Post-War Art

Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - ) Title: Rabbi 2 Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r. Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)

Charles Blondin French, 1913-1991 Aux Cafe Oil on canvas Signed lower right 11 by 14 in. W/frame 16 by 19 in. A "School of Paris" artist during the mid-20th century, Charles Blond...

Walter Gaudnek (Czech, 1931-2022), "Birth of a Totem Nos. II-VI", Oil on Canvas, circa 1970, signed lower right, titled verso, unframed. 49.25" H x 57.75" W x 1" D. Provenance: Fro...

Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - ) Title: Rabbi holding Torah Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r. Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)

You look at the street with all the cracks in it and the curb. An image communicates the whole sense of that kind of reality. You can't but it into words. I have several books in ...

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

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

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

"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 ...

"Symbols of Authority" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage Elaborate collage by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This piece is a satirical collage that mimics the ornate de...

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

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...

Bert de Beul is a Belgian Postwar & Erie Postwar contemporary artist who was born in 1961. Numerous key galleries and museums such as IKOB – Museum of Contemporary Art have featured ...

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

"Soul Bond" Satirical Bond Paperwork Collage Elaborate collage by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). Soul Bond takes the form of a satirical contract, darkly parodying the...

A charming and decorative composition painted in 1943 by Danish artist Evan Wulff. This stilleben painting unveils a rustic table adorned simply with a wine bottle and two oranges. T...

A silver gelatin print by Post War artist Lawrence Schiller. ""Let's Make Love", Marilyn Monroe" is a black and white photograph of Marilyn Monroe...

Inscribed and signed lower center: "Monoprint H Lee-Smith" Provenance: The Waintrob Project for the Visual Arts (Foundation); Sidney and Abraham Waintrob This item is in our New Yo...

This abstract painting by German artist Ferdinand Spindel exemplifies post-war European abstraction, where texture is as important as colour and comp...

After Marc Chagall (Russian/French, 1887-1985), "Reverie", Lithograph in Colors on paper, the Painter and the Donkey, apparently unsigned, silver-tone frame. Image: 12" H x 16" W; f...

Original Textured Abstract Expressionist Nude - Oil on Canvas Abstract expressionist figurative composition of a nude woman by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American...

"Woman In a Cage" - Original Woodcut Print on Paper Original abstract expressionist woodcut print "Woman In a Cage" by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Multicolor hues of deep ...

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...

"Pygmalion's Ladder" - Surrealist Colored Etching 9/20, 1975 In this etching, a figure in soft blue could be interpreted as the sculptor surrounded by their creations by James C. Cr...

"Floating Stones" Monoprint in Ink on Heavy Paper High-contrast composition by California artist Stacey Pollard (American, b. 1962). Although primarily abstract in nature, there are...

"Profile of Man" (FRAMED) Drawing 25" x 17" inch (1957) by Salah Abdel Kerim Medium: pencil & charcoal on paper ATT: part of anniversary exhibition. The artwork can be shipped ...

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...

YU-ICHI (1916-1985) to appear Ink on Japanese paper Japan, 1981 88 x 97 cm Catalogue Raisonné No. 81034 YU-ICHI (1916-1985) is one of the most important Japanese artists of the 20t...

Large-scale oil painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). A series of grids and swirls create and industrial feeling landscape, as if the viewer is looking out ...

JEAN DUBUFFET 1901-1985 (Philippe-Arthur) 1901 Le Havre - Paris 1985 (French) Title: Galloping Race, from: Fables Course la galope: Fables, 1976 Technique: Original Hand Signed, D...

"Paris" is an original lithograph poster by Paul Colin. This was the first official poster from Paris after World War II and depicts three doves flying above the Arc de Triomphe, Not...

This still-life watercolor painting singles the portion of a scene visible through a windshield of a truck. Inside, an array of items sit on the dashboard. A cowboy had and a constru...

Composition Size: 20" x 30" Framed Size: 30.5" x 40.25" Signed, bottom right. In this spirited oil on canvas painting by Charles Shaw captures the rhythmic vitality and festive grac...

Peter Klasen, SY 1 Table Original work of 8 copies + 4 EA. Signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Plexiglas and glass. Work screen printed on Dibond plateau and completed with obj...

About these paintings Reiss stated, “Flowers are the vehicle for putting everything I have learned about painting into my work.” The resulting paintings move fluidly between abstract...

This refined early color photograph presents an intimate backstage moment between two ballerinas preparing for performance, captured with exceptional tonal control and compositional ...

About these paintings Reiss stated, “Flowers are the vehicle for putting everything I have learned about painting into my work.” The resulting paintings move fluidly between abstract...

About these paintings Reiss stated, “Flowers are the vehicle for putting everything I have learned about painting into my work.” The resulting paintings move fluidly between abstract...

