1950s Paintings
Period: 1950s
Color: Brown
Signed Impasto French Street Scene Painting
Located in Redding, CT
Signed Impasto French street scene painting. Most likely street tourist art but very well done. Linen matting and wooden frame made in Mex...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
20th Century Oil on Board Italian Painting with Calf, Signed Alberto Cecconi
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful oil painting on board. A splendid countryside with grazing calf in the foreground. Excellent pictorial quality. Signed Alberto Cecconi (1897-...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Wood
Monumental Oil on Canvas Bar Backsplash Painting
By Paul Gauguin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large oil on canvas jungle scene. Probably the back bar decorations of a restaurant or bar area. Nice quality and signed bottom right corner by 2 artists. Pai...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Portrait of a Handsome Man Oil Painting by Mid Century Artist
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This beautiful mid century painting of a handsome man was painted in the 1950s. The subject was the owner of a beautiful San Diego Estate. Artist was F Stanley Herring. Beautiful antique fold leaf frame with ruby color fillet trim. Subject is seated in a royal blue chair...
Category
North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Romantic Large Fruit and Flowers Still Life Painting
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Romantic large moody oil on canvas still life of fruit and flowers with particularly tantalizing green grapes. Handsomely framed in mahogany molding with gold filet.
Not signed.
Category
Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Mother & Child Vs Objects Scene
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper, unframed
size: 13.5 x 10 inches
condition: very good and ready to be ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Other
Maurice Alvo Painted screen from Galerie Jean Royere
By Maurice Alvo
Located in Encino, CA
Maurice Alvo.
Very interesting screen for the Galerie Jean Royere.
An important and rare oil on canvas mounted in two panels of a wooden screen, depicting musical Harlequins. The o...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Esaias Thoren Abstract Composition Oil on Board Sweden 1952
Located in Leicester, GB
Esaias Thoren Abstract Composition, Oil on Board, Signed and dated '52 bottom right. Image size 9.1x13.3 inches.
Esaias Thorén (1901-81) was a leading Swedish artist who studied...
Category
Swedish Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Mid-Century African Warriors and Women Painted Glass Panels
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Utterly unique pair of Mid-Century Modern painted glass panels depicting African figures. The diptych features African warriors on one side, and women ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
"Knitting by the Hearth" by Sam Uhrdin
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on canvas, signed and dated in the upper left and inscribed on the reverse.
Painting features a Swedish girl knitting by the fire. The work has a lovely warm feel to it.
Sam Uhrdin...
Category
Swedish Aesthetic Movement Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Iris Brody Oil Wash on Masonite Figural Study
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Iris Brody (American - d. 1961, NY, drug overdose) oil wash on paper laid on masonite figural study of a boy.
Brody, part of the Kerouc / Ginsberg Lower Eas...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Love and Matter" Graphic Painting by Jae Carmichael
Located in Pasadena, CA
"It's not just love, it's a matter of being"
A statement piece and graphic painting full of emotion and color.
Jae Carmichael (1925-2005) Signed.
Jae Carmichael, painter, sculptor, photographer, writer, and independent filmmaker. She was founding director of Pasadena's Pacific Asia Museum. She staged more than 200 solo exhibitions in galleries in Los Angeles, Japan, and Europe and has works included in permanent collections of the Oakland Museum of California, the Long Beach Museum of Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others.
Jae Carmichael was born in Hollywood, Ca. in 1925.
She studied art with Francis de Erdely, Millard, Sheets, Phil Dike...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique Landscape Oil Painting Signed 'Liner'
Located in London, GB
A stunning vintage oil painting depicting a landscape of what I think is Venice. I would date this to around the early-mid twentieth century.
It is beautifully executed and is a l...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Abstract Oil Painting "Spiders House"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Spiders House, 1957 Oil Painting. Signed Scudder Florence. Heavily applied oil paint to stretched canvas. Abstract Painting.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Spring Bouquet Oil on Hardboard Still Life Framed Spring Flowers White Blue
Located in Neuss, NW
Flower bouquet of hyacinths and marguerites on a blue background in an impressionist manner. Oil on plate from the 1950s. Glued on a white-painted wooden plate in an ash wood picture...
