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Period: 1950s
Place of Origin: American
"Sailor in Repose, " Mid Century Watercolor w/ Male Nude by Emlen Etting
By Emlen Etting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Provocative and unapologetic, this watercolor depiction of a fully nude sailor sprawled across his bed, his uniform and cap neatly laid on a chair to one s...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Selection of Modernist Art
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of modernist art, circa 1950s. From left to right, they are:
1) SOLD Modernist nudes painting by Lillian Lent, American, circa 1950s. It is executed on board in it's original frame. It measures 14.5" H x 16.5" W. Lillian Lent lived and worked in the Woodstock Artist colony in New York. She attended the Tyler School of Fine Art in Philadelphia. In 1959, she was awarded first prize for one of her paintings from the Albany Museum. Among some of the galleries to exhibit her work were the Albright Gallery, the Norlyst Gallery, and The Creative Gallery.
2) Amedeo Modigliani lithograph...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
"Red Tape", Early and Important Surrealist Painting by John Lear w/ Male Nudes
By John B. Lear
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the finest, and certainly the earliest painting by John Lear that we have seen or offered, this image depicts three male nude figures connected by a trailing line of red ribbo...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
1959 Abstract Still Life Floral Painting in Antique Frame
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful floral still life, abstract mid-century painting by Bea Van Wye 1959, in an antique hand carved frame.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Black and Red Nude", Large Male Nude Painting by Christopher Clark, 1954
By Christopher Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and striking, this large 1950s painting of a nude male youth, executed in black gouache or charcoal on a rich, deep red ground, was made by Christopher Clark. The artist is bes...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Nude Pan with Pipes", Large, Vivid Painting w/ Male Nude by Broadway Designer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Like his contemporary, Raoul Pene du Bois, Waldo Angelo served as an important designer for Broadway productions over decades, but in his private time, he produced a number of beauti...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Modernist Still Life Signed Lombard, d. 1958
Located in Peabody, MA
French style modernist still life signed Lombard and dated 1958.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Abstract Landscape Acrylic on Canvas by Carlo of Hollywood, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Pair of Modernist Expressionist acrylic on canvas abstract landscape with a silhouette of a person standing in a sea made of geometric-shaped buildings signed "Carlo" for Carlo of Ho...
Category
1950s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Outsider Folk Art Modernist Painting Dated 1959 by Peter Paul Sakowski
Located in Peabody, MA
We recently acquired a number of paintings from the estate of the noted outsider artist Peter Paul Sakowski (1915-2000) of Holyoke, Mass. His style tended to vary from an illustrativ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
American Oil on Linen Portrait of MSU Student
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating 1950s American oil-on-linen portrait, a stunning portrayal of a young male student poised at the threshold of his academic journey. Clad in a distinguished green Michig...
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1950s Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Midcentury Abstract Painting by Arnold Taraborrelli
By Arnold Taraborrelli
Located in Atlanta, GA
Midcentury abstract painting by Arnold Taraborrelli, American, circa 1959. It is entitled "Break-Away" and is executed in gouache on artist board and retains it's original frame. Tar...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
Oil Painting by Gloria Dudfield, Oakland Art Museum 1959
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Oil Painting by Gloria Dudfield (1922 - 2015) from the Oakland Art Museum California Painters' Annual 1959. Painting measures 62.75" wide, 1.75" deep and 69.75" high. Gloria Dudfi...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large Mid Century Painting by Thurman Nicholson
Located in Miami, FL
A large painting by Thurman Nicholson.
Category
1950s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Surrealist Painting by Thurman Nicholson
Located in Miami, FL
Unique and wonderful painting by Thurman Nicholson.
Category
1950s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Surrealist Lady with Birds Painting by Thurman Nicholson
Located in Miami, FL
A large magical painting by Thurman Nicholson.
Category
1950s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
1950s Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in Garnerville, NY
A scintillating period Abstract Expressionist oil painting on masonite. A finely rendered piece that reveals a highly worked surface of the medium with brush stroke and palette knife...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Vintage Boho 1952 Tropical Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in west palm beach, FL
Transport yourself to the exotic allure of 1952 with this vintage boho tropical original oil on canvas. Infused with American artistic sensibilities, this piece captures the vibrant ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Untitled by Allen Atwell, Oil on Linen, 1952
By Allen Atwell
Located in Hudson, NY
A rare gem of a piece. Untitled by Allen Atwell, creator of the Psychedelic Temple in 1964.
His works become available few and far between.
