1950s Art

Original oil on canvas painting of the landmark Cafe Dome in Paris by Andre Picot. Adjacent to the Dome is another famous cafe, Cafe Tabac as seen in thi...

An original oil on linen mounted to board by American modern female artist Harriet Holden Nash. The piece will come with custom framing either black or natural wood based on the buy...

Henri MATISSE Underwater life, 1954 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On light wove paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12.5 x 10 in) REFRENCES : Published by San Lazzaro / XXème...

Medium: lithograph (after the watercolor sketch). Printed in 1955 at the Mourlot Freres atelier, this composition is from George Braque's Intimate Sketchbooks (Carnets Intimes). Braq...

Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with estate stamp. Framed dimensions: 21 H x 1.5 D x 24.75 W inches Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Vic...

Medium: pochoir. Printed in 1952 for the Temoignages pour l'art abstrait portfolio (Witnesses for Abstract Art) and published by Editions d'Art d'Aujourd'hui in an edition of 1500. S...

Artist: Marc Chagall (1887–1985) Title: The Flute Player (Le Joueur de Flute) Year: 1957 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Paper Size: 9.06 x 15.75 ...

This colorful circa 1950 travel poster promotes the renowned spa destination of Bad Wildbad, celebrated for its thermal baths and idyllic natural surroundings in the heart of the Bla...

Original Bosch Battery Ignition System Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany vintage poster. Linen-backed and in good condition, but restored. This undated German automotive poster ...

Frame size 70x61 cm. José Muntané Balaguer (1889 - 1963) Immerse yourself in the spiritual beauty of "Woman Praying," a sublime work by the acclaimed Spanish artist José Muntané Balaguer. This oil on canvas captures the serenity and introspection of faith, showcasing a masterful use of light and shadow reminiscent of great masters such as Joaquín Sorolla, Ignacio Zuloaga, and even the emotional restraint of Diego Velázquez in his most intimate portraits. The painting depicts the purity of a devotional moment, where the female figure seems to transcend the canvas, inviting the viewer to reflect on spirituality and human connection. The meticulous attention to detail and subtlety in expressions place Muntané Balaguer in the tradition of artists who immortalized scenes of everyday life with unique sensitivity, much like Julio Romero de Torres...

Large Catalan Harvest Landscape Painting Pyrenees Olot School Figures Oil SPECIFICATIONS Artist: Salvador Corriols i Pagès (Olot, 1907 – 1975) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: Mid-20th ...

Old Stone Bridge - Bucks County Pennsylvania Original Oil by John Green Scott Classic scene of a country stone bridge somewhere in Bucks County Pennsylvania, John Green Scott (Ameri...

Claude Venard was a French a French post-Cubist and still life painter and was born in Burgundy in 1913. At the age of 17 he began to take evening classes in painting at the Ecole de...

This original 1954 poster, created by Pablo Picasso himself, announces the publication of Suite de 180 Dessins de Picasso, a special double issue of the celebrated art magazine Verve...

This black-and-white photograph, taken in 1952 in Paris along the Seine River, captures a tranquil and picturesque moment. In the foreground, a man wearing a light-colored straw hat ...

Lithograph, 1953 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 27/100 Printer : Jean Pons (Paris) LCD5358

Signed lower left, 'Ib Eisner' (Danish, 1925-2003) and dated, lower right, 1953. Displayed in a period, carved gilt-wood frame. Framed dimensions: 19 x 21.5 x 1.5 inches. A lyrica...

3981 Children's fantasy figurative oil painting set in a hand painted oak frame Image size 15.5x19.25"

Need For Speed (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Joseph McKeown/Picture Post/Getty Images) 17th July 1954: Argentinian racer Juan Manuel Fangio (1911 - 1995) chalks up ...

"Street Games" by Thurston Hopkins A young child wearing an Indian headdress hides in a coal hole as he takes aim under the watchful eye of a friend....

The 1957 original advertising poster for Ricard presents an iconic image of leisure and conviviality associated with the popular French pastis brand. This poster likely aimed to capt...

Lithograph on paper realized in 1958/59. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 100. Published by L'Oeuvre Gravé, Zurich. Ref. Magnelli. L'oeuvre gravé, catalogo della mos...

This piece is an A.R. turned pitcher created by Pablo Picasso in 1955. It is made with white earthenware clay, decoration in engobes in red and black with glaze inside. It bears the ...

Rare and giant vintage poster of Pablo Picasso Exhibition Milan, Palazzo Reale, 1953.  Limited edition of 1,000 copies, most of which lost or badly damaged overtime. Mounted on canv...

Jayne Mansfield Casino 1955 by Frank Worth This action shot features bombshell star Jayne Mansfield playing roulette in Las Vegas circa 1955 Captured by celebrity photographer Fr...

Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.

Original Sports d'Hiver (winter sports) skiing vintage poster. Archival linen-backed lithograph in very good condition, ready to frame. The blank area at the bottom would be used to indicate various ski locations or ski events that would be taking place. This gave this poster more various uses than just having it printed for one location. A large scale original ski poster that is great for your ski lodge and in the reasonable price category for original and antique skiing posters...

Step into the vibrant world of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec with this captivating color cliché print, meticulously edited by Editions du Chêne in Paris, France, in 1952. Encased in a be...

Artist: Reginald Wilson, American (1909-1993) Title: Feeding the Horse a Carrot Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm) Frame Size: 3...

This serene lakeside landscape, painted in 1953, is a late work by the Swedish artist Otto Lindberg. It likely depicts a tranquil evening scene near the artist’s hometown of Söderham...

"Golconde" is a thought-provoking work that embodies Magritte's signature style of surrealism and his exploration of the subconscious and the irrational. It continues to captivate vi...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for Verve in 1956 for a special edition devoted exclusively to Chagall's original Bible art. Size: 1...

New Look (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Getty Images) A model wearing a black cocktail dress and a black velvet wide-brimmed hat, designed by Ronald Paterson...

A striking circa 1951 abstract cityscape by important American modernist and Abstract Expressionist Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897–1968), depicting the New York City skyline through a...

Vintage American modernist portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Measuring: 27.25 by 31.25 inches overall, and 20.25 by 23.5 painting alone.

Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped The sign on the side of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper siz...

