Post-War Art

Seated Nude - Original Abstract Expressionist on Canvas Abstract expressionist figurative composition of a woman in Blue by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American, 1...

A Unique, Unusual and Striking 1996 Abstract Surrealist Wall Assemblage Painting in the Chicago Imagist Tradition by Notable Artist, Stanley Dean Edwards (Am. Born 1941). Titled "Post Modern Blues for Patricia Barber" in reference to the famed, Blue Note label Chicago Jazz musician. A diminutive mixed media collage composition of found objects and acrylic on canvas, accompanied with the artist's original 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: 14 x 11 inches; Framed size: 15 x 12 inches. Signed and dated "Edwards 1996" on the reverse and titled "Post Modern Blues for Patricia Barber" (an original artist card with the title and media of the artwork is affixed to the reverse). 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...

Original vintage poster: Urako Battlefield of Genpei - Japan. This travel poster has information about this important island where ancient battles h...

Original colour lithograph of a French fashion design from 'Haute Couture'. Published in a folio of designs for Summer 1971. 32cm by 22cm (sheet)

The Artists Country Home Rodgau Germany Original Oil on Linen 1944 Oil painting of the German Countryside circa 1944 by an anonymous artist. (German, 19th-20th C). Well painted of a...

Frank Chabry (1916-1979) was a 20th-century artist whose career spanned several transformative decades in the art world. His work likely reflects the arti...

Post-War Airline Illustration by C. Villars (France, 20th Century) — Gouache on Arches Velin Paper. This rare, original post-war gouache illustration was hand-painted by French artis...

Original Post-War Airline Illustration by C. Villars (France, 20th Century) — Gouache on Arches Velin Paper. This rare, original Post-war illustration drawing was hand-painted with g...

Alex Tschernjawski Electro Car Go (American Post-War, Impressionist, Boston, Streetcar, Tram, Cityscape, Blue Hill, Dorchester, Mattapan Square, Fra...

George Platt Lynes Photograph #8 of dancer Francisco Moncion 1949. George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1949 gelatin silver photograph of dancer Francisco Moncion. Stamped on verso - GEORGE PLATT LYNES. Photo is 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, glossy finish in excellent condition. This photograph is #8 from a collection of 12 different poses in this series taken in Platt Lynes's NYC studio in 1949 (as per the NY Public Library archives). The cloud backdrop is recognizable in other Platt Lynes photographs. Moncion was a personal friend of Platt Lynes and this photograph is from Moncion's personal photographic collection. George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime. Platt Lynes photographs are in the collections of every major art museum and university archive including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Yale Art Museum, and the Smithsonian. Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel in Orpheus, Death in La Valse, Prince Ivan in Firebird, and the Boy in Afternoon of a Faun. He was also a choreographer and a talented painter who exhibited alongside Miro, Picasso and Carrado Cagli. Moncion was a popular model for many famed mid-century (late 1930s, 1940s - 1950s) figure photographers including Platt Lynes, Carl van Vechten, Maurice Seymour...

French 1950s women's fashion design from 'Les Tendances de la Mode' a Parisien fashion periodical showing the designs of Gaston Verbie. Descriptions in F...

This is a rare, original Post-war illustration drawing, hand-painted with gouache on Arches Velin paper by French artist C. Villars (France, 20th Century). The poster project feature...

French 1950s women's fashion design from 'Les Tendances de la Mode' a Parisien fashion periodical showing the designs of Gaston Verbie. Descriptions in F...

'Bandstand', captured on a visit to his grandparents at the British seaside in Eastbourne, this collection by Samuel Field is a beautiful reminder of days gone by. This artwork is a...

French fashion design published as a Supplement to 'L'Homme', a Parisien fashion periodical. Darroux was a Parisien tailor, who designed several ...

French men's fashion design from 'La Revue de l'Homme' a Parisien fashion periodical. 370mm by 270mm (sheet)

European fashion design from the 'Atelier Sogra', published in Vienna. 325mm by 220mm (sheet)

Lithographie by Pierre Alechinsky. The piece is called "Haut Parleur" from 1950. It is hand signed in pencil and numbered 89/99. Dimensions of the paper ...

Saturated, intimate depiction of a bedroom interior by Narcissus Robert Quagliata (Italian-American, b. 1942). Likely based on a photograph, a slightly out of focus figure can be see...

Agudelo (XX), Abstract Composition Assemblage, Oil on Board with Collage Elements, 1966, strings mounted to left side and abstract painted canvas mounted to lower half of board, 1966...

'Bandstand', captured on a visit to his grandparents at the British seaside in Eastbourne, this collection by Samuel Field is a beautiful reminder of days gone by. This artwork is a...

Guillaume Corneille Lithograph 70 x 50 cm Epreuve d'artiste op 10 exemplaren EA 6/10 Corneille was one of the founders and one of the most important representatives of the Cobra move...

Captured on a visit to Samuel Field's grandparents in Eastbourne, this collection is a beautiful reminder of days gone by. This artwork is a limited edition of 25, gloss photographi...

Etching by Pierre Alechinsky. The piece is called "Motus Vivendi" from 2008. It is hand signed in pencil and numbered 62/90. dimensions of the paper : 225mm x 155mm. Dimension of the...

Captured on a visit to Samuel Field's grandparents in Eastbourne, this collection is a beautiful reminder of days gone by. This artwork is a limited edition of 25, gloss photographi...

