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Impasto Oil Painting of River Tree Scene British Postwar & Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Impasto Oil Painting of River Tree Scene British Postwar & Contemporary Artist, Terry Evans Terry
Category

1990s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Dirk Bogarde, Silver Gelatin Print
By Jack Robinson
Located in Memphis, TN
period as the pin-up idol of postwar British cinema to become recognized as an outstanding actor in films
Category

1960s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

MCM White Formica Top & Steel Modernist Coffee Table by William Plunkett 60's
By William Plunkett
Located in High Wycombe, GB
memorable and lasting contribution to postwar British design. His heyday was the 1960s but some of his
Category

Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Modern British mid century gouache painting by Derrick Latimer Sayer
By Derrick Latimer Sayer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Derrick Latimer Sayer (British, 1917 – 1992) World Theatre of War Signed ‘Derrick Sayer’ (lower
Category

20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

The Complete British Motorcycle The Classics From 1907 To The Present J Carroll
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Complete British Motorcycle The Classics From 1907 To The Present by J Carroll.Hardcover with
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Victorian Books

Materials

Paper

19th Century British Print of Improved Lincolnshire Sheep in Kulicke Frame
By Robert Kulicke
Located in Atlanta, GA
fresh, new and unique. A mid 19th Century British print presented in a Kulicke frame which had it's
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Prints

Materials

Metal

Modern British mid century gouache painting by Neo Romantic artist Latimer Sayer
By Derrick Latimer Sayer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
century British landscape tradition with the unnatural colouring and abstraction of postwar modernism.
Category

20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Vintage Sterling Silver and Rock Crystal Candle Holders Design Style
By Paul Belvoir
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
by Paul Belvoir; a British Postwar & Contemporary sculptor. Condition These vintage rock crystal
Category

Vintage 1980s British Candlesticks

Materials

Sterling Silver

Large Oil Painting by Joyce Roybal, Three Young Musicians
Located in Miami, FL
in a silver toned frame with exquisite mat boarding. Ready to hang. Joyce Roybal is a British Postwar
Category

20th Century Italian Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

1940s pair of Floorlamps by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, recovered shades, oak stem
By Edward Wormley, T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Paul McCobb
Located in Berlin, DE
British-born architect, decorator, furniture designer, tastemaker and thinker whose innovative ideas in
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Fabric, Oak

Relaxing in the Park
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Leo McDowell was a British Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1936. Leo McDowell's
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hardy's Cottage
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
accurate when viewed on a monitor. David Humphreys is a British Postwar & Contemporary painter who was
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

City Art Gallery (Bird Talk) Poster /// Lee Krasner Female Woman Abstract Artist
By Lee Krasner
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
. 145. Printer's imprint lower center. "...Krasner had a major triumph in 1965 when British critic and
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Abstract Expressionist - Original 60's oil/spray paint on paper S. African art
By Denis Bowen
Located in London, GB
, its significant role in shaping British art in the postwar period, and in promoting international
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Spray Paint

Scale Model of the Short Brothers Flying Boat the Golden Hind
Located in London, GB
.26 G-class was a large transport flying boat designed and produced by the British aircraft
Category

Mid-20th Century English Models and Miniatures

Materials

Aluminum

Bubble Bubble Macbeth sculpture, 20th century American bronze
Located in Beachwood, OH
Houston. After service in the Army Air Force during World War II and postwar teaching in Michigan, McVey
Category

20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Howard Hodgkin Paintings - Michael Auping, Susan Sontag - 1st Edition, T&H, 1995
Located in London, GB
by Marla Price. One of Britain’s most important postwar artists, who straddled Abstraction and
Category

1990s British Mid-Century Modern Books

Materials

Paper

"Horse and Rider II" 1970 Lithograph, Signed by artist
By Elisabeth Frink
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Elisabeth Frink (1930-1993) was one of Britain's leading postwar sculptors. In addition to her work
Category

1970s Post-War Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Lamp Table Alan Wallwork Tablet Stoneware Tablet Impressed Incised Earth Palette
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
in British pottery, developing an archetypal language that echoed some of the wider artistic
Category

20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Stoneware

"Horse and Rider III" 1970 Lithograph Signed and numbered by artist
By Elisabeth Frink
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Elisabeth Frink (1930-1993) was one of Britain's leading postwar sculptors. In addition to her work
Category

1970s Post-War Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Bridget Riley: Reconnaissance (hand signed and inscribed by Bridget Riley)
By Bridget Riley
Located in New York, NY
the history of postwar art. Despite this widespread acclaim, Riley's work has been exhibited in the US
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Design for St Nicholas House, High Street, Bristol by Edmund J Thring
Located in London, GB
Architectural Model Making in Britain', David Lund notes that Thring was the chief instructor for the hundred or
Category