Paul Shimon (American, 1919-2011), "The Three Hebrew Lads Going into the Furnace", Gouache on Paper, 1948, depicting a scene from the Book of Daniel, signed and dated lower right, ti...

About these paintings Reiss stated, “Flowers are the vehicle for putting everything I have learned about painting into my work.” The resulting paintings move fluidly between abstract...

Turkish Beach Scene, 1966 - Euan Uglow (Oil on Panel) Twentieth Century Painting Euan Uglow (1932-2000) Turkish Beach Scene, 1966 Inscribed ‘Euan Uglow, Oil’ on label on reverse Oil...

Chaim Gross (American, 1902-1991), "Dancing Mother", Hand-Colored Lithograph, 1964, signed in pencil and dated lower right, titled lower center, and numbered "XI/XV" and inscribed "H...

Josef Albers (German/American, 1888-1976), "The Interaction of Color Plate XVI-4", Screenprint in Colors on Paper, 1973, published Josef Keller Verlag Starnberg, double-sided print, ...

An abstract acrylic on canvas painting executed in deep black, orange and yellow ochre on a white background by Post War artist Jack Roth. Signed verso, "JR-33-76." Jack Roth (192...

"Village Life" Oil Painting 12" x 20" inch (1987) by Fathi Afifi Fathy Afifi is an Egyptian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1950. He participated in local and interna...

A print by Josef Albers. "Formulation: Articulation" is a geometric abstract screen print in a black and white palette by Post War artist Josef Albers. The artwork is numbered 1981.5...

Lawrence Weiner (1942-2021) We Are Ships at Sea Not Ducks on a Pond, 2017 Medium: Screenprint and luggage sticker on 300g paper Dimensions: 59.5 x 42 cm (23.4 x 16.5 in) Edition of 3...

Brockenhurst Gardens Ernest Arthur Rowe Watercolour, signed lower left and dated 1900 bottom left Image Size: 12 x 18 3/4 inches (46 x 30.5 cm) Original Victorian frame Provenance Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell The collection of C. Buttersworth Sale, Bonhams, London, 10th June 1998, lot 63 Exhibited Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, as 'Relics of the Civil Wars, Compton Wynyates', no.1 This watercolour is one of Rowe's few pictures of Brockenhurst park garden in the New Forest, Hampshire. Here Rowe exemplifies the garden's splendour through his deliberate low positioning within the composition. As well as the scenes mirrored...

Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - ) Title: Rabbi Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r. Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)

Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - ) Title: Rabbi Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r. Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)

A photograph by Lawrence Schiller. “Barbra Streisand (fur hat)” is a figurative photograph, vintage silver gelatin photograph in black and white by American artist Lawrence Schiller....

A set of 10 prints by Lawrence Schiller. “Barbra Set, Set of 10” is a set of 10 photographs, chromogenic prints in color by American artist Lawrence Schiller. The artwork is signed i...

Etching in Brown and Black "Théogonie I" by Georges Braque from 1949. The edition comprises approx. 30 copies. The present copy is numbered in pencil below the platemark on the l...

Alex Katz (American, b. 1927), "Bella", Lithograph in Colors, 1972, numbered edition "194 / 200" lower right, white-washed wood frame. Image: 33.5" H x 23.5" W; frame: 38.5" H x 28....

ADAM GONDEK (American b. 1979) TWO COLLAGE DRAWINGS, "Pink Ad," and "Gold Ad," 2013, each with enamel on magazine paper mounted on paper; each 18 3/4'' x 14 3/4'', framed 22 1/4'' x ...

Robert Philipp (American, 1895-1981), "Rochelle in Hospital", Ink on Paper, 1971, signed lower left, titled and dated lower right, giltwood frame. Image: 2.5" H x 3.5" W; frame: 9.2...

Alberto Rizzo, Incontro 1967 Screen Print Unsigned with Certificate of Authenticity All are unsigned. Alberto Rizzo was a multi award winning Master Photographer and Artist, His ...

Mmakgabo Mmapula Mmangankato Helen Sebidi (South African, b. 1943), "Keeping Up the Strlitle (Struggle)", Acrylic and Oil on Canvas, signed "Mmakgabo M. H. Sebidi" and titled verso, ...

David Hostetler created this form originally in ceramic in 1948. He used the mold in the 1980's to cast a bronze. It has a green marble base that measures 2"h x 5.5"w x 4"d. The sculptures David created at the beginning of his career in the late 1940's and 1950's were abstract and in stone and ceramic. He was inspired by Henry Moore, Archipenko, Modigliani and Ancient Greek statues...

