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Biblical Story illustration Art for Religious Magazine Cover
Located in Miami, FL
1950s. Her work was for cover art for women's magazines and home magazines and religious magazines
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pencil, Gouache

Resue the Children, Family in Horror Magazine Illustration
By Arthur Sarnoff
Located in Miami, FL
Academy of Design. During his career Sarnoff provided illustrations for McCall's, American Weekly
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Scuba Diver Rescue, " Rare and Important Illustration Art for 1952 Magazine
By Peter Poulton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"American Manhood" magazine, depicts a fallen scuba diver, pinned down by the wreckage of a plane or ship
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

"Her" American 20th century oil painting Portrait of a Woman from the 1950's
By Richard Sargent
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful portrait of a woman from the 1950's with beautiful blonde hair wearing a white colored
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20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Pulp Magazine Marine Combat Scene Shoot Out in Blue Noir
Located in Miami, FL
, was an American illustrator and author noted for action and adventure illustrations.[1] McDermott
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1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Illustration Board, Gouache

Glamorous Redhead Iconic Mid-Century Illustration
By Al Parker
Located in Miami, FL
- The 1950s. Al Parker is a giant in the history of American Illustration. He possesses all of the
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1950s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Alexander Cañedo, Dancing Man, Surrealistic O/C Painting, ca. 1950’s
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Surrealism Alexander Cañedo Dancing Man Oil on Canvas ca. 1950’s PAINTING DIMENSIONS
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

An Illustration from "Tugboat Annie"
By Harold von Schmidt
Located in Fort Washington, PA
officer of the American Indian Defense Association; president of the Westport Artists, 1950-51; and a
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20th Century Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Sleigh Ride, Winter, " Fletcher Martin, Woodstock, Holiday Scene Illustration
By Fletcher Martin
Located in New York, NY
illustrations of wartime London and the 1944 Allied invasion of France. In the 1950s, with the American Scene
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1950s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Love Story Couple in Romantic Bliss Illustration - Mid Century
By Joe Bowler
Located in Miami, FL
-war American illustration. 20x20 1/2-inch board. Signed "Bowler" in lower left image. Tipped to
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1950s Romantic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pencil, Gouache, Graphite

Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children's Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
book illustrator and graphic poster artist, who started her career during the 1950’s. She has a very
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children's Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Hungarian children's book illustrator and graphic poster artist, who started her career during the 1950’s
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

The Soda Fountain (New Yorker Magazine cover proposal)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
illustrations for magazines like Esquire, Life and Collier’s. She is believed to have met Harold Ross and Rea
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

'Bighorn' — 1940s American Regionalism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
illustrations to American Field, the official magazine of the bird dog world, and served as president of the
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1940s American Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
By Charles Alston
Located in Miami, FL
Alston's illustration of African-American historian Carter G. Woodson for the Office of War Information
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1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

"Antenna Birds" New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal Mid-Century American Scene Modern
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
several House Beautiful cover illustration contests. In addition to 24 Fortune magazine covers, four
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1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

Art Critics and Tourists, Original Watercolor Illustration for The New Yorker
By Eldon Dedini
Located in Soquel, CA
watercolor illustration for The New Yorker magazine by Monterey, California artist Eldon Dedini (American
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

'Pups in the Pit' — 1960s American Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
. McKim also contributed illustrations to American Field, the official magazine of the bird dog world, and
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1940s American Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Africa - Collage Painting in Orange - African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
African American artist Alvin Hollingsworth created an inventive and intriguing close-up portrait
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1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Burlap, Wood, Oil

Abandoned (Colorado) - Oil on Canvas, American Modern Landscape Painting
By William Sanderson
Located in Denver, CO
illustrations and covers for leading American magazines such as The New Yorker, Esquire, Cue, and Harper’s. In
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Untitled, " 1950s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
Institute of History and Art and brought in extra income by making illustrations for magazines such as
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
other publications, and he provided illustrations and cartoons for a variety of magazines, from the left
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Lunch Break” Fletcher Martin, Men Working, Bricklayers, WPA, American Scene
By Fletcher Martin
Located in New York, NY
worked as an artist-correspondent for Life Magazine and made hundreds of sketches of U.S. soldier life
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1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Still Life American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Woodstock Modern Dudensing
By Konrad Cramer
Located in New York, NY
Still Life American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Woodstock Modern Dudensing Konrad Cramer
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1920s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

"Catching A Fish, " Gouache and Watercolor, Signed
By Tom Rost
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Catching A Fish" is an original gouache and watercolor painting on illustration board. It is
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1950s American Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board

Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
other publications, and he provided illustrations and cartoons for a variety of magazines, from the left
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1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Watercolor, Ink, Paper

Saturday Morning (Market, Taos Plaza, New Mexico), 1950s Figural Linocut Print
By Barbara Latham
Located in Denver, CO
1950s modernist linoleum cut print titled 'Saturday Morning (Market, Taos Plaza, New Mexico) by New
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Linocut

"Fort Worth" Vintage Delta Airlines Travel Poster by John Hardy, circa 1950s
By John Hardy (Artist)
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
advertising, hiring numerous artists for magazines and poster work. In the 1950s and 60s, Delta hired artist
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Posters

Materials

Paper

Richard Klein, American Glassware, 2010-2024, Found and altered objects
Located in Darien, CT
, The New York Times, Sculpture Magazine, Art in America, and The New Yorker. In the summer of 2024 he
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2010s Assemblage Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Ralph Pallen Coleman (American 1892-1968) A Monumental Painting of Jesus Christ
Located in New York, NY
a century during which he illustrated stories for many magazines, and later, religious illustrations
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1940s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Science Fiction Painting with Monkey Nurse Treating Patient
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
illustration for a science fiction magazine or a book.
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Mid Century Horse in Winter Landscape
By William Ernest Smyth
Located in Soquel, CA
Ernest Smythe (American/England 1881-1950). Signed "ERNEST SMYTHE" in lower left corner. Presented in a
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Mid-20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Illustration Board