20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Stripes from the House of the Shaman (Rare poster, Hand Signed by Joseph Beuys)
By Joseph Beuys
Located in New York, NY
Beuys, who is recognized as one of the most influential artists of the postwar period, had a grand and
Category

1980s Conceptual Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Ink, Offset

Spanish castle landscape oil on board painting
By Josep Martinez Lozano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
the country is going through a difficult postwar period. His first individual exhibition takes place
Category

1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Large 3D Cast Paper Abstract Oil Monoprint Unique Monotype Painting John Walker
By John Walker
Located in Surfside, FL
John Walker British (b. 1939) Salsipuedes Forms (1991) Monoprint relief print with dry pigment
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

Large 3D Cast Paper Abstract Oil Monoprint Unique Monotype Painting John Walker
By John Walker
Located in Surfside, FL
John Walker British (b. 1939) Salsipuedes Forms (1991) Monoprint relief print with dry pigment
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

Djibouti, African Landscape Original Israeli Watercolor Cityscape Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Holocaust survivor and postwar immigrant to Mandate Palestine via the detention camps on Cyprus, he figured
Category

20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Untitled
By Billy Al Bengston
Located in San Francisco, CA
mandala-like. ARTnews referred to Bengston as a "giant of Los Angeles's postwar art scene." Early life
Category

1990s Pop Art Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen, Paper

Untitled
Untitled
H 26 in W 32 in D 1.5 in
Graffiti Art Photograph Silkscreen Print Wall New York City 1970s Pop Art
By Jon Naar
Located in Surfside, FL
: United States Dimensions: 21.5" x 28" Street Art, Urban Jon Naar is a British-American author and
Category

1970s Street Art Color Photography

Materials

Screen

Graffiti Art Photograph Silkscreen Print Truck New York City 1970s Pop Art
By Jon Naar
Located in Surfside, FL
: United States Dimensions: 21.5" x 28" Street Art, Urban Jon Naar is a British-American author and
Category

1970s Street Art Color Photography

Materials

Screen

Alan Wallwork Vessel Vase Pottery Sculpture TOTEM White Brown Terracotta
Located in Eversholt, Bedfordshire
and the organic aesthetic. - Wallwork is one of the great individualists in British pottery
Category

1960s Modern More Art

Materials

Ceramic

Empress of India I (Axsom 27, Gemini 81)
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Victoria when India was incorporated into the British Empire." Our further editorial comment: the V shapes
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Varnish, Lithograph, Pencil

Graffiti Art Photograph Silkscreen Print Park New York City 1970s Pop Art
By Jon Naar
Located in Surfside, FL
: United States Dimensions: 19" x 28" Street Art, Urban Jon Naar is a British-American author and
Category

1970s Street Art Color Photography

Materials

Screen

Alan Wallwork Vessel Vase Pottery Sculpture TOTEM White Brown Terracotta
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
aesthetic. - Wallwork is one of the great individualists in British pottery, developing an archetypal
Category

Vintage 1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Pottery

Landscape watercolor spanish
By Josep Martinez Lozano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
II, when the country is going through a difficult postwar period. His first individual exhibition
Category

1970s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Arabs in Tetouan Morocco drawing
By Josep Martinez Lozano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
War II, when the country is going through a difficult postwar period. His first individual
Category

1970s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Old City Jaffa
Located in Surfside, FL
postwar immigrant to Mandate Palestine via the detention camps on Cyprus, he figured prominently in
Category

20th Century Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Old City Jaffa
Old City Jaffa
H 19.5 in W 27.5 in
The Old City of Jerusalem
Located in Surfside, FL
postwar immigrant to Mandate Palestine via the detention camps on Cyprus, he figured prominently in
Category

20th Century Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Western Wall, Jerusalem Watercolor
Located in Surfside, FL
, illustrator, and cartoonist. A Holocaust survivor and postwar immigrant to Mandate Palestine via the detention
Category

20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Graffiti Art Photograph Silkscreen Print Subway Station NYC 1970s Pop Art
By Jon Naar
Located in Surfside, FL
: United States Dimensions: 20.5" x 28" Street Art, Urban Jon Naar is a British-American author and
Category

1970s Street Art Color Photography

Materials

Screen

19th C English Print by H. Strafford of Three South Down Wethers Kulicke Frame
By Robert Kulicke
Located in Atlanta, GA
fresh, new and unique. A mid 19th century British print by Henry Strafford presented in a Kulicke frame
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Prints

