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Period: 1950s
Peter Keil Expressionist Acrylic Portrait 'Me In New York'
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
A framed and signed Expressionist portrait titled 'Me In New York', made by Peter Robert Keil (b. 1942) in 1959 in Palma. The piece is from the artist’s personal collection and has t...
Category
Spanish Expressionist Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"The Mountaineer" Watercolor Painting
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Russian School signed in Cyrillic lower left, can't identify signature.
Category
Russian Vintage 1950s Paintings
"White Roses" Still Life Painting by Chicago Artist Stanley Mitruk
Located in Chicago, IL
Painting on board of an atmospheric still life of roses in a glass vase by Chicago artist Stanley Mitruk titled "White Roses", dated 1958.
Measuremen...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Original Cubist Oil on Canvas by Artist: Vickers, 1953
Located in East Hampton, NY
This framed Classic Mid-Century cubist portrait of lady in the red light district is signed in the lower right corner and dated 1953. Additional sig...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Wood
Sam Diamond, View of Manhattan, Oil on Canvas Painting, circa 1954
By Sam Diamond
Located in New York, NY
This is a double-sided painting -
Side 1: View of Manhattan, signed lower left and dated 1954.
Side 2 (reverse): Genre scene with porters.
Dimensions: Unframed: 20.5 x 30.5 inc...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
1950s Matisse Inspired Leaf Painting
By Henri Matisse, Stuart Davis
Located in Garnerville, NY
Several paintings were purchased recently in Briarcliff Manor, NY by this particular artist, who signed their work, RKM. Clearly inspired by Matisse's cut-outs and collage technique....
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Il Contadino" Enamel on Copper by Bruno Santini, 1954
Located in Hanover, MA
Enameled copper sheet mounted on canvas wrapped board with a painting depicting the harlequin style costume of a standing male figure. Signed on reverse by the artist, Bruno Santini...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Copper, Enamel
"Dressing for the Ballet, " Large, Evocative Masterpiece Painting by Stull, 1953
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ethereal and magical, this Mid-Century masterpiece is strongly reminiscent of the back stage scenes of ballet dancers painted by Degas, but with figures that are suggestive of Guy Pene duBois. The painter, John De Forest...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Bathers, " Brilliant Late Art Deco Folding Screen in Pointillist Manner, 1958
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vivid example of late Art Deco painting, executed in a pointillist manner, this four-panel screen was created by John Sennhauser, a Swiss-born artist who was active in New York fro...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1950s Paintings
20th Meeting of Altar Servers by Luque, Spain
Located in Miami, FL
Manuel Fernandez Luque. He was a painter of variegated compositions, parading, typical of Spanish folklore figures. His work has a literary expressionism burden becomes a tableau of ...
Category
Spanish Expressionist Vintage 1950s Paintings
"Dante's Inferno, " Post-War Expressionist Painting in Vivid Red, Black and White
By Emil Kosa Jr.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable scene from Dante's Inferno with three nude male figures and a horse, all imbued in white, black and red the color of blood was painted by Emil Kosa, Jr. The central figu...
Category
American Expressionist Vintage 1950s Paintings
Oil on Canvas Signed Henri Mars and Dated 1955
By Henri Mars
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Oil on canvas signed Henri Mars and dated 1955.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Colorful and Large Batik Fabric Painting with Villagers, Horse and Elephant
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand-painted batik in orange, scarlet, saffron, green, brown and black. Several vignettes featuring Indian men and women in daily activities such as pipe smoking and music playing, a...
Category
Indian Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Brass
"Artist and Nude Model" Painting by Adolf Konrad, 1952
By Adolf Konrad
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This lovely depiction of the painter with his nude model provides an interesting variation on a Classic theme, in this instance placing the artist behind his model, allowing the fema...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Oil Painting of New Hope Area by Paul Crosthwaite
By Paul Crosthwaite
Located in Water Mill, NY
Signed oil painting of country town and church by a listed Bucks County artist with original wood frame-Hampton location.