"Head Em Home", Mid Century Cowboy on Horse Western Figurative Landscape
By Stanley M. Long
Located in Soquel, CA
at Polytechnic High School. His western illustrations were featured in Sunset Magazine and the Los
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1950s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

“Work Day”
Located in Southampton, NY
the 1950’s. He lived in New York as well as in Anaheim, California where he has a working studio. An
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1980s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

“Work Day”
“Work Day”
H 17.5 in W 24.5 in D 1 in
Peter Rabbit happened to be looking out of the dear Old Briar-patch as the young
Located in Fairlawn, OH
1950s with At Paddy the Beaver's Pond (1950), followed by the reprint The Animal World of Thornton
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1950s American Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Champagne for the Honeymoon
By Pruett Alexander Carter
Located in Miami, FL
Pruett Carter captures the quintessential look of the 1950's in this loosely rendered but charming
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1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nonconformist Removed by the State. Satyr / Pan Mythology
Located in Miami, FL
alike. It's prudish 1950s America, where TV programs show husband and wife sleeping in separate beds
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1950s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Getting Ready for the Revolution - Learning How to Ride in the Subway
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Vanity Fair, for whom Dehn worked in the mid 1920’s to the 1930’s. Adolf Dehn, American Watercolorist
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Crayon

Eileen Lake
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Crayon

The Golden Gate
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
the development of the popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed
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1940s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

New York Night
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own, often
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1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

New York Night
New York Night
H 19.125 in W 13.5 in
Brooklyn Waterfront
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of
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1920s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Horses Leaving the Barn
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own
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1940s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

James Bama "the Drift on Skull Creek Pass", Limited Edition Numbered Lithograph
Located in Morristown, NJ
James Bama (American Artist, 1926-2022) "The Drift on Skull Creek Pass", offset print lithograph
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1990s American American Classical Decorative Art

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Horsemen
By William Gropper
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Horsemen" 1935, is an original lithograph on paper by noted American
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Horsemen
Horsemen
H 17.5 in W 20.4 in D 0.75 in
Jersey Shore III
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
the popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic
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1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Liberated Village
By William Gropper
Located in San Francisco, CA
American artist William Gropper, 1897-1977. It is hans signed and titled in pencil by the artist. The
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Liberated Village
Liberated Village
H 20.25 in W 24.25 in D 0.75 in
Baden Baden, Casino
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in San Francisco, CA
superficial — magazine illustration with pretensions. Mr. Neiman professed not to care. Maybe the critics are
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Baden Baden, Casino
Baden Baden, Casino
H 42 in W 48 in D 0.01 in
Left Bank Cafe, Paris
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in San Francisco, CA
superficial — magazine illustration with pretensions. Mr. Neiman professed not to care. Maybe the critics are
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Left Bank Cafe, Paris
Left Bank Cafe, Paris
H 32.25 in W 44 in D 0.01 in
Prowling Leopard
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in San Francisco, CA
contempt as garish and superficial — magazine illustration with pretensions. Mr. Neiman professed not to
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Screen

Prowling Leopard
Prowling Leopard
H 40 in W 48 in D 1.9 in
St. Atomic oil and tempera painting by Julio de Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
.” Exhibited 1950 University of Illinois at Urbana "Contemporary American Painting" 1964 Marion Koogler McNay
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1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Tempera

"Boats Amongst the Mangroves, " Watercolor & Gouache on Paper signed by Doris Lee
By Doris Lee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
in 1951. During the 1950s until the end of the 1960s, Lee dealers were Associated American Artists
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1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Still Life by Harry and Wende Devlin Circa 1982
Located in West Palm Beach, US
illustrator at the end of the golden age of magazine illustration. When World War II broke out, Harry enlisted
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Vintage 1980s Hollywood Regency Decorative Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Untitled (Couple with Seascape)
By Peter Stevens
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
Peter Stevens (1920-2001) is an American painter, known for Illustrating magazines. He worked for
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board

Stevan Dohanos Original Watercolor, 1934 - Farmhouse and Sunflowers
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Phoenix, AZ
during the 1940s and 1950s. His work appeared frequently on its covers. Most of his illustrations
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Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Paper

En Espagne
By Victor Max Ninon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Italian magazines Lidel , Il Secolo XX, The Italian Illustration , Fantasies of Italy , The Woman
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Au Japon
By Victor Max Ninon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Boys , Mondadori, and with the Italian magazines Lidel , Il Secolo XX, The Italian Illustration
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Mod Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Bernard Segal New Hope PA Modernist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
books that were published by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and Bible stories. In the 1950
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Ann Chernow, Trouble, Rag Paper, Etching
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
New York, and experienced much of the New York art world of the 1950’s and l960’s. She has since
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2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Etching

Mod Abstract Expressionist W/C Painting Bernard Segal New Hope PA Modernist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
illustration. In the 1920's and 30's, he lived in NYC and attended The Art Students League where he was
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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There is a broad range of 1950s american magazine illustrations for sale on 1stDibs. A selection of these works in the modern, Pop Art and Surrealist styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a colorful piece of art to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — see the 1950s american magazine illustrations on 1stDibs that include elements of gray, brown, black, blue and more. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Stanley Bate, (after) Henri Matisse, Henri Matisse, Andy Warhol and Leroy Neiman are consistently popular. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric.

How Much are 1950s American Magazine Illustrations?

Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — 1950s american magazine illustrations in our inventory begin at $45 and can go as high as $374,950, while the average can fetch as much as $2,754.