Materials

Metal

James Gowan FRIBA Fountains Abbey Modernist Architect Leicester Engineering
By James Gowan
Located in London, GB
Post-war architect partner of architect Sir James Stirling, together they created Britain's first
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Jeremy Harvey, Hello There Breakfast Set for Artifort
By Artifort
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
important collaborations with foreign designers, most notably French designer Pierre Paulin and British
Category

Late 20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

1942 RAF Avro "Lancaster" Heavy Bomber aeroplane identification poster WW2
Located in London, GB
Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a
Category

1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

1942 Curtiss P-40 "Warhawk" fighter plane aeroplane identification poster WW2
Located in London, GB
all models, making it the official name in the U.S. for all P-40s. The British Commonwealth and Soviet
Category

1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

James Gowan FRIBA Blue Mill at Backbarrow Modernist Architect Leicester
By James Gowan
Located in London, GB
Post-war architect partner of architect Sir James Stirling, together they created Britain's first
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

1958, Kho Liang Ie, Rare Easy Chair from 020 Series by Artifort
By Artifort, Kho Liang Ie
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
, Postwar, Sixties, Seventies, 60s, 70s, 60’s, 70’s, Verner Panton, Joe Colombo, Pierre Paulin, Osvaldo
Category

Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Large Abstract Expressionist Taiwanese Painting Chihung Yang Chinese Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, Chineseness, a multi-series production that focused on postwar Chinese contemporary artists. He is of the
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Oil Pastel

Abstract Expressionist Taiwanese Etching Chihung Yang Chinese Calligraphy Art
Located in Surfside, FL
focused on postwar Chinese contemporary artists. He is of the generation of artists such as Chen Tingshi
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Abstract Expressionist Taiwanese Etching Chihung Yang Chinese Calligraphy Art
Located in Surfside, FL
focused on postwar Chinese contemporary artists. He is of the generation of artists such as Chen Tingshi
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Abstract Expressionist Taiwanese Etching Chihung Yang Chinese Calligraphy Art
Located in Surfside, FL
focused on postwar Chinese contemporary artists. He is of the generation of artists such as Chen Tingshi
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Mid-Century Modern, Mixed Media Abstract Composition with Blue White Yellow
By Richard Sorby
Located in Denver, CO
later was assigned to Trinidad in the British West Indies as a training officer for three squadrons of
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Unique Pop Art Painting on Slate, Electric Light Bulb Downtown NYC Art Kilgour
Located in Surfside, FL
and dated on the reverse. Provenance: Camilla and Earl McGrath Collection. Scott Kilgour is a British
Category

1990s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Slate

Modernist Trees, 1940s Framed Modernist Landscape Watercolor Painting, Red Green
By Richard Sorby
Located in Denver, CO
British West Indies as a training officer for three squadrons of Martin Mariners (American patrol bomber
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Sculpture No. 2
By Rasheed Araeen
Located in New York, NY
in postwar Britain, which was inclusive of all artists from all cultures who have contributed within
Category

1960s Minimalist Sculptures

RRYOOYBB
By Rasheed Araeen
Located in New York, NY
in postwar Britain, which was inclusive of all artists from all cultures who have contributed within
Category

1970s Minimalist Sculptures

Materials

Wood

RRYOOYBB
H 73 in W 114 in D 6 in
Untitled B
By Rasheed Araeen
Located in New York, NY
in postwar Britain, which was inclusive of all artists from all cultures who have contributed within
Category

1960s Minimalist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Untitled A
By Rasheed Araeen
Located in New York, NY
in postwar Britain, which was inclusive of all artists from all cultures who have contributed within
Category

1960s Minimalist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Three Cheers for Rodchenko
By Rasheed Araeen
Located in New York, NY
in postwar Britain, which was inclusive of all artists from all cultures who have contributed within
Category

1970s Minimalist Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Springtime in Euston Square Gardens
By Rasheed Araeen
Located in New York, NY
in postwar Britain, which was inclusive of all artists from all cultures who have contributed within
Category

1970s Minimalist Sculptures

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Postwar British For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact postwar british you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. You can easily find an example made in the abstract style, while we also have 21 abstract versions to choose from as well. Finding the perfect postwar british may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a postwar british to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, brown, beige, blue and more. There have been many interesting postwar british examples over the years, but those made by Shmuel Katz, Rasheed Araeen, Salvatore Grippi, Jon Naar and Richard Sorby are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these — often created in paint, paper and watercolor — can elevate any room of your home.

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