An African village scene is characterized by bold colors and a punchy flat orange sky combined with a post-impressionist paint application for the tree and the house. In the foreground, we see an African mother with two children standing outside her "Home." The work is created by African American artist Vincent D. Smith. It is signed lower right, Vincent, showing homage to Vincent Van Gogh, from whom the art word borrows some influence. Clearly, Smith has developed his own personal style, combining an African American persona with an African subject matter. Original metal frame under glass. The uploaded video is coming up light. Use the still image as a reference for color. Vincent DaCosta Smith (December 12, 1929 – December 27, 2003) was an American artist, painter, printmaker and teacher. He was known for his depictions of black life. Early life Vincent DaCosta Smith was born on December 12, 1929, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant[1] neighborhood of Brooklyn, to Beresford Leopole Smith and Louise Etheline Todd. Both were immigrants from Barbados.[2] He was raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn and Smith drew what he saw around him.[citation needed] He attended an integrated school where he studied piano and the alto sax. worked a range of jobs before he became a full-time artist. At 16, he worked for the Lackawanna Railroad repairing tracks. At 17, Smith enlisted in the army and traveled with his brigade for a year.[3] It wasn't until after his time in the army that Smith began to paint and printmaking.[4] At the age of 22, Smith was working in a post office where he grew to be friends with fellow artist Tom Boutis.[1] Art education Tom Boutis took Smith to a Paul Cézanne show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1951. After seeing the Cézanne show, Smith resigned from his position at the post office and began reading extensively about art. He studied at the Art Students League of New York with Reginald Marsh.[citation needed] Later, he began to sit in on classes at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, where the instructors would let him join in on the lessons and the criticisms.[3] After attending classes at the Brooklyn Museum Art School and the Art Students League of New York, he was accepted and received a scholarship to the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine,[4] where he studied from 1953 to 1956. Beginning in 1954,[5] he started taking official classes at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, and studied painting, etching, and woodblock printmaking.[4] Career Smith was a figurative painter who used abstractions and materiality to make something new.[6] Smith's work depicts the rhythms and intricacies of black life through his prints and paintings.[7] Many of his paintings and prints rely heavily on patterns.[6] According to Ronald Smothers, Vincent D. Smith's work "stood as an expressionistic bridge between the stark figures of Jacob Lawrence and the Cubist and Abstract strains represented by black artists like Romare Bearden and Norman Lewis."[7] Smith has described his own work as "a marriage between Africa and the West."[3] Over his life, he worked in both painting and printmaking. In 1959, Smith won the John Hay Whitney Fellowship which allowed him to travel to the Caribbean for a year.[8] During this year he was deeply inspired by the customs and lifestyle of the native people.[8] Throughout his life, Smith attended various art schools but it was not until turning 50 he returned to college to earn an official degree.[7] From 1967 until 1976 he taught at the Whitney Museum’s Art Resource Center.[2] Later in 1985, he taught printmaking at the Center for Art and Culture of Bedford Stuyvesant. Death and legacy Smith died in Manhattan on the December 27, 2003 from lymphoma and related complications.[7] Smith was aged 74.[7] His work is included in many public museum collections including Art Institute of Chicago,[9] Newark Museum of Art,[1] Museum of Modern Art (MoMA),[1] Metropolitan Museum of Art,[1] Yale University Art Gallery,[10] Davidson Art Center,[11] Fitzwilliam Museum,[12] Brooklyn Museum,[13] Albright-Knox Art Gallery,[14] Rhode Island School of Design Museum,[15] among others. Exhibitions Over the course of his career, he had over 25 one-man shows and had his work shown in over 30 group shows.[7] Vincent D. Smith had shown in a range of galleries and museums over his life-span. In 1970, he had his first individual exhibition at the Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. His first retrospective was in 1989 at the Schenectady Museum in Schenectady, New York.[2] Solo shows: 1974 - The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine[2] 1974 - Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York[2] 1989 - Schenectady Museum (Retrospective 1964-1989), Schenectady, New York Awards and honors This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) 1959 – John Hay Whitney Fellowship, John Hay Whitney Foundation, New York City, New York[8] 1967 – Artist in Residence, Smithsonian Conference Center 1968 – Grant, The American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York 1971 – Creative Public Service Award for the Cultural Council Foundation, New York 1973 – National Endowment of the Arts and Humanities Travel Grant, New York 1973-1974 – Childe Hassam Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, New York 1974 – Thomas P. Clarke Prize, National Academy of Design, New York 1981 – Windsor and Newton Award, National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic , New York. 1985-1986 – Artist-in-Residence, Kenkeleba House Gallery, New York. Works Below are some selected works: Study for Mural at Boys and Girls High School, 1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York A Moment Supreme, 1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York The Triumph of B.L.S., 1973, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Jonkonnu Festival, 1996, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Murals Mural for Crotona/Tremont Social Service Center, The Human Resource Administration, New York, New York 1980[1] Mural for Oberia D. Dempsey Multi-Service Center of Central Harlem, New York, New York 1989[1] Publications Print portfolios Impressions: Our World, Volume I (a portfolio of seven etchings - five with aquatint, two with embossing). Emma Amos, Benny Andrews, Vivian Browne, Eldzier Cortor...