Category
German Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Ash
Sumptuous Floral Still Life by Listed Artist Pearl Van Sciver
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Sumputous floral still life by Pearl Van Sciver, (1896 – October 10, 1966) born in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pearl's life is reflected in her oil p...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
1958 Large Abstract Painting by Leonard Buzz Wallace
Located in Garnerville, NY
An exceptional large abstract oil painting on canvas by Leonard "Buzz" Wallace (1932-2021). Circa 1958. The abstract and figural paintings sold here on 1stDibs were all purchased from the Wallace's estate in Westbrookville, NY where he resided and set up his studio. The canvas has been professionally restored with a light cleaning and varnish. Unframed. Signed and dated verso, Wallace, 458-C, Oct-58.
Good overall condition. The surface paint...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Italian Still Life "Citrus" Oil on Wooden Panel
Located in palm beach, FL
Still life painted on wooden panel. On a table in the center a wicker basket with oranges and orange blossoms, to the left of the composition a silver dish with four large lemons on ...
Category
Italian Renaissance Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Watercolor on Paper, Paul Immel '1896-1964' White Flowers in a Blue Bowl
Located in San Francisco, CA
Signed lower left; Paul Immel was born in Helena, Montana in 1864. Immel studied at the Ball School of Art in Minneapolis and in 1924 moved to Los Angeles w...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Wall Sculpture, Mid-Century, Fish Motif, Wood & Linen, C 1950, Modern Art
Located in New York, NY
Decorative wall sculpture from circa 1950.
Jute fabric backing with a wood and metal sculpture of a fish.
The jute fabric has some worn off edges all around.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Metal
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Lady In Vibrant Red & Orange Dress
Located in Cirencester, GB
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed
size: 14 x 10 inches
condition: very good and ready t...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Other
"New Harbor, Maine" by Parker Gamage
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Atmospheric mid-century painting of Mid-coast Maine. Oil on artist panel, signed in the lower right and. dated and inscribed on the reverse.
Parker Gamage (1882-1960)
A New Harbor, Maine resident for most of his life, Gamage was a student of Charles Woodbury. His known paintings are Impressionist in nature and include the scenery of New Harbor, Monhegan, and Pemaquid Point on the Maine Coast...
Category
American American Classical Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Edvard Sarvig, Denmark, Oil on Canvas, Flowers in Pot, Dated 1951
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Edvard Sarvig, Denmark. Oil on canvas. Flowers in the pot. Dated 1951.
The canvas measures: 62 x 49 cm.
The frame measures: 4 cm.
In excellent condition.
Signed and dated.
Category
Danish Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Tiger and His Friends" Oil on Canvas by Sylvia Goldie Lipson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charming Sylvia "Goldie" Lipson (New York, USA 1905-1992) oil painting titled "Tiger and His Friends" featuring a grouping of colorful, life-like children's toys (ca. 1952, USA).
Lip...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Painting "Church by the cliff"
Located in Chorzów, PL
Painting "Church by the cliff"
Dimensions:
Frame: Height 42.5 cm / width 47.5 cm / depth 4.5 cm
Image: Height 33.5 cm / width 38.5 cm.
Category
Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Pair of Spanish Colonial Archangel Paintings
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1950's Spanish archangel paintings with giltwood frames.
Measurements:
Height: 58.5"
Width: 40"
Depth: 3".
Category
Peruvian Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Riverscape in the Country" by Nikolai Timkov
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on panel, signed with initials and dated 55' lower right. Additional identifying label on reverse.
Nikolai Timkov is one of the best known Russian impressionists in the world. H...
Category
Russian Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Mid-Century Abstract Lacquer Painting on Masonite
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Mid-century abstract lacquer painting on Masonite
Highly interesting abstract painting in lacquer with incised outlines. The artwork is monogr...
Category
Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Masonite
American Water Color Brown Headed Nuthatch Perched on Pine Tree E. Dingle C 1950
Located in Hollywood, SC
American water color brown headed nuthatch perched on pine tree matted under glass in a silver gilt frame. Edward Von Siebold Dingle, mid-20th century.