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Board
Oil Painting Ocean Scene on Linen by Steven Sles
By Steven Sles
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Early Steven Sles oil on linen painting circa 1955. Due to his Cerebral Palsy, Sles used his mouth to paint his works and studied under Hans Hoffman. This work mixes thick texture an...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Linen
Georg Glud, Still Life, Oil on Panel, Listed Danish Artist
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Glud, still life, oil on panel.
Listed Danish artist.
In very good condition.
Signed, dated 59.
Measures: 96 x 81 cm.
Category
Danish Vintage 1950s Paintings
Original Oil Painting by Viktor Freytag, Berlin, 1950
By Viktor Freytag
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
The original oil painting is painted by Viktor Freytag (1870-?), Berlin in 1950 on deep streched canvas and is currently unframed.
Category
German Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Build Together, " Important 1950 Painting for Marshall Plan Poster Competition
By Norman Jaques
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This bold and vividly hued gouache by Norman Jaques, a British artist, was painted in 1950 for the "Intra-European Cooperation for a Better Standard of Living" poster contest. Three years after George C. Marshall first called for a massive investment program to rebuild post-war Europe and two years after the Marshall Program became operational, this contest was held to promote cooperation and trade among Western European nations. A total of 10,000 entries were submitted and judged by 12 graphic artists, representing each of the Marshall Plan...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Reclining Nude Painting by Marcel Dyf
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Sheffield, MA
Marcel Dyf,
French, 1899-1985.
Reclining nude.
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower left Dyf.
Measures: 23 ½ by 28 ¾ in. With frame: 33 ½ by 38 ½ in.
Marcel Dyf was born in Paris, October 7...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mason Wells Watercolor of a Mining Operation
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Watercolor of a mining operation by Mason Wells (1906-1984). Watercolor is currently not framed.
Mason Bacheller Wells was born in Southbridge, Massachu...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Icarus Falling, " Brilliant Painting by Genre Scene Artist Kyra Markham
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although she is famous for her genre scenes such as "Bleeker Street Fire Hydrant" and "New Year's Eve in Greenwich Village," Kyra Markham began her career...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Surrealistic Vintage Painting by Erwin Stolz, 1953, Czech Republic
By Erwin Stolz
Located in Vienna, AT
Multicolored surrealistic painting by Erwin Stolz (1896-1987) Gieshuebel Sauerbrunn (Kyselka), Czech Republic, 1953.
Color on paper carton, stamped.
All measures are approximate.
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Impressionist Style Country Chateau Scene
Located in New York, NY
Provence is a geographical region and historical province of Southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône River to the west to the Italian border to the e...
Category
Swedish Other Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting Mid-Century Portrait of a Lady Mid-Century Modern Art, Signed, C 1950
Located in New York, NY
Decorative, midcentury painting of a lady, circa 1950. Signed by H. Quat. Framed in a gold frame with a linen liner.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Charlotte Henschel, Oil on Canvas, France, 1950
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Composition abstracted from Charlotte Henschel (1905-1985), France, 1950, signed low right.
Frame of origin, under glass.
99.5cm/72.5cm (off frame)
Raise of the school of Paris, ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Still Life by Louis Sola
By Louis Sola
Located in Sheffield, MA
Louis Sola
French, 1928-2011
Still life
Oil on canvas
25 by 31 in. with frame 31 by 37 in.
Signed & dated 58 lower right
Louis Sola was born in Genoa in 1929 and studi...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Paintings
Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting of a Still Life
Located in Water Mill, NY
Mid-Century Modern still life decorative oil painting.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Steven Sles City Landscape Oil on Linen Painting, 1957
By Steven Sles
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Early oil on linen landscape painting depicting a city by Steven Sles circa 1957. This example has a thick textured background and foreground with architectural and natural forms in ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Linen
A Large Oil on Canvas by Hilda Altschule
By Hilda Altschule
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A large, oil on canvas by Hilda Altschule, 1950, American artist, titled "Orpheus and Euridyce".
