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Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air
Located in Soquel, CA
Northern California Coastal Santa Cruz County Ocean Waves 1950 Plein Air Santa Cruz Sandstone
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

California Surfer
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley Surfer c. 1950's C print 24 x 20 inches Caption: Surfer holding surfboard on beach
Category

1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

California Surfer
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley Surfer c. 1950's C print 40 x 30 inches Caption: Surfer holding surfboard on beach
Category

1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

California Surfer
By Tom Kelley
Located in New York, NY
Tom Kelley Surfer c. 1950's C print 24 x 20 inches Caption: Surfer holding surfboard on beach
Category

1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Clifford Holmes Northern California Foothills Country Church Oil Painting C.1950
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Clifford Holmes 1876-1963 Northern California Country Church Original oil on canvas Dimensions
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Untitled California Landscape
By Carl Thorp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Carl Thorp – American (1912-1989 ) Title: Untitled, California landscape Year: circa 1950
Category

1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Princeton, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Princeton, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tolumne, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tolumne, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ponderosa, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ponderosa California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Californian Party
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Belgian Born Actress Audrey Hepburn socializing at a party in San Francisco. Staley-Wise Gallery offers photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive, owned and housed by Getty I...
Category

1950s Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Mid Century Modern Art Pottery Table Lamp By Tye Of California
By TYE of California
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid century modern, studio art pottery table lamp by Tye Of California features a faceted body with
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

'Ponies Dancing' California Post-Impressionist, San Francisco Art Association
By Clement Samuel Wilenchick
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Association. Reference: Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art
Category

1950s Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Palomares Creek, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Palomares Creek, California, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Monterey Pier', California Modernist, Woman Artist, Santa Cruz Art League
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
California Modernist who exhibited widely and with success from the 1930's through the 1950's, including at
Category

1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Venice Beach, California
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League. "Venice Beach
Category

1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Jade', Sir John Cass, Otis Art Institute, California
By Pearl Took
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
immigrating to California in 1957, Took commenced her active career as a fine artist, also becoming an art
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

'Southern California Desert Landscape', Art Institute of Chicago, Who Was Who
By George Sanders Bickerstaff
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
circa 1950. This California landscape painter was born in Arizona and studied at the Art Institute of
Category

1950s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Capitola, California, 1950s Framed California Seascape Marine Oil Painting
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Denver, CO
work and settled in Aptos, California where he painted fine art and taught privately. During the
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Mid Century Landscape -- California Creek
By Bonita Salvater Van Craeynest
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century California landscape of a creek running through the woods near an old barn by
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard, Canvas

Bird Rocks, Laguna Beach California by Robert Wood
Located in Raleigh, NC
Rgrfinearts presents Robert Wood' painting "Bird Rocks, Laguna Beach, California" in an appropriate
Category

1950s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tropical Leaves, Fittonia Agyroneura, California
By Don Worth
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed by artist
Category

1950s Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fallon House, Colombia, California
By William Frates
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Fallon House, Colombia, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Old Farm, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Old Farm" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape with River, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Landscape with River, California, in the Afternoon" c.1950 is an oil painting
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape with barn, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Barn, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape with Houses, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Houses, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape with Farm, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Farm, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape with House, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Lanscape with House" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Assemblage Collage Monotype California Art from Styria Studios
By Paul Sarkisian
Located in Surfside, FL
significant contributions during the growth of contemporary art in Los Angeles, then later gained
Category

1980s 85 New Wave Mixed Media

Materials

Glitter, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Californian Party, Audrey Hepburn
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Californian Party, 1955 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
Category

1950s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Marilyn Monroe, California, 1953
By Andre de Dienes
Located in New York, NY
Stamped by the photographer
Category

1950s Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

1990's Monotype Painting California Pop Art Abstract Expressionist Monoprint
Located in Surfside, FL
California, and the Crocker Art Museum. The picture content can range from abstract to more recognizable
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