Charmion von Wiegand Pillar of Zen #124, 1959 Gouache on paper painting Hand signed, titled and dated on the front Unique Provenance: Andre Zarre Gallery, with label verso (Estate of renowned gallerist Andre Zarre, ne Andre Sowulewski) Measurements: Framed 26.5 inches vertical by 25.5 horizontal by 2 inches Artwork: 21 inches vertical by 22 inches horizontal Mid century modern, geometric, spiritual abstraction, mystical The Estate of the celebrated artist Charmion Von Wiegand has been represented exclusively by Michael Rosenfeld Gallery since 1998. From March 3 to August 13, 2023, Charmion Von Wiegand was the subject of an acclaimed retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Basel, and she has received major attention in the price, including a June, 2023 ArtNews feature entitled, "Who Was Charmion von Wiegand and Why Is She Important?". Her work was also featured in a solo presentation by Rosenfeld Gallery at the New York Art Show held at the Park Avenue Armory, which also received critical acclaim. Artists Biography - courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery: Known for her vibrant, geometric paintings that originate a deeply personal language of spiritual enlightenment expressed through a constructivist mode of abstraction, Charmion von Wiegand (1896–1983) was born in Chicago but spent much of her childhood traveling. The daughter of a journalist for Hearst, von Wiegand eventually settled in New York in 1915 to attend Barnard College and Columbia University, where she took classes at the School of Journalism while nurturing a growing interest in art history. In 1925, von Wiegand realized that she wanted to be an artist and set up a studio in Greenwich Village, teaching herself how to paint while pursuing a career as a journalist. In 1929, she secured a position in Moscow as a foreign correspondent for Hearst, the only woman at the desk at the time. In 1932, von Wiegand returned to New York and married Russian émigré Joseph Freeman, who co-founded and edited the leftist journal New Masses. Von Wiegand began writing art criticism for New Masses as well as for other publications, including New Theatre, ARTnews, and Arts Magazine. When the Abstract American Artists (AAA) held their inaugural exhibition, von Wiegand reviewed it. An early champion of abstract art, von Wiegand became close friends with AAA founder Carl Holty. In 1941, Holty introduced von Wiegand to Piet Mondrian, who would have a profound impact on her art. Fascinated by Mondrian’s artistic philosophy, von Wiegand played a key role in the introduction of his work to American audiences, translating many of the Dutch artist’s writings into English and assisting in the composition of his influential article “Toward the True Vision of Reality” (1941). Through her friendship with Mondrian, von Wiegand re-kindled her interest in Theosophy (a religion established in the late 19th century that combines aspects of Hinduism, Buddhism, occultism, and esotericism) and embarked on an extended study of neoplasticism. In her artwork, she incorporated Mondrian’s iconic grid but rejected the constraints of pure neoplasticism and embraced a wide range of influences including surrealism and German expressionism. In 1942, von Wiegand became a member of the AAA, exhibiting regularly with the group and eventually serving as its president from 1951 to 1953. In the late 1940s, sculptor and fellow AAA member Ibram Lassaw gave her a translation of The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life, which inspired von Wiegand to immerse herself in a study of Buddhist art. She began incorporating Buddhist motifs such as stupas and mandalas into her paintings, and her spiritual practice steadily intensified throughout the 1950s. In 1953, her husband gifted her a copy of the Taoist I Ching Book of Changes, a guide for divining meaning from randomly derived numbers arranged in a hexagram—a form the artist readily incorporated into her painting. Von Wiegand’s study of Theosophy also intensified over these years, bolstered by her increased access to the religion’s primary sources composed by the religion’s founders and their successors at the New York Theosophical Society’s library. Von Wiegand’s search for the sacred and transcendent ultimately led her to Tibetan Buddhism and, in 1967, von Wiegand met Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, a Gelugpa monk who had recently arrived in New York, who would mentor her spiritual study in the tradition of Mahayana Buddhism until her death. Her travels in the 1960s and 1970s took her to Tibet and India, where she had an audience with the Dalai Lama, who was living in exile in Dharamsala. Many works from these decades incorporate symbols and schematics drawn from Theosophical prismatic color charts, Chinese astrology and tantric yoga. In 1978, she was the subject of a PBS documentary titled The Circle of Charmion von Wiegand, which was scored by Philip Glass. In 1980, von Wiegand was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and in 1982, the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach (FL) organized her first retrospective exhibition. She died the following year in New York, bequeathing her estate to Khyongla Rato and the Tibet Center of New York. In 1998, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery became the sole representative of her estate and has presented her work in four solo and multiple group exhibitions. Recent notable exhibitions that have included her work are The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, 2009) and Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America (Newark Museum, NJ, 2010). In March 2023, the Kunstmuseum Basel (Switzerland) opened the first comprehensive museum retrospective of von Wiegand’s work in Europe. Von Wiegand’s work is represented in numerous museum collections including the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy (Andover, MA); Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY); Arithmeum, University of Bonn (Germany); Birmingham Museum of Art (Alabama); Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin; Brooklyn Museum (NY); Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, PA); The Cleveland Museum of Art (OH); Indianapolis Museum of Art (IN); Fondazione Marguerite Arp (Locarno, Switzerland); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Massachusetts); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY); The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY); Newark Museum of Art (New Jersey); Seattle Art Museum (WA); Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC); Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN); Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College (Clinton, NY); Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY); and Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, CT). More about gallerist Andre Zarre A tribute in the New Criterion: Dispatch August 11, 2020 Andre Zarre, 1942–2020 by Dana Gordon On the late New York gallery pioneer. Art should never be aggressively explained; art should be felt. —Andre Zarre, 1977 Often, in the starlit New York cultural mecca, a longtime important figure fades away through the penumbra and dies without notice. Such was the fate of Andre Zarre, the contemporary art dealer, who passed away a few weeks ago. Andy, as he wanted friends to call him, opened his eponymous gallery in 1974 just off Madison Avenue on Sixty-ninth Street. He soon moved it to the omphalos of the art world in that era, 41 East Fifty-seventh Street, the Fuller Building. Over the years he moved to SoHo and then to Chelsea, as fashion and real estate prices pushed the art souk hither and thither. To understand his importance, all you need do is take a look at a list of artists who had solo shows at the Andre Zarre Gallery. This includes such names, from an early generation, as Sonia Delaunay, Nassos Daphnis, Sari Dienes, and Perle Fine. Among a subsequent generation are Pat Lipsky, Jay Milder, Thornton Willis, and Kes Zapkus.1 And this list does not include the many knowns and unknowns who were in his lively group shows. Zarre had a real “eye” and was a champion of abstract art from the moment he founded his gallery—even among the gathering storms of conceptual and political art, which he eschewed. He showed a good deal of figurative art as well. His galleries were always spacious and unpretentious, oriented simply to show the art. In the words of Dee Shapiro, who showed with the Zarre gallery many times, “He had a photographic memory and knew a lot about art and was always interested in the artist’s life.” Reliable biographical information on Zarre is scarce, but he said of his background that he was born in Poland in 1942 and that his parents were a diplomat and a socialite. He left home for the United States at the age of fifteen. During his decades as an art dealer in New York, Zarre did not appear to accumulate wealth, though he acquired a collection and lived on Park Avenue. “He was not personally aggressive in that way. People had to come to him,” Dee Shapiro said. He was honest in his financial dealings with artists, which not all art dealers are. For a long time while running the gallery he had a second job as a supervisor in an airline office and he kept little to no additional staff in the gallery. He supported a brother who remained in Poland. Among artists, Zarre was known to be quite ornery. After my show at his gallery in 1997, I refused to enter it for seventeen years. Then I ran into him in Chelsea and he offered me another show, an opportunity I gladly accepted, but he remained just as disagreeable. He showed the work of many women, probably more than any other gallery, save those devoted to showing only women. Collectors, curators, and writers found him mostly friendly. As Peter Reginato put it, Zarre was a “strange guy but I liked him. I think he was a dealer who was more interested in the art than in making money, but somehow he lasted forty-plus years.” Zarre is not known to have kept extensive or extant records of his gallery’s long history, though these may emerge in time. Scouring the Internet, one may compile a partial list of more than eighty artists who had solo shows at the Andre Zarre Gallery:Nancy Azara, Ellen Banks, Mary Barnes, Tony Bechara, Juan Bernal, Stephanie Bernheim, Randy Bloom, Elena Borstein, Michael Boyd, Fritz Bultman, Ed Buonagurio, Yoan Capote, Sonia Delaunay, Nassos Daphnis, Cathy Diamond, Sari Dienes, Joseph Dolinsky, Beata Drozd, Ronnie Elliot, William Fares, Perle Fine, Lynne Frehm, Ben Georgia, Mikel Glass, Dana Gordon, Juanita Guccione, Fred Gutzeit, Don Hazlitt, Amy Hill, Clinton Hill, Monroe Hodder, Budd Hopkins, Arlan Huang, Richard Hunt, Rhia Hurt, Buffie Johnson, Alexander Kaletski, Robert Kaupelis...