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
1950s Abstract Figural Portrait by Josef Presser
Located in New York, NY
Bright, vivid and quite fabulous abstract by Polish American artist Josef Presser (1909-1967), circa 1950s. Known for his figural work this is a beautifully executed portrait of two ...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Wood
Pastel Painting of Angelic Child by Forbes
Located in Water Mill, NY
Pastel of angelic child by Forbes dated 1954 in a wood frame under glass.
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
"The Cloud, " Spectacular Triptych Painting Inspired by Shelley Poem, 1959
By Milton Bond
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A cross between a drawing by William Blake from the late 18th century and a psychedelic painting from the late 1960s, this fever dream of a painti...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Austrian mid century painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
late fifties abstract painting
Category
Austrian Vintage 1950s Paintings
"Harlequin with Lute and Mask, " Brilliantly-Hued Midcentury Painting by Pamico
By Miguel Pamico
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Making liberal use of brilliant colors, dominated by grey-blue and deep pink, this painting depicts a seated harlequin/musician figure with a faint, knowing smile, contrasting with t...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Mid Century Impressionist View Norfolk Virginia, J Winston Lawler
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful oil on board painting of downtown Norfolk Virginia from the 1950s.
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
William Morehouse 1950s Abstract Impressionist Landscape
By William Morehouse
Located in Chicago, IL
William Morehouse [1929-1993] was a Bay Area painter who was renowned for his work in both Abstract Expressionism, as well as plein air landscapes, mostly done in a style known as Ab...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Midcentury Semi-Abstract Oil Painting by Boardman
By Jeanne Boardman
Located in Water Mill, NY
Midcentury semi-abstract oil on canvas painting dated '50, signed Boardman in a wood frame of the period
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Dance/Fantasy Watercolor by Robert Freiman
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A watercolor by Robert Freiman.
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Abstract Figural Painting of a French Officer and a Woman
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous vintage abstract painting of a French gendarme with a woman over his back circa 1950's. This painting is oil on board, with a linen mat framed under glass in a gold leaf fra...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Robert J. Cronauer Expressionist Nude Painting
By Robert J. Cronauer
Located in Chicago, IL
Expressionist nude oil painting on canvas by western PA artist Robert J. Cronauer (1916-1995). Cronauer graduated Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1937, earned his master's degr...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Silver Leaf
Mid Century Nude Portrait Standing, Oil on Canvas by American Artist Jane White
By Jane White
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Standing nude by American artist Jane White. Well done and painted in the impressionist style during the fifties. 1 of 3 paintings by Jane white which ...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Paint
One-of-a-Kind 1950s Tile Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental painting done on ceramic tiles with a matte finish.
The piece consist of 24, 8" x 8" tiles, the piece is really magnificent and eye-catching.
The tiles are attached ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract by Maurice Golubov
By Maurice Golubov 1
Located in Sheffield, MA
Maurice Golubov,
Russian/American, 1905-1987.
Abstract.
Oil on Canvas
30 by 40 in. W/frame 34 by 44 in.
Biography
Maurice Golubov first studied art as a teenager during evening c...
Category
Vintage 1950s Paintings
"Nature Most Natural" Important Painting by Radio City Music Hall Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sophisticated and playful at the same time, this important painting by Eduard Buk Ulreich returns to one of his favorite themes: a group of frolicking horses in the landscape, overflowing with high spirits. Ulreich came to fame as one of the muralists who decorated the lounges and public rooms of Radio City Music Hall...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1950s Paintings
Mid Century Painting with "Song of Solomon" Theme, by Lenson
By Michael Lenson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Entitled "Return, Return, O Shulemite," with a scene taken from the Song of Solomon, this painting depicts the legendary wife of King Solomon, who was ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
An Abstract Gouache by Robert Freiman, 1955
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A striking gouache on paper by Robert Freiman, signed and dated 1957.
