1952
By Jean Bertholle
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an etching print realized in 1980 by Jean Bertholle (1909-1996).
Hand-signed on the lower and date.
Numbered. Edition, 16/200.
Good Conditions.
The artwor...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Exhibition at the Matarasso Gallery, Nice, 1957
By Joan Miró
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1957
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 109/125
Publisher : Galerie Matarasso
Catalog : Maeght 179
62.00 cm. x 48.00 cm. 24.41 in. x 18.9 in. (paper)
55.00 ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Abstract Oil Painting - Dimension, Framed
Located in Bristol, GB
DIMENSION
Size: 52 x 52 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A simple yet very effective abstract composition in oil, painted onto canvas.
A set of bright abstract forms sit against ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
JEAN MICHEL ATLAN - ABSTRACT - ORIGINAL DRAWING
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Original felt pens on paper
Unique piece
Hand signed and dated in 1957
Rare piece from the Master
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Felt Pen
Trees by the Sea
By Milton Avery
Located in New York, NY
This bold color woodcut print is printed on Japan paper and is an artist proof, aside from the edition of 20. Signed, dated and inscribed "artist proof" in pencil by Avery. Dimension...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph, Woodcut
Warm-Toned Abstract Figurative Portrait of Boxer Jack Johnson
Located in Houston, TX
Warm-toned abstract figurative painting by an unknown artist. The painting depicts Galveston, TX boxer John Arthur Johnson in profile view. Unsigned. Unframed but framing options are...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Non Objective Mid 20th Century American Modern Color Field 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Non Objective Mid 20th Century American Modern Color Field 1950s
James Daugherty (1887 – 1974)
Abstraction
84-1/2 x 42-1/2 inches
Signed and ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950’s French Expressionist Signed Oil Still Life Lemons Oranges on Table
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French expressionist artist, 1955
signed oil painting on canvas, framed
dated 55'
framed: 22 x 29 inches
canvas: 15 x 22 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: ove...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Oil
The Dead Tiger
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Dead Tiger
Ink and watercolor on paper, 1955
Signed and dated in ink (see photo)
Condition: Aging to the entire sheet (it's 78 years old)
Image/Sheet size: 18 1/4 x 23 inches
One of a series of watercolors Dehner created in the Hudson Valley and gave to a patron. They are variations of the same composition with differing colors.
Titled by the artist in pencil verso.
Provenance: Gift of the artist
Private Collection, Hudson Valley, NY
Dorothy Dehner (1901-1994)
Painter, sculptor, art writer, and poet, Dorothy Dehner explored abstraction, cubism, realism and surrealism during her artistic journey. Early in her career she was known for painting and for large-cast metal sculptures, but in the 1950s and 1960s, turned increasingly to wood cut into hard-edge geometric shapes.
From 1950, she lived primarily in New York City. Dorothy Dehner was born in 1901 in Cleveland, Ohio, but, as a teenager in 1916, moved to Pasadena, California when her parents died. Her artistic interests were initially in acting. She majored in drama at UCLA for the school year of 1922-1923, then moved to New York City to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Art.
After travel to Europe in France, Italy and Switzerland in 1925, where she saw Cubist and Fauve paintings as well as the great art of the ages, Dehner entered the Art Students League to study sculpture, but switched to painting because she felt the former was bound in academic formula.
She studied drawing with Kimon Nicolaides...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Watercolor
1950 "Cave Drawings" Abstract Stone Lithograph
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry and Ruth Opper
"Cave Drawings"
1950
Stone Lithograph on Paper
25"x19.5" paper 21.25"x14.75" site Unframed
Titled and dated lower le...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Stone
Sculpture Mythique
By Jean Arp
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Sculpture Mythique" is a sculpture by Jean Arp. The sculpture is edition II/III.
Jean Arp was born Hans Arp on September 16, 1886, in Strassburg. In 1904, after leaving the Ecole des Arts et Métiers, Strasbourg, he visited Paris and published his poetry for the first time. From 1905 to 1907, Arp studied at the Kunstschule, Weimar, and in 1908 went to Paris, where he attended the Académie Julian. In 1909, he moved to Switzerland and in 1911 was a founder of the Moderner Bund group there. The following year, he met Robert and Sonia Delaunay in Paris and Vasily Kandinsky in Munich. Arp participated in the Erste deutsche Herbstsalon in 1913 at the gallery Der Sturm, Berlin. After returning to Paris in 1914, he became acquainted with Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Amadeo Modigliani, and Pablo Picasso. In 1915, he moved to Zurich, where he executed collages and tapestries, often in collaboration with his future wife Sophie Taeuber (who became known as Sophie Taeuber-Arp after they married in 1922).
