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Period: 1950s
Cafe Culture by Bert Hardy Limited Edition Giant Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Cafe Culture" by Bert Hardy
A waiter serving clients on the terrace of a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, Paris, June 1951.
Original publication: Picture Post - 5343 - Sunday Morning I...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Black and White
"Green abstract composition" Oil cm. 27 x 26 1950 ca Green , Yellow
By Dora Maar
Located in Torino, IT
Green, Yellow, abstract, Picasso,
Atelier stamp lower right
Dora Maar, original name Henrietta Theodora Markovitch (Marković), (born November 22, 1907, Paris, France—died July 16, 1...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Liz Taylor in the film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Mondadori Portfolio
Located in London, GB
"Liz Taylor in the filme Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Mondadori Portfolio
British-American actress Liz Taylor (Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor) sitting on a bed and clinging to the headboard...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Black and White
Work B.0., 1957, Oil on canvas painting by Masaaki Yamada
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Masaaki Yamada, Work B.0., 1957
Oil on Wooden Panel
22.50 x 15.50 cm (8.86 x 6.10 in)
Work B.0. from 1957 is an exemplary piece from Masaaki Yamada's crucial early period, vividly ...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Oil
"Salon des Artistes Decorateurs" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster). This poster was executed in 1939 by Raoul Dufy. The lithograph offered here was printed by Mourlot in 1959, reproducing the...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Personnages, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, stencil on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série N° 8...
Category
Surrealist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,276 Sale Price
20% Off
The Demagogue or Tale in a Tub
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Demagogue or Tale in a Tub, 1952, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches, signed, titled, and dated verso, presented in a newer frame
The Demagogue is an iconic Bendor Mark painting fro...
Category
American Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Suite de 180 Dessins" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster). During the late 1940's and throughout the 1950's, Picasso created a series of posters at the atelier of Mourlot Freres. The...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
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
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
"Helios" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the lithograph). Printed in 1953 at the atelier of Daniel Jacomet and published in Paris by the Berggruen Gallery for a rare catalogue. Image size: 5 x 4 inche...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Les Affiches De Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Filigrané a sa marque paper
Year: 1950
Paper Size: 9.75 x 12.5 inches; image size: 8.27 x 10.63 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumber...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
'San Francisco', Mid-century California Modernist, SFMOMA, Whitney Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A vibrant expressionist watercolor showing a view of San Francisco and the bay contrasted against a semi-abstracted colorist background.
Signed lower right, 'Provenzano' for Sam Pr...
Category
American Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Bonnard, Le Verger, Bonnard Lithographe (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Renage filigrané paper.
Year: 1952
Paper Size: 9.5 x 12.5 inches; image size: 9.05 x 10.24 inches
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
No...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1950 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1950 Spr...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Les Affiches De Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Filigrané a sa marque paper
Year: 1950
Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches; image size: 9.05 x 6.69 inches
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issue...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Matisse, Mademoiselle L.L., Portraits par Henri Matisse (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper, mounted on vélin paper backing sheet, as issued.
Year: 1954
Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches; image size: 9.84 x 7.87 inches
Inscription: Signed in the...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Sagittarius
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1959
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 10/100
Publisher : Éditions L'Oeuvre Gravé
Printer : Jean Pons (Paris)
Catalog : [Polieri 1751 p.610-611]
65.00 cm. x...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Kandinsky, Komposition IV, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 22 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Derrière le miro...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
Matisse, Margueritte Matisse, Portraits par Henri Matisse (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper, mounted on vélin paper backing sheet, as issued.
Year: 1954
Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches; image size: 9.84 x 7.08 inches
Inscription: Signed in the...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Kelly, Composition (Axsom I-a, page 176), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 110, published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Éditions...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Les fruits d'automne" / Mougins 1957
Located in Dallas, TX
André Hambourg (French, 1909-1999)
Les fruits d'automne, 1957
Oil on canvas
Canvas Dimensions: 9 x 13-3/4 inches (22.9 x 34.9 cm)
Framed Dimensions: 14.75 X 20 X 2.5 Inches
Signed lo...