Robert J Freiman (b. 1917 - d. 1991), deaf from birth, was born in New York City and attended the Lexington School for the Deaf. He studied art at the National Academy of Design, Pratt Institute, the Art Students League, the Parsons School of Design, and, in Paris, at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Freiman’s spectrum of styles evolved considerably over the course of his long career, ranging from early portraiture and realistic landscape to mixed-media works using watercolor, acrylic, and pen. He was a regular exhibitor at the Sidewalk Art...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Franco Ruocco Oil on Canvas of a Venice Canal Scene in Giltwood Frame
Located in Buchanan, MI
Franco Ruocco, oil on canvas, Venice canal scene in giltwood frame behind glass, beutifully done.
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Canvas
Signed Merton Simpson Reduction Linocut Print
Located in Chicago, IL
Graphic and colorful abstract print depicting an African-American man feeding pigeons in front of a brick building. Signed under the mat "Merton Simpson" as shown in photo. Although ...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Abstract by Donald Raymond David
By Donald Raymond David
Located in Sheffield, MA
Donald Raymond David.
American, 1906-2006.
Abstract.
Oil on canvas
30 by 24 in.
Donald Raymond David was born in Springbrook, Oregon in 1906. He attended Fresno State College in 1927 and studied with Alexandra Bradshaw. By the 1930s Don David was in Los Angeles, where he studied with Barse Miller and attended the Chouinard Art Institute and the Art Center School.
From the mid-1930s to the early 1940s he lived in Sacramento and exhibited at Sacramento’s Kingsley Art Club from 1934 to 1943. Throughout the 1940s David also exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Oakland Art Gallery, the Glendale and Laguna Beach Art Associations, and the California Water Color Society. David had a solo exhibition at Los Angeles’ Francis Webb Galleries in 1946, and exhibited with Milford Zornes...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Framed Abstract Painting by C.C Wang
By C.C. Wang 1
Located in Atlanta, GA
An abstract landscape painting by Chinese artist and collector Chi-Chien Wang or Jiqian Wang (Chinese: 王己千, 1907 – 2003), better known as C. C. Wang. The artist emigrated and settled in NYC after 1949 and devoted himself to art, mostly traditional Chinese paintings rooted in ink and watercolor, but he also experimented with western techniques to depict Chinese landscape in a revolutionary way. This painting was one of this creations. It was painted in 1957 when he was teaching at New York Art Student League and was bought and collected by one of his students.
Signed and framed, acrylic on canvas. Canvas sight 26 by 40.
Category
American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Venetian Cityscape Painting by Olivier Charles
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Venetian cityscape painting by Olivier Charles, Venice, 1959. (Signed "Olivier Charles 59, Venezia”).
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
European Midcentury Cubist Painting 'Nude' by Koroly Glonczy, Hungary, 1957
By Koroly Glonczy
Located in New York, NY
Cubist Painting by Hungarian Painter, Koroly Glonczy.
Oil on cardboard.
References: Modern and contemporary art. European 20th century, Mid-Century Modern.
Category
Hungarian Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Gathering Flowers" Painting by Henry Robertson Craig
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Henry Robertson Craig R.H.A., R.U.A. 33 " x 43" including the frame.
Scottish, 1916-1984.
Born in 1916 to Scotch-Irish parents, Henry Robertson Craig, also called Harry Robertson ...
Category
Scottish Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Oil on Canvas Pointillism Painting of Naked Women
Located in Palm Beach, FL
An oil on canvas pointillism painting of a naked women art class on Cape Cod. Signed by George Durant and dated '52, this is not a subject matter...
Category
American American Classical Vintage 1950s Paintings
Mid Century Seated Nude Portrait by American Artist Jane White C1950
By Jane White
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous painting of a seated nude by American artist Jane White. Paintings were created in the fifties, and were once owned by the estate of Eva Gabor...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
William August Hoffman Colorful Still Life
By William August Hoffman
Located in Chicago, IL
Vibrantly colored still life featuring a pitcher, a ceramic container and fruit in a wire bowl. Matted and framed, signed Hoffman.
Framed 22.75" H x 25.25" W x 0.5" D.
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
49" Midcentury Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Water Mill, NY
Midcentury abstract oil painting, framed.
Category
American Vintage 1950s Paintings
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