Wells Fargo Express, Gold Country -- Columbia, California
By Cecil F. Chamberlin
Located in Soquel, CA
Columbia State Historic Park in Columbia, California by Cecil F. Chamberlin (American, 1899 -1963
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Mid Century Landscape California Mountain Lakeside
Located in Soquel, CA
Idyllic landscape of a scenic lake view with an evergreen forest and picturesque purple mountains in the background by an unknown artist. Unsigned. Displayed in a period rustic wood ...
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Ponderosa, California, in the Afternoon
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ponderosa, California, in the Afternoon" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Old Store, Copperopolis California" - Mid-Century Village Landscape
By Cecil F. Chamberlin
Located in Soquel, CA
"Old Store, Copperopolis California", a 1950s landscape by Cecil F. Chamberlin (American, 1899
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'State Street, Columbia', California, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, ASL
By Charles Frederick Surendorf
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Francisco Art Festival. In 1946 he settled in the California town of Columbia in the Sierra foothills
Category

1950s Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Mid Century California Garden Landscape -- The Friendly Gate
Located in Soquel, CA
California. After settling in Santa Cruz in 1929, she became active in the local art scene and later studied
Category

1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

The Cavern 1950 painting by John Atherton
Located in Hudson, NY
not show an early aptitude for art; rather, his first love was nature and the activities he relished
Category

1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Masonite

California Girl
By Emil Jean Kosa Jr.
Located in West Hollywood, CA
. Kosa is well documented, and this is an original charcoal, signed, c. 1950.
Category

1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

'Port of Sark' Channel Islands, California, Laguna Beach Art Association, Carmel
By John Bingham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
California artist exhibited widely and with success including at the Laguna Beach Art Association and the Art
Category

1960s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

'Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey', Modernist California Artist, Crocker Art Museum
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
success from the 1930's through the 1950's, including at the Crocker Art Museum, the Kingsley Art Club
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Illustration Board, Graphite

'Sheila Antoine with Afro', Sir John Cass, Otis Art Institute, California
By Pearl Took
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
California in 1957, Took commenced her active career as a fine artist, also becoming an art teacher at
Category

1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Mid Century Adobe Home Near Tujunga, Southern California
By John Anthony Conner
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous Southern California spring landscape of adobe home with Sycamore and Eucalyptus trees in
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape with Houses and Pond, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Houses and Pond, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape with Houses and Pond, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Houses and Pond, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Californian Party Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Californian Party 1955 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Belgian born actress
Category

1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Nell Sinton Abstract Expressionist Landscape San Francisco California Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
(Eleanor) Sinton (1910-1997) was a painter, art collector and educator in San Francisco, California Nell
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Californian Party (Slim Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Californian Party, 1955 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
Category

1950s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

1950's Organic Modern Ceramic Turquoise Abstract Sculpture / Pottery Art Vase
By Virginia Sevier Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
other places. Rogers returned to Berkeley in 1950 and had an active art career. In 1971, she moved to
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Glaze

California Abstract Expressionist Linocut Lithograph Ronald Reagan Political Art
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Surfside, FL
California, Los Angeles 1957: Pasadena Art Museum, California: Ten Year Retrospective, June 14 – July 14
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Linocut

Mid Century Landscape Wells Fargo Express, Gold Country - Columbia, California
By Cecil F. Chamberlin
Located in Soquel, CA
Columbia State Historic Park in Columbia, California by Cecil F. Chamberlin (American, 1899 -1963). Signed
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Californian Party (Slim Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Californian Party, 1955 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
Category

1950s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Mid Century California Coastal Town Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Quaint mid-century landscape of a small California town, by unknown artist Antolin (American, 20th
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

1950's Mid-Century Modern Hollywood Regency Dresser
By Morris of California
Located in Burbank, CA
capped in brass, and is a high-quality piece from the 1950’s. It’s solid wood with a white formica top
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers

Materials

Brass

A Walk Through Town California Gold Country
Located in Soquel, CA
A Walk Through Town California Gold Country An old town in the California Gold Country, depicting
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

California Fashion Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
California Fashion 1956 by Slim Aarons Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition A woman posing by an
Category

1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

'Bay Shanties, San Francisco', Marin, WPA, Mid-century California oil, Benezit
By Gordon Cope
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. Cope" (American, 1906-1999) and dated 1950. Bearing a gallery label verso with the title "Bay Shantys
Category

1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Slim Aarons, Californian Cocktail Party (Audrey Hepburn)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Californian Party, 1955 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
Category

1950s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Lambda

Mid Century California Grapevine Foothills in Autumn
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century oil painting of California Grapevine foothills with oak tree with autumn
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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