Category
Aesthetic Movement 1950s Art
Materials
Oil
$4,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Matisse, Composition, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Verve: Revue Art...
Category
Fauvist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Reading Rabbi, Oil Painting by Abraham Straski
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Abraham Straski, Polish (1903 - 1987)
Title: Untitled - Polish Rabbi 12F
Year: circa 1957
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Image Size: 10.5 x 7 inches
Frame Size: 20 x 15 i...
Category
Post-War 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Place de la Republique - Le Soir - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Edouard Cortes
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist oil on canvas landscape circa 1950 by sought after French painter Edouard Cortes. The work depicts an evening scene of the Place de la Republique square in Paris France. The ground, bare trees and buildings are covered in a dusting of white snow. The street lights are glowing and the Monument a la Republique is visible in the distance.
Signature:
Signed lower left
Dimensions:
Framed: 19"x24"
Unframed: 13"x18"
Provenance:
International Galleries - Chicago c. 1950
This work is included in the Catalogue Raisonne of the painters work "Edouard Cortes (1882-1969) : The Complete Works" Ref: EC001317
A photo certificate of authenticity accompanies the painting
Edouard Leon Cortes, the son of the painter Antonio Cortès, was sent to the front during World War I to sketch enemy positions. In civilian life, his base was in Lagny in the former studio of Cavallo-Peduzzi. Although he travelled extensively in France. Notably in Normandy, Brittany, the Champagne region and Savoy painting...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ballet : The Dancer - Original Lithograph - Printed Signature - Ref. Bloch #767
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO
Ballet : The Dancer, 1954
Original lithograph
Printed signature in the plate
Unnumbered
On light vellum 31 x 22 cm (c. 12,2 x 8,7 in)
REFERENCES :
- Catalog raisonne...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
1957 original poster by Jules Cavaillès SNCF to Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
Jules Cavaillès' 1957 SNCF poster is a visual masterpiece that beckons travelers to embark on a colorful and artistic journey to Paris and explore the beauty of France by train. This...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Paper, Linen, Lithograph
Matisse, Découpage, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série N° 4 (double)...
Category
Fauvist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1953 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1953 Spr...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Andy Warhol Flowers and Holly Christmas Card c.1955 (1950s Andy Warhol flowers)
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol Flowers and Holly (Christmas Card) c. 1955:
A well-sized 1950s designed Andy Warhol flowers Christmas print, produced by Warhol circa 1955. Featuring Warhol's printed sig...
Category
Pop Art 1950s Art
Materials
Paper, Offset
Abstract 1955 - British abstract oil painting Slade School artist
Located in London, GB
This superb British 1950's abstract oil on board painting is by noted Slade School trained contemporary artist Leo Davy. Davy was born in Yorkshire but settled in Cornwall in 1968 an...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Oil
$10,908 Sale Price
20% Off
original lithograph
By Joan Miró
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 223. Printed in 1956 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 87-88-89) and published in Paris by Maeght. Size: 15...
Category
Abstract 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Figure Study" Joseph Solman, Blue and Sepia, Pastel Colors Seated Study
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Solman
Figure Study, circa 1959-60
Signed with initials lower left
Gouache on Racing Form newspaper
Sight 9 x 7 inches
Provenance
Private Collection, Montecito, California
Pr...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Newsprint
Elvis And His Harley (1956)
Located in London, GB
Elvis Adoration (1956)
(Photo By Phillip Harrington)
Tennessee, May 29, 1956.
Elvis Presley with his 1956 Harley KH, in the garage at 1034 Audubon Drive, Memphis.
Vernon Presley is crouching beside the Harley.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 16x20''
Printed Later
About the Image:
Elvis Aaron Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, musician and actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 12''
12 x 16''
16 x 20''
20 x 24''
20 x 30''
30 x 40''
FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
About the Artist:
Phillip A. Harrington was born in 1920 and grew up in Holland, Michigan. He developed an interest in photography at an early age, joining the high school camera club at 16. At the age of 19, Harrington moved to New York City to study at the Clarence. H. White school of photography, a prestigious institution with graduates such as Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Laura Gilpin, and Ralph Steiner. Harrington studied under Clarence White, Jr., who described Harrington as being among the school’s best students.