Category
American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Silver Leaf
Painting "Arc de Triomphe in Paris".
Located in Chorzów, PL
Painting "Arc de Triomphe in Paris". Dimensions:
Frame: height 43 cm / width 73 cm / depth 6.5 cm
Image: 30.5 cm high / 60.5 cm wide.
Category
Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
1950's French Modernist / Cubist Painting Signed, Parisian Market Stall
Located in Cirencester, GB
Paris Market Stall
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
Signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper , unframed
Size: 15.75 x 13...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Other
Oil on Canvas Painting "the Ballet" Signed
Located in Pomona, CA
A large oil on canvas painting of Ballet Dancers. Heavy gilt-wood frame. Signed M. Askenazi.
Category
Czech Belle Époque Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting of a Venetian Figure Smoking a Cigarette
Located in New York, NY
Ok this is so fun and whimsical yet beautifully done. A figure coming back from a Venetian ball having a dramatic smoke in his costume and mask. Note his cigarette holder and pointed toe are in sync! Most likely gouache or watercolor with oil stick on paper...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Crayon, Wood
Oil Painting With Green & Brown Shades By Sixten Wiklund From 1950s
Located in Lejre, DK
The oil painting, crafted on canvas with green and brown shades by Sixten Wiklund (1907-1986) from around the 1950s, stands as a testament to the artist's skill and creativity.
The ...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting "A Walk in the Park"
Located in Chorzów, PL
Painting "A Walk in the Park"
Dimensions:
Frame height 79 cm, width 82 cm
The painting height 59 cm, width 72 cm.
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
1953 Francis Jennings Mid Century Modern Painting "Fat Cat and Bird" Oil/ Board
Located in Miami, FL
Francis Jennings (b. Wilmington, DE 1910 - 1993 NYC) painted this framed surreal cubist oil on board in 1953 while residing in NYC. In vivid colors, Jennings depicted a large cat wit...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Painting by Laura Elston Glenn '1880-1952', USA, 1950s
By Laura Elston Glenn
Located in New York, NY
Born in Woodland, CA on April 6, 1880. Glenn was educated at USC and UCLA. She then taught for many years in the public schools of Pasadena. Member: Pacific AA; Southern Calif. Art T...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Antique Oil Painting on Canvas by Ferdy Naulaerts
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique oil painting on canvas by Ferdy Naulaerts (1922-2001) is a classic still life, a genre that has survived for eons with ...
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
20th Century Oil on Masonite Italian Signed Landscape Painting, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French painting from the mid-20th century. Framework oil on masonite depicting countryside landscape with shepherdess and cows of good pictorial quality. Large-scale and impactful pa...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Masonite
"Dancer at Rest, " Large Painting of Half-Nude Male Ballet Dancer, Mid Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and striking, this painting by Robert Childers presents a reclining ballet dancer, clothed above the waist in a dancer's sleeveless shirt, but nude below, holding a pink ribbon...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Scandinavian Maritime Painting Oil on Panel in Warm Colors by Noren Nils Martin
Located in Salzburg, AT
Maritime painting in oil on plate by Noren Nils Martin (1907 Västervik - 1998 Uppsala)
The scene on the water is calm and is characterized by warm colors.
The boat is already ashor...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
French Post-Impressionist "Jardins Des Tuileries" Oil on Canvas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tuileries garden post-impressionist study (circa 1950, Paris, artist unknown).
Pleasing color usage depicting parkgoers in the tranquil park setting.
Original frame.
Unsigned, but ti...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
20th Century Oil on Board Italian Painting Marina, Signed, 1930s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful oil painting on board. A splendid marina boat. Excellent pictorial quality. Signed Luigi Liverani (1889-1958) italian artist. Sold with frame.
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Selection of Black and White Nude Artwork
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of black and white nude artwork from various artists, American, circa 1950s. From left to right, as seen in the first photo, they are:
1) The k...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wood
1950s Floral Painting Oil On Canvas
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s oil on canvas painting of floral arrangement in a wood frame. Signed.
Category
Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mid Century Standing Nude Portrait Oil on Canvas by American Artist Jane White
By Jane White
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Classical standing nude by American artist Jane White. Painted in the 1950s and once owned by the Estate of Eva Gabor. There is no provenance.