Measure: 10 x 16 in., 11 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
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:
Canvas: 44 x 44 cm (17-3/8 x 17-3/8 in.)
Framed: 68 x 68 cm (26-3/4 x 26-3/4 in.)
Alexander Cañedo (Mexican-American, 1902 – 1978) was born in Mexico City as Alejandro de Cañedo; his father was a Mexican government official and his mother was from the United States. In 1918, when Cañedo was 15, his parents sent him to École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he studied under the sculptor Jean Magrou. In 1923, Cañedo traveled to Rome where he continued his art studies. In 1927, Cañedo briefly returned to Mexico. During that trip, the Mexican Government appointed him attaché to the Mexican Embassy in Rome.
In 1928, Cañedo held his first art exhibition with the Circolo Artistico in Rome, a collection of pencil drawings. More exhibitions followed in other cities in Europe. That same year, he traveled to the New York City where he exhibited widely. At this point, he began signing his work with just his last name; eventually, he also Anglicized his first name as "Alexander" and dropped the "de".
Cañedo was commissioned in 1929 to illustrate the amatory novel Orientale: The Adventure of Therese Beauchamps by the French author Francis de Miomandre. The highly stylized Art Deco results were so successful that he retained Cañedo the following year to illustrate his next novel, The Love Life of Venus.
In 1932, Cañedo was invited to have a solo show of his pencil drawings at Walter P. Chrysler, Junior's newly opened Cheshire Gallery, located in the Chrysler Building. He also had a solo exhibition at the Argent Galleries, and participated in shows of the Art Students League of New York, of which he was an active member.
By the mid-1930s, Cañedo began exhibiting watercolors. These were shown at solo exhibitions at the Arthur U...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Mixed media on paper by Frederick Franck dated 1958
By Frederick Siegfried Franck
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice mixed media on paper by the noted artist Frederick Siegfried Franck. It is dated and signed lower left.
A brief bio from Wikipedia follows:
Frederick Franck...
Category
1950s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Original Watercolor
Located in Chicago, IL
Just a very nice clean original watercolor, that is signed, but we could not find any information on the artist.
Category
1950s Vintage American Paintings
Harry Sternberg Abstract Semi-Nude Oil Painting Of Poolside Couple
By Harry Sternberg
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Mid Century Modern Harry Sternberg Abstract Semi-Nude Oil Painting Of Poolside Couple. C.1956
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Masonite
Vintage Boho 1950s Signed Original Abstract Oil on Board
Located in west palm beach, FL
An incredible vintage Boho original oil painting on board. A chic Abstract composition in chic muted blues. Signed by the artist. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
1950s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Vintage Boho 1952 Original Oil Portrait on Canvas
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Boho original oil portrait. A chic brightly colored composition of a young woman. Signed and dated by the artist. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
1950s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
1950s MCM Industrial Plant Scene Artist Signed Watercolor - Smokestack Railroad
Located in St. Louis, MO
Colorful Mid-Century Architectural or Industrial manufacturing scene watercolor of a plant , illustrating the building , smokestack, hoppers , railroad tracks and man pushing wheelba...
Category
1950s Expressionist Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Painting on Wood by Wilder Bentley, 1959
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Painting on wood by Wilder Bentley dated 1959 titled Inyo VII, Chrysopylae. Painting measure 60.75" wide, 15.5" high and 1" deep.
Category
1950s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
"Late Afternoon on the Beach", Mid Century Painting w/ Blond Nude Male Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This atmospheric and magical view of a single nude male figure on a California beach is imbued with lovely, unexpected colors and textures which rise up to a sky that is a pale shade of green. The blond young man has been sunbathing on a towel stretched along the sand, and seems to be placidly examining the viewer -- the painter -- from afar. The artist is Duane Wakeham...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Harold Mesibov Mid-Century Modern Abstract Painting D. 1956
By Harold Mesibov
Located in Peabody, MA
An abstract oil on canvas in cerused oak frame by the noted Philadelphia artist Harold Mesibov, dated 1956.