Elvis, Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley2, LEADING MEN, Phillip Harrington Retro Vintage Black and...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
1951 original poster for Paix et Liberté titled Jamais ! Ça. - Eiffel Tower
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1951 original poster for Paix et Liberté titled Jamais ! Ça. is a powerful piece of anti-communist propaganda, notable for its stark imagery and bold message. Designed during the...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Sicilian Farmhouse
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'Sicilian Farmhouse', oil on canvas, by Yves Brayer (circa 1950s). A dedicated lover of Mediterranean countries and their varied landscapes, this charming and diminutive work by the ...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,970 Sale Price
20% Off
"Moulin Rouge - La Goulue" plus Color Decompositions - lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the poster). Printed in Paris in 1950 by Mourlot Freres, this multi-stone color lithograph faithfully reproduces the original Toulouse-Lautrec poster in a s...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, stencil on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série N° 7 (double) J...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Matisse, La Tristesse du Roi (Duthuit 139), Verve: Revue Artistique (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Verve: Revue Artistique et Li...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph by artist Regina Cassolo Bracchi, better known simply as Regina. Printed in 1956 for the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi, published in Milan by Groupe E...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
original lithograph
By Louis Bosa
Located in Henderson, NV
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...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Composition (Cramer 67; Bloch 748), La Guerre et la Paix (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper
Year: 1954
Paper Size: 14.25 x 10.125 inches
Inscription: Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Catalogue Raisonné Reference: Cramer 67; B...
Category
Cubist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
The Parade - Lithograph on Wove Paper - Verve, Mourlot
Located in Paris, IDF
(after) Pablo PICASSO
The Parade
Lithograph, 1954
With the blind stamp of the editor (Ed. Verve)
Size 27 x 37 cm (c. 10.65 x 14.6 inch)
A lithograph on wove paper after a drawing b...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Underwater life - Lithograph - San Lazzaro 1954
Located in Paris, IDF
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 / XXèm...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Original Ford, The all New Taunus 12M Super vintage German poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Ford of Germany, The All New Taunus 12M Super vintage German antique poster. Archivally linen-backed om excellent condition and ready to frame. We have not be able to locate any other document copy of this poster.
The Taunus 12M, presented in 1952, was the first new German Ford...
Category
American Realist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Metropole Messageries Maritimes Union Francaise vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original antique French lithograph travel poster: Metropole Messageries Maritimes Union Francaise. Artist: Poulain. This unicorn-s...
Category
Art Deco 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Gaspe: St. Lawrence Village
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
With the artist's original presentation (Frame and matting)
Two similar titles were exhibited in The ...
Category
American Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Watercolor
Marilyn Monroe on Dock with Fishnet Vintage Press Print
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white capture of Marilyn Monroe posed against a fishnet on a dock.
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One-of-a-kind original vintage press print from the Celebrity Vault archives. Own a piece of history ...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Art
Materials
Black and White
Original Durham England British Railways Vintage Travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Durham, England 1953 British Railways vintage poster. Conservation linen backed in excellent condition; it is ready to frame.
This vintage poster features a modern mid-century design that adds nostalgia and charm to any space.
The image on the poster is an original 1953 artwork by Anthony Frank Kersting, showcasing two women sitting under a tree by the river, engaged in fishing.
Durham England Theme: The poster highlights the beauty of Durham, England, with the iconic Durham cathedrals showcased prominently in the center of the image, surrounded by white clouds.
Perfect for Decoration: This vintage poster is perfect for decorating any space, whether it's your home, office, studio, or any other area that could benefit from a touch of vintage charm.
Unique Collectible: As an original vintage poster, this unique collectible can add value to any vintage art collection...
Category
American Realist 1950s Art
Materials
Offset
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza - Etching and Drypoint by Wladyslaw Jahl - 1951
Located in Roma, IT
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza is an etching and drypoint print on ivory-colored China paper, realized by Wladyslaw Jahl in 1951.
