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Style: Expressionist
Period: 1950s
Peter Keil Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Expressionist framed oil on newsprint paper painting, created in the 1950s by Peter Robert Keil in his studio in Palma. Signed 'Keil' on the ...
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1950s Spanish Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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Glass, Wood, Paper

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...
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1950s American Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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Wood, Paper

Pablo Picasso 'Jacqueline' Lythograph Limited Hand Numbered
Located in Southampton, NJ
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1950s Italian Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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Glass, Wood, Paper

50s Eugene Biel-Bienne Still Life with Flowers Painting Austrian
By Eugene Biel-Bienne
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind large-scale still life with flowers, the work of Eugene Biel-Bienne (1902-1969), a standard bearer of the Viennese school of expressionism, one of the most outstanding ...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Fashion Watercolor Painting of a Dress by Orval Hempler
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist: Orval Hempler Untitled (dress) Watercolor on paper Signed to the lower right Measurements: 19.50 inches wide x 26 inches high x 0.1 inches...
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1950s American Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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Paint, Paper

Al Ross (1911-2011) Abstract Expressionist 'New York School' Oil/Paper
Located in Sharon, CT
Untitled Abstract Expressionist oil/paper. Ross the famous New Yorker Magazine Cartoonist and Illustrator since the 1930's, also was an exhibited New York School Abstract Expressioni...
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1950s American Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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Paper

Mixed Media Composition "Desert Rider, " by Charles Melohs, circa 1956
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charles Melohs (American, 1908 – 1982) Desert Rider, circa 1956 Mixed media composition on canvas Signed to the lower left Inscribed to the verso Intr...
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1950s American Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas

Oil on Canvas, American School Mid-Century Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
A nice example of an early abstract expressionist painting conveying the emotional expression and depth of field through layered spontaneous brush strokes; unsigned; the ae movement ...
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1950s American Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas

Oil Painting on Board by H. G. Ontrop
Located in Dallas, TX
Oil painting on board by H. G. Ontrop (1880-1955) is dated three years before the artist's death, and features a magical landscape with quaint cottages and just the suggestion of hum...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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Wood

Oil on Canvas Paris Street Scene
Located in Sheffield, MA
Impressionistic style oil on canvas, painting signed by M. Cortese, Italian painter. This cityscape features a busy city block, with baroque gold painted frame, signed by Cortese on ...
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1950s French Vintage Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas

First Day of School Realist Illustration Oil Painting Canvas by Brooks, 1950s
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage oil on canvas painting somewhat reminiscent of Norman Rockwell’s work, featuring a woman in a purple dress tying her sons tie as he prepares to go to school, watched by a small white dog...
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1950s Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Midcentury Framed Oil Painting on Board by Joseph Tilleux '1896-1978'
Located in Dallas, TX
Midcentury framed oil painting on board by Joseph Tilleux of Antwerp (1896-1978) Born in the Belgium city of Antwerp, Tilleux worked briefly, after his formal schooling as a draftsman but chose to pursue a more artistic career. After his studies and apprenticeship at the Academy of Antwerp, he settled in the picturesque Flemish artists' village of Lier, Belgium. There he found an abundance of inspiration in the historic town and neiboring countryside, rivers and countless charming villages. He was fortunate to study under of Franz Courtens, Frans Hens...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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Wood

Fredric Karoly Abstract Expressionist Oil/Paper, 1960
Located in Sharon, CT
An early use of oil paint on Japanese Rice Paper-an absorbing surface, creating the extra element of bleed. Also the image is predominantly symmetr...
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1950s American Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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Paint

Emil Betzler 'Harlequins 1' German Expressionist Painting
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Emil Betzler German Expressionist tempera painting on ingrain 'Harlequins 1', 1962 ('Harlekins 1') Outstanding piece of Expressionist art. Not signed, but clearly attributable to Emi...
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1950s German Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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Paper

Landscape Oil Painting with Fishing Boats, French, 1950s
Located in London, GB
Expressive oil painting on wood panel French by La Martiniere in 1952. The painting depicts fisherman and three small fishing boats laying on the shore. It is painted in large brush strokes full of texture to express the moment. The painting without frame...
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1950s French Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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Wood, Paint

Emil Betzler 'Harlequins 2' German Expressionist Work on Paper
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Emil Betzler German expressionist tempera on paper on ingrain 'Harlequins 2', the 1960s Outstanding piece of expressionist art. Signed. Similar work is shown in 'Emil Betzler' - mon...
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1950s German Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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Paper

Boston Modern Fresco of Angel on Concrete by Jean Wechsler Knapp
By Jean Wechsler Knapp
Located in Hanover, MA
Boston Expressionist fresco painting of an angel playing a curved horn within a key pattern on a cast concrete slab by Jean Wechsler Knapp, 1927-1993. Signed lower right. Deaccessioned from the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Previously exhibited at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. Verso retains museum exhibition labels. Would make a nice top for a table base. Ref: Boston Modern: Figurative Expressionism as Alternative Modernism (Revisiting New England) by Judith Bookbinder Jean Wechsler Knapp was born:: September 19, 1927, Chestnut Hill, Newton, MA Died: April 18, 1993, Cambridge, MA (Caroline Knapp's mother) Wife of Dr. Peter H...
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1950s American Vintage Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Cement

Adja Yunkers Expressionist Painting
Located in New York, NY
Gouache and ink on mat board by Adja Yunkers, signed and dated 1958 on verso. An early work from Yunkers's Abstract Expressionist period, when he was married to art critic Dore Ashton and was part of the circle that congregated at Cedar Tavern. Born in Riga, Russia, Yunkers led a highly cosmopolitan life, studying and working in Leningrad, Berlin, Paris, London, and Stockholm (where he edited and published two art magazines) before settling down in the U.S., primarily in New York City in 1947. A teacher at the New School for Social Research, Yunkers was internationally renowned for his woodblock prints and lithographs, turning to painting--first Expressionist, later Minimalist color fields--in the late 1950's. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Brooklyn Museum, MoMA, the Corcoran Gallery, MFA Boston...
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1950s American Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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Paint

Peter Keil Expressionist Acrylic Portrait 'Me In New York'
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...
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1950s Spanish Vintage Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

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 ...
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1950s Spanish Vintage Expressionist 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...
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1950s American Vintage Expressionist Paintings

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