Biography via Askart, supplied by The Boston Art Club:
"Mesibov was born in Philadelphia, Pa. He was the son of an artist and younger brother of the artist Hugh Mesibov...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Abstract Composition Painting by Helen Gerardia
Located in Garnerville, NY
Geometric landscape by Helen Gerardia. Signed lower right, Gerardia. Circa 1950-60. Good overall condition with some surface paint scuffs and losses. Ov...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint, Paper
Outsider Folk Art Painting Dated 1957 by Peter Paul Sakowski
Located in Peabody, MA
We recently acquired a number of paintings from the estate of the noted outsider artist Peter Paul Sakowski (1915-2000) of Holyoke, Mass. His style tended to vary from an illustrativ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Carlo of Hollywood "Jazz Band" Watercolor Painting
By Carlo of Hollywood
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Very rare Carlo of Hollywood Mid-Century watercolor painting featuring a full jazz band with an array of musical instruments and scrolling music notes. The painting comes in the orig...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paper
Original Mid Century Cityscape Oil Painting on Board. 1950s Heller MCM Decor
By Heller
Located in Peoria, AZ
S U P E R B !
MID CENTURY MODERN
C I T Y S C A P E
P A I N T I N G !
ICONIC HELLER
MID CENTURY STYLE!
OIL ON BOARD
HUGE!
Approx. 29 " x 53 "
C I R ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
1950s Expressive Seated Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Garnerville, NY
A somber rendering of a young girl with a page boy haircut wearing a red dress seated in a high back chair. Her arms are raised above her head. Oil paint on board. Entitled "Seated" ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Carlo of Hollywood! Monumental Rare Original Oil Painting Arab Market 1950s Art
By Carlo of Hollywood
Located in Peoria, AZ
MONUMENTAL!
ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING
CARLO OF HOLLYWOOD
ARAB MARKET
DIMENSIONS:
( LARGE Approx 53" By 22" Framed )
If you're a mid century art collector, you've likely heard of Carlo of Hollywood and his unique and coveted pieces!
In the post war period, original art for the home was a rarity. There was no internet, very few art galleries in the new suburbia or throughout most of middle America...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Mid Century Modern Southwest Geometric Abstract Oil Painting 1959 Art Calder
By (after) Alexander Calder
Located in Peoria, AZ
Marvelous.
GEOMETRIC ABSTRACT PAINTING
1959
After Alexander Calder
This Geometric Abstract painting is an important and vibrant work by artist F.S. Tinnuzo. Done in 1959, it captu...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Original Mid Century Seascape Oil Painting! Ocean Ships Sailing Fishing Art 50s
By Winslow Homer
Located in Peoria, AZ
A RARE BOTTO!
SAILING BOATS SEASCAPE PAINTING!
MID CENTURY
BEAUTIFUL COLOR & STYLE!
Circa 1950
Signed: MARY BOTTO
Dimensions: APPROXIMATELY. 30" By 25 " FRAMED
The mood a...
Category
1950s Other Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"Nude with Golden Hair", Striking Male Nude by du Bois, Tony Award Winner
By Raoul Pene du Bois
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Diminutive and striking, this Mannerist male nude by Raoul Pène du Bois, the great Broadway designer, depicts a confident figure in the full bloom of youth, with golden hair and blus...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Reginald Murray Pollack Signed 1959 Oil on Canvas Abstract Painting of an Interi
Located in Indianapolis, IN
A signed oil on canvas abstract painting by the American artist Reginald Murray Pollack (1924-2001). Dated 1959, the painting features an abstr...
Category
1950s Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Large Abstract Painting of a seated figure in Period Frame, Signed Hyland
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large Oil on Board Abstract Figurative Painting of a Seated Figure. Beautiful Colors and very well done! Signed Hyland on the Back. Framed in what appears the Original 1950's Fram...
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1950s Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
King Arthur Mural (16' x 6') by Peter Ostuni for Savoy-Plaza Hotel 1951
By Peter Ostuni
Located in Hanover, MA
Astonishingly beautiful and monumental mural spanning eleven individual panels which when assembled are 16 feet long by 6 feet high. The panels are reverse paint and applique on sheets of Plexiglass and were painted by Peter Ostuni (American, 1908-1992) in 1951 for the lobby bar of the Savoy-Plaza Hotel at Fifth Avenue between 58th and 59th Street, New York City under design firm Tom Lee...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass
Irving Petlin Signed 1951 Oil on Canvas Abstract Painting
By Irving Petlin
Located in Indianapolis, IN
A 1951 oil on canvas abstract painting by American artist Irving Petlin (1934-2018). Signed and dated verso, shades of blue, black, and green come together to create an array of abst...