• Picasso began working with ceramics in 1946 at the Madoura workshop in Vallauris, marking the beginning of an important and highly productive chapter in his career. What initially ...

In 1930, Maxfield Parrish turned his attention to painting landscapes exclusively. Cascades is a fine example of the style that defined his late career. The composition features a fa...

Lithograph realized after Fernand Léger in 1959, on Moulin Richard de Bas paper. Monogrammed in the plate. It belongs to the suite "Contrastes", printed by Daniel Jacomet and publi...

Here for your consideration is a vintage bronze statuette from the mid-20th century depicting Quan Yin. Created during the midcentury period, this bronze statuette features the Quan ...

This late-1950s photograph, taken by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers waterskiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. This is an estate-stamped and hand-n...

Jean Salabet, Impressionism, Paris Street Scene, Oil on Canvas, France, 1954 An oil painting of a Parisian street scene by Spanish-born Juan Bayon Salado, who went by the pseudonym ...

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Lierre Lithograph from 1958. Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.4 cm. Plate signed. Publisher: Tériade, Paris. First, original edition. The work is in Ex...

Vintage impressionist coastal oil painting. Oil on board. Signed verso. Measuring: 20 by 24 inches overall, and 12 by 16 painting alone.

A Vibrant Mid-Century Modern Cubist Landscape Painting by Listed California & Arizona Artist, John Law Walker (Am. 1899-1965). Titled "Cook Out", the ...

A large tonal, Mid-Century harbor scene with boats by French artist Georges Rocher. Artwork size: 24" x 30". Framed size: 31" x 36". Georges Rocher was born in Casablanca, Moroc...

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1954 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...

This poster was created for an exhibition of drawings by Pablo Picasso at the Berggruen Gallery in 1956. It was printed at the Mourlot studio, where Master Printer, Henri Deschamps r...

A captivating and dynamic large-scale Mid-Century Impressionist masterpiece by the renowned Hungarian-American artist Pál Fried (1893-1976). Titled "Circus", this exquisite oil on ca...

Signed lower right, 'Charles Surendorf' for Charles Frederick Surendorf (American, 1906-1979), titled lower left, 'State Street, Columbia' and created circa 1960. (Framed Size: 18 x ...

➡️ Landscape Luminous naturalistist⬅️ ⏩It is signed Degoul 1936⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐35.1x52.6cm /13.8x20.7 i...

Henry CLEWS (1876–1937) The Cloister, 1959 Engraving (transferred to copper by Bacons-Duplessis and André Collot) Unsigned Authenticated by Henry Clews’s studio stamp on the reverse...

Artist: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) (after) Title: Mrs. M.P. (Madame M.P.) Year: December 20, 1954 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper, archivally hinged on grand velin Renage filigrane ...

An authenticated work This ceramic piece has been authenticated by Paloma Ruiz-Picasso (the artist’s daughter) and Diana Widmaier-Picasso (the artist’s granddaughter) on December 9, ...

Palm Beach Pastels 1959 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. unframed c type pr...

A superb mid 20th century oil on board still life depicting pears, apples and garlic by the important French/Russian naïf artist Rastislaw Racoff. The work is beautifully executed i...

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1951 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1951 Spr...

Medium: lithograph (after the woodcut). Printed in Paris in 1954 by Mourlot and published by Berggruen for a scarce catalogue. Image size: 4 1/2 x 4 inches (117 x 100 mm). There is a...

Bernard BUFFET New York : Statue of Liberty, 1986 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Justified EA (artist proof) On Arches vellum 76 x 58 cm (c. 30 x 22 inch) REFRENCES : Catalogue raisonne Bernard Buffet lithograph...