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Style: Modern
Period: 1950s
Marc Chagall '1887 1985' Plate Signed Modernist Figural Lithographic Print
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Plate signed modernist figural lithographic print Galerie Maeght Paris France 1952, published in 1959, lithography by Fernand Mourlot France. Chagall was born in 1887 into a Jewish...
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French Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Glass, Paper

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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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Paint

Ingvar Engdahl, listed Swedish artist. Oil on canvas. Abstract composition.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Ingvar Engdahl (1928-1992), listed Swedish artist. Oil on canvas. Abstract composition. Dated 1956. Exhibition label on the stretcher. In excellent condition. Could benefit from a c...
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Swedish Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas

Ingvar Engdahl, listed Swedish artist. Oil / canvas. Abstract composition.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Ingvar Engdahl (1928-1992), listed Swedish artist. Oil on canvas. Abstract composition. Dated 1958-59. In excellent condition. Would benefit from cleaning. Canvas dimensions: 73.5 c...
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Swedish Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas

Leif Knudsen, Swedish artist. Mixed media on paper. Abstract composition.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Leif Knudsen (1928-1975), Swedish artist. Mixed media on paper. Abstract composition. Signed and dated '57. In perfect condition. Total dimensions: 44.0 cm x 33.0 cm. Image dimensio...
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Swedish Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Other

Henry Maurice D'Anty. Oil on canvas. clown and horse-drawn carriage.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Henry Maurice D'Anty (1910-1998). Swedish/French artist. Oil on canvas. Depiction of a clown and horse-drawn carriage. Bold brushstrokes. Coloristic palette. Fauvist style. 1959-1960...
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French Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas

Swedish artist. Oil on canvas. Abstract composition. 1955
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Swedish artist, oil on canvas. Abstract composition. Colouristic palette. In excellent condition with minimal wear. Indistinctly signed and dated '55. Visible dimensions: 67.5 cm x 5...
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Swedish Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas

Large Abstract Painting of a seated figure in Period Frame, Signed Hyland
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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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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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...
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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Large Original Drawing by Gio Ponti for Touring Carrozzeria Milan, 1952
Located in Dronten, NL
Important drawing by Gio Ponti of the Diamante line for Touring Carrozzeria Milan, documented in "Gio Ponti" "L'Arte si innamora dell'industria" by Ugo La Pietra, page 254-255. Ponti...
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Italian Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

Materials

Paper

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...
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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Osmo Isaksson, Finnish-Swedish artist. Oil on board. Birds on lake, 1952
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Osmo Isaksson (1918-1997), Finnish-Swedish artist. Oil on board. Modernist painting with birds on a lake. In gray and black tones. Signed and dated 1952. In perfect condition. Total...
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Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Other

Scandinavian artist. Oil on board, abstract composition. 1955.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Scandinavian artist. Oil on board, abstract composition. 1955. In perfect condition. Signed illegible. Dimensions: W 39.5 cm x H 35.2 cm. Total: W 42.5 cm x H 38.5 cm.
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Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Other

Vintage Robert Gilbert Abstract Painting c1958
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, ...
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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

J. Eklund, Oil on Canvas, 1952
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
J. Eklund, 1952 Oil on canvas The work is dated and signed by the artist Dimensions 46/55 Unframed work Work in original vintage condition.
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Unknown Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas

Vintage Framed Women's Wac Army Painting circa 1950, Oil on Canvas, Unsigned
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage framed women's WAC army painting circa 1950. Oil on canvas, unsigned.
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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Ellerdaren, Swedish artist. Abstract composition. Oil on plate. 1958
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Ellerdaren, Swedish artist, abstract composition. Oil on plate. ”Helgmålsringning” (Tolling the bells). 1958. In excellent condition. Signed. Dimensions: 36.0 x 44.0 cm. Total dimen...
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Swedish Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Other

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...
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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Swedish Artist, Abstract Composition, Oil on Canvas
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Swedish artist. Abstract composition. Oil on canvas. Indistinctly signed. Dated 1958. In excellent condition. Dimensions: 45.0 x 60.0 / Total: 56.0...
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Swedish Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas

Painting, Midcentury, Color Collage of Flower Motif, C 1950, Signed, On Paper
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful midcentury painting. A very decorative color collage of flowers. The painting is signed PL and named Monachez. The painting has a red original frame. The painting has a wa...
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Italian Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Grete Krøger Petersen, Danish Artist, "Spring in Bagsværd Mose", Oil on Canvas
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Grete Krøger Petersen, Danish artist. "Spring in Bagsværd Mose". Modernist landscape. 1955. Oil on canvas. In perfect condition. Dimensions: 40.0 x 30.0 cm.
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Danish Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Raymond Mintz Signed 1956 Abstract Oil on Canvas Board Landscape Painting
By Raymond Mintz
Located in Indianapolis, IN
A 1956 abstract oil on canvas board painting of a landscape by American artist Raymond Mintz (1925-2008). Presented in a wood frame, the painting depicts three sparse trees upon a parcel of ground. The trees rise from grassy earth and are grounded by a muted sky. The painting is signed "Mintz '56" to the bottom right corner. Born in Clifton, New Jersey, Mintz served in the US military during WWII. After the war, he studied art in the United States and Paris. During the 1950s, he began exhibiting his work in New York City including a having several pieces in a group show for new talent at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1951. During the 1950s, Mintz was represented by Paul Rosenberg...
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French Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Paint, Wood

Painting by Peter Keil, Framed Face with Fashion Lady in the Back Ground, C 1959
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...
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German Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Acrylic

Painting by Peter Keil Painted in Palma, Spain, C 1959, Acrylic on News Paper
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...
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German Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Acrylic

Georges Spiro, Oil on Board Painting, Still Life/ Surrealist
By Georges Spiro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georges Spiro, 1909-1994. Surrealist /still life painting of the well known Polish/French artist, oil on board, signed., actual size of art work, is 13 x...
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French Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Paint

Mid-Century Modern Impressionist Painting of the Riviera by S. Girard C1955
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Spectacular colorful and vibrant scene of the French Riviera c1950. French artist S. Gerald captured a glimpse of the easy life in the French Riviera 1950. Sailboats and umbrellas do...
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French Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Hardwood, Paint

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1959, The Lion Face", Framed, C 1959, Acrylic on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...
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German Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Acrylic

Mid-Century Modern Oil on Canvas of the Rhone & Vatican by Rocco
By Franco Rocco
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Impressionist oil on canvas of the river Rhone with a canal boat and the Vatican in the background. Great colors and a fabulous style. Rocco was a Paris trained...
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Italian Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Manfredo Borsi, Italian Artist, Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, Giraffe
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Manfredo Borsi (1900-1967), Italian artist. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Giraffe. Dated 1957. The paper measures: 64 x 49 cm. In excellent condition. Signed and dated.
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Italian Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Other

Scandinavian modernist. Oil on canvas. Abstract female portrait. Dated 1950.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Scandinavian modernist. Oil on canvas. Abstract female portrait. Dated 1950. The canvas measures: 43 x 29 cm. The frame measures: 8 cm. In exc...
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Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas

Night Ocean Scene with Waves Crashing by Artist Bruno Di Giulio
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful ocean beach scene with waves crashing on the rocks at night. Very well done by a listed artist noted for seascapes. Period thin edge frame. In...
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Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Hardwood

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...
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Swedish Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Paint

Nommie Durell Landscape with Tree Oil on Canvas, England, C1950s
By Nommie Durell
Located in Leicester, GB
Nommie Durell landscape, oil on canvas c1950. UK. Signed bottom edge. Exhibited Sally Hunter Fine Art Gallery April 2005 as no 2 in the catalogue. Nommie Durell (1905-89) ...
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English Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Paint, Canvas

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.
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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Silver Leaf

Karl Drerup Enamel Metal and Sterling Silver, Plaque/Brooch/Pin Picture, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Master enamelist Karl Drerup, known as one of the best mid century painters on fire . DK mark. Mounted in Sterling silver frame and also marked Jo...
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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Metal

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.
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Japanese Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Wood, Paper

1950s Painting Female Nude Copper Enamel Art Studio Del Campo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Enamel on copper artwork 1950s Striking Female Backside Nude Enamel Art on Copper bold blue green color unsigned attributed style of Studio Del Campo ...
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Mexican Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Copper, Enamel

John Crockett, Modernist "Snowy Evening" Oil on Masonite Landscape, 1959
Located in Norwalk, CT
John Crockett, British (1918-1986). "Painswick Beacon from Whitely Court, Snowy Evening" Oil on masonite, 1959. Signed, dated, & titled on verso. Presented in a gray whitewashed wood frame. A lovely Mid-Century Modernist landscape in icy blues, depicting Painswick Beacon in the coastal county of Gloucestershire, England. John Crockett was an accomplished artist, theatrical designer, and television director, known for his work as founder and artistic director of the touring theater company The Compass Players. In 1964, he directed a critically acclaimed episode of Doctor Who...
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British Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Guy Bourdin, Cat Drawing, Ink and Gouache on Paper, 1955
Located in London, GB
During the early 1950s Guy Bourdin had established himself as an artist with the eye of a painter, working primarily on paper Bourdin created images containing fascinating stories and compositions. His early experimental work bridges the gap between Surrealism and his later photography which at the time was still in its infancy. This early cat drawing...
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French Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Paper