French women's fashion design from 'La Revue Paris Mode' a Parisien fashion periodical, illustrated by Bryn Smith. 370mm by 270mm (sheet)

"Croisieres Etoile Du Sud"; is an original lithograph poster by Berny Et Peignot depicting multiple animal silhouettes in blue, tan, and black. 1934. 34.9375" x 25.9375" art 37.75" ...

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...

Joan Miro (Spanish, Spanish, 1893-1983), "Lithograph VI", Lithograph in Colors, 1975, from the "Lithograph II" series, published Maeght Editeur, signed in pencil lower right, numbere...

Josef Albers (German/American, 1888-1976), "The Interaction of Color Plate IX-3", Screenprint in Colors on Paper, 1973, published Josef Keller Verlag Starnberg, black frame. Image: ...

French 1950s women's fashion design from 'Les Tendances de la Mode' a Parisien fashion periodical showing the designs of Gaston Verbie. Descriptions in F...

French 1950s women's fashion design from 'Les Tendances de la Mode' a Parisien fashion periodical showing the designs of Gaston Verbie. Descriptions in F...

French women's fashion design from 'La Revue Paris Mode' a Parisien fashion periodical, illustrated by Bryn Smith. 370mm by 270mm (sheet)

Reclining Nude "Dawn" Fauvist Colors Original Abstract Expressionist on Canvas Abstract expressionist figurative composition of a woman by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schm...

White Flower Display in a Glass Vase by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) signed lower right watercolour painting on artist's paper, unframed sheet: 18 x 12 inches Charming still life pain...

French fashion design published as a Supplement to 'L'Homme', a Parisien fashion periodical. Darroux was a Parisien tailor, who designed several ...

French fashion design published as a Supplement to 'L'Homme', a Parisien fashion periodical. Darroux was a Parisien tailor, who designed several ...

This lithograph is part of my private collection. The artist name could not be translated, so artist is unknown. It has beautiful fall colors, with a boy of water in the background. ...

"I've Already Left Home" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage Elaborate collage by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This piece is a satirical collage that mimics the ornate ...

Abstract Expressionist Original Watercolor on Paper style of de Kooning Abstract Watercolor titled "Lands End" by Harold Winer (American, 1913-2006). Bright and bold colors of a Fl...

Donald S. Vogel's work has entered the collections of the following institutions: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Beaumont Museum of Fine Art, Beaumont, Texas Charle...

"The Baron Waits" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage Elaborate collage by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This piece is a satirical collage that mimics the ornate design ...

Artist: Abraham Straski, Polish (1903 - 1987) Title: Untitled - Polish Rabbi F Year: 1952 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Image Size: 10 x 7.5 inches Frame Size: 17.5 x 15 inches

"La Birula de Nenuca" The Bicycle of Nenuca - Original Watercolor Painting. Contemporary surrealist painting by Marco Antonio Bustamante Underwood (Mexican, b. 1959 d. 2024). This c...

Hidden in the Flowers - Abstract Bird in Acrylic on Threaded Paper Multicolored abstract composition by Judith W Winslow (JW) (American, 1943-2023). A bird with white feathers is pa...

This is a mixed media abstract painting collage with string, plaster texture, stencilled letters in a bold typeface. Size includes frame. James Coignard was born in Tours, France in...

Alkyd-oil on board, 81cm diam., (100cm diam framed). Although most famous for his portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth in the National Portrait Gallery, London, from the late 1970s up un...

Heavily Textured Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Canvas Bold, textured, abstract composition by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American, 1933-1979). Brig...

Harold Town (1924-1990) was an exceptional and dynamic figure in the Canadian art canon, who created a wide range of brilliant artworks beginning in the 1950s and well into the 1980s...

Charcoal and watercolour on paper 64cm × 47cm (70cm × 53cm framed) An émigré from Argentina in the early 1950s who settled in Paris with her partner Yvonne Bilis-Régnier, exhibited ...

Red Barn Near Foothills - Landscape in Oil on Canvas A beautiful pastoral scene of a red barn near the foothills by Nellie M. Hodgson (American, 20th Century). A barn is nestled in ...

Love in Black and Gold - Original Acrylic on Canvas with Quartz Multicolored, iridescent abstract composition by Judith W Winslow (JW) (American, 1943-2023). This piece is textured ...

This original drypoint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Baselitz" at the lower right margin. It is also dated “72” [1972] next to the signature It is also hand numbered 31 fro...

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

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

A painting by Hassel Smith. "9000 and 9 Nights" is an abstract, acrylic and graphite on canvas executed in a bright palette primarily of yellow, sky blues, greens and deep salmon and...

Botanical Still-Life with House Plants & Red Roses Dramatic abstracted botanical still life of house plants and red roses Lithograph by Sidney Jonas Budnick (American, 1921-1994), 19...

"Twilight Colored Pencil" - Original Pastel and Charcoal on Paper Original charcoal and pastel drawing of a man and woman looking off into the distance. Their backs are to the viewe...

"Blumen Bild " Heavy Impasto Expressionist Flower Still Life Abstract expressionist sill life of flowers in a vase by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American, 1933-19...

Original Bay Area Figurative of Mother and Baby in Oil Paint on Laid Paper Original oil painting depicting a modern twist of a mother and baby by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985), ...