Category
1950s Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
1957 Don Bloom Market Scene modernist original oil on canvas
Located in Farmingdale, NJ
Don Bloom (b. 1932-2016) large oil painting, dated 1957. In 1960 he was awarded the Guggenheim fellowship for creative painting, the same year his work was i...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Oil Painting of Lady, C 1950, Green, Brown & Black, No Frame, Face of a Woman
Located in New York, NY
Painting of a Lady in beautiful green and brown tones. It has a mid-century feel in a very modern way. It is probably a mid-century work stretched on a much older frame. The wood str...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Original Serigraph Harlem NY Artist Gregorio Prestopino Signed and Numbered 3/50
Located in Ferndale, MI
" Morning Subway " Prestopino, Gregorio (American, 1907-1984) Original Serigraph signed and numbered 3/50 .
The Whitney and MoMA both have his work in their collections, he is ove...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paper
Vintage Boho Abstract Still Life Oil Painting, Framed
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Boho signed original oil on board. A beautiful Abstract Expressionist Still life of two bowls of fruit. An homage to Paul Cezanne with traditional black outlines. ...
Category
1950s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
Harold Mesibov Modernist Figurative Oil Painting, d. 1956
By Harold Mesibov
Located in Peabody, MA
A Harold Mesibov figurative oil painting, dated 1956, in the manner of Henri Matisse. Harold and his older brother Hugh were young protégés of Albert Barn...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Scuba Diver Rescue, " Rare and Important Illustration Art for 1952 Magazine
By Peter Poulton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinarily rare and important painting, for the cover of the December, 1952 issue of "American Manhood" magazine, depicts a fallen scuba diver, p...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
1950s Cubist Cityscape Mid Century Modern Painting Oil on Board
Located in Miami, FL
Mid Century Modern exceptional oil on board Cubist Cityscape painting from the 1950s. Color palette of mostly shades of gray with brick red, yellow, white and black and dark brown ou...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Wood
1950s Outsider Art Still Life Painting
Located in Garnerville, NY
A modernist contemplative allegorical still life vanitas type painting on masonite board. Circa 1950. This work originates from a Western Connecticut estate. The work is unsigned. The artist renders several derelict objects in paint: a worn and torn circus poster, a broken umbrella, a headless teddy bear, a wilting plucked flower with scattered bits of ribbon. The menacing little clown doll...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paint
Vintage Robert Gilbert Abstract Painting c1958
By Robert Gilberg
Located in Oakland, CA
Dramatic early abstract painting on thick stock paper by Bay Area artist, Robert Gilberg c1958. Definitely seems to have a Japanese vibe which Gilberg is known for. Born in Oakland, ...
Category
1950s Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Selection of Original Female Nude Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Original Female Nude Paintings, probably American, circa 1950s. They are priced at $750 each. Neither work is signed. They have both been professionally framed in vintag...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Original Oil Painting by Helen Ferne Slimp in Ornate Frame
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Lovely original oil on 16 x 20 canvas by American artist Helen Ferne Slimp (1890-1995) having horn shaped vase with cascading white dogwoods. The Belgian ornate lemon gilt frame...
Category
1950s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
"Orpheus and His Companions, " Surrealist Masterpiece with Male Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This masterful and extraordinary painting, filled with ghostly nudes in various poses in a dark interior, with Orpheus playing the lyre in the garden outside lit in an otherworldly golden light was clearly created by Pavel Tchelitchew, Eugene Berman or another Mid-Century master of Surrealism. Full of symbolism and allegory, the interior features sheep and nude figures who are in deep sleep or some kind of euphoric stupor. Some figures are painted in a silvery white, as if lit by the moon, and others are suffused in a golden lifelike...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Set Of Three Framed Equestrian Watercolors By Denes De Holesch
Located in Essex, MA
A Hungarian painter who moved to America. Years 1910-1983. Artist specialized in equestrian subjects. Framed with a bleached wood and grasscloth frame. Signed lower right.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wood
Oil on Board "Eclipse by Candlelite" by William George Nes
By William George Nes
Located in Ferndale, MI
Oil painting on board "Eclipse by Candlelite" by William George Nes.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Mid century abstract impressionist cityscape oil on canvas signed garland
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid century abstract Impressionist oil on canvas cityscape. This oil painting is presented at a painted black frame. This impressionist oil painting has brilliant tones of ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Regency Signed Original Oil Portrait Painting on Canvas
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Regency original oil portrait. A chic 1954 composition signed by the artist. A masterful work on canvas with the original frame. Acquired from a PA estate.
Category
1950s Regency Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Walter Stomps Signed 1959 “Seated Nude” Oil on Canvas Abstract Painting
By Walter E. Stomps, Jr.
Located in Indianapolis, IN
A 1959 abstract oil on canvas painting by the American artist Walter Stomps (1929-2020). Titled Seated Nude, the painting depicts a seated nude female fi...
Category
1950s Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
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