It belongs to a limited edition of 125 specimens.
Go...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Art
Materials
Etching
Matisse, Madame Colette II, Portraits par Henri Matisse (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Collotype, héliogravure, recto and verso, on grand vélin Renage filigrané paper, as issued
Year: 1954
Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches; image size: 8.66 x 7.48 inches
Inscription...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
la fleur
Located in CANNES, FR
Fernand Leger ( 1881 -1955 )
" La Fleur " .1952 .
Lithograph in colors on wove paper
Framed with museal glass :
Specially created by the artist in 1952 for the XXe Siècle Cahiers d...
Category
Modern 1950s Art
Materials
Archival Paper
$870 Sale Price
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“Paris 1954”
By Jean Salabet
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil painting of a busy Paris street with figures and cars under blue skies. Signed by the artist lower left and dated 1954. Condition is very good, no issues or restorations...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
20th century English dog portrait of a Pekinese dog called Bumble
Located in Woodbury, CT
Francis Mabel Hollams (British, 1877–1963)
Bumble, 1957
Oil on wood panel
With characteristic precision and affection, Francis Mabel Hollams captures the spirit of a beloved compani...
Category
Realist 1950s Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Henri Matisse 'Figure Study' Lithograph, from Derriere le Miroir 1952
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Henri Matisse
Country: France
Title: Untitled – 'Figure Study'
Medium: Lithograph on Vellum paper
Size: 15 x 11 inch
Published: 1952 in France
Provenance: Derriere le Miroir...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1954 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1954 Spr...
Category
1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Magritte, Composition, Poèmes 1923-1958, Dix dessins de René Magritte (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Paper Size: 11 x 8.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Poèmes 1923-1958. Dix dessins d...
Category
Surrealist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
English School Mid 20th Century Oil Painting Staffordshire Bull Terrier Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Staffordshire Bull Terrier: Champion "Fearless Red of Bandits"
by Dorothy Alexandra Johnson (1902-1988)
unsigned
oil painting on canvas, u...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Oil
La Comedie Humaine VIII
Located in Wilton, CT
"La Comedie Humaine VIII" Lithograph in Color on Thick Wove Paper After The Original. The plates executed under the direct supervision of Pablo Picasso. First edition, 1954. Printed ...
Category
Cubist 1950s Art
Materials
Lithograph
$2,400 Sale Price
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Mid 20thCentury Modernist: Harbour Scene in Morning Light Oil circa 1950's
Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine mid 20th Century impressionist harbour scene oil circa 1950's, Signed lower right.
oil on canvas 27cmx 46.5cm
Painted wood frame 45cmx 64cm
Wonderfully painted plein air. Ve...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Art
Materials
Oil
$619 Sale Price
53% Off
"Venice Canal, Italy" Claude Venard, French Post-Cubist Mid-Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
Claude Venard (French, 1913 - 1999)
Venice Canal, Italy, circa 1950-55
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Signed lower center
Provenance:
Private Collection, Massachusetts
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Galerie Felix Vercel.
Claude Venard was a notable exponent of the French mid-century post-Cubist movement. He was born to bourgeois parents from Burgogne in Paris, on March 21, 1913. At the age of 17, he enrolled and attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, but remained for only two days, not adhering to the school's academic style. Instead, he spent the following six years at the École des Arts Appliqués, taking evening classes and embracing the contemporary Parisian art scene, all the while becoming recognized in its circles.
Not able to support himself as an artist, by 1936 he found employment as a restorer at the Louvre, further honing his artistic skills.
Paris of the period was dominated by an art trend that strongly favored abstraction. Following a group show at the Galerie Billet-Worms in 1935, art critic Waldemar George declared: "Let's be young again! Painting is not dead… Its course has not stopped. Forces Nouvelles is born."
Venard contributed and initially adhered to the strict disciplines of the Forces Nouvelle group. But as with many of his fellow members, he soon abandoned it seeking individual expression.
Following WWII, Venard rekindled friendships with past Forces Nouvelles members, joining Pierre Tal-Coat, André Marchand, André Civet...
Category
Cubist 1950s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