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Abstract Oil on Canvas Signed Juliana Penn
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Abstract oil on canvas signed Juliana Penn, 1959.
Category
Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Raphael Soyer Original Lithograph/Watercolor, 1955, "The Dancer"
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Raphael Soyer Original Lithograph - Watercolor added by the artist's hand, 1955
The image measures 13" H x 8 ½" W. Frame measures: 23 1/4"H x 1...
Category
Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paper
1950s Tenement Row House Painting by Leonard Buzz Wallace
Located in Garnerville, NY
Purchased straight from the Estate of Leonard Buzz Wallace. Painted by Wallace who taught and lectured on fine art at Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY through out the 1960-80s. Wallace's talent and output ranged from later large amazingly executed color field and abstract paintings to earlier figurative work. The haunting and moody row house...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Paint
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Stylized Waves on Silver Leaf and Golden Sun
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Stylized waves on silver leaf and golden sun. Showa period (1926-1989), modern painting in mineral pigments on silver.
Category
Japanese Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Gouache Informel in Black, Orange and Yellow Lines by Erwin Schott, Munich 1950s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Erwin Schott (1913-1987, Munich)
Artist group ZEN 49 (ZEN 49 Group of the non-objective - founded after the 2nd World War)
Gouache Informel / oil paint on thick paper, ca. 1958 - es...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
David Roberts of the RA in England, Egypt Lithographs Mounted, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of David Roberts Egyptian scenes. Mounted in frame 29 x 3 both. One of them is Karnak! Showing his signature in lower left side. Sold as the...
Category
European Egyptian Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
1950s British Coastal Scene Seascape Oil on Board Painting by Arthur E. Milne
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
Wonderfully textured West Country coastal scene in oil using palette knife signed by Bristol artist, Arthur E. Milne. Milne was a painter of landscapes, portraits and flower pieces in oil, watercolour and pastel.
Capturing the mood of the rugged West Country coast with his technique of laying on thick layers with visible palette-knife strokes. Signed bottom right Arthur E.Milne, complete with labels on the reverse.
Arthur Edwards...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
20th Century Italian Oil on Canvas Still Life Painting with Frame, Signed
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful still life oil painting on canvas. Excellent pictorial quality. Signed by Sotti Santino an Italian important artist. A beautiful. Sold with frame.
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Flowers in a vase" Painting
Located in Chorzów, PL
Dimensions:
Frame: height 47 cm / width 66.5 cm / depth 2 cm
Image: 38.5 cm high / 58 cm wide.
Category
Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Emile Gerard Abstract Modernist Oil on Canvas Painting
By Émile Gérard
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Oil on canvas abstract modernist painting created by listed artist, Emile Gerard of France. Painting measures 24" by 36" and is signed lower left, Emile G...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Rocky Mountains Painting with Moose Oil on Canvas, 1950
Located in Albignasego, IT
Rocvky Mountains landscape with Moose
50 x 40 cm (dimensions referring to the painting only).
Oil painting on canvas.
Painting depicting a moose in the Rocky Mountains.
The painter captures a natural glimpse, among the mountain fir trees, during dawn. The early morning light is rendered by soft colors, with a palette of blue, gray and lilac.
In the foreground, the light green lawn...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
‘Tea at the Vicarage’ by Margaret Dovaston, Dated 1952
By Margaret Dovaston
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
‘Tea at the Vicarage’ by Margaret Dovaston, dated 1952, an oil painting showing four gentlemen having an earnest conversation over a cup of tea on a terrace outside a cottage garden, Margaret Dovaston, dated 1952. English.
Margaret Isabel Dovaston (1884 – 1954) was a British artist who became particularly well known for her historical genre scenes, often depicting groups in Georgian costume. In the course of her education, she was taught by Thomas William Cole at the Ealing School of Art and Arthur Stockdale Cope at the South Kensington School of Art. Her crowning achievement was winning a five-year scholarship the to the Royal Academy Schools (1903-1908) where she won many medals. She exhibited at the Royal Academy (1908 and 1910) and helped set up The Ealing Art...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
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