In 1916, Hugo Ball...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Bronze
Red Horizon
Located in Lawrence, NY
Oil on linen
Neuman's work assimilated a wide variety of influences, including Bay Area Abstraction, the New York School and European Art Informel. Not bad for a young man raised in ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Oil
Brutalist Still Life in the Summer, Oil on Canvas Painting by E.J.E. Dulfer
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning abstract still-life composition was signed by Dutch artist E.J.E. Dulfer (Rotterdam 1909 - Bussum 1965), dated 1958, and named "Summer in the windowsill" (Zomer in de v...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Original Vintage Poster France Lorraine Metz Cathedral Stained Glass Windows Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for France Lorraine Metz Stained Glass Windows Of The Cathedral Jacques Villon / France La Lorraine Metz: Vitraux De La Cathedrale Jacques Villon featuring a colourful image of the modern stained glass window...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Paper
Mid Century Modern East Bay III Abstracted Landscape by Erle Loran
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern East Bay III Abstracted Landscape by Erle Loran
Dynamic mid century abstracted geometric landscape drawing of the East Bay California landscape by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999), circa 1950. From a collection of estate of Ruth Loran (wife of artist). Presented in mat. Unframed. Image size: 13"H x 16"W.
Provenance: This piece was from Erle Loran's sketch book and this drawing was then matted, purchased from the Erle Loran estate and the Carlson Gallery, Carmel.
Erle Loran was a modernist of urban-coast views and geometric painting. Loran was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1905. He attended the University of Minnesota for a while before studying at the Minneapolis School of Art, under Cameron Booth...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Charcoal, Laid Paper
Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting by Sid Gross 1959
By Sidney Gross
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Abstract expressionist gouache painting by American artist, Sid Gross.
Date: 1959
Gouache on paper, signed and dated lower right
Image Size: 18.5 x 12 inches
Frame Size: 28 x 22 ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Gouache
Alberto Magnelli - Composition - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Alberto Magnelli
Composition
Lithograph
Conditions: excellent
32 x 24 cm
1951
Executed for XXe siècle
Published by San Lazzaro, Paris
Unsigned and unnumbered as issued
Category
Abstract Geometric 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Abstract Composition - Watercolor Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a contemporary artwork realized the mid-20th century..
Watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
The artwork is created through deft quick stro...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Watercolor
"The Searcher" Canada, 1952, Oil on masonite, Signed and dated by artist
By Jack Bush
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Jack Bush (1909-1977) is known as one of Canada’s most successful abstract artists. Beginning in the 1960s he achieved international recognition for his works that were aligned with ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Jean Dubuffet Lithograph Art Brut "I. Traces grotesques"
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"I. Traces grotesques" is an Artist’s Proof Lithograph. “Proofs” are either pulled or printed, and the artist has the option to work out the color and quality issues as they come out of the process. The only real difference between the two is the restricted quantity of prints bearing the AP designation and not the quality of the print. This lithograph is signed and titled by the artist, Jean Dubuffet, which indicates his complete satisfaction with the print. It is from 1958 and a perfect example of his style, “Art Brut.” His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced what is called “low art”, art by non-academically trained artists. It is sometimes referred to as “outsider art.”
He did study briefly at the Academie Julian, Paris, but eventually followed his own aesthetics which eschewed traditional standard of beauty in favor of what he believed to be a more authentic and humanistic approach to image-making. This lithograph expresses the beauty he found in the meandering spontaneous black line.
Jean Dubuffet began painting at the age of seventeen and studied briefly at the Academie Julian, Paris. He painted off and on for the next 20 years. It was not until 1942 in the midst of WWII in France that he began the work which has distinguished him as an outstanding innovator in postwar Europe. It is said of his work that “he looked to the margins of the everyday – the art of prisoners, psychics, the uneducated, and the institutionalized – to liberate his own creativity and coining the term ‘Art Brut’.” Art Brut is a French term that translates as ‘raw art’, to describe art such as graffiti or naïve art which is made outside the academic tradition of fine art. His paintings from the early forties in brightly colored oils were soon followed by works in which he employed such unorthodox materials as cement, plaster, tar and asphalt-scraped, craved and cut and drawn upon with a rudimentary, spontaneous line.
Dubuffet worked in France and exhibited from the early forties on. He was included in the 1946 Pierre Matisse...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
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 Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape Abstraction - Mid-Century - Twenty Paintings in One
Located in Miami, FL
At the height of Abstraction Expressionism, overlooked Academic Artist John Atherton created a wonderfully complex painting that embodies many of the characteristics of what was going on in Mid-Century American Art. The work is simultaneously abstract as it is representational. Like a Bento Box, it's divided into sections by dividers. On close inspection, each section stands on it's own as a beautiful mini-painting yet coalesces as part of the whole. From a distance, it is eye-pleasing, but as the view gets closer and closer, new structures and details gloriously reveal themselves. This is an important painting and not unlike the work of Joaquín Torres-García. It was done in the last year of the artist's life. Signed lower right. Canvas is relined. Framed size: 30 x 41.25. The work is best viewed with top gallery lights to bring out color. Atherton exhibited at the famous Julien Levy Gallery in New York and his fine art is mainly associated with Magic Realism. He participated in the seminal 1943 Museum of Modern Art exhibition, American Realists and Magic Realists. The Museum of Modern Art has 4 Atherton paintings in its collection. As an Illustrator, Atherton did covers for the Saturday Evening Post, Fortune and Holiday Magazine...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