1956 Cubist Guitar Mixed Medium Painting by J Lacoste
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This piece was acquired from a Palm Beach estate and it dates to 1956 and it was created by the French artist J Lacoste. Here Lacoste has used a mixed medium of newspaper, and oil pa...
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French Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Paint, Paper

Edward Molyneux Still Life with Potted Roses Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Modern oil on canvas painting of a still life with potted roses, painted by famed Modernist British fashion designer and artist Edward Henry Molyneux (London 1891-Monte Carlo 1974). ...
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European Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Beulah ‘Elsie Sloan’ Stevenson, Abstract Oil on Board Painting, Signed, Dated
By Beulah Stevenson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful oil on wood board painting by the well known artist Beulah Stevenson. Her works are in major museums and important collections. Labels in back from the Brooklyn s...
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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Paint

Charming French Oil Painting "Paris Opera House" by Soiret
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming 8" x 10" oil on canvas by a French street artist Soiret. Titled "Paris Opera House". Nice painted with thick brushstrokes and vivid colors.
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French Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

Mid Century Impressionist Oil on Board "Lynn Haven" by J Winston Lawler
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Impressionist painting of an area in Virginia, Lynn Haven. Great technique and fabulous colors. Painting is 20 x 16. Excellent vintage condition with no wear on the frame. Artist is ...
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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Acrylic, Giltwood

Jesus "Chucho" Reyes Ferreria Gouache on Paper of Exotic Bird
Located in Sharon, CT
Beautiful gouache painting of an exotic bird by the important Mexican artist, known as "Chucho" Reyes. Measures: 19"x 28.5" in a period wood frame, u...
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Mexican Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Paper

Dorothy Stafford "Factory Corner" American Cubist Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
Dorothy Prohaska Stafford (American 1902-1986) American cubist period oil on canvas painting titled "Factory Corner". The piece was made in 1952 and is framed in a handmade wooden frame. Depicted is a city street corner with streetlight and water tower, in a distinct cubist style. Dorothy Stafford...
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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas

Expressionist Russian Painting
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. 20th-century expressionist Russian painting...
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Russian Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Wood

Sven Ahlgren, Modernist Landscape, Oil on Canvas, Dated 1958
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Sven Ahlgren (1922-1997). Modernist landscape. Oil on canvas, dated 1958. In very good condition. Signed. The canvas measures: 74 x 24 cm. The frame measures: 2.5 cm.
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Swedish Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas

"Delos, " Masterpiece Painting of Female Nude by Joseph Mellor Hanson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perhaps set on or inspired by the gorgeous, sun-bleached island of Delos in Greece, this 1954 painting by Joseph Hanson -- the British-American figural painter -- depicts a kneeling ...
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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Paint

Abstract Expressionism Painting
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An exceptional abstract expressionism painting signed PAULET circa 1950 Poliakoff school.
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European Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Paint

Jo Vogel Surrealist Oil "Sanctuary #2" 1951
Located in Sharon, CT
A beautiful unframed oil on board.
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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Paint

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.
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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Maximalist Four-Panel Hand Painted Screen, After Jean Cocteau, 1950s
Located in Miami, FL
A striking surrealist hand painted floor screen comprised of four canvas panels with profiles centering a "visage de faune" (faun's face), a...
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French Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Brass

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...
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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Gouache

Mid-Century "Ecole de Paris" Abstraction "Symphony in Grey" by Ferenc Varga 1957
Located in New York, NY
"Symphony in Grey" is an iconic oil on canvas, modern art painting by the Hungarian born artist, Ferenc Varga (Hungary, 1906-1989). Varga left Hungary fo...
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French Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas

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.
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German Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Canvas

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.
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Hungarian Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

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Paint

"Basket of Eggs" Painting on Board by Chicago Artist Stanley Mitruk 1958
By Stanley Mitruk
Located in Chicago, IL
Painting on board of an atmospheric still life of eggs in a cloth draped basket by Chicago artist Stanley Mitruk titled "Basket of Eggs", dated 1958. Measurements given below are ...
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American Modern Vintage 1950s Paintings

Materials

Paint, Wood

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